CYNAMOLGI

CYNAMOLGI
CYNAMOLGI
Aethiopiae populi monstrosi. Strabo. Plin. l. 6. c. 30. Solin. c. 33. Omnium ultimi erant versus Meridiem, ultra quos late deserram esse regionem, a scorpionibus et solipugis gente sublatâ, refert Plin. l. 8. c. 29. Iidem Canarli forte dicti, quos dividua ferarum viscera cum canibus habere et partiario cum his vivere, ait, l. 5. c. 1. extr. vide supra Canarii.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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