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Līternum (Lint- ), i, n.,
I.a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.— Hence,
A. Līternus , a, um, adj., Literman: “Liternus ager,” Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66: “palus,” Sil. 6, 654.—Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.—
B. Līternīnus , a, um, adj., Liternian: “rus,” Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.—Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.25.66
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.714
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.49
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.61
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 53
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 16
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 86
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