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Laurentum
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Latin
Etymology
la :from<unc> laurus 1
According to Virgil, the city was named after a laurel tree, from la laurus.
Pronunciation
Laurentum 1
Proper noun
Laurentum<2.loc>
Laurentum, a maritime town in Latium between Ostia and Lavinium (now Torre).
Declension
Laurentum<2.loc>
Further reading
Edward Herbert Bunbury (1854). "Laurentum". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Walton and Maberly
Theodore C. Williams (1910). "Virgil, Aeneid 7.59". P. Vergilius Maro. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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