I.of or belonging to a province, provincial: “administratio,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: “scientia,” the administration of a province, id. ib. 1, 1, 7, § “20: edictum,” belonging to a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118: “molestia,” arising from the administration of a province, id. Fam. 2, 7, 4: “abstinentia,” observed in the administration of a province, id. Sest. 3, 7: “integritas,” id. ib. 5, 13: “ornamenta et commoda,” id. Red. in Sen. 14, 34: “parsimonia,” Tac. Agr. 4: “bellum,” id. H. 1, 89: “crimina,” id. A. 4, 20 fin.: “aditus ad me minime provinciales,” not as they usually are with provincial administrators, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5.—
II. Subst.: prōvincĭālis , is, m., an inhabitant of a province; mostly in plur., the people of a province, provincials, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 50, 16, 190. —Opp. to the inhabitants of Italy: “Italicus es an provincialis?” Plin. Ep. 9, 23, 2; Suet. Vesp. 9; cf. as adj., Col. 3, 3, 11.