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Bŏnōnĭa , ae, f., = Βονωνία.
I. A town in Gallia Cisalpina, in the neighborhood of Mutina, a Roman colony founded A. U. C. 563, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2; Liv. 37, 57, 7; Vell. 1, 15, 2; Sil. 8, 599; Mel. 2, 4, 2; previously a Tuscan town called Felsina, now Bologna, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Interpr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 198; Liv. 33, 37, 3; Amm. 20, 1, 3; 27, 8, 6.—Hence,
B. Bŏnōnĭensis , e, adj., of or pertaining to Bononia: “amnis Rhenus,” Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161; so, “C. Rusticellus Bononiensis,” of Bononia, Cic. Brut. 46, 169.—
II. A fortress in Pannonia, now Banostor, Amm. 21, 9, 6; 31, 11, 6; Itin. Anton. —
III. A town in Gallia Belgica, earlier called Gessoriacum, now Boulogne, Tab. Peuting.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.5.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 37.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 57.7
    • Cicero, Brutus, 46.169
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