Lewis & Short

sŭb-urbānus, a, um, adj., situated near the city of Rome, suburban.

  1. I. Adj.: rus suburbanum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: fundus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9: ager, id. Div. 2, 32, 69: gymnasium, id. de Or. 1, 21, 98: regio Italiae, Col. 11, 2, 61; cf. Italia, Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19: caulis, Hor. S. 2, 4, 15: peregrinatio, Tac. A. 3, 47: crimina, id. ib. 13, 43 et saep.
  2. II. Substt.
    1. A. sŭburbā-num, i, n. (sc. praedium), an estate near Rome, a suburban villa: malo esse in Tusculano aut uspiam in suburbano, Cic. Att. 16, 13, 6, § 1: suburbana amicorum, id. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23 sq.; id. Att. 12, 34, 1; 16, 13, b, 1; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 144; 31, 3, 25, § 42; Suet. Tib. 11; id. Ner. 48; Mart. 5, 35, 3 al.; Vulg. Lev. 25, 34.
    2. B. sŭburbāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the towns near Rome, Ov. F. 6, 58.