Vacca

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

Vacca, ae, f.

I A town of Byzacene in Africa , Auct. B. Afr. 74.—

II A town of Numidia , called also Vaga , now Beja , Sall. J. 29, 4; 47, 1; 68, 3; Sil. 3, 259.

III —Hence, Vaccensis or Vagensis , e, adj., of or pertaining to Vacca : Vagense oppidum, i. e. Vaga , Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30.— Vaccenses ( Vagen- ), ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Vacca , Sall. J. 66, 2.

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