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Massicus

Massicus · m

a mountain in Campania, celebrated for its excellent wine

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Where it lives

Carmina 3 · 2.26/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 2 · 1.16/10k
De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Punica 3 · 0.39/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 2 · 0.04/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Massĭcus — Lewis & Short

Massĭcus, i, m. (with or without mons),

I a mountain in Campania, celebrated for its excellent wine, now Monte Massico: per juga Massici montis, Liv. 22, 14: vertunt felicia Baccho Massica qui rastris (sc. juga, or arbusta), Verg. A. 7, 725: in Massici radices, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.—Hence, Massĭcum vīnum, or simply Mas-sĭcum, i, n., wine of the Massicus, Massic wine: veteris pocula Massici, Hor. C. 1, 1, 19; 2, 7, 21: vina, id. S. 2, 4, 51: Bacchi umor, Verg. G. 2, 143; 3, 526.

In the wild

Massicus Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.11.16.5
Massici Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.14.2
Massicum Horace, Carmina 3.21
Massicus Silius Italicus, Punica 4.346
Massici Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 p14
Massici Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.8.5

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Where it came from

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