Tifernum

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

Tifernum, i, n., the name of three towns of Italy.

I A town in Umbria , on the Tiber , called also Tifernum Tiberinum, near the mod. Citta di Castello , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 4; 10, 24.— Its inhabitants are called Tifernates Tiberini, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—

II A second town in Umbria , on the Metaurus , now S. Angelo in Vado , whose inhabitants, to distinguish them from the preceding, are called Tifernates Metaurenses, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—

III A town in Samnium , on the mountain and river Tifernus , near the mod. Limosani , Liv. 9, 44, 6; 10, 14, 6.

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