Beneventum

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Bĕnĕventum: i, n., = Βενεούεντον and Βενούεντον, Strab. bene-ventus,
I a very ancient city of the Hirpini, in Samnium, now Benevento, Liv. Epit. 15; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105; acc. to fable (Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 9; Sol. c. 11), founded by Diomedes; it became a flourishing Roman colony 485 A.U.C., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 38; Hor. S. 1, 5, 71; Vell. 1, 14, 7; Plin. 32, 2, 9, § 59; called Maleventum on account of its unwholesome air, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105; cf. Fest. p. 340, 8 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 34, 14 ib.; Liv. 9,27, 14; 10, 15, 1; situated on the high-road towards the south of Italy; hence, much resorted to in warlike expeditions, as in the two Punic wars; after it was colonized by Augustus, it was called Julia Concordia, Front. Colon. p. 103 (abounding in the ruins of a former age).—Hence, Bĕnĕventā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Beneventum: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 38: sutor, Juv. 5, 46.—In plur.: Bĕnĕventāni, ōrum, m., the Beneventines, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Bĕnĕventum,¹³ ī, n., Bénévent [ancienne ville du Samnium : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38 ; Plin. 3, 105 ; 32, 59 ; -tānus, a, um, de Bénévent : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38.

Latin > German (Georges)

Beneventum, ī, n., alte Stadt der Hirpiner in Samnium, früher Maleventum (w. vgl.) gen., später von den Römern kolonisiert (Vell. 1, 14, 7) u. zur blühenden Pflanzstadt erhoben, j. Benevento (mit bedeutenden Überresten altröm. Bauten), Cic. II. Verr. 1, 38. Hor. sat. 1, 5, 71. – Dav.: a) Beneventānus, a, um, beneventanisch, aus Beneventum, ager, Cic. u. Liv.: sutor, Iuven.: res publica, civitas, Inscr.: ordo, Inscr.: colonia, Gromat. vet.: subst., Beneventānī, ōrum, m., Einw. von B., die Beneventaner, Liv. 27, 10, 8 u.a. – b) Beneventānicus, a, um, beneventanisch, morbus, Pelagon. veterin. 1. p. 15. – / Synk. Benventod, Numm. vet. b. Eckhel doctr. numm. 1, 102 (= Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 19).