Gaurus

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

Gaurus, i, m.,

I a mountain in Campania , famous for its wine , now Monte Barbaro , Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 64; Flor. 1, 16, 5; Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36: Gaurus inanis (as producing little), Juv. 9, 57.—

II Deriv. Gaurā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Gaurus , Gauran : montes, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60; cf. mons, i. e. the Gaurus , Stat. Th. 8, 546: saltus, Flor. 2, 6, 28: vites, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 38; cf. vinum, id. 14, 6, 8, § 63: ostrea, i. e. from the Lucrine lake , Juv. 8, 86.

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