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Amsancʹtus

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A lake in Italy, in the territory of Hirpiʹnum, said to lead down to the infernal regions. The word means sacred water.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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