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Esquĭlĭae (less correctly, Exqui-liae , Aesquiliae ), ārum, f. perh. from aesculus, a kind of oak,
I.the largest of the seven hills of Rome, with several separate heights (whence the plur. form); added to the city by Servius Tullius; now the heights of Santa Maria Maggiore, Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Ov. F. 3, 246; 6, 601; Prop. 3 (4), 23, 24; Hor. S. 1, 8, 14; Tac. A. 15, 40; Suet. Tib. 15; Juv. 11, 51 et saep. In earlier times low people were buried there; “hence: atrae,” Hor. S. 2, 6, 33.—
II. Derivv.,
A. Esquĭlĭus (Exq- ), a, um, adj., Esquiline: “mons, i. q. Esquiliae,” Ov. F. 2, 435.—
B. Esquĭlīnus (Exq- ), a, um, adj., the same: “tribus,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 45 Müll.; Liv. 45, 15; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13 al.: “porta,” Tac. A. 2, 32 fin.; also simply, Esquilina , ae, f., Cic. Pis. 23 fin.: “campus,” Suet. Claud. 25: alites, i. e. birds of prey (which devoured the bodies of criminals executed on the Esquiline), Hor. Epod. 5, 100; cf. “veneficium (for which human bones, etc., were brought from the Esquiline),” id. ib. 17, 58.—*
C. Esquĭlĭārĭus (Exq- ), a, um, adj., Esquiline: “collis,” Liv. 1, 48, 6.
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, Against Piso, 23
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.33
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.40
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.32
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 25
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 15
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 44
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 48.6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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