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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.,

  1. 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,
  2. 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. 1. M. Livius Drusus, uncle of Cato Uticensis, murdered by Q. Varius, Cic. Arch. 3, 6; Vell. 2, 13.
    2. 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. 1. Livia Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus, v. Livius.
    2. 2. Drusilla, daughter of Drusus Germanicus, Tac. A. 6, 15; Suet. Calig. 7; 24 al.