proper noun
Statones
Meaning
- the people of Statonia in Southern Etruria
Statones, um, m.,
I. the people of Statonia in Southern Etruria, celebrated for its vines and stone-quarries, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52. —Hence, Statonĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Statonia:
ager, Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209: vina, id. 14, 6, 8, § 67: lacus, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 8.—As subst.: Statonĭensis, is, m. (sc. ager), Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 168; Varr. R. R. 3, 12. 1.