Clitumnus

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

Clītumnus, i, m.,

I a small river in Umbria , celebrated in ancient times , whose source received divine homage as Juppiter Clitumnus, now Clitunno or la Vene , Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 1; 8, 8, 5; Verg. G. 2, 146 Serv. et Heyne; Prop. 2 (3), 19, 25; Sil. 4, 547; 8, 453; Suet. Calig. 43.

II —Hence, Clītum-nus , a, um, adj., of Clitumnus : Clitumna novalia, Stat. S. 1, 4, 128.

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