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Gallus , i, m., = Γάλλος Strab.,
I.a tributary of the Sagaris of Phrygia and Bithynia, whose water, according to the fable, made those who drank it mad, now Kadsha Su or Gökssu, Ov. F. 4, 364; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 147; 6, 1, 1, § 4; 31, 2, 5, § 9; Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 263.—
II. Derivv.
A. Galli , ōrum, m., the priests of Cybele, so called because of their raving, Ov. F. 4, 361 sq.; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; 11, 49, 109, § 261; 35, 12, 46, § 165; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 121.—In sing.: Gallus , i, m., a priest of Cybele, Mart. 3, 81; 11, 74; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 2: “resupinati cessantia tympana Galli,Juv. 8, 176.—And satirically (on account of their emasculated condition), in the fem.: Gallae , ārum, Cat. 63, 12, and 34.—
B. Gallĭcus , a, um, adj.
1. Of or belonging to the river Gallus, poet. i. q. Phrygian, Trojan: “miles,Prop. 2, 13. 48 (3, 5, 32 M.).—
2. (Acc. to II. A., of or belonging to the priests of Cybele; hence, transf.) Of or belonging to the priests of Isis, Gallic: “turma,the troop of the priests of Isis, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.
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    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.121
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 31.9
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 9.2
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 2.13
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 11.74
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 3.81
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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