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Venafrum

Venafrum · n

a very ancient town of the Samnites

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 2 · 1.09/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Vĕnāfrum — Lewis & Short

Vĕnāfrum, i, n.,

I a very ancient town of the Samnites, celebrated for its olive-oil, now Venafro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Cato, R. R. 135; 136; Cic. Att. 7, 13, b, 7; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3; Hor. C. 2, 6, 16; Mart. 13, 101, 1.— Hence,

A Vĕnāfer, fra, frum, adj., of or belonging to Venafrum: oleum, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6.—

B Vĕnāfrānus, a, um, adj., of Venafrum, Venafran: agri, Hor. C. 3, 5, 55; Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7.—Subst.: Vĕnāfrānum, i, n. (sc. oleum), Venafran-oil: ipse Venafrano piscem perfundit, Juv. 5, 86.

In the wild

Venafrum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.5.p8
Venafri Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 3.1.3
Venafro Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 3.1.3
Venafri Martial, Epigrammata 13.101.1
Venafro Martial, Epigrammata 12.63.1
Venafri Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7.13A.3

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