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Lanuvinus

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Lanuvinus [CL] , of Lanuvium, town in Latium: a (w. ref. to Lanuvian pear, cf. Macrobius Saturnalia III 19. 6, but assoc. by false etym. w. lanugo); b (as sb. m., virtually = ‘opponent, rival’, from Luscius Lanuvinus, adversary of Terence). a est et †laminum [MS Heref. f. 56rb: lanuinum] pirum, eo quod veniant spisse sicut lanugo Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 197.  b verear ‥ ne †aemuli [MS Vat.: †lamuli;MS Heref. f. 135rb: lanuini] nostri ‥ acrius solito ‥ deseviant Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 485.

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