Centuripae, ārum, f. (or perh. -a, ōrum, n.; access. form Centuripīnum, i, n., Mel. 2, 7, 16), = Κεντόριπα, τά, Thuc., a very old town in Sicily, near Aetna, now Centorbi, Sil. 14, 204 (al. leg. Centaripe); Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 86.

—Hence, Centu-ripīnus, a, um, adj., of Centuripae: legati, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120: populus, id. ib. 2, 2, 58, § 143; 2, 3, 45, § 108: crocum, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31.

—And subst.: Centuripī-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Centuripae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 50; 2, 3, 45, § 108; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.