I. A people of Calabria, on the south-eastern extremity of Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Liv. 9, 42; 25, 1.—Also used to designate the country of the Salentines: “in Salentinis aut in Bruttiis,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; so, “in Salentinis,” Varr. R. R. 2, 3 fin.; Liv. 10, 2.—Hence,
II. Sālentīnus , a, um, adj., Salentine: “campi,” Mel. 2, 4, 7; Verg. A. 3, 400: “litora,” Mel. 2, 4, 7: “promontorium,” the south-eastern point of Italy, id. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. 1. 1.: “Neretum,” Ov. M. 15, 51: “olea,” Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1: “cohortes,” Sil. 8, 575.