Benacus

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

Bēnācus, i, m., = Βήνακος, Strabo: lacus,

a deep and rough lake in Gallia Transpadana, near Verona , through which the Mincius (Mincio) flows , now Lago di Garda , Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 9, 22, 38, § 75; and absol. Benacus, Verg. G. 2, 160; id. A. 10, 205.— Hence, Bēnācenses , ium, m., the people dwelling near Lake Benacus , Inscr. Grut. 260, 2.

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