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|lshtext=<b>Ălānus</b>: a, um, adj.,<br /><b>I</b> of or pertaining to the Alani, = Ἀλανοί, a [[very]] [[warlike]] Scythian [[nation]] [[upon]] the [[Tanais]] and Palus Mœotis: [[gens]] Alana, Claud. B. Get. 583.—Subst.: Ălānus, i, m., one of the Alani, Luc. 10, 454.—Com. plur.: Ălāni, ōrum, the Alani, Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 80; Sen. Thyest. 629; Luc. 8, 223; Val. Fl. 642.
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