Flumentana

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

Flūmentāna (porta), f. [flumen],

I a gate of Rome near the Tiber; River-gate , at the entrance to the Campus Martius : Flumentana porta Romae appellata, quod Tiberis partem ea fluxisse affirmant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 6; Liv. 35, 9, 3; 35, 21, 5; Inscr. Fratr. Arv. p. 254 ed. Marin.; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 155 sq.—

II Transf.: nescis cur, cum portam Flumentanam Caelius occuparit, ego Puteolos non meos faciam, i. e. a villa near the River-gate , Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9.