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Caecŭbum , i, n., = Καίκουβον,
I.a marshy place in Southern Latium, near Amyclœ, distinguished for producing the most excellent kind of Roman wine, Mart. 13, 115.—
II. Deriv.: Caecŭbus , a, um, adj., Cœcuban: “ager,Col. 3, 8, 5; Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209: “agri,id. 3, 5, 9, § 60: “vites,id. 17, 4, 3, § 31: vina, Hor S. 2, 8, 15.—And subst.: Caecŭbum , i, n. (sc. vinum), Cœcuban wine, Hor. C. 1, 20, 9; 1, 37, 5; id. Epod. 9, 1; 9, 36.—Plur., Hor. C. 2, 14, 25; Mart. 13, 115. (From a neglect of the vines, and still more from a canal made by Nero, which drew off the water, the vineyards here, even in the time of Pliny the elder, were in a state of decay, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61.)
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.31
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.60
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.8.5
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.115
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