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|lshtext=<b>Grāii</b>: or Grāi, ōrum (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. Graium, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31; Lucr. 2, 600; 5, 405; 6, 754 et saep.), m., a [[less]] freq. and [[mostly]] [[poet]]. form for [[Graeci]], the Grecians, Greeks: Musas quas Grai memorant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Müll. (Ann. v. 2 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. (perh. Enn.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39: [[Pergama]] [[circum]] Hac fugerent Grai, Verg. A. 1, 467: est [[locus]], Hesperiam Grai cognomine dicunt, id. ib. 1, 530; cf. Lucr. 3, 100: Graiorum obscura reperta, id. 1, 137: fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere jura, Verg. A. 2, 157: de tot Graiorum millibus, Ov. M. 13, 241.—In [[prose]]: si ut [[Graeci]] dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 37; 2, 4, 9; 3, 9, 15; 6, 16; id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; id. N. D. 3, 21, 53.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: Grāius, i, m., a Greek, Verg. A. 3, 594; Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 91; id. Inv. 1, 24, 35.—<br /><b>II</b> Deriv.: Grāius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Grecian, Greek: [[navus]] [[repertus]] [[homo]], Graio patre, [[Graius]] [[homo]], rex, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183); so, [[homo]], Lucr. 1, 66; Verg. A. 10, 720: [[gens]], Lucr. 3, 3: urbes, Verg. A. 3, 295; 6, 97: jubae, id. ib. 2, 412: [[nomen]], id. ib. 3, 210: [[Camena]], Hor. C. 2, 16, 38: [[Alpes]], the Grecian [[Alps]], Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134: Alpium fores, id. 3, 17, 21, § 123; v. [[Alpes]]; also called [[saltus]], Nep. Hann. 3, 4.