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Nonacris

Nōnācris, is, f., = Νώνακρις,
  • a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source, Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—
  • II Hence,
    • A Nōnācrīnus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian: virgo Nonacrina, i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 409: Atalanta, id. A. A. 2, 185.—
    • B Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian: heros, i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 97.—Subst.: Nōnā-cria, ae, f.
      • 1 Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 426. —
      • 2 (Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.

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