place
Plutonia (in Asia)
the place of Pluto
also: Asia Plutonia, place of Pluto in Asia
A deadly exhalation-site in Asia Minor (sacred to Pluto) which Cicero says he himself had seen, cited among places whose vapours kill (De Divinatione 1.79).
Reading notes
- On Divination §1.79 the place of Pluto in Asia
A 'Plutonium', a cave or vent sacred to Pluto giving off lethal vapours, of which several were known in Asia Minor. Cicero says he had seen one himself.