Līternum (Lint-), i, n., a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.

— Hence, Līternus, a, um, adj., Literman: Liternus ager, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66: palus, Sil. 6, 654.

—Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.

— Līternīnus, a, um, adj., Liternian: rus, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.

—Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52.