Privernum

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

Prīvernum, i, n.,

I a very ancient town of Latium , now ruins near Piperno , Liv. 8, 1; 8, 20; Verg. A. 11, 540; Val. Max. 6, 2, 1. —Hence,

II Prīvernas , ātis, adj., of or belonging to Privernum , Privernian : fundus, Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224; id. Clu. 51, 141: ager, id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; Liv. 7, 16. de senatu Privernate ita decretum, id. 8, 20: bellum, id. 8, 19: in Privernati, in the territory of Privernum , Cic. Clu. 51, 141.—In plur.: Prīvernātes , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Privernum , Liv. 7, 15; 8, 1: Privernatium causā, id. 8, 21: vina Privernatia, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 65 Sill.

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