Setia

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

Sētĭa, ae, f., = Σητία,

I an ancient mountain-city in Latium , near the Pomptine Marshes , celebrated for its excellent wine , now Sezza , Liv. 6, 30 fin. ; 7, 42 fin. ; 26, 8 fin. ; 32, 26; Mart. 13, 23; 13, 112; Sil. 8, 378. —Poet., for the wine produced there , Setian wine , Stat. S. 2, 6, 90.

II —Hence, Sētīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Setia , Setian : ager, Titin. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 457; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; Liv. 32, 26, 7: colonia, i. e. Setia , Vell. 1, 14, 2: trientes, Mart. 14, 103, 1: vinum, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; 23, 1, 21, § 36; Mart. 6, 86, 1; cf.: de montibus, from the Setian vine-hills , id. 5, 34: uva clivi Setini, id. 10, 74, 11.—As substt.

a Sētīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Setia , the Setians , Liv. 8, 1; 32, 26.—

b Sētīna , ae, f., The Setiness , the title of a comedy of Titinius (v. Com. Rel. p. 148 sq. Rib.).—

c Sē-tīnum , i, n., the wine of Setia , Juv. 10, 2, 7; Mart. 6, 86, 1.

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