Amiternum

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

Ămĭternum, i, n. [acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, 5, 12, from am- = amb- and Aternus], = Ἀμίτερνον,

I a very ancient town built by the Aborigines , in the Sabine country , now San Vettorino; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 509; the birthplace of the historian Sallust.—Derivv.

A Ămĭternīnus , a, um, adj., belonging to Amiternum , Col. 10, 422.— Ămĭ-ternīni , ōrum, m. subst., its inhabitants , Varr. L. L. 5, 28, p. 11 Müll.; Liv. 28, 45, 19; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.—

B Ămĭternus , a, um, adj., poet. for Amiterninus: cohors, Verg. A. 7, 710: ager, Mart. 13, 20.

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