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  • Goths, used throughout to indicate the Ostro-Goths; called also "Getic," V. xxiv.

    Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

  • If we had Ovid's verse in Getic, we would not only have fresh verse from one of the greatest poets of all time, we would also have an entirely unknown language; Getic hasn't left a scrap of itself behind.

    Longing for Great Lost Works Stephen Marche 2009

  • From Shakespeare's 'Cardenio' to Ovid's Getic poetry, missing texts hold tantalizing possibilities.

    Longing for Great Lost Works Stephen Marche 2009

  • The Latin poet learned Getic, and also composed lines in this language.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Getic, and might have forgotten the master of Rome near the master of Ecbatana.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • All the same, and despite the two books of poetry he wrote begging to be taken back to Rome Ovid seems to have relaxed into it his situation, teaching himself to do a bit of fishing, and even composing in the odd poem in the native Getic.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Sam Jordison 2005

  • All the same, and despite the two books of poetry he wrote begging to be taken back to Rome Ovid seems to have relaxed into it his situation, teaching himself to do a bit of fishing, and even composing in the odd poem in the native Getic.

    Ovid Sam Jordison 2005

  • With many searchings of heart I prayed the woodland nymphs, and lord Gradivus, who rules in the Getic fields, to make the sight propitious as was meet and lighten the omen.

    The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • Getic, a name sometime applied to the Gothic peoples, III. ii.

    History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

  • Rome should have no longer any Getic peril to fear; for they say that the Goths are of the Getic race.

    Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

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