Gallaeci

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

Gallaeci (also Callaeci and Cal-laïci), ōrum, m., = Καλλαικοί Strab.,

I a people in western Hispania Tarraconensis, now Galicia and part of Portugal , Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 28.—

II Derivv.

A Gallae-cus (also Gallaïcus and Callaïcus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Gallaeci, (Call-), Gallaecian (Call-): Gallaica gens, Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166: Callaicum aurum, Mart. 4, 39, 7: Gallaica gemma, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 163: Gallaecus, a surname of A. Brutus , from his victory over the Gallaeci, Vell. 2, 5.—

B Gallaecia ( Call- ), ae, f., the country of the Gallaeci, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 112; Flor. 2, 17, 5.