an appellation of Jupiter

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

pārens, entis, Part. and P. a., from pareo.

părens, entis, m. and f. ( gen. plur. parentum and parentium, cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; Charis. p. 111 P.; Diom. p. 282 ib.:

masculino genere parentem appellabant antiqui etiam matrem,

Fest. p. 151 Müll.; so,

Gracchus,

Charis. p. 79 P.) [pario], a procreator, a father or mother, a parent; most freq. in the plur., parents.

Lit.: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT... DIVIS PARENTVM SACER ESTO, Lex regia: qui parentem aut hospitem Necasset, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 29 (Trag. v. 239 Vahl.):

parens tuus,

Cic. Sull. 29, 81; Hor. A. P. 313:

illum et parentis crediderim sui Fregisse cervicem,

id. C. 2, 13, 5:

alma parens Idaea deum,

Verg. A. 10, 252:

an tu reris eum (Orestem) occisā insanuisse parente? etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 134:

imperator, qui sibi parentis loco esset,

i. e. entitled to the reverence due a father, Liv. 4, 42, 8; cf.:

(Lolliam) privignis parentis loco futuram,

be a mother to them, Tac. A. 12. 2:

parentis eam (Darii matrem) loco diligi colique,

Curt. 5, 3, 11:

per speciem honorandae parentis,

Liv. 8, [p. 1303] 22, 2; 26, 49, 13.—In plur.:

quae (caritas) est inter natos et parentes,

Cic. Lael. 8, 27:

parentes cum liberis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108:

opus a parentibus majoribusque meis relictum,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

in parentum loco,

id. Planc. 11, 28.— Of animals, a sire or dam, Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.:

gravida stans,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Cels. 6, 6, 39; Stat. Th. 10, 231.—

Transf.

Grandparents, and, in gen., progenitors, ancestors (parentes, like patres, is used of the generations immediately preceding the present; all ancestors more remote than the grandparents are called majores, Seyffert ad Cic. Lael. p. 260):

Siciliam tantum ac Sardiniam parentibus nostris ereptas nostrā virtute recuperaturi essemus,

Liv. 21, 43, 6:

appellatione parentis non tantum pater, sed etiam avus et proavus, et deinceps omnes superiores continentur: sed et mater et avia et proavia,

Dig. 50, 16, 51; cf. ib. 2, 4, 4; Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 103; Verg. A. 9, 3; 10, 76; 619:

si patriam, parentes, antiqua mallent quam dominos et colonias novas,

Tac. A. 1, 59; Dig. 23, 3, 5.—

Relations, kinsfolk, kindred (rare and not ante-Aug.):

solent rei capitis adhibere vobis parentes. Duos ego fratres nuper amisi,

Curt. 6, 10, 30; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 67; Capitol. M. Aur. 5; Flor. 3, 18, 5.—(Whether we are to take it in this sense in Liv 34, 32, 12, is doubtful.) —

Trop., a father, founder, inventor, author (class.):

me quem nonnulli conservatorem istius urbis, quem parentem esse dixerunt,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

operum parens effectorque,

id. Univ. 11:

Socrates parens philosophiae,

id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

Tullius facundiae Latiarumque litterarum parens,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; and:

Homerus primus doctrinarum et antiquitatis parens,

id. 25, 2, 5, § 11:

(Mercurius) curvae lyrae parens,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 6:

earum (rerum) parens est educatrixque sapientia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62.—As an honorary appellation:

quid prius dicam solitis Parentis Laudibus,

i. e. Jupiter, Hor. C. 1, 12, 13:

Latius,

i. e. Domitian, Stat. S. 1, 2, 178.