Adonis

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• Adonis

  ADO´NIS(Ἄδωνις: Nahr el Ibrahim), a small river of Syria, which rising in Mount Libanus enters the M...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• Adonis

  Ădōnis, nis or nĭdis, m., = Ἄδωνις and Ἄδων (nom. Adon, Venant. Carm. 7, 12 and 18; gen. Adonis, Pli...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Adonis

  ·noun A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy. II. Adonis ·noun A youth beloved by Venus for hi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• adonis

  An anguilliform fish, about six inches long: it is of a golden colour, with a greenish tint, and has...

  The Sailor's Word-Book