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Umbri

Umbri · m

a people of Italy

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What it meant

Umbri — Lewis & Short

Umbri, ōrum, m.,

I a people of Italy, in the district of Umbria, which was named after them, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; 3, 14, 19, § 112; Liv. 5, 35; 9, 37 sq.—Hence,
A Umber, bra, brum, adj., of or belonging to the Umbrians, Umbrian: porcus, Cat. 39, 11: aper, Hor. S. 2, 4, 40; Stat. S. 2, 4, 4; 4, 6, 10: villicus, Mart. 7, 31, 9: maritus, Ov. A. A. 3, 303.—Substt.
1 Umber, bri, m. (sc. canis), an Umbrian dog used in hunting, Verg. A. 12, 753; Sen. Thyest. 497; Val. Fl. 6, 420; Sil. 3, 295; Grat. Cyn. 171 al.—A kind of sheep in Spain and Corsica, Plin. 8, 49, 75, § 199.—
2 Umbra, ae, f., a female Umbrian, in a pun with umbra, a shadow, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 84.—
B Um-brĭa, ae, f., a district of Italy so called, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mur. 20, 42; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.—In apposition: Umbria terra, Gell. 3, 2, 6.—
C Umbrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Umbria, Umbrian: creta, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197.

Where it came from

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Latin text and lemmatization derived from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-latinLit), CC BY-SA 4.0. Lewis & Short (public domain) via Perseus. This derived data is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.