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Sulmo , ōnis, m.
I. A town in the territory of the Peligni, near Corfinium, the birthplace of Ovid, now Sulmona: “aquosus,” Ov. Am. 3, 15, 11: “gelidus,” id. F. 4, 81; Sil. 9, 76; 8, 511; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 4, 3; 8, 12, A, 1; Flor. 3, 21, 28.—Hence,
1. Sulmōnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Sulmo: “ager,” Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.—Plur.: Sulmōnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sulmo, Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.—Sing. fem., Juv. 6, 187 —*
2. Sul-montīnus , a, um, adj., of Sulmo: “colonia,” Front. Colon. p. 145 Goes.—
II. A town of the Volsci in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; 34, 14, 41, § 145.—
III. The name of a hero, Verg. A. 9, 412; 10, 517.
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 Atticus, 8.4.3
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