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Tifernum , i, n.,
I.the name of three towns of Italy.
I. A town in Umbria, on the Tiber, called also Tifernum Tiberinum, near the mod. Citta di Castello, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 4; 10, 24.—Its inhabitants are called Tifernates Tiberini, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—
II. A second town in Umbria, on the Metaurus, now S. Angelo in Vado, whose inhabitants, to distinguish them from the preceding, are called Tifernates Metaurenses, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—
III. A town in Samnium, on the mountain and river Tifernus, near the mod. Limosani, Liv. 9, 44, 6; 10, 14, 6.
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 (5):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 44
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.24
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.53
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 4.1.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 14.6
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