proper noun
Lăbīci
Meaning
- a town of Latium, between Tusculum and Præneste
Lăbīci (Lăvīci), ōrum, m. (Lăbī-cum, i, n., Sil. 12, 534),
I. a town of Latium, between Tusculum and Præneste, now Colonna, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; Liv. 3, 39; 4, 45:
arva Labici, Sil. 12, 534.—Hence, II.
A. Lăbīci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Labicum, the Labici (poet.):
picti scuta Labici, Verg. A. 7, 796; Sil. 8, 368.—B. Lăbī-cānus (scanned Lābīcānus, Mart. 1, 89), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Labicum, Labican:
ager, Liv. 26, 9, 11: via, leading from Rome to Labicum, id. 4, 41: vicinitas, Cic. Planc. 9, 23.—2. Subst.
a. Lăbī-cāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Labicum, Labicans, Liv. 4, 45; 6, 21.—
b. Lă-bīcānus, i, m. (sc. ager), the territory of Labicum:
habuit fundum in Labicano, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50.