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1 Ampsānctus (Am-)
Ampsānctus (Am-) ī, m [see ambi-], all hallowed (sc. lacus), a lake of Italy, noted for pestiferous exhalations.—Poet.: valles (of the entrance to the infernal regions), V. -
2 Ampsanctus
Amp-sanctus (better than Am-), i, m., a lake in Italy, highly dangerous from its pestiferous exhalations (hence, in the poets, the entrance to the infernal regions), now Le Mofete or Lago d' Ansante, Verg. A. 7, 565; Cic. Div. 1, 36; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208. -
3 Amsanctus
Amp-sanctus (better than Am-), i, m., a lake in Italy, highly dangerous from its pestiferous exhalations (hence, in the poets, the entrance to the infernal regions), now Le Mofete or Lago d' Ansante, Verg. A. 7, 565; Cic. Div. 1, 36; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208. -
4 Averna
Ăvernus, a, um, adj., = aornos.I.Without birds:II.loca,
where no birds can live, on account of the pestiferous exhalations, Lucr. 6, 738 sq.; 6, 818:aestus,
the vapor of Avernus, id. 6, 830.—But esp. Avernus lacus or absol. Avernus, Lake Avernus, near Cumœ, Puteoli, and Baiœ, almost entirely enclosed by steep and wooded hills (now Lago Averno), whose deadly exhalations killed the birds flying over it; therefore the myth placed near it the entrance to the lower world, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Lucr. 6, 746; Verg. A. 6, 201 al.; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 718 sq.; Heyne, Excurs. II. ad Verg. A. 6.—The renowned Cumæan Sibyl also dwelt in a grotto near it.— Poet., the lower world, the infernal regions, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 27; Luc. 6, 636; Mart. 7, 46 al.—Also = Acheron:pigri sulcator Averni,
Stat. Th. 11, 588.—Personified as a deity, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 164.—Hence,Another adj.: Ăvernus, a, um.A.Belonging to Lake Avernus:B.luci,
Verg. A. 6, 118; 6, 564:valles,
Ov. M. 10, 51:freta,
Lake Avernus, Verg. G. 2, 164.—Also absol.: Ăverna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), Verg. A. 3, 442; 7, 91; Ov. M. 14, 105.—Of or belonging to the infernal regions:stagna,
Verg. G. 4, 493:tenebrae,
Sil. 15, 76:Juno,
i. e. Proserpina, Ov. M. 14, 114; Sil. 13, 601 (cf.:Juno inferna,
Verg. A. 6, 138). -
5 Avernus
Ăvernus, a, um, adj., = aornos.I.Without birds:II.loca,
where no birds can live, on account of the pestiferous exhalations, Lucr. 6, 738 sq.; 6, 818:aestus,
the vapor of Avernus, id. 6, 830.—But esp. Avernus lacus or absol. Avernus, Lake Avernus, near Cumœ, Puteoli, and Baiœ, almost entirely enclosed by steep and wooded hills (now Lago Averno), whose deadly exhalations killed the birds flying over it; therefore the myth placed near it the entrance to the lower world, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Lucr. 6, 746; Verg. A. 6, 201 al.; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 718 sq.; Heyne, Excurs. II. ad Verg. A. 6.—The renowned Cumæan Sibyl also dwelt in a grotto near it.— Poet., the lower world, the infernal regions, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 27; Luc. 6, 636; Mart. 7, 46 al.—Also = Acheron:pigri sulcator Averni,
Stat. Th. 11, 588.—Personified as a deity, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 164.—Hence,Another adj.: Ăvernus, a, um.A.Belonging to Lake Avernus:B.luci,
Verg. A. 6, 118; 6, 564:valles,
Ov. M. 10, 51:freta,
Lake Avernus, Verg. G. 2, 164.—Also absol.: Ăverna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), Verg. A. 3, 442; 7, 91; Ov. M. 14, 105.—Of or belonging to the infernal regions:stagna,
Verg. G. 4, 493:tenebrae,
Sil. 15, 76:Juno,
i. e. Proserpina, Ov. M. 14, 114; Sil. 13, 601 (cf.:Juno inferna,
Verg. A. 6, 138). -
6 pestifer
pestĭfer and (rarely, Cels. 2, 6) pes-tĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [pestis-fero].I. II.In gen., that brings destruction, destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous (class.):res pestiferae et nocentes,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:accessus ad res salutares, a pestiferis recessus,
id. ib. 2, 12, 34:acutus et pestifer morbus,
Cels. 4, 1, 1:sudor,
id. 2, 6:aquae,
Val. Fl. 4, 594:ignis,
Ov. M. 8, 477:fames,
id. ib. 8, 784:fauces,
Verg. A. 7, 570:aër,
Col. 10, 331:bellum,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:bella civilia,
id. Off. 1, 25, 86:Antonii pestifer reditus,
id. Phil. 3, 2, 3:homo,
Vulg. Act. 24, 5:pestiferum fulgur dicitur, quo mors exsiliumve significari solet,
Fest. p. 210 Müll.; cf.:pestifera quae mortem aut exsilium ostendunt,
id. p. 245 ib.— Subst.: pestĭfer, ĕri, m., a mischievous person, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 35.— Adv.: pestĭfĕrĕ, balefully, pestiferously (rare but class.), Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; Hilar. Trin. 7, 3. -
7 pestifere
pestĭfer and (rarely, Cels. 2, 6) pes-tĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [pestis-fero].I. II.In gen., that brings destruction, destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous (class.):res pestiferae et nocentes,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:accessus ad res salutares, a pestiferis recessus,
id. ib. 2, 12, 34:acutus et pestifer morbus,
Cels. 4, 1, 1:sudor,
id. 2, 6:aquae,
Val. Fl. 4, 594:ignis,
Ov. M. 8, 477:fames,
id. ib. 8, 784:fauces,
Verg. A. 7, 570:aër,
Col. 10, 331:bellum,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:bella civilia,
id. Off. 1, 25, 86:Antonii pestifer reditus,
id. Phil. 3, 2, 3:homo,
Vulg. Act. 24, 5:pestiferum fulgur dicitur, quo mors exsiliumve significari solet,
Fest. p. 210 Müll.; cf.:pestifera quae mortem aut exsilium ostendunt,
id. p. 245 ib.— Subst.: pestĭfer, ĕri, m., a mischievous person, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 35.— Adv.: pestĭfĕrĕ, balefully, pestiferously (rare but class.), Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; Hilar. Trin. 7, 3. -
8 pestiferus
pestĭfer and (rarely, Cels. 2, 6) pes-tĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [pestis-fero].I. II.In gen., that brings destruction, destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous (class.):res pestiferae et nocentes,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:accessus ad res salutares, a pestiferis recessus,
id. ib. 2, 12, 34:acutus et pestifer morbus,
Cels. 4, 1, 1:sudor,
id. 2, 6:aquae,
Val. Fl. 4, 594:ignis,
Ov. M. 8, 477:fames,
id. ib. 8, 784:fauces,
Verg. A. 7, 570:aër,
Col. 10, 331:bellum,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:bella civilia,
id. Off. 1, 25, 86:Antonii pestifer reditus,
id. Phil. 3, 2, 3:homo,
Vulg. Act. 24, 5:pestiferum fulgur dicitur, quo mors exsiliumve significari solet,
Fest. p. 210 Müll.; cf.:pestifera quae mortem aut exsilium ostendunt,
id. p. 245 ib.— Subst.: pestĭfer, ĕri, m., a mischievous person, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 35.— Adv.: pestĭfĕrĕ, balefully, pestiferously (rare but class.), Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; Hilar. Trin. 7, 3.
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