Narbo

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

Narbo, ōnis, m., and (late Lat.) Narbōna, ae, f., also with the appellation Marcius (after the consul Q. Marcius Rex, who led a colony thither A. U. C. 636),

I a city in Gaul, from which Gallia Narbonensis takes its name , the mod. Narbonne .—Form Narbo, Mel. 2, 5, 2; 2, 5, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32; Cic. Font. 1, 3; 16, 36; Vell. 1, 15, 5; 2, 8, 1.— Form Narbona, Capitol. Max. et Balb. 5, 8; Eutr. 4, 23; Inscr. Orell. 218.—Hence,

A Narbōnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Narbo, Narbonian : colonia, Cic. Brut. 43, 160; id. Clu. 51, 140: coloni Narbonenses, Cic. Font. 2, 14: Gallia, the province of Gaul beyond the Alps , Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105.—

B Narbōnĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Narbo or to Narbonian Gaul, Narbonian : vitis, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43.

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