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A. Dōrĭcus , a, um, adj., Doric: “gens,” Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7: “genus (architecturae),” Vitr. 4, 6: “aedes,” id. ib.: “symmetria,” id. ib.: “castra,” Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34. “dicta,” i. e. in the Doric dialect, Quint. 8, 3, 59 (al. adv. Dōrĭce dicta; so Suet. Tib. 56: Dorice Rhodii loquuntur); hence, also: Dorici, ōrum, m., those who speak Doric, Gell. 2, 26, 10.—

2. Meton. for Grecian, Greek: “castra,” Verg. A. 2, 27; 6, 88; Prop. 2, 8, 32 (2, 8, b. 16, M.): “nox,” Val. Fl. 2, 573: “ignes,” Sen. Agm. 611: “Ancon,” Juv. 4, 40.—

B. Dōrĭ-us , a, um, adj., Doric: “carmen,” Hor. Epod. 9, 6; cf. “moduli,” Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204: “phthongus,” id. 2, 23, 20, § 84; and subst., Dōri-um , ii, n.: “tibicen Dorium canebat bellicosum,” App. M. 10, p. 254, 23.—

C. Dōrĭ-enses , ium, m., the Dorians, Just. 2, 6, 16. —

D. Dōris , ĭdis, adj. fem., Doric: “dialectos,” Suet. Tib. 56: “Malea,” Luc. 9, 36: “tellus,” i. e. Sicily, Sen. Herc. Fur. 81.—

b. Subst.

(α). A country in Hellas, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; in Asia Minor, id. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.—

(β). A daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus, and mother of fifty seanymphs, Ov. M. 2, 11; 269; Prop. 1, 17, 25; “Hyg. Fab. praef.—Also,” wife of Dionysius I., Tyrant of Syracuse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1.—Also, the name of a Greek girl, Juv. 3, 94; Prop. 4, 7, 72.— Meton., the sea, Verg. E. 10, 5; Ov. F. 4, 678; Stat. Silv. 3, 2, 89.—

(γ). A plant, called also pseudoanchusa and echis, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

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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