acontias

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

ăcontĭas, ae, m., = ἀκοντίας.

I A quick-darting serpent , Amm. 22, 15, 27.—

II In plur., ăcontĭae , ārum, = ἀκοντίαι, meteors or shooting-stars with dartlike trains , Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.

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