Locri

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

Lō̆cri, ōrum, m., = Λοκροί.

A A people of Greece, consisting of several tribes .

1 The Locri Epicnemidii, on the Cephissus , Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27.—

2 The Locri Ozolae, bordering on the Aetolians , Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7. —

3 The Locri Epizephyrii, in the territory of the Bruttii, where they had founded the city of Narycium , Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 74; Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6; 3, 5, 11; id. Fin. 5, 29, 87; id. Att. 6, 1, 18.—

B The city of Narycium, a colony of the Grecian Locrians , now Gierace : haud procul ab urbe Locris, Liv. 28, 6 sq.; Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211; 7, 47, 48, § 152; cf. Mann. Ital. p. 186.—Hence,

A Lŏcrensis , e, adj., of or belonging to the Epizephyrian Locrians, Locrian : ager, Plin. 11, 27, 32, § 95.

VIILŏcrenses , ium, m., the Locrians , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90.—

B Lō̆cris , ĭdis, f., = Λοκρίς, the country of Locris, in Greece , Liv. 26, 26.

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