Luceria

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

Lūcĕrĭa, ae, f.,

I an ancient city of Apulia , now Lucera , Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 4; id. Att. 7, 12, 2; 8, 11, a; id. Clu. 69, 197; Liv. 22, 9; Hor. C. 3, 15, 14 et saep.—Hence,

II Lūcĕrīnus , a, um, adj., Lucerian : finis, Liv. 10, 35.—In plur. subst. : Lūcĕrīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Luceria, Lucerians : Lucerini ac Samnites ad internecionem caesi, Liv. 9, 26.

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