[♦] ‘U.C.’ replaced with ‘A.U.C.’
Umbrigius, a soothsayer, who foretold approaching calamities to Galba. Juvenal, satire 3, li. 21.—Tacitus, Histories, bk. 1, ch. 27.
Umbro, a navigable river of Italy. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 5.——A general who assisted Turnus against Æneas, and was killed during the war. He could assuage the fury of serpents by his songs, and counteract the poisonous effects of their bite. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 752; bk. 10, li. 544.
Unca, a surname of Minerva among the Phœnicians and Thebans.
Unchæ, a town of Mesopotamia.
Undecemvĭri, magistrates at Athens, to whom such as were publicly condemned were delivered to be executed. Cornelius Nepos, Phocion.
Unelli, a people of Cotantin in Gaul, conquered by Cæsar. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 2, ch. 34.
Unigĕna, a surname of Minerva, as sprung of Jupiter alone.
Unxia, a surname of Juno, derived from ungere, to anoint, because it was usual among the Romans for the bride to anoint the threshold of her husband, and from this necessary ceremony wives were called Unxores, and afterwards Uxores, from Unxia, who presided over them. Arnobius, bk. 3.
Vocetius, part of mount Jura in Gaul. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 1, ch. 68.