Stăbĭae, ārum, f., a small town on the coast of Campania near Pompeii, celebrated for its medicinal springs. It was partially destroyed by Sylla during the Social War, and was finally overwhelmed at the same time with Herculaneum and Pompeii, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Ov. M. 15, 711; Col. poët. 10, 133; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12.
Hence, Stăbĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Stabiœ, Stabian: litus, Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1.
Subst.: Stăbĭānum, i, n.