salinae
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sălīnae: ārum sal (cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 48 Müll.), f. (sc. fodinae),
I salt-works, saltpits, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Liv. 1, 33; Col. 2, 2, 15 sq. al.: Salinae Romanae, the salt-works established by Ancus Martius at Ostia, near Rome, Liv. 7, 19 fin.; cf. id. 1, 33; also called simply Salinae, id. 5, 45; 24, 47: Herculeae, near Herculaneum, Col. poët. 10, 135.—In a play upon the meaning of this word and that of sal, II.: quod parum diligenter possessio salinarum mearum a te procuratore defenditur, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1. —
B Sălīnae, nom. prop.
1 The saltworks at Ostia,
v. supra.—
2 A square in Rome, near the Porta Trigemina, Front. Aquaed. 5 fin.>
