Ammoniacus

Ammoniacus
Ammōn, better Hammon, ōnis, m. [Egypt. Amun], = Ammôn, a name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Hence,
II.
Ammōnĭăcus, a, um, belonging to Ammon ( Africa, Libya ):

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.— Ammō-nĭăcum, i, n. subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon:

Ammoniaci lacrima,

Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107:

Ammoniaci lacrimae,

id. 20, 18, 75, § 197:

Ammoniaci guttae,

Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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