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Lewis : Ganges

Ganges, Ganges, is, m., = Γάγγης, the river Ganges, in India, Mel. 3, 7, 5 sq.; Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 60 sq.; Cic. Rep. 6, 20; Verg. G. 2, 137; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 23; id. M. 2, 249; 4, 21 al.

Derivv. Gangētĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Ganges, found in the Ganges: tigris, Ov. M. 6, 636: aves, Col. 8, 8, 10: pubes, Sil. 3, 612: raptor, i. e. a tiger-hunter, Mart. 8, 26, 1: ales, i. e. a phœnix, Aus. Idyll. 11, 16; 20, 9.

Gangētis, ĭdis, adj., the same: terra, i. e. India, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 47.