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Acroceraunia

Acroceraunia · n

a very rocky promontory in Epirus

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What it meant

ācrŏcĕraunĭa — Lewis & Short

ācrŏcĕraunĭa, ōrum, n.fr. a)/kris and kerauno/s; pr. Thunder-Heights,

I a very rocky promontory in Epirus, running out into the Ionian Sea, now Glossa, called by the Italians Linguetta (the mountain to which it belongs was called Ceraunii montes or Ceraunia; see this art.): infamīs scopulos Acroceraunia, Hor. C. 1, 3, 20; the same in sing.: promontorium Acroceraunium, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; for any dangerous place: haec tibi sint Syrtes; haec Acroceraunia vita, Ov. R. Am. 739.

In the wild

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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