Aponus

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

Ăpŏnus, i, m., = ἄπονος (pain-curing).

I A warm , medicinal fountain in the vicinity of Padua , now Bagni d’ Albano : Patavinorum aquae calidae, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: Aponi fons, Suet. Tib. 14: Aponi fontes, Mart. 6, 42, 4; Cassiod. Var. 2, 39; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 91.—Hence,

II Ăpŏ-nus , a, um, adj., Aponian : tellus, Mart. 1, 62, 3: Aponinus, dub. in Vop. Firm. Sat. c. 3.

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