Alanus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ălānus: a, um, adj.,
I 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.