I.the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.—Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—
II. Hence,
A. Dalmătĭa (Delm- ), ae, f., Δαλματία, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—
B. Dalmătĭcus (Delm- ), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10: “Alpes,” Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240: “mare,” Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86; “bellum,” id. A. 6, 37: “triumphus,” Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22: “metallo,” i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,
(α).
Dalmătĭca , ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—
(β).
Dalmătĭcātus (Delm- ), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—