noun

Arpīnum

gen. Arpīni · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

a town in Latium; the birthplace of Cicero and Marius; Arpino

a town in Latium, the birthplace of Cicero and Marius, now Arpino, Cic. Att. 2, 8; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 676.— Hence,

Derivv.:

pertaining to Arpinum; the inhabitants of Arpinum; Cicero •

Arpīnas, ātis (nom. Arpinatis, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.; cf. Ardeatis), adj., of or pertaining to Arpinum: fundus, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 8: aquae, id. Att. 1, 16: iter, id. ib. 16, 13.—Subst.: Ar-pīnātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Arpinum, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; so id. Att. 4, 7; 15, 15; so also Inscr. Orell. 571 (cf. Cic. Fam. 13, 11); Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63: Arpinas (per antonomasiam) for Cicero, Symm. Carm. Ep. 1, 1; and for Marius, the countryman of Cicero (cf. Arpinum), Sid. Carm. 9, 259.—

of Arpinum •

Arpīnus, a, um, adj., of Arpinum: chartae, i. e. Cicero's, Mart. 10, 19.

Perseus ID: n3724 Key: Arpinum