Nuceria

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

Nūcĕrĭa, ae, f., the name of several cities.

I A city in Campania , with the appellation Alfaterna, the modern Nocera , Liv. 9, 41, 3; 23, 15; 27, 3; Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 86; id. Balb. 11, 28.—Hence,

B Nūcĕ-rīnus ( Nŭc- , Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 517), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nuceria, Nucerian : ager, Liv. 9, 38.—In plur.: Nū-cĕrīni , ōrum, m., the Nucerians , Liv. 27, 3.—

II A city in Umbria , now Nocera, whose inhabitants are called Nucerini Favonienses and Camelani, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.

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