noun

Chauci

gen. ōrum · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(in MSS. also , ; cf. upon the signif. and orthog. of the word, Rup. Tac. G. 35; poët. or , trisyl., Luc. 1, 463; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 379; and in sing.: , id. Laud. Stil. 1, 225), , , = Καῦχοι, Ptolem.; Καῦκοι, Strab.

a people in Lower Germany; on the ocean; from the Ems to the Elbe •

a people in Lower Germany, on the ocean, from the Ems to the Elbe, in the south to the region of Oldenburg and Bremen, divided into majores and minores, Vell. 2, 106, 1; Tac. G. 35; id. A. 2, 24; 11, 19; id. H. 4, 79; 5, 19; Suet. Claud. 24; Plin. 4, 24, 28, § 99; 16, 1, 1, § 2; on account of his conquest of them, Gabinius Secundus received the cognomen Chaucius, Suet. Claud. 24.

Perseus ID: n7768 Key: Chauci