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Lagus

Lagus · m

the father of Ptolemy I. king of Egypt

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Where it lives

Pharsalia 6 · 1.18/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 1 · 0.18/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Lāgus — Lewis & Short

Lāgus, i, m.,

I the father of Ptolemy I. king of Egypt: regia Lagi, Luc. 10, 527: famosa moenia Lagi, Juv. 6, 83: flumina Lagi, i. e. Nilus, Sil. 17, 592.—Hence,

II Lāgēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lagus, Lagian, poet. for Egyptian: Nilus, Luc. 1, 684; cf. amnis, Sil. 1, 196: litora, Mart. 10, 26, 4: ratis, Sil. 10, 322.

In the wild

Lagi Silius Italicus, Punica 17.591
Lagi Lucan, Pharsalia 8.802
Lagi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.12.p80
Lagi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.13.p67
Lagi Lucan, Pharsalia 10.527
Lagi Lucan, Pharsalia 10.4

6 of 14 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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