Ammon, An hebrue name, signifying, the sonne of my people. The sonne of Lot (whom he begat on his young daughter, when he was drunke) was so called. Of this Ammon came the people in Syria, Ammonitæ whom Josephus doth call Ammanitæ, By this name was Iupiter also worshipped in Egypt.
Ammonius, The name of a philosopher, who was maisser to Origine.Amnus.A ryuer in the Iland Dolica in Atabie.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ammōn, better Hammon, ōnis, m. [Egypt. Amun], = *)/ammwn, a name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, 167.—Hence, II. Ammōnĭăcus, a, um, belonging to Ammon (Africa, Libya): sal, Plin. 31, 7, 39, 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.—Ammō-nĭăcum, i, n.subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon: Ammoniaci lacrima, Plin. 12, 23, 49, 107: Ammoniaci lacrimae, id. 20, 18, 75, 197: Ammoniaci guttae, Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.