Caecubum
Caecŭbum, i, n., = Καίκουβον,
- a marshy place in Southern Latium, near Amyclae, distinguished for producing the most excellent kind of Roman wine, Mart. 13, 115.—
- II Deriv.: Caecŭbus, a, um, adj., Caecuban: ager, Col. 3, 8, 5; Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209: agri, id. 3, 5, 9, § 60: vites, id. 17, 4, 3, § 31: vina, Hor. S. 2, 8, 15.—And subst.: Caecŭbum, i, n. (sc. vinum), Caecuban wine, Hor. C. 1, 20, 9; 1, 37, 5; id. Epod. 9, 1; 9, 36.—Plur., Hor. C. 2, 14, 25; Mart. 13, 115. (From a neglect of the vines, and still more from a canal made by Nero, which drew off the water, the vineyards here, even in the time of Pliny the elder, were in a state of decay, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61.)
Caecubum, ī, n. u. Caecubus ager, eine sumpfige, aber durch die edelste Sorte italienischer Weine berühmte Ebene in Latium am fundanischen See u. kajetanischen Busen, beim j. Kastell Vetere, Mart. 13, 115. Plin. 2, 209. – Dav. Caecubus, a, um, cäkubisch, ager, Col.: vindemia, Mart.: vites, Plin.: vinum Caecubum, Hor., u. bl. Caecubum, Hor. u.a., cäkubischer Wein, Cäkuber (vgl. Fritzsche Hor. sat. 2, 8, 15).
- 1. = Caecubus ager moerassige vlakte aan de kust in Z.-Latium, waar een uitstekende wijn vandaan kwam; — adj. Caecubus, a, um [vites];
- 2. (vul aan: vinum) Caecubische wijn.