Fĕrentīnum, i, n.
- 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.
- B. Derivv.
- 1. Fĕrentīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ferentinum; only subst.: Fĕrentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ferentinum, Ferentines, Sil. 8, 395.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.