empties into

mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. madsh-, majan, to dip; Zend, masga, marrow; Germ. Mark; Engl. marrow], to dip, dip in, immerse; absol. also to plunge into water, to sink.

Lit. (class.):

eos (pullos) mergi in aquam jussit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

aves, quae se in mari mergunt,

id. ib. 2, 49, 124:

putealibus undis,

Ov. Ib. 391:

Stygia undā,

id. M. 10, 697:

prodigia indomitis merge sub aequoribus,

Tib. 2, 5, 80:

ab hoc (the sword-fish) perfossas naves mergi,

Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15:

mersa navis omnes destituit,

Curt. 4, 8, 8:

mersa carina,

Luc. 3, 632:

cum coepisset mergi,

Vulg. Matt. 14, 30:

in immensam altitudinem mergi, ac sine ulla respirandi vice perpeti maria,

Sen. Dial. 4, 12, 4:

naves,

Eutr. 2, 20:

partem classis,

Vell. 2, 42, 2:

pars maxima classis mergitur,

Luc. 3, 753 sq.:

nec me deus aequore mersit,

Verg. A. 6, 348:

sub aequora,

Ov. M. 13, 948; Luc. 3, 753:

ter matutino Tiberi mergetur,

bathe, Juv. 6, 523.— Poet., of overwhelming waters, to engulf, swallow up, overwhelm, etc.:

sic te mersuras adjuvet ignis aquas,

Ov. Ib. 340:

mersa rate,

Juv. 14, 302.—

Transf.

To sink down, sink in, to plunge, thrust, or drive in, to fix in, etc. ( poet. and post-Aug. prose):

palmitem per jugum mergere, et alligare,

to thrust, push, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

aliquem ad Styga,

Sen. Thyest. 1007:

manum in ora (ursae),

to thrust into, Mart. 3, 19, 4:

mersisque in corpore rostris Dilacerant (canes) falsi dominum sub imagine cervi,

Ov. M. 3, 249: fluvius in Euphratem mergitur, runs or empties into, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 128: visceribus ferrum. to thrust into, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 447.—Of heavenly bodies, etc.:

Bootes, Qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano,

sinks into, Cat. 66, 68.—

In partic., to hide, conceal:

mersitque suos in cortice vultus,

Ov. M. 10, 498:

vultum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1348:

diem or lucem, of the setting of the sun,

id. Thyest. 771:

terra caelum mergens, i. e. occidentalis, because there the sky seems to sink into the sea,

Luc. 4, 54. —Of those on board a vessel: mergere Pelion et templum, i. e. to sail away from until they sink below the horizon:

condere,

Val. Fl. 2, 6.—

Trop., to plunge into, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, drown:

aliquem malis,

Verg. A. 6, 512:

funere acerbo,

to bring to a painful death, id. ib. 11, 28:

mergi in voluptates,

to plunge into, yield one's self up to sensual delights, Curt. 10, 3, 9:

se in voluptates,

Liv. 23, 18:

mergit longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

Juv. 10, 57.—Esp. in part. pass.:

Alexander mersus secundis rebus,

overwhelmed with prosperity, Liv. 9, 18:

vino somnoque mersi jacent,

dead drunk and buried in sleep, id. 41, 3; Luc. 1, 159; cf.:

lumina somno,

Val. Fl. 8, 66:

cum mergeretur somno,

Vulg. Act. 20, 9.—Esp. of those whose fortune is swallowed up in debts or debauchery: mersus foro, bankrupt, Plaut [p. 1137] Ep. 1, 2, 13:

aere paterno Ac rebus mersis in ventrem,

Juv. 11, 39:

censum domini,

Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67:

mergentibus sortem usuris,

sinking, destroying his capital, Liv. 6, 14:

ut mergantur pupilli,

be robbed of their fortune, ruined, Dig. 27, 4, 3:

mersis fer opem rebus,

bring aid to utter distress, Ov. M. 1, 380.—Of drinking to excess:

potatio quae mergit,

Sen. Ep. 12.

portus, ūs ( gen. sing. porti, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 20: dat. plur. portibus, Liv. 27, 30, 7 et saep.; a better form than portubus), m. [por, whence porto, portitor].—Prop., an entrance; hence,

A harbor, haven, port: Lunai portus, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.):

portus Caietae,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; cf.:

in Graeciae portus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5:

e portu solvere,

to sail out of port, id. Mur. 2, 4; so,

e portu proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

ex portu exire,

id. B. C. 2, 4:

ex portu naves educere,

id. ib. 1, 57;

2, 22: portum linquere,

Verg. A. 3, 289:

petere,

to sail into, to enter, Cic. Planc. 39, 94; Verg. A. 1, 194:

capere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 36:

occupare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32:

in portum venire,

to enter the port, Cic. Sen. 19, 71; so,

in portum ex alto invehi,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

in portum deferri,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

in portum pervenire,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

in portum se recipere,

id. B. C. 2, 22:

in portum navim cogere (al. conicere),

Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:

in portum penetrare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

portum tenere,

to reach a port, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

in portum voluntatis deduci,

Vulg. Psa. 106, 30:

in portu operam dare,

to be an officer of the customs, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171; 2, 2, 72, § 176.—With reference to the import-duty to be paid in ports:

ex portu vectigal conservare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171. —Prov.:

in portu navigare,

i. e. to be in safety, out of all danger, Ter. And. 3, 1, 22; so,

in portu esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4.—

Poet., transf., the mouth of a river, where it empties into the sea, Ov. H. 14, 107; id. Am. 2, 13, 10.—

Trop., as also the Greek limên, and our haven, a place of refuge, an asylum, retreat (class.; a favorite trope of Cicero): portus corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

tamquam portum aliquem exspecto illam solitudinem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255;

so with tamquam,

id. Brut. 2, 8:

se in philosophiae portum conferre,

id. Fam. 7, 30, 2:

regum, populorum, nationum portus erat et refugium senatus,

id. Off. 2, 8, 26:

exsilium non supplicium est, sed perfugium portusque supplicii,

id. Caecin. 34, 100; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

hic portus, haec arx, haec ara sociorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126; so,

nam mihi parta quies, omnisque in limine portus,

i. e. security is at hand, Verg. A. 7, 598:

venias portus et ara tuis,

Ov. H. 1, 110:

vos eritis nostrae portus et ara fugae,

id. P. 2, 8, 68. —

In the oldest Latinity, a house (as a place which one enters):

portum in XII. pro domo positum omnes fere consentiunt,

Fest. p. 233 Müll.—

A warehouse:

portus appellatus est conclusus locus, quo importantur merces et inde exportantur,

Dig. 50, 16, 59:

Licini,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 25.

Ăchĕlōŭs, i, m., Achelôos.

A celebrated river of Middle Greece, which, rising in Pindus, separates Aetolia from Acarnania, and empties into the Ionian Sea, now the Aspropotamo, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2 al.—Hence,

The river-god Achelous, Ov. M. 8, 549 sq.; 10, 8 sq.; Prop. 2, 34, 33 al.

Ănāpis, is, or - us, i, m.

Brother of Amphinomus, q. v.—

A river in Sicily, which empties into the bay of Syracuse, now Anapo or Fiume di Sortino, Ov. M. 5, 417; id. F. 4, 469.

Bŏrysthĕnes, is, m., = Borusthenês, a large but gently-flowing river in Sarmatia, which empties into the Black Sea, now the Dnieper, Mel. 2, 1, 6; 2, 7, 2; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82 sq.; Gell. 9, 4, 6.—

Derivv.

Bŏrysthĕnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Borysthenes: amnis, poet. circumlocution for Borysthenes, Ov. P. 4, 10, 53.—

Bŏrysthĕnis, ĭdis, f., adj., = Borusthenis, the same: ora, Calvus ap. Val. Prob. p. 1395 P.—And subst.: Bŏry-sthĕnis, ĭdis, f., a town on the Borysthenes, previously called Olbia, a colony from Miletus, now Kudak, in the region of the present Oczakow, or of Nikolajew, Mel. 2, 1, 6 (here erroneously distinguished from Olbia).—

Bŏrysthĕnĭdae, ārum, m., the dwellers on or near the Borysthenes:

hiberni,

Prop. 2, 7, 18.—

Bŏrysthĕ-nītae, ārum, = Borusthenitai, the same, Macr. S. 1, 11, 33.

Bŏrysthĕnes, is, m., = Borusthenês, a large but gently-flowing river in Sarmatia, which empties into the Black Sea, now the Dnieper, Mel. 2, 1, 6; 2, 7, 2; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82 sq.; Gell. 9, 4, 6.—

Derivv.

Bŏrysthĕnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Borysthenes: amnis, poet. circumlocution for Borysthenes, Ov. P. 4, 10, 53.—

Bŏrysthĕnis, ĭdis, f., adj., = Borusthenis, the same: ora, Calvus ap. Val. Prob. p. 1395 P.—And subst.: Bŏry-sthĕnis, ĭdis, f., a town on the Borysthenes, previously called Olbia, a colony from Miletus, now Kudak, in the region of the present Oczakow, or of Nikolajew, Mel. 2, 1, 6 (here erroneously distinguished from Olbia).—

Bŏrysthĕnĭdae, ārum, m., the dwellers on or near the Borysthenes:

hiberni,

Prop. 2, 7, 18.—

Bŏrysthĕ-nītae, ārum, = Borusthenitai, the same, Macr. S. 1, 11, 33.

Bŏrysthĕnes, is, m., = Borusthenês, a large but gently-flowing river in Sarmatia, which empties into the Black Sea, now the Dnieper, Mel. 2, 1, 6; 2, 7, 2; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82 sq.; Gell. 9, 4, 6.—

Derivv.

Bŏrysthĕnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Borysthenes: amnis, poet. circumlocution for Borysthenes, Ov. P. 4, 10, 53.—

Bŏrysthĕnis, ĭdis, f., adj., = Borusthenis, the same: ora, Calvus ap. Val. Prob. p. 1395 P.—And subst.: Bŏry-sthĕnis, ĭdis, f., a town on the Borysthenes, previously called Olbia, a colony from Miletus, now Kudak, in the region of the present Oczakow, or of Nikolajew, Mel. 2, 1, 6 (here erroneously distinguished from Olbia).—

Bŏrysthĕnĭdae, ārum, m., the dwellers on or near the Borysthenes:

hiberni,

Prop. 2, 7, 18.—

Bŏrysthĕ-nītae, ārum, = Borusthenitai, the same, Macr. S. 1, 11, 33.

Bŏrysthĕnes, is, m., = Borusthenês, a large but gently-flowing river in Sarmatia, which empties into the Black Sea, now the Dnieper, Mel. 2, 1, 6; 2, 7, 2; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82 sq.; Gell. 9, 4, 6.—

Derivv.

Bŏrysthĕnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Borysthenes: amnis, poet. circumlocution for Borysthenes, Ov. P. 4, 10, 53.—

Bŏrysthĕnis, ĭdis, f., adj., = Borusthenis, the same: ora, Calvus ap. Val. Prob. p. 1395 P.—And subst.: Bŏry-sthĕnis, ĭdis, f., a town on the Borysthenes, previously called Olbia, a colony from Miletus, now Kudak, in the region of the present Oczakow, or of Nikolajew, Mel. 2, 1, 6 (here erroneously distinguished from Olbia).—

Bŏrysthĕnĭdae, ārum, m., the dwellers on or near the Borysthenes:

hiberni,

Prop. 2, 7, 18.—

Bŏrysthĕ-nītae, ārum, = Borusthenitai, the same, Macr. S. 1, 11, 33.

Bŏrysthĕnes, is, m., = Borusthenês, a large but gently-flowing river in Sarmatia, which empties into the Black Sea, now the Dnieper, Mel. 2, 1, 6; 2, 7, 2; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82 sq.; Gell. 9, 4, 6.—

Derivv.

Bŏrysthĕnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Borysthenes: amnis, poet. circumlocution for Borysthenes, Ov. P. 4, 10, 53.—

Bŏrysthĕnis, ĭdis, f., adj., = Borusthenis, the same: ora, Calvus ap. Val. Prob. p. 1395 P.—And subst.: Bŏry-sthĕnis, ĭdis, f., a town on the Borysthenes, previously called Olbia, a colony from Miletus, now Kudak, in the region of the present Oczakow, or of Nikolajew, Mel. 2, 1, 6 (here erroneously distinguished from Olbia).—

Bŏrysthĕnĭdae, ārum, m., the dwellers on or near the Borysthenes:

hiberni,

Prop. 2, 7, 18.—

Bŏrysthĕ-nītae, ārum, = Borusthenitai, the same, Macr. S. 1, 11, 33.

Cambyses, is, m., = Kambusês.

The husband of Mandane, and father of the elder Cyrus, Just. 1, 4, 4.—

The son and successor of the elder Cyrus, Just. 1, 9; Mel. 1, 11, 3; Val. Max. 6, 3, ext. 3; Luc. 10, 280.

A river in Albania, which rises on the Caucasus and empties into the Cyrus, now Jora, Mel. 3, 5, 6; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

A river of Media, Amm. 23, 6, 40.

Euphrātes (in Inscr. also EVFRATES), is, m., = Euphratês,

A wellknown river in Syria, which rises in Armenia, and, after its junction with the Tigris, empties into the Persian Gulf, now Frat, Mel. 1, 11, 2; 3, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 83 sqq.; Prud. Ham. 562; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Plin. Pan. 14; abl. Euphratē, Luc. 8, 358.—

Meton., the dwellers on its banks, Verg. G. 1, 509.—Hence,

Euphrā-taeus, a, um, = Euphrataios, of the Euphrates, i. e. Armenian:

diademata,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 122.—

Euphrātis, ĭdis, f., adj., of the Euphrates:

ripa,

Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —

A philosopher in the time of the younger Pliny, Plin. Ep. 1, 10.—‡

A rare Roman surname: M. IVNIVS EVFRATES, Inscr. in Bull. dell. Inst. 1844, p. 90.

Euphrātes (in Inscr. also EVFRATES), is, m., = Euphratês,

A wellknown river in Syria, which rises in Armenia, and, after its junction with the Tigris, empties into the Persian Gulf, now Frat, Mel. 1, 11, 2; 3, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 83 sqq.; Prud. Ham. 562; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Plin. Pan. 14; abl. Euphratē, Luc. 8, 358.—

Meton., the dwellers on its banks, Verg. G. 1, 509.—Hence,

Euphrā-taeus, a, um, = Euphrataios, of the Euphrates, i. e. Armenian:

diademata,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 122.—

Euphrātis, ĭdis, f., adj., of the Euphrates:

ripa,

Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —

A philosopher in the time of the younger Pliny, Plin. Ep. 1, 10.—‡

A rare Roman surname: M. IVNIVS EVFRATES, Inscr. in Bull. dell. Inst. 1844, p. 90.

Euphrātes (in Inscr. also EVFRATES), is, m., = Euphratês,

A wellknown river in Syria, which rises in Armenia, and, after its junction with the Tigris, empties into the Persian Gulf, now Frat, Mel. 1, 11, 2; 3, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 83 sqq.; Prud. Ham. 562; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Plin. Pan. 14; abl. Euphratē, Luc. 8, 358.—

Meton., the dwellers on its banks, Verg. G. 1, 509.—Hence,

Euphrā-taeus, a, um, = Euphrataios, of the Euphrates, i. e. Armenian:

diademata,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 122.—

Euphrātis, ĭdis, f., adj., of the Euphrates:

ripa,

Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —

A philosopher in the time of the younger Pliny, Plin. Ep. 1, 10.—‡

A rare Roman surname: M. IVNIVS EVFRATES, Inscr. in Bull. dell. Inst. 1844, p. 90.

Indus, a, um, adj., = Indos, of or belonging to India, Indian (as an adj. almost exclusively poet.):

ebur,

Verg. A. 12, 67:

dens,

ivory, Cat. 64, 48:

belua, i. e. elephas,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 7:

conchae,

pearls, Prop. 1, 8, 39 (1, 8 b. 13 M.).— Plur.: Indi, ōrum, the inhabitants of India, Indians, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:

extremi,

Cat. 11, 2; Mela, 1, 2, 3 sq.; 3, 7, 3.—In sing.: Indus, i, m.

Trop.

An Indian, collect., Verg. G. 2, 172; Ov. A. A. 3, 130.—

An elephant ' s driver, mahout, Liv. 38, 14, 2.—

Transf. ( poet.).

An Ethiopian, Verg. G. 4, 293.—

An Arabian (sing. collect.), Ov. F. 3, 720.

Indus, i, m., = Indos, the name of two rivers.

The Indus, that empties into the Indian Ocean, now Sind, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24 al.—

A river in Caria, Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; Liv. 38, 14, 2.

Ōchus, i, m., = Ôchos.

A river in Bactriana, that empties into the Oxus, Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 49; Curt. 7, 10, 15; Amm. 23, 6, 57.—

A surname of Artaxerxes III., king of Persia, Curt. 10, 5, 23.—

Son of Darius Codomannus, Curt. 4, 14, 22.

Phāsis, ĭdis or ĭdos (acc. also Phasin, Prop. 3, 22, 11; Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 3:

Phasim,

Verg. G. 4, 367 al.; voc. Phasĭ, Ov. P. 4, 10, 52), m., = Phasis.

A river in Colchis, which empties into the Euxine Sea, now Rion, Mel. 1, 19, 12; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 12:

limosi Phasidos undae,

Ov. M. 7, 6:

sua jura cruentum Phasin habent,

Stat. Th. 5, 457: Phasidis ales, a pheasant (v. in the foll. Phasiacus), id. S. 4, 6, 8; cf.:

ultra Phasin capi volunt, quod ambitiosam popinam instruat,

Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 3.—

Transf., a town and its harbor lying at the mouth of the Phasis, a colony of the Milesians, now Poti, Mel. 1, 19, 12; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13.—Hence,

Phāsis, ĭdis, adj. f., Phasian; poet. Colchian:

volucres,

i. e. pheasants, Mart. 13, 45, 1.— Subst.: Phāsis, ĭdis, f., the Colchian, a term applied to Medea; acc. Phasida, Ov. F. 2, 42.—

Phāsĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Phasiakos, of or belonging to the Phasis, Phasian; also poet. Colchian:

angulus,

Mel. 2, 2, 5:

unda,

Ov. Tr. 2, 439:

terra,

id. R. Am. 261: corona, which Medea presented to Creusa, id. Ib. 605:

ales Phasiacis petita Colchis,

i. e. the pheasant, Petr. 93.—

Phāsĭānus, a, um, adj., = Phasianos, of or belonging to the Phasis, Phasian:

Phasianae aves,

pheasants, Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.—As subst.: phāsĭāna, ae, f., a pheasant, Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 114.— More freq., phāsĭānus ( fāsĭān-), i, m., Suet. Vit. 13; Pall. 1, 29; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41 fin.; Edict. Diocl. p. 14.—According to the myth, it is the metamorphosed Itys, daughter of Tereus; v. Itys.—

Phāsĭas, ădis, adj. f., = Phasias, of or belonging to the Phasis, Phasian; poet. Colchian:

Phasias Aeetine,

Ov. H. 6, 103:

puella,

i. e. Medea, id. P. 3, 3, 80.— Subst.: Phāsĭas. ădis, f., Medea, Ov. A. A. 2, 382.

Phāsis, ĭdis, adj., v. 1. Phasis, A.