CALINGAE

CALINGAE
CALINGAE
gentes Indicae ad mate, quorum soeminae quinquennes concipere dicuntur, octavum autem vitae annum non excedere. Plin. l. 6. c. 17.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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