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|lshtext=<b>Gĕtae</b>: ārum, m., = Γέται,<br /><b>I</b> a Thracian [[tribe]] on the [[Danube]], [[bordering]] on the Dacians, the Getœ, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; Mel. 2, 2, 3; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41; 4, 12, 25, § 80; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; Verg. G. 3, 462; Ov. P. 3, 4, 92; Hor. C. 3, 24, 11; 4, 15, 22.—In sing.: Gĕta, ae, m., a Getan, Ov. P. 1, 8, 6; Sen. Hippol. 167; in the Gr. form, Gĕtes, ae, Ov. P. 1, 2, 108; 2, 1, 66; Luc. 2, 54 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.: Gĕta, ae, m., a Roman [[surname]]; as C. [[Licinius]] Geta, [[consul]] A. U. C. 638, [[censor]] 646, Cic. Clu. 42, 119; and Geta, [[brother]] and coregent of the [[emperor]] Caracalla, Spart. Ant. Geta, 1 sqq. Also the [[name]] of a Greek [[slave]], Ter. Ad. and Phorm.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Gĕtes, ae, adj. m., of or belonging to the Getœ, Getan: poëta, Ov. P. 4, 13, 17: [[Hebrus]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 1041.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Gĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., Getan, in [[poet]]. transf. also for Thracian: [[gens]], Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 13: [[arma]], id. P. 2, 8, 69; [[hence]] also: [[maritus]] Veneris (i.e. [[Mars]]), Stat. S. 1, 2, 53: [[sermo]], Ov. P. 4, 13, 19: [[lyra]], i. e. of the Thracian [[Orpheus]], Stat. S. 3, 1, 17; cf. [[plectrum]], id. ib. 2, 2, 61: volucres, i. e. the swallows ([[because]] [[Progne]], [[wife]] of the Thracian [[king]] [[Tereus]], [[was]] changed [[into]] a [[swallow]]), id. Th. 12, 478: ([[aqua]]) frigidior Geticis pruinis, Juv. 5, 50—Adv.: Gĕtĭce, [[like]] the Getœ: loqui, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 58.
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