Frentani

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

Frentāni, ōrum, m.,

I a mixed Italian tribe of Samnites and Illyrians who settled in Samnium , on the Adriatic Sea , in the south-eastern part of what is now the Abruzzo Citra , Caes. B. C. 1, 23 fin. ; Cic. Clu. 69, 197; Liv. 9, 16; 45 fin. ; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 38. — Sing. : Frentanus, as collect., Sil. 15, 567. —

II Deriv.: Frentānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Frentani : ager, Liv. 27, 43: regio, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103.

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