Aornos

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ăornos: i, = Ἄορνος (without birds) or ἡ Ἄορνος λίμνη (v. Strab. 1, 26; 5, 244 sqq.).
I Masc., the Lake of Avernus in Campania, now Averno, Verg. A. 6, 242.—
II Fem.
   A A very high, steep rock in India, Curt. 8, 11.—
   B A place in Epirus, Plin. prooem. 4.