Thurii

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

Thūrĭi, ōrum, m., = Θούριοι,

a city of Lucania , on the Tarentine Gulf , built upon the site of the ancient Sybaris , Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Cic. Att. 9, 19, 3 (and perh., also, id. ib. 9, 3, 5); Caes. B. C. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 21; Suet. Aug. 2; Liv. 25, 15, 9. — Called also Thūrĭum , ii, n., = Θούριον, Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 67; Cic. Att. 3, 5 (Thurii, where, perh., Turiis should be read).— Hence, Thūrīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thurii , Thurine : ager, Cic. Tull. 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 22; Liv. 34, 53; Plin. 16, 21, 33, § 81; Suet. Aug. 3: colles, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39; cf. vina, id. 14, 6, 8, § 69: sinus, i. e. the Tarentine Gulf , upon which Thurii was situated, Ov. M. 15, 52: Ornytus, of Thurii , Hor. C. 3, 9, 14; so, Viscus, id. S. 2, 8, 20: in Thurinum, into the Thurine territory , Caes. B. C. 3, 21.— Plur. subst. : Thūrīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thurii , Liv. 25, 1; 25, 15; Plin. 34, 6, 15, § 32.

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