oppidanus
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
oppĭdānus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or in a town other than Rome (since urbanus signifies, of Rome, from the capital); sometimes in a depreciating sense, opp. to urbanus, of or belonging to a small town, provincial (class.): senex quidam oppidanus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240: oppidanum et inconditum genus dicendi, id. Brut. 69, 242: lascivia, Tac. A. 14, 17.—Subst.: oppĭdānus, i, m., a townsman: oppidani domus, Liv. 29, 9, 2.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: oppĭdāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of a town other than Rome, townsmen, townsfolk (esp. when besieged), Caes. B. G 2, 33; 7, 12; 13; 58; Liv. 36, 25.
