Bălĭāres (better than Bălĕāres) insulae, or
I absol. Bălĭāres , ĭum, f., = Βαλιαρεῖς, the Balearic Islands , Majorca and Minorca , in the Mediterranean Sea , whose inhabitants were famous slingers , Auct. B. Afr. 23; Cic. Att. 12, 2, 1; Inscr. Orell. 732; Liv. 28, 37, 4 sq.; Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133; Mel. 2, 7, 20; Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77; 8, 58, 83, § 226 al.—
II Derivv.
A Bă-lĭāris , e, adj., Balearic : terra, Plin. 35, 19, 59, § 202: funda, Verg. G. 1, 309: habena, Luc. 3, 710: telum, Sil. 7, 279.—Subst.: Bălĭāres , ĭum, m., = Βαλιαρεῖς, the inhabitants of the Balearic Islands , Caes. B. G. 2, 7; Liv. 28, 37, 6.—In sing. Baliaris, a Balearian , Sil. 3, 365.—
B Bălĭārĭcus , a, um, adj., Balearic : mare, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 74: grus, id. 11, 37, 44, § 122: funda, Ov. M. 2, 727; 4, 709.—Subst.: Bălĭārĭci , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the Balearic Islands , Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 218.— Sing. , Inscr. Orell. 168; and Baliaricus, cognomen of Q. Caecilius Metellus, on account of his conquest of these islands , A. U. C. 631, Flor. 3, 8; Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147.