Grāii — Lewis & Short
Grāii or Grāi, ōrum (
I gen. plur. Graium, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31; Lucr. 2, 600; 5, 405; 6, 754 et saep.), m., a less freq. and mostly poet. form for Graeci, the Grecians, Greeks: Musas quas Grai memorant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Müll. (Ann. v. 2 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. (perh. Enn.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39:
Pergama circum Hac fugerent Grai,Verg. A. 1, 467:
est locus, Hesperiam Grai cognomine dicunt,id. ib. 1, 530; cf. Lucr. 3, 100:
Graiorum obscura reperta,id. 1, 137:
fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere jura,Verg. A. 2, 157:
de tot Graiorum millibus,Ov. M. 13, 241.—In prose:
si ut Graeci dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 37; 2, 4, 9; 3, 9, 15; 6, 16; id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; id. N. D. 3, 21, 53.—In sing.: Grāius, i, m., a Greek, Verg. A. 3, 594; Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 91; id. Inv. 1, 24, 35.—
II Deriv.: Grāius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Grecian, Greek: navus repertus homo, Graio patre, Graius homo, rex, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183); so,
homo,Lucr. 1, 66; Verg. A. 10, 720:
gens,Lucr. 3, 3:
urbes,Verg. A. 3, 295; 6, 97:
jubae,id. ib. 2, 412:
nomen,id. ib. 3, 210:
Camena,Hor. C. 2, 16, 38:
Alpes,the Grecian Alps, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134:
Alpium fores,id. 3, 17, 21, § 123; v. Alpes;
also called saltus,Nep. Hann. 3, 4.