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sŭb-urbānus , a, um, adj.,
I.situated near the city of Rome, suburban.
I. Adj.: “rus suburbanum,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: “fundus,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9: “ager,” id. Div. 2, 32, 69: “gymnasium,” id. de Or. 1, 21, 98: “regio Italiae,” Col. 11, 2, 61; cf. “Italia,” Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19: “caulis,” Hor. S. 2, 4, 15: “peregrinatio,” Tac. A. 3, 47: “crimina,” id. ib. 13, 43 et saep. —
II. Substt.
A. sŭburbā-num , i, n. (sc. praedium), an estate near Rome, a suburban villa: “malo esse in Tusculano aut uspiam in suburbano,” Cic. Att. 16, 13, 6, § 1: “suburbana amicorum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23 sq.; id. Att. 12, 34, 1; 16, 13, b, 1; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 144; 31, 3, 25, § 42; Suet. Tib. 11; id. Ner. 48; Mart. 5, 35, 3 al.; Vulg. Lev. 25, 34.—
B. sŭburbāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the towns near Rome, Ov. F. 6, 58.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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