Murgantĭa, ae, f.
I A city in Samnium , now Baselice , Liv. 10, 17, 11.—
II A city in Sicily, also called Murgentia, now perh. Mandri Bianchi , Liv. 26, 21, 17; 24, 27, 5; Sil. 14, 266.—Hence,
A Murgan-tĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Murgantia (in Samnium), Murgantian : POPVLVS MVRGANTIVS, Inscr. Orell. 141: Romanelli, Topogr. Napol. t. 2, p. 481.—
B Mur-gentīnus ( Murgant- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Murgantia (in Sicily), Murgantine : vinum, Cato R. R. 6: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47.—In plur. subst. : Murgentīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Murgantia, Murgantines , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.