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Ganges

Ganges · m

the river Ganges

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 2 · 1.78/10k
Carmina 4 · 1.78/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Pharsalia 5 · 0.98/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Ganges — Lewis & Short

Ganges, is, m., = *ga/gghs,

I the river Ganges, in India, Mel. 3, 7, 5 sq.; Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 60 sq.; Cic. Rep. 6, 20; Verg. G. 2, 137; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 23; id. M. 2, 249; 4, 21 al. —

II Derivv.

A Gangētĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Ganges, found in the Ganges: tigris, Ov. M. 6, 636: aves, Col. 8, 8, 10: pubes, Sil. 3, 612: raptor, i. e. a tiger-hunter, Mart. 8, 26, 1: ales, i. e. a phœnix, Aus. Idyll. 11, 16; 20, 9.—

B Gangētis, ĭdis, adj., the same: terra, i. e. India, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 47.

In the wild

Ganges Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.6.p23
Gange Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.108.p1
Ganges Statius, Thebais 12.788
Gangesque Lucan, Pharsalia 10.252
Ganges Apuleius, Florida 6
Ganges Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1.163

6 of 67 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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