Getæ

(singular, Getes), a people of European Scythia, near the Daci. Ovid, who was banished in their country, describes them as a savage and warlike nation. The word Geticus is frequently used for Thracian. Ovid , ex Ponto ; Tristia , poem 5, li. 111 .— Strabo , bk. 7 .— Statius , bk. 2 , Sylvæ , poem 2, li. 61 ; bk. 3 , poem 1, li. 17 .— Lucan , bk. 2 , li. 54 ; bk. 3 , li. 95 .