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Drŭĭdes , um (Drŭĭdae , ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.—Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m.,
I.the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.—Hence,
II. Drŭïas , ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.—Called also Drŭis , ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.
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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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.13
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.30
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.54
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 25
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.451
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 30.13
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