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aventine

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Av⋅en⋅tine

  [av-uhn-tahyn, -tin]
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–noun
1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Aventine.
Origin:
1615–25; < L Aventīnus (mōns) the Aventine (hill)
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Av·en·tine   (āv'ən-tīn', -tēn')   
One of the seven hills of ancient Rome. It was turned over to the plebes for settlement in 456 B.C.
Av'en·tine' adj.
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