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Oenotria
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Lewis Short
(adj.adj.) : Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Οἰνωτρία.
* Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians): Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.
* Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence
* Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.
* Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀινώτριος, Oenotrian;poet. for Italian, Roman: Oenotria tellus,Verg. A. 7, 85: jura,Sil. 1, 2: tecta,id. 13, 713.
* Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius: Oenotri coluere viri,Verg. A. 1, 532: terrae,Sil. 9, 473: orae,id. 8, 221: fines,id. 13, 51.
* Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians): Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.
* Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence
* Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.
* Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀινώτριος, Oenotrian;poet. for Italian, Roman: Oenotria tellus,Verg. A. 7, 85: jura,Sil. 1, 2: tecta,id. 13, 713.
* Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius: Oenotri coluere viri,Verg. A. 1, 532: terrae,Sil. 9, 473: orae,id. 8, 221: fines,id. 13, 51.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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