Chauci
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Chauci: (in MSS. also Chauchi, Cauci; cf. upon the signif. and orthog. of the word, Rup. Tac. G. 35; poët. Chăūci or Chăȳci, trisyl., Luc. 1, 463; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 379; and in sing.: Căȳco, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 225), ōrum, m., = Καῦχοι, Ptolem.; Καῦκοι, Strab.,
I a people in Lower Germany, on the ocean, from the Ems to the Elbe, in the south to the region of Oldenburg and Bremen, divided into majores and minores, Vell. 2, 106, 1; Tac. G. 35; id. A. 2, 24; 11, 19; id. H. 4, 79; 5, 19; Suet. Claud. 24; Plin. 4, 24, 28, § 99; 16, 1, 1, § 2; on account of his conquest of them, Gabinius Secundus received the cognomen Chaucius, Suet. Claud. 24.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Chaucī,¹² ōrum, m., Tac. G. 35, Chauchī, ōrum, m., Vell. 2, 106, et Căȳcī, ōrum, m., Luc. 1, 458, les Chauques [peuple germain] || Chaucĭus, ĭī, m., le vainqueur des Chauques : Suet. Claud. 24, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
Chaucī (Cauchī od. Caucī, Caȳcī), ōrum, m., eine Völkerschaft in Niedergermanien von der Ems bis zur Elbe, im Süden bis ins Oldenburgische u. Bremische, in maiores u. minores geteilt, Tac. Germ. 35, 2 (dazu Ruperti, auch über die Schreibart): Cauchi, Vell. 2, 106, 1: Caȳcī, Lucan. 1, 458. Claud. in Eutr. 1, 379; u. Sing. Caȳcus, Claud. laud. Stil. 1, 225. – Dav. Chaucius (Chauchius), Beiname des Gabinius Secundus als Besieger der Chauken, Suet. Claud. 24, 3.
