Aphrodisium

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

Ā̆phrŏdīsĭum, ii, n., = Ἀφροδίσιον.

I A town on the coast of Latium , in the province of Lavinium , with a renowned temple of Venus , which was destroyed as early as the time of Pliny , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 57; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 617; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 271.—

II Ā̆phrŏdīsĭum promontorium, a promontory in Thessaly , Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10. —

III Ā̆phrŏdīsĭum flumen, a river in Caria , Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10.

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