Parthians

Parthi, ōrum, m., = Parthoi, the Parthians, a Scythian people, situated to the north-east of the passes of the Caspian and south of Hyrcania, famed in antiquity as roving warriors and skilful archers, Just. 41, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Phil. 11, 14; Verg. G. 4, 314; Hor. C. 2, 13, 18; id. S. 2, 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112; Tac. A. 2, 1; 6, 34; Vulg. Act. 2, 9.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 2982.— Collect., the Parthian, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 1:

ecce! fugax Parthus,

Ov. R. Am. 155:

versis animosus equis,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 12.—Hence,

Parthus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian:

eques,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 228:

manu,

id. F. 5, 580:

rex,

Juv. 6, 407.—

Parthĭa, ae, f., = Parthia, the country of the Parthians, Parthia, the mod. Kohestan, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Luc. 8, 350.—

Par-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian, Parthic:

equitatus,

Flor. 4, 9, 3:

regnum,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 2:

bellum,

with the Parthians, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; 12, 19, 2:

damna,

Luc. 1, 106:

pellis,

leather dyed of a scarlet-red, prepared by the Parthians, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7;

hence, too: cingula,

of Parthian leather, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 94: PARTHICVS as a surname of the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Orell. 795 sq.; of the emperor Septimius Severus, ib. 905 sq. —

Parthĭēnē, ēs, f., for Parthia, the [p. 1308] country of the Parthians, Parthiene, Parthia, Curt. 6, 2, 12; 6, 3, 3 et saep.—

Parthĭēni, ōrum, another name for Parthi, the Parthians, Curt. 4, 12, 11; 9, 10, 17. —

Parthĭcārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthian peltry or wares: negotiatores, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 47, 7:

PRAETOR,

one who had jurisdiction over the dealers in Parthian peltry, Inscr. Grut. 350, 7.

Parthi, ōrum, m., = Parthoi, the Parthians, a Scythian people, situated to the north-east of the passes of the Caspian and south of Hyrcania, famed in antiquity as roving warriors and skilful archers, Just. 41, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Phil. 11, 14; Verg. G. 4, 314; Hor. C. 2, 13, 18; id. S. 2, 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112; Tac. A. 2, 1; 6, 34; Vulg. Act. 2, 9.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 2982.— Collect., the Parthian, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 1:

ecce! fugax Parthus,

Ov. R. Am. 155:

versis animosus equis,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 12.—Hence,

Parthus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian:

eques,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 228:

manu,

id. F. 5, 580:

rex,

Juv. 6, 407.—

Parthĭa, ae, f., = Parthia, the country of the Parthians, Parthia, the mod. Kohestan, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Luc. 8, 350.—

Par-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian, Parthic:

equitatus,

Flor. 4, 9, 3:

regnum,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 2:

bellum,

with the Parthians, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; 12, 19, 2:

damna,

Luc. 1, 106:

pellis,

leather dyed of a scarlet-red, prepared by the Parthians, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7;

hence, too: cingula,

of Parthian leather, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 94: PARTHICVS as a surname of the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Orell. 795 sq.; of the emperor Septimius Severus, ib. 905 sq. —

Parthĭēnē, ēs, f., for Parthia, the [p. 1308] country of the Parthians, Parthiene, Parthia, Curt. 6, 2, 12; 6, 3, 3 et saep.—

Parthĭēni, ōrum, another name for Parthi, the Parthians, Curt. 4, 12, 11; 9, 10, 17. —

Parthĭcārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthian peltry or wares: negotiatores, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 47, 7:

PRAETOR,

one who had jurisdiction over the dealers in Parthian peltry, Inscr. Grut. 350, 7.

Parthi, ōrum, m., = Parthoi, the Parthians, a Scythian people, situated to the north-east of the passes of the Caspian and south of Hyrcania, famed in antiquity as roving warriors and skilful archers, Just. 41, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Phil. 11, 14; Verg. G. 4, 314; Hor. C. 2, 13, 18; id. S. 2, 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112; Tac. A. 2, 1; 6, 34; Vulg. Act. 2, 9.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 2982.— Collect., the Parthian, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 1:

ecce! fugax Parthus,

Ov. R. Am. 155:

versis animosus equis,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 12.—Hence,

Parthus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian:

eques,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 228:

manu,

id. F. 5, 580:

rex,

Juv. 6, 407.—

Parthĭa, ae, f., = Parthia, the country of the Parthians, Parthia, the mod. Kohestan, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Luc. 8, 350.—

Par-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian, Parthic:

equitatus,

Flor. 4, 9, 3:

regnum,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 2:

bellum,

with the Parthians, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; 12, 19, 2:

damna,

Luc. 1, 106:

pellis,

leather dyed of a scarlet-red, prepared by the Parthians, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7;

hence, too: cingula,

of Parthian leather, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 94: PARTHICVS as a surname of the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Orell. 795 sq.; of the emperor Septimius Severus, ib. 905 sq. —

Parthĭēnē, ēs, f., for Parthia, the [p. 1308] country of the Parthians, Parthiene, Parthia, Curt. 6, 2, 12; 6, 3, 3 et saep.—

Parthĭēni, ōrum, another name for Parthi, the Parthians, Curt. 4, 12, 11; 9, 10, 17. —

Parthĭcārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthian peltry or wares: negotiatores, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 47, 7:

PRAETOR,

one who had jurisdiction over the dealers in Parthian peltry, Inscr. Grut. 350, 7.

Parthi, ōrum, m., = Parthoi, the Parthians, a Scythian people, situated to the north-east of the passes of the Caspian and south of Hyrcania, famed in antiquity as roving warriors and skilful archers, Just. 41, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Phil. 11, 14; Verg. G. 4, 314; Hor. C. 2, 13, 18; id. S. 2, 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112; Tac. A. 2, 1; 6, 34; Vulg. Act. 2, 9.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 2982.— Collect., the Parthian, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 1:

ecce! fugax Parthus,

Ov. R. Am. 155:

versis animosus equis,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 12.—Hence,

Parthus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian:

eques,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 228:

manu,

id. F. 5, 580:

rex,

Juv. 6, 407.—

Parthĭa, ae, f., = Parthia, the country of the Parthians, Parthia, the mod. Kohestan, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Luc. 8, 350.—

Par-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian, Parthic:

equitatus,

Flor. 4, 9, 3:

regnum,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 2:

bellum,

with the Parthians, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; 12, 19, 2:

damna,

Luc. 1, 106:

pellis,

leather dyed of a scarlet-red, prepared by the Parthians, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7;

hence, too: cingula,

of Parthian leather, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 94: PARTHICVS as a surname of the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Orell. 795 sq.; of the emperor Septimius Severus, ib. 905 sq. —

Parthĭēnē, ēs, f., for Parthia, the [p. 1308] country of the Parthians, Parthiene, Parthia, Curt. 6, 2, 12; 6, 3, 3 et saep.—

Parthĭēni, ōrum, another name for Parthi, the Parthians, Curt. 4, 12, 11; 9, 10, 17. —

Parthĭcārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthian peltry or wares: negotiatores, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 47, 7:

PRAETOR,

one who had jurisdiction over the dealers in Parthian peltry, Inscr. Grut. 350, 7.

Parthi, ōrum, m., = Parthoi, the Parthians, a Scythian people, situated to the north-east of the passes of the Caspian and south of Hyrcania, famed in antiquity as roving warriors and skilful archers, Just. 41, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Phil. 11, 14; Verg. G. 4, 314; Hor. C. 2, 13, 18; id. S. 2, 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112; Tac. A. 2, 1; 6, 34; Vulg. Act. 2, 9.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 2982.— Collect., the Parthian, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 1:

ecce! fugax Parthus,

Ov. R. Am. 155:

versis animosus equis,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 12.—Hence,

Parthus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian:

eques,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 228:

manu,

id. F. 5, 580:

rex,

Juv. 6, 407.—

Parthĭa, ae, f., = Parthia, the country of the Parthians, Parthia, the mod. Kohestan, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Luc. 8, 350.—

Par-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian, Parthic:

equitatus,

Flor. 4, 9, 3:

regnum,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 2:

bellum,

with the Parthians, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; 12, 19, 2:

damna,

Luc. 1, 106:

pellis,

leather dyed of a scarlet-red, prepared by the Parthians, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7;

hence, too: cingula,

of Parthian leather, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 94: PARTHICVS as a surname of the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Orell. 795 sq.; of the emperor Septimius Severus, ib. 905 sq. —

Parthĭēnē, ēs, f., for Parthia, the [p. 1308] country of the Parthians, Parthiene, Parthia, Curt. 6, 2, 12; 6, 3, 3 et saep.—

Parthĭēni, ōrum, another name for Parthi, the Parthians, Curt. 4, 12, 11; 9, 10, 17. —

Parthĭcārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthian peltry or wares: negotiatores, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 47, 7:

PRAETOR,

one who had jurisdiction over the dealers in Parthian peltry, Inscr. Grut. 350, 7.

Parthi, ōrum, m., = Parthoi, the Parthians, a Scythian people, situated to the north-east of the passes of the Caspian and south of Hyrcania, famed in antiquity as roving warriors and skilful archers, Just. 41, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Phil. 11, 14; Verg. G. 4, 314; Hor. C. 2, 13, 18; id. S. 2, 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112; Tac. A. 2, 1; 6, 34; Vulg. Act. 2, 9.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 2982.— Collect., the Parthian, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 1:

ecce! fugax Parthus,

Ov. R. Am. 155:

versis animosus equis,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 12.—Hence,

Parthus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian:

eques,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 228:

manu,

id. F. 5, 580:

rex,

Juv. 6, 407.—

Parthĭa, ae, f., = Parthia, the country of the Parthians, Parthia, the mod. Kohestan, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Luc. 8, 350.—

Par-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Parthians, Parthian, Parthic:

equitatus,

Flor. 4, 9, 3:

regnum,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 2:

bellum,

with the Parthians, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; 12, 19, 2:

damna,

Luc. 1, 106:

pellis,

leather dyed of a scarlet-red, prepared by the Parthians, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7;

hence, too: cingula,

of Parthian leather, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 94: PARTHICVS as a surname of the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Orell. 795 sq.; of the emperor Septimius Severus, ib. 905 sq. —

Parthĭēnē, ēs, f., for Parthia, the [p. 1308] country of the Parthians, Parthiene, Parthia, Curt. 6, 2, 12; 6, 3, 3 et saep.—

Parthĭēni, ōrum, another name for Parthi, the Parthians, Curt. 4, 12, 11; 9, 10, 17. —

Parthĭcārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthian peltry or wares: negotiatores, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 47, 7:

PRAETOR,

one who had jurisdiction over the dealers in Parthian peltry, Inscr. Grut. 350, 7.

Παρθικός

the Parthians: neut nom /voc /acc pl

Παρθικά̱, Παρθικός

the Parthians: fem nom /voc /acc dual

Παρθικά̱, Παρθικός

the Parthians: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

Παρθῡαίᾱ, Παρθῦαία

the Parthians: fem nom /voc /acc dual

Παρθῡαίᾱ, Παρθῦαία

the Parthians: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

Παρθυαίᾱ, Παρθυαία

fem nom /voc /acc dual

Παρθυαίᾱ, Παρθυαία

fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

Παρθῡαίᾱͅ, Παρθῦαία

the Parthians: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

Παρθυαίᾱͅ, Παρθυαία

fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

Παρθικός

the Parthians: fem gen pl

Παρθικός

the Parthians: masc /neut gen pl

Παρθικός

the Parthians: fem gen pl

Παρθικός

the Parthians: masc /neut gen pl

Παρθικός

the Parthians: masc acc sg

Παρθικός

the Parthians: neut nom /voc /acc sg

Παρθῡαίᾱς, Παρθῦαία

the Parthians: fem acc pl

Παρθῡαίᾱς, Παρθῦαία

the Parthians: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

Παρθυαίᾱς, Παρθυαία

fem acc pl

Παρθυαίᾱς, Παρθυαία

fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

Παρθίς

the Parthians: fem gen sg

Παρθικός

the Parthians: fem gen sg

Παρθίς

the Parthians: fem nom sg

Παρθικός

the Parthians: fem nom sg

bĭbo, bĭbi (post-class. part. fut. bĭbĭtūrus, Hier. Isa. 8, 25, 8; Vulg. Matt. 20, 22; id. Act. 23, 12; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 1; part. perf. bĭbĭtus, a, um, Cael. Aur. Chron. 4, 3, 60; Capitol. Ver. 5, 3; Aem. Mac. c. de Porro; Plin. Val. 2, 18; inf. apocop. biber, Cato, Titin., and Fannii Annal. ap. Charis. p. 99), 3, v. a. [root bi; Gr. pi-, pinô, pepôka; whence Lat. poto, as if from po; Sanscr. pī; Slav. piti; Lith. pota], to drink (usually from thirst, a natural want; poto, to drink from passion, habit, etc.; but poto is occasionally used of water, etc., e. g. Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179; cf.:

bibere naturae est, potare luxuriae,

Isid. Diff. 1. 74; and the partt. potus and potatus are regularly used instead of the partt. of bibo).

With acc.

Of the liquid drunk:

per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

Cato, R. R. 73:

jejunus heminam bibito,

id. ib. 126:

si voles vinum Choum bibere, licebit bibas,

id. ib. 48: eapse merum condidicit bibere;

foribus dat aquam quam bibant,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4:

vicit vinum quod bibi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 1:

Darius in fugā cum aquam turbidam bibisset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

patrono malo suadebat ut mulsum frigidum biberet,

id. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

viveret, nisi illud (i. e. venenum) bibisset,

Quint. 8, 5, 31:

bibo aquam,

id. 6, 3, 93:

cur apud te vinum aetate tuā vetustius bibitur?

Sen. Vit. Beat. 17, 2:

nisi Hy. mettia mella Falerno Ne biberis diluta,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 15:

et Veientani bibitur faex crassa rubelli,

Mart. 1, 103, 9:

lac bibere,

to suck, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 22; id. M. 9, 377; 9, 615.—Also nutricem bibere (i. e. lac de nutrice), App. M. 2, p. 115, 29.— Poet.;

Caecubam... Tu bibes uvam (i. e. vinum),

Hor. C. 1, 20, 10:

in usu radix tantum duabus drachmis bibenda (i. e. sucus radicis),

Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 67.—

Pocula or cyathos bibere.

Poet., = vinum (cf. pinein kratêras):

tristia cum multo pocula felle bibat,

Tib. 1, 5, 50:

ipse bibebam Sobria suppositā pocula victor aquā,

id. 1, 6, 28:

plura pocula = plus vini,

id. 1, 9, 59; so,

nomismata and aera,

id. 1, 26, 3.—

Of the number of cups drunk at a merry-making: vide quot cyathos bibimus: St. Tot quot digiti sunt tibi in manu, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24.—Esp. of the custom of drinking names, i. e. as many cups as there are letters in a name proposed; the number is frequently expressed by fractional parts of the as (uncia = a cyathus;

quincunx = 5 cyathi, etc.): quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus, Gaius ut fiat, Julius, et Proculus,

Mart. 11, 36, 7:

crebros ergo licet bibas trientes,

id. 1, 106, 8:

diluti bibis unciam Falerni,

id. v. 3 (cf. with potare:

sextantes et deunces,

id. 12, 28).—Hence, nomen bibere, Julium, etc., bibere:

ut jugulem curas, nomen utrumque bibam,

Mart. 8, 57, 26:

Laevia sex cyathis, septem Justina bibatur, Quinque Lycas, Lyde quattuor, Ida tribus,

id. 1, 71, 1 sq.:

Astyanacta bibes,

id. 8, 6, 16.—

Fluvium, undam, pruinas bibere ( poet.).

= aquam ex flumine bibere:

priusquam Pabula gustassent Trojae Xanthumque bibissent,

Verg. A. 1, 473:

jam crassus torrens bibitur tamen,

Stat. Th. 4, 821:

puram bibis amnibus undam,

Claud. Laud. Herc. 74.—

Trop., to arrive at the region of the river:

non illum nostri possunt mutare labores, Nec si... Hebrumque bibamus Sithoniasque nives... subeamus (i. e. si Thraciam adeamus),

Verg. E. 10, 65:

ante... Aut Ararim Parthus bibet, aut Germania Tigrim Quam, etc.,

sooner will the Parthians come to Germany, or the Germans to the country of the Parthians, id. ib. 1, 63:

turbaque Phasiacam Graia bibistis aquam,

Ov. H. 12, 10.—Hence,

Qui flumen bibunt, = the inhabitants of the country through which the river passes:

qui Tiberim Fabarimque bibunt,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

qui profundum Danubium bibunt,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

qui Nilum ex ipso protinus ore bibunt,

Mart. 7, 88, 6:

populosque bibentes Euphraten,

Luc. 8, 213:

qui te, Nile, bibit, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 38.—So of an inland sea: caesamque bibens Maeotin Alanus,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 812.—Of a single person:

extremum Tanaim si biberes, Lyce,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 1.—Similarly, montium pruinas bibere, of the rivers fed by a mountain range:

amniumque... quicunque Odrysias bibunt pruinas,

Mart. 10, 7, 2: fluvios qui... Alpinasque bibunt de more pruinas, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 255.—

Bibere aquas, to be drowned:

neu bibat aequoreas naufragus hostis aquas,

Ov. H. 7, 62.— Transf., of ships, to founder, to be wrecked: o utinam... Argo funestas pressa bibisset aquas! Ov. Am. 2, 11, 6.—

Sanguinem or cruorem bibere.

Sanguinem, in a figurative sense, = sanguinem sitire:

cujus sanguinem (Antonium) non bibere censeatis? (sitire, animo bibere),

Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10.—

Cruorem bibere, to draw blood, to kill:

hasta virgineum alte bibit acta cruorem,

Verg. A. 11, 803; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 78.—

Transf. to things other than liquids.

Of concrete things: dixit et ardentes avido bibit ore favillas, breathed in, drew in (of the sparks of a funeral pyre), Mart. 1, 42, 5:

vigilandae noctes et fuligo lucubrationum bibenda,

inhale, Quint. 11, 3, 23.—

Figuratively, of abstract things.

= cupideaudire, legere:

pugnas et exactos tyrannos... bibit aure vulgus,

eagerly listens to, Hor. C. 2, 13, 32:

incipe: suspensis auribus ista bibam,

Prop. 3, 4, 8: hinc ille justitiae haustus bibat, imbibe (by reading) the love of justice, Quint. 12, 2, 31: illa divino fruitur sermone parentis, maternosque bibit mores, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 231.—

To imbibe, be affected with:

infelix Dido, longumque bibebat amorem,

Verg. A. 1, 749:

totisque novum bibit ossibus ignem,

the fire of love, Stat. Achill. 1, 303.—

To draw out, exhaust: nudae illae artes omnem sucum ingenii bibunt, Quint. prooem. 24.—

To swallow, i. e. forget:

quamquam ego vinum bibo, mandata hau consuevi simul bibere una,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 3. —

Transf., of inanim. subjects, to absorb liquids, draw, imbibe them:

id si feceris metreta oleum non bibet,

Cato, R. R. 100. —So trop.:

claudite jam rivos... sat prata biberunt,

Verg. E. 3, 111:

inriguumque bibant violaria fontem,

id. G. 4, 32:

quae (terra) bibit humorem,

absorbs moisture, id. ib. 2, 218:

amphora fumum bibere instituta,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 11:

mista bibunt molles lacrimis unguenta favillae,

Ov. F. 3, 561:

tunc bibit irriguus fertilis hortus aquas,

Tib. 2, 1, 44:

lanarum nigrae nullum colorem bibunt,

take no color, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193; so,

candorem (i. e. colorem candidum) bibere,

id. 31, 11, 47, § 123: arcus bibit (aquas) and nubes bibunt (aquas), the rainbow, the clouds draw water (according to a popular belief among the ancients):

cur bibit arcus aquas?

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 32:

et bibit ingens Arcus,

Verg. G. 1, 380.—And, jestingly, of an old woman given to drink: ecce autem, bibit arcus;

hercle, credo, hodie pluet,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39 (44):

unde aures nubesque bibunt atque imbrifer arcus,

Stat. Th. 9, 405.—So with object understood:

bibite, festivae fores,

with reference to the wine spilled, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 88:

palma toto anno bibere amat, i. e. aquam,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 28.—

Absol. (the obj. acc. understood).

Sc. aquam:

nec sitis est exstincta priusquam vita bibendo (of those seized by the plague),

Ov. M. 7, 569.—

Of liquids in general:

numquam sitiens biberat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

edendi mihi erit bibendique finis desideria naturae restinguere,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

ut nec bibant sine ambitione, nec edant,

id. ib. 12, 5:

conducit inter cibos bibere,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

vino debemus homines quod soli animalium non sitientes bibimus,

id. 23, 1, 23, § 42.—

Esp. of wine:

es, bibe, animo obsequere mecum,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 82:

quamquam illud est dulce, esse et bibere,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 37:

jam diu factum postquam bibimus: nimis diu sicci sumus,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 45; id. Poen. 4, 2, 13:

decet luxuriosum bibendo mori,

Quint. 8, 5, 23:

ut jejuni biberent,

Plin. 14, 28 med. — Pass. impers. bibitur, they drink, he drinks, people drink:

dies noctisque estur, bibitur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78:

ab tertiā horā bibebatur, ludebatur, vomebatur,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 104:

bibitur usque eo dum de solio ministretur,

id. Pis. 27, 67.—

With adverbs or adverbial phrases.

Of manner:

jucundius bibere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; id. Att. 13, 52, 1:

large,

Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105:

fit invitatio ut Graeco more biberetur, i. e. propinando,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—

With num. adv. denoting the number of cups:

jam bis bibisse oportuit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 122:

sic ago, semel bibo,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 46:

plus quam deciens, Sextiliane, bibis,

Mart. 1, 26, 10:

quare bis deciens, Sextiliane bibis?

id. 1, 11, 2.—

With abl. or prep. and abl.

Of the liquid, river, etc.:

de eo vino... bibito ante cenam,

Cato, R. R. 114: a fonte bibatur... [p. 236] an lacu, Mart. 9, 99, 9:

ab amne,

id. 12, 11:

ex aquā,

Prop. 2, 30, 32:

ex fonte,

id. 4, 4, 14.—

Of the vessel.

Abl.:

gemmā, i. e. poculo ex gemmā facto,

Verg. G. 2, 506:

caelato = e poculo caelato,

Juv. 12, 47:

conchā,

id. 6, 304:

fictilibus,

id. 10, 25:

testā,

Mart. 3, 82, 3:

vitro,

id. 1, 37, 2; 4, 85, 1:

ossibus humanorum capitum,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.—And bibere understood:

poscunt majoribus poculis, i. e. bibi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—

With ex: ex solido auro, L. Varius ap. Macr. 6, 1:

e gemmā,

Prop. 3, 3, 26.—

With in:

hac licet in gemmā bibas,

Mart. 14, 120:

in Priami calathis,

id. 8, 6, 16:

in auro,

Sen. Thyest. 453:

in argento potorio,

Dig. 34, 12, 21:

in ossibus capitum,

Flor. 3, 4, 2.—

Particular phrases.

Bibe si bibis = bibe nunc, si omnino bibere vis, a formula urging to drink, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; 5, 4, 51 (cf.:

age, si quid agis,

id. ib. 5, 4, 35).—

Dare bibere, to give to drink, a Grecism, perh. only in the foll. passages: date illi biber, Titin ap. Charis. p. 99 P. (Com. Rel. v. 78 Rib.):

jubebat biber dari, Fann. Ann. ib: bibere da usque plenis cantharis,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 40 (45):

quod jussi ei dari bibere,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 4; cf.:

ut Jovi bibere ministraret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

ut bibere sibi juberet dari,

Liv. 40, 47, 5: cf.: dare with subj.:

tum vos date bibat tibicini,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 16.—And with rel. and subj.:

nimium dabat quod biberem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 19:

dat aquam quam bibant,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 4.—

Prov.:

aut bibat aut abeat, taken from the Greek banquets, in which the chairman (arbiter bibendi,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 25) could demand unconditional submission to the drinking laws (ê pithi, ê apithi), Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 118.

bĭbo, ōnis, m. [1. bibo], a tippler, drunkard, Firm. Math. 5, 4 fin. —

Esp., a kind of worm bred in wine, Afran. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 406 Rib.; al. bibiones).

Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Mithridatês.

Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes;

hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,

Mart. 5, 76 (cf.:

antidotum Mithridatium,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.—

A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.—

A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—

Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.—

The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.—

The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.—

A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence,

Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. ( Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates ( poet.):

nomina,

Ov. M. 15, 755:

vultus,

Manil. 5, 515:

herba,

Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62:

antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,

Gell. 17, 16, 6.— Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.—

Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.):

bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.):

victoria,

over Mithridates, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102:

crimen,

of the witness Mithridates, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.

Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Mithridatês.

Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes;

hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,

Mart. 5, 76 (cf.:

antidotum Mithridatium,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.—

A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.—

A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—

Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.—

The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.—

The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.—

A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence,

Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. ( Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates ( poet.):

nomina,

Ov. M. 15, 755:

vultus,

Manil. 5, 515:

herba,

Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62:

antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,

Gell. 17, 16, 6.— Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.—

Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.):

bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.):

victoria,

over Mithridates, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102:

crimen,

of the witness Mithridates, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.

Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Mithridatês.

Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes;

hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,

Mart. 5, 76 (cf.:

antidotum Mithridatium,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.—

A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.—

A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—

Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.—

The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.—

The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.—

A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence,

Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. ( Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates ( poet.):

nomina,

Ov. M. 15, 755:

vultus,

Manil. 5, 515:

herba,

Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62:

antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,

Gell. 17, 16, 6.— Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.—

Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.):

bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.):

victoria,

over Mithridates, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102:

crimen,

of the witness Mithridates, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.

Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Mithridatês.

Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes;

hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,

Mart. 5, 76 (cf.:

antidotum Mithridatium,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.—

A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.—

A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—

Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.—

The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.—

The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.—

A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence,

Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. ( Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates ( poet.):

nomina,

Ov. M. 15, 755:

vultus,

Manil. 5, 515:

herba,

Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62:

antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,

Gell. 17, 16, 6.— Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.—

Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.):

bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.):

victoria,

over Mithridates, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102:

crimen,

of the witness Mithridates, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.

Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Mithridatês.

Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes;

hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,

Mart. 5, 76 (cf.:

antidotum Mithridatium,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.—

A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.—

A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—

Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.—

The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.—

The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.—

A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence,

Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. ( Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates ( poet.):

nomina,

Ov. M. 15, 755:

vultus,

Manil. 5, 515:

herba,

Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62:

antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,

Gell. 17, 16, 6.— Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.—

Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.):

bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.):

victoria,

over Mithridates, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102:

crimen,

of the witness Mithridates, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.