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|lshtext=<b>oppĭdum</b>: i (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur oppidūm, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; old abl plur. oppedeis, Lex. Servil.), n. ob and [[pedum]]; Gr. [[πέδον]]>; Sanscr pada-m, on or [[over]] the [[plain]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[town]] (of towns [[other]] [[than]] [[Rome]], [[which]] [[was]] called Urbs; [[though]] [[occasionally]] the [[term]] [[oppidum]] [[was]] applied to [[Rome]]) ([[class]].): [[oppidum]] ab opi [[dictum]], [[quod]] munitur opis causā, ubi [[sit]]: et [[quod]] [[opus]] est ad vitam gerundam, Varr. L. L. 5, § 141 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 202: hi [[coetus]] (hominum) sedem [[primum]] [[certo]] [[loco]] domiciliorum causā constituerunt, [[quam]] cum locis manuque saepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum [[oppidum]] vel urbem appellaverunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41: Athenas anticum opulentum [[oppidum]] Contempla, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 5 (Trag. v. 324 Vahl.): fortunatum [[oppidum]], Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 81: [[Segesta]] est [[oppidum]] [[pervetus]] in Siciliā, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72: praesidia in oppidis, id. Att. 8, 11, B, § 1: Romana per oppida, Verg. G. 2, 176: urbe (i.e. Romā) oppidove ullo, Suet. Oth. 1.—Constr. [[with]] gen., of [[name]] of a [[town]]: Antiochiae, Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—Of [[Rome]]: per totum [[oppidum]], all [[through]] the [[town]], i.e. [[Rome]], Varr. L. L. 6 § 14 Müll.: eos (legatos) in [[oppidum]] intromitti non placuit, Liv. 42, 36: [[oppidum]] Martis, Mart. 10, 30, 2.—In [[like]] [[manner]] [[oppidum]] denotes [[Athens]], Nep. Milt. 4, 2; and [[Thebes]], id. Pel. 1, 2.—In a [[fig]]. of an old [[man]]: ad hoc ego [[oppidum]] [[vetus]] [[continuo]] legiones meas Protinus adducam: hoc si [[expugno]], etc., Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the inhabitants of a [[town]]: [[illic]] oppida tota canem venerantur, [[nemo]] Dianam, Juv. 15, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[fortified]] [[wood]] or [[forest]], [[among]] the Britons, Caes. B. G. 5, 21. —<br /><b>III</b> The barriers of the [[circus]] (anteclass.): in Circo [[primo]] [[unde]] mittuntur equi, [[nunc]] dicuntur carceres, [[Naevius]] [[oppidum]] appellat, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 184 ib.