Pătăvĭum, ĭi, n.,
I an important city of Gallia Cisalpina, in the territory of the Veneti, founded by Antenor , the birthplace of Livy the historian , the modern Padua , Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130, Liv. 10, 2 fin. ; Verg. A. 1, 247, id. Tib. 14; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 7 et saep.—Hence,
II Pătăvīnus , a, um, adj., Patavinian, Paduan : tunicae. Mart. 14, 143, 1: volumina, i. e. Livy's Roman history , Sid. Carm. 2, 189.—In plur. subst. : Pătăvīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Patavium , the Patavinians , Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 10; Liv. 10, 2; Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 121.