Paestum
From LSJ
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Paestum: i, n.,
I a city of Lucania, formerly called Posidonia, celebrated for its twice-blowing roses, now Pesti: biferique rosaria Paesti, Verg. G. 4, 119; cf. Ov. M. 15, 708; Prop. 5, 5, 61: oppidum Paestum Graecis Posidonia appellatum, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71.—Hence,
II Paestānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pœstum, Pœstan: sinus, Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1: rosae, Ov. P. 2, 4, 28.—In plur.: Paestāni, ōrum, m., the Pœstans, Liv. 37, 10.
