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Numantia

Numantia · f

a city in

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Where it lives

De Fato 3 · 6.05/10k
Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
Jugurtha 5 · 2.36/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
De Consolatione ad Polybium 1 · 1.76/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 4 · 1.52/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 1 · 1.5/10k
Pro L. Murena 1 · 0.95/10k
De Republica 2 · 0.92/10k
De Ira 2 · 0.9/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Nŭmantĭa — Lewis & Short

Nŭmantĭa, ae, f.,

I a city in Hispania Tarraconensis, captured and destroyed by Scipio Africanus the Younger, now Garray, Liv. Ep. 47; 54 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; Flor. 2, 18; Eutr. 4, 17; Mel. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,

II Nŭmantīnus, a, um, adj., Numantine. De Numantino foedere, made by C. Mancinus, but not ratified by the Senate, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Fin. 2, 17, 54.—Subst.: Nŭ-mantīnus, i, m., a surname given to Scipio Africanus, as the taker of Numantia; cf. Ov. F. 1, 596.—In plur. Nŭ-mantīni, ōrum, m., the Numantines, Juv. 8, 11; Liv. Ep. 59.

In the wild

Numantiam Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.13.3
Numantiaeque Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.47.12.3
Numantiae Horace, Carmina 2.12
Numantiam Cicero, Philippicae 4.13
Numantiae Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 4.3.13
Numantiam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.20

6 of 47 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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