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Drŭentĭa, ae, f., a tributary river of the Rhodanus, now Durance, Liv. 21, 31, 9; Sil. 3, 468; Aus. Mos. 479.
Drŭĭdes, um (Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.
Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m.,
- I. the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.
Hence,
- II. Drŭïas, ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.
Called also Drŭis, ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.
†† drungus, i, m., a body of soldiers, a troop (late Lat.), Veg. Mil. 3, 16; Vop. Prob. 19.
† druppa or drūpa (sc.) oliva = δρύππα (v. Lidd. and Scott under δρυπεπής), an over-ripe, wrinkled olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 6; and absol. drupa, ae, f., id. 15, 7 7, § 26; 17, 24, 37, § 230; 19, 5, 26, § 78.
Drūsus, i, m., a well-known Roman surname in the Livian family, first assumed by the Livius who slew the Gallic general Drausus, Suet. Tib. 3.
Esp.
- 1. M. Livius Drusus, uncle of Cato Uticensis, murdered by Q. Varius, Cic. Arch. 3, 6; Vell. 2, 13.
- 2. Claudius Drusus Nero, son of Tib. Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, father of Germanicus, the theme of Hor. C. 4, 4; Suet. Claud. 1; Tac. A. 1, 33.
Hence, Drūsĭānus, a, um, adj.: fossa, Tac. A. 2, 8, or Drūsīnus, a, um, adj.: fossae, a canal on the Lower Rhine, constructed by Drusus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1.
Drūsilla, ae, f., the name of several females of the Livian family.
Esp.
- 1. Livia Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus, v. Livius.
- 2. Drusilla, daughter of Drusus Germanicus, Tac. A. 6, 15; Suet. Calig. 7; 24 al.