I.a maritime city in the south of Campania, overwhelmed, together with Herculaneum and Stabiœ, by an eruption of Vesuvius, A. D. 79, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 9, 38; Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1.—Hence,
II. Pompējānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pompeii, Pompeian: “regio,” Sen. Q. N. 6, 27, 1: “Sarnus,” Stat. S. 1, 2, 265: “vinum,” Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 70: “brassica,” id. 19, 8, 41, § 140.—
2. Subst.
b. Pompējāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pompeii, the Pompeians, Cic. Sull. 21, 60.