Definition of Graius, Graus
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LNS
Grāius, Grāiī
(Grāus, Grāī)
Graii, Grai
Mostly Plural
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. the Grecians
  2. Greeks
Abbreviations
Grāii or Grāi, ōrum (gen. plur. Graium, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31; Lucr. 2, 600; 5, 405; 6, 754 et saep.), m., a less freq. and mostly poet. form for Graeci, the Grecians, Greeks: Musas quas Grai memorant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull. (Ann. v. 2 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poet. (perh. Enn.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39: Pergama circum Hac fugerent Grai, Verg. A. 1, 467: est locus, Hesperiam Grai cognomine dicunt, id. ib. 1, 530; cf. Lucr. 3, 100: Graiorum obscura reperta, id. 1, 137: fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere jura, Verg. A. 2, 157: de tot Graiorum millibus, Ov. M. 13, 241.

—In prose: si ut Graeci dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 37; 2, 4, 9; 3, 9, 15; 6, 16; id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; id. N. D. 3, 21, 53.

—In sing.: Grāius, i, m., a Greek, Verg. A. 3, 594; Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 91; id. Inv. 1, 24, 35.

— Deriv.: Grāius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Grecian, Greek: navus repertus homo, Graio patre, Graius homo, rex, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 169 Mull. (Ann. v. 183); so, homo, Lucr. 1, 66; Verg. A. 10, 720: gens, Lucr. 3, 3: urbes, Verg. A. 3, 295; 6, 97: jubae, id. ib. 2, 412: nomen, id. ib. 3, 210: Camena, Hor. C. 2, 16, 38: Alpes, the Grecian Alps, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134: Alpium fores, id. 3, 17, 21, § 123; v. Alpes; also called saltus, Nep. Hann. 3, 4.
 
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