Garganus

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

Gargānus, i, m.,

I a mountain ridge in Apulia on which storms are frequent , now Monte Gargano , Mel. 2, 4, 6; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111 al.; Hor. C. 2, 9, 7; Verg. A. 11, 247; Luc. 5, 380 al.—

II Deriv. Gargānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Garganus , Gargan : nemus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 202: cacumina, Sil. 9, 34.

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