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Stăbĭae , ārum, f.,
I.a small town on the coast of Campania near Pompeii, celebrated for its medicinal springs. It was partially destroyed by Sylla during the Social War, and was finally overwhelmed at the same time with Herculaneum and Pompeii, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Ov. M. 15, 711; Col. poët. 10, 133; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12.—Hence, Stăbĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Stabiœ, Stabian: “litus,” Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1.—Subst.: Stăbĭānum , i, n.
1. The Stabian territory: “in Stabiano,” Plin. 31, 2, 5, § 9.—
2. A villa of M. Marius near Stabiœ, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.1.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.711
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 31.9
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.16.12
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