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  • 1 Sibylla

        Sibylla ae, f, Σίβυλλα, a female soothsayer, prophetess, priestess of Apollo, Sibyl: terrae vis Pythiam Delphis incitabat, naturae Sibyllam. —Deiphobe, daughter of Glaucus, who lived in a grotto at Cumae: Cumaea, V.: vivacis antra Sibyllae, O.—A Sibyl, the author of the Sibylline books kept in the Capitol, C., L.
    * * *
    prophetess, sibyl

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  • 2 fātiloquus

        fātiloquus adj.    [fatum+4 LAC-], prophesying, prophetic: alquam fatiloquam mirari, as a prophetess, L.

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  • 3 īn-fēlīx

        īn-fēlīx īcis, adj.    with comp. and sup, unfruitful, not fertile, barren: lolium, V.: tellus frugibus, V.: foliis oleaster, V.: arbori infelici suspendere, hang on the accursed tree, hang, crucify, L.— Unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy, miserable: adulescentulus, T.: ego, S.: crux infelici comparabatur: homo infelicissimus: animi Phoenissa, V.: faber operis summā, H.: Infelix, qui non Audierit, etc., V.: infelicior domi quam militiae, L.—Causing misfortune, unlucky, calamitous: Erinys, O.: vates, prophetess of ill, V.: erga plebem studium, L.: paupertas, Iu.: alqs rei p.

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  • 4 Phoebas

        Phoebas adis, f, Φοιβάσ, a priestess of Phoebus; hence, an inspired woman, prophetess, O.

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  • 5 adnuntiatrix

    announcer, preacher, one who announces; prophetess (F) (Souter)

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  • 6 annuntiatrix

    announcer, preacher, one who announces; prophetess (F) (Souter)

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  • 7 fatiloqua

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  • 8 antistes

    antistĕs, ĭtis, m. and f. ( fem. also antistĭta, ae, like hospita from hospes, sospita from sospes, clienta from cliens, Inscr. Orell. 2200; cf. Charis. p. 77 P.; Prisc. p. 650 P.) [antisto = antesto, q. v.; pr. adj., standing before], an overseer, president.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    vindemiatorum,

    Col. 3, 21, 6:

    imperii Romani,

    Tert. Apol. 1. —In fem., a female overseer:

    latrinarum,

    Tert. Pall. 4 fin. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    Esp., an overseer of a temple, a high-priest:

    caerimoniarum et sacrorum,

    Cic. Dom. 39, 104; id. Div. 2, 54 fin.:

    Jovis,

    Nep. Lys. 3, 3; Liv. 9, 34; 1, 7:

    sacrorum,

    Juv. 2, 113.— In the O. T. simply a priest: et sanctificarentur antistites, * Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 34.—In the Christian writers, a bishop, Cod. Just. 1, 3; 1, 18 et saep.—
    C.
    In fem., a female overseer of a temple, a chief priestess.Form antistĕs:

    adsiduae templi antistites,

    Liv. 1, 20; so id. 23, 24; 31, 14:

    perita antistes,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 1:

    templi aeditua et antistes pudicitia,

    Tert. Cult. Fem. 1.— Form antistĭta, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 10: Veneris antistita, Pollio ap. Charis. p. 77 P.; Att. ap. Non. p. 487, 19:

    fani antistitae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 22: antistita Phoebi, i. e. Cassandra, so called as prophetess, Ov. M. 13, 410:

    Cybeles antistita,

    Verg. Cir. 166; Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 77 P.—
    II.
    Trop., a master in any science or art, as in Engl. high-priest:

    artis dicendi antistes,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 202:

    cultor et antistes doctorum virorum,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 1:

    artium,

    Col. 11, 1, 10:

    sapientiae,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 110:

    philosophiae,

    Lact. 5, 2:

    juris,

    Quint. 11, 1, 69:

    justitiae,

    Gell. 14, 4:

    studiorum liberalium,

    Dig. 10, 46, 1.

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  • 9 Aurinia

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  • 10 divina

    dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    divinae Matris imago,

    Lucr. 2, 609:

    numen,

    id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

    stirps,

    Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

    semen,

    id. ib. 1, 78;

    and, origo,

    Liv. 1, 15:

    Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

    non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

    quasi divino consilio,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

    stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

    divina studia colere,

    id. ib. 6, 18:

    animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

    of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

    aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

    id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

    causa divinior,

    id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

    condimenta,

    enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

    odor (Veneris),

    Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

    decoris,

    id. ib. 5, 647:

    ars Palladis,

    id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

    divinissima dona, i. e.,

    most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

    in this sense res divina is very freq.,

    id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

    religiones (opp. fides humana),

    Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—
    B.
    Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

    dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

    res,

    Cic. Lael. 6:

    jura,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

    scelera,

    Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

    spes,

    id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,
    1.
    The deity, to theion:

    divina si faverint,

    God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin.
    2.
    The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—
    3.
    That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

    numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

    quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

    id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

    nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Divinely inspired, prophetic:

    aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 38:

    animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

    cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1:

    divinarum sagacem flammarum,

    Sil. 3, 344:

    divini quicquam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

    also joined to humani,

    id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

    vates,

    Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

    divini pectoris carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

    divina futuri Sententia,

    Hor. A. P. 218:

    avis imbrium imminentium,

    id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—
    B.
    Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

    ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

    Cic. Lael. 18:

    ingenio esse divino,

    id. Rep. 2, 2:

    magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

    id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

    caelestes divinaeque legiones,

    id. Phil. 5, 11:

    senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    homo in dicendo,

    id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

    orator,

    Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

    incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

    fides,

    id. Mil. 33 fin.:

    admurmuratio senatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

    memoria,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

    eloquentia M. Tullii,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7:

    facultas eloquendi,

    id. 10, 1, 81:

    ille nitor loquendi,

    id. ib. 83:

    illa ironia,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

    haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

    ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

    domus,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

    princeps,

    Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

    indulgentia,

    Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

    nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    By divine inspiration, prophetically:

    plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —
    b.
    In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

    divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

    Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

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  • 11 divinum

    dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    divinae Matris imago,

    Lucr. 2, 609:

    numen,

    id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

    stirps,

    Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

    semen,

    id. ib. 1, 78;

    and, origo,

    Liv. 1, 15:

    Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

    non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

    quasi divino consilio,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

    stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

    divina studia colere,

    id. ib. 6, 18:

    animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

    of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

    aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

    id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

    causa divinior,

    id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

    condimenta,

    enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

    odor (Veneris),

    Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

    decoris,

    id. ib. 5, 647:

    ars Palladis,

    id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

    divinissima dona, i. e.,

    most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

    in this sense res divina is very freq.,

    id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

    religiones (opp. fides humana),

    Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—
    B.
    Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

    dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

    res,

    Cic. Lael. 6:

    jura,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

    scelera,

    Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

    spes,

    id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,
    1.
    The deity, to theion:

    divina si faverint,

    God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin.
    2.
    The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—
    3.
    That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

    numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

    quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

    id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

    nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Divinely inspired, prophetic:

    aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 38:

    animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

    cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1:

    divinarum sagacem flammarum,

    Sil. 3, 344:

    divini quicquam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

    also joined to humani,

    id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

    vates,

    Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

    divini pectoris carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

    divina futuri Sententia,

    Hor. A. P. 218:

    avis imbrium imminentium,

    id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—
    B.
    Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

    ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

    Cic. Lael. 18:

    ingenio esse divino,

    id. Rep. 2, 2:

    magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

    id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

    caelestes divinaeque legiones,

    id. Phil. 5, 11:

    senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    homo in dicendo,

    id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

    orator,

    Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

    incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

    fides,

    id. Mil. 33 fin.:

    admurmuratio senatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

    memoria,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

    eloquentia M. Tullii,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7:

    facultas eloquendi,

    id. 10, 1, 81:

    ille nitor loquendi,

    id. ib. 83:

    illa ironia,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

    haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

    ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

    domus,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

    princeps,

    Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

    indulgentia,

    Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

    nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    By divine inspiration, prophetically:

    plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —
    b.
    In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

    divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

    Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

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  • 12 divinus

    dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    divinae Matris imago,

    Lucr. 2, 609:

    numen,

    id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

    stirps,

    Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

    semen,

    id. ib. 1, 78;

    and, origo,

    Liv. 1, 15:

    Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

    non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

    quasi divino consilio,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

    stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

    divina studia colere,

    id. ib. 6, 18:

    animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

    of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

    aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

    id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

    causa divinior,

    id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

    condimenta,

    enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

    odor (Veneris),

    Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

    decoris,

    id. ib. 5, 647:

    ars Palladis,

    id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

    divinissima dona, i. e.,

    most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

    in this sense res divina is very freq.,

    id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

    religiones (opp. fides humana),

    Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—
    B.
    Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

    dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

    res,

    Cic. Lael. 6:

    jura,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

    scelera,

    Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

    spes,

    id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,
    1.
    The deity, to theion:

    divina si faverint,

    God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin.
    2.
    The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—
    3.
    That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

    numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

    quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

    id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

    nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Divinely inspired, prophetic:

    aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 38:

    animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

    cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1:

    divinarum sagacem flammarum,

    Sil. 3, 344:

    divini quicquam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

    also joined to humani,

    id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

    vates,

    Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

    divini pectoris carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

    divina futuri Sententia,

    Hor. A. P. 218:

    avis imbrium imminentium,

    id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—
    B.
    Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

    ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

    Cic. Lael. 18:

    ingenio esse divino,

    id. Rep. 2, 2:

    magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

    id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

    caelestes divinaeque legiones,

    id. Phil. 5, 11:

    senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    homo in dicendo,

    id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

    orator,

    Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

    incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

    fides,

    id. Mil. 33 fin.:

    admurmuratio senatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

    memoria,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

    eloquentia M. Tullii,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7:

    facultas eloquendi,

    id. 10, 1, 81:

    ille nitor loquendi,

    id. ib. 83:

    illa ironia,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

    haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

    ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

    domus,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

    princeps,

    Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

    indulgentia,

    Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

    nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    By divine inspiration, prophetically:

    plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —
    b.
    In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

    divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

    Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

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  • 13 Druias

    Drŭĭdes, um ( Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.—Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m., the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.—Hence,
    II.
    Drŭïas, ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.—Called also Drŭis, ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.

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  • 14 Druidae

    Drŭĭdes, um ( Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.—Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m., the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.—Hence,
    II.
    Drŭïas, ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.—Called also Drŭis, ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.

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  • 15 Druides

    Drŭĭdes, um ( Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.—Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m., the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.—Hence,
    II.
    Drŭïas, ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.—Called also Drŭis, ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.

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  • 16 Druis

    Drŭĭdes, um ( Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.—Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m., the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.—Hence,
    II.
    Drŭïas, ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.—Called also Drŭis, ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.

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  • 17 fatiloquus

    fātĭlŏquus, a, um, adj. [fatum-loquor], declaring fate, prophesying, prophetic; hence, as subst., a prophet, a prophetess (very rare):

    Carmenta mater,

    Liv. 1, 7, 8:

    Cretensis Epimenides,

    App. Flor. p. 352.

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  • 18 hariolus

    hărĭŏlus ( ar-), i, m., and harĭŏla, ae, f. [Sanscr. hira, entrails; Gr. chordê, cholades; cf. haruspex], a soothsayer, prophet, prophetess (= augur, auspex, haruspex, extispex).
    (α).
    Masc.:

    hariolos, haruspices Mitte omnes: quae futura et quae facta, eloquar,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 2; cf.:

    ut haruspices, augures, harioli, vates et conjectores nobis essent colendi,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55; Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 4; id. Men. prol. 76; id. Poen. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27; Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; Phaedr. 3, 3, 6 et saep.—
    (β).
    Fem., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99; id. Rud. 4, 4, 95 sq.

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  • 19 infelix

    in-fēlix, īcis, adj., unfruitful, not fertile:

    vulgus infelicem arborem eam appellat, quoniam nihil ferat, nec seratur unquam,

    Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; hence, of the gallows, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    tellus frugibus,

    Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314:

    lolium,

    id. E. 5, 37.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable (class.):

    crux infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

    homo miserrimus atque infelicissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    patria,

    Verg. A. 9, 786:

    fama,

    id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.:

    animi Phoenissa,

    Verg. A. 4, 529:

    fidei,

    Sil. 12, 432:

    ausi,

    id. 9, 627.— Comp.:

    infelicior domi quam militiae,

    Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.:

    femina,

    Quint. 8, 5, 21. —
    B.
    Act., causing misfortune or calamity, unlucky, calamitous:

    infelix rei publicae,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

    terra fingenti Prometheo,

    Prop. 3, 5, 7:

    thalamus,

    Verg. A. 6, 521:

    balteus,

    id. ib. 12, 941:

    vates,

    prophetess of ill, id. ib. 3, 246:

    erga plebem studium,

    Liv. 3, 56, 9:

    opera,

    Quint. 10, 1, 7:

    sollicitudo,

    id. 12, 10, 77:

    paupertas,

    Juv. 3, 152 al. — Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, unhappily, unfortunately:

    fit mihi obviam infeliciter,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36:

    tentata res,

    Liv. 1, 45, 3:

    totiens temptata arma,

    id. 2, 35, 8.— Comp.:

    infelicius,

    Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.

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  • 20 Maenades

    Maenădes, um, f., = Mainades [Gr. mainomai, to be inspired, rave], the priestesses of Bacchus, Bacchantes:

    hederigerae,

    Cat. 63, 23; 69:

    Threïciae,

    Ov. F. 4, 458:

    Ausoniae,

    the Italian Bacchantes, id. ib. 6, 504.—In sing.: Maenas, ădis, f., a Bacchante, Prop. 3, 6 (4, 7), 14; Sil. 3, 102; Pers. 1, 105.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Maenades Priapi, priestesses or worshippers of Priapus, matrons who made invocations to Priapus in the temples of the Bona Dea, Juv. 6, 315. —
    B.
    In sing.: Maenas, ădis, f., an inspired prophetess; of Cassandra, Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 12, 62); Sen. Agam. 718.

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