Gades, dium, foe. g plu. Tmo ples in the further part of Spain beyonde Granate, which in worthinesse of men, before time haue excelled, For at one time there were in Rome. 500. men of this Countrey citizens of the order and state of gentlemen. In the lesse of those two Ilandes, it is reported that Grasse is so battle, as the milke of beastes doth cast no whey, nor can haue and cheese made of it, vnlesse it be mixed with much water. It is written moreouer, that vnlesse the beasses there feding be often let bloude, they will within xxx. dayes be ctyfled and die with fatte. Whiche fertilitie may seeme to giue occasion of the fable of Geryons beastes that Hercules droue away.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Gādes, ĭum, f. [the Phœnician gadis means hedge], a famous colony of the Phœnicians established on an island of the same name in Hispania Baetica, the modern Cadiz, Mel. 2, 7, 1; 3, 6, 1; Plin. 4, 22, 36, 120; Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1; id. de Sen. 19, 69; Liv. 21, 21; Hor. C. 2, 2, 11; 2, 6, 1. Called also Gadir or Gaddir (Gr. ta\ *ga/deira), Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 648 and 698 P. (Hist. Fragm, 2, 26 Dietsch), Plin. l. l.—II. Deriv. Gādītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gades: Oceanus, Plin. 2, 103, 106, 227; cf. fretum, id. 3 praef.3: portus, Mel. 3, 1, 4: populus, Cic. Balb. 18, 42: foedus, id. ib. 14, 32.—Subst.: Gādītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39; 18, 43; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; 21.—In fem.: Gādītānae, ārum, women of Gades, Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 3.—In sing.: Gādītānus, i, i. e. L. Cornelius Balbus, of Gades, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6.