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Mĕdĭōlānum or Mĕdĭōlānĭum , i, n.
I. A city in Gallia Cisalpina, the capital of the Insubres, the mod. Milan. Form Mediolanum, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124; Just. 29, 5, 8; Tac. H. 1, 70; Aus. de Clar. Urb. 4, 1. Form Mediolanium, Liv. 5, 34, 9; 34, 46, 1; Suet. Aug. 20.—Hence,
B. Mĕdĭōlā-nensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Milan, Milanese: “(ager),” Varr. R. R. 1, 8: “praeco,” Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—In plur.: Mĕdĭōlānen-ses , ĭum, m., the Milanese, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2. —
II. The chief city of the Santoni in Gaul, on the river Carantonus, now Saintes, Amm. 15, 11, 12; Itin. Anton. p. 459, 3.
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, Against Piso, 26.62
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.70
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 34.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 46.1
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