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Lambrus
(74 words)

[German version]

(modern Lambro). Left-bank tributary of the Padus (Po), rises in the mountains at the lacus Larius, forms the lacus Eupilis (Plin. HN 3,131; modern Lago di Pusiano), flows through the Brianza and joins the Padus east of Mediolanum. Name pre-Roman, possibly Mediterranean (*lambrusca, ‘wild grapevine’) or Celtic (*Ambrones). Sources: Plin. HN 16,20; Sid. Apoll. Epist. 1; 5; Tab. Peut. 4,2 (river and station).

Bibliography

Nissen, vol. 2, 180.

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Sartori, Antonio (Milan), “Lambrus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 03 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e629390>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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