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montŭōsus or montōsus , a, um, adj. mons,
I.mountainous, full of mountains (class.): “regio,” Cic. Planc. 9, 22: “cum locis ipsis delectemur, montuosis etiam,” id. Lael. 19, 68: “loci,” id. Part. 10, 36: “frutex,” Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48.—Form montosa, Verg. A. 7, 744. —Subst.: montŭōsa , ōrum, n., mountain regions, mountainous parts: “montuosa Ciliciae,” Plin. 11, 53, 116, § 280; Vulg. Jer. 17, 26.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, For Plancius, 9.22
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.744
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 17.26
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.48
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 19
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