an urn

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urna, ae, f. [prop. a vessel of burnt clay; root uro], a vessel for drawing water, a water-pot, water-jar, urn.

Lit.:

urnae dictae, quod urinant in aquā hauriendā ut urinator,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 126 Müll.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 16; 4 (5), 11, 28; Ov. F. 3, 14; id. M. 3, 37; 3, 172; Hor. C. 3, 11, 22; id. S. 1, 5, 91; 1, 1, 54.—As an attribute of personified rivers, Verg. A. 7, 792; Sil. 1, 407.—Of the constellation Aquarius, Ov. F. 2, 457; Sen. Thyest. 865.—

Transf., in gen., an urn used for any purpose.

Most freq., a vessel into which were thrown the voting-tablets or lots of any kind.

A voting-urn (syn. sitella):

senatorum urna copiose absolvit, equitum adaequavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6; Ov. M. 15, 44; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Hor. S. 2, 1, 47; Sil. 9, 27; Juv. 13, 4:

educit ex urnā tres (judices),

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; Suet. Ner. 21; Verg. A. 6, 22; Val. Fl. 2, 484; Sen. Contr. 1, 2, § 7; Just. 22, 3, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 20, 2; Sen. Troad. 974; Tert. Spect. 16.—

The urn of fate, from which is drawn the lot of every one's destiny:

omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

omne capax movet urna nomen,

id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Verg. A. 6, 432; Stat. S. 2, 1, 219:

nomina in urnam coicere,

Liv. 23, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 2.—

A vessel to hold the ashes of the dead, a cinerary urn, Ov. H. 11, 124; id. M. 4, 166; 11, 706; 12, 616; 14, 441; id. Tr. 3, 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 15; Luc. 7, 819; Sen. Troad. 375.—

A money-pot, money-jar:

argenti,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 10.—

A liquid measure containing half an amphora, an urn, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Col. 12, 41; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 263; Pers. 5, 144.—

A measure in gen., Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 13, 3; Juv. 15, 25.

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urnŭla, ae, f. dim. [urna], a little urn. *

A water-urn, Varr. ap. Non. 544, 9:

fictiles urnulae,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 11.—

A cinerary urn, Spart. Sev. 24.

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aedĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [aedes], a small building intended for a dwelling.

For gods, a chapel, a small temple:

cum aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicāsset,

Cic. Dom. 53:

Victoriae,

Liv. 35, 9; 35, 41:

aediculam in ea (domo) deo separavit,

Vulg. Judic. 17, 5; also a niche or shrine for the image of a god: in aedicula erant Lares argentei positi, Petr Sat. 29 fin.:

aediculam aeream fecit,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; 36, 13, 19, § 87.—Hence on tombstones, the recess in which the urn was placed, Inscr. Fabrett. c. 1, 68.—

For men, a small house or habitation (mostly in plur.; cf.

aedes, II.),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 58; Cic. Par. 6, 3; Vulg. 4 Reg. 23, 7.— Sing. in Plaut., a small room, a closet: in aediculam seorsum concludi volo, Epid. 3, 3, 19 sq.

cădus, i ( gen. plur. cadūm, v. II. infra), m., = kados [Slav. kad, kadĭ; Serv. kada; Magyar, kád; Rouman. Kadŭ].

Lit., a large vessel for containing liquids, esp. wine; a bottle, jar, jug; mostly of earthen-ware, but sometimes of stone, Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158; or even of metal, Verg. A. 6, 228.

A wine-jar, wine-flask:

cadi = vasa, quibus vina conduntur,

Non. p. 544, 11:

cadus erat vini: inde implevi hirneam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273; so id. As. 3, 3, 34; id. Aul. 3, 6, 35; id. Mil. 3, 2, 36; 3, 2, 37; id. Poen. 1, 2, 47; id. Stich. 3, 1, 24:

cadum capite sistere,

to upset, id. Mil. 3, 2, 36:

vertere,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 39; 5, 4, 1:

vina bonus quae deinde cadis onerarat Acestes,

Verg. A. 1, 195:

fragiles,

Ov. M. 12, 243.—Hence poet., wine:

Chius,

Tib. 2, 1, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 5:

nec Parce cadis tibi destinatis,

id. ib. 2, 7, 20; 3, 14, 18.—

For other uses:

for containing honey,

Mart. 1, 56, 10;

oil,

id. 1, 44, 8;

hence, olearii,

oil-jars, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 307;

for fruits,

id. ib.;

figs,

id. 15, 19, 21, § 82;

aloes,

id. 27, 4, 5, § 14; cf. id. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—As a money-pot, Mart. 6, 27, 6; also = urna, a funeral urn:

aënus,

Verg. A. 6, 228 Heyne.—

Transf., a measure for liquids (in this sense, gen. plur. cadum, Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 544, 13 and 16; Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96); syn. with amphora Attica (usu. = 1 1/2 amphorae, or 3 urnae, or 4 1/2 modii, or 12 congii, or 72 sextarii), Rhemn. Fann. Ponder. 84; Plin. 14, 15, 17, § 96 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 13.

dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

araneas de foribus et de pariete,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31:

aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.:

aliquem e ponte,

Suet. Caes. 80:

aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),

Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf.

aliquem saxo Tarpeio,

Tac. A. 6, 19:

aliquem equo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19:

jugum servile a cervicibus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

togam ab umeris,

Suet. Aug. 52; cf.:

togam de umero,

id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.:

se de muro,

Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.:

se de superiore parte aedium,

Nep. Dion, 4 fin.:

se per munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5:

se a praealtis montibus (venti),

Liv. 28, 6:

librum in mare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.:

aliquem in locum inferiorem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12:

aliquem e summo in Tartara,

Lucr. 5, 1124:

elatam securim in caput (regis),

Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10:

equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,

force to leap down, id. 23, 47:

bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so,

statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),

id. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

monumenta regis templaque Vestae,

Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15:

signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),

Liv. 40, 2:

omnes Hermas,

Nep. Alcib. 3:

turrim,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf.

arces,

Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.:

arbores,

to fell, Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4:

caput uno ictu,

to cut off, Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546:

libellos,

to tear down, Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.:

crinibus dejectis,

loose, dishevelled, Tac. A. 14, 30:

sortes,

to cast into the urn, Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5:

dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,

Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.:

cum dejecta sors esset,

Liv. 21, 42; cf.:

pernam, glandium,

to throw into the pot, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36:

alvum,

to purge, Cato R. R. 158; cf.:

casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,

i. e. are most easily digested, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3;

opp. alvum superiorem,

i. e. to vomit, Cato R. R. 156, 2.—

Esp.

Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.:

nostri dejecti sunt loco,

id. ib. 7, 51:

praesidium ex saltu,

id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,

Liv. 7, 10:

ex tot castellis,

id. 44, 35:

praesidium Claternā,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.:

praesidium loco summe munito,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.:

castra hostium,

to destroy, id. 25, 14:

praetorium,

id. 41, 2 et saep.—

Jurid. t. t., to drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess (cf. deduco):

unde vi prohibitus sis... unde dejectus?

Cic. Caecin. 13; cf. id. ib. 17, 50:

nisi ex eo loco ubi vestigium impresserit, deici neminem posse,

id. ib. 27, 76 fin.:

aliquem de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22.—

Naut. t. t., pass.: deici, to be driven out of one's course:

naves ad inferiorem partem insulae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28, 2:

classis tempestate vexata ad Balearīs insulas deicitur,

Liv. 23, 34, 16; id. 23, 40, 6.—

Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay:

his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.:

quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?

Verg. A. 11, 665:

avem ab alto caelo,

id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580:

Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,

i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice, Val. Fl. 1, 191:

super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,

Phaedr. 2, 1, 1:

(Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,

Lact. 1, 9, 2:

gruem,

Verg. A. 11, 580.—

To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra):

dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),

Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast:

id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

in pectora mentum,

Ov. M. 12, 255:

euntes dejecta cervice Getae,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.—

Trop.

In gen.:

pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,

never took their eyes off him, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71:

oculos a republica,

id. Phil. 1, 1:

dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,

cast down her eyes, Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.:

oculos in terram,

Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.;

and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,

with downcast eyes, Verg. A. 11, 480:

dejectus vultum,

Stat. Th. 3, 367:

ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?

thou hast removed, averted, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.:

quantum de doloris terrore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

vitia a se ratione,

id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.:

cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 62:

hunc metum Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.:

quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,

Quint. 10, 4, 1:

eum de sententia dejecistis,

hast diverted from his opinion, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of:

de honore deici,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25:

de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22, 7;

for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,

Liv. 39, 41;

and, dejecti honore,

id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.:

aliquem aedilitate,

Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

aedilitate,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23:

praeturā,

id. Mur. 36, 76:

principatu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8:

certo consulatu,

Liv. 40, 46, 14:

spe,

id. 44, 28, 1:

ea spe,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.:

opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),

id. ib. 5, 48:

conjuge tanto,

Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3:

cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,

Liv. 38, 35:

uxorem (sc. conjugio),

Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.:

hoc dejecto,

after his fall, Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27:

ex alto dejectus culmine regni,

Sil. 17, 143.—

To humble:

deicimur, sed non perimus,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9:

deiciendi hominis causa,

Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).

Sunk down, low:

equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3:

dejectius,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin. —

(Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited:

haud dejectus equum duci jubet,

Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: [p. 535] haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315:

in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,

Quint. 9. 4, 138.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.

hydrĭa, ae, f., = hudria (a water-pot; hence, in gen.), a jug, ewer, urn:

argenteae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:

in hydriam sortes conicere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 51, §

127: farris,

Sulp. Sever. Hist. Sacr. 1, 43. Of the cinerary urns in tombs, Inscr. Orell. 4546 sq.—

Hydria, a comedy of Menander, Quint. 11, 3, 91.

hydrĭa, ae, f., = hudria (a water-pot; hence, in gen.), a jug, ewer, urn:

argenteae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:

in hydriam sortes conicere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 51, §

127: farris,

Sulp. Sever. Hist. Sacr. 1, 43. Of the cinerary urns in tombs, Inscr. Orell. 4546 sq.—

Hydria, a comedy of Menander, Quint. 11, 3, 91.

ossŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. os], of or for bones, bone- (post-class.):

OLLA OSSVARIA,

a vase to contain the bones of a corpse, a bone-urn, Inscr. Orell. 2896.—

Subst.: ossŭārĭum (also written ossārĭum), ii, n., a receptacle for the bones of the dead, a bone-vault, charnel-house, Dig. 47, 12, 2; Inscr. Orell. 4511; 4556.

sĭtŭla, ae, f. ( masc. collat. form sĭtŭ-lus, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3; Vitr. 10, 9 fin.; Fest. s. v. nanum, pp. 176 and 177 Müll.; Paul. Sent. 3, 7 fin.).

A bucket for drawing water, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 39; Dig. 18, 1, 40 fin.; Poët. ap. Anthol. Burm. 1, p. 493; Non. s. v. creterra, p. 375, 6 Gerl.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 268 (2d edit.).—

An urn, used in drawing lots (instead of the usual sitella), Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 7.

testa, ae, f. [ = tosta, from torreo], a piece of burned clay, a brick, tile, ostrakon.

Lit., Cic. Dom. 23, 61; Cato, R. R. 18, 7; 18, 110; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 8 fin.; 7, 1; 7, 4; Aus. Parent. 11, 9.—

Transf.

A piece of baked earthen-ware, an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn, etc. (cf. testu):

si Prometheus... a vicinis cum testā ambulans carbunculos corrogaret,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

testā cum ardente viderent Scintillare oleum,

a lamp, Verg. G. 1, 391:

quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem Testa diu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; cf. Tib. 2, 3, 47:

accipiat Manes parvula testa meos,

Prop. 2, 13, 32 (3, 5, 16):

vinum Graeca quod testā conditum levi,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 2; 3, 21, 4:

mihi fundat avitum Condita testa merum,

Ov. A. A. 2, 696; Mart. 12, 48, 8; 12, 63, 2; 13, 7, 1; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—Used in applause:

audiat ille Testarum crepitus cum verbis,

Juv. 11, 170 (cf. F. infra).—

A broken piece of earthen-ware, pottery, brick, etc.; a sherd, potsherd: dissipatis imbricum fragminibus ac testis tegularum, Sisenn. ap. Non. 125, 18:

testa parem fecit,

Ov. M. 8, 662:

fulcitur testā mensa,

Mart. 2, 43, 10; Plin. 32, 8, 28, § 89; 35, 3, 5, § 16; Tac. H. 5, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 28; Juv. 3, 260.—Hence,

Transf., a piece of bone, Cels. 8, 16; so of fragments of a broken tooth, id. 6, 9 med.; 7, 22.—

Like ostrakon, a sherd, potsherd, in the ostracism or judicial voting of the Greeks: testarum suffragiis, quod illi ostrakismon vocant, Nep. Cim. 3, 1; cf. also testula.—

The shell of shell-fish or of testaceous animals:

genera beluarum ad saxa nativis testis inhaerentium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

ostreae,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

muricum,

id. 32, 7, 27, § 84:

cochlearum,

id. 30, 8, 21, § 66:

testudinis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll. —Hence,

Transf.

A shell-fish:

non omne mare generosae fertile testae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 31:

marina,

id. ib. 2, 8, 53.—

A shell or covering, in gen.:

lubricaque immotas testa premebat aquas,

i. e. an icy shell, covering of ice, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38: lubrica, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 2, p. 62 Burm.—

The skull:

testa hominis, nudum jam cute calvitium,

Aus. Epigr. 72; Prud. steph. 10, 761; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1 fin. (hence, Ital. testa and Fr. tēte).—

A brick-colored spot on the face, Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163; 48. 12, 50, § 185.—

A sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero, Suet. Ner 20. [p. 1863]