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oppĭdum , i (
I.gen. plur oppidūm, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; old abl plur. oppedeis, Lex. Servil.), n. ob and pedum; Gr. πέδον; Sanscr pada-m, on or over the plain.
I. A town (of towns other than Rome, which was called Urbs; “though occasionally the term oppidum was applied to Rome) (class.): oppidum ab opi dictum, quod munitur opis causā, ubi sit: et quod opus est ad vitam gerundam,Varr. L. L. 5, § 141 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 202: “hi coetus (hominum) sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt, quam cum locis manuque saepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt,Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41: Athenas anticum opulentum oppidum Contempla, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 5 (Trag. v. 324 Vahl.): “fortunatum oppidum,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 81: “Segesta est oppidum pervetus in Siciliā,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72: “praesidia in oppidis,id. Att. 8, 11, B, § “1: Romana per oppida,Verg. G. 2, 176: “urbe (i.e. Romā) oppidove ullo,Suet. Oth. 1.—Constr. with gen., of name of a town: “Antiochiae,Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—Of Rome: per totum oppidum, all through the town, i.e. Rome, Varr. L. L. 6 § “14 Müll.: eos (legatos) in oppidum intromitti non placuit,Liv. 42, 36: “oppidum Martis,Mart. 10, 30, 2.—In like manner oppidum denotes Athens, Nep. Milt. 4, 2; and Thebes, id. Pel. 1, 2.—In a fig. of an old man: “ad hoc ego oppidum vetus continuo legiones meas Protinus adducam: hoc si expugno, etc.,Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 12.—
B. Transf., the inhabitants of a town: “illic oppida tota canem venerantur, nemo Dianam,Juv. 15, 8.—
II. A fortified wood or forest, among the Britons, Caes. B. G. 5, 21. —
III. The barriers of the circus (anteclass.): “in Circo primo unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres, Naevius oppidum appellat,Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 184 ib.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.5.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.18.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.11
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.21
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.72
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.1
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.176
    • Suetonius, Otho, 1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Miltiades, 4.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pelopidas, 1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 36
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.26
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