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  • 1 rīvus

        rīvus ī, m    [RI-], a small stream, brook: Purae aquae, H.: rivis, qui ad mare pertinebant, etc., Cs.: laudo ruris amoeni Rivos, H.: celeres, H.— Prov.: e rivo flumma magna facis, i. e. make a mountain of a mole-hill, O.— An artificial watercourse, canal, ditch, conduit: rivos deducere (for irrigation), V.: rivos ducere lenis aquae, O.— A stream: lactis uberes, H.: sanguinis rivi, L.: sudoris, V.: lacrimarum, O.—Fig., a stream, course: liquidus fortunae rivus, H.
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  • 2 arx

    arx, arcis, f. [arx ab arcendo, quod is locus munitissimus rubis, a quo facillime possit hostis prohiberi, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 20; Isid. Orig. 15, 2, 32; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 428; v. arceo], a stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, akropolis; in Rome, the Capitolium.
    I.
    A.. Lit.: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Müll.): optumates, Corinthum quae arcem altam habetis, id. ap. ejusd. Fam. 7, 6: edicite per urbem ut omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt, cives, etc.; Att. ap. Non. p. 357, 14:

    Illa autem in arcem [hinc] abiit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; so id. Ps. 4, 6, 2:

    In arcem transcurso opus est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17:

    Condere coeperunt urbīs arcemque locare,

    Lucr. 5, 1107:

    arcis servator, candidus anser,

    id. 4, 683:

    munire arcem,

    Cic. Pis. 34 fin.:

    cum Tarento amisso arcem tamen Livius retinuisset,

    id. de Or. 2, 67, 273: arx intra moenia in immanem altitudinem edita; Liv. 45, 28:

    arx Sion,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 7:

    arx Jerusalem,

    ib. 1 Macc. 13, 49:

    Romana,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    Capitolina,

    id. 6, 20; cf. id. 3, 18:

    Sabinus arcem Capitolii insedit mixto milite,

    Tac. H. 3, 69; Suet. Claud. 44 et saep. As the place on which auguries were received (cf. auguraculum):

    ut cum in arce augurium augures acturi essent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; so Liv. 1, 18 and 24.—Hence,
    B.
    Trop., defence, prolection, refuge, bulwark, etc.:

    Castoris templum fuit te consule arx civium perditorum, receptaculum veterum Catilinae militum, castellum forensis latrocinii,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

    haec urbs, lux orbis terrarum atque arx omnium gentium,

    id. Cat. 4, 6; cf. id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    Africa arx omnium provinciarum,

    id. Lig. 7, 22:

    Stoicorum,

    id. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    arx finitimorum, Campani,

    Liv. 7, 29; 37, 18:

    tribunicium auxilium et provocationem, duas arces libertatis tuendae,

    id. 3, 45:

    arx ad aliquid faciendum,

    id. 28, 3:

    eam urbem pro arce habiturus Philippus adversus Graeciae civitates,

    id. 33, 14; Flor. 3, 6, 5:

    quasi arx aeternae dominationis,

    Tac. A. 14, 31.—
    C.
    As the abode of tyrants, a poet. designation of tyranny (cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293 Heins.:

    cupidi arcium,

    Sen. Thyest. 342; cf. id. Contr. 4, 27:

    non dum attigit arcem, Juris et humani culmen,

    Luc. 7, 593 Corte; cf. id. 8, 490, and 4, 800; Tert. Apol. 4.—
    D.
    Prov.:

    arcem facere e cloacā,

    to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Cic. Planc. 40.—
    II.
    Since castles were generally on a height, meton., a height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (usu. poet. and in Aug. and postAug. prose), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    summā locum sibi legit in arce,

    upon the extreme height, Ov. M. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 43. —So,
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of mountains:

    Parnasi constitit arce,

    Ov. M. 1, 467:

    arce loci summā,

    id. ib. 11, 393:

    Rhipaeae arces,

    Verg. G. 1, 240:

    flērunt Rhodopeïae arces,

    id. ib. 4, 461:

    septemque unā sibi muro circumdedit arces,

    id. ib. 2, 535:

    primus inexpertas adiit Tirynthius arces, i. e. Alpes,

    Sil. 3, 496; cf. Drak. ad id. 15, 305; Val. Fl. 3, 565:

    impositum arce sublimi oppidum cernimus,

    Petr. 116; cf. id. 123, 205, and 209.—
    b.
    Of houses built on an eminence, Petr. 121, 107, and 293.—
    c.
    Of the citadel of heaven:

    quae pater ut summā vidit Saturnius arce,

    Ov. M. 1, 163:

    summam petit arduus arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 306:

    sideream mundi qui temperat arcem,

    id. Am. 3, 10, 21.—
    d.
    Of the heavens themselves: aetheriae [p. 170] arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 19:

    arces igneae,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:

    caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

    Verg. A. 1, 250; cf. id. ib. 1, 259.—
    e.
    Of temples erected on an eminence:

    dexterā sacras jaculatus arces,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 3.—
    f.
    Of the head:

    arx corporis,

    Sen. Oedip. 185; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 235.—
    B.
    Trop., height, head, summit, etc. (rare):

    celsā mentis ab arce,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 131:

    summae laudum arces,

    Sil. 13, 771; Sid. Carm. 2, 173:

    ubi Hannibal sit, ibi caput atque arcem totius belli esse,

    head and front, Liv. 28, 42:

    arx eloquentiae,

    Tac. Or. 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arx

  • 3 rivus

    rīvus, i, m. [root ri- (li-), to flow, drop; Gr. limnê;cf. liris; Sanscr. rīna, flowing; cf. ripa], a small stream of water, a brook (cf.: fluvius, amnis).
    I.
    Lit.: rivus est locus per longitudinem depressus, quo aqua decurrat, cui nomen est apo tou rhein, Dig. 43, 21 (de rivis), 1:

    rivorum a fonte deductio,

    Cic. Top. 8, 33:

    prostrati in gramine molli Propter aquae rivum,

    by a waterbrook, Lucr. 2, 30; so,

    aquae,

    id. 5, 1392; Hor. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. Inscr. Orell. 51:

    omnia flumina atque omnes rivos, qui ad mare pertinebant, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49; 3, 37; cf. 3, 88 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

    pronus,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 21; id. C. 1, 29, 11:

    mobiles,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 14; cf.

    celeres,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 14:

    gelidi,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 7; id. Ep. 1, 18, 104:

    claudite jam rivos,

    Verg. E. 3, 111:

    tenuis fugiens per gramina rivus,

    id. G. 4, 19.—Prov.: e rivo flumina magna facere, to magnify an insignificant object; or, as we say, to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Ov. P. 2, 5, 22.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    An artificial water-course, channel, canal, Dig. 7, 1, 61; 8, 3, 15; 8, 4, 11.—
    b.
    A gutter, Vitr. 8, 6 (7), 1 al.—
    2.
    Of other liquids, a stream, etc. (mostly poet.):

    manabat venis ferventibus argenti rivus et auri,

    Lucr. 5, 1256:

    lactis uberes,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 11:

    sanguinis,

    Verg. A. 11, 668; Liv. 26, 23; Curt. 4, 9, 13:

    sudoris,

    Verg. A. 5, 200:

    lacrimarum,

    Ov. M. 9, 655:

    ignium,

    Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 236:

    rivis currentia vina,

    Verg. G. 1, 132.—
    II.
    Trop., a stream (very rare;

    v. rivulus, II.): liquidus fortunae rivus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9: facundiae rivus, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rivus

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