Calatia

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

Cālātĭa, ae (Cālātĭae, ārum, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63), f., = Καλατία,

I a town in Campania , on the Via Appia , between Capua and Beneventum , now Galazze , Cic. Att. 16, 8, 1; Liv. 9, 2, 2; 23, 14, 13; 27, 3, 7; Sil. 8, 542; 11, 14 sq.—Hence,

II Cālātīni , its inhabitants , Liv. 22, 61, 11 al.—In sing. Calatinus, cognomen of M. Atilius , Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 63; id. Sen. 17, 61.

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