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Caledonia

the province of the ancient Britons

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Where it lives

De Vita Iulii Agricolae 5 · 7.42/10k

What it meant

Călēdŏnĭa — Lewis & Short

Călēdŏnĭa, ae,

I f, also Călī- cf. Welsh celydd, a woody shelter, and Lat. celo, = *kalhdoni/a, the province of the ancient Britons, now the Highlands in the northern part of Scotland, Tac. Agr. 10; 11; 25; 31.—

II Derivv.

A Călē-dŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Caledonian: silva, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; Flor. 3, 10, 18: saltus, id. 1, 17, 3: ursus, Mart. Spect. 7: Britanni, id. 10, 44, 1; Luc. 6, 68: Oceanus, Val. Fl. 1, 8. —

B Călēdŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., Caledonian: angulus, Sol. 22, 1.—Călēdŏnes, um, m., a people in the Scottish Highlands, Eum. Pan. Const. 7.

In the wild

Caledoniam Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 10.4
Caledoniam Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 11.2
Caledonia Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 31.5
Caledoniam Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 27.1
Caledoniam Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 25.3

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