Algidus
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Algĭdus: i, m.,
I a high snow-capped mountain, and the forest upon it, south-east of Rome, between Tusculum and Velitrœ, now Monte Compatri, Liv. 26, 9, 12; Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 130: gelidus, Hor. C. 1, 21, 6: nivalis, id. ib. 3, 23, 9; id. C. S. 69.—Hence,
I Algĭdum, i, n., a town upon it, now Pava, Flor. 1, 11.—
II Adj.: Algĭdus, a, um, pertaining to Algidum: terra, Ov. F. 6, 722: secessus, Mart. 10, 30.
