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Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Οἰνωτρία.

  1. I. Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians): Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.
  2. II. Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.
    Hence,
    1. A. Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.
    2. B. Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀινώτριος, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman: Oenotria tellus, Verg. A. 7, 85: jura, Sil. 1, 2: tecta, id. 13, 713.
    3. C. Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius: Oenotri coluere viri, Verg. A. 1, 532: terrae, Sil. 9, 473: orae, id. 8, 221: fines, id. 13, 51.