an eastern Roman

quĭris or cŭris [Sabine], a spear:

sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis,

Ov. F. 2, 477.

Quĭrīs, ītis, and mostly plur., Quĭ-rītes, tĭum (or tum, Aus. Prof. 22, 9), m. [Cures].

Originally, the inhabitants of the Sabine town Cures, the Quirites (very rare):

prisci Quirites,

Verg. A. 7, 710 Serv.: veteres illi Sabini Quirites, Col. praef. § 19. —After the Sabines and the Romans had united in one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani: post foedus Titi (Tatii) et Romuli placuit, ut quasi unus de duobus fieret populus. Unde et Romani Quirites dicti sunt, quod nomen Sabinorum fuerat a civitate Curibus;

et Sabini a Romulo Romani dicti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 710; cf. Liv. 1, 13.— Joined with populus Romanus, the technical expression is usually POPVLVS ROMANVS QVIRITIVM, qs. the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens, the Roman nation of Quirites; but not unfreq. also in apposition: POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIBVS (like homines prisci Latini, and populus priscorum Latinorum): QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, REIQVE PVBLICAE POPVLI ROMANI QVIRITIVM... OMNES QVIRITES, PEDITES ARMATOS PRIVATOSQVE VOCA INLICIVM HVC AD ME, Tab. Censor. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Müll.:

populo Romano Quiritium,

Liv. 8, 9; 41, 16:

populus Romanus Quiritium,

id. 1, 32:

populi Romani Quiritium,

id. 1, 24; 32; 10, 28; 22, 10 al.— In the other form: POPVLD ROMANO QVIRITIBVS, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. [p. 1516] Arv. tab. 24, 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 41, 2, 24; so, an ancient formula ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14, acc. to the MSS.; so,

too,

id. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —We rarely meet with the form populo Romano Quiritibusque, Liv. 8, 6 (al. om. que); cf.

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dici, p. 67 Müll.: devovisse eos se pro patriā Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41:

Quiritium Romanorum exercitus,

id. 26, 2:

factum hoc populi Romain Quiritibus ostentum Cimbricis bellis,

to the citizens of the Roman nation, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

It was a reproach for soldiers to be addressed as Quirites,

Tac. A. 1, 42; Suet. Caes. 70; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52 sq.; Luc. 5, 358:

Quiritium fossae dicuntur, quibus Ancus Marcius circumdedit urbem, quam secundum ostium Tiberis posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam, et quia populi opera eas faceret, appellavit Quiritium,

Fest. p. 254 Müll.: jus Quiritium, full Roman citizenship:

ago gratias, domine, quod et jus Quiritium libertis necessariae mihi feminae, et civitatem Romanam Harpocrati iatraliptae meo indulsisti,

Plin. Ep. 10, 6 (22), 1:

Latinis jus Quiritium (constituit),

Suet. Claud. 19: Latini jus Quiritium consequuntur his modis, beneficio principali, etc., Ulp. Reg. tit. 4, de Latinis.— Sing.: Quiris (also Quiritis, acc. to Prisc. p. 633 P.), a Roman citizen, a Quirite: ollus Quiris Leto datus, an ancient formula in Fest. p. 254 Müll.:

dona Quiritis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 7:

reddere jura Quiriti,

Ov. M. 14, 823:

minimum de plebe Quiritem,

id. Am. 1, 7, 29; Juv. 8, 47: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, makes a Roman citizen, sets free (for in the ceremony of manumission the slave was turned around), Pers. 5, 75:

quis te redonavit Quiritem Dis patriis?

an uninjured Roman citizen, Hor. C. 2, 7, 3:

epulis repleto Quirite, i. e. populo Romano,

Claud. Carm. 12, 16:

Romani more Quiritis, i. e. civis,

Luc. 2, 386: Quiris Eoüs, an eastern Roman, i. e. an inhabitant of Constantinople, Sid. Carm. 1, 31.— In fem.:

Q. TVLLIVS Q. F. PONTIFEX SACR. IVNONIS QVIRITIS,

Inscr. Grut. 308, 1. —

( Poet. transf.) Of bees, citizens, commonalty:

ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

Verg. G. 4, 201.

quĭris or cŭris [Sabine], a spear:

sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis,

Ov. F. 2, 477.

Quĭrīs, ītis, and mostly plur., Quĭ-rītes, tĭum (or tum, Aus. Prof. 22, 9), m. [Cures].

Originally, the inhabitants of the Sabine town Cures, the Quirites (very rare):

prisci Quirites,

Verg. A. 7, 710 Serv.: veteres illi Sabini Quirites, Col. praef. § 19. —After the Sabines and the Romans had united in one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani: post foedus Titi (Tatii) et Romuli placuit, ut quasi unus de duobus fieret populus. Unde et Romani Quirites dicti sunt, quod nomen Sabinorum fuerat a civitate Curibus;

et Sabini a Romulo Romani dicti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 710; cf. Liv. 1, 13.— Joined with populus Romanus, the technical expression is usually POPVLVS ROMANVS QVIRITIVM, qs. the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens, the Roman nation of Quirites; but not unfreq. also in apposition: POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIBVS (like homines prisci Latini, and populus priscorum Latinorum): QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, REIQVE PVBLICAE POPVLI ROMANI QVIRITIVM... OMNES QVIRITES, PEDITES ARMATOS PRIVATOSQVE VOCA INLICIVM HVC AD ME, Tab. Censor. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Müll.:

populo Romano Quiritium,

Liv. 8, 9; 41, 16:

populus Romanus Quiritium,

id. 1, 32:

populi Romani Quiritium,

id. 1, 24; 32; 10, 28; 22, 10 al.— In the other form: POPVLD ROMANO QVIRITIBVS, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. [p. 1516] Arv. tab. 24, 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 41, 2, 24; so, an ancient formula ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14, acc. to the MSS.; so,

too,

id. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —We rarely meet with the form populo Romano Quiritibusque, Liv. 8, 6 (al. om. que); cf.

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dici, p. 67 Müll.: devovisse eos se pro patriā Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41:

Quiritium Romanorum exercitus,

id. 26, 2:

factum hoc populi Romain Quiritibus ostentum Cimbricis bellis,

to the citizens of the Roman nation, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

It was a reproach for soldiers to be addressed as Quirites,

Tac. A. 1, 42; Suet. Caes. 70; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52 sq.; Luc. 5, 358:

Quiritium fossae dicuntur, quibus Ancus Marcius circumdedit urbem, quam secundum ostium Tiberis posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam, et quia populi opera eas faceret, appellavit Quiritium,

Fest. p. 254 Müll.: jus Quiritium, full Roman citizenship:

ago gratias, domine, quod et jus Quiritium libertis necessariae mihi feminae, et civitatem Romanam Harpocrati iatraliptae meo indulsisti,

Plin. Ep. 10, 6 (22), 1:

Latinis jus Quiritium (constituit),

Suet. Claud. 19: Latini jus Quiritium consequuntur his modis, beneficio principali, etc., Ulp. Reg. tit. 4, de Latinis.— Sing.: Quiris (also Quiritis, acc. to Prisc. p. 633 P.), a Roman citizen, a Quirite: ollus Quiris Leto datus, an ancient formula in Fest. p. 254 Müll.:

dona Quiritis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 7:

reddere jura Quiriti,

Ov. M. 14, 823:

minimum de plebe Quiritem,

id. Am. 1, 7, 29; Juv. 8, 47: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, makes a Roman citizen, sets free (for in the ceremony of manumission the slave was turned around), Pers. 5, 75:

quis te redonavit Quiritem Dis patriis?

an uninjured Roman citizen, Hor. C. 2, 7, 3:

epulis repleto Quirite, i. e. populo Romano,

Claud. Carm. 12, 16:

Romani more Quiritis, i. e. civis,

Luc. 2, 386: Quiris Eoüs, an eastern Roman, i. e. an inhabitant of Constantinople, Sid. Carm. 1, 31.— In fem.:

Q. TVLLIVS Q. F. PONTIFEX SACR. IVNONIS QVIRITIS,

Inscr. Grut. 308, 1. —

( Poet. transf.) Of bees, citizens, commonalty:

ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

Verg. G. 4, 201.

Mărĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

The most celebrated is C. Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, and seven times consul, Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7; id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60; Sall. C. 59, 3; id. J. 46 sqq.; as a friend of the popular party, his name is used as an appellative: Caesari multos Marios inesse, Cæsar had many Mariuses in him, Sulla ap. Suet. Caes. 1 fin. —

M. Marius Gratidianus, Cic. Brut. 45, 168; 62, 224; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. de Ira, 3, 18; Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 132.—

Marius Priscus, proconsul in Africa, tried for extortion, A. D. 100, Plin. Ep. 2, 11; Juv. 1, 49; 8, 120. —

Marius Victorinus, a rhetorician and grammarian, a native of Africa, in the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era. —Hence,

Mărĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian:

lex,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38.—

Mărĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian:

Mariani consulatus,

Cic. Brut. 47, 175:

scutum Cimbricum,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 266:

quercus,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 1:

tribunus plebis,

id. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

Mariana et Sullana tempestas,

Flor. 3, 12, 11:

Mariana et Cinnana rabies,

id. 4, 2, 2.— Subst.: Mărĭāna, ae, f., a Roman colony on the eastern coast of Corsica, founded by C. Marius, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Mel. 2, 7, 19.— Plur. subst.: Mărĭ-āni, ōrum, m., another name of the Cernetari in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.

Mărĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

The most celebrated is C. Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, and seven times consul, Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7; id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60; Sall. C. 59, 3; id. J. 46 sqq.; as a friend of the popular party, his name is used as an appellative: Caesari multos Marios inesse, Cæsar had many Mariuses in him, Sulla ap. Suet. Caes. 1 fin. —

M. Marius Gratidianus, Cic. Brut. 45, 168; 62, 224; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. de Ira, 3, 18; Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 132.—

Marius Priscus, proconsul in Africa, tried for extortion, A. D. 100, Plin. Ep. 2, 11; Juv. 1, 49; 8, 120. —

Marius Victorinus, a rhetorician and grammarian, a native of Africa, in the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era. —Hence,

Mărĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian:

lex,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38.—

Mărĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian:

Mariani consulatus,

Cic. Brut. 47, 175:

scutum Cimbricum,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 266:

quercus,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 1:

tribunus plebis,

id. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

Mariana et Sullana tempestas,

Flor. 3, 12, 11:

Mariana et Cinnana rabies,

id. 4, 2, 2.— Subst.: Mărĭāna, ae, f., a Roman colony on the eastern coast of Corsica, founded by C. Marius, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Mel. 2, 7, 19.— Plur. subst.: Mărĭ-āni, ōrum, m., another name of the Cernetari in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Germāni, ōrum, m., = Germanoi, the Germans, between the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the sea; the eastern neighbors of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 4, 1; 6, 11; 21 sq.; Tac. G. passim; Cic. Att. 14, 9, 3; id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32; id. Pis. 33, 81 al.— Sing.: Germānus, i, m., a German, in a pun with germanus, own brother; v. 1. germanus, I. B.—

Derivv.

Germānus, a, um, adj., Germanic, German ( poet.):

herbae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 163:

pubes,

Pers. 6, 44.—

Germānĭa, ae, f., the country of the Germans, Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 13; 6, 11; 24 sq.; id. B. C. 1, 7; 3, 87; Hor. C. 4, 5, 26; id. Epod. 16, 7 al. —Divided into Upper and Lower Germany:

superior,

Tac. A. 1, 31; 6, 30; 12, 27; id. H. 1, 12 al.:

inferior,

id. A. 1, 31; 4, 73; 11, 18; id. H. 1, 9; 52 sq.;

also called Germania prima and secunda,

Amm. 15, 11, 7 sq. — Transf., = Germani, Verg. G. 1, 509.— Hence, in plur.: Germānĭae, ārum, f., the whole of Germany, Tac. A. 1, 34; 46; 57; 2, 26, 73; 3, 46 et saep.—

Germānĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Germans, Germanic, German.

Adj.:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 36:

mare,

the Baltic, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103:

gentes,

id. 4, 13, 28, § 98:

sermo,

Suet. Calig. 47:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Suet. Aug. 20; id. Tib. 9 al.:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 1, 22; id. H. 1, 19; 26 al.:

expeditio (Caligulae),

Suet. Calig. 43:

victoria,

id. Vesp. 2: Calendae, i. e. the 1 st of September (named Germanicus on account of the victory obtained over the Germans), Mart. 9, 2, 4 (cf. Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 13; and Macr. S. 1, 12):

persona,

a clay figure of a German, as a bugbear for Roman children, Mart. 14, 176.—

Subst.: Germānĭcus, i, m.

A surname of several generals who gained victories over the Germans. —Esp.

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1 sq.; 27; id. Vit. 8; id. Dom. 13; Spart. Carac. 5.—

Germanicus Caesar, son of the preceding, and brother of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Cal. 1; Tac. A. 1, 35 al. He translated the Phaenomena of Aratus, Lact. 1, 21, 38.—

(sc. nummus), a gold coin struck by the emperor Domitian, Juv. 6, 205.—

Ger-mānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., stationed or serving in Germany (post-Aug. and only milit.):

exercitus,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 6; Eutr. 7, 11.—Also absol.: Germānĭciā-ni, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 25; Galb. 20.—

Germānĭcĭensis, e, adj., German, Germanic, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 4.

Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Oinôtria.

Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians):

Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—

Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,

Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—

Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Oinôtrios, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman:

Oenotria tellus,

Verg. A. 7, 85:

jura,

Sil. 1, 2:

tecta,

id. 13, 713.—

Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius:

Oenotri coluere viri,

Verg. A. 1, 532:

terrae,

Sil. 9, 473:

orae,

id. 8, 221:

fines,

id. 13, 51.

Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Oinôtria.

Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians):

Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—

Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,

Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—

Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Oinôtrios, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman:

Oenotria tellus,

Verg. A. 7, 85:

jura,

Sil. 1, 2:

tecta,

id. 13, 713.—

Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius:

Oenotri coluere viri,

Verg. A. 1, 532:

terrae,

Sil. 9, 473:

orae,

id. 8, 221:

fines,

id. 13, 51.

Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Oinôtria.

Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians):

Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—

Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,

Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—

Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Oinôtrios, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman:

Oenotria tellus,

Verg. A. 7, 85:

jura,

Sil. 1, 2:

tecta,

id. 13, 713.—

Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius:

Oenotri coluere viri,

Verg. A. 1, 532:

terrae,

Sil. 9, 473:

orae,

id. 8, 221:

fines,

id. 13, 51.

Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Oinôtria.

Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy, in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians):

Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—

Transf., poet., Italy, in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,

Oenōtrĭdes, um, f., islands near Velia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—

Oenō-trĭus, a, um, adj., = Oinôtrios, Œnotrian; poet. for Italian, Roman:

Oenotria tellus,

Verg. A. 7, 85:

jura,

Sil. 1, 2:

tecta,

id. 13, 713.—

Oenōtrus, a, um, adj., = Oenotrius:

Oenotri coluere viri,

Verg. A. 1, 532:

terrae,

Sil. 9, 473:

orae,

id. 8, 221:

fines,

id. 13, 51.

sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].

Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:

laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),

Quint. 11, 3, 114:

manus,

Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:

bracchium,

id. 11, 3, 141:

latus,

id. 11, 3, 99:

numerus,

id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:

pes,

id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:

cornu (opp. dextrum),

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:

pars,

id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

angulus castrorum,

id. ib. 3, 66:

ripa,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:

calceus,

Suet. Aug. 92:

tibia,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.

sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:

reicere a sinistro togam,

Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,

in sinistrum,

id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—

sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:

sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:

natae ad furta sinistrae,

Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;

hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,

id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:

idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,

Quint. 6, 3, 69 —

Transf., the left side:

cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

aspicite a sinistrā,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:

aspice nunc ad sinistram,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:

sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,

id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:

in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),

Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

bracchium,

Suet. Dom. 17:

mamma,

Cels. 4, 1 med.:

equus funalis,

Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:

rota,

Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —

Trop.

Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

mores,

Verg. A. 11, 347:

liberalitas,

Cat. 29, 16:

instituta (Judaeorum),

Tac. H. 5, 5:

natura (with prava),

Curt. 7, 4, 10.—

Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,

Verg. G. 1, 444:

interpretatio,

Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:

sermones de Tiberio,

id. A. 1, 74; so,

sermones,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

fama eo de homine,

Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:

rumor lenti itineris,

id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:

diligentia,

Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:

pugna Cannensis,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:

studii signa sinistra mei,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:

(Hannibal) fidei sinister,

faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:

pravos fidei,

id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:

(matrona) studiosa sinistri,

Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—

With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.

dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:

fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,

id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):

liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,

avi sinistra,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.

cornix,

Verg. E. 9, 15:

volatus avium,

Plin. Pan. 5, 3:

tonitrus,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:

di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,

Ov. H. 13, 49:

avibus sinistris,

id. ib. 2, 115:

sinistris auspiciis,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:

fulmen,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),

Cat. 45, 8 and 17;

cf: sinistro pede proficisci,

App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:

derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,

Hor. A. P. 452:

accipere,

Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:

non tam sinistre constitutum est,

Plin. Pan. 45, 5.

sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].

Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:

laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),

Quint. 11, 3, 114:

manus,

Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:

bracchium,

id. 11, 3, 141:

latus,

id. 11, 3, 99:

numerus,

id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:

pes,

id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:

cornu (opp. dextrum),

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:

pars,

id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

angulus castrorum,

id. ib. 3, 66:

ripa,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:

calceus,

Suet. Aug. 92:

tibia,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.

sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:

reicere a sinistro togam,

Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,

in sinistrum,

id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—

sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:

sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:

natae ad furta sinistrae,

Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;

hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,

id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:

idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,

Quint. 6, 3, 69 —

Transf., the left side:

cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

aspicite a sinistrā,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:

aspice nunc ad sinistram,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:

sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,

id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:

in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),

Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

bracchium,

Suet. Dom. 17:

mamma,

Cels. 4, 1 med.:

equus funalis,

Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:

rota,

Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —

Trop.

Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

mores,

Verg. A. 11, 347:

liberalitas,

Cat. 29, 16:

instituta (Judaeorum),

Tac. H. 5, 5:

natura (with prava),

Curt. 7, 4, 10.—

Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,

Verg. G. 1, 444:

interpretatio,

Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:

sermones de Tiberio,

id. A. 1, 74; so,

sermones,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

fama eo de homine,

Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:

rumor lenti itineris,

id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:

diligentia,

Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:

pugna Cannensis,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:

studii signa sinistra mei,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:

(Hannibal) fidei sinister,

faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:

pravos fidei,

id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:

(matrona) studiosa sinistri,

Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—

With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.

dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:

fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,

id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):

liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,

avi sinistra,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.

cornix,

Verg. E. 9, 15:

volatus avium,

Plin. Pan. 5, 3:

tonitrus,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:

di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,

Ov. H. 13, 49:

avibus sinistris,

id. ib. 2, 115:

sinistris auspiciis,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:

fulmen,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),

Cat. 45, 8 and 17;

cf: sinistro pede proficisci,

App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:

derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,

Hor. A. P. 452:

accipere,

Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:

non tam sinistre constitutum est,

Plin. Pan. 45, 5.

taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —

Transf.

A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—

The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—

A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—

A kind of beetle:

tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,

Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —

A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —

The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.

Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:

Tauri Pylae,

a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2.

Taurus, i, m., a Roman proper name:

M. Taurus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1.

taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —

Transf.

A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—

The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—

A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—

A kind of beetle:

tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,

Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —

A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —

The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.

Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:

Tauri Pylae,

a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2.

Taurus, i, m., a Roman proper name:

M. Taurus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1.