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noun

Crĕmĕra

gen. Crĕmĕrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a small river in Etruria, near Veii, made famous by the heroic death of the Fabii; La Varca; Valca poetic •
a small river in Etruria, near Veii, made famous by the heroic death of the Fabii, now La Varca or Valca, Liv. 2, 49 fin.; Ov. F. 2, 205; Gell. 17, 21, 13.—Poet.: Cremerae legio, i. e. the Fabii, Juv. 2, 155.—Hence, Crĕmĕrensis, e, adj., of Cremera: dies, the day of the disastrous conflict at Cremera (with Alliensis), Tac. H. 2, 91.
Perseus ID: n11532 Key: Cremera