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Autololes
Autŏlŏles, um, m., a Getulian people on the west coast of Africa , north and south of Mount Atlas ,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
AUTO´LOLES or AUTOLOLAE(Αὐτολάλαι, Ptol. 4.6.17; common reading Αὐτολάται), a Gaetulian people on the W. coast of Africa, in the Libya Interiorof Ptolemy, both N. and S. of the Atlas, with a city Autolala, or Autolalae (Αὐτολάλα, Αὐτολάλαι). This city is one of Ptolemy's points of astronomical observation, having the longest day 13 1/2 hrs., being distant 3 1/2 hrs. W. of Alexandreia, and having the sun vertical once a year, at the time of the winter solstice. (Ptol. 4.6.24; 8.16.4.) Reichard takes it for the modern Agulon, or Aquilon. ( Kleine Geogr. Schriften, p. 506.) All writers, except Ptolemy, call the people Autololes. (Plin. Nat. 5.1; Solin. 24; Lucan. Phars. 4.677; Sil. Ital.; Claudian. Laud. Stilich. 1.356.)
Ptolemy (Ptol. 4.6.33) mentions, in the Western Ocean, an island called Autolala, or Junonis Insula (Ἥρας ἡ καὶ Αὐτολάλα νῆσος), as distinct from the Fortunatae group. Some take it for Madeira, but this is very uncertain.
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Autŏlŏles, um, m., a Getulian people on the west coast of Africa , north and south of Mount Atlas ,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.