Cumana

Cūmae, ārum ( Cymē, Stat. S. 4, 3, 65; gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Kumê, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,

II.

Cūmānus, a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.

1.

Adj.:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

litora,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

linum,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§

10 and 11: caementum,

id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.:

fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,

i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48:

orbe patinae tortae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 43:

pulvere rubicunda testa,

Mart. 14, 114:

Apollo,

i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98:

vates,

i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—

2.

Subst.

a.

Cūmāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—

b.

Cūmānum, i, n.

(α).

The Cumæan region:

in Cumano,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

(β).

An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—

* c.

Cūmāna, ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—

B.

Cūmaeus, a, um, adj., Cumæan ( poet. ):

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 441:

antrum,

Sil. 13, 498:

Sibylla,

Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf.

of the same: virgo,

id. ib. 14, 135:

dux (sc. Aeneae),

id. ib. 14, 121:

vates,

Val. Fl. 1, 5:

carmen,

i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.