Noricum

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

Nōrĭcum, i, n.,

I a country lying between the Danube and the Alps , Tac. H. 1, 70.—Hence,

II Nōrĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Noricum, Norican : ager, Caes. B. G. 1, 5: provincia, Tac. A. 2, 63: ferrum, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 145; cf. Ov. M. 14, 712: ensis, Hor. Epod. 17, 71.—In plur. subst. : Nōrĭci , ōrum, m., the Noricans , Plin. 3, 24, 27, § 146.