Ocriculum

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

Ocrĭcŭlum, i, n.,

I a city in Umbria , the mod. Otricoli , Liv. 22, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 25, 1; Tac. H. 3, 78.—Hence,

II Ocrĭcŭ-lānus (also Ocrĭcŏlānus and Otrĭ-cŭlānus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ocriculum , Ocriculan : Ocriculana villa, Cic. Mil. 24, 64.—The tribus OCRIC., Inscr. Grut. 189, 5; 194, 2; 1031, 4; cf. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 16.—In plur. subst. : Ocrĭcŭlāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ocriculum , the Ocriculans , Liv. 9, 41.

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