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Nomentum

Nomentum · adj

a city in the country of the Sabines

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What it meant

Nōmentum — Lewis & Short

Nōmentum, i, n.,

I a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—
II Hence,
A Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum: ager, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48: vina, Mart. 13, 119: via, the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.—Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—
B Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname: L. Cassius Nomentanus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep.
†† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = no/mimos,
I lawful, legitimate, = legitimus: PATER NOMIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 5059.

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