(adj.adj.adj.) : Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m.
* A very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence
* Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian: ager,Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2: arvum,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167: senatus,Liv. 4, 58: bellum,Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.: Vēiens, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.: Veientes,the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes,Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.
* Vēientānus (Vējen -), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian: ager,Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.—Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. gemma): Italica,a black precious stone found near Veii,Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.—Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.
* Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēïus (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian: dux Veïus,i. e. Tolumnius,Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.—Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.