Germânus, pen. prod. Adiect. Plin. Come of the same stocke: right and verie true, not counterfaite. Germani Attici.Cic.The right and true followers of Athens eloquence.Germana Græcia.Plaut.The verie true Greece.Germanæ gertæ. Plau. Verie trifles.Germanus amore. Ci. Fratex noster cognatione patruelis, amore germanus. By nature a cousin germaine, in loue verie brother.Germana ironia. Cice. Verum ius & germana iustitia.Cic.True iustice.Magistri germani alicuius arti . Germanum nomen.Plaut.The proper tight name.Hæc est mea germana patria Cic.This is my very natural countrie. Germanus alicius authoris. Cic.A right follower of any other.Germanissimus Stoicis.Cicer.Very like the Stoikes in opinion. Germanus.Cicer.A brother germaine of the same father and mother.Germanus frater.Cic. Idem. Soror germana.Cic.Memoria literaturæ germana.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Germāni, ōrum, m., = *germanoi/, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.—Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—II. Derivv. A. Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German (poet.): herbae, Ov. A. A. 3, 163: pubes, Pers. 6, 44.—B. Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany: superior, Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.: inferior, id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.; also called Germania prima and secunda, Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq.— Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—C. Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.1.Adj.: saltus, Liv. 9, 36: mare,
the Baltic
, Plin. 4, 16, 30, 103: gentes, id. 4, 13, 28, 98: sermo, Suet. Calig. 47: bellum, Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.: exercitus, Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.: expeditio (Caligulae), Suet. Calig. 43: victoria, id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12): persona,
a clay figure of a German
,
as a bugbear for Roman children
, Mart. 14, 176.—2.Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.a.A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans.—Esp. (a). Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—(b). Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—b. (sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—D. Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.): exercitus, Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—E. Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.
