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Avernian
Avernal A*ver"nal, Avernian A*ver"ni*an, a. 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.
Taverning
Taverning Tav"ern*ing, n. A feasting at taverns. [Obs.] ``The misrule of our tavernings.' --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Averni from wikipedia

- The Arverni (Gaulish: *Aruernoi) were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Auvergne region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were one of...
- remains may still be seen under the lake's surface. The term avernus (plural averni) was also used by ancient naturalists for certain lakes, grottos, and other...
- Beddomeia averni is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae...
- Vercingetorix (Latin: [wɛrkɪŋˈɡɛtɔriːks]; Gr****: Οὐερκιγγετόριξ [u.erkiŋɡeˈtoriks]; c. 80 – 46 BC) was a Gallic king and chieftain of the Arverni tribe...
- Ardeadoris averni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a s****-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It was transferred...
- Natula averni is one of the smallest and most elusive species of cricket living in the Mediterranean Basin. The species was found in several coastal regions...
- with the uprising of most of central Gaul, led by Vercingetorix of the Averni. Caesar was initially defeated at Gergovia before besieging Vercingetorix...
- Ahenobarbus, whose name it bore, following the defeat of the Allobroges and Averni by himself and Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus in 122 BCE. Domitius...
- the Allier, near present-day Clermont-Ferrand. It was the capital of the Averni. The city of Gergovia had strong walls and was located on a giant raised...
- Animam vestris hanc prohibete locis. In Styga nam veniens pacem turbabit Averni, committet superos, si petat astra, poli. Epitaph to Pope Alexander One...