Porsĕna and Porsenna (also Por-sina), ae, m., a king of Etruria, who made war on Rome on account of the banished Tarquins, Liv. 2, 9 sq.; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; id. Sest. 21; id. Par. 1, 2, 12: Etrusca Porsĕnae manus, Hor. Epod. 16, 4; scanned Porsĕna also Sil. 8, 391; 480; 10, 484; 502; Mart. 1, 22, 6: nec non Tarquinium ejectum Porsenna jubebat, Verg. A. 8, 646 Serv.
Prov.: bona Porsenae vendere, to sell Porsena’s goods, i. e. to sell goods at auction, Liv. 2, 14.