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LUCRINUS LACUS

Volume 6 · 33 words · 1778 Edition

(anc. geogr.), a lake of Campania between Baiae and Putolii, famous for its oysters, (Horace, Martial, Juvenal); Lucrinusfer (Cicero), the people dwelling on it. Now a perfect bay since the earthquake in 1538.