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Fĕrentīna Aqua ,
I.a small river in the neighborhood of Alba Longa, near the modern Marino, at the source of which there was a grove sacred to the deity Ferentina (perh. the same as Diana); “here the Latini used to hold their general assemblies: ad caput aquae Ferentinae,” Liv. 1, 51, 9; for which: ad caput Ferentinae, Cinc. ap. Fest. p. 241, 12 Müll. N. cr.; and: “ad caput Ferentinum,” Liv. 2, 38; cf.: “ut ad lucum Ferentinae conveniant,” id. 1, 50; so id. 1, 52, 5; 7, 25, 5. (This place is different from Ferentinum, the city of the Hernici; see the foll. art.).
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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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 50
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 51.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 52.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 25
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