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Henna

Henna · f

a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 5 · 3.53/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 2 · 2.87/10k
In C. Verrem 10 · 1/10k
Fasti 3 · 0.96/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 5 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

Henna — Lewis & Short

Henna, less correctly Enna, ae, f., = *(/enna,

I a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily, with a famous temple of Ceres: it was from here that Pluto carried off Proserpine; now Castro Giovanni, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 sq.; Ov. F. 4, 422; 455; 462; Hyg. F. 146.—

II Derivv.

A Hennensis (Enn-), e, adj., of or belonging to Henna: Ceres, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107 sq.—Subst.: Hen-nenses (Enn-), ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Henna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Liv. 24, 39; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—

B Hennaeus (Enn-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Henna, Hennean: moenia, i. e. Henna, Ov. M. 5, 385: virgo rapta, Sil. 14, 245; cf. id. 1, 93.

In the wild

Henna Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.24.39.7
Henna Claudian, de raptu Proserpinae 2.1.289
Hennam Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.96
Hennam Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.111
Henna Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.187
Hennam Ovid, Fasti 4.455

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Where it came from

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