Andes

Andes, ium, or Andecāvi or Andicāvi, ōrum, m.,

• a Gallic tribe in the region of the present Anjou, with a town of the same name, now Angors; form Andes, Caes. B. G. 2, 35.—Form Andecāvi, Tac. A. 3, 41.—Form Andi-cāvi, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107 Jan; cf. Mann. Gall. 163.

Andes, is, m.,

• a village near Mantua, the birthplace of Vergil, now Pietola; hence, Andīnus, a, um, of or from Andes: Andinus, i.e. Vergil, Sil. 8, 595.

1. Andēs, s. Andecāvī.

2. Andēs, ium, f., ein Dorf im Mantuanischen, Geburtsort des Vergil, letzt Pietola, Donat. vit. Verg. 1 (wo Nom.). Val. Prob. vit. Verg. in. p. 52, 7 R. (wo Abl. Andibus). – Dav. Andīnus, a, um, andinisch, Mantua... ad sidera cantu evecta Andino (al. Aeonio), d.i. durch den Gesang des Vergil, Sil. 8, 594 sq.

1 Andēs, ĭum, f. , Andes [village près de Mantoue, patrie de Virgile] : Suet. Frg. 43, 5 || -dicus, a, um, dʼAndes : Prob. Verg. 1, 3.

2 Andēs, (14) ĭum, m. , habitants de lʼAnjou : Cæs. G. 2, 35, 3 ; v. Andecavi.

ANDES

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ANDES

ANDES a village in the neighbourhood of Mantua, known only from the circumstance of its having been the actual birthplace of Virgil (Donat. Vit. Virgil. 1; Hieron. Chron. p. 396), who is, however, commonly called a native of Mantua, because Andes belonged to the territory of that city. It is commonly supposed to be represented by the modern village of Pietola, on the banks of the Mincius, about 2 miles below Mantua, but apparently with no other authority than local tradition, which is in general entitled to but little weight. (See Millin, Voyage dans le Milanais, vol. 2. p. 301.)

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Andes

A village near Mantua, famous as being the birthplace of Vergil.