Lingones

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

Lingŏnes, um, m.,

I a people in Celtic Gaul , whence the modern name of their chief city, Langres , Caes. B. G. 1, 26; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106.—Afterwards dwelling on the Po, Liv. 5, 35, 2.—Hence,

A Lingŏ-nĭcus , a, um, adj., Lingonian : bardocucullus, a poor sort of garment worn by the Lingones , Mart. 1, 54, 5: victoria, over the Lingones , Eum. Pan. Const. 6, 3.—

B Lin-gŏnus , i, m., a Lingonian , Mart. 8, 75, 2; Tac. H. 4, 55.

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