AORNUS

AORNUS
I.
AORNUS
lacus inter Puteolos et Baias, Latinis Avernus, sic dictus, quod avibus careat, quae supervolantes gravi eius odore enecantur: sive quod sulpureae exhalationes aerem usque adeo extenuent, ut aves sustinere non possit. Virg. Aen. l. 6. v. 237.
Spelunca alta fuit, vastôque immanis hiatu
Scrupea, tuta lacu nigrô, nemorumque tenebris;
Quam super haud ullae poterant impune volantes
Tendere iter pennis, talis sese halitus atris
Faucibus effundens supera ad convexa ferebat.
Unde locum Graii dixerunt nomine Avernum.
Hausit ex Lucretio suo. Sic enim ille l. 6. v. 738.
Principio quod Averna vocantur, nomen id ab re
Impositum est, quia sunt avibus contraria cunctis.
Similis plane descriptio est, apud Petronium Arbitrum in Satyrico:
Est locus excisô penitus demersus hiatu,
Parthenopen inter, magnaeque Dicarchidos arva
Cocytâ persusus aquâ, nam spiritus extra
Qui furit effusus funestô spargitur aestu.
Non haec auctumnô tellus viret, aut alit herbas
Cespite laetus ager: non vernô persona cantu
Mollia discordi strepitu virgulta loquuntur:
Sed Chaos et nigrô squalentia pumice saxa
Gaudent, ferali circumtumulata cupresso.
Nominis notationem tetigit Claudian. l. 2. de Raptu Proserp. v. 348.
Tunc et pestiferi pacatum limen Averni
Innocuae transistis aves.
Nic. Lloydius.
II.
AORNUS
lacus quidam prope Tartessum, alias Libystinus dictus. Schol. Aristoph. in Ranas: Ἡ δὲ Τάρτηςςος πόλις Ἰβερικὴ περὶ την` Ἄορνον λίμνην.
III.
AORNUS
locus in Tesprotide, ubi oracula reddebantur. Pausan. l. 9. Item urbs in Epiro. Ptol. et Steph.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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