nemorensis

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

nĕmŏrensis, e, adj. [nemus], of or belonging to a grove or wood.

I In gen. mel, Col. 9, 4, 7.—

II In partic.

A Of or belonging to the grove of Diana, near Aricia , Prop. 3 (4), 22, 25; cf. Ov. F. 3, 261, Vitr. 4, 7—Hence: rex Nemorensis, the presider over the sacrifices to Diana of Aricia , Suet. Calig. 35—

B Subst.: Nĕmŏrense , is, n., a villa of Caesar, near the Arician grove , Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25, in Nemorensi, Suet. Caes. 46; cf. nemus I. B.

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