Stabiae

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

Stăbĭae, ārum, f.,

I a small town on the coast of Campania near Pompeii , celebrated for its medicinal springs. It was partially destroyed by Sylla during the Social War , and was finally overwhelmed at the same time with Herculaneum and Pompeii , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Ov. M. 15, 711; Col. poët. 10, 133; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12.

II —Hence, Stăbĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Stabiae , Stabian : litus, Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1.—Subst.: Stăbĭānum , i, n.

1 The Stabian territory : in Stabiano, Plin. 31, 2, 5, § 9.—

2 A villa of M. Marius near Stabiae , Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1.

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