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Webster 1913 Edition

Avernian

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A-ver′nal

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A-ver′ni-an

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.

Webster 1828 Edition

Avernian

AVER'NIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania in Italy, famous for its poisonous qualities, which the poets represent as so malignant, as to kill fowls flying over. Hence, as authors tell us, its name, without birds.

Definition 2024

Avernian

Avernian

English

Adjective

Avernian ‎(comparative more Avernian, superlative most Avernian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.

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