Praenestine

[ pree-nes-tin ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Praenestine¹

1875–80; < Latin Praenestīnus. See Praeneste ( def ), -ine ¹

Example Sentences

The Praenestine calendar, discovered in 1770, arranged by the famous grammarian Verrius Flaccus, contains the months of January, March, April and December, and a portion of February.

From Project Gutenberg

And the Goths, being unable with their entire army to envelop the wall on every side, made six fortified camps from which they harassed the portion of the wall containing five gates, from the Flaminian as far as the one called the Praenestine Gate; and all these camps were made by them on the left bank of the Tiber River.

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Follow the Praenestine Highroad till it meets the Via Labicana.

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To the Praenestine soldiers the Roman senate voted double pay and exemption from military service for five years.

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The praetor of Praeneste, through fear, had been tardy in bringing forward his men from the reserve to the front: he, walking before his tent, ordered him to be called, and then bade the lictor to make ready his axe, on which, the Praenestine standing frightened almost to death, he said, "Here, lictor, cut away this stump, it is troublesome to people as they walk;" and, after thus alarming him with the dread of the severest punishment, he imposed a fine and dismissed him.

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