Sulmo

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

Sulmo, ōnis, m.

I A town in the territory of the Peligni, near Corfinium, the birthplace of Ovid , now Sulmona : aquosus, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 11: gelidus, id. F. 4, 81; Sil. 9, 76; 8, 511; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 4, 3; 8, 12, A, 1; Flor. 3, 21, 28.—Hence,

1 Sulmōnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Sulmo : ager, Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.— Plur. : Sulmōnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sulmo , Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.— Sing. fem. , Juv. 6, 187 —*

2 Sul-montīnus , a, um, adj., of Sulmo : colonia, Front. Colon. p. 145 Goes.—

II A town of the Volsci in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; 34, 14, 41, § 145.—

III The name of a hero , Verg. A. 9, 412; 10, 517.

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