Atina

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

Ātīna, ae. f., = Ἄτινα.

I.A A town in Latium , still called Atina , Liv. 9, 28; Verg. A. 7, 630; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 675.—Hence,

B Ātīnas , ātis, adj., of Atina , Atinatic , or Atinatian : praefectura, Cic. Planc. 8.— Absol. : in Atinati, in the Atinatic territory , Cic. Att. 15, 3.— Ātīnātes , ium, m., the inhabitants of Atina , Cic. Planc. 8.—

II A town of the Venetians , Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 131; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 95.—

III A town in Lucania , now Atena; hence, Ātīnas , ātis, adj., Atinatic : in Atinate campo, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 225.

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