Appūlĭa (better, Āpūl-; v. Mart. Lagun. ad Luc. 2, 608; cf. also Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 10), ae, f.
I A province in Lower Italy , at the north of Calabria , and east of Samnium , on both sides of the Aufidus , which divides it into Daunia and Peucetia , now Puglia , Hor. S. 1, 5, 77; id. C. 3, 4, 10; id. Epod. 3, 16; Mart. 14, 155; cf. Mann. Ital. 2, 3.—Hence,
II Derivv.
A Appūlĭcus ( Āpūl- ), a, um, adj., Appulian : mare Apulicum, i.e. the Adriatic Sea , Hor. C. 3, 24, 4 (K. and H., publicum ).—
B Appŭlus ( Āpŭl- ), a, um, the same: gens, Hor. S. 2, 1, 38: Daunus, id. C. 4, 14, 26: Vultur, id. ib. 3, 4, 9 al.