Definition of Agrigentum
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LNS
Agrigentum, Agrigentī
Agrigentum
noun (n., 2nd declension)
  1. one of the largest and richest cities on the south coast of Sicily, near Cape Pachynum
  2. Girgenti
Abbreviations
Agrigentum, i, n., one of the largest and richest cities on the south coast of Sicily, near Cape Pachynum, acc. to the Greek (Ἀκράγας) sometimes called Acragas or Agragas, now Girgenti.

—Here was the temple of Juno Lucina, so renowned in antiquity, whose ruins are still to be seen: oppidum Acragas, quod Agrigentum nostri dixere, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89: alia judicia Lilybaei, alia Agrigenti restituta sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26.

—Hence, Agrigentīnus, a, um, adj., of or from Agrigentum: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 85.

—Subst.: Agrigentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Agrigentum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50.
 
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