1. alba — Lewis & Short
alba, ae, f.albus,
I a white precious stone, the pearl, Lampr. Hel. 21.
The corpus record — Latin
alba
alba · f
a white precious stone
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Where it lives
- Divus Claudius 2 · 6.74/10k
- Tacitus 2 · 6.48/10k
- Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
- Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
- Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
- Silvae 7 · 2.79/10k
- Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
- Elegiae 3 · 2.43/10k
- Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
- Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
- Alexander Severus 2 · 1.87/10k
- de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Densest 12 of 52 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. Alba — Lewis & Short
Alba or Alba Longa, ae, f.v. albus.
I The mother city of Rome, built by Ascanius, the son of Æneas, upon the broad, rocky margin which lies between the Alban Lake and Mons Albanus; destroyed by Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, and never rebuilt, Enn. Ann. 1, 34, 88; Verg. A. 1, 277; 8, 48; Liv. 1, 27-30; cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 1, 220 sq.; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 97 sq.—
II The name of several other towns.
A Alba Fucentĭa, or absol. Alba, a town north-west of Lacus Fucinus, on the borders of the Marsi, now Colle di Albe, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 9, 6; Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8 post. ep. 12; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.—
B Alba Pompēĭa, in Liguria, on the river Tanarus, now Alba, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—
C Alba Helvĭa or Alba Helvōrum, in Gallia Narbonensis, now Viviers, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.
3. Alba — Lewis & Short
Alba, ae, m.,
I the name of a king in Alba Longa, Ov. M. 14, 612; id. F. 4, 43.
4. Alba — Lewis & Short
Alba, ae, m.,
I a river in Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 3, 2, 3, § 22; v. Albis.
In the wild
- Alba Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.304
- albam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.24.p6
- Alba Statius, Silvae 4.5.2
- albam Statius, Silvae 4.3.116
- Albae Statius, Silvae 3.1.61
- albas Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.2.p4
6 of 158 attestations shown.
Where it came from
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