I.the Rætians, a mountain people north of the Po, between the Danube, the Rhine, and the Lech, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 133; 3, 19, 23, § 130; Liv. 5, 33 fin.; Just. 20, 5, 9; Tac. H. 1, 68; 3, 5; 53; Hor. C. 4, 14, 15 al.— Hence,
1. Raetia (Rhaetia ), ae, f., the country of the Ræti, Rætia, Tac. A. 1, 44; id. H. 2, 98; 3, 5 et saep.—
2. Raetĭcus (Rhaetĭcus ), a, um, adj., Rætian: “oppida,” Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130: “Alpes,” Tac. G. 1: “bellum,” Suet. Tib. 9: “arma,” Ov. Tr. 2, 226: “copiae,” Tac. H. 1, 59 fin.: “vinum (of excellent quality),” Verg. G. 2, 96; Col. 3, 2, 27; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; 14, 6, 8, § 67; Suet. Aug. 77; Mart. 14, 100 al.—