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Brennus , i, m., = Βρέννος,
I.a leader of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia, Liv. 5, 38, 3; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 826.—Hence, Brennĭcus , a, um, adj., of Brennus: “signa,” Sid. Carm. 7, 561.—
II. A king of the Gauls who invaded Greece in the second century B.C. and attacked Delphi, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81; Just. 24, 5 sqq.; Val. Max. 1, 1, 18; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 51.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 38.3
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.37
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.13
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.1.18
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