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Ganges , is, m., = Γάγγης,
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.636
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.137
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.249
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.60
    • Cicero, De Republica, 6.20
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.8.10
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