Cadurci

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cădurci, ōrum, m., = Καδοῦρκοι,

I a people in Gallia Narbonensis, whose capital was Divona , now Cahors , Caes. B. G. 7, 4 sqq.; Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109; 19, 1, 2, § 8; in Caes. B. G. 7, 75, with the appel. Eleutheri (perh. a division of the former people, in the present Alby ).

II —Hence, Cădurcus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Cadurci : natales, Sid. Carm. 9, 282: sedes, Aus. Prof. n. 17.— Absol. : cădurcum , i, n., a Cadurcian coverlet , a coverlet of Cadurcian linen , Juv. 7, 221; and meton., a bed ornamented with a Cadurcian coverlet , a marriage-bed , id. 6, 537 Schol.