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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Salmăcis</b>: ĭdis, f.<br /><b>I</b> A [[very]] cleat [[fountain]] in [[Caria]], [[much]] used, and fabled to [[render]] [[soft]] and [[effeminate]] all [[who]] drank of it, Ov. M. 4, 286; Vitr. 2, 8; Stat. S. 1, 5, 21.—Personified, the [[nymph]] of this [[fountain]], Ov. M. 4, 337; 4, 347; voc. Salmaci, id. ib. 4, 306; cf. Fest. p. 329 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[weak]], [[effeminate]] [[person]], Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.; cf. Trag. Rel. p. 53 Rib.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Salmăcis</b>, ĭdis, f. ([[Σαλμακίς]]), [[nymphe]] et fontaine de Carie [aux eaux amollissantes] : Ov. M. 4, 286 ; Stat. S. 1, 5, 21.
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{{Georges
|georg=Salmacis, idis, f. ([[Σαλμακίς]]), eine [[sehr]] klare u. [[viel]] benutzte ([[nach]] der [[Sage]]) verweichlichende [[Quelle]] in Karien, Ov. [[met]]. 4, 286 u. 15, 319: personif., die [[mit]] dem Hermaphrodit zusammengewachsene [[Nymphe]] [[dieser]] [[Quelle]], [[Fest]]. p. 329 (a), 10. Vitr. 2, 8, 11. [[Vibius]] Sequ. de font. p. 22 Oberl. Ov. [[met]]. 4, 306 (wo Vok. Salmaci). – Dav. Salmacidēs, ae, Vok. a, m., der Salmacide, appell. = der [[Weichling]], Salmacida [[spolia]] [[sine]] sudore et sanguine, Enn. fr. scen. 18 [[bei]] Cic. de off. 1, 61.
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