I.a powerful tribe of the interior of Africa, beyond the Gœtulians, in the modern Fezzan, Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 8, 7; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 36 sq.; Liv. 29, 33; Verg. E. 8, 44; id. A. 6, 794.— In sing.: Gărămas , antis, Sil. 6, 705; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1106.—
II. Derivv.
A. Gărămantĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Garamantes, Garamantian, poet. also i. q. African: “signa,” Sil. 1, 142: “vates,” id. 14, 440: “carbunculi,” Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92.—Hence,
1. Plur. as subst.: Gără-mantĭci = Garamantes, Schol. Vet. Juv. 10, 150.—
2. Gărămantĭca , ae, f., a sort of precious stone, also called sandaresus or sandastros, Plin. 37, 7, 28, § 100 (al. Garamantites).—
B. Gărămantis , ĭdis, adj., = Garamanticus: “Nympha,” Verg. A. 4, 198: “pinus,” Sil. 14, 498: “gemma,” id. 15, 679.
