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noun

Āpennīnus

gen. Āpennīni · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
(better , Verg. A. 12, 703 Cod. Med.
the mountainchain that passes through the length of Italy; the Apennines; conspicuous for height; •
also APENINVS, Inscr. Grut. 204, 18), i, m. from the Celtic penn, mountain - summit, the mountainchain that passes through the length of Italy, the Apennines, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48; conspicuous for height; hence, celsus Appenninus, Hor. Epod. 16, 29: Appenninus nubifer, Ov. M. 2, 226.—Personified: gaudetque nivali Vertice se attollens pater Appenninus ad auras, Verg. A. 12, 703; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 264 sq.
Perseus ID: n2975 Key: Apenninus