Sālentīni (Sall-), ōrum, m.
I A people of Calabria , on the south-eastern extremity of Italy , Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Liv. 9, 42; 25, 1.—Also used to designate the country of the Salentines : in Salentinis aut in Bruttiis, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; so, in Salentinis, Varr. R. R. 2, 3 fin. ; Liv. 10, 2.—Hence,
II Sālentīnus , a, um, adj., Salentine : campi, Mel. 2, 4, 7; Verg. A. 3, 400: litora, Mel. 2, 4, 7: promontorium, the south-eastern point of Italy , id. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. 1. 1.: Neretum, Ov. M. 15, 51: olea, Cato R. R. 6, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1: cohortes, Sil. 8, 575.