Druides

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

Drŭĭdes, um (Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.—Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m.,

I the Druids , the priests and wise men of the Gauls , Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.—Hence,

II Drŭïas , ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess , a Druidess , Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.—Called also Drŭis , ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.

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