Sutrium

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

Sūtrĭum, ii, n.,

I an ancient town in Etruria , now Sutri , Liv. 6, 3, 2; 6, 9; 6, 32; Vell. 1, 14. — Prov.: quasi eant Sutrium, i. e. to set about any thing well prepared (as Camillus, when he marched to the conquest of Sutrium), Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 10; cf. Fest. p. 310 Müll. — Hence,

A Sūtrīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sutrium : ager, Liv. 26, 34: colonia, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51. — Subst.: Sūtrīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Sutrium , Liv. 6, 3. —

B Sūtrĭus , a, um, adj., of Sutrium : tecta, Sil. 8, 493.

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