Aegium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Aegĭum, or Aegĭon, ii, n.,

I a town in Achaia , one of the twelve Achaean cities , situated on the river Selinus , now Vostitza , Mel. 2, 5, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13; Lucr. 6, 585; Liv. 38, 30.—Hence,

A Aegĭenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Achaia , Liv. 38, 30; Tac. A. 4, 13.—

B Aegĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Aegium : vitis, a kind of vine , Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.

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