Gādes, ĭum, f. [the Phoenician gadis means hedge],
I a famous colony of the Phoenicians established on an island of the same name in Hispania Baetica, the modern Cadiz , Mel. 2, 7, 1; 3, 6, 1; Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120; Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1; id. de Sen. 19, 69; Liv. 21, 21; Hor. C. 2, 2, 11; 2, 6, 1. Called also Gadir or Gaddir (Gr. τὰ Γάδειρα), Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 648 and 698 P. (Hist. Fragm, 2, 26 Dietsch), Plin. l. l.—
II Deriv. Gādītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gades : Oceanus, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227; cf. fretum, id. 3 praef. § 3: portus, Mel. 3, 1, 4: populus, Cic. Balb. 18, 42: foedus, id. ib. 14, 32.—Subst.: Gādītāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gades , Cic. Balb. 17, 39; 18, 43; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; 21.—In fem. : Gādītānae , ārum, women of Gades , Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 3.—In sing.: Gādītānus , i, i. e. L. Cornelius Balbus, of Gades , Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6.