Nomentum

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

Nōmentum, i, n.,

I a city in the country of the Sabines , now Mentana , Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

II Hence,

A Nōmentānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum : ager, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48: vina, Mart. 13, 119: via, the road leading from Rome to Nomentum , Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst. : Nōmentāni , ōrum, m., the Nomentans , Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

B Nōmentānus , i, m., a Roman surname : L. Cassius Nomentanus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep.