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Benacus

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Bēnācus, ī, m.: a lake in Cisalpine Gaul, through which flows the Mincius, 10.205.
Bēnācus, i, m., = Βήνακος, Strabo: lacus,
  • a deep and rough lake in Gallia Transpadana, near Verona, through which the Mincius (Mincio) flows, now Lago di Garda, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 9, 22, 38, § 75; and absol. Benacus, Verg. G. 2, 160; id. A. 10, 205.— Hence, Bēnācenses, ium, m., the people dwelling near Lake Benacus, Inscr. Grut. 260, 2.

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