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Albŭnĕa , also Albūna , ae, f. v. albus,
I.a fountain at Tibur gushing up between steep rocks (or poet., the nymph who dwelt there), near to which was the villa of Horace: domus Albuneae resonantis, * Hor. C. 1, 7, 12; * Verg. A. 7, 83; cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 1, 238 and 239.—
2. A sibyl worshipped in a grove at Tibur, Lact. 1, 6, 12: “Albuna,” Tib. 2, 5, 69, where now Müll. reads Aniena.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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