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1 crista
crest, plume / rooster's comb -
2 crista
crista ae, f [2 CEL-], a tuft, comb, crest, Iu.— Of a lapwing, O.: anguis cristis praesignis, a golden crest, O.: cristis aureus deus, O.: illi surgunt cristae, he carries his head high, Iu.—Of a helmet, a crest, plume, L.: equina, V.* * *crest/comb (bird/beast); plume (helmet); plant yellow-rattle; clitoris (L+S) -
3 Crista
1.crista, ae, f. [cf. cer- in cerebrum, pro-ceres, = cel- in excello].I.Prop., a tuft on the head of animals; most freq. of the comb of a cock, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4 and 5; Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156; Juv. 13, 233 al.;II.of a lapwing,
Ov. M. 6, 672; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86;of a serpent,
Ov. M. 7, 150; 15, 669; Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—Prov.: illi surgunt cristae, his crest rises, he carries his head high, i. e. he is conceited, Juv. 4, 70.—Transf.A.A tuft of leaves on plants:B.foliorum,
Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86: crista galli or absol. crista, the name of a plant, = alectoros lophos, the cock's comb, id. 27, 5, 23, § 40.—The crest of a helmet, plume, Lucr. 2, 633; Liv. 10, 39, 12; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Verg. A. 3, 468; 6, 779 et saep.—* C.The clitoris, Juv. 6, 422.2.Crista, ae, m., a Roman surname, Liv. 24, 40, 8. -
4 crista
1.crista, ae, f. [cf. cer- in cerebrum, pro-ceres, = cel- in excello].I.Prop., a tuft on the head of animals; most freq. of the comb of a cock, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4 and 5; Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156; Juv. 13, 233 al.;II.of a lapwing,
Ov. M. 6, 672; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86;of a serpent,
Ov. M. 7, 150; 15, 669; Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—Prov.: illi surgunt cristae, his crest rises, he carries his head high, i. e. he is conceited, Juv. 4, 70.—Transf.A.A tuft of leaves on plants:B.foliorum,
Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86: crista galli or absol. crista, the name of a plant, = alectoros lophos, the cock's comb, id. 27, 5, 23, § 40.—The crest of a helmet, plume, Lucr. 2, 633; Liv. 10, 39, 12; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Verg. A. 3, 468; 6, 779 et saep.—* C.The clitoris, Juv. 6, 422.2.Crista, ae, m., a Roman surname, Liv. 24, 40, 8. -
5 Juba
1.jŭba, ae, f., the flowing hair on the neck of an animal, the mane.I.Lit.:B.equi,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: huic equus ille jubam quatiens, Cic. N. D. poet. 2, 43, 111:equorum jubae,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142:luduntque jubae per colla, per armos,
Verg. A. 11, 497.—Transf., the hair of the head, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; the hairy neck of dogs, Val. Fl. 6, 111; the crest of serpents, id. 8, 88; the crest of a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785; the comb or tuft of feathers on the head of cocks and other birds, Col. 8, 2, 10; the tail of a comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89; the foliage of trees, id. 6, 22, 24, § 87:* II.mullorum,
the beards, Juv. 6, 40.—Trop., of the historic style of writing:2.hanc (orationem) saepius ossa, musculi, nervi: illam (historiam) tori quidam, et quasi jubae decent,
Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.Jŭba, ae, m., the name of two Numidian-kings.I.Juba I., king of Numidia and a part of Mauretania, who joined the party of Pompey, gained a victory over Cæsar's legate Curio, and put an end to his own life after the battle of Thapsus, Hor. C. 1, 22, 15; Caes. B. C. 2, 25; Suet. Caes. 66; Auct. B. Afr. 25 and 43.—II.Juba II., the son of the former, who, after his father's death, was brought by Cæsar to Rome, where he received a liberal education, and won himself great reputation by his historical works and works on the history of art. He married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra, and was afterwards reinstated in his paternal kingdom, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 6, 27, 31, § 139; Tac. A. 4, 5; 23; Suet. Calig. 26. -
6 juba
1.jŭba, ae, f., the flowing hair on the neck of an animal, the mane.I.Lit.:B.equi,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: huic equus ille jubam quatiens, Cic. N. D. poet. 2, 43, 111:equorum jubae,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142:luduntque jubae per colla, per armos,
Verg. A. 11, 497.—Transf., the hair of the head, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; the hairy neck of dogs, Val. Fl. 6, 111; the crest of serpents, id. 8, 88; the crest of a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785; the comb or tuft of feathers on the head of cocks and other birds, Col. 8, 2, 10; the tail of a comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89; the foliage of trees, id. 6, 22, 24, § 87:* II.mullorum,
the beards, Juv. 6, 40.—Trop., of the historic style of writing:2.hanc (orationem) saepius ossa, musculi, nervi: illam (historiam) tori quidam, et quasi jubae decent,
Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.Jŭba, ae, m., the name of two Numidian-kings.I.Juba I., king of Numidia and a part of Mauretania, who joined the party of Pompey, gained a victory over Cæsar's legate Curio, and put an end to his own life after the battle of Thapsus, Hor. C. 1, 22, 15; Caes. B. C. 2, 25; Suet. Caes. 66; Auct. B. Afr. 25 and 43.—II.Juba II., the son of the former, who, after his father's death, was brought by Cæsar to Rome, where he received a liberal education, and won himself great reputation by his historical works and works on the history of art. He married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra, and was afterwards reinstated in his paternal kingdom, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 6, 27, 31, § 139; Tac. A. 4, 5; 23; Suet. Calig. 26. -
7 cornū
cornū ūs (acc. cornum, T., O.), n (once m, C.) [1 CAR-], a horn, antler: (animantes) cornibus armatae: tauri, O.: cornu ferit (caper), V.: luctantur cornibus haedi, V.—As a vessel: bilibre, H.—As a funnel: inserto latices infundere cornu, V.—With copia, the horn of plenty (an emblem of abundance): beata pleno Copia cornu, H.: dives meo Bona Copia cornu, O.—A horny substance, horn (poet.): solido sonat ungula cornu, V.: ora cornu indurata rigent, i. e. by the growth of horny bills, O.—A projection, protuberance, horn, point, end: flexum a cornibus arcum Tendit, i. e. from tip to tip, O.: Cornua antemnarum, tips, V.: cornua cristae, the cone (supporting the crest), V.: galeae, L.: per novem cornua lunae, months, O.: septem digestus in cornua Nilus, branches, O.: inclusam cornibus aequor, capes, O.: in cornu sedere, at the end (of the tribunal), L.—Of an army, the wing, extremity, side: dextrum, sinistrum, Cs.: equitatum in cornibus locat, S. — A bow: Parthum, V.—A bugle-horn, horn, trumpet: misit cornua, tubas: Aerea cornua, V.: Berecyntium, H.— The sides of the lyre (orig. two horns holding the strings), C.—In a constellation, The Horn: Tauri, O.: Aries cum cornibus. — Fig., a salient point, chief argument: cornua commovere disputationis. —The wing, flank: qui quasi cornua duo tenuerunt Caesaris, i. e. were his main dependence.—Power, courage, strength, might: addis cornua pauperi, H.* * *horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top -
8 iuba
iuba ae, f [DIV-], a mane, flowing hair on the neck: equus ille iubam quatiens, C. poët.: iubae equorum, Cs.: luduntque iubae, etc., V.: equinae, O.— A crest: triplici crinita iubā galea, V.: iubas Divini adsimulat capitis, i. e. the helmet, V.— A beard: mullorum, Iu. -
9 myrmillō
myrmillō ōnis, m a gladiator, with Gallic arms and a mormyr on the crest, C., Iu.* * *gladiator who wore Gallic armor and fish-topped helmet; (usu. fought retiarius) -
10 pinnirapus
pinnirapus ī, m [1 pinna+RAP-], a crestsnatcher, gladiator (who strove to snatch the adversary's crest as a trophy), Iu.* * *crestsnatcher, i.e. a kind of gladiator -
11 juba
mane of a horse; crest (of a helmet) -
12 jubatus
iubata, iubatum ADJhaving mane, crest -
13 iugum
I.crossbar, beam of scales / crest, ridge.II.yoke / a team of oxen, a pair / bond, union / slavery -
14 promontorium
peak, mountain crest, ridge, promontory. -
15 apex
ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,I.Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,II.Transf.A.(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:B.QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,
Liv. 6, 41:apex e capite prolapsus,
Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—Any hat or helmet, a crown:C.ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,
Cic. Leg. 1, 1:regum apices,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:ardet apex capiti,
Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—A projecting point or summit.1.Lit., of trees:2.lauri,
Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:sublimis,
Juv. 12, 72:montis apex,
Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:D.apex est senectutis auctoritas,
Cic. Sen. 17, 60:hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;2.Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,
Arn. 3 init. —The forms or outlines of the letters:E.litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),A letter or any other writing:F.apicum oblator,
Sid. Ep. 6, 8:Augusti apices,
i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,
Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17. -
16 cirrus
cirrus, i, m. (used mostly in plur.), a (natural) lock, curl, ringlet, or tuft of hair (rare): cirri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 21; Mart. 10, 83.— Sing.:II.cirrus,
Juv. 13, 165.—Also, the hair on the forehead of a horse, Veg. 2, 28, 34; 6, 2, 1.—Transf.A.A tuft of feathers or crest of birds, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—B.The arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83; 25, 7, 33, § 70; 26, 8, 37, § 58.—C.Filaments of plants similar to tufts of hair, Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; 27, 4, 9, § 25.—D.A fringe upon a tunic, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13; cf. cirratus, II. -
17 coma
cŏma, ae, f., = komê, the hair of the head (hence barba comaeque, Ov. M. 7, 288), considered as an ornament for the head: comae dicuntur capilli cum aliquā curā compositi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63, 13 Müll. (class., esp. in poetry and post-Aug. prose; very rare in Cic.).—With adj.:b.unguentis effluens calamistrata coma,
Cic. Sest. 8, 18:madens,
id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fulva, xanthê, Prop. 2, 2, 5:flava,
Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; Tib. 1, 5, 44:myrtea,
id. 3, 4, 28:longa,
Hor. Epod. 11, 28:nitidae,
Prop. 3 (4), 10, 14; cf.: spissā te nitidum. Hor. C. 3, 19, 25:odorata,
Ov. A. A. 2, 734; cf.ambrosiae,
Verg. A. 1, 403:cana,
Tib. 1, 6, 86:virides Nereidum,
Hor. C. 3, 28, 10:regia (of Berenice),
Cat. 66, 93:ventis horrida facta,
Tib. 1, 9, 14; cf.:dare diffundere ventis,
Verg. A. 1, 319. —With verb:deciderint comae,
Hor. C. 4, 10, 3: ne comae turbarentur, quas componi post paulum vetuit. Quint. 11, 3, 148:componere,
Ov. H. 12, 156:comere,
id. ib. 21, 88; cf.:inustas comere acu,
Quint. 2, 5, 12: [p. 373] pectere, Ov. H. 13, 39:in gradus frangere,
Quint. 1, 6, 44; cf.:formare in gradum,
Suet. Ner. 51:longam renodare,
Hor. Epod. 11, 28; cf. id. C. 2, 11, 24:positu variare,
Ov. M. 2, 412; cf.ponere,
id. F. 1, 406:componere,
id. R. Am. 679:rutilare et summittere (after the manner of the Germans),
Suet. Calig. 47:sertis implicare,
Tib. 3, 6, 64:Delphicā lauro cingere,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.in a Gr. constr.: fronde comas vincti,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: scindens dolore intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62 (transl. of Hom. Il. 10, 15).—So of Venus lamenting Adonis:effusā isse comā,
Prop. 2 (3), 13, 56;and in a Gr. constr.: scissa comam,
Verg. A. 9, 478; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52; id. H. 12, 63; id. M. 4, 139; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110.—Of animals, of the golden fleece: agnus aureā clarus comā, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 211 Rib.); cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 736.— The mane of lions, Gell. 5, 14, 9;* c.of the horse,
Pall. 4, 13, 2.—The crest of a helmet, Stat. Th. 8, 389.—II.Transf., of objects resembling the hair in appearance or in ornamental effect; most freq. acc. to a trope common in most languages, of leaves, grass, etc., foliage, ears, grass, and stalks of trees, etc., Cat. 4, 12; Tib. 1, 4, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 16, 28; Hor. C. 1, 21, 5; 4, 3, 11; 4, 7, 2; Tib. 2, 1, 48; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 14; Ov. Am 3, 10, 12; id. F 4, 438; Verg. G. 4, 137; Col. 10, 277, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30; 18, 7, 10, § 53; 19, 6, 32, § 102.—b.The wool or hair upon parchment, Tib. 3, 1, 10.— Poet., of the rays of light, Cat. 61, 78; 61, 99; Sen. Oedip. 311; id. Herc. Oet. 727. -
18 cornu
cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:I.nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,
Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,
id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;B. 1.of a bullock,
Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;also of the constellation Taurus,
Ov. M. 2, 80;of the ram,
id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;of the he-goat,
Verg. E. 9, 25;of kids,
id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—That which is similar to horn in substance.a.A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—b.Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—c.The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—d.A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,2.That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.a.The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:b.cornu Indicum,
Mart. 1, 73, 4.—The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—c.The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—d.The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—e.The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—f.The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:g.cornua cristae,
Verg. A. 12, 89:alterum cornu galeae,
Liv. 27, 33, 2.—The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —h.The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—i.The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —k. 1.The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—m.The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—* (β).Transf.:n.cornua disputationis tuae commovere,
i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —o.The stiff hair of the Germans:3.quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?
Juv. 13, 165.—Of objects made of horn.a.A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—b.A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—c.The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—d.A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—e.An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—f.A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—II.Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,
Ov. Am. 3, 11,:tunc pauper cornua sumit,
gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra. -
19 Cornucopia
cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:I.nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,
Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,
id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;B. 1.of a bullock,
Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;also of the constellation Taurus,
Ov. M. 2, 80;of the ram,
id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;of the he-goat,
Verg. E. 9, 25;of kids,
id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—That which is similar to horn in substance.a.A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—b.Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—c.The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—d.A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,2.That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.a.The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:b.cornu Indicum,
Mart. 1, 73, 4.—The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—c.The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—d.The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—e.The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—f.The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:g.cornua cristae,
Verg. A. 12, 89:alterum cornu galeae,
Liv. 27, 33, 2.—The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —h.The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—i.The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —k. 1.The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—m.The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—* (β).Transf.:n.cornua disputationis tuae commovere,
i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —o.The stiff hair of the Germans:3.quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?
Juv. 13, 165.—Of objects made of horn.a.A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—b.A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—c.The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—d.A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—e.An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—f.A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—II.Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,
Ov. Am. 3, 11,:tunc pauper cornua sumit,
gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra. -
20 cristatus
I.Lit.:II.ales,
Ov. F. 1, 455; cf.:cristati oris ales,
id. M. 11, 597:aves, i. e. galli,
Mart. 14, 223:draco,
Ov. M. 4, 599; Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35.—Transf., crested, plumed:cassis pennis,
Ov. M. 8, 25:galeae,
Liv. 9, 40, 3:jubar,
Stat. Th. 3, 223:Achilles,
Verg. A. 1, 468.
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