belonging to Circe

Aeaeus, a, um, adj., = Aiaios.

Belonging to Æa, in Colchis, Colchian:

Circe, since Circe is said to have been earlier in Colchis,

Verg. A. 3, 386; Ov. M. 4, 205.— Hence,

Transf., belonging to Circe:

artes,

magic arts, such as Circe practised, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 10:

carmina,

magic words, charms, spells, id. ib. 1, 8, 5.—

Aeaea puella, Calypso, because she had her residence in Aeaea, Prop. 4, 11, 31.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

Persa, ae, m., v. Persae.

Persa, ae, f., = Persê, daughter of Oceanus, mother of Circe, Perses (the father of Hecate), Æetes, and Pasiphăe, by the Sungod, Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.;

also called Perseis,

Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.—Hence,

Per-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Persa, Persean:

Perseia Hecate,

Val. Fl. 6, 495:

proles,

i. e. Æetes, id. 5, 582.—

Persēĭs, ĭdis, f., the female descendant of Persa, Hecate, Stat. Th. 4, 481.— Adj.:

Perseides herbae,

i. e. magic herbs, Ov. R. Am. 263.—Perseis (sc. Musa), the title of a Latin poem, Ov. P. 4, 16, 25.

Persa, ae, f., the name of a little dog, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103.

Perses, ae, m., = Persês.

A Persian; v. Persae.—

Son of Perseus and Andromeda, the progenitor of the Persians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201.—

Son of Sol and Persa, brother of Æetes and Circe, Hyg. Fab. praef.—

The last king of Macedonia, who was conquered by Æmilius Paulus, Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; id. Agr. 2, 19, 50; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; 5, 40, 118; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 39. Called also, after the Gr. form, Perseus, Liv. 40, 57 sq.; 41, 23 sq.; 44, 32 sq.; Just. 32, 2 sq.; Luc. 9, 676.— Gen. Persi, Sall. ap. Charis. p. 52 P.; Tac. A. 4, 55.— Dat. Persi, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; Liv. 42, 25, 2 al.—

Hence, Persĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to King Perses, Persean:

bellum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107.

Scylla, ae, f., = Skulla.

A celebrated rock between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Charybdis:

Scylla saxum est, Charybdis mare, utrumque noxium appulsis,

Mel. 2, 7, 14; cf.:

in eo freto est scopulus Scylla item Charybdis mare vorticosum, ambo clara saevitia,

Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87;

whereas Seneca remarks: indices mihi omnia de Charybdi certiora. Nam Scyllam saxum esse et quidem non terribile navigantibus, optime scio: Charybdis an respondeat fabulis, perscribi mihi desidero,

Sen. Ep. 79, 1; Mel. 2, 4, 8; Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 28; Verg. A. 3, 420; Ov. M. 13, 730.—

Personified,

the daughter of Phorcys, transformed by Circe, through jealousy, into a sea-monster, with dogs about the haunches, Hyg. Fab. 199; Ov. M. 14, 52 sq.; Verg. A. 3, 424 sq.; Lucr. 4, 732; Tib. 3, 4, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; id. N. D. 1, 38, 108; cf. also II.—Hence, Scyllaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scylla, Scyllœan:

Scyllaei litoris undas,

Sil. 2, 334:

undae,

Luc. 2, 433:

antra,

Sil. 2, 306:

monstra,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 280:

rabies,

Verg. A. 1, 200.— Transf.: ne Scyllaeo illo aeris alieni in freto ad columnam adhaeresceret, Cic. Sest. 8, 18:

obloquiorum,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—

Daughter of Nisus of Megara, who, for love of Minos, cut off her father ' s hair, upon which his life depended, and was transformed in consequence into the bird Ciris, Hyg. Fab. 198; Ov. M. 8, 8 sq.; 8, 150 sq.; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.; Ov. Tr. 2, 393 al.—The poets (even Ovid) sometimes confound the two Scyllas, Lucr. 5, 893; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 39; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 21; id. F. 4, 500; id. R. Am. 737; Verg. E. 6, 74.—Hence, Scyllaeus, a, um, adj., Scyllœan ( poet.), = Megarean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 1, 333.