Herculeum Fretum | Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

fretum
frĕtum, i, n., and frĕtus, ūs, m. [root φρυ, to be in uneasy motion, boil, flash; cf. Sanscr. bhur; ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
fretum
fretum ī, n (abl.also fretū, m, C.) FVR-, a strait, sound, channel : fretorum angustiae: freta int...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Fretum
·noun A strait, or arm of the sea. ...

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Fretum Gaditanum
FRETUM GADITA´NUM, HERCULEUM, TARTESSIUM, &c. [GADITANUM FRETUM] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Fretum Gallicum
FRETUM GALLICUM is a name which Solinus (Solin. 100.25, ed. Steph.) gives to the straits which separ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Gaditanum Fretum
GADITANUM FRETUM(Straits of Gibraltar), the well-known channel connecting the Mediterranean and Atla...

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Gallicum Fretum
GA´LLICUM FRETUM[FRETUM GALLICUM] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
fretum britannicum
A term used in our ancient writings for the Straits of Dover. ...

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