Oenotrius

Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Oinôtria.

I.

Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians):

Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—

II.

Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,

A.

Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—

B.

Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Oinôtrios, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman:

Oenotria tellus,

Verg. A. 7, 85:

jura,

Sil. 1, 2:

tecta,

id. 13, 713.—

C.

Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius:

Oenotri coluere viri,

Verg. A. 1, 532:

terrae,

Sil. 9, 473:

orae,

id. 8, 221:

fines,

id. 13, 51.