LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Ăcrăgās

Meaning

  1. a mountain on the S. W. coast of Sicily

Ăcrăgās, antis, m., Ἀκράγας (acc. Gr. Acraganta, Ov. F. 4, 475),
I. a mountain on the S. W. coast of Sicily, and a city upon it; the city was also called Agrigentum, now Girgenti, Verg. A. 3, 703; Mel. 2, 7, 16; cf. Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89 (v. Agrigentum); the birthplace of the philosopher Empedocles, who was hence called Acragantinus, Lucr. 1, 716.
Acrăgas, antis, m.,
I. a celebrated graver (caelator), Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 154.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyAcragasAcragas. an engraver, or chaser in silver, spoken of by Pliny. (33.12.55.) It is not known either when or where he was born. Pliny says that Acragas, …

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What does Ăcrăgās mean in Latin?
Ăcrăgās, a proper noun, means “a mountain on the S. W. coast of Sicily”.