Vaccenses

1.

vacca, ae, f. [Sanscr. vacā, cow; root vaç, to bellow; cf. vagire], a cow, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 6; Col. 6, 21, 1; Cic. N. D. 1, 27 77; Verg. E. 9, 31; id. G. 2, 524; 3, 177; id. A. 4, 61; Ov. M. 2, 694; Hor. C. 4, 2, 53:

boves operariae, used in ploughing,

Col. 6, 24. 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 4. [p. 1950]

2.

Vacca, ae, f.

I.

A town of Byzacene in Africa, Auct. B. Afr. 74.—

II.

A town of Numidia, called also Vaga, now Beja, Sall. J. 29, 4; 47, 1; 68, 3; Sil. 3, 259. —Hence, Vaccensis or Vagensis, e, adj., of or pertaining to Vacca:

Vagense oppidum,

i. e. Vaga, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30.— Vaccenses ( Vagen- ), ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Vacca, Sall. J. 66, 2.

3.

Vacca, v. Vagia.