Definition of Gallia
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LNS
Gallia, Galliae
Gallus
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. the country of the Gauls
  2. Gaul, both beyond the Rhine and in Upper Italy
Abbreviations
Galli, ōrum, m., the Gallic nation, the Gauls, both beyond the Rhine and in Upper Italy; afterwards also in Phrygia as Gallograeci or Galatae.

—Of the Gallograeci, Liv. 38, 12 sq.

—In sing.: Gallus, a Gaul: delegit Gallum ex his, quos auxilii causa secum habebat, Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 1; cf.: Gallus inter Gallos sine ulla suspicione versatus, id. ib. 5, 45, 4.

—In fem.: Galla, ae, a female Gaul: inter quae (sacrificia extraordinaria) Gallus et Galla, Graecus et Graeca in foro boario sub terra vivi demissi sunt, Liv. 22, 57, 6.

—Hence the pun with galla, gall-nut, Macr. S. 2, 2.

— Derivv. Gallia, ae, f., the country of the Gauls, Gaul, both beyond the Rhine and in Upper Italy; the more precise name of the former is Gallia ulterior or Transalpina, and of the latter Gallia citerior or Cisalpina, v. h. vv.

—Hence, in plur.: Galliae duae (provinciae) quas hoc tempore uno imperio videmus esse conjunctas, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 3.

— Gallicus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Gauls, Gallic: muli viliores Gallicis cantheriis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21: ager, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 11; Cic. Sull. 19, 53: humus, Ov. F. 4, 362: Oceanus, Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109; cf. sinus, id. 32, 2, 11, § 21: arma, Caes. B. G. 1, 22, 2: naves, id. ib. 3, 11, 5; 3, 14, 7: bella, id. ib. 4, 20, 1: lingua, id. ib. 1, 47, 4: mores, id. ib. 4, 3, 3; cf. consuetudo, id. ib. 4, 5, 2; 5, 14, 1: ostentatio, id. ib. 7, 53, 3 al.: canis, a greyhound, Ov. M. 1, 533: ventus, the north-northeast wind, Vitr. 1, 5.

—Subst.: gallica, ae, f., a Gallic shoe: (redii) cum calceis et toga, nullis nec gallicis, nec lacerna, Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 6.

—Adv.: Gallice, in Gallic: a Gallo et a Mauro Gallice et Maurice dicimus, Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 8; Gell. 11, 7, 4.

— * Gallius, a, um, adj., Gallic: Galliae pro Gallicae, Sall. H. lib. IV.: duae Galliae mulieres conventum vitantes, etc., Non. 492, 30 sq.

— Gallus, a, um, adj., Gallic: Galla credulitas, Mart. 5, 1, 10: mulieres, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 15 Dietsch.

— Gallicānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Roman province Gallia (in Upper Italy), Gallican: legiones, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: ratio atque res, id. Quint. 4, 15: ager, id. Cat. 2, 12, 26 (al. Gallicus, like ib. § 6): lana, Varr. L. L. 9, § 39 Mull.

—Also in gen. for Gallic: catulus, Cat. 42, 6: jumenta, App. M. 10, p. 247.

—Subst.: Gallicāni, ōrum, the Gallicans, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2.

—In sing.: m., the inhabitants of the province Gallia, prius enim Gallus, dein Gallicanus, extremo Semiplacentinus haberi coeptus est, Cic. Pis. init.

—* Gallulus, a, um, adj., Gallic: Roma, poet. of the city Arelas, in southern Gaul, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 8, 2.
 
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