2. Vēlābrum, i, n.
- I. A street in Rome on the Aventine Hill, between the Vicus Tuscus and the Forum Boarium, where especially oil-dealers and cheesemongers sold their wares, Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 sq. Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 29; id. Curc. 4, 1, 22; Hor. S. 2, 3, 229; Tib. 2, 5, 33; Prop. 4 (5), 9, 5; Ov. F. 6, 405.
Hence, Vēlābrensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Velabrum, Velabrian: caseus, Mart. 13, 32, 2; cf. id. 11, 52, 10.
- II. Velabrum Minus, a small street in Rome, Varr. L. L. 5, § 156 Müll.