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glăcĭes , ēi, f. root in Gr. γάλα, γαλακτ-; cf. γλαγάω, to be milky, etc.; Germ. Gletscher; v. gelu,
I.ice (cf.; gelu, pruina).
I. Lit.: “sol glaciem dissolvit,” Lucr. 6, 963; so ib. 878: “ne teneras glacies secet aspera plantas,” Verg. E. 10, 49; Hor. C. 2, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 808; 13, 795; Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: “lubrica,” slippery ice, Liv. 21, 36, 7: “Maeotica,” Juv. 4, 42 et saep.—In plur.: “glacies,” Verg. G. 4, 517: “glacierum,” Sid. Ep. 4, 6 fin.; Vulg. Dan. 3, 70.—*
II. Transf., hardness: “tum glacies aeris flamma devicta liquescit,” Lucr. 1, 493.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.808
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.517
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.493
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 36
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