The corpus record — Latin

Galatae

Galatae · m

a Celtic people who migrated into Phrygia

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Where it lives

De Monogamia 3 · 4.3/10k
In Eutropium 2 · 2.78/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 2 · 2.41/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 4 · 1.76/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Adversus Praxean 1 · 0.68/10k
Adversus Marcionem 4 · 0.48/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Gălătae — Lewis & Short

Gălătae, ārum, m., = *gala/tai,

I a Celtic people who migrated into Phrygia, the Galatians, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 158; Tac. A. 15, 6.—Called also Gallograeci, q. v.—In sing., Gălăta, a Galatian, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 59; Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 38 Orell.—Hence,

A Gălătī^a, ae, f., = *galati/a, the country inhabited by the Galatians, Galatia, now Ejalet Anadoli and Karaman, Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; 14, 9, 11, § 80; Tac. A. 13, 35; id. H. 2, 9; Stat. S. 1, 4, 76. —Called also Gallograecia, q. v.—

B Gă-lătĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Galatians, Galatian: hordeum, Col. 2, 9, 16: lana, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33: ruta, id. 20, 13, 51, § 132: habrotonum, id. 21, 21, 92, § 160: rubor, of Galatian scarlet-berries, Tert. Pall. 40 fin.—

C gălătĭcor, āri, v. dep., to mingle Jewish and Christian ceremonies after the manner of the Galatians, Tert. adv. Psych. 14.—

II A Greek name for the Gauls; cf. Gallograeci, Amm. 15, 9, 3.

In the wild

Galatas Tertullian, Adversus Praxean 28
Galatas Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.7.8
Galatas Claudian, In Eutropium 2.20.543
Galatas Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.5
Galatis Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 2
Galatas Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 10.6

6 of 25 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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