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LEUCOGEAEUS

Volume 11 · 48 words · 1815 Edition

in Ancient Geography, a hill situated between Puteoli and Neapolis in Campania, abounding in sulphur; now l'Alumera. Whence there were also springs called Leucogaei fontes; the waters of which, according to Pliny, gave a firmness to the teeth, clearness to the eyes, and proved a cure in wounds.