Paestani

Paestum, i, n., a city of Lucania, formerly called Posidonia, celebrated for its twice-blowing roses, now Pesti:

biferique rosaria Paesti,

Verg. G. 4, 119; cf. Ov. M. 15, 708; Prop. 5, 5, 61:

oppidum Paestum Graecis Posidonia appellatum,

Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71.—Hence,

II.

Paestānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pœstum, Pœstan:

sinus,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

rosae,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 28.—In plur.: Paestāni, ōrum, m., the Pœstans, Liv. 37, 10.