the+aqueduct

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

dēcursus, a, um, Part., from decurro.

dēcursus, ūs, m. [decurro], a running down, downward course, descent; declivity (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

montibus ex altis magnus decursus aquaï,

Lucr. 1, 284; 5, 264; 944; Ov. M. 15, 266:

rapidus (amnium),

Verg. A. 12, 523: navium, Frontin. Strat. 1, 5, 6: planitiei, descent, inclination, Auct. B. Hisp. 29;

hence concr.,

a descending aqueduct, Vitr. 8, 7:

secus decursus aquarum,

Vulg. Psa. 1, 3. —

In partic.

Milit. t. t., a manœuvring, evolution, hostile attack, Liv. 1, 27; 42, 52; Tac. A. 2, 55; 12, 55; Frontin. Strat. 2, 2, 2 al.—

Transf., a running in armor, peridromê, on the occasion of a festival, Liv. 40, 9; Pers. 6, 61; Gell. 7, 3, 52; cf. decurro and decursio.—

The completion, end of a course:

destitit ante decursum, neque eo secius coronatus est,

Suet. Ner. 24.—

Trop.

In gen., a course:

facilior erit mihi quasi decursus mei temporis,

a course, career, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2:

si forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset,

i. e. after administering every grade of office, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1.—

Rhetor. t. t., the rhythmical movement of a verse, Quint. 9, 4, 115; 11, 2, 25.

eurīpus ( - os), i, m., = euripos, a narrow channel, strait.

Prop.

In gen., Cic. Mur. 17; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 2, 97, 100, § 219.—

In partic.: Eurīpus, i, m., = Euripos, the channel between Boeotia and Euboea, now Egripo, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 28, 6; 31, 24; Luc. 5, 235 al.—

Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct.

In gen.:

ductus aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2; Vitr. 7, 5; Front. Aquaed. 84; Sen. Ep. 83; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63; 36, 15, 24, § 123; Plin. Ep. 1, 3 al.—

In partic., the trench that ran round the Roman circus, Suet. Caes. 39; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; Lampr. Heliog. 23; cf. Smith's Antiq. p. 53 a.

eurīpus ( - os), i, m., = euripos, a narrow channel, strait.

Prop.

In gen., Cic. Mur. 17; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 2, 97, 100, § 219.—

In partic.: Eurīpus, i, m., = Euripos, the channel between Boeotia and Euboea, now Egripo, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 28, 6; 31, 24; Luc. 5, 235 al.—

Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct.

In gen.:

ductus aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2; Vitr. 7, 5; Front. Aquaed. 84; Sen. Ep. 83; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63; 36, 15, 24, § 123; Plin. Ep. 1, 3 al.—

In partic., the trench that ran round the Roman circus, Suet. Caes. 39; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; Lampr. Heliog. 23; cf. Smith's Antiq. p. 53 a.

eurīpus ( - os), i, m., = euripos, a narrow channel, strait.

Prop.

In gen., Cic. Mur. 17; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 2, 97, 100, § 219.—

In partic.: Eurīpus, i, m., = Euripos, the channel between Boeotia and Euboea, now Egripo, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 28, 6; 31, 24; Luc. 5, 235 al.—

Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct.

In gen.:

ductus aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2; Vitr. 7, 5; Front. Aquaed. 84; Sen. Ep. 83; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63; 36, 15, 24, § 123; Plin. Ep. 1, 3 al.—

In partic., the trench that ran round the Roman circus, Suet. Caes. 39; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; Lampr. Heliog. 23; cf. Smith's Antiq. p. 53 a.

castellum, i, n. dim. [castrum], a castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 30; id. B. C. 3, 36; Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9; id. Caecin. 7, 20; Sall. J. 54, 6; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Alcib. 7, 4; Liv. 10, 46, 11; 21, 11, 10; Verg. A. 5, 440; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 34 al.; also of a single bulwark, bastion, Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 2, 8; 7, 69; id. B. C. 3, 44; and poet. of a dwelling in an elevated position, Verg. G. 3, 475.—

In mechanics, a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions, a reservoir, Vitr. 8, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 35; Dig. 19, 1, 17; 43, 20, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3203 al.—

Trop., shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge (cf. arx, I. B.):

templum Castoris fuit arx civium perditorum... castellum forensis latrocinii,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defendis,

id. Div. 2, 16, 37:

tribunal Appii castellum omnium scelerum,

Liv. 3, 57, 2.