pharius

Dēmētrĭus, ii, m., Dêmêtrios, the name of several Greeks, among whom the most celebrated are,

Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus, and king of Macedonia, Cic. Off. 2, 7 fin.; Just. 15, 1 sq.; 16, 1 sq.—

Demetrius Phalereus, a famous orator, a pupil of Theophrastus, Cic. Brut. 9; id. de Or. 2, 23; id. Or. 27 et saep.—

Demetrius Magnes, a contemporary of Cicero, and author of a work, peri homonoias, Cic. Att. 8, 11 fin. —

Demetrius Pharius, king of Illyria, Liv. 22, 33, 3.—

Demetrius Soter, son of Antiochus the Great, Just. 34, 3, 8.—

The name of a singer, Hor. S. 1, 10, 79.—

A noted cynic, Tac. H. 1, 16; 4, 34; Sen. Ben. 7, 1.—

A comic actor, Juv. 3, 99; Quint. 11, 3, 138.— Also,

The title of a comedy by Turpilius, Non. 322, 18; v. Rib. Com. Fr. p. 87 sq.

Phărus or - os, i, f. (m., Suet. Claud. 20), = Pharos.

An island near Alexandria, in Egypt, where King Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous light-house, hence called pharus, now Faro, Mel. 2, 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos:

Pharus est in insulā turris, magnā altitudine, mirificis operibus exstructa, quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

superposuit turrem in exemplum Alexandrini Phari,

Suet. Claud. 20; Juv. 6, 83; of other light-houses:

pharon subiit,

Val. Fl. 7, 84:

turris phari terrae motu Capreis concidit,

Suet. Tib. 74:

Tyrrhena,

Juv. 12, 76.—

Transf., poet., Egypt:

regina Phari,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 102:

petimus Pharon arvaque Lagi,

Luc. 8, 433.— Hence,

Phărĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian, Egyptian (post-class.):

sistra,

App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.—

Phărĭus, a, um, adj., = Pharios, of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian; of the lighthouse:

flammae,

Luc. 9, 1004.— Poet., transf., Egyptian: Pharia juvenca, i. e. Io, Ov. F. 5, 619; but Isis, Mart. 10, 48, 1;

nence, turba,

the priests of Isis, Tib. 1, 3, 32:

conjux,

i. e. Cleopatra, Mart. 4, 11, 4:

dolores,

the lamentations of the Egyptian women at the festival of Isis for the lost Osiris, Stat. S. 5, 3, 244:

piscis,

i. e. the crocodile, Ov. A. A. 3, 270:

acetum,

Juv. 13, 85.—As subst.: Phărĭa, ae, f., Isis: SACRVM PHARIAE, Vet. Kalend. ap. Grut. 138.—

Phărītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Pharos, Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

A small island on the coast of Dalmatia, formerly called Paros ( Parus), now Lesina, Mel. 2, 7, 13.

Phărus or - os, i, f. (m., Suet. Claud. 20), = Pharos.

An island near Alexandria, in Egypt, where King Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous light-house, hence called pharus, now Faro, Mel. 2, 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos:

Pharus est in insulā turris, magnā altitudine, mirificis operibus exstructa, quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

superposuit turrem in exemplum Alexandrini Phari,

Suet. Claud. 20; Juv. 6, 83; of other light-houses:

pharon subiit,

Val. Fl. 7, 84:

turris phari terrae motu Capreis concidit,

Suet. Tib. 74:

Tyrrhena,

Juv. 12, 76.—

Transf., poet., Egypt:

regina Phari,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 102:

petimus Pharon arvaque Lagi,

Luc. 8, 433.— Hence,

Phărĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian, Egyptian (post-class.):

sistra,

App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.—

Phărĭus, a, um, adj., = Pharios, of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian; of the lighthouse:

flammae,

Luc. 9, 1004.— Poet., transf., Egyptian: Pharia juvenca, i. e. Io, Ov. F. 5, 619; but Isis, Mart. 10, 48, 1;

nence, turba,

the priests of Isis, Tib. 1, 3, 32:

conjux,

i. e. Cleopatra, Mart. 4, 11, 4:

dolores,

the lamentations of the Egyptian women at the festival of Isis for the lost Osiris, Stat. S. 5, 3, 244:

piscis,

i. e. the crocodile, Ov. A. A. 3, 270:

acetum,

Juv. 13, 85.—As subst.: Phărĭa, ae, f., Isis: SACRVM PHARIAE, Vet. Kalend. ap. Grut. 138.—

Phărītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Pharos, Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

A small island on the coast of Dalmatia, formerly called Paros ( Parus), now Lesina, Mel. 2, 7, 13.

vindĭco (on account of a supposed derivation from venum - dico, also written vendĭco), āvi, ātum, 1 (collat. form, acc. to the 3d conj., VINDICIT, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1 fin.), v. a. [vim - dico, prop. to assert authority, viz. in a case where legal possession of a thing claimed is refused; hence, transf.], to lay legal claim to a thing, whether as one's own property or for its restoration to a free condition.

Lit.: IN. IVS. DVCITO. NI IVDICATVM FACIT AVT QVIS ENDO EOM IVRE VINDICIT, i. e. eum in jure vindicat, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf., on the form of laying claim to disputed personal property, Gai Inst. 4, 16:

vindicare sponsam in libertatem,

Liv. 3, 45, 11; cf. id. 3, 48, 5; 3, 46, 7:

puellam,

id. 3, 46, 3:

ita vindicatur Virginia spondentibus propinquis,

id. 3, 46, 8.—

Transf., in gen. (freq. and class.; cf. assero).

To lay claim to as one's own, to make a claim upon, to demand, claim, arrogate, assume, appropriate a thing:

omnia non Quiritium sed sapientium jure pro suis vindicare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

videor id meo jure quodam modo vindicare,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2:

Homerum... Chii suum vindicant,

id. Arch. 8, 19:

ortūs nostri partem patria vindicat,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

maximam partem quasi suo jure Fortuna sibi vindicat,

id. Marcell. 2, 6:

ceterarum rerum quae sunt in oratore, partem aliquam sibi quisque vindicat,

id. Or. 19, 69:

quod neque summi imperatores... sibi umquam vindicare sunt ausi,

Quint. 1, prooem. §

14: partem oneris tui mihi vindico,

Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

majestatem sibi,

id. Pan. 42, 1:

partis sibi aequas potentiae,

Suet. Tib. 50; id. Tit. 5; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 3; id. Cons. Helv. 3, 9; id. Q. N. 1, 1, 10; Val. Max. 4, 3, 1; 5, 3, ext. 2; cf. Plin. Pan. 8, 2; Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: iniquissima haec bellorum condicio est; prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur, Tac. Agr. 27:

victoriae majore parte ad se vindicatā,

Liv. 44, 14, 8:

decus belli ad se,

id. 9, 43, 14:

tanta tamen universae Galliae consensio fuit libertatis vindicandae, ut, etc.,

should be maintained, vindicated, Caes. B. G. 7, 76:

Trasimenum pro Tarsimeno multi auctores... vindicaverunt,

have adopted, Quint. 1, 5, 13; so id. 1, 5, 26:

vindicet antiquam faciem, vultusque ferinos Detrahat,

reassume, Ov. M. 2, 523.— Poet., with inf.:

vindicat hoc Pharius dextrā gestare satelles,

Luc. 8, 675.—

To place a thing in a free condition.

In libertatem vindicare, to set free, to free, emancipate:

in libertatem rem populi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

ex dominatu Ti. Gracchi in libertatem rem publicam,

id. Brut. 58, 212:

rem publicam afflictam et oppressam in veterem dignitatem ac libertatem,

i. e. to restore, id. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

Galliam in libertatem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

se et populum Romanum in libertatem,

id. B. C. 1, 22.—

To deliver, liberate, protect, defend:

te ab eo vindico et libero,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9:

nos a verberibus, ab unco, a crucis terrore neque res gestae neque acta aetas neque vestri honores vindicabunt?

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 16:

sapientia sola nos a libidinum impetu et formidinum terrore vindicat,

id. Fin. 1, 14, 46:

quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

id. Fl. 17, 40:

aliquem a miseriis morte,

id. Brut. 96, 329:

a molestiā,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 2:

a labore,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

domum suam a solitudine,

id. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

laudem summorum oratorum ab oblivione hominum atque a silentio,

rescue, id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

sed ab hac necessitate egregie vos fortuna vindicat,

Liv. 37, 54, 10:

corpora a putrescendo (sal),

Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 98:

ebur a carie (vetus oleum),

id. 15, 7, 7, § 32:

capillum a canitie,

id. 28, 11, 46, § 164:

se non modo ex suspitione tanti sceleris, verum etiam ex omni hominum sermone,

Cic. Sull. 20, 59:

perpetienda illa fuerunt, ut se aliquando ad suos vindicaret,

might restore, id. Rab. Post. 9, 25:

quam dura ad saxa revinctam Vindicat Alcides,

sets free, Ov. M. 11, 213:

tandem absolutus vindicatusque est (reus),

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1.—

With respect to some wrong perpetrated (cf. ulciscor), to avenge, revenge, punish; to take vengeance on any one; make compensation for:

omnia quae vindicaris in altero, sibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

maleficium in aliis vindicare,

id. Sull. 6, 19:

facinus in nullo etiam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

dolum malum et legibus,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61. acerrime maleficia, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12:

consensionem improborum supplicio omni,

id. Lael. 12, 43:

eam rem quam vehementer,

id. Quint. 7, 28:

Ti. Gracchi conatus perditos,

id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

necem Crassi,

Ov. F. 6, 468:

offensas ense,

id. Tr. 3, 8, 40:

fortuita non civium tantummodo sed urbium damna principis munificentia vindicat,

Vell. 2, 126, 4.— Impers. pass.:

fateor non modo in socios, sed etiam in cives militesque nostros persaepe esse severe ac vehementer vindicatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 133:

vindicandum in eos,

Sall. J. 31, 18:

vindicatum in eos, qui, etc.,

id. C. 9, 4; cf.:

in quos (Venetos) eo gravius Caesar vindicandum statuit, quo diligentius, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16.—

Transf. (after the analogy of ulcisci): vindicare se ab (de) aliquo, to revenge one's self upon one:

se ab illo,

Sen. Ben. 6, 5, 3:

se de fortunā praefationibus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 14.— Pass.:

quantā saevitiā opus erat, ut Sulla de Mario vindicaretur,

Flor. 3, 21, 19.