Pyrgi

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

Pyrgi, ōrum, m., = Πύργοι,

I a colony in Etruria , now the village of S. Severa , Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Liv. 36, 3, 6; Verg. A. 10, 184; Suet. Ner. 5; Mart. 12, 2, 1; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 296 sq. — Hence,

II Pyrgensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Pyrgi , Pyrgan : scorta, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 184: Antistius, of Pyrgi , Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287: publicanus, Liv. 25, 3.

Related Words