Trevir

Trēvĕri ( Trēvĭri ), ōrum, m.

I.

A people in Gallia Belgica, between the Moselle and the forest of Ardennes, in and about the mod. Treves, Caes. B. G. 1, 37; 2, 24; 3, 11; 6, 8 et saep.; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Liv. Epit. 107 al.—In sing.: Trēvĭr, one of the Treviri, Tac. H. 3, 35; 4, 55; Luc. 1, 441.—In a pun with tresviri, Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 3.—

B.

Afterwards, the town of the Treviri, the mod. Treves, Amm. 15, 11, 9;

called, at an earlier date, Augusta Trevirorum,

Mel. 3, 2, 4.—

II.

Hence, Trēvĕ-rĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Treveri:

ager,

Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 183; 11, 49, 109, § 262:

tumultus,

Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

proelium,

id. H. 5, 17:

urbs,

i. e. Treves, Aus. Urb. 4.