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Albis: is, m. v. albus,
I a river of Germany, now the Elbe, Tac. G. 41; id. A. 4, 44: Albin liquere Cherusci, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 452.—Also Alba, ae, m., Vop. Prob. 13.
Albis,¹³ is, m., Elbe [fleuve d’Allemagne]: Tac. G. 41.