Auxĭmum

I. a town of the Piceni, now Osimo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Vell. 1, 15; Inscr. Orell. 3868; 3899.—Hence, Auxĭ-mātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Auximum, Caes. B. C. 1, 13; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 489 sq.