Rauraci

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

Raurăci (Raurĭci, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106), ōrum, m.,

I a people of Gaul , on the Rhine , neighbors of the Helvetians , near Basle , Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 6, 25; 7, 75.—Hence,

1 Raurăcum , i, n., the city of the Rauraci , now Augst , near Basle , Amm. 14, 10, 6: Rauriaca colonia, Plin. l. l.; also called Raurĭcum , id. 4, 12, 24, § 79: RAVRICA, Inscr. Orell. 432.—

2 Raurăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Rauraci : colonia Rauraca = Rauracum, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106 (al. Rauriaca).

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