Verona

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

Vērōna, ae, f.,

I a city in Gallia Transpadana, the birthplace of the poet Catullus and of the elder Pliny , still called Verona , Liv. 5, 35; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130, Cat. 35, 3; 67, 34; Ov. Am. 3, 15, 7 al.

II —Hence, Vē-rōnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Verona : ager, Plin. 9, 22, 38, § 75: campi, Aur. Vict. Ep. 38: juvenes, Cat. 100, 2: Catullus, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48.— Plur. : Vērōnen-ses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Verona , the Veronese , Tac. H. 3, 8 sq.

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