Pătăvĭum
ĭi, n.
I.
an important city of Gallia Cisalpina, in the territory of the Veneti, founded by Antenor, the birthplace of Livy the historian, the modern Padua, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130, Liv. 10, 2 fin.; Verg. A. 1, 247, Suet. Tib 14; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 7 et saep.—Hence,
II.
Pă-tăvīnus, a, um, adj., atavinian. Paduan: tunicae. Mart. 14, 143, 1: volumina, Sid. Carm. 2, 189.—In plur. subst.: Pătăvīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Patavium, the Patavinians, Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 10; Liv. 10, 2; Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 121.