Treveri

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

Trēvĕri (Trēvĭri), ōrum, m.

I A people in Gallia Belgica, between the Moselle and the forest of Ardennes , in and about the mod. Treves , Caes. B. G. 1, 37; 2, 24; 3, 11; 6, 8 et saep.; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Liv. Epit. 107 al.—In sing.: Trēvĭr , one of the Treviri , Tac. H. 3, 35; 4, 55; Luc. 1, 441.—In a pun with tresviri, Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 3.—

B Afterwards, the town of the Treviri , the mod. Treves , Amm. 15, 11, 9; called, at an earlier date, Augusta Trevirorum, Mel. 3, 2, 4.—

II Hence, Trēvĕ-rĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Treveri : ager, Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 183; 11, 49, 109, § 262: tumultus, Tac. A. 3, 42 fin. : proelium, id. H. 5, 17: urbs, i. e. Treves , Aus. Urb. 4.

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