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Sŭbūra , ae (abbrev. SVG.;
I.v. infra), f., a quarter in Rome, in the second region, between the Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal, where provisions were sold, and where many prostitutes dwelt: “Subura Junius scribit ab eo, quod fuerit sub antiquā Urbe: quoi testimonium potest esse, quod subest ei loco, qui Terreus murus vocatur. Sed ego a pago potius Succusano dictam puto Succusam, quod in notā etiam nunc scribitur tertia littera C, non B,Varr. L. L. 5, § 48 Müll.; cf.: “Subura cum tribus litteris notatur, C litteram ostendit,Quint. 1, 7, 29; cf. Fest. p. 309 Müll.; Liv. 3, 13; Mart. 6, 66, 2; 7, 31, 12; 10, 94, 5: “clamosa,id. 12, 18, 2; Pers. 5, 32; Juv. 11, 141 (v. Subura, Becker, Antiq. vol. 1, p. 521 sq.; and cf. id. Gall. vol. 3, p. 44, 2d ed.). — Hence,
A. Sŭbūrā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Subura, Suburan: “regio,Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.: “tribus,id. ib. 5, § 56 ib.; Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 79; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13; cf. Fest. p. 302 Müll.: “clivus,” i. e. the Esquiline, Mart. 5, 22, 5: “canes,Hor. Epod. 5, 58: “magistra,” i. e. a prostitute, Mart. 11, 78, 11; cf. id. 11, 61, 3.—
B. Sŭbūrānenses , ĭum, m., the dwellers in the Subura, Fest. s. v. October, p. 178 Müll.
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    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.29.79
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 7.29
    • Persius, Saturae, 5
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