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Cūmae , ārum (Cȳmē , Stat. S. 4, 3, 65;
I.gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Κύμη, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,
II. Cūmānus , a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.
1. Adj.: “ager,” Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66: “litora,” Tac. A. 15, 46: “linum,” Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§ “10 and 11: caementum,” id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.: “fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,” i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48: “orbe patinae tortae,” Stat. S. 4, 9, 43: “pulvere rubicunda testa,” Mart. 14, 114: “Apollo,” i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98: “vates,” i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—
2. Subst.
a. Cūmāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—
b. Cūmānum , i, n.
(α). The Cumæan region: “in Cumano,” Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
(β). An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—*
c. Cūmāna , ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—
B. Cūmaeus , a, um, adj., Cumæan (poet.): “urbs,” Verg. A. 3, 441: “antrum,” Sil. 13, 498: “Sibylla,” Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf. “of the same: virgo,” id. ib. 14, 135: “dux (sc. Aeneae),” id. ib. 14, 121: “vates,” Val. Fl. 1, 5: “carmen,” i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.
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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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 42.13
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