the victory in the Olympic games

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Olumpia, a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius:

cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,

Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Olumpiakos, Olympic:

cursus,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

palma,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

corona,

Suet. Ner. 25:

rami, i. e. oleaster,

Stat. Th. 6, 554:

palaestra,

Luc. 4, 614.—

Ŏlympĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.—

Ŏlympĭcus, a, um ( gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Olumpikos, Olympic ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pulvis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 3:

certamen,

Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—

Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Olumpios, Olympic (class.):

certamina,

the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59:

ludi,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

delubrum Olympii Jovis,

Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60;

and in Syracuse,

Liv. 24, 21:

equa,

that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—

Subst.

Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—

Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—

Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. ta Olumpia (sc. hiera), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Olumpia nikan), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.):

ad Olympia proficisci,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Olumpia ta megala;

opp. to the games held elsewhere),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50:

Olympiorum solenne ludicrum,

Liv. 28, 7:

Olympiorum victoria,

the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—

Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Olumpias, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18:

si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 18;

2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita,

id. ib. 2, 23, 42:

sextā Olympiade,

Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years:

quinquennis Olympias,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 5:

ter senas vidit Olympiadas,

Mart. 7, 40, 6.—

Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Olumpieion, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.

cŏrōno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [corona], to furnish with a garland or crown, to crown, wreathe (class., esp. freq. in the poets).

Lit., aliquid or aliquem:

templa,

Ov. M. 8, 264; cf.:

postes lauro,

Quint. 8, 6, 32:

aras,

Prop. 3 (4), 10, 19:

deos fragili myrto,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 15:

puppim,

Ov. F. 4, 335:

cratera,

Verg. G. 2, 528 (cf.:

magnum cratera coronā Induit,

id. A. 3, 525); so,

crateras magnos statuunt et vina coronant,

id. A. 1, 724; 7, 147 Forbig. ad loc. (cf. Nitsch. ad Hom. Od. 1, 419; Buttman, Lexil. 2, p. 100; others, less correctly, render, fill to the brim, comparing kratêras epestepsanto potoio, Hom. Il. 1, 470):

epulae quas inibant propinqui coronati,

Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63.— Mid.:

hederā coronantur Bacchico ritu,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 2. —In the Gr. constr.:

coronatus malobathro Syrio capillos,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 7:

eodem anno (459 A. U. C.) coronati primum ob res bello bene gestas ludos Romanos spectaverunt,

Liv. 10, 47, 3; cf.

of the crowning of victors (soldiers, poets, pugilists, etc.),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; Quint. 10, 1, 66; 11, 2, 11; Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19 al.;

so also comoediam de sententiā judicum,

to award the prize to it, Suet. Claud. 11.—Unusual constr.:

tunc de oratoribus coronatus,

i. e. crowned as victor in the contest with the orators, Suet. Dom. 13 (cf.:

triumphare de aliquo, s. v. triumpho, I. A.).—And in the Gr. manner: quis... Magna coronari contemnat Olympia?

to be crowned in the Olympic games, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50.—To the crowning of captives for sale (cf. corona, I. B.) reference is made in the passage: ut coronatus veniat, Cato ap. Gell. 6 (7), 4, 5.—

Trop., to receive as the prize of victory:

nomine novo coronari,

Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10.—

Meton., to surround, encompass, enclose something in a circular form, to wreathe:

cervices collumque,

Lucr. 2, 802:

Silva coronat aquas cingens latus omne,

Ov. M. 5, 388; so id. ib. 9, 335:

castra suggesta humo (previously praecingit),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 8; cf.:

omnem abitum custode,

Verg. A. 9, 380; and:

nemus densā statione,

Stat. Th. 2, 526:

solem itineribus (stellarum),

Vitr. 9, 4.