Latium

[ley-shee-uhm]

noun

1. a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.

Latium

/ ˈleɪʃɪəm /

noun

1. Italian name: Lazio. an ancient territory in W central Italy, in modern Lazio, on the Tyrrhenian Sea: inhabited by the Latin people from the 10th century _bc until dominated by Rome (4th century _bc )

Example Sentences

Daylight was dawning; a troop of horses coming from Latium caught sight of the shining helmet of Euryalus and challenged him.

From Literature

The area of Maremma on the coast of Tuscany and Latium was long called Bitter Maremma and plagued by malaria until the 1950s.

From New York Times

The chief executive of the talent management firm Latium Entertainment has his client Pitbull in Austin as part of the iTunes Festival.

From Seattle Times

The “Latium,“ Kicher’s lushly illustrated account of the archaeology and natural history of the region around Rome, was harshly denounced for its inaccuracies.

From New York Times

He, by just laws, embodied all the train, Who roam’d the hills, and drew them to the plain; There fixed, and Latium called the new abode, Whose friendly shores concealed the latent god.

From Project Gutenberg