Thrācĭa and Thrēcĭa, ae, f., = Θρᾴκη,
I Thrace , Mel. 2, 2, 3; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 40; Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; 2, 1, 5; Liv. 44, 27; Ov. M. 6, 435; Luc. 2, 162.—Called also, after the Greek, Thrācē , ēs, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; Ov. F. 5, 257; id. P. 4, 5, 5; Hor. C. 2, 16, 5; 3, 25, 11; and, Latinized, Thrāca , ae, Verg. A. 12, 335; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3; 1, 16, 13; Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l. (but the Cod. palimps. Rep. 2, 4, 9, has in this passage Thracia).—After the Greek form Θρῄκη, also Thrēcē , ēs, Ov. A. A. 2, 588.— Hence,
A Thrācĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thrace , Thracian : ventus, Hor. C. 1, 25, 11: animae, id. ib. 4, 12, 2: equus, Verg. A. 5, 565: Orpheus, id. E. 4, 55.—Also absol. , Thracius, i. e. Orpheus , Stat. S. 3, 3, 193: Threcia Bacche, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 21: notae, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25 Orell. N. cr. —
B Thrācus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thrace , Thracian : palus, Val. Fl. 2, 201: natio, Gell. 10, 25, 4: homo, id. 19, 12, 6 sq.—‡
C Thrā-cĭcus , a, um, adj. (late Lat.), of or belonging to Thrace , Thracian : BELLO, Inscr. Fabr. p. 172, 332.—In the Graecized collat. form, Thrēcĭcus , a, um: lingua, Capitol. Max. § 2. —
D Thrēĭcĭus , a, um, adj., = Θρῄκιος, of or belonging to Thrace , Thracian (poet.): Aquilo, Hor. Epod. 13, 3; cf. Boreas, Ov. A. A. 2, 431: hiemes, Luc. 7, 833: Orpheus, Hor. C. 1, 24, 13; called also vates, Ov. M. 11, 2: sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 645; cf. cithara, id. ib. 6, 120: lyra, Prop. 3, 2, 2 (4, 1, 42): sagittae, Verg. A. 5, 312: Amazones, id. ib. 11, 659. —
E Thrax , ācis, m. adj., Thracian; or, subst., a Thracian : Lycurgus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 16: equi, Ov. M. 9, 194: Thraces arant, Verg. A. 3, 14; Liv. 31, 39; 42, 60; Hor. C. 1, 27, 2; id. Epod. 5, 14; Ov. M. 6, 682; 10, 83. —
2 Transf., a kind of gladiator , so called from his Thracian equipment; in this signif. the Graecized form Threx (also written Thraex) is the predom. one, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 13; Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8; Suet. Calig. 35 Oud. N. cr.; 54; 55; id. Tit. 8; Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 245; Hor. S. 2, 6, 44; Inscr. Orell. 2576; Inscr. Fabr. p. 189, 434.— Hence,
b Thrēcĭdĭcus ( Thraec- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Threx or Thracian gladiator , Threcidic : parma, Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129; cf. gladius, Aus. Caes. 18.— Absol. : Thrēcĭdĭca , ōrum, n. (sc. arma), the arms of a Threx , Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17.—
F Thrēïssa or Thressa , ae, adj. f. , = Θρήισσα or Θρῇσσα, Thracian; or, subst., a Thracian woman : Harpalyce, Verg. A. 1, 316: thalamisque tuis Threissa propinquat, Val. Fl. 2, 147: Thressa puella, Ov. H. 19, 100; so, Chloe, Hor. C. 3, 9, 9: caraeque Thressae, Val. Fl. 2, 132; 2, 165 and 239.