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Oenotria

Oenotria · f

the extreme south-eastern part of Italy

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Where it lives

Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant

Oenōtrĭa — Lewis & Short

Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = *oi)nwtri/a.

I Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians): Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—

II Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,

A Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—

B Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = *)oinw/trios, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman: Oenotria tellus, Verg. A. 7, 85: jura, Sil. 1, 2: tecta, id. 13, 713.—

C Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius: Oenotri coluere viri, Verg. A. 1, 532: terrae, Sil. 9, 473: orae, id. 8, 221: fines, id. 13, 51.

In the wild

Oenotriam Tertullian, Apologeticum 10.8

Where it came from

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