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intĕr-amnus , a, um, adj. amnis,
I.that is between two rivers (as an adj., late Lat.): terras interamnas (al. interamnanas) recepimus (viz. Mesopotamia), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 56: “Nilus ad insulae faciem spatia amplectitur interamna,” Sol. 32, 1.— Hence,
II. Intĕramna , ae, f. (sc. urbs).
A. The name of several Italian cities, Varr. L. L. 5, § 28.—Esp.
1. A city of Umbria, surrounded by the river Nar, the birthplace of the historian Tacitus and of the emperor of the same name, now Terni, Cic. Mil. 17, 46; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; Tac. H. 3, 63, 2.—
2. A city in Latium, on the Liris, now Teramo, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105; Liv. 26, 9, 3. — Also called Interamnĭum , ii, n., Flor. 3, 21, 27. —
B. Derivv.
1. Interamnas , ātis, adj., of or belonging to Interamna: “ager,” Liv. 10, 39, 1. — Subst.: Interam-nātes , ium, m., inhabitants of Interamna, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5: “Interamnates cognomine Nartes,” Plin. 3, 14, 19 § 113.—Sing.: “C. Causinius Schola, Interamnas,” Cic. Mil. 17, 46. —
2. ‡ Intĕramnānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Interamna, Inscr. ap. Don. 161, 3.—
3. ‡ Intĕramnātus , a, um, the same: “CIVITAS,” Inscr. Orell. 3773.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.1.5
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.15.5
    • Cicero, For Milo, 17.46
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.41.105
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 39.1
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.63
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 9.3
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