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Calēdonia, Calēdoniae

(Calīdonia, Calīdoniae)

cf. Welsh celydd, a woody shelter, and Lat. celo

Καληδονία

noun (f., 1^st declension)

the province of the ancient Britons, the Highlands in the northern part of Scotland

Abbreviations

Calēdonia, ae, f, also Calī- cf. Welsh celydd, a woody shelter, and Lat. celo, = Καληδονία, the province of the ancient Britons, now the Highlands in the northern part of Scotland, Tac. Agr. 10; 11; 25; 31.

— Derivv. Calē-donius, a, um, adj., Caledonian: silva, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; Flor. 3, 10, 18: saltus, id. 1, 17, 3: ursus, Mart. Spect. 7: Britanni, id. 10, 44, 1; Luc. 6, 68: Oceanus, Val. Fl. 1, 8.

— Calēdonicus, a, um, adj., Caledonian: angulus, Sol. 22, 1.

—Calēdones, um, m., a people in the Scottish Highlands, Eum. Pan. Const. 7.