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|lshtext=<b>Hercynĭa silva</b>: = Ἑρκύνιος [[δρυμός]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the Hercynian Forest, in [[ancient]] [[Germany]], [[sixty]] days' [[journey]] in [[length]] and [[nine]] in [[width]], extending from the Schwarzwald, or Black Forest, on the [[north]]-[[east]], to the Harz, Caes. B. G. 6, 24 sq.; Mel. 3, 3, 3; Tac. G. 28.—Called also: Hercynius [[saltus]], Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 80; 10, 47, 67, § 132; Tac. G. 30; Liv. 5, 34, 4; and: Hercynium jugum, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100.—Also absol.: [[Hercynia]], ae, f., Tac. A. 2, 45 fin.>
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