Pompēii, ōrum, m.,
I a maritime city in the south of Campania , overwhelmed , together with Herculaneum and Stabiae , by an eruption of Vesuvius , A. D. 79, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 9, 38; Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1.—Hence,
II Pompējānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pompeii , Pompeian : regio, Sen. Q. N. 6, 27, 1: Sarnus, Stat. S. 1, 2, 265: vinum, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 70: brassica, id. 19, 8, 41, § 140.—
2 Subst.
a Pom-pējānum , i, n., a villa of Cicero , near Pompeii , Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1; 7, 4 al.—
b Pompējāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pompeii , the Pompeians , Cic. Sull. 21, 60.