draught-cattle

vĕtĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [contr. from vehiterinus, from veho; cf. Fest. p. 369 Müll.], of or belonging to carrying or drawing burdens.

Adj.: bestia, a beast of burden or draught, Cato ap. Fest. p. 369;

called also pecus,

Arn. 3, 139:

genus,

Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255;

hence also: semen equorum,

Lucr. 5, 890 (887); so,

semen,

id. 5, 865 (862).—

Substt.: vĕtĕrīnae, ārum, f., and vĕ-tĕrīna, ōrum, n., draught-cattle, beasts of burden, Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 3; Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168; 11, 50, 111, § 265.—

Of or belonging to beasts of burden: ars, the art of healing domestic animals, Veg. Vet. praef. 1.

vĕtĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [contr. from vehiterinus, from veho; cf. Fest. p. 369 Müll.], of or belonging to carrying or drawing burdens.

Adj.: bestia, a beast of burden or draught, Cato ap. Fest. p. 369;

called also pecus,

Arn. 3, 139:

genus,

Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255;

hence also: semen equorum,

Lucr. 5, 890 (887); so,

semen,

id. 5, 865 (862).—

Substt.: vĕtĕrīnae, ārum, f., and vĕ-tĕrīna, ōrum, n., draught-cattle, beasts of burden, Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 3; Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168; 11, 50, 111, § 265.—

Of or belonging to beasts of burden: ars, the art of healing domestic animals, Veg. Vet. praef. 1.

vĕtĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [contr. from vehiterinus, from veho; cf. Fest. p. 369 Müll.], of or belonging to carrying or drawing burdens.

Adj.: bestia, a beast of burden or draught, Cato ap. Fest. p. 369;

called also pecus,

Arn. 3, 139:

genus,

Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255;

hence also: semen equorum,

Lucr. 5, 890 (887); so,

semen,

id. 5, 865 (862).—

Substt.: vĕtĕrīnae, ārum, f., and vĕ-tĕrīna, ōrum, n., draught-cattle, beasts of burden, Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 3; Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168; 11, 50, 111, § 265.—

Of or belonging to beasts of burden: ars, the art of healing domestic animals, Veg. Vet. praef. 1.

armentum, i, n. (old form armenta, ae, f., Liv. Andron. and Enn. ap. Non. p. 190, 20; Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.) [contr. for arimentum from aro, Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 2].

Cattle for ploughing; and collectively, a herd (but jumentum, contr. for jugimentum from jugum, draught-cattle; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 89); most freq. in the plur.: cornifrontes armentae, Liv. Andron. l. c.;

Enn. l. c.: At variae crescunt pecudes, armenta feraeque,

Lucr. 5, 228; cf. id. 1, 163:

grex armentorum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 7:

greges armentorum reliquique pecoris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 12 fin.; so Vulg. Deut. 28, 4:

ut accensis cornibus armenta concitentur,

Liv. 22, 17:

armenta bucera,

Ov. M. 6, 395.—In the sing.:

armentum aegrotat in agris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

pasci Armentum regale vides,

Ov. M. 2, 842; 8, 882; 11, 348:

armentum agens,

Liv. 1, 7:

ad armentum cucurrit,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 7; ib. Exod. 29, 1; ib. Ezech. 43, 19 et saep.—

Transf.

Of horses or other large animals:

bellum haec armenta minantur,

Verg. A. 3, 540.— In sing.:

sortiri armento subolem,

Verg. G. 3, 71; Ov. F. 2, 277; Col. 7, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; 11, 49, 110, § 263: hos (cervos) tota armenta sequuntur, Verg. A. 1, 185:

armenta immania Neptuni,

the monstrous beasts of Neptune, id. G. 4, 395.—

A herd, drove, as a collective designation; with gen.:

armenta boum,

Verg. G. 2, 195; so Vulg. Deut. 8, 13;

ib. Judith, 2, 8: multa ibi equorum boumque armenta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17:

cynocephalorum,

id. ib. 7, 2, 2.—

For a single cow, ox, etc.:

centum armenta,

Hyg. Fab. 118.

bŏvīnātor, ōris, m. [bovinor].

A brawler, blusterer, reviler, acc. to the Gloss.: bovinatores thorubopoioi, thrullon poiountes ê tarachên; v. bovinor.—

= tergiversator, one who seeks evasions (the figure drawn perh. from the holding back of draught cattle), Lucil. ap. Gell. 11, 7, 9; cf. Non. p. 79, 26.

dis-jungo or dījungo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to disjoin, disunite, separate, opp. to [p. 591] conjungo (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Esp., to unyoke draught cattle:

asinum, bovem ab opere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Col. 2, 3, 1; Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 251:

bovem opere,

Col. 6, 15, 2;

and simply bovem,

id. 6, 14 fin.; Cic. Div. 2, 36 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; Ov. M. 14, 648 al.—

To wean sucklings:

agnos a mamma,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 2, 7, 12 al.—

In gen., to divide, separate, part, remove.

With acc. only, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18:

intervallo locorum et temporum dijuncti sumus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

quod (flumen) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat,

Sall. J. 92, 5 et saep.—

With ab:

nisi (fons) munitione ac mole lapidum disjunctus esset a mari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

qua in parte Cappadocia ab Armenia disjungitur,

Sall. H. Fragm. IV. 20 ed. Gerl. (ap. Non. 535, 17); Liv. 42, 59.—

With simple abl.: Italis longe disjungimur oris, * Verg. A. 1, 252.—

With inter se, Lucr. 3, 803.—

Trop., to separate, part, divide (esp. freq. in Cic.).

With acc. only (very rarely):

sin eos (oratorem et philosophum) disjungent, hoc erunt inferiores, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 35 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 37.—

With ab:

ea res disiunxit illum ab illa,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 86; cf.:

eos a colonis,

Cic. Sull. 21:

populum a senatu,

id. Lael. 12, 41:

Pompeium a Caesaris amicitia,

id. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

me ab orationibus,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23 Orell. N. cr.:

nos a corporibus (shortly before, sevocare, avocare, and secernere animum a corpore),

id. Tusc. 1, 31:

pastionem a cultura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 22; cf. ib. 1, 3:

honesta a commodis (opp. commiscere),

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

artem a scientia,

Quint. 2, 15, 2:

veterem amicitiam sibi ab Romanis,

Liv. 42, 46, 6 et saep.—Hence, disjunctus, a, um, P. a., separate, distinct; distant, remote.—With ab or absol.

Lit.:

Aetolia procul a barbaris disjuncta gentibus,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91; cf.:

in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 4.—

Trop.

In gen., apart, different, remote.

With ab:

vita maxime disjuncta a cupiditate et cum officio conjuncta,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

homines Graecos, longe a nostrorum hominum gravitate disjunctos,

id. Sest. 67, 141:

mores Caelii longissime a tanti sceleris atrocitate disjuncti,

id. Cael. 22; cf. id. de Or. 1, 3 fin.; id. Pis. 1, 3; cf. in comp.:

nihil est ab ea cogitatione dijunctius,

id. Ac. 2, 20 fin. et saep.—

Absol.:

neque disjuncti doctores, sed iidem erant vivendi praeceptores atque dicendi,

id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:

ratio, quae similitudines transferat et disjuncta conjungat,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45.—

Esp., of discourse, disconnected, abrupt, disjointed:

conjunctio, quae neque asperos habet concursus, neque disjunctos atque hiantes,

Cic. Part. Or. 6, 21; cf.

of the orator himself: Brutum (oratorem) otiosum atque dijunctum,

Tac. Or. 18.—

In dialectics, opposed:

disjuncta conjungere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: omne, quod ita disjunctum sit, quasi aut etiam, aut non, etc., i. e. logically opposed, disjunctive (i. q. disjunctio, II. A.), id. Ac. 2, 30, 97.—As subst.: disjunc-tum, i, n., that which is logically opposed: quod Graeci diezeugmenon axiôma, nos disjunctum dicimus, Gell. 16, 8, 12.— Adv.

disjunctē ( dij-), separately, distinctly, disjunctively (opp. conjuncte), Fest. s. v. SACRAM VIAM, p. 292, 5 Müll.— Comp.:

non satis quae disjunctius dicuntur, intellegis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32.— Sup., Amm. 20, 3, 11. —

disjunctim ( dij-), opp. conjunctim, Gai. 2, 199; 205; Dig. 28, 7, 5; 35, 1, 49 al.

dis-jungo or dījungo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to disjoin, disunite, separate, opp. to [p. 591] conjungo (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Esp., to unyoke draught cattle:

asinum, bovem ab opere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Col. 2, 3, 1; Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 251:

bovem opere,

Col. 6, 15, 2;

and simply bovem,

id. 6, 14 fin.; Cic. Div. 2, 36 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; Ov. M. 14, 648 al.—

To wean sucklings:

agnos a mamma,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 2, 7, 12 al.—

In gen., to divide, separate, part, remove.

With acc. only, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18:

intervallo locorum et temporum dijuncti sumus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

quod (flumen) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat,

Sall. J. 92, 5 et saep.—

With ab:

nisi (fons) munitione ac mole lapidum disjunctus esset a mari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

qua in parte Cappadocia ab Armenia disjungitur,

Sall. H. Fragm. IV. 20 ed. Gerl. (ap. Non. 535, 17); Liv. 42, 59.—

With simple abl.: Italis longe disjungimur oris, * Verg. A. 1, 252.—

With inter se, Lucr. 3, 803.—

Trop., to separate, part, divide (esp. freq. in Cic.).

With acc. only (very rarely):

sin eos (oratorem et philosophum) disjungent, hoc erunt inferiores, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 35 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 37.—

With ab:

ea res disiunxit illum ab illa,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 86; cf.:

eos a colonis,

Cic. Sull. 21:

populum a senatu,

id. Lael. 12, 41:

Pompeium a Caesaris amicitia,

id. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

me ab orationibus,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23 Orell. N. cr.:

nos a corporibus (shortly before, sevocare, avocare, and secernere animum a corpore),

id. Tusc. 1, 31:

pastionem a cultura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 22; cf. ib. 1, 3:

honesta a commodis (opp. commiscere),

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

artem a scientia,

Quint. 2, 15, 2:

veterem amicitiam sibi ab Romanis,

Liv. 42, 46, 6 et saep.—Hence, disjunctus, a, um, P. a., separate, distinct; distant, remote.—With ab or absol.

Lit.:

Aetolia procul a barbaris disjuncta gentibus,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91; cf.:

in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 4.—

Trop.

In gen., apart, different, remote.

With ab:

vita maxime disjuncta a cupiditate et cum officio conjuncta,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

homines Graecos, longe a nostrorum hominum gravitate disjunctos,

id. Sest. 67, 141:

mores Caelii longissime a tanti sceleris atrocitate disjuncti,

id. Cael. 22; cf. id. de Or. 1, 3 fin.; id. Pis. 1, 3; cf. in comp.:

nihil est ab ea cogitatione dijunctius,

id. Ac. 2, 20 fin. et saep.—

Absol.:

neque disjuncti doctores, sed iidem erant vivendi praeceptores atque dicendi,

id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:

ratio, quae similitudines transferat et disjuncta conjungat,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45.—

Esp., of discourse, disconnected, abrupt, disjointed:

conjunctio, quae neque asperos habet concursus, neque disjunctos atque hiantes,

Cic. Part. Or. 6, 21; cf.

of the orator himself: Brutum (oratorem) otiosum atque dijunctum,

Tac. Or. 18.—

In dialectics, opposed:

disjuncta conjungere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: omne, quod ita disjunctum sit, quasi aut etiam, aut non, etc., i. e. logically opposed, disjunctive (i. q. disjunctio, II. A.), id. Ac. 2, 30, 97.—As subst.: disjunc-tum, i, n., that which is logically opposed: quod Graeci diezeugmenon axiôma, nos disjunctum dicimus, Gell. 16, 8, 12.— Adv.

disjunctē ( dij-), separately, distinctly, disjunctively (opp. conjuncte), Fest. s. v. SACRAM VIAM, p. 292, 5 Müll.— Comp.:

non satis quae disjunctius dicuntur, intellegis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32.— Sup., Amm. 20, 3, 11. —

disjunctim ( dij-), opp. conjunctim, Gai. 2, 199; 205; Dig. 28, 7, 5; 35, 1, 49 al.

dis-jungo or dījungo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to disjoin, disunite, separate, opp. to [p. 591] conjungo (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Esp., to unyoke draught cattle:

asinum, bovem ab opere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Col. 2, 3, 1; Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 251:

bovem opere,

Col. 6, 15, 2;

and simply bovem,

id. 6, 14 fin.; Cic. Div. 2, 36 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; Ov. M. 14, 648 al.—

To wean sucklings:

agnos a mamma,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 2, 7, 12 al.—

In gen., to divide, separate, part, remove.

With acc. only, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18:

intervallo locorum et temporum dijuncti sumus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

quod (flumen) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat,

Sall. J. 92, 5 et saep.—

With ab:

nisi (fons) munitione ac mole lapidum disjunctus esset a mari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

qua in parte Cappadocia ab Armenia disjungitur,

Sall. H. Fragm. IV. 20 ed. Gerl. (ap. Non. 535, 17); Liv. 42, 59.—

With simple abl.: Italis longe disjungimur oris, * Verg. A. 1, 252.—

With inter se, Lucr. 3, 803.—

Trop., to separate, part, divide (esp. freq. in Cic.).

With acc. only (very rarely):

sin eos (oratorem et philosophum) disjungent, hoc erunt inferiores, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 35 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 37.—

With ab:

ea res disiunxit illum ab illa,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 86; cf.:

eos a colonis,

Cic. Sull. 21:

populum a senatu,

id. Lael. 12, 41:

Pompeium a Caesaris amicitia,

id. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

me ab orationibus,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23 Orell. N. cr.:

nos a corporibus (shortly before, sevocare, avocare, and secernere animum a corpore),

id. Tusc. 1, 31:

pastionem a cultura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 22; cf. ib. 1, 3:

honesta a commodis (opp. commiscere),

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

artem a scientia,

Quint. 2, 15, 2:

veterem amicitiam sibi ab Romanis,

Liv. 42, 46, 6 et saep.—Hence, disjunctus, a, um, P. a., separate, distinct; distant, remote.—With ab or absol.

Lit.:

Aetolia procul a barbaris disjuncta gentibus,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91; cf.:

in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 4.—

Trop.

In gen., apart, different, remote.

With ab:

vita maxime disjuncta a cupiditate et cum officio conjuncta,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

homines Graecos, longe a nostrorum hominum gravitate disjunctos,

id. Sest. 67, 141:

mores Caelii longissime a tanti sceleris atrocitate disjuncti,

id. Cael. 22; cf. id. de Or. 1, 3 fin.; id. Pis. 1, 3; cf. in comp.:

nihil est ab ea cogitatione dijunctius,

id. Ac. 2, 20 fin. et saep.—

Absol.:

neque disjuncti doctores, sed iidem erant vivendi praeceptores atque dicendi,

id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:

ratio, quae similitudines transferat et disjuncta conjungat,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45.—

Esp., of discourse, disconnected, abrupt, disjointed:

conjunctio, quae neque asperos habet concursus, neque disjunctos atque hiantes,

Cic. Part. Or. 6, 21; cf.

of the orator himself: Brutum (oratorem) otiosum atque dijunctum,

Tac. Or. 18.—

In dialectics, opposed:

disjuncta conjungere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: omne, quod ita disjunctum sit, quasi aut etiam, aut non, etc., i. e. logically opposed, disjunctive (i. q. disjunctio, II. A.), id. Ac. 2, 30, 97.—As subst.: disjunc-tum, i, n., that which is logically opposed: quod Graeci diezeugmenon axiôma, nos disjunctum dicimus, Gell. 16, 8, 12.— Adv.

disjunctē ( dij-), separately, distinctly, disjunctively (opp. conjuncte), Fest. s. v. SACRAM VIAM, p. 292, 5 Müll.— Comp.:

non satis quae disjunctius dicuntur, intellegis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32.— Sup., Amm. 20, 3, 11. —

disjunctim ( dij-), opp. conjunctim, Gai. 2, 199; 205; Dig. 28, 7, 5; 35, 1, 49 al.

fĕrŭla, ae, f., the plant fennel-giant, Ferula, Linn., in the pith of which Prometheus is feigned to have preserved the fire which he stole from heaven.

Lit., Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 122; 7, 56, 57, § 198; Hyg. Fab. 144; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 42.—

Transf.

The thin or slender branch of a tree, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 152.—

A staff, walkingstick (for syn. cf.: baculum, bacillum, scipio, fustis;

virga),

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—

A whip, rod, to punish slaves or schoolboys, Hor. S. 1, 3, 120; Juv. 6, 479; Mart. 14, 80; 10, 62, 10; Juv. 1, 15; Mart. Cap. 3, § 224;

for driving draught cattle,

Ov. M. 4, 26; cf. id. A. A. 1, 546.—

As an attribute of Silvanus, Verg. E. 10, 25.—

A splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 10, 1.—

The young stag's horn, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117.

jŭgum, i, n. [kindred to Sanscr. yuga from yug-, jungere; Gr. zugon; v. jungo], a yoke for oxen, a collar for horses.

Lit.:

nos onera quibusdam bestiis, nos juga imponimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

leones jugo subdere, et ad currum jungere,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 55:

(bos) juga detractans,

Verg. G. 3, 57:

tauris solvere,

id. E. 4, 41:

frena jugo concordia ferre,

id. A. 3, 542; Ov. M. 12, 77:

jugum excutere,

Curt. 4, 15, 16.—

Transf.

A yoke, pair, team of draught-cattle:

ut minus multis jugis ararent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; a pair of horses, Verg. A. 5, 147:

aquilarum,

a pair, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.— Plur.:

nunc sociis juga pauca boum,

Juv. 8, 108; also for the chariot itself, Verg. A. 10, 594; Sil. 7, 683:

curtum temone jugum,

Juv. 10, 135.—

A juger of land:

in Hispania ulteriore metiuntur jugis: jugum vocant, quod juncti boves uno die exarare possint,

Varr. R. R. 1, 10 (but in Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9, the correct reading is jugerum; v. Sillig ad h. l.).—

A beam, lath, or rail fastened in a horizontal direction to perpendicular poles or posts, a cross-beam, cross-rail:

palmes in jugum insilit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175:

vineam sub jugum mittere,

Col. 4, 22.—

Esp. as the symbol of humiliation and defeat, a yoke, consisting of two upright spears, and a third laid transversely upon them, under which vanquished enemies were made to pass:

cum male pugnatum apud Caudium esset, legionibus nostris sub jugum missis,

Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:

exercitum sub jugum mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; 1, 7; Quint. 3, 8, 3; Liv. 1, 26, 13; 2, 34, 9 al.; also,

sub jugo mittere,

id. 3, 28 fin. —

The constellation Libra:

Romam, in jugo cum esset luna, natam esse dicebat,

Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.—

The beam of a weaver's loom:

tela jugo vincta est,

Ov. M. 6, 55.—

A rower's bench, Verg. A. 6, 411.—

A height or summit of a mountain, a ridge; also, a chain of mountains:

in immensis qua tumet Ida jugis,

Ov. H. 5, 138:

montis,

Verg. E. 5, 76; Caes. B. C. 1, 70:

suspectum jugum Cumis,

Juv. 9, 57; 3, 191.—

Trop., yoke, bonds of slavery, matrimony, etc.: Pa. Jamne ea fert jugum? Ph. Tam a me pudicast quasi soror mea, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 50:

cujus a cervicibus jugum servile dejecerant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

Venus Diductos jugo cogit aëneo,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 18:

accipere,

Just. 44, 5, 8:

exuere,

to shake off, Tac. Agr. 31:

excutere,

Plin. Pan. 11:

nondum subacta ferre jugum valet Cervice,

the yoke of marriage, Hor. C. 2, 5, 1. —Of misfortune:

ferre jugum pariter dolosi,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 28:

pari jugo niti,

to work with equal efforts, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9:

calamitates terroresque mortalium sub jugum mittere,

to subjugate, Sen. de Prov. 4 init.:

felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, nec jactare jugum vita didicere magistra,

Juv. 13, 22.

jūmentum, i, n. [contr. from jugimentum, from jungo]:

jumenta ducunt,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 27; a beast used for drawing or carrying, draught-cattle, a beast of bur- den, esp. a horse, mule, or ass (class.):

cum illam curru vehi jus esset, morarenturque jumenta,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113; Caes. B. C. 1, 60:

jumento nihil opus est, i. e. equo,

Cic. Att. 12, 32:

sarcinaria,

beasts of burden, Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

non jumenta solum, sed elephanti etiam,

Liv. 21, 37:

vectus jumentis junctis,

Nep. Tim. 4:

servi ut taceant, jumenta loquentur,

Juv. 9, 103.—Freq. opp. boves:

jumenta bovesque,

Col. 6, 19; cf. Amm. 16, 12, 22; 35:

jumentis legatis boves non continentur,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 74.— Sing. collect.:

vultur, jumento et canibus relictis, etc.,

Juv. 14, 77.—

A carriage, vehicle, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 28.

lacca, ae, f.

A swelling on the shinbone of draught-cattle, Veg. Vet. 1, 27, 4; 3, 18.—

A plant, otherwise unknown, App. Herb. 3 fin.

Mercŭrĭus, ii, m., = Hermês, Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods; as a herald, the god of dexterity; in speaking, of eloquence; the bestower of prosperity; the god of traders and thieves; the presider over roads, and conductor of departed souls to the Lower World: Mercurius a mercibus est dictus. Hunc etenim negotiorum omnium aestimabant esse deum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 22 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 185; id. Arat. 277; Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Verg. A. 4, 222; Hor. C. 1, 10, 1; Ov. F. 5, 663 sqq.: stella Mercurii, the planet Mercury: infra hanc autem stella Mercurii est, ea stilbôn appellatur a Graecis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 54; so,

stella Mercurii,

id. Univ. 9;

also simply Mercurius,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

dies Mercurii or Mercuris,

Wednesday, Inscr. Murat. 402, 7.— Appel. gen. plur.:

Mercuriorum,

Tert. Spect. 1, 11 fin. —

Transf., the withers of draught-cattle, between the neck and the back (post-class.), Veg. Vet. 2, 59; 4, 3.—

In partic.

Aqua Mercurii, a fountain in the via Appia, Ov. F. 5, 673.—

Tumulus Mercurii, near Carthago nova, Liv. 26, 44.—

Promontorium Mercurii, in Africa, in Zeugitana, near Carthage, now Capo Bon, Liv. 29, 27; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87.

mandra, ae, f., = mandra, a stall or pen for cattle, etc. ( poet.).

Lit.:

mulorum,

Mart. 5, 22, 7.—

Transf.

A herd of cattle: stantis convicia mandrae, abuse from the herd penned up or stopped, i. e. from the drovers, Juv. 3, 237; cf.: mandrae, locus in quo porci includuntur, Vet. Schol. ad loc.—

In plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table:

vincas Novium Publiumque mandris clusos,

i. e. penned up in the squares, Mart. 7, 72, 8.

vĕtĕrīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [veterinus], of or belonging to beasts of burden and draught.

Adj.:

medicina,

farriery, Col. 7, 3, 16.—

Subst.

vĕtĕrīnārĭus, ii, m., a cattle-doctor, farrier, veterinarian, Col. 6, 8, 1; 7, 5, 14; 11, 1, 12.—

vĕtĕ-rīnārĭum, ii, n., a place for taking care of diseased animals, Hyg. Grom. p. 12.

vĕtĕrīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [veterinus], of or belonging to beasts of burden and draught.

Adj.:

medicina,

farriery, Col. 7, 3, 16.—

Subst.

vĕtĕrīnārĭus, ii, m., a cattle-doctor, farrier, veterinarian, Col. 6, 8, 1; 7, 5, 14; 11, 1, 12.—

vĕtĕ-rīnārĭum, ii, n., a place for taking care of diseased animals, Hyg. Grom. p. 12.