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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Caudium</b>: ii, n.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]] [[but]] [[ancient]] [[city]] of [[Samnium]], [[near]] Benevento, [[celebrated]] for the [[narrow]] [[mountain]] [[pass]] (the Furculae Caudinae) [[where]] the Roman [[army]] [[was]] [[shut]] in by the [[Samnites]], Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of [[Caudium]], Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, [[now]] Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d'Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The [[same]] called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137; and Caudinae Fauces, Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132: [[saltus]], Liv. 9, 7, 5: [[proelium]], Cic. Sen. 12, 41: [[clades]], Liv. 9, 16, 2: legiones, id. 25, 6, 12: jugum, Quint. 3, 8, 3: pax, Liv. 9, 7, 4: [[foedus]], Flor. 2, 18, 7: [[Samnites]], Liv. 23, 41, 13.—Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of [[Caudium]], Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Caudĭum</b>,¹² ĭī, n., ville du [[Samnium]] : Cic. Off. 3, 109 &#124;&#124; <b>-īnus</b>, a, um, Cic. CM 41, de [[Caudium]] ; furculæ Caudīnæ Liv. 9, 2 et furcæ Luc. 2, 137, les Fourches Caudines &#124;&#124; <b>Caudīnī</b>, ōrum, m., hab. de [[Caudium]] : Plin. 3, 105.||<b>-īnus</b>, a, um, Cic. CM 41, de [[Caudium]] ; furculæ Caudīnæ Liv. 9, 2 et furcæ Luc. 2, 137, les Fourches Caudines||<b>Caudīnī</b>, ōrum, m., hab. de [[Caudium]] : Plin. 3, 105.
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{{Georges
|georg=Caudium, ī, n., [[Stadt]] in [[Samnium]] an der appischen [[Straße]], j. St. [[Maria]] di Goti ([[bei]] Forchia Caudina), [[viel]] [[genannt]] [[wegen]] der schmählichen [[Niederlage]], die die [[Römer]] [[durch]] die Samniter in den benachbarten Pässen [[des]] [[Taburnus]] erlitten, Liv. 9, 2 sqq. Cic. de off. 3, 109. – Dav. Caudīnus, a, um, kaudinisch, furculae, Liv., od. furcae, Val. Max., od. [[fauces]], Col. poët. 10, 132, od. [[saltus]], Liv., die kaudinischen Pässe (s. [[vorher]]): [[proelium]], in den kaud. Pässen, Cic.: [[pax]], Liv.: legiones, die in den kaud. P. [[schimpflich]] unterlegenen, Liv.: Plur. subst., Caudīnī, ōrum, die [[Einwohner]] [[von]] Kaudium, die Kaudiner, Liv. u. Plin.
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