sălīnae — Lewis & Short
sălīnae, ārumsal (cf. f. (sc. fodinae),
Varr. L. L. 8, § 48 Müll.),I salt-works, saltpits, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Liv. 1, 33; Col. 2, 2, 15 sq. al.:
Salinae Romanae,the salt-works established by Ancus Martius at Ostia, near Rome, Liv. 7, 19 fin.; cf. id. 1, 33;
also called simply Salinae,id. 5, 45; 24, 47: Herculeae, near Herculaneum, Col. poët. 10, 135.—In a play upon the meaning of this word and that of sal, II.:
quod parum diligenter possessio salinarum mearum a te procuratore defenditur,Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1. —
B Sălīnae, nom. prop.
1 The saltworks at Ostia, v. supra.—
2 A square in Rome, near the Porta Trigemina, Front. Aquaed. 5 fin.