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Webster 1913 Edition


Acroceraunian

Acˊro-ce-rau′ni-an

,
Adj.
[L.
acroceraunius
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] high, n. pl. [GREEK] heights + [GREEK] thunderbolt.]
Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of “thunder-smitten” peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.
Shelley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Acroceraunian

ACROCERAU'NIAN

,
Adj.
[Gr. a summit, and thunder.]
An epithet applied to certain mountains between Epirus and Illyricum, in the 41st degree of latitude. They project into the Adriatic, and are so termed from being often struck with lightning.