Sacriportus

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

Să_crĭ-portus, ūs, m. [sacer].

I A place in Latium , near Praeneste , where Sylla conquered the younger Marius (called in Appian, B. C. 1, 78, Ἱερὸς λιμήν), Liv. Epit. 87; Vell. 2, 26, 1; Flor. 3, 21, 23; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 68 and 75; per tmesin: quot apud Sacri cecidere cadavera portum, Luc. 2, 134.—

II A small town on the Gulf of Tarentum , Liv. 26, 39.— (

III Dub., and resting only on the authority of Sext. Ruf. Region.: Urbis Romanae, a square in Rome in the fourth region , also called Să_crĭpor-ticus .

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