Algidus

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

Algĭdus, i, m., a high snow-capped mountain, and the forest upon it, south-east of Rome, between Tusculum and Velitrae, now Monte Compatri, Liv. 26, 9, 12; Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 130: gelidus, Hor. C. 1, 21, 6: nivalis, id. ib. 3, 23, 9; id. C. S. 69.—Hence,

I Algĭdum , i, n., a town upon it , now Pava , Flor. 1, 11.—

II Adj. : Algĭdus , a, um, pertaining to Algidum : terra, Ov. F. 6, 722: secessus, Mart. 10, 30.

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

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