Marrubium

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Marrŭbĭum or Marrŭvĭum, ii, n.,

I a city in Latium, the capital of the Marsians , now S. Benedetto , Sil. 8, 507.— Hence,

II Marrŭbĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Marrubium, Marrubian : Marrubia gens, Verg. A. 7, 750.—In plur. subst. : Marrŭvĭi or Marrŭvīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Marrubium , Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3149.

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