Ămānus

I. a mountain range, running from N.E. to S. W., between Syria and Cilicia, now Jawur Dagh; ămā-nĭcae pўlae, the passes of Amanus, Cic. Att. 5, 20; id. Fam. 2, 10; Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; Luc. 3, 244 al.