Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Αὔρουγκοι Tzetz.
I The Aurunci , Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,
II. A. Aurunca , ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius , whose paternal city , Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci , Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,
B Au-runcus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca , Auruncian : senes, Verg. A. 7, 206: patres, id. ib. 7, 727: manus, id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa , Vell. 1, 14.