I.a long, heavy javelin of the Gauls; Gr. γαισός or γαῖσον (syn.: “dolo, sarissa, sparus, lancea),” Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 1; Liv. 8, 8, 5; 9, 36, 6; 26, 6, 5; Varr. ap. Non. 555, 13; Verg. A. 8, 662; Sen. Hipp. 111; cf.: gaesum grave jaculum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll. N. cr.—In poets the weapon of the Africans, Sil. 2, 444; “of the Greeks,” Stat. Th. 4, 64.
gaesum , less correctly gēsum , i, n. Celtic,
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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