The corpus record — Latin

Sălernum

Sălernum · n

a maritime town in the Picentine territory

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What it meant

Sălernum — Lewis & Short

Sălernum, i, n.,

I a maritime town in the Picentine territory, now Salerno, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Liv. 32, 29; 34, 45; Vell. 1, 15, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 1; Luc. 2, 425.—Hence, Sălernitānus, a, um, adj., Salernian: latebra, Plin. 13, 3, 5, § 25 (Jahn, Salurnitanus): regio, Val. Max. 6, 8, 5.—

B Să-lernus, i, m., an inhabitant of Salernum: pugnax, Sil. 8, 853.

Where it came from

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