AVENTINE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. Bryant.

2.
n.

A post of security or defense. [Poetic] Into the castle's tower, The only Aventine that now is left him. Beau. & Fl.


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