I.a king of Etruria, who made war on Rome on account of the banished Tarquins, Liv. 2, 9 sq.; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; id. Sest. 21; id. Par. 1, 2, 12: “Etrusca Porsĕnae manus,” Hor. Epod. 16, 4; scanned Porsĕna also Sil. 8, 391; 480; 10, 484; 502; Mart. 1, 22, 6: “nec non Tarquinium ejectum Porsenna jubebat,” Verg. A. 8, 646 Serv.—Prov.: bona Porsenae vendere, to sell Porsena's goods, i. e. to sell goods at auction, Liv. 2, 14.
Porsĕna and Porsenna (also Por-sina ), ae, m.,
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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