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Săbīni , ōrum, m.,
I.the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31: “rigidi,” Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. —Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory: “ex Sabinis,” Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45: “ardui,” Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence,
A. Săbīnus , a, um, adj., Sabine: “ager,” Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.: “montes,” Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9: “fana,” id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.: “virgines raptae,” id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.: “lingua,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.: “vocabulum,” id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf. “origo (vocabuli),” id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67: “salix,” Col. 4, 30, 4: “oleum,” Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—*
(β). Adv.: Săbīnē , in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—
2. In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.; “used for incense,” Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence,
B. Substt.
1. Săbīnus , i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,
(α). A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—
(β). The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—
(γ). The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—
(δ). A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus: “libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him,” Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.—Subst.: Săbīnĭāni , ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—
2. Săbīna , ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—
C. Săbī-num , i, n.
a. (Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine: “vile,” Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—
b. (Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia): “satis beatus unicis Sabinis,” Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.
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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