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fĕrentārĭus, ii, m. [Sanscr. dhvar-, laedere, destruere, Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 178], a sort of light troops who fought with missile weapons (syn. rorarii).

  1. I. Prop.: ferentarii equites hi dicti, qui ea habebant arma, quae ferrentur, ut jaculum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 57 Müll.; cf. id. ap. Non. 520, 11 sq.: erant inter pedites, qui dicebantur funditores et ferentarii, qui praecipue in cornibus locabantur et a quibus pugnandi sumebatur exordium: sed hi et velocissimi et exercitatissimi legebantur, Veg. Mil. 1, 20; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 85, 7; 93, 14; and 369, 5 Müll.: postquam eo ventum est, unde a ferentariis proelium committi posset, Sall. C. 60, 2.
    Sing. collect.: ferentarius gravisque miles, illi telis adsultantes, hi conserto gradu, Tac. A. 12, 35.
  2. * II. Transf., one who is active or ready: illum tibi Ferentarium esse amicum inventum intellego, a friend ready to assist, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 55.

Fĕrentīna Aqua, a small river in the neighborhood of Alba Longa, near the modern Marino, at the source of which there was a grove sacred to the deity Ferentina (perh. the same as Diana); here the Latini used to hold their general assemblies: ad caput aquae Ferentinae, Liv. 1, 51, 9; for which: ad caput Ferentinae, Cinc. ap. Fest. p. 241, 12 Müll. N. cr.; and: ad caput Ferentinum, Liv. 2, 38; cf.: ut ad lucum Ferentinae conveniant, id. 1, 50; so id. 1, 52, 5; 7, 25, 5. (This place is different from Ferentinum, the city of the Hernici; see the foll. art.).

Fĕrentīnum, i, n.

  1. I. A small solitary town of the Hernici, in Latium, on the Via Latina, between Anagnia and Frusino, now Ferentino, Liv. 4, 51, 7; 7, 9, 1; 32, 2.
    Used to signify a little solitary countrytown, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 8.
    1. B. Derivv.
      1. 1. Fĕrentīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ferentinum; only subst.: Fĕrentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ferentinum, Ferentines, Sil. 8, 395.
      2. 2. Fĕrentīnas, ātis, m., Ferentine: ager, Liv. 26, 9, 11: populus, id. 9, 43, 23; also: Ferentinatis populus, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.
        In plur. subst.: Fĕrentīnātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Ferentinum, Ferentines, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64; Liv. 34, 42, 5; Inscr. Orell 1011.
  2. II. Fĕrentīnum or Fĕrentium, ĭi, n., a small town in Etruria, the birthplace of the Emperor Otho, now Ferento, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52; Suet. Oth. 1; Tac. A. 15, 53; called municipium Ferentium, id. H. 2, 50 Orell. N. cr.; and: municipium Ferenti, Vitr. 2, 7, 4.
    1. B. Deriv.: Fĕrentīnen-sis, e, adj., of or belonging to Ferentinum, Ferentine: Colonia, Front. de Colon. p. 131 Goes.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3507.
      In the form FERENTIENSIS, Inscr. in Ann. dell’ Inscr. Archeol. 1, p. 176.

Ferentum, i, v. Forentum.

Fŏrentum (in some MSS. of Horace Fĕrentum), i, n., a small town in Apulia, now Forenza, Liv. 9, 20, 9; Hor. C. 3, 4, 16.
Hence, Fŏrentāni, ōrum, its inhabitants, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.