Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- One of the seven hills of ancient Rome. It was turned over to the Roman plebs for settlement in 456 BC.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Appellative of one of the seven hills on which Rome was built.
- noun A post of defense or safety; security; defense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
- noun Poetic A post of security or defense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which
Rome stood. - noun poetic A post of
security ordefense .
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Examples
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The many thousand settlers whom Ancus is said to have led to the Aventine were the population of the Latin towns which became subject to Rome, and they were far more numerous than the two ancient tribes, even after the latter had been increased by their union with the third tribe.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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For Juno Regina of the Aventine was their special deity; and in this case they were authorised -- all _matronae_ living within ten miles of the city -- to contribute in money to a noble gift to the temple.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Near by was another hill, called the Aventine, and on this the deposed king Numitor fed his flocks.
Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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Caelius was a grove of oaks, and Mount Viminal was overrun with osiers; that, in the fourth century, the Aventine was a vacant and solitary retirement; that, till the time of Augustus, the Esquiline was an unwholesome burying-ground; and that the numerous inequalities, remarked by the ancients in the Quirinal, sufficiently prove that it was not covered with buildings.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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I do not know but you see these best from the glazed terrace of that restaurant on the Aventine which is the resort of the well-advised
Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878
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Same goes for the "Aventine" moniker; the Aventine neighborhood of Rome is reflected more in the giant etching-like motif the wall, rather than on the menu.
unknown title 2009
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At the Azure Nebula, the crews of Enterprise, Titan, and Aventine had defeated the Borg—had defeated not just some number of cubes, but the entire Collective, and if he could believe the reports, not only for the near term, but permanently.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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At the Azure Nebula, the crews of Enterprise, Titan, and Aventine had defeated the Borg—had defeated not just some number of cubes, but the entire Collective, and if he could believe the reports, not only for the near term, but permanently.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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At the Azure Nebula, the crews of Enterprise, Titan, and Aventine had defeated the Borg—had defeated not just some number of cubes, but the entire Collective, and if he could believe the reports, not only for the near term, but permanently.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Debra Weiner is the author of How to Recognize Your Future Ex-Husband, and is a Managing Partner of Aventine Co., which produces the annual PAINWeek® national conference.
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