Centuripae

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

Centŭrĭpae, ārum, f. (or perh. -a, ōrum, n.; access. form Centŭrĭpīnum, i, n., Mel. 2, 7, 16), = Κεντόριπα, τά, Thuc.,

I a very old town in Sicily , near Aetna , now Centorbi , Sil. 14, 204 (al. leg. Centăripe); Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 86.—Hence,

II Centŭ-rĭpīnus , a, um, adj., of Centuripae : legati, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120: populus, id. ib. 2, 2, 58, § 143; 2, 3, 45, § 108: crocum, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—And subst.: Centŭrĭpī-ni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Centuripae , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 50; 2, 3, 45, § 108; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.