LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Albŭnĕa

Meaning

  1. a fountain at Tibur gushing up between steep rocks

Albŭnĕa, also Albūna, ae, f. v. albus,
I. a fountain at Tibur gushing up between steep rocks (or poet., the nymph who dwelt there), near to which was the villa of Horace: domus Albuneae resonantis, * Hor. C. 1, 7, 12; * Verg. A. 7, 83; cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 1, 238 and 239.—
2. A sibyl worshipped in a grove at Tibur, Lact. 1, 6, 12: Albuna, Tib. 2, 5, 69, where now Müll. reads Aniena.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyAlbuneaAlbunea. a prophetic nymph or Sibyl, to whom in the neighbourhood of Tibur a grove was consecrated, with a well and a temple. Near it was the oracle o…

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What does Albŭnĕa mean in Latin?
Albŭnĕa, a proper noun, means “a fountain at Tibur gushing up between steep rocks”.