Paestum, i, n.,
I a city of Lucania , formerly called Posidonia, celebrated for its twice-blowing roses , now Pesti : biferique rosaria Paesti, Verg. G. 4, 119; cf. Ov. M. 15, 708; Prop. 5, 5, 61: oppidum Paestum Graecis Posidonia appellatum, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71.—Hence,
II Paestānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Paestum , Paestan : sinus, Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1: rosae, Ov. P. 2, 4, 28.—In plur.: Paestāni , ōrum, m., the Paestans , Liv. 37, 10.