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  • 1 amphitheātrum

        amphitheātrum ī, n, ἀμφιτηέατρον, an amphitheatre, oval building for public spectacles, Ta.
    * * *
    amphitheater, double (oval/circular) theater having stage/arena in center

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  • 2 ovum

    ōvum, i, n. [ôon, i. e. ÔWON].
    I.
    Lit., an egg:

    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An egg-shell (as a measure), an egg-shellful, Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137.—
    B.
    An egg-shape, oval shape, oval, Calp. Ecl. 7, 34.

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  • 3 ancīle

        ancīle is （ gen plur. -ilium, Ta., once, -iliorum, H.), n    a small oval shield, V.; usu. the shield said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa, and on the preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend, H., V., L., O.
    * * *
    ancele; (12 waisted shields fell from heaven, copies in Salii shrine of Mars)

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  • 4 circus

        circus ī, m    [CVR-], a circular line, circle: lacteus, the Milky Way.—An enclosure for athletic games, race-course, ring: longo decedere circo, V.: munera circo locantur In medio, V.: maritimus (at Anagnia), L. — Esp.: Circus Maximus, an oval circus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, with room for 100,000, C., L., O.; often called Circus, C.: Fallax (as the resort of soothsayers and jugglers), H. — The Circus Flaminius, C.; called Circus, O.
    * * *
    race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games; circle; orbit

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  • 5 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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  • 6 ancile

    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.

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  • 7 ancule

    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.

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  • 8 Circenses

    circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].
    I.
    A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

    circus lacteus,

    the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

    candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

    Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

    illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

    id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

    globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

    Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—
    II.
    Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

    Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

    Circus Magnus,

    Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

    hence, Circus fallax,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

    Circus clamosus,

    Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

    called only Circus,

    Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

    and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

    Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

    in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

    id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—
    B.
    Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

    ludicrum, the same,

    Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

    Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

    Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

    committere,

    id. Claud. 21:

    spectare,

    id. Aug. 45:

    Circensium die,

    id. Dom. 4:

    plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

    id. Tib. 26.—
    2.
    Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—
    b.
    Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

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  • 9 circus

    circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].
    I.
    A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

    circus lacteus,

    the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

    candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

    Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

    illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

    id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

    globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

    Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—
    II.
    Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

    Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

    Circus Magnus,

    Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

    hence, Circus fallax,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

    Circus clamosus,

    Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

    called only Circus,

    Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

    and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

    Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

    in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

    id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—
    B.
    Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

    ludicrum, the same,

    Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

    Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

    Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

    committere,

    id. Claud. 21:

    spectare,

    id. Aug. 45:

    Circensium die,

    id. Dom. 4:

    plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

    id. Tib. 26.—
    2.
    Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—
    b.
    Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

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  • 10 clipeus

    clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].
    I.
    The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:

    clipeum post vulnera sumere,

    i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —
    B.
    Trop., a shield, protection, defence, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 433.—
    II.
    Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *
    A.
    The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—
    * B.
    The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—
    C.
    A round meteor:

    clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,
    D.
    A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):

    scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,

    Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —
    E.
    Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664).

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  • 11 clypeus

    clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].
    I.
    The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:

    clipeum post vulnera sumere,

    i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —
    B.
    Trop., a shield, protection, defence, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 433.—
    II.
    Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *
    A.
    The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—
    * B.
    The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—
    C.
    A round meteor:

    clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,
    D.
    A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):

    scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,

    Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —
    E.
    Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664).

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