proper noun · femininefirst declension
Arīcia
Arīcia f sg (genitive Arīciae)
Classical[aˈriː.ki.a]Ecclesiastical[aˈriː.t͡ʃi.a]
Meaning
- an ancient city in Latium, now Ariccia
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Arīcia | — |
| genitive | Arīciae | — |
| dative | Arīciae | — |
| accusative | Arīciam | — |
| ablative | Arīciā | — |
| vocative | Arīcia | — |
| locative | Arīciae | — |
Ărīcĭa, ae, f.,
I. an ancient town of Latium, in the neighborhood of Alba Longa, upon the Appian Way, now La Riccia; acc. to Verg. A. 7, 762 (v. II. infra), named from the wife of its founder, Hippolytus. Near it was a grove consecrated to Diana, in which at a very early age human victims were sacrificed;
hence, immitis, Sil. 4, 369 (cf. Nemus and Nemorensis), Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 110; Mart. 13, 19; Hor. S. 1, 5, 1; Sol. 2, p. 13; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 633; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 147-189.—Hence, B. ărīcīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Aricia, Arician:
regio, Mart. 10, 68: vallis, Ov. M. 15, 488: nemus, Flor. 1, 11, 8.—Subst.: ărīcīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitanls of Aricia, Liv. 2, 14.—II. Personified, a nymph, the wife of Hippolytus and mother of Virbius, Verg. A. 7, 762.