soldiers who

praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

In partic., a remedy against diseases:

aurium morbis praesidium est,

Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

contra serpentes praesidio esse,

id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

bĕnĕfĭcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [beneficium], pertaining to a favor.

As adj. only once:

res,

Sen. Ep. 90, 2.—

Freq. subst.: bĕnĕfĭcĭārĭi, ōrum, m.; in milit. lang., soldiers who, through the favor of their commander, were exempt from menial offices (throwing up intrenchments, procuring wood and water, foraging, etc.), free or privileged soldiers: beneficiarii dicebantur milites, qui vacabant muneris beneficio;

e contrario munifices vocabantur, qui non vacabant, sed munus reipublicae faciebant,

Fest. p. 27; cf.

Comm. p. 347: beneficiarii superiorum exercituum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88. Such beneficiarii were usually in attendance upon their commanders, and were promoted by them to office: Benephikialioi hoi epi therapeiai tôn Magistratôn tetagmenoi, Gloss.:

beneficiarii ab eo appellati quod promoventur beneficio tribunorum,

Veg. Mil. 2, 7; Caes. B. C. 1, 75; Plin. Ep. 10, 21 (32); 10, 27 (36); Inscr. Orell. 192; 929; 1394 et saep.

bĕnĕfĭcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [beneficium], pertaining to a favor.

As adj. only once:

res,

Sen. Ep. 90, 2.—

Freq. subst.: bĕnĕfĭcĭārĭi, ōrum, m.; in milit. lang., soldiers who, through the favor of their commander, were exempt from menial offices (throwing up intrenchments, procuring wood and water, foraging, etc.), free or privileged soldiers: beneficiarii dicebantur milites, qui vacabant muneris beneficio;

e contrario munifices vocabantur, qui non vacabant, sed munus reipublicae faciebant,

Fest. p. 27; cf.

Comm. p. 347: beneficiarii superiorum exercituum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88. Such beneficiarii were usually in attendance upon their commanders, and were promoted by them to office: Benephikialioi hoi epi therapeiai tôn Magistratôn tetagmenoi, Gloss.:

beneficiarii ab eo appellati quod promoventur beneficio tribunorum,

Veg. Mil. 2, 7; Caes. B. C. 1, 75; Plin. Ep. 10, 21 (32); 10, 27 (36); Inscr. Orell. 192; 929; 1394 et saep.

ē-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call out, call forth; to bring out, draw forth (class. —syn. invito, cito, etc.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(Tullia) evocavit virum e curia,

Liv. 1, 48:

gubernatorem a navi huc,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 12:

aliquem huc foras,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 54; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Poen. 1, 2, 46:

hinc foras,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 22:

intus foras,

id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Ps. 2, 2, 10:

aliquem ante ostium,

id. Men. 4, 2, 111:

mercatores undique ad se,

to call together, summon, Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 4; cf.:

aliquem litteris,

Cic. Att. 2, 24:

nostros ad pugnam,

to call out, challenge, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 2.—

Transf., of inanimate things (mostly post-Aug.):

sucum quasi per siphonem,

Col. 9, 14, 15; cf.:

materiam ad extremas partes fricatione,

Cels. 4, 14:

abortum,

Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 251:

ut in longitudinem potius quam in latitudinem evocetur (salix),

Col. 4, 31, 2; cf.:

vitis evocata ad fructum,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 182.—

In partic.

Relig. t. t.: deum, to call a deity out of a besieged city, Liv. 1, 55, 4; 5, 21, 5; cf. Macr. S. 3, 9, 2; Dig. 1. 8, 9.—

In civil and milit. lang., to call out, summon to appear, sc. soldiers to military service:

(Metellus) evocat ad se Centuripinorum magistratus et decemprimos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 28:

senatum omnem ad se Decetiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

principes cujusque civitatis ad se,

id. ib. 5, 54, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 35, 1:

omnes (senatores),

id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

centuriones,

id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

nominatim nobilissimum et fortissimum quemque ex omnibus civitatibus,

id. ib. 1, 39, 2; cf. id. B. G. 3, 20, 2; 5, 4, 2; 7, 39, 1:

reliquas legiones ex hibernis,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 1:

equites ex municipiis,

id. ib. 1, 23, 2:

hanc (legionem) initio tumultus,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

magnam partem oppidanorum ad bellum,

id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 44 fin.:

multos undique spe praemiorum,

id. B. C. 1, 3, 2; cf. id. B. G. 6, 34, 8; Liv. 4, 9 al.—

Trop.:

probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata,

called forth, elicited, Cic. Fin. 2, 31; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 20:

misericordia nullius oratione evocata,

called forth, produced, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.

indicium,

Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 47:

iram, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: risum lugentibus,

id. Ep. 29:

ad aliquem honorem evocatus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 57, 3:

eas (tacitas cogitationes) evocat in medium,

Liv. 9, 17: aliquem in saevitiam ac violentiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 5; cf.:

aliquem in laetitiam,

id. ib. 2, 21 al.; cf. Gron. Sen. Ep. 47, 17.—Hence, Part.: ēvŏcā-tus, a, um; as subst. (cf. evoco, B. 2.): ēvŏcāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who, having served out their time, were called upon to do military duty as volunteers, veterans, Caes. B. G. 7, 65 fin.; Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 5; Sall. C. 59, 3; Suet. Aug. 56 al.

ē-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call out, call forth; to bring out, draw forth (class. —syn. invito, cito, etc.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(Tullia) evocavit virum e curia,

Liv. 1, 48:

gubernatorem a navi huc,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 12:

aliquem huc foras,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 54; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Poen. 1, 2, 46:

hinc foras,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 22:

intus foras,

id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Ps. 2, 2, 10:

aliquem ante ostium,

id. Men. 4, 2, 111:

mercatores undique ad se,

to call together, summon, Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 4; cf.:

aliquem litteris,

Cic. Att. 2, 24:

nostros ad pugnam,

to call out, challenge, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 2.—

Transf., of inanimate things (mostly post-Aug.):

sucum quasi per siphonem,

Col. 9, 14, 15; cf.:

materiam ad extremas partes fricatione,

Cels. 4, 14:

abortum,

Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 251:

ut in longitudinem potius quam in latitudinem evocetur (salix),

Col. 4, 31, 2; cf.:

vitis evocata ad fructum,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 182.—

In partic.

Relig. t. t.: deum, to call a deity out of a besieged city, Liv. 1, 55, 4; 5, 21, 5; cf. Macr. S. 3, 9, 2; Dig. 1. 8, 9.—

In civil and milit. lang., to call out, summon to appear, sc. soldiers to military service:

(Metellus) evocat ad se Centuripinorum magistratus et decemprimos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 28:

senatum omnem ad se Decetiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

principes cujusque civitatis ad se,

id. ib. 5, 54, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 35, 1:

omnes (senatores),

id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

centuriones,

id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

nominatim nobilissimum et fortissimum quemque ex omnibus civitatibus,

id. ib. 1, 39, 2; cf. id. B. G. 3, 20, 2; 5, 4, 2; 7, 39, 1:

reliquas legiones ex hibernis,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 1:

equites ex municipiis,

id. ib. 1, 23, 2:

hanc (legionem) initio tumultus,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

magnam partem oppidanorum ad bellum,

id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 44 fin.:

multos undique spe praemiorum,

id. B. C. 1, 3, 2; cf. id. B. G. 6, 34, 8; Liv. 4, 9 al.—

Trop.:

probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata,

called forth, elicited, Cic. Fin. 2, 31; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 20:

misericordia nullius oratione evocata,

called forth, produced, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.

indicium,

Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 47:

iram, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: risum lugentibus,

id. Ep. 29:

ad aliquem honorem evocatus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 57, 3:

eas (tacitas cogitationes) evocat in medium,

Liv. 9, 17: aliquem in saevitiam ac violentiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 5; cf.:

aliquem in laetitiam,

id. ib. 2, 21 al.; cf. Gron. Sen. Ep. 47, 17.—Hence, Part.: ēvŏcā-tus, a, um; as subst. (cf. evoco, B. 2.): ēvŏcāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who, having served out their time, were called upon to do military duty as volunteers, veterans, Caes. B. G. 7, 65 fin.; Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 5; Sall. C. 59, 3; Suet. Aug. 56 al.

Jūlĭānus, a, um, adj. [Julius], of or belonging to Julius Cæsar, Julian: vectigalia, i. e. which were introduced by Julius Cæsar, M. Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 15, 31:

gladiatores,

id. Ep. ad Oet. 9.— Subst.: Jūlĭā-ni, ōrum, m., i. e. soldiers who were on the side of Cæsar in the civil war, Suet. Caes. 75.

Jūlĭānus, i, m., Julian, a Roman proper name.

M. Didius Severus Julianus Augustus, a Roman emperor, who was put to death after a reign of 66 days, A. D. 193.—

Julianus Augustus Apostata, an emperor who turned from Christianity to paganism.

Jūlĭānus, a, um, adj. [Julius], of or belonging to Julius Cæsar, Julian: vectigalia, i. e. which were introduced by Julius Cæsar, M. Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 15, 31:

gladiatores,

id. Ep. ad Oet. 9.— Subst.: Jūlĭā-ni, ōrum, m., i. e. soldiers who were on the side of Cæsar in the civil war, Suet. Caes. 75.

Jūlĭānus, i, m., Julian, a Roman proper name.

M. Didius Severus Julianus Augustus, a Roman emperor, who was put to death after a reign of 66 days, A. D. 193.—

Julianus Augustus Apostata, an emperor who turned from Christianity to paganism.

vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [velum], to cover, cover up, wrap up, wrap, envelop, veil, etc. (class.; syn.: contego, induo).

Lit.:

capite velato,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 10; Quint. 2, 13, 13; 6, 1, 48:

caput velatum filo,

Liv. 1, 32, 6; cf.:

capita ante aras Phrygio amictu,

Verg. A. 3, 545:

varices,

Quint. 11, 3, 143:

partes tegendas,

Ov. M. 13, 479:

velanda corporis,

Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 3: antennas, covered with or supporting the sails, Verg. A. 3, 549.—Of clothing:

velatus togā,

enveloped, clothed, Liv. 3, 26, 10:

purpurea veste,

Ov. M. 2, 23:

tunicā,

id. F. 3, 645:

stolā,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 71; Tib. 1, 5, 25 (3, 4, 55):

amiculis,

Curt. 3, 3, 10:

umeros chlamyde,

Spart. Sev. 19.—Of other objects:

maternā tempora myrto,

Verg. A. 5, 72:

tempora purpureis tiaris,

to wrap round, bind round, Ov. M. 11, 181:

tempora vittis,

id. P. 3, 2, 75:

coronā,

id. ib. 4, 14, 55; cf.

in a Greek construction: Amphicus albenti velatus tempora vittā,

id. M. 5, 110:

cornua lauro,

id. ib. 15, 592:

frondibus hastam,

id. ib. 3, 667:

serta molas,

id. F. 6, 312:

Palatia sertis,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 3:

delubra deūm fronde,

Verg. A. 2, 249: velatis manibus orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum, i. e. holding the velamenta (v. h. v. I. C.), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101; cf.:

velati ramis oleae,

Verg. A. 11, 101. —

Milit. t. t.; P. a. as subst.: vēlāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who wore only a cloak; only in the phrase accensi velati, a kind of supernumerary troops who followed the army to fill the places of any who might fall, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; and in late Lat. inscrr. freq. sing.:

ACCENSVS VELATVS, one such soldier,

Inscr. Orell. 111; 1368; 2153; 2182; v. accenseo, P. a. B.—

Trop., to hide, conceal (post-Aug.; several times in Tac.;

otherwise rare): odium fallacibus blanditiis,

Tac. A. 14, 56:

externa falsis armis,

id. H. 4, 32; cf. id. A. 12, 61:

primas adulescentis cupidines,

id. ib. 13, 13:

culpam invidiā,

id. ib. 6, 29: scelere velandum est scelus, Sen. Hippol. 721:

nihil (with omittere),

Plin. Pan. 56, 1.—Hence, * vēlātō, adv., through a veil, darkly, obscurely:

deum discere,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 29.

antĕ-pīlānus, i, m.

In milit. lang.

The soldiers who fought before the pilani, i. e. the hastati and the principes, Liv. 8, 8.—

In Ammianus, = antesignanus, one who fought before the standards, 16, 12, 20. —

Trop., a competitor, a rival, Amm. 28, 1.

antĕ-signānus, i, m. [signum], that is before the standard; hence,

Lit.:

antesignant (sc. milites),

a chosen band of Roman soldiers who fought before the standards, and served for their defence, Caes. B. C. 1, 43; 1, 57; Liv. 22, 5; 9, 39; Varr. ap. Non. p. 553, 10.—

Transf., a leader, commander:

in acie Pharsalicā,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29; so App. M. 4, p. 147, 12.

lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers:

legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.

Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied;

though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia,

Liv. 10, 18:

undevicesima,

id. 27, 14:

vicesima,

id. 27, 38:

Claudiana,

Tac. H. 2, 84:

Galbiana,

id. ib. 2, 86:

Martia,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2:

adjutrix,

Tac. H. 2, 43:

rapax,

id. ib.:

in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem,

Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—

Transf.

Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers:

Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones,

Liv. 8, 24:

Latinae,

id. 6, 32; cf.

of the troops of the Samnites,

id. 10, 17;

of the Gauls,

id. 22, 14;

of the Carthaginians,

id. 26, 6:

Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur,

Juv. 14, 241.—

In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.):

quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48:

si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 53:

cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur,

Verg. A. 9, 368:

de colle videri poterat legio,

id. ib. 8, 605;

10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis,

Val. Fl. 7, 573.—

Of a large body of men:

idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.:

legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus,

Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36:

duodecim legiones angelorum,

id. Matt. 26, 53.—

Trop.:

sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat,

his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

hospĕs, ĭtis ( gen. plur. hospitium, Liv. 4, 35, 4), m.; hospĭta, ae, f. (cf. antistita from antistes, sospita from sospes, sacerdota from sacerdos, etc., but hospes, f., Att. ap. Non. 279, 11;

Trag. Fragm. v. 51 Rib.: hospes amica,

Ov. F. 6, 510:

Aurora,

Stat. Th. 6, 272; Sen. Agam. 318 al.) [= hostipets, hostis, a stranger; pa-, root of pasco, pater, to feed, hence],

He who entertains a stranger, a host (one who entertains gratuitously, as a friend: caupo, one who entertains for pay);

form hospes: alterum ad cauponem devertisse, ad hospitem alterum,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; so id. Fin. 5, 2, 4:

tendimus hinc recta Beneventum, ubi sedulus hospes Paene macros, arsit, dum turdos versat in igne, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

succinctus,

id. ib. 2, 6, 107:

amabilis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 132:

hospitis affectu salutare,

with a host's politeness, Juv. 8, 161.—Esp., one upon whom soldiers are quartered, Tac. H. 2, 66; 3, 41.—Hence repeated of both host and guest:

per dexteram istam te oro, quam regi Deiotaro hospes hospiti porrexisti,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8; so,

non hospes ab hospite tutus,

Ov. M. 1, 144:

Juppiter, = hospitalis,

id. ib. 10, 224.— Fem., hospita, she who entertains a guest, a hostess:

femina primaria, Servilia, vetere Dionis hospita,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24:

figura et lineamenta hospitae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 36, §

89: Helene,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 2.—In late Lat., for a concubine, Inscr. Orell. 2669; 4996. —

Transf.

A sojourner, visitor, guest, friend, xenos. Lit.:

in domo clari hominis, in quam et hospites multi recipiendi et admittenda hominum cujusque modi multitudo,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

libri inter Cratippi commentarios tamquam hospites recipiendi,

id. ib. 3, 33, 121:

recipere hospites,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65:

accipere hospitem,

id. Fam. 9, 26 fin.:

non hospites, sed peregrini atque advenae,

id. Agr. 2, 34, 94:

habuisses non hospitem, sed contubernalem,

id. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

et hostem et hospitem vidit,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; 6, 6, 2:

is qui nuper Romae fuit Menedemus hospes meus,

id. de Or. 1, 19, 85; cf. id. Lael. 7, 24:

Polybius noster hospes,

id. Rep. 4, 3:

id factum ex suis hospitibus Caesar cognoverat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 2:

in suos notos hospitesque quaerebant,

id. B. C. 1, 74, 5:

hospes familiae vestrae,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36: homo multorum [p. 867] hospitum, id. Clu. 59, 163:

mihi seu longum post tempus venerat hospes Sive, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 118:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

id. ib. 2, 4, 17:

hospite venturo, cessabit nemo tuorum,

Juv. 14, 59: in officiis apud majores ita observatum est: primum tutelae, deinde hospiti, deinde clienti, tum cognato, postea adfini, Sabin. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—In fem.:

meamne hic in via hospitam, Quae heri huc Athenis cum hospite advenit meo, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 8; id. ib. 71; Ter. And. 2, 6, 8; Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3.—

Opp. to a native, a stranger, foreigner (syn.:

advena, peregrinus, peregrinator, alienus): adeone hospes hujusce urbis, adeone ignarus es disciplinae consuetudinisque nostrae, ut haec nescias?

Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

nec peregrinus atque hospes in agendo,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 218:

nos in nostra urbe peregrinantes errantesque tamquam hospites tui libri quasi domum deduxerunt,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 9.—So in addressing a foreigner, like the Gr. xene, stranger:

cum (Theophrastus) percontaretur ex anicula quadam, quanti aliquid venderet, et respondisset illa atque addidisset, Hospes, non pote minoris: tulisse eum moleste, se non effugere hospitis speciem, cum aetatem ageret Athenis optimeque loqueretur,

id. Brut. 46, 172; Quint. 8, 1, 2: dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse jacentes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 42, 101 (a transl. of the Gr. Ô xein, angellein Aakedaimoniois, etc., Herod. 7, 228): hospes, quid miras curare Serapin? Varr. ap. Non. 480, 30; Prop. 4, 1, 1.— Fem., hospita, a female stranger:

hanc hospitam crepidula ut graphice decet,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3.—

Hence, a stranger in any matter, ignorant of, unacquainted with:

si erit idem in consuetudine civitatis hospes,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131:

vos ignoretis, vos hospites in hac urbe versamini,

id. Mil. 12, 33.—

Of inanim. or abstr. things adjectively, hospitable; strange, foreign.

Form hospes (only in post-Aug. poets): gemma, Pall. Insit. init.:

tecta, etc.,

Stat. Th. 12, 479:

cymba,

id. S. 5, 1, 252:

honor,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 650.—

Form hospita (in the fem. and neutr. plur. mostly poet.): hirundines hospitae, Varr. ap. Arn. 6, 207:

navis,

Ov. F. 1, 340:

quo tutior hospita lustres Aequora,

Verg. A. 3, 377:

conjunx hospita Teucris,

id. ib. 6, 93:

terra hospita,

id. ib. 3, 539:

tecta,

Val. Fl. 2, 650:

flumina,

Stat. Th. 4, 842:

litora mundo,

id. S. 3, 5, 75:

unda plaustris,

bearing wagons on its frozen surface, Verg. G. 3, 362:

vina,

Val. Fl. 1, 44.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.