Re: fortis , f- >>

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> Rome was the last ford before the ocean, as I understand. In movies

such Iladri di bicicletta, it looks about an inch deep -well maybe a bit
more

>

Surely the Tiber was then at its lowest level, as most Mediterranean
rivers are in the summer months, which are also the driest in that area.
In Spanish, this is called "estiaje" (from estío 'summer' < Latin
aesti:vu- 'estival').