Перевод: с латинского на английский

с английского на латинский

s camp

  • 1 castrum

    castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].
    I.
    In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):

    ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —
    B.
    Esp., nom. propr.
    1.
    Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—
    2.
    Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;

    called Castrum,

    Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —
    3.
    Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—
    4.
    Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—
    5.
    Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;

    also called Truentum,

    Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—
    6.
    Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).
    A.
    Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);

    later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;

    Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,

    Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—
    b.
    Phrases.
    (α).
    With adj.:

    stativa,

    occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:

    aestiva,

    summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:

    hiberna,

    Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):

    navalia,

    an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;

    called also nautica,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:

    una,

    Tac. A. 4, 2:

    bina,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:

    quina,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—
    (β).
    With verb:

    locum castris antecapere,

    Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:

    capere locum castris,

    Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;

    and montes castris capere,

    Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:

    facere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:

    ponere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:

    ponere et munire,

    Sall. J. 75, 7:

    munire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:

    communire,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:

    castra castris conferre,

    id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:

    castris se tenere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:

    castra movere,

    to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

    movere retro,

    Liv. 2, 58, 3:

    removere,

    id. 9, 24, 4:

    proferre,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

    castris castra inferre,

    Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—
    c.
    Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —
    d.
    Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —
    B.
    Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.
    1.
    Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—
    2.
    Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—
    3.
    Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—
    4.
    Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—
    5.
    Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—
    6.
    Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—
    C.
    Meton.
    1.
    Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:

    secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,

    Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:

    alteris castris,

    Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—

    So tertiis castris,

    Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:

    quartis castris,

    Liv. 44, 46, 10:

    quintis castris,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:

    septimis castris,

    id. 40, 22, 1:

    decimis castris,

    id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—
    2.
    Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:

    qui magnum in castris usum habebant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—
    3.
    Of beehives:

    cerea,

    Verg. A. 12, 589:

    in apium castris,

    Pall. 1, 37, 4.—
    4.
    Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—
    5.
    Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:

    si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,

    Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—
    6.
    Of philosophical sects:

    Epicuri castra,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

    O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!

    id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > castrum

  • 2 castra

        castra ōrum, n    a military camp, encampment (regularly a square surrounded by a trench, and a wall with four gates): stativa, permanent: hiberna, L.: navalia, an encampment to protect a landing, Cs.: nautica, N.: bina: quinis castris oppidum circumdedit, Cs.: locum castris antecapere, S.: capere locum castris, L.: castra metari, Cs.: locare, S.: communire, Cs.: movere, to decamp, Cs.: castra castris conferre, L.: castra castris convertere, Cs.: castris se tenere, Cs.: ex castris abire, S.—Meton., a day's march (since a camp was pitched each evening): secundis castris pervenit, L.: alteris castris, L.: quintis castris, Cs.—Military service: castris uti, non palaestrā, N.: in castris usum habere, Cs.— Fig., a resting-place, abode (poet.): cerea, beehives, V. — A camp, army (of contending parties or sects): Hos castris adhibe socios, secure as allies, V.: Epicuri: nil cupientium, the party, H.
    * * *
    camp, military camp/field; army; fort, fortress; war service; day's march

    Latin-English dictionary > castra

  • 3 aestivus

    aestīvus, a, um, adj. [aestas], of or pertaining to summer, summer-like, summer (freq. and class.):

    Quo pacto aestivis e partibus Aegocerotis Brumalīs adeat flexus,

    turns from the hot region of heaven to the wintry sign of Capricorn, Lucr. 5, 615; so id. 5, 639:

    aestivos menses rei militari dare, hibernos juris dictioni,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14:

    tempora, dies,

    summer time, summer days, id. Verr. 2, 5, 31:

    sol,

    Verg. G. 4, 28:

    aura,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 18:

    umbra,

    Ov. M. 13, 793:

    rus,

    Mart. 8, 61:

    per aestivos saltus deviasque calles exercitum ducimus,

    through woods, where flocks were driven for summer pasture, Liv. 22, 14:

    aves,

    summer birds, id. 5, 6:

    animalia,

    the insects of summer, Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154:

    expeditiones,

    which were undertaken in summer, Vell. 2, 114: castra, a summer camp (constructed differently from a winter camp), Suet. Claud. 1.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: aestīva, ōrum, n.
    A.
    For a summer camp, ta therina:

    dum in aestivis essemus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17; id. Fam. 2, 13: aestiva praetoris, of a pleasure-camp, pleasurehouse, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37.—
    B.
    The time appropriate for a campaign (cf. aestas; often continuing until December; v. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 2, 7);

    hence,

    a campaign, Cic. Pis. 40: aestivis confectis, after the campaign was ended (which did not take place until the Saturnalia, XIV. Kal. Januar.), id. Fam. 3, 9 fin.:

    perducere aestiva in mensem Decembrem,

    Vell. 2, 105.—
    C.
    Summer pastures for cattle:

    per montium aestiva,

    Plin. 24, 6, 19, § 28.— Meton. for the cattle themselves:

    Nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt, sed tota aestiva,

    Verg. G. 3, 472.— Hence, * adv.: aestīvē, in a summer-like manner, as in summer: admodum aestive viaticati sumus, we are furnished in a very summer-like manner with money for our journey, i. e. we have but little (the figure taken from the light dress of summer;

    or, acc. to others, from the scanty provisions which soldiers took with them in summer),

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aestivus

  • 4 castrensis

    castrensis, e, adj. [castra], of or per-taining to the camp, camp-:

    ratio ac militaris,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    arma,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 19:

    consilium,

    Liv. 44, 35, 4:

    triumphus,

    id. 7, 36, 8: corona, awarded to him who first entered the enemy ' s camp, acc. to Gell. 5, 6, 17; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 57 Müll. (also called vallaris, v. h. v.):

    jurisdictio,

    Tac. Agr. 9:

    ludi,

    Suet. Tib. 72 Oud.:

    jocus,

    id. Calig. 9:

    vigilia,

    Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46: exsilium. sarcastically, for military service, Just. 14, 4, 14: verbum, a military phrase (e. g. conterraneus, copiari, q. v.), Plin. praef. § 1 Sill.; Gell. 17, 2, 9:

    pensa,

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 33:

    peculium,

    obtained in military service, Dig. 49, 17, 11 v. peculium: creditores, who have a claim against the soldier ' s pay, ib. 49, 17, 7.—
    II.
    Subst.: castrensis, is, m.
    A.
    A soldier in the camp:

    quietem omnibus castrensibus dare,

    Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30.—
    B.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > castrensis

  • 5 praesidium

    praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].
    I.
    Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:

    proficisci praesidio suis,

    Nep. Ages. 3:

    praesidio esse alicui,

    id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:

    tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,

    id. Sull. 18, 51:

    absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:

    ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:

    in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,

    Cic. Mur. 10, 22:

    Veneris praesidio ferox,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:

    legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    regale,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:

    ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    armatorum,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:

    O et praesidium,

    protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:

    quantum praesidium perdis,

    Verg. A. 11, 58.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:

    praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

    occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,

    garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    (turres) praesidiis firmare,

    with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:

    quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    obsidere atque occupare,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 75:

    ex oppido educere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

    dimittere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:

    oppido imponere,

    Liv. 24, 7:

    praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,

    an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:

    praesidium ex arce expellere,

    a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:

    praesidium ex regionibus depellere,

    id. Paus. 2, 1:

    praesidia interficere,

    troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:

    praesidia custodiasque disponere,

    posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

    Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,

    troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:

    praesidia deducere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

    galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,

    Juv. 8, 239.—
    B.
    Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:

    qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,

    leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

    praesidio decedere,

    Liv. 4, 29:

    procul in praesidio esse,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 4:

    praesidium occupare et munire,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,

    id. B. G. 7, 87:

    milites in praesidiis disponere,

    id. ib. 7, 34:

    in praesidiis esse,

    in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

    in adversariorum praesidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:

    posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,

    fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:

    obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:

    de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

    Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—
    C.
    In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:

    quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,

    every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:

    quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

    magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,

    id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

    omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,

    id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

    me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:

    ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,

    Col. 12, 50:

    praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,

    Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:

    fortissimum praesidium pudoris,

    Cic. Sull. 28, 77:

    insigne maestis praesidium reis,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:

    si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,

    Juv. 7, 23.—
    2.
    In partic., a remedy against diseases:

    aurium morbis praesidium est,

    Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

    contra serpentes praesidio esse,

    id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praesidium

  • 6 aestīva

        aestīva ōrum, n    [aestivus; sc. castra], a summer camp, summer resort: praetoris, a pleasure camp.—Meton., time spent in a summer camp, a campaign: aestivorum tempus, season for military operations, S. — (Sc. loca), summer pastures for cattle. — Poet.: morbi corripiunt tota aestiva, whole pastures, i. e. flocks, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > aestīva

  • 7 castrēnsis

        castrēnsis e, adj.    [castra], of the camp, in the camp: ratio: latrocinium, i. e. open rebellion: consilium, L.: iurisdictio, Ta.: pensa, Pr.
    * * *
    castrensis, castrense ADJ
    of/connected with camp or active military service; characteristic of soldiers

    Latin-English dictionary > castrēnsis

  • 8 stativa

    stătīvus, a, um, adj. [sto], standing still, stationary.
    I.
    In gen. (very rare): de stativis aquis, ut sunt lacus et stagna et putea et maria, standing waters, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 2: tarditas, Firm. Math. 1, 2 fin. —Of a light (transl. of Gr. stêrigmos), App. de Mundo, 16, p. 64, 24.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang., of or belonging to posts, stations, or quarters (the predom. signif. of the word): praesidium stativum, appointed post or station = statio, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Liv. 41, 1, 6; 44, 40, 6:

    castra,

    a stationary camp, a camp where an army halts for a long while, Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21 fin. al.—Hence, substt.
    1.
    stătīva, ōrum, n., a stationary camp.
    (α).
    Lit., Liv. 1, 57, 4; 29, 34, 3; 31, 33, 6; 37, 37, 1 and 5; Tac. H. 1, 66 al.—
    * (β).
    Transf., of travellers: stativa, a restingplace, stopping-place, quarters:

    stativis dies absumuntur,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 8.—
    * 2.
    stătīvae, ārum, f.:

    mansiones, deinde stativae, deinde ubi annona esset accipienda,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45.—
    B.
    In relig. lang.: stativae feriae, fixed or stated feasts (usually statae feriae), Macr. S. 1, 16, § 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stativa

  • 9 stativae

    stătīvus, a, um, adj. [sto], standing still, stationary.
    I.
    In gen. (very rare): de stativis aquis, ut sunt lacus et stagna et putea et maria, standing waters, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 2: tarditas, Firm. Math. 1, 2 fin. —Of a light (transl. of Gr. stêrigmos), App. de Mundo, 16, p. 64, 24.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang., of or belonging to posts, stations, or quarters (the predom. signif. of the word): praesidium stativum, appointed post or station = statio, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Liv. 41, 1, 6; 44, 40, 6:

    castra,

    a stationary camp, a camp where an army halts for a long while, Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21 fin. al.—Hence, substt.
    1.
    stătīva, ōrum, n., a stationary camp.
    (α).
    Lit., Liv. 1, 57, 4; 29, 34, 3; 31, 33, 6; 37, 37, 1 and 5; Tac. H. 1, 66 al.—
    * (β).
    Transf., of travellers: stativa, a restingplace, stopping-place, quarters:

    stativis dies absumuntur,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 8.—
    * 2.
    stătīvae, ārum, f.:

    mansiones, deinde stativae, deinde ubi annona esset accipienda,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45.—
    B.
    In relig. lang.: stativae feriae, fixed or stated feasts (usually statae feriae), Macr. S. 1, 16, § 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stativae

  • 10 stativus

    stătīvus, a, um, adj. [sto], standing still, stationary.
    I.
    In gen. (very rare): de stativis aquis, ut sunt lacus et stagna et putea et maria, standing waters, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 2: tarditas, Firm. Math. 1, 2 fin. —Of a light (transl. of Gr. stêrigmos), App. de Mundo, 16, p. 64, 24.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang., of or belonging to posts, stations, or quarters (the predom. signif. of the word): praesidium stativum, appointed post or station = statio, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Liv. 41, 1, 6; 44, 40, 6:

    castra,

    a stationary camp, a camp where an army halts for a long while, Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21 fin. al.—Hence, substt.
    1.
    stătīva, ōrum, n., a stationary camp.
    (α).
    Lit., Liv. 1, 57, 4; 29, 34, 3; 31, 33, 6; 37, 37, 1 and 5; Tac. H. 1, 66 al.—
    * (β).
    Transf., of travellers: stativa, a restingplace, stopping-place, quarters:

    stativis dies absumuntur,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 8.—
    * 2.
    stătīvae, ārum, f.:

    mansiones, deinde stativae, deinde ubi annona esset accipienda,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45.—
    B.
    In relig. lang.: stativae feriae, fixed or stated feasts (usually statae feriae), Macr. S. 1, 16, § 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stativus

  • 11 castra

        castra    see castrum.
    * * *
    camp, military camp/field; army; fort, fortress; war service; day's march

    Latin-English dictionary > castra

  • 12 castrum

        castrum ī, n    [SCAD-], a fortified place, castle, fort, fortress: ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, N.—Plur.
    * * *
    fort/fortress; camp (pl.), military camp/field; army; war service; day's march; castle, fortress; (fortified) town

    castrum doloris -- catafalque/coffin platform

    Latin-English dictionary > castrum

  • 13 grabātus

        grabātus ī, m, κράβατοσ    [Macedonian], a low couch, camp-bed, pallet, C., Ct.
    * * *
    cot, camp bed, pallet; low couch or bed; (usu.) mean/wretched bed/couch

    Latin-English dictionary > grabātus

  • 14 lixa

        lixa ae, m    [LIC-], a sutler, camp-follower: lixae permixti cum militibus, S.: non lixa sequebatur, L.: lixae ac negotiatores, Ta.
    * * *

    Latin-English dictionary > lixa

  • 15 quīntānus

        quīntānus adj.    [quintus], of the fifth.—As subst f. (sc. via), a street in the camp, the marketplace of the camp, L.— Plur m. as subst, the soldiers of the fifth legion, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    quintana, quintanum ADJ
    of/belonging to the 5th; falling on 5th of month; occurring at intervals of 5
    II

    Latin-English dictionary > quīntānus

  • 16 statīvus

        statīvus adj.    [STA-], set, stationary, fixed: praesidium stativum: castra, a stationary camp, Cs.: stativa sibi castra faciebat, i. e. settled in inactivity.—Plur. n. as subst. (sc. castra), a stationary camp, permanent encampment: in his stativis liberi commeatūs erant, L.
    * * *
    stativa, stativum ADJ
    stationary, permanent

    Latin-English dictionary > statīvus

  • 17 tribūnal

        tribūnal ālis, n    [tribunus], a raised platform for the seats of magistrates, judgment-seat, tribunal: praetoris: praetor tribunal suum iuxta praetoris sellam conlocavit, Cs.: quem ad se vocari et de tribunali citari iussit: sedens pro tribunali, L. —In a camp, the general's tribunal, the elevation in the camp, commander's seat: sederunt in tribunali Scipionis, L.— A memorial, monumental mound, Ta.— The occupants of a tribunal, magistrates: quem spectat omne tribunal, H.
    * * *
    raised platform; tribunal; judgement seat

    Latin-English dictionary > tribūnal

  • 18 castrmetor

    castrmetari, castrmatatus sum V DEP
    pitch a camp; set up/pitch camp

    Latin-English dictionary > castrmetor

  • 19 striga

    I
    row/strip/swath; (of cut grain/hay); lengthwise furrow; side-avenue (in military camp); space between squadrons
    II
    evil spirit (supposed to howl at night); vampire; hag/witch (harms children); side-avenue (in military camp); space between squadrons

    Latin-English dictionary > striga

  • 20 agger

    agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].
    I.
    Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    aggere paludem explere,

    id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:

    longius erat agger petendus,

    id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:

    superjecto aggere terreno,

    Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:

    implere cavernas aggere,

    Curt. 8, 10, 27:

    fossas aggere complent,

    Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:

    atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,

    id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:

    ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,

    Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:

    aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,

    Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:

    agger armorum,

    Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:

    aggeres Alpini,

    Verg. A. 6, 830; so,

    Thessalici aggeres,

    i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:

    ab alto aggere,

    Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:

    ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,

    Luc. 5, 674:

    consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,

    Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:

    mons aquae,

    Verg. A. 1, 105).—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:

    esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,

    id. Phil. 10, 9:

    celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    jacere,

    to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:

    aggerem exstruere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

    instruere,

    id. ib. 8, 41:

    promovere ad urbem,

    to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:

    Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,

    rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—
    2.
    The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.

    Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,

    Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—
    3.
    The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:

    stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,

    Luc. 5, 317:

    vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,

    Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—
    4.
    A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):

    viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

    Verg. A. 5, 273:

    Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,

    Rutil. Itiner. 39:

    aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,

    Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > agger

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

  • camp — [ kɑ̃ ] n. m. • fin XVe lit de can; forme normanno picarde ou provenç. de champ; lat. campus I ♦ 1 ♦ Zone provisoirement ou en permanence réservée pour les rassemblements de troupes de toutes armes, soit pour des manœuvres, des exercices (camp d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Camp (style) — Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. When the term first appeared in 1909, it was used to refer to ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, effeminate or homosexual behaviour. By the …   Wikipedia

  • Camp Lazlo — Camp Lazlo! Genre Comedy Format Animated Series Created by Joe Murray …   Wikipedia

  • Camp Ramah — Location The United States (in the Berkshires and Nyack (New York); Poconos and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); New England (Massachusetts); Darom (Georgia); Chicago (Illinois); California; Wisconsin; and the Colorado Rocky Mountains), Canada, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Camp De Concentration Français — Il a existé des camps de concentration en France avant et pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le seul camp de concentration nazi ayant existé sur le territoire français actuel est le Struthof[1],[2],[3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Camp De Gurs — 43°15′53″N 00°43′54″O / 43.26472, 0.73167 Le camp de Gurs est un camp de réfugiés construit en France à Gurs …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Camp Nou — UEFA Elite stadium …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Camp de concentration francais — Camp de concentration français Il a existé des camps de concentration en France avant et pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le seul camp de concentration nazi ayant existé sur le territoire français actuel est le Struthof[1],[2],[3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Camp de concentration français — Il a existé des camps de concentration en France avant et pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le seul camp de concentration nazi ayant existé sur le territoire français actuel est le Struthof[1],[2],[3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Camp de concentration sous le régime de Vichy — Camp de concentration français Il a existé des camps de concentration en France avant et pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le seul camp de concentration nazi ayant existé sur le territoire français actuel est le Struthof[1],[2],[3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Camp de gurs — 43°15′53″N 00°43′54″O / 43.26472, 0.73167 Le camp de Gurs est un camp de réfugiés construit en France à Gurs …   Wikipédia en Français

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»