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|lshtext=<b>Gallus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[Gaul]]; and adj. [[Gallic]]; v. [[Galli]], I. and II. D.<br /><b>Gallus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a Roman [[surname]] in the [[gens]] [[Cornelia]], Aquilia, Sulpicia, etc. So in partic. C. [[Cornelius]] [[Gallus]], of Forum Julii, a Roman [[poet]], a [[friend]] of Virgil, Verg. E. 10; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 64; Asin. [[Pollio]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 5.<br /><b>Gallus</b>: i, m., = [[Γάλλος]] Strab.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[tributary]] of the [[Sagaris]] of [[Phrygia]] and [[Bithynia]], whose [[water]], according to the [[fable]], made those [[who]] drank it [[mad]], [[now]] Kadsha Su or Gökssu, Ov. F. 4, 364; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 147; 6, 1, 1, § 4; 31, 2, 5, § 9; Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 263.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Galli]], ōrum, m., the priests of [[Cybele]], so called [[because]] of [[their]] [[raving]], Ov. F. 4, 361 sq.; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; 11, 49, 109, § 261; 35, 12, 46, § 165; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 121.—In sing.: [[Gallus]], i, m., a [[priest]] of [[Cybele]], Mart. 3, 81; 11, 74; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 2: resupinati cessantia tympana [[Galli]], Juv. 8, 176.—And [[satirically]] (on [[account]] of [[their]] emasculated [[condition]]), in the fem.: Gallae, ārum, Cat. 63, 12, and 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Gallĭcus, a, um, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to the [[river]] [[Gallus]], [[poet]]. i. q. Phrygian, [[Trojan]]: [[miles]], Prop. 2, 13. 48 (3, 5, 32 M.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II. A., of or belonging to the priests of [[Cybele]]; [[hence]], transf.) Of or belonging to the priests of [[Isis]], [[Gallic]]: [[turma]], the [[troop]] of the priests of [[Isis]], Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.
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