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Spōlētĭum (afterwards called also Spōlētum ; cf. Prisc. p. 592 P.; but whether so as early as the class. period is doubtful, owing to the uncertainty of the readings in the MSS. of Livy, Suetonius, and Florus; cf. Duk. ad Flor. 3, 21, 27), ii, n.,
I.a city of Umbria, now Spoleto, Liv. 22, 9; 24, 10; 45, 43; id. Epit. 20; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Flor. 3, 21, 27; Suet. Vesp. 1; id. Gram. 21; Aur. Vict. Ep. 31.—Hence,
A. Spōlē-tīnus , a um, adj., of or belonging to Spoletium: “populus,Cic. Balb. 21, 48: “Spoletinus T. Matrinius,id. ib. 21, 48; so, “P. Cominius Spoletinus,id. Brut. 78, 271: lagenae, i. e. wine of Spoletium (of excellent quality), Mart. 13, 120; cf. absol.: “Spoletina bibis,Spoletian wine, id. 14, 116.—Subst.: Spō-lētīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Spoletium, Liv. 27, 10; 45, 43 fin.; Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—‡
B. Spōlētānus , a, um, adj., of Spoletium, acc. to Prisc. p. 592 P.
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