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LEUCOGLAUS

Volume 10 · 47 words · 1797 Edition

(anc. geog.), a hill situated between Puteoli and Neapolis in Campania, abounding in sulphur; now l'Alumera. Whence there were also springs called Leucogai fontes; the waters of which, according to Pliny, gave a stimulus to the teeth, clearness to the eyes, and proved a cure in wounds.