Ameria
From LSJ
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ămĕrĭa: ae, f., = Ἀμερία,
I a very ancient town in Umbria (acc. to Cato, built before the Trojan war), now Amelia, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114; Cic. Rosc. Am. 7 al.—Hence, Ămĕrīnus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Ameria: municeps, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6: corbulae, Cato, R. R. 1, 15: salix, Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 58; Verg. G. 1, 265; Col. 4, 30 al.— Ămĕrīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ameria, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113.—Ămĕrīna, ōrum, n. (sc. mala or pira), Amerian fruit, Stat. S. 1, 16, 18.
