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Flūmentāna (porta ), f. flumen,
I.a gate of Rome near the Tiber; River-gate, at the entrance to the Campus Martius: Flumentana porta Romae appellata, quod Tiberis partem ea fluxisse affirmant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 6; Liv. 35, 9, 3; 35, 21, 5; Inscr. Fratr. Arv. p. 254 ed. Marin.; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 155 sq.—
II. Transf.: “nescis cur, cum portam Flumentanam Caelius occuparit, ego Puteolos non meos faciam,” i. e. a villa near the River-gate, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9.
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 Atticus, 7.3.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 21.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 9.3
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