dē-vĭus

naevĭus, a, um, adj. [naevus], that has a mole on his body, Arn. 3, 108 dub. (al. naevinos).

Naevĭus, a [naevus; hence, prop., one born with a mole or birth-mark], name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated member of it is Cn. Naevius, a Roman epic and dramatic poet, born A. U. C. 480. He made the first Punic war, in which he had served, the subject of a poem, in which he so boldly satirized the nobility, especially the Metelli, that he was forced into exile at Utica, where he died, A. U. C. 550, Cic. Brut. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; Gell. 1, 24, 2; 17, 21, 45.—Hence,

Naevĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Nævius, Nœvian:

porta Naevia,

Liv. 2, 11; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 Müll.: Naevia silva dicta juxta Romam, quod Naevi cujusdam fuerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 168 ib.:

Naevia olea,

Col. 12, 48.—

Naevĭānus, a, um, adj., Nævian; i. e.,

Of or belonging to the poel Nævius:

Hector,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12:

scripta,

id. Brut. 15:

modi,

id. Leg. 2, 15.—

Of or belonging to ( another) Nævius:

pira,

Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Cels. 2, 24.

naevĭus, a, um, adj. [naevus], that has a mole on his body, Arn. 3, 108 dub. (al. naevinos).

Naevĭus, a [naevus; hence, prop., one born with a mole or birth-mark], name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated member of it is Cn. Naevius, a Roman epic and dramatic poet, born A. U. C. 480. He made the first Punic war, in which he had served, the subject of a poem, in which he so boldly satirized the nobility, especially the Metelli, that he was forced into exile at Utica, where he died, A. U. C. 550, Cic. Brut. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; Gell. 1, 24, 2; 17, 21, 45.—Hence,

Naevĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Nævius, Nœvian:

porta Naevia,

Liv. 2, 11; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 Müll.: Naevia silva dicta juxta Romam, quod Naevi cujusdam fuerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 168 ib.:

Naevia olea,

Col. 12, 48.—

Naevĭānus, a, um, adj., Nævian; i. e.,

Of or belonging to the poel Nævius:

Hector,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12:

scripta,

id. Brut. 15:

modi,

id. Leg. 2, 15.—

Of or belonging to ( another) Nævius:

pira,

Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Cels. 2, 24.

ā-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], that is out of the way, remote, out of the right way; also, untrodden, unfrequented, solitary, lonely, etc. (while devius signifies leading from the right way; and invius, having no way, pathless; in the poets and histt. freq.).

Lit.

Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8:

Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 926:

nemora avia,

id. 2, 145:

virgulta,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

montes,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

aviis itineribus,

through by-ways, Sall. J. 54, 9:

cujus (Caesaris) sibi species itinere avio occurrisset,

Suet. Aug. 96:

solitudines,

Vell. 2, 55:

avia commeatibus loca,

Liv. 9, 19, 16.—Also,

Subst.: āvĭum, ii, n., a by-way, a desert, wilderness; in a pun with avium, from avis: hunc avium dulcedo ducit ad avium, Auct. ad Her. 4, 21, 29.—More freq. in plur.: āvĭa, ōrum:

avia cursu Dum sequor, et notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

per avia ac derupta,

Tac. A. 6, 21: per avia, Ov M. 1, 701; 2, 205.—So with gen.: avia [p. 216] vinerum, Vell. 2, 75:

nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 179:

saltuum,

Tac. A. 2. 68:

Oceani,

id. ib. 2, 15:

Armeniae,

id. ib. 13, 37.—

Poet., of persons, wandering, straying:

Continuo in montes sese avius abdidit altos,

Verg. A. 11, 810.—

Trop.:

Avius a verā longe ratione vagaris,

astray, Lucr. 2, 82; 2, 229; 2, 740;

3, 463: init nunc avia coepto Consilia,

i. e. leading away from the undertaking, Sil. 12, 493.

ā-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], that is out of the way, remote, out of the right way; also, untrodden, unfrequented, solitary, lonely, etc. (while devius signifies leading from the right way; and invius, having no way, pathless; in the poets and histt. freq.).

Lit.

Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8:

Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 926:

nemora avia,

id. 2, 145:

virgulta,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

montes,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

aviis itineribus,

through by-ways, Sall. J. 54, 9:

cujus (Caesaris) sibi species itinere avio occurrisset,

Suet. Aug. 96:

solitudines,

Vell. 2, 55:

avia commeatibus loca,

Liv. 9, 19, 16.—Also,

Subst.: āvĭum, ii, n., a by-way, a desert, wilderness; in a pun with avium, from avis: hunc avium dulcedo ducit ad avium, Auct. ad Her. 4, 21, 29.—More freq. in plur.: āvĭa, ōrum:

avia cursu Dum sequor, et notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

per avia ac derupta,

Tac. A. 6, 21: per avia, Ov M. 1, 701; 2, 205.—So with gen.: avia [p. 216] vinerum, Vell. 2, 75:

nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 179:

saltuum,

Tac. A. 2. 68:

Oceani,

id. ib. 2, 15:

Armeniae,

id. ib. 13, 37.—

Poet., of persons, wandering, straying:

Continuo in montes sese avius abdidit altos,

Verg. A. 11, 810.—

Trop.:

Avius a verā longe ratione vagaris,

astray, Lucr. 2, 82; 2, 229; 2, 740;

3, 463: init nunc avia coepto Consilia,

i. e. leading away from the undertaking, Sil. 12, 493.

Clastĭdĭum, ĭi, n.

A fortress in Gallia Cisalpina, near the Padus, now Chiasteggio, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; Nep. Hann. 4, 1; Liv. 21, 48, 9.—

The name of a fragment of Nœvius, Varr. L. L. 7, 107; 9, 78.

dē-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], lying off the high-road; out of the way, devious (class.; for syn. cf.: avius, invius).

Lit.:

iter,

a by-way, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; 14, 10, 1 (cf. avius); Suet. Galb. 20:

oppidum,

Cic. Pis. 36 fin.:

saltus,

Liv. 41, 19:

calles,

id. 22, 14:

rura,

Ov. M. 1, 676.— Subst.: dēvia, ōrum, n., lonely, unfrequented places:

per aspera ac devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

in devia terrarum,

Luc. 4, 161.—

Transf., of living beings dwelling in out-of-the-way places, retired, sequestered:

Anagnini, cum essent devii, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

gens,

Liv. 34, 20:

montani,

id. 34, 16:

civitas,

Suet. Vesp. 4: mihi devio nemus Mirari libet, wandering about in unfrequented places: Hor. Od. 3, 25, 12:

uxores (i. e. capellae),

id. ib. 1, 17, 6:

scortum,

i. e. retired, shy, id. ib. 2, 11, 21: avis (i. e. the great owl, which dwells in lonely places), Ov. H. 2, 118:

equus,

leaping aside, Stat. Th. 9, 804.—

Poet., inaccessible:

limina,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 27.—

Trop., inconstant, erroneous, inconsistent, foolish:

quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 25, 93: vita, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24:

via,

Lact. 3, 11, 4; id. 4, 30, 3:

nihil quasi devium loqui,

i. e. out of the way, impertinent, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 44: noster Plato nihil ab hac secta vel paululum devius, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 352, 23:

homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps et devius,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 30.— Poet. with gen.:

devius aequi,

Sil. 1, 57; cf.:

pectora recti,

id. 8, 318: devius promissi es, Mart. Cap. poet. 3 init. — Adv. does not occur.

dē-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], lying off the high-road; out of the way, devious (class.; for syn. cf.: avius, invius).

Lit.:

iter,

a by-way, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; 14, 10, 1 (cf. avius); Suet. Galb. 20:

oppidum,

Cic. Pis. 36 fin.:

saltus,

Liv. 41, 19:

calles,

id. 22, 14:

rura,

Ov. M. 1, 676.— Subst.: dēvia, ōrum, n., lonely, unfrequented places:

per aspera ac devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

in devia terrarum,

Luc. 4, 161.—

Transf., of living beings dwelling in out-of-the-way places, retired, sequestered:

Anagnini, cum essent devii, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

gens,

Liv. 34, 20:

montani,

id. 34, 16:

civitas,

Suet. Vesp. 4: mihi devio nemus Mirari libet, wandering about in unfrequented places: Hor. Od. 3, 25, 12:

uxores (i. e. capellae),

id. ib. 1, 17, 6:

scortum,

i. e. retired, shy, id. ib. 2, 11, 21: avis (i. e. the great owl, which dwells in lonely places), Ov. H. 2, 118:

equus,

leaping aside, Stat. Th. 9, 804.—

Poet., inaccessible:

limina,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 27.—

Trop., inconstant, erroneous, inconsistent, foolish:

quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 25, 93: vita, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24:

via,

Lact. 3, 11, 4; id. 4, 30, 3:

nihil quasi devium loqui,

i. e. out of the way, impertinent, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 44: noster Plato nihil ab hac secta vel paululum devius, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 352, 23:

homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps et devius,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 30.— Poet. with gen.:

devius aequi,

Sil. 1, 57; cf.:

pectora recti,

id. 8, 318: devius promissi es, Mart. Cap. poet. 3 init. — Adv. does not occur.

Flāvĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens:

gens Flavia,

Suet. Vesp. 1; Mart. 9, 2, 8.— So in partic. Cn. Flavius, the scribe of the pontifiex maximus, Appius Caecus, who published the Fasti, Liv. 9, 46, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17;

v. fasti. From the gens Flavia were descended the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian,

Suet. Vesp. 1.— Hence poet., Flavius ultimus for Domitianus, Juv. 4, 37.—

Derivv.

Flā-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius:

templa,

i. e. built by Domitian, Mart. 9, 4, 12; 9, 35, 2.—

Flāvĭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the college of priests for the Flavian family, instituted by Domitian, Flavial-:

FLAMEN,

Inscr. Orell. 2220:

PONTIFEX,

ib. 3672:

COMES,

ib. 3162:

SEXVIR,

ib. 3726:

XVVIRI,

ib. 2375:

assidentibus Diali sacerdote et collegio Flavialium,

Suet. Dom. 4.—

Flāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius, Flavian: jus civile, named after Cn. Flavius, the publisher [p. 758] of the Fasti, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 7:

partes,

i. e. the adherents of Vespasian, Tac. H. 2, 67; 3, 1.

Hēsĭŏnē, ēs, and Hēsĭŏna, ae, f., = Hêsionê.

A daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy, whom Hercules rescued from a seamonster and gave in marriage to Telamon, to whom she bore Teucer, Ov. M. 11, 211 sq.; Verg. A. 8, 157; Hyg. Fab. 31; 89; 97.—

The title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.; Gell. 10, 25, 3.

Hēsĭŏnē, ēs, and Hēsĭŏna, ae, f., = Hêsionê.

A daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy, whom Hercules rescued from a seamonster and gave in marriage to Telamon, to whom she bore Teucer, Ov. M. 11, 211 sq.; Verg. A. 8, 157; Hyg. Fab. 31; 89; 97.—

The title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.; Gell. 10, 25, 3.

Jŏvĭus, a, um, adj. [Jovis], of or belonging to Jupiter:

nomen,

Arn. 6, 194.

Jŏvĭus, ii, m., a surname of the emperor Diocletian.—

Derivv.

Jŏ-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diocletian:

cohors,

a legion of honor instituted by Diocletian, Claud. B. Gild. 418.—

Jŏ-vĭānus, a, um, adj., the same; hence, subst.: Jŏvĭāni, soldiers of Diocletian's legion of honor, Amm. 22, 3, 2 al.

Jŏvĭus, a, um, adj. [Jovis], of or belonging to Jupiter:

nomen,

Arn. 6, 194.

Jŏvĭus, ii, m., a surname of the emperor Diocletian.—

Derivv.

Jŏ-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diocletian:

cohors,

a legion of honor instituted by Diocletian, Claud. B. Gild. 418.—

Jŏ-vĭānus, a, um, adj., the same; hence, subst.: Jŏvĭāni, soldiers of Diocletian's legion of honor, Amm. 22, 3, 2 al.

Jŏvĭus, a, um, adj. [Jovis], of or belonging to Jupiter:

nomen,

Arn. 6, 194.

Jŏvĭus, ii, m., a surname of the emperor Diocletian.—

Derivv.

Jŏ-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diocletian:

cohors,

a legion of honor instituted by Diocletian, Claud. B. Gild. 418.—

Jŏ-vĭānus, a, um, adj., the same; hence, subst.: Jŏvĭāni, soldiers of Diocletian's legion of honor, Amm. 22, 3, 2 al.

Laevĭus, ii, m., a Roman poet of the ante-clussical period, Gell. 2, 24, 8; 19, 9, 7; Aus. Edyll. 13.—Hence,

Laevĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Lævius, Lævian:

carmen,

Gell. 19, 7, 2:

verba,

id. 19, 7, 12.

lūdus, i, m. [id.], a play.

Lit.

In gen., a play, game, diversion, pastime:

ad pilam se aut ad talos, aut ad tessaras conferunt, aut etiam novum sibi aliquem excogitant in otio ludum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

datur concessu omnium huic aliqui ludus aetati,

id. Cael. 12, 28:

campestris,

id. ib. 5, 11:

nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36.—

In partic.

Ludi, public games, plays, spectacles, shows, exhibitions, which were given in honor of the gods, etc.

In gen.:

hoc praetore ludos Apollini faciente,

Cic. Brut. 20, 78:

ludos committere,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

ludos magnificentissimos apparare,

id. ib. 3, 8, 6:

ludos apparatissimos magnificentissimosque facere,

id. Sest. 54, 116:

ludos aspicere,

Ov. F. 6, 238:

ludos persolvere alicui deo,

id. ib. 5, 330: ludis, during the games, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 63, 18; Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

circus maximus ne diebus quidem ludorum Circensium... irrigabatur,

Front. Aq. 97.— Sing.:

haec ultra quid erit, nisi ludus?

Juv. 8, 199.—

In this sense, ludi is freq. in appos. with the neutr. plur. of the adj. which names the games:

ludi Consualia,

Liv. 1, 9, 6:

ludi Cerealia,

id. 30, 39, 8:

ludi Taurilia,

id. 39, 22, 1 (Weissenb. Taurii); 34, 54, 3; cf.:

quaedam faciem soloecismi habent... ut tragoedia Thyestes, ut ludi Floralia ac Megalensia... numquam aliter a veteribus dicta,

Quint. 1, 5, 52; cf.:

ludis Megalensibus,

Gell. 2, 24, 2.—

Also with gen. of place:

eo ipso die auditam esse eam pugnam ludis Olympiae memoriae proditum est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6.—

Stage-plays (opp. to the games of the circus):

venationes autem ludosque et cum collegā et separatim edidit,

Suet. Caes. 10.—

A place of exercise or practice, a school for elementary instruction and discipline (cf. schola):

in ludum ire,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 6:

fidicinus,

music-school, id. Rud. prol. 43:

litterarius,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 32:

litterarum ludi,

Liv. 3, 44; 6, 25:

ludus discendi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

Dionysius Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

id. Fam. 9, 18, 1:

Isocrates, cujus e ludo, tamquam ex equo Trojano, meri principes exierunt,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 94; id. Or. 42, 144:

gladiatores, quos ibi Caesar in ludo habebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4:

militaris,

Liv. 7, 33, 1:

litterarii paene ista sunt ludi et trivialis scientiae,

Quint. 1, 4, 27:

litterarium ludum exercere,

Tac. A. 3, 66:

obsides quosdam abductos e litterario ludo,

Suet. Calig. 45:

ibi namque (in foro) in tabernis litterarum ludi erant,

Liv. 3, 44, 6:

quem puerum in ludo cognōrat,

Nep. Att. 10, 3:

in Flavī ludum me mittere,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 72; cf. Gell. 15, 11, 2; Suet. Gram. 4; id. Rhet. 1:

sic veniunt ad miscellanea ludi,

Juv. 11, 26.

Transf.

Play, sport, i. e. any thing done, as it were, in play, without trouble, mere sport, child's play:

oratio ludus est homini non hebeti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

cum illa perdiscere ludus esset,

id. Fin. 1, 8, 27:

quibus (Graecis) jusjurandum jocus est, testimonium ludus,

id. Fl. 5, 12.—

Sport, jest, joke, fun: si vis videre ludos [p. 1084] jucundissimos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 78:

ad honores per ludum et per neglegentiam pervenire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

aliquem per ludum et jocum evertere,

id. ib. 2, 1, 60, §

155: amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27:

vertere seria ludo,

id. A. P. 226:

nil per ludum simulabitur,

Juv. 6, 324:

ut ludos facit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 52: ludos facere aliquem, to make sport of, make game of, to banter, jeer at, mock:

ut nunc is te ludos facit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47:

quem, senecta aetate, ludos facias,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 74.— With dat.:

miris modis dī ludos faciunt hominibus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Truc. 4, 2, 46.—In pass.:

ludos fieri,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 72:

hocine me aetatis ludos vis factum esse indigne?

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 4: ludos aliquem dimittere, to send one away with scorn and derision, or, as in Engl., to send one off with a flea in his ear:

numquam hercle quisquam me lenonem dixerit, si te non ludos pessimos dimisero,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 11:

ludos facis me,

id. Am. 2, 1, 21: facere ludos aliquid, to make a jest or a trifle of any thing, to throw away, to lose:

nunc et operam ludos facit, et retia, etc.,

id. Rud. 4, 1, 9:

ludos dare, praebere,

to make one's self ridiculous, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 9:

ludos alicui reddere,

to play tricks on, id. And. 3, 1, 21: dare ludum alicui, to give play to one, i. e. to humor, indulge, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 7; id. Cas. prol. 25; id. Bacch. 4, 10, 9:

amori dare ludum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 1: ludus aetatis, the pleasures of love:

si frui liceret ludo aetatis, praesertim recto et legitimo amore,

Liv. 26, 50.—

Ludus, the title of a work of Nævius:

ut est in Naevii Ludo,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 20; Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270, 22 Müll.—Also, Ludus de Morte Claudii, a work of Seneca.

Maevĭus, i, m., and Maevĭa, ae, f., Roman proper names.

Maevius.

A secretary of Verres, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 175. —

A wretched poet, contemporary with Virgil, Verg. E. 3, 90; Hor. Epod. 10, 2.—

Maevia, a woman, Dig. 31, 4, 87.—Hence,

Maevĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mævius, Mævian:

fundus,

Dig. 34, 5, 1:

hereditas,

ib. 31, 1, 76 init.