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Hammon
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Lewis Short
Hammōn | Amm-, ĭi | Hammōnĭum, ōrum | Amm-, a, um | Hammōnĭi, i | Hammōnĭăcus | Amm- | Hammōnĭă-cum (noun M.n.m.n) : (), , , = Ἄμμων
* An Egyptian and Libyan deity, worshipped (in the present oasis Siwah) in the form of a ram, and identified by the Greeks and Romans with Ζεύς and Jupiter; hence, Juppiter Hammon. Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients, Cic. N. D. 29 fin.; id. Div. 1, 43, 95; 1, 1, 3; Curt. 4, 7, 3 sq.; Luc. 9, 514 al. (cf. Cat. 7, 5).—Hence, Hammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, Ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.
* Derivv.
* (), , , the oasis El-Siwah, Curt. 4, 7, 3 sq.
* The inhabitants of Hammonium, Curt. 4, 7, 11.
* (), , belonging to Hammon (Libya, Africa).
* Adj.: sal,Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. M. Fac. 94.
* Subst.: , , , a resinous gum, which distilled from a tree near the temple of Juppiter Hammon, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107; 24, 6, 14, § 23; Cels. 5, 5.
* An Egyptian and Libyan deity, worshipped (in the present oasis Siwah) in the form of a ram, and identified by the Greeks and Romans with Ζεύς and Jupiter; hence, Juppiter Hammon. Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients, Cic. N. D. 29 fin.; id. Div. 1, 43, 95; 1, 1, 3; Curt. 4, 7, 3 sq.; Luc. 9, 514 al. (cf. Cat. 7, 5).—Hence, Hammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, Ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.
* Derivv.
* (), , , the oasis El-Siwah, Curt. 4, 7, 3 sq.
* The inhabitants of Hammonium, Curt. 4, 7, 11.
* (), , belonging to Hammon (Libya, Africa).
* Adj.: sal,Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. M. Fac. 94.
* Subst.: , , , a resinous gum, which distilled from a tree near the temple of Juppiter Hammon, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107; 24, 6, 14, § 23; Cels. 5, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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