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Galerius

Galerius

name of a Roman

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What it meant

Gălērĭus — Lewis & Short

Gălērĭus (scanned Gālĕrĭus, Prud. stef. 7, 6), a,

I name of a Roman gens. So,
1 Galerius Maximianus, who reigned as emperor with Constantius Chlorus from A. D. 305, and died 311, Eutr. 9 sq.; Lact. de Mort. Pers. 10.—
2 Galerius Trachalus, a famous orator under Otho, Tac. H. 1, 90; 2, 60.—In fem.: Galeria, ae, wife of the emperor Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 60; 64; Suet. Vit. 6.—Galeria tribus, one of the tribās rusticae, Liv. 27, 6, 3.

In the wild

6 of 11 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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