Vectones
From LSJ
Καλὸν τὸ θνῄσκειν, οἷς ὕβριν τὸ ζῆν φέρει → Quis foeda vita restat, his pulchrum est mori → Wem das Leben Schmach bringt, dem ist Sterben schön
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Vectōnes: or Vettōnes, um, m.,
I a people of Lusitania, in the modern Salamanca and Estremadura, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 19; 4, 20, 34, § 112; Caes. B. C. 1, 38; Liv 35, 22, 8; Luc. 4, 9; Sil. 3, 378.—Hence, Vet-tōnĭa, ae, f., the territory of the Vettones, Prud. στεφ. 3, 187; Inscr. Grut. 383, 7.
