Thēbāna

Thēbae, ārum, f. (Θηβαι; Nbf. Thēbē, ēs, f. [Θήβη], s. unten), Name mehrerer Städte: I) älteste und wichtigste Stadt in Böotien am Ismenos, mit sieben Toren, Geburtsort Pindars, von Kadmus erbaut, dann von Amphion vergrößert, der obere Teil der Stadt noch jetzt Thiva, Mela 2, 3, 4 (2. § 40). Varro r.r. 3, 1, 2. Caes. b.c. 3, 55, 3. Cic. de fat. 7. Hor. carm. 1, 7, 3. – II) alte Hauptstadt von Oberägypten (Thebais), mit hundert Toren, später Διος πόλις (Diospolis) gen., am Nil, früher Residenz der ägyptischen Könige, Mela 1, 9, 9 (1. § 60). Plin. 5, 60 (Thebe). Iuven. 15, 6 (Thebe): hecatompyloe Thebae, Amm. 17, 4, 2; 22, 16, 2: Thebae Thebaidos, quae hecatompylae appellantur, Hyg. fab. 275 in. – III) Thebae Phthioticae od. Phthiae (Θηβαι αἱ Φθιώτιδες), Stadt in Thessalia Phthiotis, am Meere mit einem Hafen, später Philippopolis gen., j. Armiro, Liv. 28, 7, 12 u. 39, 25, 9: Thebae Thessalae, Plin. 4, 29. – IV) Stadt in Mysien, Residenz des Eetion, Schwiegervaters des Hektor, von Achilles zerstört, Ov. met. 12, 110; 13, 173. Plin. 5, 122 (Thebe). – Daselbst auch Thebes campus od. campus Thebe (το Θήβης πεδίον), ein gesegneter Landstrich südlich vom Ida, bei Pergamus, Liv. 37, 19, 7. Mela 1, 18, 2 (1. § 91).

Dav. abgeleitet: A) Thēbaeus, a, um (Θηβαιος),

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zu Theben in Ägypten gehörig, thebäisch, Claud. – subst., Thebaeī, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Theben, die Tyebäer, Spart. – B) Thēbaicus, a, um (Θηβαϊκός), in, aus Theben in Ägypten, thebaïsch, Plin. – subst. Thebaicae, ārum, f. (sc. palmulae), thebaïsche Datteln, Stat. – C) Thēbais, aidis u. aidos, f., 1) nach Theben in Ägypten gehörig, subst. = eine Landschaft in Ägypten, und zwar der obere Teil Ägyptens, worin die Hauptstadt Thebä ist, Plin. 5, 48. Hyg. fab. 275 in.: spät. Nbf. Thebaida, ae, f., Sulp. Sev. dial. 1, 23, 6: inferior, Hieron. vit. Paulin. § 4. Cassiod. hist. eccl. trip. 3, 6. – 2) nach Theben in Böotien gehörig, thebaïsch, chelys, des Thebaners Amphion, Stat. – subst.: α) Thebaides, Thebanerinnen, Ov. met. 6, 163. – β) Thebais, idos, f., ein Gedicht des Statius, von Theben in Böotien handelnd, Iuven. 7, 83. – 3) nach Theben in Mysien gehörig, thebaïsch, Thebais est Andromache, aus diesem Theben, Ov. – D) Thēbānus, a, um, 1) nach Thebä in Böotien gehörig, thebanisch, modi, pindarische, Hor.: dea, Ino (Leukothea, Matuta), Ov.: mater, Agave, Ov.: soror, Antigone, Schwester des Eteokles usw., Ov.: semina, die vom Thebaner Kadmus gesäten Drachenzähne, Ov.: duces, Eteokles u. Polynices, Prop.: deus, Herkules, Prop.: aenigma, Rätsel, wie sie die Sphinx bei Theben vorzulegen pflegte, Mart. – subst., Thebānus, ī, m., einer aus Theben,

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ein Thebaner, Nep.: Plur. Thebāni, ōrum, m. die Einw. von Theben, die Thebaner, Nep. – 2) nach Theben in Mysien gehörig, subst., Thebana, die Thebanerin, von der Andromache, Ov. trist. 4, 3, 29.

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altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit., grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.

Seen from below upwards, high.

Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30:

acervus,

id. 3, 198 al.:

columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,

taller, Ov. M. 3, 181:

altis de montibus,

Verg. E. 1, 83:

umbras Altorum nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 591 al. —With the acc. of measure:

clausi lateribus pedem altis,

a foot high, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.:

triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,

Vitr. 4, 3:

majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,

id. 10, 5:

alta novem pedum,

Col. 8, 14, 1:

singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.—

Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.:

altissimus dignitatis gradus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,

highminded, id. Mil. 8:

qui altiore animo sunt,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al. —So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.;

also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,

Verg. A. 12, 140:

Apollo,

id. ib. 10, 875:

Caesar,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 37:

Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,

id. S. 2, 5, 62:

Roma,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33:

Carthago,

Prop. 2, 1, 23 al. —Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear:

Conclamate iterum altiore voce,

Cat. 42, 18:

haec fatus altā voce,

Sen. Troad. 196:

altissimus sonus,

Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.:

vox magna,

Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).— Subst.: altum, i, n., a height:

sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,

on high, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98:

aedificia in altum edita,

Tac. H. 3, 71:

quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,

Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.

(Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens:

ex alto volavit avis,

Enn. Ann. 1, 108:

haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,

Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.,

(Sc. mare.) The high sea, the deep, the sea: rapit ex alto navīs velivolas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 224:

ubi sumus provecti in altum, capiunt praedones navem illam, ubi vectus fui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 39; so id. Men. 1, 2, 2; id. Rud. prol. 66; 2, 3, 64:

terris jactatus et alto,

Verg. A. 1, 3:

in altum Vela dabant,

id. ib. 1, 34:

collectae ex alto nubes,

id. G. 1, 324:

urget ab alto Notus,

id. ib. 1, 443 al.:

alto mersā classe,

Sil. 6, 665:

ab illā parte urbis navibus aditus ex alto est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

in alto jactari,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

naves nisi in alto constitui non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

naves in altum provectae,

id. ib. 4, 28: scapha in altum navigat, Sall. Fragm.—So in the plur.:

alta petens,

Verg. A. 7, 362.— Trop.:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:

imbecillitas... in altum provehitur imprudens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui in altum abstraxit,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—

Seen from above downwards, deep, profound.

Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

altissimae radices,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

altae stirpes,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

altissima flumina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77:

altior aqua,

id. ib. 1, 25:

alta theatri Fundamenta,

Verg. A. 1, 427:

gurgite in alto,

in the deep whirlpool, id. E. 6, 76:

altum vulnus,

id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48:

altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,

Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.:

unde altior esset Casus,

Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure:

faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,

Pall. Jan. 10, 3.—

Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound:

somno quibus est opus alto,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35:

sopor,

Verg. A. 8, 27:

quies,

id. ib. 6, 522:

silentium,

id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22:

altissima tranquillitas,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1:

altissima eruditio,

id. ib. 4, 30:

altiores artes,

Quint. 8, 3, 2.— Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed:

ex alto dissimulare,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16:

non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,

Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched:

quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5:

quid causas petis ex alto?

Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.:

alte repetere in the same sense,

Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).—

Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old:

genus alto a sanguine Teucri,

Verg. A. 6, 500:

Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

id. ib. 9, 697;

genus Clauso referebat ab alto,

Ov. F. 4, 305:

altā gente satus,

Val. Fl. 3, 202:

altis inclitum titulis genus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.— Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).

High, on high, high up, from on high, from above (v. altus, P. a., A.).

Lit.:

alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.:

colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,

id. ib. p. 221:

alte jubatos angues,

Naev. ib. p. 9:

jubar erigere alte,

Lucr. 4, 404:

roseā sol alte lampade lucens,

id. 5, 610:

in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,

Cato, R. R. 50:

cruentum alte extollens pugionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15:

(aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,

Lucr. 6, 689:

dextram Entellus alte extulit,

Verg. A. 5, 443:

alte suras vincire cothurno,

high up, id. ib. 1, 337:

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92:

unda alte subjectat arenam,

Verg. G. 3, 240:

Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,

Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16:

eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,

to the height of two fingers, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.— Comp.:

quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

tollam altius tectum,

id. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

altius praecincti,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 5:

pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,

Verg. G. 3, 75:

caput altius effert,

id. ib. 3, 553:

altius atque cadant imbres,

id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.:

altius aliquid tenere,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.— Sup.: [p. 96] cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.—

Trop.:

alte natus,

Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.):

alte enim cadere non potest,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

video te alte spectare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.— Comp.:

altius se efferre,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4:

altius irae surgunt ductori,

Verg. A. 10, 813:

altius aliquid agitare,

Cels. 1 prooem.:

attollitur vox altius,

Quint. 11, 3, 65:

verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,

id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.:

Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 35:

ingenium altissime adsurgit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 4.—

Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).

Lit.:

ablaqueato ficus non alte,

Cato, R. R. 36:

ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,

Liv. 1, 41:

alte vulnus adactum,

Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30:

timidum caput abdidit alte,

Verg. G. 3, 422:

alte consternunt terram frondes,

deeply strew, id. A. 4, 443:

ut petivit Suspirium alte!

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.:

ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,

Verg. A. 1, 485):

inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,

Cato, R. R. 21, 2:

minimum alte pedem,

Col. de Arb. 30.— Comp.:

ne radices altius agant,

Col. 5, 6, 8:

terra altius effossa,

Quint. 10, 3, 2:

cum sulcus altius esset impressus,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.:

(latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,

App. M. 2, 32.—

Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar:

privatus ut altum Dormiret,

Juv. 1, 16:

alte terminus haerens,

Lucr. 1, 77:

longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

ratio alte petita,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.— Comp.:

qui altius perspiciebant,

had a deeper insight, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,

must be sought out more deeply, id. Off. 1, 16:

altius repetitae causae,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,

Cic. Verr. 4, 105:

Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,

Lucr. 6, 647:

altius supprimere iram,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

altius aliquem percellere,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

altius metuere,

id. ib. 4, 41:

altius animis maerere,

id. ib. 2, 82:

cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

Cic. Or. 25, 82:

Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 285;

so,

Tac. H. 4, 12:

altius aliquid persequi,

Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35:

hinc altius cura serpit,

id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.:

qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.

altus, ūs, m. [alo], a nourishing, support:

terrae altu,

Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

nŏthus, a, um, adj., = nothos, spurious, not genuine.

Lit.

Of persons, illegitimate, bastard, born out of wedlock (but of a known father; contra, spurius, of an unknown father: legitimus, born in wedlock):

nothum qui non sit legitimus, Graeci vocant: Latinum rei nomen non habemus,

Quint. 3, 6, 97; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.; Quint. 3, 6, 96; 7, 7, 10:

Antiphaten... Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

Verg. A. 9, 697.—

Of animals of a mixed breed, mongrel, Verg. A. 7, 283; Col. 8, 2, 13; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3.—

Transf., not genuine, false, counterfeit ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

lunaque sive notho fertur loca lumine lustrans, Sive suam proprio jactat de corpore lucem,

i. e. borrowed, not its own, Lucr. 5, 575; so,

lumen,

Cat. 34, 15:

Attis notha mulier,

false, counterfeit, id. 63, 27:

quojus genera (nominum) sunt tria, unum vernaculum ac domi natum, alterum adventicium, tertium nothum ex peregrino hic natum,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 69 Müll.; so,

notha nomina,

id. ib. 10, §

70: nothae atque adulterae lectiones,

Arn. 5, 182.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

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