Appulia

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Appūlĭa: (better, Āpūl-; v. Mart. Lagun. Luc. 2, 608; cf. also Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 10), ae, f.
I A province in Lower Italy, at the north of Calabria, and east of Samnium, on both sides of the Aufidus, which divides it into Daunia and Peucetia, now Puglia, Hor. S. 1, 5, 77; id. C. 3, 4, 10; id. Epod. 3, 16; Mart. 14, 155; cf. Mann. Ital. 2, 3.—Hence,
II Derivv.
   A Appūlĭcus (Āpūl-), a, um, adj., Appulian: mare Apulicum, i.e. the Adriatic Sea, Hor. C. 3, 24, 4 (K. and H., publicum).—
   B Appŭlus (Āpŭl-), a, um, the same: gens, Hor. S. 2, 1, 38: Daunus, id. C. 4, 14, 26: Vultur, id. ib. 3, 4, 9 al.