Frisii

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

Frīsĭi, ōrum, m., φρίσιοι or φρείσιοι, Ptol. and Dio Cass., in the Middle Ages Frisones and Fresones,

I the Frisians , a people of northern Germany , between the Rhine and the Ems , in the modern West Friesland , Plin. 4, 15, 27, § 101; Tac. G. 34; id. A. 1, 60; 4, 72 al.

II —Hence, Frīsĭus , a, um, adj., Frisian , Tac. A. 4, 74.

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