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The arm

  • 1 bracchium

    bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,
    I.
    Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

    bracchia et lacerti,

    Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

    subjecta lacertis bracchia,

    id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

    (feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

    Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

    quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

    multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

    bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

    Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

    collo dare bracchia circum,

    to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

    circumdare collo,

    Ov. M. 9, 459:

    implicare collo,

    id. ib. 1, 762:

    inicere collo,

    id. ib. 3, 389:

    cervici dare,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

    lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

    id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

    ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

    Quint. 10, 3, 6:

    sinisteriore bracchio,

    Suet. Dom. 17:

    bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 427:

    alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

    id. ib. 5, 377:

    juventus horrida bracchiis,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

    si bracchia forte remisit,

    Verg. G. 1, 202:

    matri bracchia tendere,

    Ov. M. 3, 723:

    patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

    id. ib. 9, 210:

    tendens ad caelum bracchia,

    id. ib. 9, 293:

    precando Bracchia sustulerat,

    id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

    dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

    to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—
    2.
    Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

    bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

    extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

    demissa bracchia,

    Quint. 2, 13, 9:

    a latere modice remota,

    id. 11, 3, 159:

    ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

    id. 11, 3, 118:

    aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

    id. 11, 3, 93:

    bracchium in latus jactant,

    id. 4, 2, 39:

    si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    3.
    Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

    bracchia in numerum jactare,

    Lucr. 4, 769;

    imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

    Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

    of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

    Verg. G. 4, 174.—
    4.
    Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

    molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

    praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

    lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—
    B.
    The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

    in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—
    2.
    Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—
    C.
    Objects resembling arms.
    1.
    The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

    v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

    Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

    of the vine,

    Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

    id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

    Cat. 64, 105:

    differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

    Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

    (aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—
    2.
    An arm of the sea:

    nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

    Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—
    3.
    The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

    Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

    Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—
    4.
    Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—
    5.
    In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

    aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

    a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—
    6.
    The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

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  • 2 brachium

    bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,
    I.
    Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

    bracchia et lacerti,

    Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

    subjecta lacertis bracchia,

    id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

    (feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

    Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

    quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

    multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

    bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

    Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

    collo dare bracchia circum,

    to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

    circumdare collo,

    Ov. M. 9, 459:

    implicare collo,

    id. ib. 1, 762:

    inicere collo,

    id. ib. 3, 389:

    cervici dare,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

    lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

    id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

    ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

    Quint. 10, 3, 6:

    sinisteriore bracchio,

    Suet. Dom. 17:

    bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 427:

    alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

    id. ib. 5, 377:

    juventus horrida bracchiis,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

    si bracchia forte remisit,

    Verg. G. 1, 202:

    matri bracchia tendere,

    Ov. M. 3, 723:

    patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

    id. ib. 9, 210:

    tendens ad caelum bracchia,

    id. ib. 9, 293:

    precando Bracchia sustulerat,

    id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

    dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

    to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—
    2.
    Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

    bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

    extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

    demissa bracchia,

    Quint. 2, 13, 9:

    a latere modice remota,

    id. 11, 3, 159:

    ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

    id. 11, 3, 118:

    aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

    id. 11, 3, 93:

    bracchium in latus jactant,

    id. 4, 2, 39:

    si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    3.
    Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

    bracchia in numerum jactare,

    Lucr. 4, 769;

    imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

    Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

    of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

    Verg. G. 4, 174.—
    4.
    Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

    molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

    praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

    lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—
    B.
    The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

    in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—
    2.
    Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—
    C.
    Objects resembling arms.
    1.
    The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

    v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

    Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

    of the vine,

    Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

    id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

    Cat. 64, 105:

    differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

    Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

    (aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—
    2.
    An arm of the sea:

    nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

    Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—
    3.
    The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

    Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

    Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—
    4.
    Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—
    5.
    In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

    aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

    a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—
    6.
    The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

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  • 3 lacertus

        lacertus ī, m    [2 LAC-], the muscular part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow, upper arm: subiecta lacertis Bracchia sunt, O.— An arm (esp. as brawny, muscular): nam scutum in onere non plus numerant quam lacertos: lacertos Imponere collo, O.: adducto lacerto, V.: secto requiem sperare lacerto, Iu.—Of bees: aptant lacertos, i. e. make trial of, V.—Fig., muscle, strength, vigor, force: in Lysiā saepe sunt lacerti: arma Caesaris Augusti non responsura lacertis, H.
    * * *
    upper arm, arm, shoulder; (pl.) strength, muscles, vigor, force; lizard

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  • 4 lacertus

    1.
    lăcertus, i, m., the muscular part of the arm, from the shoulder to the elbow, the upper arm.
    I.
    Lit., opp. bracchium, the forearm, Lucr. 4, 829; cf.:

    laudat digitosque manusque, Bracchiaque et nudos mediā plus parte lacertos,

    Ov. M. 1, 501; and:

    subjecta lacertis brachia sunt,

    id. ib. 14, 304; cf. also Quint. 8 prooem. 19:

    brachia quoque et lacertos auro colunt,

    Curt. 8, 9, 21.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The arm (esp. as brawny, muscular):

    nam scutum gladium galeam in onere nostri milites non plus numerant quam umeros, lacertos, manus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    Milo Crotoniates nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis suis,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

    excusso lacerto telum torquere,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 6; Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 37:

    lacertos collo imponere,

    Ov. H. 16, 219:

    lacerto jaculari,

    id. Am. 3, 12, 27:

    amplecti,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 11:

    candida cingantur colla lacertis,

    id. A. A. 2, 457:

    laevus,

    Verg. A. 11, 693; Hor. S. 1, 6, 74:

    adducto contortum hastile lacerto immittit,

    Verg. A. 11, 561:

    secto requiem sperare lacerto,

    Juv. 6, 106. —Of bees:

    spicula exacuunt rostris, aptantque lacertos,

    i. e. make trial of, Verg. G. 4, 74.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A blow or cast from a strong arm, Sil. 16, 562; 1, 262.—
    2.
    Trop., muscular power, muscle, strength, military force:

    in Lysia saepe sunt lacerti, sic ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

    hastas oratoris lacertis viribusque torquere,

    id. de Or. 1, 57, 242:

    me civilis tulit aestus in arma, Caesaris Augusti non responsura lacertis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48;

    Flor. prooem. § 8: viribus confisus admirandisque lacertis,

    Juv. 10, 11.
    2.
    lăcertus, i, a lizard; a sea-fish; v. lacerta.

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  • 5 Ancon

    1.
    ancōn, ōnis, m. [v. ango], = ankôn (the bend of the arm), t. t., for the pure Lat. cubitum.
    I.
    The arm of a workman's square, Vitr. 3, 3 fin.; 8, 6.—
    II.
    A stone in a wall, which projects above more than below, and supports something; a console or volute, Vitr. 4, 6.—
    III. IV.
    Forked poles for spreading nets (pure Lat., ames, Hor. Epod. 2, 33), Grat. Cyn. 87.—
    V.
    The arm of a chair, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.—
    VI. 2.
    Ancōn, ōnis, f. [v. ango], a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast of Pontus, east of Amisus, now Derbend Bournow, Val. Fl. 4, 600; cf. Apoll. Rhod. 2, 369.
    3.
    Ancōn, ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. [v. ango], = Ankôn, an ancient seaport town in the north of Picenum, situated on a promontory forming a remarkable curve or elbow, as the name implies, founded by the Syracusans, still called Ancona; form Ancōna, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 23; id. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 11; Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; 3, 13, 18, § 111 sq. al.—Form Ancōn, Mel. 2, 4, 5; Cat. 36, 13; Sil. 8, 438; Juv. 4, 40 al.; and in a pun: Cingulum nos tenemus;

    Anconem amisimus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1.

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  • 6 ancon

    1.
    ancōn, ōnis, m. [v. ango], = ankôn (the bend of the arm), t. t., for the pure Lat. cubitum.
    I.
    The arm of a workman's square, Vitr. 3, 3 fin.; 8, 6.—
    II.
    A stone in a wall, which projects above more than below, and supports something; a console or volute, Vitr. 4, 6.—
    III. IV.
    Forked poles for spreading nets (pure Lat., ames, Hor. Epod. 2, 33), Grat. Cyn. 87.—
    V.
    The arm of a chair, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.—
    VI. 2.
    Ancōn, ōnis, f. [v. ango], a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast of Pontus, east of Amisus, now Derbend Bournow, Val. Fl. 4, 600; cf. Apoll. Rhod. 2, 369.
    3.
    Ancōn, ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. [v. ango], = Ankôn, an ancient seaport town in the north of Picenum, situated on a promontory forming a remarkable curve or elbow, as the name implies, founded by the Syracusans, still called Ancona; form Ancōna, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 23; id. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 11; Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; 3, 13, 18, § 111 sq. al.—Form Ancōn, Mel. 2, 4, 5; Cat. 36, 13; Sil. 8, 438; Juv. 4, 40 al.; and in a pun: Cingulum nos tenemus;

    Anconem amisimus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1.

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  • 7 Ancona

    1.
    ancōn, ōnis, m. [v. ango], = ankôn (the bend of the arm), t. t., for the pure Lat. cubitum.
    I.
    The arm of a workman's square, Vitr. 3, 3 fin.; 8, 6.—
    II.
    A stone in a wall, which projects above more than below, and supports something; a console or volute, Vitr. 4, 6.—
    III. IV.
    Forked poles for spreading nets (pure Lat., ames, Hor. Epod. 2, 33), Grat. Cyn. 87.—
    V.
    The arm of a chair, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.—
    VI. 2.
    Ancōn, ōnis, f. [v. ango], a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast of Pontus, east of Amisus, now Derbend Bournow, Val. Fl. 4, 600; cf. Apoll. Rhod. 2, 369.
    3.
    Ancōn, ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. [v. ango], = Ankôn, an ancient seaport town in the north of Picenum, situated on a promontory forming a remarkable curve or elbow, as the name implies, founded by the Syracusans, still called Ancona; form Ancōna, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 23; id. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 11; Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; 3, 13, 18, § 111 sq. al.—Form Ancōn, Mel. 2, 4, 5; Cat. 36, 13; Sil. 8, 438; Juv. 4, 40 al.; and in a pun: Cingulum nos tenemus;

    Anconem amisimus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1.

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  • 8 umerus

    ŭmĕrus (incorrectly spelled hŭmĕ-rus in many edd.), i, m. [cf. ômos].
    I.
    Prop., the upper bone of the arm, Cels. 8, 1. —
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    The upper part of the arm (so only poet. for the usual lacertus):

    innixus dextro plena trahens umero,

    upperarm, arm, Prop. 1, 20, 44:

    umeros exsertus uterque,

    Stat. Th. 5, 439; 4, 235; Ov. F. 1, 409.—
    B.
    The shoulder (of a man; opp. armus of an animal, v. h. v.;

    the predom. signif. of the word): meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17:

    id conexum in umero laevo,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 44:

    sagittae pendebant ab umero,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74; cf. Hor. C. 1, 21, 12:

    umerum apertum gladio appetit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35:

    Chloris albo sic umero nitens,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 18:

    sparsum odoratis umerum capillis,

    id. ib. 3, 20, 14:

    pars umeri ima tui,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 307.— Plur.:

    (virgines) quas matres student Demissis umeris esse,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23:

    scutum, gladium, galeam in onere nostri milites non plus numerant quam umeros, lacertos, manus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    ut bracchia modo atque umeri ad sustinenda arma liberi ab aquā esse possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

    pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare,

    id. B. C. 1, 62:

    cum Milo umeris sustineret bovem vivum,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

    quod pupillum filium ipse paene in umeros suos extulisset,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    densum umeris vulgus,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 32:

    nube candentes umeros amictus Augur Apollo,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 31; so,

    candidi,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 10:

    umeris positurus arcum,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 60:

    et quae nunc umeris involitant, deciderint comae,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.:

    ex umeris armi fiunt,

    Ov. M. 10, 700; so id. ib. 12, 396; cf.:

    terrestrium solus homo bipes: uni juguli, umeri, ceteris armi,

    Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.—
    2.
    Umerus is also used of animals (as, on the other hand, armi is of men; v. armus);

    of oxen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159.—Of cocks, Col. 8, 2, 9.—
    C.
    Of the middle part of a thing, the back, ridge (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of trees and plants:

    certum est ab umeris arborum surculos petendos,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 105; Col. 3, 10, 5; id. Arb. 3, 1.—
    2.
    Of mountain ridges:

    montium flexus crebrique vertices et conflexa cubito aut confracta in umeros juga,

    Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115 (al. numeros):

    virides umeros,

    Stat. Th. 6, 714. —
    3.
    Of a country:

    Rhegium oppidum in umero ejus (Italiae) situm, a quo veluti cervicis incipit flexus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 43; so,

    duo haec oppida... sita sunt utrāque ex parte velut in umeris Helladis,

    id. 4, 7, 11, § 23.—
    III.
    Trop., in plur., the shoulders; as in Engl., when speaking of bearing a burden:

    tota ut comitia suis, ut dictitabat, umeris sustineret,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 25:

    rem publicam umeris sustinere,

    id. Fl. 37, 94:

    cum expertus esset, quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10, 6; 57, 4:

    sumite materiam vestris qui scribitis aequam Viribus, et versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

    Hor. A. P. 40.

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  • 9 bracchium (brāch-)

        bracchium (brāch-) ī, n, βραχίων, the forearm, lower arm: bracchia et lacerti, O.: (feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos, Ta.—In gen., the arm: bracchium fregisse: diu iactato bracchio scutum emittere, Cs.: collo dare bracchia circum, V.: bracchia Cervici dabat, H.: Bracchia ad superas extulit auras, V.: iuventus horrida bracchiis, H.: matri bracchia tendere, O.: tendens ad caelum bracchia, O.: diversa bracchia ducens, i. e. separating widely, V.—Prov.: dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem, to swim against the current, Iu.— Of gesture: extento bracchio.—Of the Cyclopes at work: bracchia tollunt In numerum, keeping time, V.—Fig.: aliquid levi bracchio agere, to do negligently: me molli bracchio obiurgas, gently: Praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo, lend a hand, O.—Meton., of animals, the claws of crawfish, O.—The claws of the constellations Scorpio and Cancer, V., O.—Of trees, the branches: in ramos bracchia crescunt, O.—Of the vine, V.—An arm of the sea: nec bracchia porrexerat Amphitrite, O.—A ship's yard: iubet intendi bracchia velis, V.—A leg (of a pair of dividers): duo ferrea bracchia, O.—In fortifications, an outwork: bracchio obiecto, L.: muro bracchium iniunxerat, a line of communication, L.: bracchiis duobis Piraeum Athenis iungere, walls, L.

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  • 10 bracchiale

    bracchĭālis ( brāch-), e, adj. [bracchium], of or belonging to the arm:

    nervus,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99:

    crassitudo,

    the thickness of an arm, Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    torques,

    Vop. Aur. 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: bracchĭāle, is, n. (sc. ornamentum):

    argenteum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 82 sq.; 25, 10, 80, § 129; 32, 1, 3, § 8; and bracchĭālis, is, m. (sc. torques), Treb. Claud. 14, 5 (class. armillae); an armlet, bracelet; cf. Prisc. p. 1220 P.

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  • 11 bracchialis

    bracchĭālis ( brāch-), e, adj. [bracchium], of or belonging to the arm:

    nervus,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99:

    crassitudo,

    the thickness of an arm, Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    torques,

    Vop. Aur. 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: bracchĭāle, is, n. (sc. ornamentum):

    argenteum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 82 sq.; 25, 10, 80, § 129; 32, 1, 3, § 8; and bracchĭālis, is, m. (sc. torques), Treb. Claud. 14, 5 (class. armillae); an armlet, bracelet; cf. Prisc. p. 1220 P.

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  • 12 brachialis

    bracchĭālis ( brāch-), e, adj. [bracchium], of or belonging to the arm:

    nervus,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99:

    crassitudo,

    the thickness of an arm, Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    torques,

    Vop. Aur. 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: bracchĭāle, is, n. (sc. ornamentum):

    argenteum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 82 sq.; 25, 10, 80, § 129; 32, 1, 3, § 8; and bracchĭālis, is, m. (sc. torques), Treb. Claud. 14, 5 (class. armillae); an armlet, bracelet; cf. Prisc. p. 1220 P.

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  • 13 cornu

    cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

    nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

    for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

    Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

    Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

    id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.
    I.
    Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

    of a bullock,

    Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

    also of the constellation Taurus,

    Ov. M. 2, 80;

    of the ram,

    id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

    of the he-goat,

    Verg. E. 9, 25;

    of kids,

    id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—
    B.
    Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.
    1.
    That which is similar to horn in substance.
    a.
    A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—
    b.
    Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—
    c.
    The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—
    d.
    A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,
    2.
    That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.
    a.
    The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

    cornu Indicum,

    Mart. 1, 73, 4.—
    b.
    The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—
    c.
    The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—
    d.
    The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—
    e.
    The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—
    f.
    The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

    cornua cristae,

    Verg. A. 12, 89:

    alterum cornu galeae,

    Liv. 27, 33, 2.—
    g.
    The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —
    h.
    The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—
    i.
    The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —
    k.
    The top or summit of a mountain:

    cornua Parnasi,

    Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —
    1.
    The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—
    m.
    The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—
    * (β).
    Transf.:

    cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

    i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—
    n.
    The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —
    o.
    The stiff hair of the Germans:

    quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

    Juv. 13, 165.—
    3.
    Of objects made of horn.
    a.
    A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—
    b.
    A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—
    c.
    The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—
    d.
    A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—
    e.
    An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—
    f.
    A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—
    II.
    Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

    ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

    venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

    Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

    tunc pauper cornua sumit,

    gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

    . tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

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  • 14 Cornucopia

    cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

    nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

    for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

    Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

    Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

    id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.
    I.
    Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

    of a bullock,

    Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

    also of the constellation Taurus,

    Ov. M. 2, 80;

    of the ram,

    id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

    of the he-goat,

    Verg. E. 9, 25;

    of kids,

    id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—
    B.
    Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.
    1.
    That which is similar to horn in substance.
    a.
    A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—
    b.
    Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—
    c.
    The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—
    d.
    A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,
    2.
    That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.
    a.
    The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

    cornu Indicum,

    Mart. 1, 73, 4.—
    b.
    The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—
    c.
    The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—
    d.
    The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—
    e.
    The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—
    f.
    The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

    cornua cristae,

    Verg. A. 12, 89:

    alterum cornu galeae,

    Liv. 27, 33, 2.—
    g.
    The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —
    h.
    The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—
    i.
    The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —
    k.
    The top or summit of a mountain:

    cornua Parnasi,

    Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —
    1.
    The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—
    m.
    The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—
    * (β).
    Transf.:

    cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

    i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—
    n.
    The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —
    o.
    The stiff hair of the Germans:

    quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

    Juv. 13, 165.—
    3.
    Of objects made of horn.
    a.
    A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—
    b.
    A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—
    c.
    The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—
    d.
    A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—
    e.
    An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—
    f.
    A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—
    II.
    Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

    ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

    venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

    Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

    tunc pauper cornua sumit,

    gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

    . tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

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  • 15 flagellum

        flagellum ī, n dim.    [flagrum], a whip, scourge: flagella rettulit: horribili sectari flagello, H.: accincta flagello Tisiphone, V.— A riding-whip, V. — A thong (of a javelin), V.— A young branch, vine-shoot, V., Ct.— The arm of a polypus, O.— Fig., a lash, sting, goad: flagello Tange Chloen, H.: Occultum (of conscience), Iu.
    * * *
    whip, lash, scourge; thong (javalin); vine shoot; arm/tentacle (of polyp)

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  • 16 ala

    āla, ae, f. [for axla, contr. from axilla, Cic. Or. 45, 153; cf. anchos = ômos (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel].
    I.
    Lit., a wing, as of a bird: galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26; Verg. A. 3, 226 al.: Me. Vox mihi ad aurīs advolavit. So. Ne ego homo infelix fui, qui non alas intervelli, that I did not pluck off its wings, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.— Poet., of the gods:

    Mors atris circumvolat alis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 58:

    volucris Fati Tardavit alas,

    id. C. 2, 17, 25:

    bibulae Cupidinis alae,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 233:

    furvis circumdatus alis Somnus,

    Tib. 2, 1, 89:

    me jocundis Sopor impulit alis,

    Prop. 1, 3, 45:

    Madidis Notus evolat alis,

    Ov. M. 1, 264.—Of sails:

    velorum pandimus alas,

    Verg. A. 3, 520.—Of oars:

    classis centenis remiget alis,

    Prop. 4, 6, 47:

    remigium alarum,

    Verg. A. 1, 301 (cf. Hom. Od. 11, 125);

    so inversely remi is used of wings: super fluctus alarum insistere remis,

    Ov. M. 5, 558 (cf. pterois eressei, Eur. Iphig. Taur. 289; Aeschyl. Agam. 52; and cf. Lucr. 6, 743). —Of wind and lightning:

    Nisus Emicat et ventis et fulminis ocior alis,

    Verg. A. 5, 319 al. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In man, the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit, Liv. 9, 41; 30, 34:

    aliquid sub alā portare,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12:

    hirquinae,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

    hirsutae,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

    halitus oris et alarum vitia,

    Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:

    virus alarum et sudores,

    id. 35, 15, 52, § 185:

    sudor alarum,

    Petr. 128 (many Romans were accustomed to pluck out the hair from the armpits, Sen. Ep. 114; Juv. 11, 157; v. alipilus).—
    B.
    In animals, the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder - blade. —Of elephants, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 324.—Of frogs, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.—
    C.
    In trees and plants, the hollow where the branch unites with the stem, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29; so id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 25, 5, 18, § 38 al.—
    D.
    In buildings, the wings, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, the colonnades; called also in Gr. ptera, Vitr. 6, 4, 137; 4, 7, 92.—
    E.
    In milit. lang., the wing of an army (thus conceived of as a bird of prey), commonly composed of the Roman cavalry and the troops of the allies, esp. their horsemen; hence, alarii in contrast with legionarii, and separated from them in enumeration, also having a leader, called praefectus alae, Tac. H. 2, 59 al.; cf. Lips. de Milit. Rom. 1, 10 Manut.; Cic. Fam. 2, 17 fin.; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Smith, Dict. Antiq.; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1:

    Alae, equites: ob hoc alae dicti, quia pedites tegunt alarum vice,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 121: peditatu, equitibus atque alis cum hostium legionibus pugnavit, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    dextera ala (in alas divisum socialem exercitum habebat) in primā acie locata est,

    Liv. 31, 21; Vell. 2, 117 al.—An ala, as a military division, usu. consisted of about 500 men, Liv. 10, 29.
    ► Such alae gave names to several towns, since they were either levied from them, quartered in them, or, after the expiration of their time of service, received the lands of such towns.
    —So, Ala Flaviana, Ala Nova, et saep. (cf. castrum, II. 1. fin.).

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  • 17 bracchiolum

    bracchĭŏlum ( brāch-), i, n. dim. [bracchium].
    I.
    A small, delicate arm: puellulae, * Cat. 61, 181.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A muscle in a horse ' s leg, Veg. 1, 25, 4 and 5; cf. id. 6, 1, 1; 6, 2, 2; 5, 27, 7; 5, 70, 2.—
    B.
    The arm of a chair or seat, Vulg. 2 Par. 9, 18.

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  • 18 brachiolum

    bracchĭŏlum ( brāch-), i, n. dim. [bracchium].
    I.
    A small, delicate arm: puellulae, * Cat. 61, 181.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A muscle in a horse ' s leg, Veg. 1, 25, 4 and 5; cf. id. 6, 1, 1; 6, 2, 2; 5, 27, 7; 5, 70, 2.—
    B.
    The arm of a chair or seat, Vulg. 2 Par. 9, 18.

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  • 19 columna

    cŏlumna, ae, f. [root cel- of excello; v. columen, of which it is orig. a collat. form].
    A.
    A projecting object, a column, pillar, post (very freq.), Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sq.; 3, 3; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

    columnae et templa et porticus sustinent, tamen habent non plus utilitatis quam dignitatis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, §§ 133 and 134; Quint. 5, 13, 40:

    columnae Doricae, Ionicae, Tuscanicae, Corinthiae, Atticae,

    Plin. 36, 22, 56, § 178 sq.; Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sqq.: Rostrata, a column ornamented with beaks of ships, erected in honor of Duellius, the conqueror of the Carthaginians, Quint. 1, 7, 12 Spald.; fragments of the inscription on it are yet extant, v. in the Appendix: Maenia, also absol. Columna, a pillory in the Forum Romanum, where thieves, criminal slaves, and debtors were judged and punished, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 50 Ascon.— Absol.: ad columnam pervenire. Cic. Clu. 13, 39:

    adhaerescere ad columnam,

    id. Sest. 8, 18; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columna.— Plur.:

    columnae, as the sign of a bookseller's shop,

    Hor. A. P 373 Orell. ad loc.—From the use of pillars to designate boundaries of countries:

    Columnae Protei = fines Aegypti,

    Verg. A. 11, 262; and:

    Columnae Herculis, i. e. Calpe et Abyla,

    Mel. 1, 5, 3; 2, 6, 8; Plin. 3, prooem. § 4; Tac. G. 34.—Prov.:

    incurrere amentem in columnas,

    Cic. Or. 67, 224.—
    * 2.
    Trop., a pillar, support; of Augustus, Hor. C. 1, 35, 14.—
    3.
    Transf., of objects resembling a pillar; so,
    a.
    Of the arm (comice):

    ecce autem aedificat: columnam mento suffigit suo,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 54. —
    b.
    A water-spout, Lucr. 6, 426; 6, 433; Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134.—
    c.
    Of fire, a meteor, Sen. Q. N. 7, 20, 2; cf.

    of the pillar of cloud and of fire which guided the Exodus,

    Vulg. Exod. 13, 21 sq. —
    d.
    Membrum virile, Mart. 6, 49; 11, 51; Auct. Priap. 9, 8.—
    e.
    Narium recta pars eo quod aequaliter sit in longitudine et rotunditate porrecta, columna vocatur, Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 48.—
    * B.
    The top, summit; so only once of the dome of heaven, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf. columen.

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  • 20 flagellum

    flăgellum, i, n. dim. [flagrum], a whip, scourge; more severe than scutica.
    I.
    (Cf. also: flagrum, verber, lorum.) Lit.:

    nec scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 119; cf.:

    ille flagellis Ad mortem caesus,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 10; Hor. Epod. 4, 11; Cat. 25, 11; Ov. Ib. 185; Juv. 6, 479.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A riding-whip, Verg. A. 5, 579; Sil. 4, 441; a whip for driving cattle, Col. 2, 2, 26.—
    2.
    The thong of a javelin, Verg. A. 7, 731.—
    3.
    A young branch or shoot, a vine-shoot, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Verg. G. 2, 299; Cat. 62, 52; Col. 3, 6, 3 al.—
    4.
    The arm of a polypus, Ov. M. 4, 367.—
    5.
    In late Lat., a threshing-flail, Hier. Isa. 28.—
    6.
    A tuft of hair, Sid. Ep. 1, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., the lash or stings of conscience ( poet.), Lucr. 3, 1019; Juv. 13, 195; cf.

    of the goad of love,

    Hor. C. 3, 26, 11.

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