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Picene, a. and n.|ˈpaɪsiːn|
[f. L. Picen-us Picene: see -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to ancient Picenum, a region in eastern central Italy, or the pre-Roman iron-age culture associated with it.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Picenum; the pre-Sabellian language attested there. Also Piˈcenian.
1600Holland tr. Livy's Romane Hist xxii. 437 He [sc. Hannibal] turned another way into the Picene countrie. 1601― tr. Pliny's Nat. Hist. xviii. xi. 567 The Picenes in times past invented a way by themselves of making bread. 1863W. P. Dickson tr. Mommsen's Hist. Rome III. iv. ix. 332 The corps of Picenian volunteers soon grew to three legions. 1924D. Randall-MacIver Villanovans & Early Etruscans ii. 5 The burial rite of the Villanovans..opposes them to the Etruscans and the Picenes. Ibid. iv. 75 It is natural to suppose that all the inhumations in the Forum are of the Picene race. 1933R. S. Conway et al. Prae-Italic Dial. Italy II. iv. 213 This Picene culture extends along the Adriatic coast southwards from Rimini at least as far as the river Sangro. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. xi. 335 A language sometimes called Pre-Sabellian, Liburnian, or Picenian. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. ix. 498 The Picenian alphabet is..very old. 1949L. R. Taylor Party Politics in Age of Caesar ii. 45 In the elder Pompey's bodyguard..was a group of young Picene officers. 1959Chambers's Encycl. V. 461/2 In the east the Fossa peoples were supplemented by another Illyrian-speaking group, known as Picene, between Rimini and the Abruzzi. 1974E. S. Gruen Last Generation of Roman Republic ii. 63 Pompey's following went beyond..the old aristocracy. From his father he inherited..a virtual barony in Picenum. Some of his adherents, from lesser families, seem to possess Picene origins. Ibid. iii. 118 Q. Numerius Rufus was probably a Picene. |