I.the Scots, a people in the northern part of Britain, in the mod. Scotland, Amm. 27, 8, 5; 26, 4, 5; Hier. in Jovin. 2, 7.—In sing.: “Scotus, collect.,” Claud. B. Get. 417; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 33; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 251.—Hence,
A.Scō-tĭa , ae, f., the land of the Scots, = Hibernia, Isid. 14, 6, 6.—
B.Scōtĭcus (Scott- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scotland, Scottish, Scotch: “tela,” Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 254.