proper noun
Săbelli
Meaning
- the Sabines
Săbelli, ōrum, m. prob. contr. from Sabinuli, from Sabini, the more ancient and, for the most part, poetical name for
I. the Sabines, Varr. ap. Philarg. Verg. G. 2, 167: duri, Col. poët. 10, 137; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107; Hor. S. 2, 1, 36.—In sing.: renuit negitatque Sabellus, the Sabellian or Sabine (i. e. Horace, as the owner of an estate in the Sabine territory), Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 49 Schol. Crucq. ad loc.; cf. Sil. 15, 687.— Hence,
A. Săbellus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Sabellians, Sabellian, Sabine:
ager, Liv. 8, 1: cohortes, id. 10, 19 fin.: pubes, Verg. G. 2, 167: mater, id. A. 8, 510: veru, id. ib. 7, 665: ligones, Hor. C. 3, 6, 38: mensa, Juv. 3, 169: anus, i. e. an old hag, Hor. S. 1, 9, 29; cf. carmina, id. Epod. 17, 28: jaculator, Sil. 4, 221.—B. Săbellĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Sabellian, Sabine:
sus, Verg. G. 3, 255: genus caulium, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 141.