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A battering-ram

  • 1 ariēs

        ariēs (poet. ariēs, disyl.), ietis, m    a ram, C., V. — Meton., the Ram (a constellation), O. — A battering-ram: ab ariete materia defendit. Cs.: arietibus aliquantum muri discussit, L.—A breakwater: (sublicae) pro ariete subiectae, Cs.
    * * *
    ram (sheep); battering ram; the Ram (zodiac); large unidentified marine animal

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  • 2 aries

    ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so,

    āriĕtĕ,

    Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from arên, arrên, qs. the male sheep; others compare ho eriphos, a he-goat, buck, and ho elaphos, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.
    I.
    Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.—Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al. —
    B.
    An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.:

    quamvis murum aries percusserit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

    ab ariete materia defendit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    arietibus aliquantum muri discussit,

    Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.—
    C.
    A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (dikên kriou, Paraphr.);

    corresp. to capreolus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.— Trop.:

    ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus,

    Cic. Top. 17, 64.—
    D.
    An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

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  • 3 harvix

    ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so,

    āriĕtĕ,

    Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from arên, arrên, qs. the male sheep; others compare ho eriphos, a he-goat, buck, and ho elaphos, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.
    I.
    Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.—Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al. —
    B.
    An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.:

    quamvis murum aries percusserit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

    ab ariete materia defendit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    arietibus aliquantum muri discussit,

    Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.—
    C.
    A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (dikên kriou, Paraphr.);

    corresp. to capreolus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.— Trop.:

    ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus,

    Cic. Top. 17, 64.—
    D.
    An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

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  • 4 mōlēs

        mōlēs is, f    [1 MAC-], a shapeless mass, huge bulk, weight, pile, load: rudis indigestaque, O.: ingenti mole Chimaera, V.: taurus ipsā mole piger, Iu.: tantas moles tollere, seas, V.: in mole sedens, cliff, O.: magna unius exercitus, L.: Nemeaea, i. e. the lion, O.— A massive structure, pile, dam, pier, mole, foundation: moles atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris iaciebat, Cs.: moles oppositae fluctibus: exstructa moles opere magnifico, monument: insanae substructionum moles, enormous piles: molem aggeris ultra venire, Iu.— A battering-ram, munitions of war: oppugnat molibus urbem, V.: belli, Ta.—Fig., greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity: pugnae, L.: curarum, Ta.: mali: Vis consili expers mole ruit suā, H.: densā ad muros mole feruntur, a vast throng, V.: ingens rerum, fabric, O.— Difficulty, labor, trouble: transveham naves haud magnā mole, without great difficulty, L.: Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so much labor did it cost, V.: quantā mole parentur Insidiae, O.
    * * *
    mass (huge); bulk; monster; massive structure; difficulty, trouble, danger

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  • 5 arietarius

    arietaria, arietarium ADJ
    of/for a battering ram

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  • 6 corax

    kind of siege engine; raven (L+S); hooked war engine; battering ram (corvus)

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  • 7 arietarius

    ărĭĕtārĭus, a, um, adj. [aries], relating to the battering-ram:

    machina... testudo,

    Vitr. 10, 19.

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  • 8 Corax

    1.
    cŏrax, ăcis, m., = korax, a raven, Sol. 40; lsid. Orig. 12, 7, 43.—
    II.
    Meton., in milit. lang., a hooked engine of war, a battering-ram (called in pure Latin corvus), Vitr. 10, 13, 7.
    2.
    Cŏrax, ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81;

    -aca,

    Quint. 2, 17, 7), m., the most ancient Greek rhetorician in Sicily, a contemporary, perhaps also teacher, of Lysias, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Brut. 12, 46; Quint. 2, 17, 7; 3, 1, 8.—In a play upon words:

    quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.
    3.
    Cŏrax, ăcis, m., a mountain in Ætolia, Liv. 36, 30, 4; 37, 4, 7.

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  • 9 corax

    1.
    cŏrax, ăcis, m., = korax, a raven, Sol. 40; lsid. Orig. 12, 7, 43.—
    II.
    Meton., in milit. lang., a hooked engine of war, a battering-ram (called in pure Latin corvus), Vitr. 10, 13, 7.
    2.
    Cŏrax, ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81;

    -aca,

    Quint. 2, 17, 7), m., the most ancient Greek rhetorician in Sicily, a contemporary, perhaps also teacher, of Lysias, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Brut. 12, 46; Quint. 2, 17, 7; 3, 1, 8.—In a play upon words:

    quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.
    3.
    Cŏrax, ăcis, m., a mountain in Ætolia, Liv. 36, 30, 4; 37, 4, 7.

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  • 10 corvus

    corvus, i, m. [root kar-, kal-, to sound; cf.: kaleô, korax, etc.], a raven, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121 sq.;

    acc. to the fable, orig. white, changed to a black bird in punishment for treachery,

    Ov. M. 2, 541 sq.;

    on account of its gift of prophecy (oscen,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 11), consecrated to Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 329 (hence, Phoebeïus ales, id. ib. 2, 545:

    Delphicus ales,

    Petr. 122; cf. also Stat. Th. 3, 506);

    its flight to the right indicated good fortune,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85.—
    B.
    Prov.:

    in cruce corvos pascere,

    to be hanged, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 48.—
    II. A.
    In form.
    1.
    A military implement, a grapnel, Curt. 4, 2, 12; 4, 3, 24 Mützell.—
    2.
    A battering-ram, Vitr. 10, 19.—
    3.
    A surgical instrument, in the form of a hook, Cels. 7, 19, § 33.—
    4.
    The constellation Corvus, Vitr. 9, 7; Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—
    B.
    From its color, a sea-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146; Cels. 2, 18; Aus. Ep. 4, 63.—
    C.
    In mal. part. = fellator, Juv. 2, 63; cf. Mart. 14, 74.

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  • 11 equus

    ĕquus, i ( gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. [Sanscr. acvas; Gr. hippos (ikkos); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. akros, ôkus; Lat. acus, ocior], a horse, steed, charger.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen. (cf.:

    caballus, canterius, mannus),

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.:

    equus = equa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often [p. 654] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456;

    2865 al.—In another sense: equi publici,

    post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8;

    also: equis, viris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4;

    and in the order, viris equisque,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33.—
    2.
    Transf., of race-horses:

    ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis,

    i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    In plur. (like hippoi in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.—
    2.
    The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—
    3.
    In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—
    D.
    Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389;

    Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis,

    a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—
    B.
    Equus ligneus, like the Homeric halos hippos, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—
    C.
    The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.—
    * 2.
    Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—
    D.
    A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse;

    afterwards called aries,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—
    E.
    The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—
    F.
    Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.

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  • 12 grus

    grus, grŭis (also in the nom. sing. gruis, Phaedr. 1, 8, 7), f. (m., Hor. S. 2, 8, 87) [Gr. geranos, akin to gerôn], a crane, Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 60; Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125; Mart. 13, 75; Cels. 2, 18; Lucr. 4, 181;

    regarded by the Romans as a delicacy,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 87; Gell. 7, 16, 5; Stat. S. 4, 6, 8.—
    II.
    Transf. (with reference to the form of a crane's bill), a besieging machine, battering-ram, called also corvus, Vitr. 10, 19.

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  • 13 trabs

    trabs, trăbis (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. trăbes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75; id. Fat. 15, 35; id. Top. 16, 61, or Trag. v. 281 Vahl.; Cic. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll., or Ann. v. 598 Vahl.), f. [trapêx].
    I.
    Lit., a beam, a timber:

    tigna trabesque,

    Lucr. 2, 192 sq.; v. tignum; Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 3, 13; 7, 23; id. B. C. 2, 9; Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 184; Gell. 1, 13, 17; Ov. M. 3, 78.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A tree:

    silva frequens trabibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 329; cf. id. ib. 14, 360:

    securi Saucia trabs ingens,

    id. ib. 10, 373; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 178, 31; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 38:

    fraxineae,

    Verg. A. 6, 181:

    lucus trabibus obscurus acernis,

    id. ib. 9, 87: Val. Fl. 5, 640. —
    B.
    Any thing made of beams or timbers.
    1.
    Very freq., a ship or vessel: abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75: trabes rostrata per altum, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 33:

    jam mare turbari trabibus... vide bis,

    Verg. A. 4, 566:

    ut trabe Cypria Myrtoum pavidus nauta secet mare,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 13; Ov. P. 1, 3, 76:

    Thessalica,

    Sen. Agam. 120.—
    2.
    A roof:

    sub trabe citreā,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 20; so in plur., id. ib. 2, 18, 3; 3, 2, 28. —
    3.
    A battering - ram, ballista, etc., Val. Fl. 6, 383.—
    4.
    A javelin, Stat. Th. 5, 566; 9, 124.—
    5.
    A club, cudgel, Stat. Th. 1, 621.—
    6.
    A table, Mart. 14, 91, 2.—
    7.
    A torch, Sen. Herc. Fur. 103. —
    8.
    In mal. part. = mentula, Cat. 28, 10.—
    C.
    A fiery phenomenon in the heavens, a meteor: emicant et trabes simili modo, quas dokous vocant, qualis cum Lacedaemonii classe victi imperium Graeciae amisere, Plin. 2, 26, 26, § 96:

    trabes et globi et faces et ardores,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 5; 1, 1, 15; 1, 15, 4; 7, 4, 3-5; 7, 5, 21; id. Ep. 94, 56.

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