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there must have been shades of peculiarity, amongst the
vernacular idioms of the populace : and the ylrmorican, or
Ccltoga/atian language, in the days of Casa?', appears to
have differed from the Wchh, much in the same degree as
at present.
In order to prove this, I must have recourse to EtymO'
iogy, who, though a rash leader, is a most valuable sub-
altern. Casar calls the district, civitates Annoric<E. At-
moric was, undoubtedly, a Gaulish term, describing the
locality of these states. In Welsh, ar, is upon, — mor, the
sea, — whence morig, maritime : the name, in that case,
Avould import, saptrmaritime, a very awkward phrase. In
Bas-Brtton, ar, — the, mor, sea, — whence moric, or morec,
maritime — the maritime (states).
The Welsh call that country Llijdaw, from Lied (Let)
a side, and azv, zcater. But for the Welsh T, the Armori'
cans, at the end of their words, uniformly substitute S — hard,
which, the Romans frequently mark by the letter X. The
Lexovii^ are mentioned by C<E,sar, as a people by the
water side.
This word is Armorican — Les, a side, and Govea,\n com-
position, ovca, water; literally the zcater side.
The people of Le Perche, in the western extremity of
the country, are called Diablintes. Diahell, in Bas-Bré'
ton, is longinquus, plural, diabellrnt — the remote ones. In
Welsh, they ΛνοηΜ have been called Pellenig'ion
From Bekn, mentioned by Ausonius, in tlie passage
above quoted, comes the Armorican Bel-ec, priest, pi.
Belciert. — Patera, a miniiter of Apollo, is nothing more than