Minturnae

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

Minturnae, ārum, f.,

I a city of Latium, on the border of Campania, at the mouth of the Liris, in the neighborhood of which Marius concealed himself from Sylla in a marsh , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; Liv. 9, 25, 3; Vell. 1, 14, 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 5; Val. Max. 2, 10, 6; 8, 2, 2.—Hence,

II Minturnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Minturnae : populus, Liv. 27, 38: litterae, written at Minturnae , Cic. Att. 5, 3, 2: flumen, i. e. the Liris , Dig. 19, 2, 13.—Subst.: Minturnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Minturnae , Vell. 2, 19, 2.

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