Graviscae

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

Grăviscae, ārum (also Grăvisca, ae, Vell. 1, 15, 2), f.,

I a small town of Etruria , belonging to the territory of Tarquinii , near the modern Le Saline or S. Clementino , on the river Marta , Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Liv. 40, 29; 41, 16; Verg. A. 10, 184; Sil. 8, 475.—

II Deriv. Grăviscā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Graviscae , Graviscan : vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 67.— In plur. subst. : Grăviscāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Graviscae , Graviscans , Dig. 31, 1, 30; Inscr. Grut. 407, 1.

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