on the shields

con-crĕpo, pŭi, pĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to rattle, creak, grate, sound, resound, clash, make a noise, etc. (class.):

foris concrepuit hinc a vicino sene,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 76:

foris,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 56; 4, 2, 28:

ostium,

id. Men. 2, 2, 73; 3, 2, 57; * Ter. And. 4, 1, 58: scabilla concrepant, aulaeum [p. 404] tollitur, Cic. Cael. 27, 65:

conclamat omnis multitudo et suo more armis concrepat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21.—Of the din or clashing of weapons (i. e. of the swords against the shields) when struck together:

simul primo concursu concrepuere arma,

Liv. 6, 24, 1; 28, 8, 2, and 28, 29, 10; Petr. 59, 3;

and of the striking together of the brazen cymbals of the attendants of Bacchus,

Prop. 3 (4), 18, 6; Ov. F. 3, 740.—Of the snapping of the fingers:

concrepuit digitis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51: si vir bonus habeat hanc vim, ut, si digitis concrepuerit, possit, etc., by snapping his fingers, i. e. by the smallest effort, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 75; Hier. Ep. 125, 18; so also absol.:

simulac decemviri concrepuerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

Act., to cause to sound or rattle, to strike upon (rare):

aera,

Ov. F. 5, 441:

hastis scuta,

Petr. 59, 3:

digitos,

id. 27, 5:

Tartessiaca aera manu,

Mart. 11, 16, 4.

testūdo, ĭnis, f. [testa], a tortoise.

Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.:

testudo volat, of any thing impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., tortoise-shell.

Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —

From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.

Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —

An arch, vault in buildings (syn.:

fornix, camera),

Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —

In milit. lang., a tortoise, i. e. a covering, shed, shelter so called (cf.: vinea, pluteus), viz.,

Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —

Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —

The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —

A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].

Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20:

gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,

Ov. M. 6, 249:

cubito adlevat artus,

id. ib. 7, 343:

naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,

Flor. 4, 11, 5:

supercilia adlevare,

Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. tas ophrus anaspan); so,

bracchium,

id. 11, 3, 41:

pollicem,

id. 11, 3, 142:

manum,

id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3:

oculos,

Curt. 8, 14:

faciem alicujus manu,

Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.—

Trop.

To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Kalôs kakôs prassonti sumparainesas): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3:

Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,

Vulg. Psa. 144, 14:

dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,

ib. ib. 72, 18:

onus, aliquā ex parte,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10:

sollicitudines,

id. Brut. 3, 12:

adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,

id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum ( poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.—

To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten:

adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78:

adlevatae notae,

removed, Tac. H. 1, 52.—

To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished:

C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,

Flor. 4, 2, 10.

al-lēvo ( adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., to make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.):

nodos et cicatrices adlevare,

Col. 3, 15, 3:

vitem ferro,

id. 4, 24, 4:

ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur,

id. 4, 24, 6.

al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].

Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20:

gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,

Ov. M. 6, 249:

cubito adlevat artus,

id. ib. 7, 343:

naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,

Flor. 4, 11, 5:

supercilia adlevare,

Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. tas ophrus anaspan); so,

bracchium,

id. 11, 3, 41:

pollicem,

id. 11, 3, 142:

manum,

id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3:

oculos,

Curt. 8, 14:

faciem alicujus manu,

Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.—

Trop.

To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Kalôs kakôs prassonti sumparainesas): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3:

Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,

Vulg. Psa. 144, 14:

dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,

ib. ib. 72, 18:

onus, aliquā ex parte,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10:

sollicitudines,

id. Brut. 3, 12:

adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,

id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum ( poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.—

To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten:

adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78:

adlevatae notae,

removed, Tac. H. 1, 52.—

To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished:

C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,

Flor. 4, 2, 10.

al-lēvo ( adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., to make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.):

nodos et cicatrices adlevare,

Col. 3, 15, 3:

vitem ferro,

id. 4, 24, 4:

ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur,

id. 4, 24, 6.

ancīle (also ancŭle after ankulion in Plut. Num.), is, n. ( gen. plur. ancilium, Tac. H. 1, 89;

but anciliorum,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 10; cf. Consent. p. 1898 P.) [prob. from ankulos, crooked, curved;

v. ango],

a small oval shield, Verg. A. 7, 188 Serv.; Luc. 9, 480; but specif. the shield that was said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa [p. 117] (hence, caelestia arma, Liv. 1, 20), and on the preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend; whereupon Numa caused eleven others exactly like it to be made by the artist Mamurius Veturius. so that if the genuine one was lost, the fact could not be known. These shields were carefully preserved by the Salian priests in the temple of Mars, and every year in March carried about in solemn procession (ancilia movere), and then returned to their place (ancilia condere), Ov. F. 3, 377; Liv. 1, 20; Verg. A. 8, 664; Tac. H. 1, 89; Suet. Oth. 8; Inscr. Orell. 2244; v. Smith, Dict. Antiq.

► Adj.:

clipeis ancilibus,

Juv. 2, 126:

arma ancilia,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.

ancīle (also ancŭle after ankulion in Plut. Num.), is, n. ( gen. plur. ancilium, Tac. H. 1, 89;

but anciliorum,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 10; cf. Consent. p. 1898 P.) [prob. from ankulos, crooked, curved;

v. ango],

a small oval shield, Verg. A. 7, 188 Serv.; Luc. 9, 480; but specif. the shield that was said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa [p. 117] (hence, caelestia arma, Liv. 1, 20), and on the preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend; whereupon Numa caused eleven others exactly like it to be made by the artist Mamurius Veturius. so that if the genuine one was lost, the fact could not be known. These shields were carefully preserved by the Salian priests in the temple of Mars, and every year in March carried about in solemn procession (ancilia movere), and then returned to their place (ancilia condere), Ov. F. 3, 377; Liv. 1, 20; Verg. A. 8, 664; Tac. H. 1, 89; Suet. Oth. 8; Inscr. Orell. 2244; v. Smith, Dict. Antiq.

► Adj.:

clipeis ancilibus,

Juv. 2, 126:

arma ancilia,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.

crātis, is ( nom. sing. only Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 56, 5; acc. sing. cratim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65), f. [Sanscr. kart, to spin; cf. crassus], wicker-work, a hurdle.

Lit.

In gen.

Sing. (rare):

flexilis,

Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209; 10, 44, 61, § 126:

juncea,

id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; Juv. 11, 82.—

Plur. (so most freq.; and by the ancient gram. sometimes regarded as plur. tantum;

v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 455),

Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Verg. A. 11, 64; Hor. Epod. 2, 45; Col. 12, 15, 1 al.—

Esp.

A harrow; sing., Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145; 18, 20, 49, § 180; 18, 18, 48, § 173.— Plur., Verg. G. 1, 94.—

A hurdle with which criminals were covered, and on which stones were thrown; sing., Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 4, 50, 4; Tac. G. 12.—

Milit., fascines, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 40; Liv. 10, 38, 5; Tac. A. 1, 68 al. —As a covering for besiegers in attacks, Curt. 5, 3, 7.—

The ribs of a shield:

umbonum,

Verg. A. 7, 633; Curt. 10, 2, 23; Sil. 5, 522 sq.—

= testudo, the interlocked shields of a rank of soldiers, Luc. 3, 485.—

Transf., a joint, rib, etc.:

pectoris,

Verg. A. 12, 508:

laterum,

Ov. M. 12, 370; cf.

spinae,

the joints of the backbone, id. ib. 8, 806:

favorum,

honey-comb, Verg. G. 4, 214:

cratem facit vitis,

grows confusedly, Col. 4, 2, 1 al.

nervus, i, m. [root snar-; Old Germ. snara, a snare; Gr. neuron; cf. parvus and pauros], a sinew, tendon, nerve.

Lit.:

his adde nervos, a quibus artus continentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

hoc nervos confirmari putant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20:

nervus qui platys appellatur,

Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90:

hic primum nervos et venas expressit (of Pythagoras the painter),

id. 34, 8, 19, § 59:

nervorum contractio,

Sen. Ep. 66, 40: nervi quos tenontas Graeci appellant, Cels. 8, 1:

condamus alter alterum in nervum bracchialem,

let us embrace, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99.—

Transf.

I. q. membrum virile, Hor. Epod. 12, 19; Juv. 10, 205; 9, 35; pl. nervi, Petr. 131, §§ 4 and 6.—

A string of a musical instrument:

omnes voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216:

cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum tota vicinitas personat,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Verg. A. 9, 776; Hor. C. 3, 11, 4.—

A bowstring: reciproca tendens nervo equino concita tela, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 80 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): nervoque obversus equino Contendit telum, Verg. A. 9, 622:

nervo aptare sagittas,

id. ib. 10, 131:

erumpit nervo pulsante sagitta,

id. G. 4, 313; so Val. Fl. 6, 376; 1, 437; Luc. 7, 141.—

A bow:

aliquem fallere nervo,

Val. Fl. 3, 182.—

The leather with which shields were covered:

scuta nervo firmata,

Tac. A. 2, 14; Sil. 4, 293.—

A thong with which a person was bound, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 11; Veg. Mil. 4, 9.—

The cords or wires by which a puppet is moved:

duceris ut nervis alienis mobile lignum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 82.—

A fetter: nervum appellamus etiam ferreum vinculum, quo pedes impediuntur: quamquam Plautus eo etiam cervices vinciri ait: Perfidiose captus edepol nervo cervices probat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: VINCITO AVT NERVO, AVT COMPEDIBVS, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1: in nervo atque compedibus aetatem agunt, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; cf. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5:

posuit in nervo pedes meos,

Vulg. Job, 33, 11.—

A prison:

in nervum aliquem rapere,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 45:

in nervo jacebis,

id. Curc. 5, 3, 40; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 71:

vereor ne istaec fortitudo in nervum erumpat denique,

will lay you by the heels, bring you into durance, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 10; 4, 4, 15:

eximere de nervo aliquem,

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

misit in nervum,

Vulg. Jer. 20, 2.—

Trop.

Nerve, vigor, force, power, strength:

digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

onus... dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

omnibus nervis mihi contendendum est, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 3, 56, §

130: opibus ac nervis ad perniciem suam uti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 32:

nervi belli pecunia,

id. ib. 5, 2, 5:

vectigalia nervos esse rei publicae,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

legionum nervos incidere,

id. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

poëtae molliunt animos, nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27:

video, fore nervis opus sapientiāque tuā,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 1:

loci inhaerentes in nervis causarum,

intimately connected with them, id. de Or. 3, 27, 106:

nervi conjurationis,

the leaders, Liv. 7, 39, 6.—

In partic., of expression, force, energy:

horum oratio neque nervos, neque aculeos oratorios ac forenses habet,

Cic. Or. 19, 62; cf. id. de Or. 3, 21, 80:

nervi in dicendo,

id. ib. 2, 22, 91:

sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

Hor. A. P. 26.

pellis, is ( abl. sing. pelle;

but pelli,

Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. [Gr. pella, pelas, skin; cf. erusipelas, epipolê, surface; also, platus, and Lat. palam], a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.):

rana rugosam inflavit pellem,

Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2:

nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.:

quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

pelles pro velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

fulvique insternor pelle leonis,

Verg. A. 2, 722:

pelles perficere,

Plin. 24, 11, 56, § 94:

pelles candidas conficere,

id. 13, 6, 13, § 55:

pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.— Poet., of the human skin:

frigida pellis Duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

ossa atque pellis tota est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32:

pellis nostra,

Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.:

deformem pro cute pellem aspice,

Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64:

introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,

with a showy outside, id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula):

caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer,

Mart. 5, 60, 10:

pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā,

Vulg. Job, 2, 4:

si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam,

id. Jer. 13, 23.—

Transf.

Leather:

ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet,

Juv. 3, 150.—

A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19:

pes in pelle natet,

in the shoe, id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.—

A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp:

ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

sub pellibus milites contineri non possent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.:

(Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39:

durare sub pellibus,

id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38:

pellium nomine,

for covering shields, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—

Parchment:

pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens,

on little parchments, Mart. 14, 190, 1.—

A drum:

pelles caedere,

Min. Fel. 24, 4.

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trŏpaeum or trŏphaeum, i, n., = tropaion.

Lit., a sign and memorial of victory, a trophy; orig. a trunk of a tree, on which were fixed the arms, shields, helmets, etc., taken from the enemy;

afterwards made of stone and ornamented in the same manner,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

statuere,

id. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

devictis Hispanis tropaea in jugis constituit,

Sall. H. 4, 29 Dietsch:

in modum tropaeorum arma imposuit,

Tac. A. 2, 18 fin.:

sistere Romae tropaea de Parthis,

id. ib. 15, 18; Suet. Caes. 11; id. Claud. 1; id. Calig. 45; Verg. A. 11, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 379; Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3; 2, 2, 3.—

Transf.

A victory:

nova Cantemus Augusti tropaea Caesaris,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 19:

tulit e capto nota tropaea viro,

Ov. H. 9, 104; 17, 242; id. R. Am. 158:

victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit compararitropaeo,

Nep. Them. 5, 3; cf.:

nostra sunt tropaea, nostra monimenta, nostri triumphi,

Cic. Arch. 9, 21; Val. Max. 8, 14, ext. 1. —

A mark, token, sign, memorial, monument:

tropaeum necessitudinis atque hospitii,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115:

Maecenatis erunt vera tropaea fides,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 34.

trŏpaeum or trŏphaeum, i, n., = tropaion.

Lit., a sign and memorial of victory, a trophy; orig. a trunk of a tree, on which were fixed the arms, shields, helmets, etc., taken from the enemy;

afterwards made of stone and ornamented in the same manner,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

statuere,

id. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

devictis Hispanis tropaea in jugis constituit,

Sall. H. 4, 29 Dietsch:

in modum tropaeorum arma imposuit,

Tac. A. 2, 18 fin.:

sistere Romae tropaea de Parthis,

id. ib. 15, 18; Suet. Caes. 11; id. Claud. 1; id. Calig. 45; Verg. A. 11, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 379; Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3; 2, 2, 3.—

Transf.

A victory:

nova Cantemus Augusti tropaea Caesaris,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 19:

tulit e capto nota tropaea viro,

Ov. H. 9, 104; 17, 242; id. R. Am. 158:

victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit compararitropaeo,

Nep. Them. 5, 3; cf.:

nostra sunt tropaea, nostra monimenta, nostri triumphi,

Cic. Arch. 9, 21; Val. Max. 8, 14, ext. 1. —

A mark, token, sign, memorial, monument:

tropaeum necessitudinis atque hospitii,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115:

Maecenatis erunt vera tropaea fides,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 34.

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scūtum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form scū-tus, Turp. ap. Non. 226, 13) [skutos].

An oblong shield, made of boards fastened together, and covered with leather, a buckler (whereas clipeus denotes a round shield, target of metal; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 18):

scutum pro clipeo,

Liv. 1, 43: pedestre, of the infantry, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 14; 9, 13, 16; Liv. 6, 8; 7, 10:

equestria,

of the cavalry, id. 43, 6:

ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis,

id. ib. 2, 33:

sublato scuto,

id. B. C. 2, 35:

abjecto scuto fugere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:

ut non modo non abjecto, sed ne rejecto quidem scuto fugere videar,

id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium,

Tac. G. 6:

hastas et scuta reclinant,

Verg. A. 12, 130:

fulgentia,

id. ib. 8, 93:

longa,

id. ib. 8, 539; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 73; Liv. 7, 26; 38, 17:

erectum altius,

Amm. 24, 4, 4.—

Transf., heavyarmed soldiers, men bearing shields (late Lat.):

oppidum, ordine circumdatum trino scutorum, oppugnabat,

Amm. 24, 4, 10:

Agilo, scutorum densitate contectus,

id. 21, 12, 18 al. —

Trop., a shield, i. e. a defence, protection, sheiter, safeguard (rare):

sed ne quod tamen scutum dare in judicio viderentur eis, quos, etc.,

Cic. Tull. 18, 43:

scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est,

Liv. 3, 53 fin. (for which, just before:

praesidia libertatis non licentiae ad impugnandos alios): Fabius novam de Hannibale victoriam commentus est, non pugnare. Hinc illud ex populo, ut Imperii scutum vocaretur,

Flor. 2, 6, 27; cf.:

Deus, scutum meum,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3:

scutum fidei,

id. Eph. 6, 16.