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Athens, 295.
CYNOSCEPHALE, a place in Theffaly,
where Flaminius deleated Philip, king
of Macedon, 323.
CYNOSSEMA, the tomb of Hecuba, 248.
CYNTHOS, a mountain of the inland
Delos, Virg. En. 1, 458. on which
Apollo and Diana were born; whence
Apollo was called CYNTHIUS, and
Diana CYNTHIA, 337. Craflinus Cyn-
thins, to-morrow's iun, Ovid. Faft. 3,
346.

CYPARISSA, ARCADIA, a town of
Meffenia, Liv. 32, 31. on the Sinus
Cyparius, Plin. 4, 5.
CYPRUS, a noble island in the east end
of the Mediterranean, 592. facred to
Venus, Flor. 3, 9. whence the is called,
CYPRIS, -idis; Inh. CYPR11, Nep.
9, 4. adj. Cyprius et Cypricus, s
Cyprium, copper, Plin 33, 5, et 36,
26. Vas Cupreum, v. Cyprium, Pin.

23, 3.

CYRENE, V. -e, a celebrated city of

Africa, the capital of CYRENAICA,
677. Cic. Planc. 5.; Sil. 252. whence
Cyrenæus et Cyrenaicur, -a, -um, Cic.
Tufc. 1, 42. ; Acad. 4, 42.; Inh. Cy-
RENENSES, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, fr. ;
Tacit. Ann 3, 70.

CYRNUS et Cyrnaus, fee CORSICA.
CYRUS, KUR, a river of Iberia, 592.
CYRRHESTICA, v. -e, a diflrict of Syria,
contiguous to Cilicia, Cic. Att. 5, 18.
named from its capital Cyrrkum, Plin.
5, 23 f. 19.

CYTA, a town of Colchis, the native

place of Medea; whence the is called
Virgo Citea, Flacc. 6, 156. or Cytæis,
-dis, Propert. 2, 1, 73.; Inh. Cytai,
Flace. 6, 426.

CYTHERA, -orum, vel -a, -æ. Cerigo,

an island oppofite to Malea, a prom.
of Laconica, facred to Venus, 332,
whence the is called CYTHEREA, Virg.
An. 1, 262. and Cythereis, -ĭdis, vel.
-los, Ovid. Met. 4, 288; adj. Cy-
tkeriacus et Cytherius; Cytbereāles co-
lumta, pigeons facred to Venus, ib. 15,
386.

CYTINUS, THERMIA, one of the C-
clădis, 338.

CYTORUS, v. um, KUDROS, a town of
Paphlagonia, near a mountain of the
fame name, which produced excellent
boxwood, Virg. G. 2, 437. hence called
buxifer, Catull. 4, 13 Jugum Eptorium,
ib. 12. Cytoriacus pecten, a comb of
boxwood, Ovid. Met. 4, 311.
Cyzicus, v. -um, a city of Myfia on the
Propontis, 586.; Inh. Cyzični, et adj.
Cyzicinus.

D

DACIA, a large country north of the
Danube, now Moldavia, Wallachia, and
Tranfylvania, 353.; Inh. Daci, fing.
Defcendens Dacus ab Iftro, Virg. G. 2,
497.; adj. Dacus, Dacius, et Devices.
DACICUS was a title affumed by Do-
mitian, on account of his pretended
conquefts in that country, and infcribed
on his coins, Juvenal. 6, 204,
DACTYLI IDEI, the priests of Cybele,

near mount Ida, 355. Strab. 10, 471-
DAHE vel DA, a nation of Scythia,
fouth end of the Cafpian fea, Virg.
Æn. 8, 728.; Sil. 13, 764.; Lucas.
7,420. now the DARISTAN.
DALMATIA, a part of Illyricum, on
the eaft fide of the Adriatic fea, 352.;
Inh. Dalmāte, a fierce people fubdued
by Auguftus, Suet. 20. Daimata fup-
plex, Ovid. ad Liv. 389. adj. Dalma-
·ticus triumphus, Horat. Od. 2, 1, 16.
DALMATICA, fc. veftis, a kind of
garment, first made in Dalmatia, and
afterwards worn at Rome; hence Dai
mat catus, dreft in it, Lamprid in Com-
modo, 8.

DALMIUM, v. Dalminium, a town of
Dalmatia, which gave name to the na-
tion, Strah. 7, 315.

DAMASCUS, DEMESK, a city of Syria,
629. called vintola, by Lucan, from
its unbeltered fituation, 3, 215.; adj.
Damafienus; whence Damafcine the
country, Mel. 1, 11.
DAMASIA, afterwards called Augufis,
now AUGSBURG, in Swabia, on the
Leck.

DAMNII, a people of Britain, thought
to be thofe of CLYDSDALE.
DAMNONII, thofe of DEVONSHIRE;

whence DAMNONIUM, vel Ocrin
prem. LAND'S END.

DANAI. a poetic name of the Greeks,
392. Virgil et Ovid. tefim. Res Denon,

the

the Grecian ftate, Ovid. Met. 13, 59.
Danae claffes, ib. 92.
DANAPRIS, the NIEPER, a name given
to the Borysthenes, in the middle ages;
as Danafter, the Neifter, was given to
the Tyras.

DANUBIUS, the DANUBE, one of the
nobleft rivers in Europe, 573.
DANUM, DUNCASTER, in Yorkshire,
as it is thought.

DAPHNE, a delightful grove near An-
tioch, 594. often the scene of volup-
tuoufnels; hence Daphnici mores, luxu-
rious.
'DARANTASIA, MOUSTIER, or M6-
tie, a town of the Centrines, an Alpine
nation of Gallia Belgica, called alfo

Forum Claudui.
DARDANIA, a name of Troas or Troy,
Virg. Æn. 2, 321. et 3, 156. Ovid.
Trift. 1, 9, 25 from its first king Dar-
danus, Virg. n. 6, 650. et 7, 206.
et 8, 34. hence Dardānus, a Trojan, ib.
4, 661. Dardani, v. Dardanida, the
Trojans, ib. 2, 72, & 242, et 3, 94, et
5, 45.; Plin. 33, 3. Matres Darda-
nides, the Trojan matrons, Ovid. Met.
13, 413. Dardanius Paris, Virg. Ecl.
2, 61. Iius Dardanides, -a, Trojan,
Ovid Faft. 6, 219. Dardanides furit,
i. e. Eneas, Virg. Æn. 10, 545. fo
12, 775.-DARDANIA is alfo put for
Samothracia, Plin 4, 12.
DARDANI, a fierce people of Mafia,

Plin. 4, t. adjoining to Macedonia, Liv.
26, 25, et 27, 33. and always hoftile to
it, ib. 31, 28, et 40, 57.
DARDANIUM prom. a promontory of
Troas, named from Dardanus v. -um, a
small town, 70 ftadia from Abydos,
Strab. 13, 595. whence the two calties
built on each fide of the ftrait by Ma-
homet IV. in 659, were called the
DARDANELLES.

DARII PONS, a bridge made by Darius

on the Danube, where it begins to divide
into feveral mouths, Herodet. 4, 89.
DARIOBRIGUM, a town of the Verěti,
now VENNES, in Brittany.
DAULIS, ĭdis, a town of Phocis, 310.
Homer. Il. 2, 27. fituate on a lofty
eminence, Liv. 32, 18. the country
DAULIA OF DAULIS, Plin. 4, 31. 4.
Daulia rura, Ovid. Met. 5, 275. Avis
Daulias, -ălis, i. e. Prognè, (Vide
p. 310. & 419.

DAUNIA, the ancient name of the north
part of Apulia, now CAPITINATA,
158. whence Daunia regna, Sil. 9, 500.
Dauniaci campi, ib. 12, 429. Daunia
Camana, the Daunian mufe, i, e. the

poetry of Horice, who was born in
Apulia, Horat. Od. 4, 6, 27. Daunia
gene, the Rutuli, fo named from Daunus
the father of Turnus, Virg. Æn, 8,
146. Daunius heres, Turnus, ib. 12.
723. Daunia dea, Juturna, the fifter
of Turnus, ib. 12, 785. made a god-
defs by Jupiter, to compenfate the in-
jury he had done her, ib. 139, &c. but
before that called by Ovid NAIS, a
water nymph, Faft. 2, 605. prefiding
over a fountain called by her name.
DAUNUS, CARAPELLE, a fmall river
in Apulia. 158.

DECAPOLIS, i. e. Regio decem urlium, a
district of Judæa, Plin. 5, 18. et Deca-
politana Regio, ib.

DECELIA, BIALA-CASTRO, a village
of Attica, 301. which the Lacedemo
nians fortified by the advice of Alci-
biades, Nep. 7, 4.
DECUMATES AGRI, certain lands in
Germany, which were fubjected by the
Romans to the payment of the tenth
part of their produce, Tacit. G. 29.
DELIUM, a town of Boeotia, Liv. 31,
45 with a temple of Apollo like that
of Delos, 306. hanging over the Euri-
pus, Liv. 35, 51.

DELOS, v. -us, the central ifiand of the

4, 3, 7.

Cyclales, 336. the birth-place of Apollo
and Diana; whence Vares Delius, A-
pollo, Virg. Æn. 6, 12. Ornatus foliis
Delis, i. e. with a crown of laurel, that
tree being facred to Apollo, Horat. Od.
DEA DELIA, Diana, ib. 4,
Nemoralis Delia, Stat. Theb.
9, 627. DELIACA VASA, brazen vef-
fels made in Delos, which were held in
great eftimation, 337. Deliacus Galli-
marius, a breeder of hens, for which the
Delians were celebrated, Cic. Acad. 2,
16, & 18.

6, 23.

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of Spain, on the north fide of the DIOSPOLIS, i. e. Jovis urbs, a city of
Ebro.

DERBE, ALAH-DAG, a town of Ly-
caonia, Inh. Derbies, fing. Derbes,
Cic. Fam. 13, 73.
DERTONA, TORTONA, a town of Mi-
lan.

DERTOSA, TORTOSA, a town of Ca-
talonia, on the north fide of the Ebro.
DERVENTIO, DARWENT, a river of
the Brigantes in Yorkshire, on which
was the town Derwentun, AvLDBY.
DEVA, CHESTER, on the Dee.
DEUCALEDONIUS oceanus, the fea on the
north-west of Scotland.

DIA, Stan-Dia, an inland near Drum,
the moft northern promontory of Crete,
338; alfo one of the Cyclades, the fame
with Naxos, Plin. 4, 12.
DIANIUM promontorium, Cape MAR-
TIN, in Valencia of Spain.
DIBIO, DIJON, the capital of Burgundy
in France.

DICTAMNUM, or Diynna, a promon-
tory in the north of Crete
DICTE, a mountain in Crete, 338.
where Jupiter was nurfed (fub Dic-
tao antro, in a cave of mount Dicte),
Virg. G. 4, 152. whence Di&aa
nymphe, Cretan nymphs, Virg. Ecl.
6, 66. Dilaus rex, Jupiter Id. G.
2, 536. or Minos, Ovid. Met. 8, 43.
Difaa rura, the Cretan fields, ib. 3,
2. Arva, Virg. Æn. 3, 171. Saltus,
ib. 4, 72.

DIDYME, SALINE, one of the Lipari
inlands, 275.

DIGENTIA, a rivulet of the Sabines,
running past the villa of Horace, Horat
Ep. 1, 18, 104.

DINDYMUS, pl. -a, -orum, a mountain
⚫ of Phrygia, Virg Æn. 9, 617. where
Cybele was worshipped, hence called
Dindy mene, Hor. Od 1, 16. 5.
DINIA, DIGNE, a town of Provence.
DIOCLEA, or Doclea, a town on the
coaft of Dalmatia, Plin 3, 23. the
country of the Emperor Diocletian, who
was originally called DiocLES, Eutrop.

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the lower Egypt, which gave name to
the district called Nomos Dios Pelītes,
Plin. 5, 9.

DIPYLON, one of the gates of Athens,

294.

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DIRCE, a celebrated fountain near Thebes,
called Cadměa Dirce, from Cadmus
who founded Thebes, Lucan. 3, 1.5-
whence Dirceus, Theban, 304-
femine Cadmi emicuit. Dircæa cohors, a
troop of armed men sprung up from the
dragon's teeth fown by Cacmus, Lucan.
4, 550.
DIRČENNA, a very cold fountain near

Bilbilis in Spain, Martial. 1, 50, 17.
DIVA, the river Dɛɛ at Aberdeen..
DIUM, a ftrong town in Macedonia,
Liv. 44, 7. Also the name of various
other places.

DIVODURUM, METZ, the capital of

Lorrain.

DOBUNI, the people of Gloucester and
Oxfordshire.

DODONA, a town of Moloffis in Epire,
317. near which was a large grove of
oaks, (Dodonia, Dodenææ, vel Dido-
nides quercus,) whence Dodona is par
for thefe oaks, which, before the ute
of corn, afforded food to men, Virg. G.
1, 149. and were fuppofed to utter pre-
dictions, Lucan 6, 427.; Ovid. Trật
4, 8, 23.

DoLOPES, a people of Thefa'y, Lucas,
6, 384. Pliny fays of Ætolia, 8, 2.
their country was called Dolopia, Lie.
36, 33. Servius makes the Dolopes
the companions of Pyribus, and the
Myrmidones of Achilles at Troy, Æɛ.
2, 7. adj. Dolopeius, Flacc. 2, 10.
DONUSA or Donyfa, one of the Cyclades,
Virg. Æn. 3, 125.

DORION, a city of Theffaly, where
Thamyras having challenged the Mules
to a conteft at firging, and being van-
quifhed, was deprived of fight, Stat.
Theb. 4, 182.; Hygin. Aftron. 2, 6. j
Propert. 2, 22, 19. ; Lucan. 6, 352.
DORIS, -idis, vel Dorica, a part of Gratis
Propria, 312. called Tetraf is, from its
four cities, Strab. 9, 434.; Inh Dores,
-ium, Dorii vel. Dorienfes; whence De-
rica caftra, the Grecian camp, Virg.
En. 2, 27.-Also a part of Caria, He-
rodot. 1, 144. Doridis finus, Plin. 5, 29.
DORISCUS, V. -um, a place in Thrace,

where Xerxes numbered his army, 345-
DORYLEUM, ESKI-SHEHR, a town
of Phrygia; Inh. Dərylæi, Plin. 5, 29.
vel Dorylenfes, Cic. Flacc. 17.
DRAVUS, the DRAVE, a rives of No-

ricum, which falls into the Danube at DUROLITUM, RUMFORD, or Leiton

Murta.

DREPĂNUM, TRAPANI, a maritime
Town of Sicily, 267.; adj. Drepan -
tanus, Cic. Verr. 2, 57. Also the name
of leveral other places.
DRILO, DRINA, a river feparating Ma-
cedonia from Dalmatia, and falling into
the Adriatic at Lassus or Aleffio.
DRINUS, DRIN, a river which fepa-
rates Servia from Bulgaria, and joins
the Save.
DRUENTIA, DURANCE, a river of
Gaul, which falls into the Rhone be-
tween Arles and Avignon. Sil. 3, 468.
DRUNA, the DROME, a river of Gaul,
falling into the Rhone below Valentia.
DRYOPES, a people faid to have inha-
bited various places,-Epire, Strab. 7,
321. The fly, Doris, Corinth, ib. 8,
373. and Troas, ib. 13, 586. Pliny
places them in Epire, 4, 1. So Lucan.

3, 179.

DUBIS vel Alduadubis, the DAUX, a river

of Burgundy, which falls into the Soane
near Chalone.

DUBRIS, Dubra, v. -i, DOVER, a town

of Kent, oppofite to Calais in France.
DULICHIUM, fmall inland near Ithaca,
fubject to Ulyffes, 331. who is there-
fore called Dulichius dux, Ovid. Met.
14, 226. Rem. Amor. 272. Dulichie
rates, his fhips, Virg. Ecl. 6, 76. Du•
licbius canis, his dog Argus, Martial.
11, 70, 8.

DUMNONIUM vel Ocrinum Prom. the
LIZARD Point, on the fouth-west of
England.

DUNUM, a Celtic word denoting a hill
or eminence.

DURIUS, the DUERO or DOIKO, a river
of Portugal.

DURNIUM vel Durnovaria, DORCHES

TER, a town of the Durotriges in Bri-

tain.

DURNOMAGUS v. -um, DURMAGEN, a
town of Belgica, on the Rhine, below
Cologne.

DUROBRIVIS, ROCHESTER.
DUROCASSES, DREUX, in the coun-
try of the Carnutes, CHARTRAIN,
the chief feat of the Druids in Gaul,
Caf. 6, 13.
DUROCATALAUNUM, CHALONS,
on the Marne, in Champaigne
DUROCORNOVIUM vel Corinium, C1-
RENCESTER, in Gloucestershire.
DUROCORTORIUM, a town of the
Rhemi, in Gaul, now RHEIMS, in
Champaigne.

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EBLANA, DUBLIN, the capital of Ire-
land, as it is thought; Inh. Eblanii.
EBORA, EVORA, a town of Portugal.
EBORACUM, YORK.

ELUDE v. -des, the western ifles of Scot-
land; called by a more modern name,
Hebrides.

EBURONES, the people of the LIGEOIS,
Caf. B. G 2, 4. et 6, 5. Eburovices
Aulerci, the people of EVREUX,.in
Normandy, ib. 3, 17.

EBUSUS, IVICA, one of the two Pityufe

infule, near the coaft of Spain, to the
fouth west of Majorca; celebrated for
its pafturage and figs; about a hundred
miles in compafs, Plin. 3, 5. et 15, 19.
ECBATANA, HAMEDAN, the capital of
Media, Cic. Manil. 4.

ECETRA, a town of the Volsci; Inh.
ECETRANI VOLSCI, Liv. 2, 25. &

3, 4.

ECHINE, V. Echinales, fmalt islands of

Greece, at the mouth of the river
Ache ous, 331. Ovid. Met. 8, 588.
ECHINUS, ECHINOU, a town of Thef-
faly, Liv. 32, 33.

ECNOMOS, Monte LICATA, a mountain
of Sicily, 264.

EDESSA vel ga, a city of Macedonia,
325. alfo a town of Mefopo amia or
Arabia; Inh. Edefsèni, Plin. 5, 24.
Tacit. Ann. 12, 12.

EDETA vel Leria, LERIA, a town of
Celtiberia in Spain; the country EDE-
TANA, along the river Sucro or Xucar,
Piin. 3, 3.; Inh. EDETANI, or Sede-
tani, Liv. 28, 24.; 29, 1. j et 34, 20.
Sil. 3, 371.

EDESSA portus vel Odysseæ, a town of
Sicily, near the prom. Pachyous, 263.
Cic. Verr. 5, 34.

EDONIS, -is vel Edonica, the country
between the rivers Strymon and Neffus,
328.; Inh. Edōnes vel Edōni, often put
for the Thracians; adj. Edūnus v. -ius,
Thracian:

Thracian: Matres Edōnides, Thracian
matrons, i. e. Baccha or priefteffes of
Bacchus, Ovid. Met. 11, 69.; fing.
Edonis, Propert. 1, 3, 5. or Ed ănis,
Lucan. 1, 674.

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IGERT lucus et fons, a grove and foun-
tain near Rome, where Numa held
fecret meetings, as he gave out, with
the nymph or goddess Egeria, (called
his wife, Liv. 1, 21. Ovid Met. 15,
482. Faft. 3, 275. or mistress, Ju-
venal. 3, 12.) and with the Mules,
Liv. ib. Numa therefore confecrated
this grove, and a temple he built in it,
to the Mufes, ib. on which account,
the place is called AD CAMOENAS,
Martial. 2, 6, 16. Juvenal calls it
Vallis Egeria, ib. 17.

EGNATIA vel Gratia, a town of Apu-
lia, 162.

ELEA, a town of ŏLIS, in Afia

Minor, Liv. 36, 43. on the Sinus
Elaiticus.

ELEUS vel ELEUS, -untis, f. a town of
the Thracian Cherfonefe, Liv 31, 16.;
37, 9.; Inh. Elëuntii.

ELEA or Velia, a town of Campania,
172.; Inh. Eleata; fing. Eleātes Ze-
No, Cic. Tufc. 2, 21. & 22. Nat. D.
3,33. whence Eleatici Pbilofopbi, the
followers of Zeno, Cic. Acad. 4, 42.
ELATIA v. ea, a town of Phocis, Liv.

28, 7.; 32, 18. & 14.-alfo of Thef-
faly, Liv.42, 54.; Inh. Elatienfes.
ELAVER, ALLIER a river of Aquitania,
which fails into the Loire on the fouth.
ELECTRIDES Infula, certain islands in
the Adriatic, fuppofed by the Greeks
to produce amber, Mel. 2, 7. but
Pliny fays none fuch exifted, 3, 26 f.
30. & 37, 2 f. 11. He, however, in-
forms us, that one Sotacus believed,
that in Britain, amber dropt from the
rocks, ib. and he himself mentions fome
islands in the German fea, called Glof-
Jurie or Electrides, which produced
amber, 4. 16 f. 30, & 13 1. 27. See
P. 569.

ELEPHANTINE vel Elephantis -idis, an
ifland in the Nile, near the leffer cata-
ract, 668.

ELEUSIS v. -in, -īnis, a village of Attica,

facred to Ceres, whence the is called
Eleufinia Mater, 301.

ELEUTHERE, a town of Boeotia, be-
tween Megara and Thebes, Plin. 4,7.j
& 34, 8.

ELEUTHEROS, a river of Syria, at the

foot of Mount Libănus, Plin. 9, 10.
ELEUTHEROCILICES, a people of Cili-

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cia, who had never been fubje& to
kings, Cic. Att. 5, 20.; Fam. 15,4-
ELIMEA regio, vel Elimettit, -idis, a dif◄
tria of Macedonia, Liv. 42, 53. et 45,

30. Some place it in illyricum; Inh.
Elimei vel Eimai.

ELIS, -is vel -ĭdis, vel ELEA, a divifion
of Peloponnefus; a:fo its chief city, now
BELVEDERE, 281. Cic. Fam. 13, 26.;
Liv. 27, 32.; Inh. E1 E1; whence Eleut
ager, ib. et Eleus campus, Virg. G. 1,
202. vel EL11, Cic. de Div. 2. 11.
whence Eliades equæ, Virg G. 1, 59.
ELYMAIS, -ĭšis, a part of Affyria, Plin.
6, 27.

EMATHIA, a part of Macedonia, 325,
hence Emathia portus, the harbours of
Macedonia, Virg. G. 4, 390. Emathi
campi, the Macedonian plains, Oed.
Met. 5, 314 Ematkins aux, Alexan-
der the Great, Id. Trift. 3, 5, 39
Emathia ta, Alexandria in bort,
built by Alexander, Lucan. 10, 58-
It is allo often put for Theffaly. 320.
whence Ematki campi, the plain, of
Pharfalia, Lucan. 1, 1, et 6, 620. vel
Emathia arva, 7, 191, et 846.

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Emathia, the battle of Pharfalia, §,
531. plur the troops that fought in it,
1, 688. Ematine furefla dies, the day
of the battle, 7, 427. Pharfales Ens-
this, -is, 6, 950. Lucan frequently
confounds Theitaly with Macedonia,
and Pharialia with Philippi; fo fome-
times the o her p ets, Jee p. 323.
EMERITA Augula, MERIDA, a city in
Spain, Plin. 4, 22. adj. Emeritenfi, ib.
EMPORIÆ, AMPURIAS, a town of
Spain in Catalonia, Liv. 34, 9. ; 26,
19.; 28, 42. Emporia regio, ib. 29,
25, et 33.; Inh. Emportant, ib. 34,
16. EMPORIUM ad Placemiam, a
town of Italy, Liv. 21, 57.; Ad Tr-
berim, 35, 10, et 41, 27

ENCHELTA, an ancient town of Illyricum,
on the confines of Epire, fuspofed to
have been named fr m Cadmus and
his wife Harmonie v. -ia, being there
converted into ferpents, Laran. 3, 189;
Inh. Encheli v. -, faid to be the ce
fcendants of Cadmus and Harmonia,
Strab. 7, 126.

ENGYIUM, GANGI, a city of Sicily;
Inh. ENGINI, Cic. Ver. 3, 43, " 4,
44.
ENIPEUS, a river of Macedonia, 24.
Virg. G. 4, 368.

ENNA vel ilena, CASTRO JANNI,

Cafire Giavane, a town of Sicily, 272-3
Inh. ENNENSES, Liv. 24, 37. Er-

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