to fawn upon

* * *

* * *

ădūlor, ātūs, 1, v. dep. [acc. to Lobeck, the -ulo, -ulor is connected with illein (cf. eiluô, eluô, and volvo), and thus denoted orig. the wagging of the tail and fawning of brutes; Fest. p. 21 Müll., thought adulor was a form of adludo, to play with; cf. Ger. wedeln and Eng. to wheedle], to cling to one fawningly, to fawn as a dog; and trop., of cringing flattery, which is exhibited in words and actions, to flatter in a cringing manner, to fawn upon (while assentari signified to yield to one in everything, to assent to what he says, and is used only of men; and blandiri, to be soft and pleasing in manner, to flatter by honeyed words as well as by captivating manners; cf. Cic. Lael. 25).— Constr. with acc., more rarely with dat., Rudd. II. p. 136; Zumpt, § 389.

In gen.:

ferarum Agmen adulantum,

Ov. M. 14, 45:

Quin etiam blandas movere per aëra caudas, Nostraque adulantes comitant vestigia,

id. ib. 14, 257. caudam more adulantium canum blande movet, Gell. 5, 14:

hi (canes) furem quoque adulantur,

Col. 7, 12.— Meton.:

horrentem, trementem, adulantem omnīs videre te volui: vidi,

Cic. Pis. 41:

aperte adulantem nemo non videt,

id. Lael. 26:

aut adulatus aut admiratus fortunam sum alterius,

id. Div. 2, 2, 6;

Liv 45, 31: quemcunque principem,

Tac. H. 1, 32:

Neronem aut Tigellium,

id. A. 16, 19: dominum, Sen. de Ira, 2, 31; Nep., Liv., and Curt. have the dat.: Antonio, Nep. [p. 47] Att. 8:

praesentibus,

Liv. 36, 7:

singulis,

Curt. 4, 1, 19.—In the time of Quint. the use of the dat. was predominant: huic non hunc adulari jam dicitur, 9, 3, 1; yet Tac. preferred the acc., v. the passages cited above.—

Esp. of the servile reverence paid to Asiatic kings, proskunein; cf.

adulatio: more adulantium procubuerunt: conveniens oratio tam humili adulationi fuit,

Liv. 30, 16:

more Persarum,

Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2; so id. ib. 6, 3, ext. 2.—Hence, ădū-lans, antis, P. a., flattering, adulatory:

verba,

Plin. Pan. 26:

quid adulantius?

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 27.— Sup. is wanting.—

* Adv.: ădūlanter, flatteringly, fawningly, Fulg. Contin. Verg. p. 153.

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

lambo, bi, bitum ( perf. lambuerunt, Vulg. Jud. 7, 7 al.), 3, v. a. [root lap-; Gr. laptô, laphussô; Lat. labrum, labium; Germ. Löffel, spoon; Eng. lip], to lick, lap; to touch (class.; cf.: lingo, sugo, ligurio).

Lit.:

hi canes, quos tribunal meum vides lambere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28:

lagonae collum,

Phaedr. 1, 25, 10:

lambent cibos (pisces),

Col. 8, 17, 11:

manum,

Mart. 4, 30, 4:

sanguinem,

Plin. Pan. 48, 3:

crustula,

Juv. 9, 5: jucundasque puer qui lamberat ore placentas, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 10, 3, 14:

lambent sanguinem,

to lick up, to lap, Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 9; cf. id. Judic. 7, 5 al.:

te gurgite mersum unda feret, piscesque inpastivulnera lambent,

Verg. A. 10, 560.—

Transf., of a river, to flow by, to wash, bathe:

vel quae loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes,

washes, Hor. C. 1, 22, 7.—Of fire, to lick, to reach, play upon:

flamma summum properabat lambere tectum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:

innoxia mollis Lambere flamma comas (Iuli),

Verg. A. 2, 684:

Aetna attollit globos flammarum et sidera lambit,

id. ib. 3, 574.—Of the ivy:

quorum imagines lambunt hederae sequaces,

to encircle, Pers. prol. 5:

Tedia non lambit Cluviam,

caress, fondle, Juv. 2, 49:

tribunal unius legati,

to fawn upon, court, Amm. 15, 3, 3.—In mal. part., Aus. Ep. 120, 1 et saep.

blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. [blandus].

Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.).

With dat.:

matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—

With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109.—

With ut and subj.:

Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam,

Liv. 21, 1, 4.—

Absol.:

cessit immanis tibi blandienti Janitor aulae Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

tantusque in eo vigor, et dulcis quidam blandientis risus apparuit, ut, etc.,

Just. 1, 4, 12:

et modo blanditur, modo... Terret,

Ov. M. 10, 416.—

Transf.

In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to.

With dat.:

nostro ordini palam blandiuntur,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37:

blandiri eis subtiliter a quibus est petendum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

cur matri praeterea blanditur?

id. Fl. 37, 92:

durae supplex blandire puellae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 527:

sic (Venus) patruo blandita suo est,

id. M. 4, 532; 6, 440; 14, 705.—

Absol.:

quippe qui litigare se simulans blandiatur,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

lingua juvet, mentemque tegat. Blandire, noceque,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 103:

in blandiendo (vox) lenis et summissa,

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

pavidum blandita,

timidly coaxing, Ov. M. 9, 569: qui cum dolet blanditur, post tempus sapit, Publ. Syr. v. 506 Rib.—

With per:

de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2.—

With abl.:

torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12.—

In partic.

Blandiri sibi, etc., to flatter one ' s self with something, to fancy something, delude one ' s self:

blandiuntur enim sibi, qui putant, etc.,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2.—So often in Dig. et Codd.; cf.:

ne nobis blandiar,

not to flatter ourselves, to tell the whole truth, Juv. 3, 126.—

Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello—very rare).

With subj.:

(ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent),

Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm.—

With ab and ad:

cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem,

Vitr. 3 praef. —

Trop.

Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite.

With dat.:

video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

blandiebatur coeptis fortuna,

Tac. H. 2, 10. —

Absol.:

fortuna cum blanditur captatum venit, Publ. Syr. v. 167 Rib: blandiente inertiā,

Tac. H. 4, 4:

ignoscere vitiis blandientibus,

id. Agr. 16; Suet. Ner. 20; Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60.—

With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555.—

Of things as objects:

cur ego non votis blandiar ipse meis?

i. e. believe what I wish, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 54:

nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur,

tickle with flattery, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 6.—Hence,

Subst.: blandĭens, entis, m., a flatterer:

adversus blandientes incorruptus,

Tac. H. 1, 35.—

blandītus, a, um, P. a., pleasant, agreeable, charming (rare):

rosae,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72:

peregrinatio,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 67.

blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. [blandus].

Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.).

With dat.:

matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—

With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109.—

With ut and subj.:

Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam,

Liv. 21, 1, 4.—

Absol.:

cessit immanis tibi blandienti Janitor aulae Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

tantusque in eo vigor, et dulcis quidam blandientis risus apparuit, ut, etc.,

Just. 1, 4, 12:

et modo blanditur, modo... Terret,

Ov. M. 10, 416.—

Transf.

In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to.

With dat.:

nostro ordini palam blandiuntur,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37:

blandiri eis subtiliter a quibus est petendum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

cur matri praeterea blanditur?

id. Fl. 37, 92:

durae supplex blandire puellae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 527:

sic (Venus) patruo blandita suo est,

id. M. 4, 532; 6, 440; 14, 705.—

Absol.:

quippe qui litigare se simulans blandiatur,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

lingua juvet, mentemque tegat. Blandire, noceque,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 103:

in blandiendo (vox) lenis et summissa,

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

pavidum blandita,

timidly coaxing, Ov. M. 9, 569: qui cum dolet blanditur, post tempus sapit, Publ. Syr. v. 506 Rib.—

With per:

de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2.—

With abl.:

torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12.—

In partic.

Blandiri sibi, etc., to flatter one ' s self with something, to fancy something, delude one ' s self:

blandiuntur enim sibi, qui putant, etc.,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2.—So often in Dig. et Codd.; cf.:

ne nobis blandiar,

not to flatter ourselves, to tell the whole truth, Juv. 3, 126.—

Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello—very rare).

With subj.:

(ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent),

Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm.—

With ab and ad:

cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem,

Vitr. 3 praef. —

Trop.

Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite.

With dat.:

video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

blandiebatur coeptis fortuna,

Tac. H. 2, 10. —

Absol.:

fortuna cum blanditur captatum venit, Publ. Syr. v. 167 Rib: blandiente inertiā,

Tac. H. 4, 4:

ignoscere vitiis blandientibus,

id. Agr. 16; Suet. Ner. 20; Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60.—

With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555.—

Of things as objects:

cur ego non votis blandiar ipse meis?

i. e. believe what I wish, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 54:

nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur,

tickle with flattery, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 6.—Hence,

Subst.: blandĭens, entis, m., a flatterer:

adversus blandientes incorruptus,

Tac. H. 1, 35.—

blandītus, a, um, P. a., pleasant, agreeable, charming (rare):

rosae,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72:

peregrinatio,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 67.

cauda (also cōda, like codex, plostrum, etc., Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 19; id. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Petr. 44, 12; Fest. p. 178, 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 17 Müll.) [etym. dub.; cf. codex], ae, f., the tail of animals, Lucr. 2, 806; 3, 658; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3; 2, 5, 8.—

Prov.

Caudam jactare popello, to flatter, fawn upon (the figure taken from dogs), Pers. 4, 15.—

Caudam trahere, to have a tail stuck on in mockery, to be made a fool of, Hor. S. 2, 3, 53; Vell. 2, 83, 3; cf.:

vitium bono viro quasi caudam turpissimam apponere,

Lact. 6, 18, 16. —

In a pun, the end of the word, or the tail of the animal:

Verris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191.—

Transf.:

membrum virile,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 45; 2, 7, 49.—

Trop., of the addition to the name Verres, making it Verrucius:

videtis extremam partem nominis, codam illam Verrinam tamquam in luto demersam in liturā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191.

Bacchus, i, m., = Bakchos, son of Jupiter and a Theban woman, Semele, Tib. 3, 4, 45; Ov. F. 6, 485:

bis genitus (since, as Semele died before his birth, he was carried about by Jupiter in his hip until the time of his maturity),

Curt. 8, 10, 12, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 26; cf. id. M. 3, 310, and bimatris, id. ib. 4, 12; v. also Cic. Fl. 26, 60; Verg. G. 4, 521; the god of wine (as such also called Liber, the deliverer, Lyæus (luein), the care-dispeller; cf. Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P., or Trag. Rel. v. 149 Vahl.; cf Hor. Epod. 9, 38; as intoxicating and inspiring, he is god of poets, esp. of the highly inspired, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 23; 3, 15, 17; id. Tr. 5, 3, 33 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 19, 1; Juv. 7, 64;

who wore crowns of ivy, which was consecrated to him,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 15: Bacchica verba (poëtae), id ib. 1, 7, 2.—He was worshipped esp. in Thrace and Macedonia, and particularly upon Mount Edon, Hor. C. 2, 7, 27;

hence, the Bacchæ are called matres Edonides,

Ov. M. 11, 69; id. Tr. 4, 1, 42; v. also Liber.—Bacchus, in the most ancient times, is represented as a god of nature by a Phallic Herma (v. such a statue in O. Müll. Denkm. 4); in the class. per. in the form of a beautiful youth (Tib. 1, 4, 37; Ov. F. 3, 773), with a crown of vine leaves or ivy upon his head, and sometimes with small horns upon his forehead (id. ib. 3, 481; 3, 767; 6, 483);

hence, corymbifer,

Ov. F. 1, 393; Tib. 2, 1, 3; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cornua, p. 37 Müll.;

his soft hair fell in long ringlets upon his shoulders (depexus crinibus,

Ov. F. 3, 465; cf. id. M. 3, 421); with the exception of a fawn's skin (nebris) thrown around him, he was usually represented naked, but with high and beautiful buskins, the Dionysian cothurni, upon his feet; in his hand he, as well as his attendants (a satyr, Silenus, and the Bacchæ), carried the thyrsus (id. F. 3, 764; cf. id. M. 4, 7 sq.); cf. O. Müll. Arch. § 383.—

Meton.

The cry or invocation to Bacchus, lo Bacche! audito Baccho, Verg. A. 4, 302.—

The vine:

apertos Bacchus amat colles,

Verg. G. 2, 113; Manil. 5, 238; Luc. 9, 433; Col. 10, 38; cf.

fertilis,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 19.—

Wine:

Bacchi quom flos evanuit,

Lucr. 3, 222:

madeant generoso pocula Baccho,

Tib. 3, 6, 5:

et multo in primis hilarans convivia Baccho,

Verg. E. 5, 69; so id. G. 1, 344; 4, 279; id. A. 5, 77; Hor. C. 3, 16, 34; Ov. M. 4, 765; 6, 488; 7, 246; 7, 450; 13, 639; cf.: Bacchi Massicus umor. Verg. G. 2, 143.—

Hence, derivv.

Bac-chĭcus, a, um, adj., = Bakchikos, of Bacchus, Bacchic:

serta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 2; Mart. 7, 62:

buxus,

Stat. Th. 9, 479:

Naxos,

id. Achill. 2, 4:

ritus,

Macr. S. 1, 18:

metrum,

Diom. p. 513 P.—

Bacchĭus, a, um, adj., = Bakchios, of Bacchus:

sacra,

Ov. M. 3, 518.—

Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, Bacchic:

ululatus,

Ov. M. 11, 17:

sacra,

the feast of Bacchus, id. ib. 3, 691:

cornua,

Stat. Th. 9, 435.—

Bacchēĭ-us, a, um, the same:

dona,

i. e. wine, Verg. G. 2, 454 (prob. a spurious verse; v. Forbig. ad loc.).—

Bacchīus, a, um, adj., Bacchic: pes, a metrical foot, a Bacchius, ¯¯˘

(e. g. Rōmānŭs),

Ter. Maur. p. 2414 P., although others reverse this order; v. Quint. 9, 4, 82; Ascon. Div. in Caecil. 7; Don. p. 1739 P.

Bacchus, i, m., a sea-fish, also called myxon, Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61; 32, 7, 25, § 77; 32, 11, 53, § 145.

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Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.