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1 Acroceraunia
Ācrŏcĕraunĭa, ōrum, n. [fr. akris and keraunos; pr. Thunder-Heights], a very rocky promontory in Epirus, running out into the Ionian Sea, now Glossa, called by the Italians Linguetta (the mountain to which it belongs was called Ceraunii montes or Ceraunia;see this art.): infamīs scopulos Acroceraunia,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 20;the same in sing.: promontorium Acroceraunium,
Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; for any dangerous place: haec tibi sint Syrtes;haec Acroceraunia vita,
Ov. R. Am. 739.
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