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Cūmae , ārum (Cȳ , Stat. S. 4, 3, 65;
I.gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Κύμη, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,
II. Cūmānus , a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.
1. Adj.: “ager,Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66: “litora,Tac. A. 15, 46: “linum,Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§ “10 and 11: caementum,id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.: “fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,” i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48: “orbe patinae tortae,Stat. S. 4, 9, 43: “pulvere rubicunda testa,Mart. 14, 114: “Apollo,” i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98: “vates,” i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—
2. Subst.
a. Cūmāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—
b. Cūmānum , i, n.
(α). The Cumæan region: “in Cumano,Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
(β). An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—*
c. Cūmāna , ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—
B. Cūmaeus , a, um, adj., Cumæan (poet.): “urbs,Verg. A. 3, 441: “antrum,Sil. 13, 498: “Sibylla,Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf. “of the same: virgo,id. ib. 14, 135: “dux (sc. Aeneae),id. ib. 14, 121: “vates,Val. Fl. 1, 5: “carmen,” i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (25):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.2.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.1.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.10.2
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.25.66
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.121
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.135
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.104
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.712
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.441
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.98
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.321
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.46
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.748
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.183
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.61
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 42.13
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.43
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.12
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.5
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.8
    • Statius, Silvae, 4.3
    • Statius, Silvae, 4.9
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.114
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