the equestrian order

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ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. [eques], belonging to a horseman, equestrian.

In gen. (very rare):

equestres statuae inauratae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2:

equi,

riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

Of or belonging to cavalry:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.:

equestris pugna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55):

tumultus,

Liv. 27, 1, 11:

terror,

id. 27, 42:

procella,

id. 10, 5:

copiae (opp. pedestres),

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

arma,

Liv. 35, 23; cf.

scuta,

id. 43, 6:

militia,

Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.—

Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:

ordo,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.:

equestri loco natus, ortus, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.:

equestri genere natus,

Vell. 2, 88:

census,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383:

anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order),

Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32:

statuae,

id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.:

dignitas,

Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24:

familia,

id. Caes. 1 et saep. —

Subst.

equester = eques, Tac. A. 12, 60; 13, 10 fin.—Plur.:

apud equestres,

id. ib. 12, 60.—

equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.

ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. [eques], belonging to a horseman, equestrian.

In gen. (very rare):

equestres statuae inauratae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2:

equi,

riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

Of or belonging to cavalry:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.:

equestris pugna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55):

tumultus,

Liv. 27, 1, 11:

terror,

id. 27, 42:

procella,

id. 10, 5:

copiae (opp. pedestres),

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

arma,

Liv. 35, 23; cf.

scuta,

id. 43, 6:

militia,

Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.—

Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:

ordo,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.:

equestri loco natus, ortus, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.:

equestri genere natus,

Vell. 2, 88:

census,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383:

anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order),

Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32:

statuae,

id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.:

dignitas,

Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24:

familia,

id. Caes. 1 et saep. —

Subst.

equester = eques, Tac. A. 12, 60; 13, 10 fin.—Plur.:

apud equestres,

id. ib. 12, 60.—

equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.

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ĕquĕs, ĭtis, m. [id.], a horseman, rider.

In gen.: it eques et plausu cava concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 ed. Vahlen); Liv. 26, 2; 28, 9; Dig. 9, 2, 57; Ov. F. 5, 700 (of Castor; cf. Hor. C. 1, 12, 26; id. S. 2, 1, 26); Hor. C. 4, 11, 27 (of Bellerophon; cf. id. ib. 3, 12, 8); id. Ep. 1, 2, 65; 1, 10, 38 al.— Poet. transf., [p. 653] of horse and rider: quadrupes, Enn. ap. Non. 106, 31; Gell. 18, 5; and Macr. S. 6, 9 (who, like the other ancient grammarians, consider eques = equus); cf. Enn. ed. Vahl. p. 37; imitated by Verg. G. 3, 116 Heyne.— Far more frequently,

In partic.

In milit. lang., a horse-soldier, trooper; opp. pedes, a foot-soldier, Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 3 (twice); 1, 18 fin.; 1, 23, 2 et saep.;

opp. pedites,

id. ib. 1, 48, 5; 2, 24, 1; 4, 33, 3 et saep.;

opp. viri or homines, for pedites,

Liv. 21, 27; 9, 19: equites singulares Augusti, v. singularis.—

Meton. or collect., horse-soldiers, cavalry:

plurimum in Aetolis equitibus praesidii fuit: is longe tum optimus eques in Graecia erat,

Liv. 33, 7 fin.; 2, 20; 8, 38; Suet. Galb. 12; Flor. 2, 6, 13; Tac. A. 3, 46; 12, 29; id. H. 2, 89.—

Equites, the order of knights, the Equites, who, among the Romans, held a middle rank between the Senate and the Plebs, consisting, under Romulus, of the 300 Celeres, but whose number, as early as the reign of Tullus Hostilius, had increased to 18 centuries. In the last centuries of the republic this order enjoyed great consideration and influence in the conduct of public affairs, in consequence of the wealth they acquired as farmers of the public taxes, as also by reason of the right to the administration of justice held by them after the year 632 A. U. C. (acc. to the lex Sempronia judiciaria), Liv. 1, 15; 30, 43; Cic. Rep. 2, 20; 22; id. Font. 8; id. Verr. 1, 13, 38; id. de Or. 2, 48 fin.; Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 29 sq.; Cic. Clu. 55, 152; id. Rosc. Com. 14 fin.; id. Fl. 2, 4; id. Phil. 7, 6; Caes. B. C. 1, 23, 2; Sall. J. 65, 2; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 8; id. F. 4, 293; Hor. C. 1, 20, 5; 3, 16, 20; id. S. 1, 10, 76 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq., art. Equites. —

In the sing. collect., the equestrian order:

senatores, eques, miles,

Tac. A. 15, 48; 1, 7; 4, 74; Suet. Aug. 34; id. Calig. 26; id. Vesp. 9; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 185; Mart. 8, 15 al.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

pūblĭcānus, a, um, adj. [publicus].

Of or belonging to the public revenue, or to the farming of the revenue: muliercula, the wife of a farmer-general (with an odious secondary meaning), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78. —

Subst.: pūblĭcānus, i, m.

A farmer-general of the Roman revenues, usually from the equestrian order (freq. and class.;

syn.: manceps, redemptor),

Cic. Planc. 9, 23; id. Rab. Post. 2, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; Liv. 43, 16; 25, 3; 39, 44:

quod publicanus ejus publici nomine vi ademerit quodve familia publicanorum,

Dig. 39, 4, 1, prooem. sqq.; Just. 38, 7, 8.—

In gen., a tax-gatherer, publican, Vulg. Luc. 18, 10.

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lātĭclāvĭus, a, um, adj. [1. latus-clavus, II. 4.], having a broad purple stripe, broad-striped.

Adj.:

mappa,

Petr. 32: tunica (a mark of distinction borne by senators, military tribunes of the equestrian order, and the sons of distinguished families who were fitting themselves for offices of state; cf.

clavus),

Val. Max. 5, 1, n. 7:

tribunus,

Suet. Dom. 10; Inscr. Orell. 133.—

Subst.

lātĭclāvĭus, ii, m., one entitled to wear the latus clavus, a senator, patrician:

a quodam laticlavio prope ad necem caesus,

Suet. Ner. 26; id. Aug. 38.—

lātĭclāvĭum, ii, n., for laticlavus, a broad purple stripe on the tunic, worn as a mark of distinction (v. supra): laticlavium platusêmon, Gloss. Philox.; Dig. 24, 1, 42:

per laticlavii honorem,

Lampr. Commod. 4.

trăbĕa, ae, f., a robe of state of augurs, kings, knights, etc.

Lit., Suet. Fragm. ap Serv. Verg. A. 7, 612; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195; 9, 39, 63, § 136; Ov. F. 2, 503; Verg. A. 7, 188; 7, 612; 11, 334 al. —

Transf.

The equestrian order, Stat. S. 5, 2, 17; Mart. 5, 41, 5. —

The consulate, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 243; Symm. Ep. 9, 112.

Trăbĕa, ae, m., Q., an ancient Roman comic poet, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1; id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Auct. ap. Gell. 15, 24.