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Aequi , ōrum, m.
I. A warlike people of ancient Italy, in the neighborhood of the Latins and Volsci, on both sides of the Anio, whose cities were Alba, Tibur, Praeneste, Carseoli, etc. They were almost entirely destroyed by the dictator Cincinnatus, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; Liv. 1, 9; 4, 30 al.; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, 81.—Hence,
II. A.. Aequĭ-cus , a, um, adj., Æquian: “bellum,” with the Æqui, Liv. 3, 4, 3; 10, 1, 7.—
B. Ae-quīcŭlus , a, um, adj., Æquian: “gens,” Verg. A. 7, 747 rura, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, subst.: Aequīcŭlus , i, m., one of the Æqui: “asper,” Ov. F. 3, 93; so Suet. Vit. 1. —
C. Aequīcūlāni = Aequiculi, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.747
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 4.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 1.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 30
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 9
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.20
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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