caledonias
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Caledonia, Caledoniae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Classic
- Geography:
- Britain
Caledonia, Scotland, northern part of Britain;
acc. pl.
Examples
de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...rupe Prometheus adsiduam nimio pectore pauit auem, nuda Caledonia sic uiscera praebuit urso non falsa pendens in cruce..."- P
Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...laturi; primo statim congressu ostendamus, quos sibi Caledonia viros seposuerit. "An eandem Romanis in bello virtutem quam..."