Tifernum

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Tifernum: i, n.,
I the name of three towns of Italy.
I A town in Umbria, on the Tiber, called also Tifernum Tiberinum, near the mod. Citta di Castello, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 4; 10, 24.—Its inhabitants are called Tifernates Tiberini, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—
II A second town in Umbria, on the Metaurus, now S. Angelo in Vado, whose inhabitants, to distinguish them from the preceding, are called Tifernates Metaurenses, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.—
III A town in Samnium, on the mountain and river Tifernus, near the mod. Limosani, Liv. 9, 44, 6; 10, 14, 6.