# Naturalis Historia 3.122

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book 3. Latin.

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122] pudet a Graecis Italiae rationem mutuari, Metrodorus tamen Scepsius dicit, quoniam circa fontem arbor multa sit picea, quales Gallice vocentur padi, hoc nomen accepisse, Ligurum quidem lingua amnem ipsum Bodincum vocari, quod significet fundo carentem. cui argumento adest oppidum iuxta Industria vetusto nomine Bodincomagum, ubi praecipua altitudo incipit.

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