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Gādes , ĭum, f. the Phœnician gadis means hedge,
I.a famous colony of the Phœnicians established on an island of the same name in Hispania Baetica, the modern Cadiz, Mel. 2, 7, 1; 3, 6, 1; Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120; Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1; id. de Sen. 19, 69; Liv. 21, 21; Hor. C. 2, 2, 11; 2, 6, 1. Called also Gadir or Gaddir (Gr. τὰ Γάδειρα), Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 648 and 698 P. (Hist. Fragm, 2, 26 Dietsch), Plin. l. l.—
II. Deriv. Gādītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gades: “Oceanus,Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227; cf. “fretum,id. 3 praef. § “3: portus,Mel. 3, 1, 4: “populus,Cic. Balb. 18, 42: “foedus,id. ib. 14, 32.—Subst.: Gādītāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39; 18, 43; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; 21.—In fem.: Gādītānae , ārum, women of Gades, Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 3.—In sing.: Gādītānus , i, i. e. L. Cornelius Balbus, of Gades, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6.
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