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Vātīcānus, Vātīcāna, Vātīcānum

(Vāticānus, Vāticāna, Vāticānum)

Vaticanus

adjective (2-1-2)

the Vatican Hill in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber
Vatican wine

Abbreviations

Vātī^cānus (i short, Hor. C. 1, 20, 7, but lengthened in Juv. and Mart.), a, um, adj. (sc. mons, collis), the Vatican Hill in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber, Hor. C. 1, 20, 7; Juv. 6, 344; Fest. p. 379 Mull.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 659 sq.; also plur., for the hill and the space around it: montes Vaticani, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4: campus, id. ib.: ager, id. Agr. 2, 35, 96: vallis, between the Vatican and the Janiculum, Tac. A. 4, 14: Circus, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201: Vaticana (sc. vina), Vatican wine (a very inferior sort), Mart. 6, 92, 3; 10, 45, 5; cf. cadus, id. 1, 19, 2; 12, 48, 14.

—Subst.: in Vaticano, Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 37; 16, 44, 87, § 237; 18, 3, 4, § 20: Vaticanus, the divinity presiding over the Vatican, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 17, 2; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8, 12.