Raeti

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

Raeti (Rhaeti), ōrum, m.,

I the Raetians , a mountain people north of the Po , between the Danube , the Rhine , and the Lech , Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 133; 3, 19, 23, § 130; Liv. 5, 33 fin. ; Just. 20, 5, 9; Tac. H. 1, 68; 3, 5; 53; Hor. C. 4, 14, 15 al.— Hence,

1 Raetia ( Rhaetia ), ae, f., the country of the Raeti , Raetia , Tac. A. 1, 44; id. H. 2, 98; 3, 5 et saep.—

2 Raetĭcus ( Rhaetĭcus ), a, um, adj., Raetian : oppida, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130: Alpes, Tac. G. 1: bellum, Suet. Tib. 9: arma, Ov. Tr. 2, 226: copiae, Tac. H. 1, 59 fin. : vinum (of excellent quality), Verg. G. 2, 96; Col. 3, 2, 27; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; 14, 6, 8, § 67; Suet. Aug. 77; Mart. 14, 100 al.—

3 Raetius , a, um, adj., Raetian : provincia, Tac. G. 41.—

4 Raetus , a, um, adj., Raetian : Alpes, Hor. C. 4, 4, 17.