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Aventinus
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Lewis Short
Aventīnus | i, a, um | Aventī-num | Aventīnus | Aven-tīnensis | Aventīnĭensis (noun M) :
* (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Coelian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.—Neutr.: , , Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence
* The adjj.
* A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.
* (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill
* (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Coelian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.—Neutr.: , , Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence
* The adjj.
* A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.
* (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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