Velabrum

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

Vēlābrum, i, n.

I A street in Rome on the Aventine Hill , between the Vicus Tuscus and the Forum Boarium , where especially oil-dealers and cheesemongers sold their wares , Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 sq. Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 29; id. Curc. 4, 1, 22; Hor. S. 2, 3, 229; Tib. 2, 5, 33; Prop. 4 (5), 9, 5; Ov. F. 6, 405.— Hence, Vēlābrensis , e, adj., of or belonging to the Velabrum , Velabrian : caseus, Mart. 13, 32, 2; cf. id. 11, 52, 10.—

II Velabrum Minus, a small street in Rome , Varr. L. L. 5, § 156 Müll.

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