Clusium

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

Clūsĭum, ii, n.,

I one of the oldest and most important towns of Etruria , the residence of Porsenna , previously called Camars or Camers, now Chiusi , Liv. 5, 33, 4 sq.; 10, 25, 11; Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91; Verg. A. 10, 167 al.; Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 102; 1, p. 233 sq.; 2, p. 342.—Hence,

II Clūsīnus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Clusium , of Clusium : vulgus, Sil. 8, 480: fontes ( cold baths ), Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 9: far (of special whiteness and excellence), Col. 2, 6, 3: siligo, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87: pultes, Mart. 13, 8.—In plur.: Clūsīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Clusium , Liv. 5, 33, 1: novi, veteres, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.

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