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(adjective) : Bŏvillae (Bŏbellae, Tab. Peut.; Bŏbillae, Gromat. Vet. p. 231, 11), ārum, f. (Bŏvilla, ae, f., Front. Colon. p. 103).
* A small but very ancient town in Latium, a colony from Alba Longa, about twelve miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and, until some time in the Middle Ages, the first station on it; it contained the Sacrarium of the Julian gens,Tac. A. 2, 41; 15, 23; id. H. 4, 2; 4, 46; Suet. Aug. 100; Flor. 1, 11, 6; Schol. Pers. 6, 55 al.; Vell. 2, 47, 4: suburbanae,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 33. Ov. F. 3, 667; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Inscr. Orell. 2625.—At an inn in this town Clodius, previously attacked and wounded in the Temple of Bona Dea, was murdered by Milo, Ascon. Cic. Mil. Argum. (4).
* Derivv.
* Bovillanus fundus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3, is referred to another place of the same name in the territory of the Arpini, otherwise unknown.
* Bŏvillen-ses, ium, m., inhabitants of Bovilloe, Inscr. Fabr. p. 456, n. 74; so Fratr. Arval. Marin. p. 654.
* A small but very ancient town in Latium, a colony from Alba Longa, about twelve miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and, until some time in the Middle Ages, the first station on it; it contained the Sacrarium of the Julian gens,Tac. A. 2, 41; 15, 23; id. H. 4, 2; 4, 46; Suet. Aug. 100; Flor. 1, 11, 6; Schol. Pers. 6, 55 al.; Vell. 2, 47, 4: suburbanae,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 33. Ov. F. 3, 667; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Inscr. Orell. 2625.—At an inn in this town Clodius, previously attacked and wounded in the Temple of Bona Dea, was murdered by Milo, Ascon. Cic. Mil. Argum. (4).
* Derivv.
* Bovillanus fundus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3, is referred to another place of the same name in the territory of the Arpini, otherwise unknown.
* Bŏvillen-ses, ium, m., inhabitants of Bovilloe, Inscr. Fabr. p. 456, n. 74; so Fratr. Arval. Marin. p. 654.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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