Vejus

Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m., a very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,

A.

Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

arvum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167:

senatus,

Liv. 4, 58:

bellum,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.:

Vēiens

, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.:

Veientes,

the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.—

B.

Vēientānus ( Vējen- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.— Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. [p. 1963] gemma):

Italica,

a black precious stone found near Veii, Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.— Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—

C.

Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēï̆us (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian:

dux Veïus,

i. e. Tolumnius, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.— Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.