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Ammon
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Lewis Short
Ammōn | Hammon, a, um | Ammōnĭăcus, i | Ammō-nĭăcum (noun M.n) : better , , Egypt. Amun, = Ἄμμων
* A name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Hence
* Belonging to Ammon (Africa, Libya): sal,Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.—, , subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon: Ammoniaci lacrima,Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107: Ammoniaci lacrimae,id. 20, 18, 75, § 197: Ammoniaci guttae,Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.
* A name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Hence
* Belonging to Ammon (Africa, Libya): sal,Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.—, , subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon: Ammoniaci lacrima,Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107: Ammoniaci lacrimae,id. 20, 18, 75, § 197: Ammoniaci guttae,Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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