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Headword | Dictionaries | Max. Inst. | Min. Inst. | # Documents | Short Definition |
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Achelous | Lewis & Short | 77 | 61 | 37 | A celebrated river of Middle Greece |
Acragas2 | Lewis & Short | 14 | 0 | 5 | a celebrated graver |
Aedui | Lewis & Short | 165 | 165 | 17 | a tribe in Gallia Celtica friendly to the Romans |
Aetna | Lewis & Short | 218 | 218 | 111 | The celebrated volcano of Sicily |
Aglaophon | Lewis & Short | 3 | 3 | 3 | a celebrated Greek painter |
Alesia | Lewis & Short | 17 | 17 | 6 | a city of the Mandubii in Celtic Gaul |
Ambrosius2 | Lewis & Short | 211 | 0 | 72 | a celebrated Church father of the fourth century |
Apollonia | Lewis & Short | 133 | 133 | 40 | The name of several celebrated towns. |
Arar | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | a river in Celtic Gaul |
Archimedes | Lewis & Short | 43 | 43 | 21 | a celebrated mathematician of Syracuse |
Arethusa | Lewis & Short | 88 | 88 | 43 | A celebrated fountain near Syracuse |
Arion | Lewis & Short | 85 | 85 | 53 | A celebrated cithara player of Methymna |
Armilustrum | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 3 | 3 | 3 | a place in Rome, where the festival Armilustrium (consecration of arms) was celebrated, L. |
Athanasius | Lewis & Short | 9 | 9 | 5 | a celebrated archbishop of Alexandria in the time of the emperor Constantine; |
Aulerci | Lewis & Short | 16 | 16 | 9 | a people in Celtic Gaul |
Byblus | Lewis & Short | 17 | 3 | 4 | a very ancient town in Phœnicia celebrated for the worship of Adonis |
Carnuntum | Lewis & Short | 8 | 0 | 3 | an old Celtic town of Upper Pannonia |
Catadupa | Lewis & Short | 2 | 2 | 2 | the celebrated cataract of the Nile |
Catullus | Lewis & Short | 240 | 240 | 112 | a celebrated Roman writer of elegies and epigrams |
Celtiberi | Lewis & Short | 268 | 268 | 32 | Celtiberians |
Cenomani | Lewis & Short | 62 | 62 | 24 | a Celtic people in |
Centobriga | Lewis & Short | 1 | 1 | 1 | a town of the Celtiberi in Spain |
Cercyo | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | a celebrated robber in Attica |
Clonus | Lewis & Short | 6 | 2 | 3 | a celebrated designer |
Corinna | Lewis & Short | 58 | 58 | 39 | A celebrated Greek poetess of Tanagra, contemporary with Pindar |
Corycus2 | Lewis & Short | 61 | 0 | 12 | a promontory in Cilicia, with a town and harbor of the same name, and a cave, very celebrated in ancient times; also famous for its production of saffron; |
Cosmus | Lewis & Short | 403 | 403 | 62 | a celebrated maker of, and dealer in unguents at Rome |
Cratinus | Lewis & Short | 14 | 14 | 11 | a celebrated Grecian comic poet of the old comedy, a contemporary of Eupolis and Aristophanes |
Croesus | Lewis & Short | 143 | 143 | 79 | a king of Lydia, celebrated for his riches |
Cronia | Lewis & Short | 2 | 2 | 2 | a festival of Saturn, celebrated in Greece, and especially at Athens |
Curius2 | Lewis & Short | 4,848 | 0 | 271 | the conqueror of the Samnites, Sabines, Lucanians, and of Pyrrhus; celebrated for his moderation |
Cydonia | Lewis & Short | 29 | 29 | 22 | an ancient and celebrated town on the north coast of Crete |
Cynthus | Lewis & Short | 53 | 53 | 40 | a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Diana |
Cyprianus | Lewis & Short | 19 | 19 | 6 | Cyprian, a celebrated Church father of the third century, bishop at Carthage |
aetherius | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 389 | 373 | 149 | of the upper air, heavenly, ethereal, celestial: |
asticus | Lewis & Short | 3 | 3 | 2 | games celebrated in the city in honor of Bacchus |
bacchatio | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 2 | 2 | 2 | orgies, revelries |
bacchor | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 179 | 155 | 120 | to celebrate the festival of Bacchus, rave like Bacchae, revel |
bios | Lewis & Short | 72 | 0 | 11 | a very celebrated and wholesome Greek wine |
caeles | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 9,231 | 129 | 348 | heavenly, celestial |
caelestis | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 1,608 | 1,608 | 417 | of heaven, from heaven, of the heavens, heavenly, celestial |
caelibatus | Lewis & Short | 7 | 7 | 3 | celibacy |
caelicus | Lewis & Short | 35 | 35 | 22 | celestial |
celatus | Elem. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | P. of celo. |
celeritas | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 509 | 509 | 100 | swiftness, quickness, speed, celerity |
cella | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 330 | 330 | 113 | a place of concealment, store-room, cell, granary |
cereus | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 229 | 2 | 73 | waxen, of wax |
cereus2 | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 109 | 0 | 33 | a wax-light, taper |
concelebro | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 120 | 120 | 85 | to attend in numbers, frequent, celebrate, solemnize: |
concellita | Lewis & Short | 2 | 2 | 2 | he who dwells with one in a cell, a cell-mate |
conciliabulum | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 56 | 56 | 31 | a place of assembly, public exchange, market-place |