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Chaldaei

Chaldaei · m

the Chaldœans

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Where it lives

De Fato 3 · 6.05/10k
Severus 2 · 4.75/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Annales 3 · 0.34/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 2 · 0.27/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Chaldaei — Lewis & Short

Chaldaei, ōrum, m., = *xaldai=oi,

I the Chaldœans, a people of Assyria, distinguished, in an early age, for their knowledge of astronomy and astrology.

A Of the nation or people, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 105; Mel. 3, 8, 5.—

B In gen., soothsayers, astrologers, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; 2, 42, 87 sq.; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 1, 1 sqq.; sing.: Chaldaeus, a soothsayer, Cato, R. R. 5, 4; gen. plur. Chaldaeūm, Lucr. 5, 726.—

II Hence,

A Chaldaeus, a, um, adj., Chaldœan: regnum, Luc. 8, 226.—

2 Esp., of or belonging to the soothsayers: secta, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 211: grex, Juv. 10, 94.—

B Chal-dăĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: genus praedicendi, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88: rationes, id. ib. 2, 47, 98: gentes, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 121.

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