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Aegĭum , or Aegĭon , ii, n.,
I.a town in Achaia, one of the twelve Achœan cities, situated on the river Selinus, now Vostitza, Mel. 2, 5, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13; Lucr. 6, 585; Liv. 38, 30.—Hence,
A. Aegĭenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Achaia, Liv. 38, 30; Tac. A. 4, 13.—
B. Aegĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Ægium: “vitis,” a kind of vine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.
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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    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.13
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.585
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.13
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 30
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