Caecubus

Caecŭbum, i, n., = Kaikoubon, a marshy place in Southern Latium, near Amyclœ, distinguished for producing the most excellent kind of Roman wine, Mart. 13, 115.—

II.

Deriv.: Caecŭbus, a, um, adj., Cœcuban:

ager,

Col. 3, 8, 5; Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

agri,

id. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

vites,

id. 17, 4, 3, § 31: vina, Hor S. 2, 8, 15.—And subst.: Caecŭbum, i, n. (sc. vinum), Cœcuban wine, Hor. C. 1, 20, 9; 1, 37, 5; id. Epod. 9, 1; 9, 36.— Plur., Hor. C. 2, 14, 25; Mart. 13, 115. (From a neglect of the vines, and still more from a canal made by Nero, which drew off the water, the vineyards here, even in the time of Pliny the elder, were in a state of decay, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61.)