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Căpēna , ae, f.,
I.a Tuscan town founded by the Veientes, or at least dependent upon them, now S. Martino, Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 697; Liv. 22, 1, 10; in their territory were the grove and temple of Feronia, id. 27, 4, 14; 33, 26, 8.—
II. Derivv.
A. Căpēnas , ātis, adj. (old form Căpēnā-tis lūcus , Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.), of Capena: “fundus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31: “ager,” id. Fam. 9, 17, 2: “bellum,” Liv. 5, 24, 3. —Abl. Capenati bello, Liv. 5, 16, 2: “in agro Capenate,” id. 27, 4, 14; and absol.: “in Capenate,” id. 33, 26, 8.—In plur.: “Capenates,” the inhabitants of Capena, Liv. 5, 8, 4; 26, 11, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—In sing.: Capenas, also a little stream in the grove of Feronia, Sil. 13, 84.—
B. Căpēnus , a, um, adj., of Capena: “luci,” Verg. A. 7, 697: Porta Capena, a gate in Rome, in the eastern district, now Porta S. Sebastiano, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 13; id. Att. 4, 1, 5; Mart. 3, 47; Juv. 3, 11.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.17.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.1.5
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.31
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.697
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 1
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 11.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 4.14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 26.8
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.7
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 3.47
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