Sinuessa

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

Sĭnŭessa, ae, f.,

I a colony of the Latins , formerly called Sinope , in Campania , now ruins near Monte Dragone , Mel. 2, 4, 9. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; Liv. 10, 21, 8; Cic. Att. 9, 15, A, 6; 9, 16, 1; Ov. M. 15, 715.

II —Hence, Sĭnŭessuānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sinuessa : deversoriolum, Cic. Fam. 12, 20; id. Att. 14, 8, 1.— Absol. : mansi in Sinuessano, the Sinuessan estate , Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 1: aquae, Plin. 31, 2, 4, § 8: ager, id. 2, 93, 94, § 208; cf. lacus, Mart. 11, 7, 12; 13, 11, 1: Petrinum, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 5.

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