Aricia

Aricia
Ărīcĭa, ae, f., an ancient town of Latium, in the neighborhood of Alba Longa, upon the Appian Way, now La Riccia; acc. to Verg. A. 7, 762 (v. II. infra), named from the wife of its founder, Hippolytus. Near it was a grove consecrated to Diana, in which at a very early age human victims were sacrificed;

hence, immitis,

 Sil. 4, 369 (cf. Nemus and Nemorensis), Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 110; Mart. 13, 19; Hor. S. 1, 5, 1; Sol. 2, p. 13; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 633; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 147-189.—Hence,
B.
Ărīcīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Aricia, Arician:

regio,

 Mart. 10, 68:

vallis,

 Ov. M. 15, 488:

nemus,

 Flor. 1, 11, 8.— Subst.: Ărīcīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitanls of Aricia, Liv. 2, 14.—
II.
Personified, a nymph, the wife of Hippolytus and mother of Virbius, Verg. A. 7, 762.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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