Ălānus, a, um, adj.,
of or pertaining to the Alani , = Ἀλανοί, a very warlike Scythian nation upon the Tanais and Palus Maeotis : gens Alana, Claud. B. Get. 583.—Subst.: Ălānus , i, m., one of the Alani , Luc. 10, 454.— Com. plur. : Ălāni , ōrum, the Alani , Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 80; Sen. Thyest. 629; Luc. 8, 223; Val. Fl. 642.