Romulus and Remus

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

ĭlĭa, ĭum, v. ile.

Īlĭa, ae, f., a poetical name of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 274; Ov. F. 2, 383; 598; Hor. C. 1, 2, 17; 3, 9, 8; 4, 8, 22.—

Deriv.: Īlĭădes, ae, m., son of Ilia.

Adj.:

Romulus Iliades Iliadesque Remus,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 40:

pater,

i. e. Romulus, id. F. 4, 23:

fratres,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. ib. 3, 62.—

Subst., i. e. Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 781 and 824.

ĭlĭa, ĭum, v. ile.

Īlĭa, ae, f., a poetical name of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 274; Ov. F. 2, 383; 598; Hor. C. 1, 2, 17; 3, 9, 8; 4, 8, 22.—

Deriv.: Īlĭădes, ae, m., son of Ilia.

Adj.:

Romulus Iliades Iliadesque Remus,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 40:

pater,

i. e. Romulus, id. F. 4, 23:

fratres,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. ib. 3, 62.—

Subst., i. e. Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 781 and 824.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

Rūmīna (in some MSS. Rūmĭa), ae,f. [rumis, qs. she that offers her breast], a Roman goddess of nursing mothers, who was worshipped in a separate temple near the fig-tree under which Romulus and Remus had sucked the breast (rumis) of the shewolf, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 5; id. ap. Non. 167, 30 sq. (v. the passages under rumis); Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 11; 6, 19 fin.; 7, 11.—Hence,

Rūmīnālis, e, adj.:

ficus,

the fig-tree of Romulus and Remus, Liv. 1,4,5 (where,from a false etymology, the earlier form is said to have been Rumularis, Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 90: alii a Romulo velint dictam quasi Romularem); Tac. A. 13, 58; Aur. Vict. Orig. 20 fin.; Fest. p. 270 Müll.; cf. id. p. 400 ib.; Serv. 1. 1.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.—By poet. license, it is also called,

Rūmĭna ficus, Ov. F. 2, 412 (where, as above in Liv., from a false etymology, a pretended older form, Romula, is given).

Rūmĭna, ficus, v. 1. Rumina, B.

Quĭrīnus, i, m. [from Quiris for Cures, a Sabine town;

falsely derived from curim, a Sabine word, = hasta,

Macr. S. 1, 9, 16; cf. Ov. F. 2, 475 sqq., or from curia, Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 357 sq.], a proper name.

Of Romulus, after his deification: Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 3 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 13, 22, 2:

tertia (lux) dicta Quirino. Qui tenet hoc nomen, Romulus ante fuit. Sive quod hasta curis priscis est dicta Sabinis (Bellicus a telo venit in astra Deus): Sive suum regi nomen posuere Quirites: Seu quia Romanis junxerat ille Cures,

Ov. F. 2, 475 sqq.; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20:

duos flamines adjecit. Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

Liv. 1, 20:

Remo cum fratre Quirinus,

Verg. A. 1, 292;

hence, populus Quirini,

i. e. the Romans, Hor. C. 1, 2, 46:

urbs Quirini,

i. e. Rome, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 37:

turba Quirini,

id. M. 14, 607.— Poet., transf.:

gemini Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105. —

Of Janus:

Janum Quirinum semel atque iterum a conditā Urbe clausum,

i. e. the temple of Janus, Suet. Aug. 22; August. in Monum. Ancyr. Macr. S. 1, 9; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 610; cf.:

Janus Quirini,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 9. —

Of Augustus ( poet.), Verg. G. 3, 27.—

Of Antony ( poet.):

altera classis erat tenero damnata Quirino,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 21.

Quĭrīnus, a, um, adj. [1. Quirinus, I.], of or belonging to Quirinus, i. e. Romulus, Quirinal ( poet.):

spolia ex umeris Quirinis (al. Quirini),

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 11:

collis,

i. e. the Quirinal, Ov. M. 14, 836.—Hence, as subst.: Quĭrīna, q. v.—And hence, perh., subst., the poet. appellation Quirinus, given to Augustus and Antony, cited under 1. Quirinus.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

tăbella, ae ( nom. plur. TABELAI, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. I. R. 196). f. dim. [tabula].

In gen., a small board, a little table or tablet (rare and mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

liminis,

i. e. the door-sill, Cat. 32, 5:

tabella aerea,

a brass plate, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: hos (libellos) eme, quos artat brevibus membrana tabellis, little tablets, i. e. small pages, Mart. 1, 3, 3:

parva tabella capit ternos utrimque lapillos,

small gamingboards, Ov. A. A. 3, 365; id. Tr. 2. 481:

pistor multiplices struit tabellas,

i. e. thin cakes, Mart. 11, 31, 9.—Of the basket or cradle in which Romulus and Remus were exposed:

heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit,

the little bark, Ov. F. 2, 408.—

In partic. (class.).

A writing-tablet:

tabellis pro chartis utebantur antiqui, quibus ultro citro, sive privatim sive publice opus erat, certiores absentes faciebant, unde adhuc tabellarii dicuntur: et tabellae missae ab imperatoribus,

Fest. p. 359 Müll.:

tabellae Imponere manus,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 27:

abiegnae,

id. A. A. 3, 469:

litteras tabellae insculpere,

Quint. 1, 1, 27:

fecit et Libyn puerum tenentem tabellam,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59.—

Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.:

tabellas proferri jussimus... Recitatae sunt tabellae in eandem fere sententiam,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

allatae sunt tabellae ad eam a Stratippocle, eum argentum sumpsisse,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 68:

ex tabellis jam faxo scies,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 47:

tabellas consignare,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 86:

tu quidem tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,

with sealed writings, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

publicae Heracleensium,

public records, id. Arch. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 43, 16, 13:

tabellae quaestionis plures proferuntur,

minutes of evidence, Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas?

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 31:

rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437:

nuptiis tabellas dotis ipse consignavit,

the marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29:

falsas signare tabellas,

forged wills, Juv. 8, 142:

laureatae,

a letter announcing a victory, Liv. 45, 1, 8.— Sing. (rare):

testimonium per tabellam dare,

in writing, Tac. Or. 36: ex tabellā pronuntiare sententiam, Suet. Claud. 15.—

A tablet for voting, a ballot.

In the comitia, used in electing a magistrate or deciding upon the acceptance of a proposed law: in the former case the elector wrote down the name of a candidate; in the latter, each voter received two tablets, on one of which were the letters U. R., i. e. uti rogas, denoting approval;

on the other, A., i. e. antiquo (for the old law), denoting rejection: me universa civitas non prius tabellā quam voce priorem consulem declaravit,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

an ego exspectem, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae dirimantur?

id. ib. 40, 96:

tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est,

id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; cf.:

si populo grata est tabella, quae frontis aperit hominum,

id. Planc. 6, 16. —

In courts of justice; here each judge usually received three tablets; one of which, inscribed A., i. e. absolvo, denoted acquittal; another, with C., i. e. condemno, written on it, denoted condemnation;

and the third, with N. L., i. e. non liquet (it is not clear), left the case undecided: cum tabella vobis dabitur, judices, non de Flacco dabitur solum: dabitur de bonis omnibus,

Cic. Fl. 39, 99:

huic judicialis tabella committetur?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

de quibusdam etiam imperitus judex dimittere tabellam potest,

give his vote, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 5:

quamlibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Caes. B. C. 3, 83; cf. Suet. Aug. 33. —

A painted tablet, a small picture or painting:

ea (exhedria) volebam tabellis ornare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 71:

inveniat plures nulla tabella modos,

id. ib. 2, 680:

comicae tabellae,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114; cf.:

cubicula tabellis adornavit,

Suet. Tib. 43:

Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas, Sunt qui non habeant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

Pausiaca,

id. S. 2, 7, 95.—

A votive tablet, hung up in a temple, and on which one acknowledged by writing or painting the favor or aid he had received from a deity:

nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi, nam posse mederi, Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis,

Tib. 1, 3, 28:

et posita est meritae multa tabella deae,

Ov. F. 3, 268:

votiva,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33; so Juv. 12, 27:

memores,

Ov. M. 8, 744. —

A fan:

quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.

Acca, ae, f. [cf. Sct. accā = mater, and the Gr. Akkô = mater Cereris].

Lā-rentĭa, the wife of the shepherd Faustulus, who nursed and brought up the twins Romulus and Remus; mother of the twelve Arvales Fratres, Varr. L. L. 6, 23; Gell. 6, 7. In her honor the Romans celebrated in December a feast called Lārentālĭa, or Accālĭa (v. Larentia).—

A companion of Camilla, Verg. A. 11, 820.

condĭtor, ōris, m. [id.], a maker, builder, framer, establisher, founder, author, compiler, etc.

Prop. (class.; most freq. in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

With gen.:

Romanae arcis,

Verg. A. 8, 313:

oppidum magnum, cujus conditor,

Sall. J. 89, 4:

simulacra infantium conditorum urbis,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Liv. 10, 23, 12; cf.:

casa illa conditoris nostri,

id. 5, 53, 8; cf.

of the founders of states,

Ov. M. 4, 566; 14, 849; *Hor. A. P. 394; Quint. 2, 16, 9; 3, 2, 4 al.; Suet. Aug. 7; 98 Bremi al.:

tanti regni Cyrus,

Just. 2, 10: historiae, Ov. lb. 522; Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29:

Romani anni,

i. e. author of the Fasti, Ov. F. 6, 21:

scientiae medicorum,

Sen. Ep. 95, 20:

pessimorum carminum,

Curt. 8, 5, 8:

legum atque jurium,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 86; cf.:

legum lator conditorque Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

ejus sacri,

id. 39, 17, 7:

Romanae libertatis,

id. 8, 34, 3; 1, 42, 4:

mundi,

Sen. Ep. 119, 15; id. Phoen. 655.—Rarely,

Absol.: T. Sicinium... conditorem Veios sequantur, i. e. who advises a removal to Veii, ktistên, Liv. 5, 24, 11:

conditorum, parentum, deorum numero nobis eritis,

id. 7, 30, 19:

sacrificium quod Aeneae conditori faciunt,

id. 40, 4, 9:

humilis,

writer, author, Tib. 4, 1, 4.—In a sarcastic pun:

ipse conditor totius negotii Guttam aspergit huic Balbo (with allusion to the meaning of condo, to lay up fruits, cf. the foll.),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71.—

Condĭ-tor, nom. propr., a rural deity who presided over the laying up of fruits, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.

condītor, ōris, m. [condio], one who prepares a thing in a savory manner, a seasoner (very rare): ciconiarum, Poët. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 2, 2, 49.