Lāvīnĭum, ĭi, n.,
- I. a city of Latium, near the sea-coast, six Roman miles distant from Laurentum, founded by Æneas in honor of his wife Lavinia, now Pratica, Liv. 1, 1, 11; Varr. L. L. 5, § 144 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 4, 18; Ov. M. 15, 728; Juv. 12, 71.
- II. Hence,
- A. Lāvīnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lavinium, Lavinian: arva, Verg. A. 4, 236: litora, id. ib. 1, 2; Prop. 2, 25 (3, 32), 64.
- B. Lāvīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Lavinium, Lavinians, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 18.