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LNS

Chaucus, Chaucī

(Chauchus, Chauchī)

(Caucus, Caucī)

(Chaūcus, Chaūcī)

(Chaȳcus, Chaȳcī)

(Caȳcō, -)

Chauci, Chauchi, Cauci, Chayci, Cayco

Καῦχοι

Mostly Plural

noun (m., 2^nd declension)

a people in Lower Germany, on the ocean, from the Ems to the Elbe, in the south to the region of Oldenburg and Bremen, divided into

Abbreviations

Chauci (in MSS. also Chauchi, Cauci; cf. upon the signif. and orthog. of the word, Rup. Tac. G. 35; poet. Chaūci or Chaȳci, trisyl., Luc. 1, 463; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 379; and in sing.: Caȳco, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 225), ōrum, m., = Καῦχοι, Ptolem.; Καῦκοι, Strab., a people in Lower Germany, on the ocean, from the Ems to the Elbe, in the south to the region of Oldenburg and Bremen, divided into majores and minores, Vell. 2, 106, 1; Tac. G. 35; id. A. 2, 24; 11, 19; id. H. 4, 79; 5, 19; Suet. Claud. 24; Plin. 4, 24, 28, § 99; 16, 1, 1, § 2; on account of his conquest of them, Gabinius Secundus received the cognomen Chaucius, Suet. Claud. 24.