Velinus

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

Vĕlīnus lăcus or simply Vĕlī-nus,

a lake in the Sabine territories , between Reate and Interamnum , Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Verg. A. 7, 517: Rosea rura Velini, id. ib. 7, 712.—It gave its name to Vĕlīna trĭbus , the people who dwelt around this lake , Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9; Liv. Epit. 19 fin. ; called also Velina, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52; Pers. 5, 73.

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