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1 ovum
ōvum, i, n. [ôon, i. e. ÔWON].I.Lit., an egg:II.ovum parere,
to lay, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8:edere,
Col. 8, 3, 4:ponere,
Ov. M. 8, 258:efferre,
Verg. G. 1, 379:eniti,
Col. 8, 11, 8 sq.:facere,
Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17:pullos ex ovis excuderunt,
to hatch, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130 B. and K. (al. excluserunt):incubare ova,
to sit on, brood on, hatch, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8; 12;for which: incubare ovis,
Col. 8, 11, 14:suppovere ova,
id. 8, 6, 1:an pulli rostellis ova percuderint... nam saepe propter crassitudinem putaminum erumpere non queunt,
Col. 8, 5, 14:quatenus in pullos animalis vertier ova cernimus alituum,
Lucr. 2, 927.—Also of the spawn of fish, etc.:etsi pisces, ova cum genuerunt relinquunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:testudines autem et crocodilos dicunt... obruere ova,
id. ib. 2, 52, 129:saepius et tectis penetralibus extulit ova... formica,
Verg. G. 1, 380; Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:ovi putamen,
an eggshell, Col. 8, 5, 14:cortex ovi,
Ser. Samm. 28, 531.—The Romans usually began their meals with eggs and ended them with fruit; hence, integram famem ad ovum affero, until the egg, i. e. the beginning of the meal, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; and:ab ovo Usque ad mala citaret, Io Bacche!
i. e. from the beginning to the end, Hor. S. 1, 3, 6.—Acc. to the myth, Leda became pregnant by Jupiter, who visited her in the shape of a swan; she laid two eggs, one by Jupiter, and the other by Tyndarus; from the former of which were born Pollux and Helen, and from the latter Castor and Clytaemnestra;hence, nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,
Hor. A. P. 147: Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis, from the same egg, i. e. of the same parentage, id. S. 2, 1, 26.—In the circus seven wooden eggs were set up, one of which was removed at the completion of each circuit;hence, non modo ovum illud sublatum est, quod, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2:ova ad notas curriculis numerandis,
Liv. 41, 27, 6.—Transf.A.An egg-shell (as a measure), an egg-shellful, Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137.—B. -
2 amphitheatrum
amphĭthĕātrum, i, n., = amphitheatron, an amphitheatre, a circular or oval building in which each successive seat, raised above the last, furnished an unobstructed view. From its shape it was sometimes called circus. In Rome it was used for public spectacles: for combats of wild beasts and of ships, but most frequently for gladiatorial shows. It was at first built of wood, but afterwards of stone, and with great splendor. The largest one, designed by Augustus, but begun by Vespasian and finished by Titus, was called the Amphitheatrum Florium, or, since the time of Bede, the Colosseum or Colisœum, perhaps from the Colossus of Nero, which stood close by. This is said to have held eighty-seven thousand spectators, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24; Tac. A. 4, 62; id. H. 2, 67; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Calig. 18; id. Vesp. 9; id. Tit. 7; id. Tib. 40; id. Ner. 12; Isid. 15, 2, 35, p. 471 al.; cf. Smith, Class. Dict.
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