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Călēdŏnĭa , ae,
I.f, also Călī- cf. Welsh celydd, a woody shelter, and Lat. celo, = Καληδονία, the province of the ancient Britons, now the Highlands in the northern part of Scotland, Tac. Agr. 10; 11; 25; 31.—
II. Derivv.
A. Călē-dŏnĭus , a, um, adj., Caledonian: “silva,Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; Flor. 3, 10, 18: “saltus,id. 1, 17, 3: “ursus,Mart. Spect. 7: “Britanni,id. 10, 44, 1; Luc. 6, 68: “Oceanus,Val. Fl. 1, 8. —
B. Călēdŏnĭcus , a, um, adj., Caledonian: “angulus,Sol. 22, 1.—Călēdŏnes , um, m., a people in the Scottish Highlands, Eum. Pan. Const. 7.
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    • Tacitus, Agricola, 10
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.68
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.8
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