Albŭla, ae, f. [albulus], sc. aqua.
I An earlier name for the river Tiber , in Middle Italy : amisit verum vetus Albula nomen, Verg. A. 8, 332; Ov. F. 4, 68.—
II Albŭla , ae, or Albŭlae , ārum, sc. aquae, several sulphur-springs near Tibur , mentioned in Strabo and Pausanias, which were beneficial to invalids both for bathing and drinking. Only three now remain, which form three small lakes, called Bagni di Tivoli : Canaque sulfureis albula fumat aquis, Mart. 1, 13; Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10; so Suet. Aug. 82; id. Ner. 31; cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 1, 161 sq.