built

băsĭlĭcus, a, um, adj., = basilikos, kingly, royal, princely, splendid, magnificent, = regalis (in this sense perh. only ante-class.).

Adj.

In gen.. basilicas edictiones atque imperiosas habet, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 31, id. Rud. 2, 4, 18:

facinora,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 23 victus, id. Pers. 1, 1, 32:

status,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 43.—

Esp.

Basilica vitis, a kind of vine among the Dyrrhachians, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30, Col. 3, 2, 19; 3, 2, 28; 3, 7, 1, 3, 9, 1, 3, 21, 3' uva, Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 22.—

Basilica nux, Macr S. 2, 14, 7.—

Subst.

băsĭlĭcus, i, m. (sc. jactus), = Venereus, the king ' s throw, the best throw of dice (v. alea), Plant. Curc. 2, 3, 80.—

Esp. freq., băsĭlĭca, ae, f., = basilikê (sc. oikia s. stoa), a public building in the forum with double colonnades, which was used both for judicial tribunals and as an exchange, a basilica, portico (cf. regia, in the year of Rome 542 there were no such porticos there, Liv 26, 27, 3, the first known was built by Cato in the year 568, and called Basilica Porcia, id. 39, 44, 7 Drak., Aur. Vir. Ill. 47; the most considerable basilicae in the Aug. age were the Porcia, Opimia, and Julia; the latter, built by Julius Cæsar in the third year of his dictatorship, was the chief seat of judicial proceedings; v Vitr 5, 1;

O Müll. Archaeol. § 291, cf. with § 180, Dict of Antiq.) forum plenum et basilicas isto rum hominum videmus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152, 2, 4, 3, § 6, id. Mur. 34, 70, id. Att. 2, 14, 2, 4, 16, 14 Julia, Plin. Ep 5, 21, 1; Quint. 12, 5, 6; Suet. Calig. 37, so, Aemilia, Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13 Pauli, id. 36, 15, 24, § 102, Tac. A. 3, 72, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14. porti cus Caii et Lucil, Suet. Aug 29. completis undique basilicis ac templis, Tac. H 1, 40. —Pure Lat. regia, Suet. Aug. 31 fin., Stat. S. 1, 1, 30; v regius.—In the fourth centu ry churches were first built in the style of basilicas (cf Müll. Archaeol. § 194).— Hence, late Lat., basilica, a metropolitan church, a cathedral, a basilica. Sulp Sev H. Sacra, 2, 33 and 38.—

băsĭlĭcum, i, n.

A princely robe, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48. —

In the Gr form băsĭlĭcŏn, i, n., = basilikon, a black plaster, Scrib. Comp. 210, also called, 238, băsĭlĭcē, ēs.—

The best kind of nuts, Phn. 15, 22, 24. § 87; cf. I. B. 2. supra.—Hence, adv.: băsĭlĭcē, royally, etc.: exornatus basilice, in princely, mao [p. 224] nificent style, Pers. 4, 2, 1; 1, 1, 29; 5, 2, 25. —Of severe pain: ut ego interii basilice! how wholly, completely, etc., Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 54.

băsĭlĭcus, a, um, adj., = basilikos, kingly, royal, princely, splendid, magnificent, = regalis (in this sense perh. only ante-class.).

Adj.

In gen.. basilicas edictiones atque imperiosas habet, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 31, id. Rud. 2, 4, 18:

facinora,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 23 victus, id. Pers. 1, 1, 32:

status,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 43.—

Esp.

Basilica vitis, a kind of vine among the Dyrrhachians, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30, Col. 3, 2, 19; 3, 2, 28; 3, 7, 1, 3, 9, 1, 3, 21, 3' uva, Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 22.—

Basilica nux, Macr S. 2, 14, 7.—

Subst.

băsĭlĭcus, i, m. (sc. jactus), = Venereus, the king ' s throw, the best throw of dice (v. alea), Plant. Curc. 2, 3, 80.—

Esp. freq., băsĭlĭca, ae, f., = basilikê (sc. oikia s. stoa), a public building in the forum with double colonnades, which was used both for judicial tribunals and as an exchange, a basilica, portico (cf. regia, in the year of Rome 542 there were no such porticos there, Liv 26, 27, 3, the first known was built by Cato in the year 568, and called Basilica Porcia, id. 39, 44, 7 Drak., Aur. Vir. Ill. 47; the most considerable basilicae in the Aug. age were the Porcia, Opimia, and Julia; the latter, built by Julius Cæsar in the third year of his dictatorship, was the chief seat of judicial proceedings; v Vitr 5, 1;

O Müll. Archaeol. § 291, cf. with § 180, Dict of Antiq.) forum plenum et basilicas isto rum hominum videmus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152, 2, 4, 3, § 6, id. Mur. 34, 70, id. Att. 2, 14, 2, 4, 16, 14 Julia, Plin. Ep 5, 21, 1; Quint. 12, 5, 6; Suet. Calig. 37, so, Aemilia, Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13 Pauli, id. 36, 15, 24, § 102, Tac. A. 3, 72, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14. porti cus Caii et Lucil, Suet. Aug 29. completis undique basilicis ac templis, Tac. H 1, 40. —Pure Lat. regia, Suet. Aug. 31 fin., Stat. S. 1, 1, 30; v regius.—In the fourth centu ry churches were first built in the style of basilicas (cf Müll. Archaeol. § 194).— Hence, late Lat., basilica, a metropolitan church, a cathedral, a basilica. Sulp Sev H. Sacra, 2, 33 and 38.—

băsĭlĭcum, i, n.

A princely robe, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48. —

In the Gr form băsĭlĭcŏn, i, n., = basilikon, a black plaster, Scrib. Comp. 210, also called, 238, băsĭlĭcē, ēs.—

The best kind of nuts, Phn. 15, 22, 24. § 87; cf. I. B. 2. supra.—Hence, adv.: băsĭlĭcē, royally, etc.: exornatus basilice, in princely, mao [p. 224] nificent style, Pers. 4, 2, 1; 1, 1, 29; 5, 2, 25. —Of severe pain: ut ego interii basilice! how wholly, completely, etc., Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 54.

cūrĭa, ae, f. [kindr. with Quiris, Quirites; cf. the letter C], a curia or court, one of the thirty parts into which Romulus divided the Roman people, ten for each of the three tribes; each curia contained ten gentes, Varr. ap. Dion. Hal. 2, 83; Liv. 1, 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2, 12; Dig. 1, 2, 2; Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 1 Müll.—

Meton.

A structure built for the religious services of a curia (sometimes also serving for other purposes), Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Fest. p. 174, 6 ib.: veteres, on the east side of the Palatine Hill, Varr. l. l. ib.; Tac. A. 12, 24;

called curia prisca,

Ov. F. 3, 140; Fest. l. l.: Novae, id. l. l.—

Hence, dies curiae, a festival day, Cic. de Or. 1, 7. 27.—Hence,

One of the edifices in which the Senate held its consultations.

Commonly kat exochên, the Curia Hostilia built by Tullus Hostilius (in reference to the later Curia Julia and Pompeiana, v. infra), the Curia, Senate-house, Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Liv. 1, 30, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 22; Varr. L. L. 6, § 46; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 57, 5; Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31; id. Cat. 4, 1, 2; id. Fl. 24, 57; id. Mil. 33, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 47; Ov. M. 15, 802. —

Curia Julia, the Senate-house begun by Julius Cæsar, finished by the triumvirs, and used by the Senate after the burning of the Curia Hostilia, Suet. Calig. 60.—

Curia Pompeji or Pompeja, the Senate-house built by Pompey, finally closed after the assassination of Julius Cæsar in it, Cic. Div. 2, 9, 23; Suet. Caes. 80 sq. et saep.—Hence, trop., as emblem of law:

stante urbe et curiā,

Cic. Planc. 29, 71:

pro curia inversique mores,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 7;

of the senatorial rank: curia pauperibus clausa est,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 55.—

Of the places of assembly of high councils out of Rome, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50; Liv. 24, 24, 4; Ov. M. 13, 197; Juv. 9, 101.—

The assembly of the Senate, the Senate (cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167):

a curiā nulla me res divellet,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 3:

aliquem in curiam introducere,

Liv. 22, 1, 14; 2, 23, 11 sq.; 2, 24, 3; Suet. Caes. 22; id. Aug. 38; Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—

Curia Calabra, so called from the proclamation of the dates which was there made; v. Calabra.—

Curia Saliorum, the official building of the Salii on the Palatine Hill, consecrated to Mars, in which the sacred lituus was kept, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30.

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circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].

A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

circus lacteus,

the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—

Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

Circus Magnus,

Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

hence, Circus fallax,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

Circus clamosus,

Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

called only Circus,

Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—

Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

ludicrum, the same,

Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

committere,

id. Claud. 21:

spectare,

id. Aug. 45:

Circensium die,

id. Dom. 4:

plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

id. Tib. 26.—

Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—

Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].

A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

circus lacteus,

the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—

Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

Circus Magnus,

Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

hence, Circus fallax,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

Circus clamosus,

Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

called only Circus,

Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—

Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

ludicrum, the same,

Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

committere,

id. Claud. 21:

spectare,

id. Aug. 45:

Circensium die,

id. Dom. 4:

plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

id. Tib. 26.—

Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—

Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

Herculei,

Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

Quint. 6, 1, 36.—

Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!

Hercules and mehercules:

et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—

Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

et hercule ita fecit,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

et hercule,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

dicam me hercule,

id. ib. 1, 19:

non me hercule, inquit,

id. ib. 1, 38:

non mehercule,

Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

vere mehercule hoc dicam,

id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—

Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

tanto hercle melior,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

nescio hercle,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

perii hercle,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

non hercle,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

heu hercle,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

minime, minime hercle vero!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

minime hercle,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.

Derivv.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

labor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

coronae arbos,

i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

umbra populi,

id. A. 8, 276:

leo,

the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

Oete,

on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

hospes,

i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

ternox,

in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

hostis,

i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

gens,

i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

penates,

Sil. 7, 44:

sacrum,

instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

Trachin,

built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

urbs,

the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

litora,

near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

Tibur,

i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

astrum,

i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

also: metae,

Luc. 3, 278.—

Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

formicae,

Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

29: urtica,

id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

nodus,

Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

nymphaea,

App. Herb. 67:

sideritis,

id. ib. 72:

machaera,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

fabulae,

Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

Herculei,

Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

Quint. 6, 1, 36.—

Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!

Hercules and mehercules:

et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—

Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

et hercule ita fecit,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

et hercule,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

dicam me hercule,

id. ib. 1, 19:

non me hercule, inquit,

id. ib. 1, 38:

non mehercule,

Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

vere mehercule hoc dicam,

id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—

Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

tanto hercle melior,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

nescio hercle,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

perii hercle,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

non hercle,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

heu hercle,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

minime, minime hercle vero!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

minime hercle,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.

Derivv.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

labor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

coronae arbos,

i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

umbra populi,

id. A. 8, 276:

leo,

the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

Oete,

on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

hospes,

i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

ternox,

in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

hostis,

i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

gens,

i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

penates,

Sil. 7, 44:

sacrum,

instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

Trachin,

built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

urbs,

the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

litora,

near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

Tibur,

i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

astrum,

i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

also: metae,

Luc. 3, 278.—

Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

formicae,

Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

29: urtica,

id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

nodus,

Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

nymphaea,

App. Herb. 67:

sideritis,

id. ib. 72:

machaera,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

fabulae,

Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

Herculei,

Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

Quint. 6, 1, 36.—

Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!

Hercules and mehercules:

et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—

Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

et hercule ita fecit,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

et hercule,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

dicam me hercule,

id. ib. 1, 19:

non me hercule, inquit,

id. ib. 1, 38:

non mehercule,

Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

vere mehercule hoc dicam,

id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—

Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

tanto hercle melior,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

nescio hercle,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

perii hercle,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

non hercle,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

heu hercle,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

minime, minime hercle vero!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

minime hercle,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.

Derivv.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

labor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

coronae arbos,

i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

umbra populi,

id. A. 8, 276:

leo,

the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

Oete,

on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

hospes,

i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

ternox,

in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

hostis,

i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

gens,

i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

penates,

Sil. 7, 44:

sacrum,

instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

Trachin,

built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

urbs,

the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

litora,

near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

Tibur,

i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

astrum,

i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

also: metae,

Luc. 3, 278.—

Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

formicae,

Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

29: urtica,

id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

nodus,

Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

nymphaea,

App. Herb. 67:

sideritis,

id. ib. 72:

machaera,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

fabulae,

Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

lăbyrinthus, i, m., = laburinthos, a labyrinth, a building with many winding passages; e. g. that built by Psammetichus on Lake Mœris, in Middle Egypt, and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; but esp. that built by Dædalus, near Gnossus, in Crete, id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.—

Trop., a maze, tangle, bewildering intricacy:

inextricabilis negotii,

Sid. Ep. 2, 5.—

Hence,

lăbyrinthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a labyrinth, labyrinthine:

flexus,

Cat. 64, 114.—

lăbyrinthĭcus, a, um, adj., of a labyrinth, labyrinthine, intricate:

viae,

Sid. Ep. 9, 13:

quaestionum insolubilitas,

id. ib. 11, 4.

lăbyrinthus, i, m., = laburinthos, a labyrinth, a building with many winding passages; e. g. that built by Psammetichus on Lake Mœris, in Middle Egypt, and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; but esp. that built by Dædalus, near Gnossus, in Crete, id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.—

Trop., a maze, tangle, bewildering intricacy:

inextricabilis negotii,

Sid. Ep. 2, 5.—

Hence,

lăbyrinthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a labyrinth, labyrinthine:

flexus,

Cat. 64, 114.—

lăbyrinthĭcus, a, um, adj., of a labyrinth, labyrinthine, intricate:

viae,

Sid. Ep. 9, 13:

quaestionum insolubilitas,

id. ib. 11, 4.

lăbyrinthus, i, m., = laburinthos, a labyrinth, a building with many winding passages; e. g. that built by Psammetichus on Lake Mœris, in Middle Egypt, and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; but esp. that built by Dædalus, near Gnossus, in Crete, id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.—

Trop., a maze, tangle, bewildering intricacy:

inextricabilis negotii,

Sid. Ep. 2, 5.—

Hence,

lăbyrinthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a labyrinth, labyrinthine:

flexus,

Cat. 64, 114.—

lăbyrinthĭcus, a, um, adj., of a labyrinth, labyrinthine, intricate:

viae,

Sid. Ep. 9, 13:

quaestionum insolubilitas,

id. ib. 11, 4.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

Herculei,

Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

Quint. 6, 1, 36.—

Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!

Hercules and mehercules:

et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—

Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

et hercule ita fecit,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

et hercule,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

dicam me hercule,

id. ib. 1, 19:

non me hercule, inquit,

id. ib. 1, 38:

non mehercule,

Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

vere mehercule hoc dicam,

id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—

Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

tanto hercle melior,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

nescio hercle,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

perii hercle,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

non hercle,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

heu hercle,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

minime, minime hercle vero!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

minime hercle,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.

Derivv.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

labor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

coronae arbos,

i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

umbra populi,

id. A. 8, 276:

leo,

the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

Oete,

on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

hospes,

i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

ternox,

in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

hostis,

i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

gens,

i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

penates,

Sil. 7, 44:

sacrum,

instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

Trachin,

built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

urbs,

the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

litora,

near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

Tibur,

i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

astrum,

i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

also: metae,

Luc. 3, 278.—

Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

formicae,

Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

29: urtica,

id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

nodus,

Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

nymphaea,

App. Herb. 67:

sideritis,

id. ib. 72:

machaera,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

fabulae,

Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

Herculei,

Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

Quint. 6, 1, 36.—

Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!

Hercules and mehercules:

et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—

Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

et hercule ita fecit,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

et hercule,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

dicam me hercule,

id. ib. 1, 19:

non me hercule, inquit,

id. ib. 1, 38:

non mehercule,

Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

vere mehercule hoc dicam,

id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—

Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

tanto hercle melior,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

nescio hercle,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

perii hercle,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

non hercle,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

heu hercle,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

minime, minime hercle vero!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

minime hercle,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.

Derivv.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

labor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

coronae arbos,

i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

umbra populi,

id. A. 8, 276:

leo,

the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

Oete,

on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

hospes,

i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

ternox,

in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

hostis,

i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

gens,

i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

penates,

Sil. 7, 44:

sacrum,

instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

Trachin,

built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

urbs,

the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

litora,

near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

Tibur,

i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

astrum,

i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

also: metae,

Luc. 3, 278.—

Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

formicae,

Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

29: urtica,

id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

nodus,

Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

nymphaea,

App. Herb. 67:

sideritis,

id. ib. 72:

machaera,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

fabulae,

Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

Herculei,

Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

Quint. 6, 1, 36.—

Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!

Hercules and mehercules:

et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—

Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

et hercule ita fecit,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

et hercule,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

dicam me hercule,

id. ib. 1, 19:

non me hercule, inquit,

id. ib. 1, 38:

non mehercule,

Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

vere mehercule hoc dicam,

id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—

Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

tanto hercle melior,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

nescio hercle,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

perii hercle,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

non hercle,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

heu hercle,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

minime, minime hercle vero!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

minime hercle,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.

Derivv.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

labor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

coronae arbos,

i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

umbra populi,

id. A. 8, 276:

leo,

the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

Oete,

on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

hospes,

i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

ternox,

in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

hostis,

i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

gens,

i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

penates,

Sil. 7, 44:

sacrum,

instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

Trachin,

built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

urbs,

the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

litora,

near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

Tibur,

i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

astrum,

i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

also: metae,

Luc. 3, 278.—

Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

formicae,

Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

29: urtica,

id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

nodus,

Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

nymphaea,

App. Herb. 67:

sideritis,

id. ib. 72:

machaera,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

fabulae,

Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

mŏnŭmentum ( mŏnĭm-), i, n. [moneo), that which preserves the remembrance of any thing, a memorial, a monument; esp. of buildings, statues, galleries, tombs erected to perpetuate the remembrance of a person or thing; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.

Lit. (class.):

statuam dare auream Solidam faciundam, quae siet factis monumentum suis,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

monimenti causā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146:

monumento ut esset,

Liv. 8, 11, 16:

vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

Marcelli et Africani,

id. ib. 2, 1, 4, §

11: in Mamertino solo foederato atque pacato monumentum istius, crudelitatis constitutum est,

id. ib. 2, 4, 11, § 26: ego, quae monumenti ratio sit, nomine ipso admoneor, ad memoriam magis spectare debet posteritatis, quam ad praesentis temporis gratiam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 32, 18:

placet mihi, legionis Martiae militibus monumentum fieri quam amplissimum,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 41; plur. excellent:

quod in monumentis majorum suorum sit interfectus (Clodius),

i. e. on the Via Appia, Cic. Mil. 7, 17; Tac. A. 4, 7:

pecunias monumentaque, quae ex fano Herculis collata erant,

memorials, votive offerings, images, Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

monimenta, quae in sepulcris: et ideo secundum viam, quo praetereuntes admoneant, et se fuisse, et illos esse mortales,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 45 Müll.:

regis,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 15:

Marii,

the temple built by him, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59;

of the temple of Castor,

id. Verr. 1, 50, 13:

senatūs,

the house of Cicero, built by order of the Senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—

In partic.

A sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb (syn.: sepulcrum, tumulus; class.): marmoreum, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12:

sepulcri,

Nep. Dion. 10;

and without sepulcri: sepultus est in monumento avunculi sui,

family tomb, sepulchre, Nep. Att. 22, 4.—

Of written works, monuments, or records:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 1: monumenta rerum gestarum, books of history, chronicles, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 201:

annalium,

the monuments of history, id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

commendare aliquid monumentis,

memoirs, id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

liber monumenti,

Vulg. Mal. 3, 16.—

Transf., a remembrancer, a mark, token, or means of recognition, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 16:

vos monimentis commonefaciam bubulis,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 6.—

Trop.:

at illa laus est, magno in genere... liberos hominem educare, generi monumentum et sibi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 110:

monumentum laudis,

a memorial, Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

clementiae,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

furtorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

amoris,

Verg. A. 5, 538.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.