Ameria

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

Ămĕrĭa, ae, f., = Ἀμερία,

I a very ancient town in Umbria (acc. to Cato, built before the Trojan war), now Amelia , Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114; Cic. Rosc. Am. 7 al.

II —Hence, Ămĕrīnus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Ameria : municeps, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6: corbulae, Cato R. R. 1, 15: salix, Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 58; Verg. G. 1, 265; Col. 4, 30 al.— Ămĕrīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ameria , Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113.— Ămĕrīna , ōrum, n. (sc. mala or pira), Amerian fruit , Stat. S. 1, 16, 18.

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