to the executioner

cervix, īcis ( gen. plur. cervicum, Cic. Or. 18, 59; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68: cervicium, acc. to Charis. p. 100), f. [cer-vix; cf. Sanscr. s)iras, caput, and vincio, Bopp, Gloss. 348 b], the neck, including the back of the neck, the nape (in ante-Aug. prose usu. in plur.; so always in Cic. and Sall.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 14; 10, § 78 Müll.; and Quint. 8, 3, 35, Hortensius first used the sing.; it is, however, found even in Ennius and Pacuvius; v. the foll.).

Sing.: caput a cervice revolsum, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 396: quadrupes capite brevi, cervice anguinā, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Lucr. 1, 36; 6, 745; * Cat. 62, 83; * Tib. 3, 4, 27; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 31; Verg. G. 3, 52; 3, 524; 4, 523; id. A. 1, 402; 2, 707; 10, 137; Hor. C. 1, 13, 2; 2, 5, 2; Liv. 8, 7, 21; 22, 51, 7 Fabri ad loc.; 26, 13, 18; 27, 49, 1; 31, 34, 4; 35, 11, 8; Vell. 2, 4, 5; Hortens. ap. Varr. l. l., and Quint. l. l.; id. 1, 11, 9; 11, 3, 82; 11, 3, 83; 4, 2, 39 Spald.; Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177.—

Plur.:

eversae cervices tuae,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131 (cf. versa, Ov. H. 16, 231):

ut gladius impenderet illius beati cervicibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62; id. N. D. 1, 35, 99; 2, 63, 159:

aliquo praesidio caput et cervices et jugulum tutari,

id. Sest. 42, 90:

frangere,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 110; 2, 5, 57, § 147; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Hor. C. 2, 13, 6:

cervices crassae longae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; 2, 9, 4:

altae,

Verg. A. 2, 219:

tumor cervicum,

Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68; Suet. Galb. 11; id. Vit. 17.—Esp. in several proverbial expressions, as the vital part of a person:

cervices securi subicere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 51; cf.:

offerre cervicem percussoribus,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

cervices Roscio dare,

i. e. to the executioner, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

praebere cervicem gladio,

Juv. 10, 345. —

Trop.

(The figure taken from bearing the yoke; cf. Liv. 9, 6, 12.) Imposuistis in cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf. Liv. 42, 50, 6: qui suis cervicibus tanta munia atque rem publicam sustinent, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; so id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108; id. Mil. 28, 77. —Hence, of any great burden or danger:

dandae cervice erant crudelitati nefariae,

to submit to, Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 42:

a cervicibus nostris avertere Antonium,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 7; id. Phil. 3, 4, 8:

non facile hanc tantam molem mali a cervicibus vestris depulissem,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:

legiones in cervicibus nostris conlocare,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2:

in cervicibus alicujus esse, of too great or dangerous proximity: cum in cervicibus sumus (opp. cum procul abessemus),

Liv. 44, 39, 7: etsi bellum ingens in cervicibus erat, on hand, as an oppressive burden, id. 22, 33, 6:

sed nec Romani, tametsi Poeni et Hannibal in cervicibus erant,

Just. 29, 4, 7; cf.:

rex ratus eam urbem... suis inpositam esse cervicibus,

Curt. 7, 7, 1.—

For boldness:

qui tantis erunt cervicibus recuperatores, qui audeant, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 135.—

Transf., of things, the neck:

amphorae,

Petr. 34, 6; Mart. 12, 32:

fistularum,

Vitr. 10, 13:

cupressi,

Stat. Th. 6, 855; cf. Col. 4, 7, 3:

Peloponnesi, i.e. Isthmus,

Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; cf. id. 6, 29, 34, § 170.

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Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.

Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;

and Cadmi nigellae filiae,

id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;

274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,

i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—

Derivv.

Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:

Thebae,

Prop. 1, 7, 1:

juventus, i. e. Thebana,

Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:

Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),

Luc. 3, 175:

mater,

i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:

Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:

gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,

Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—

Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—

Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:

genitrix,

i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:

heros,

i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,

Haemon,

id. 8, 458 and 520.—

Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:

domus,

Ov. M. 4, 545:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 217:

matres,

i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—

Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—

An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—

A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—

A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

sĕcūris, is (acc. securim, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Men. 5, 2, 105; Cic. Mur. 24, 48; id. Planc. 29, 70; Verg. A. 2, 224; 11, 656; 696; Ov. M. 8, 397; Liv. 1, 40, 7; 3, 36, 4; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 6:

securem,

Liv. 3, 36, 4; 8, 7, 20; 9, 16, 17; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; Varr. ap. Non. p. 79; Val. Max. 1, 3, ext. 3; 3, 2, ext. 1; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Lact. Mort. Pers. 31, 2; Amm. 30, 8, 5; cf. Prisc. 758; abl. securi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7; 2, 1, 5, § 12; 2, 4, 64, § 144; 2, 5, 50, § 133; Verg. A. 6, 824; 7, 510; Cat. 17, 19; Ov. H. 16, 105; Liv. 2, 5, 8 et saep.:

secure,

App. M. 8, p. 216, 1; Tert. Pud. 16), f. [seco], an axe or hatchet with a broad edge (cf. bipennis).

In gen., as a domestic utensil, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 31:

rustica,

Cat. 19, 3 al. —For felling trees, Cat. 17, 19; Verg. A. 6, 180; Ov. F. 4, 649; id. M. 9, 374; Hor. S. 1, 7, 27; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188.—For hewing stones in the quarries, Stat. S. 2, 2, 87. —For fighting, a battle-axe, Verg. A. 11, 656; 11, 696; 12, 306; 7, 184; 7, 627; Hor. C. 4, 4, 20 al.:

anceps,

a two-edged axe, Ov. M. 8, 397 (just before, bipennifer).—For slaying animals for sacrifice, Hor. C. 3, 23, 12; Verg. A. 2, 224; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; id. M. 12, 249.—As the cutting edge of a vine-dresser's bill, Col. 4, 25, 4 et saep.—

In partic.

Lit., an executioner ' s axe, for beheading criminals [p. 1656] (borne by the lictors in the fasces;

v. fascis): missi lictores ad sumendum supplicium nudatos virgis caedunt securique feriunt,

i. e. behead them, Liv. 2. 5; so,

securi ferire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75; Hirt. B. G. 8, 38 fin.:

percutere,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84; Sen. Ira, 2, 5, 5; Flor. 1, 9, 5:

strictae in principum colla secures,

id. 2, 5, 4:

necare,

Liv. 10, 9:

securibus cervices subicere,

Cic. Pis. 34, 83 (cf. infra, B.); id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:

Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 55; cf. Lucr. 3, 996; 5, 1234:

nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis aurae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 20:

saevumque securi Aspice Torquatum (as having caused his own son to be executed),

Verg. A. 6, 824.—Comically, in a double sense, acc. to I.:

te, cum securi, caudicali praeficio provinciae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

securis Tenedia,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 9 init.; v. Tenedos.—

Trop.

A blow, death-blow, etc.:

graviorem rei publicae infligere securim,

to give a death-blow, Cic. Planc. 29, 70; cf.:

quam te securim putas injecisse petitioni tuae, cum? etc. (just before: plaga est injecta petitioni tuae),

id. Mur. 24, 48.—

With reference to the axe in the fasces, authority, dominion, sovereignty.

Usu. in plur.: Gallia securibus subjecta, perpetuā premitur servitute, i. e. to Roman supremacy, * Caes. B. G. 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

vacui a securibus et tributis,

Tac. A. 12, 34:

consulis inperium hic primus saevasque secures Accipiet,

Verg. A. 6, 819: Medus Albanas timet secures, i. e. the Roman authority or dominion, Hor. C. S. 54:

ostendam multa securibus recidenda,

Sen. Ep. 88, 38.—

In sing. ( poet.):

Germania colla Romanae praebens animosa securi,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 45.

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carnĭfex or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. [v. caro-facio], an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—

As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—

Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.:

Fortuna gloriae carnifex,

murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. — Poet., adj., murderous, killing:

carnifex avis,

Mart. 11, 84, 10:

pedes (sc. podagrici),

id. 12, 48, 10:

manus,

Sil. 1, 173:

epulae,

deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178:

libido,

Arn. 1, 41.

carnĭfĭcīna ( carnŭf-), ae. f. [carnifex].

The office of executioner or hangman; capital punishment, execution:

carnificinam facere = carnificem esse,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 1:

locus carnificinae,

Suet. Tib. 62.—Hence,

Per meton., the rack, torture, torment: dolores atque carnificinas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and ap. Non. p. 187, 30; so,

carnificinam subire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

in ergastulum et carnificinam duci,

Liv. 2, 23, 6.—

Trop.:

cum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf. id. Sest. 65, 135 (= crudelitas).

carnĭfex or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. [v. caro-facio], an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—

As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—

Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.:

Fortuna gloriae carnifex,

murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. — Poet., adj., murderous, killing:

carnifex avis,

Mart. 11, 84, 10:

pedes (sc. podagrici),

id. 12, 48, 10:

manus,

Sil. 1, 173:

epulae,

deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178:

libido,

Arn. 1, 41.

carnĭfĭcīna ( carnŭf-), ae. f. [carnifex].

The office of executioner or hangman; capital punishment, execution:

carnificinam facere = carnificem esse,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 1:

locus carnificinae,

Suet. Tib. 62.—Hence,

Per meton., the rack, torture, torment: dolores atque carnificinas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and ap. Non. p. 187, 30; so,

carnificinam subire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

in ergastulum et carnificinam duci,

Liv. 2, 23, 6.—

Trop.:

cum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf. id. Sest. 65, 135 (= crudelitas).

exactor, ōris, m. [id.; cf. also exactio].

A driver-out, expeller:

regum (Junii Valeriique),

Liv. 9, 17, 11.—

A demander, exactor (cf.: redemptor, manceps, magister; also: publicanus, portitor).

In gen.: operis, i. e. an overseer, superintendent, enforcer of any kind of labor, Col. 3, 13, 10; cf. Liv. 45, 37; so,

assiduus studiorum,

Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

asper recte loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 34:

molestissimus sermonis Latini,

Suet. Gramm. 22:

supplicii,

an executioner, Liv. 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 11, 37, and 3, 14 fin.; cf. Vulg. Luc. 12, 58.—

In partic., a collector of taxes, a tax gatherer, * Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4; Liv. 28, 25, 9; Firm. 4, 3 al.; Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 8;

or of other debts due the state,

ib. 22, 1, 33. (Not in Cic.; but cf. exactio.)

tortor, ōris, m. [torqueo, I. B. 2.], an executioner, tormentor, torturer.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum jam tortor, atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa,

Cic. Clu. 63, 177; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 14, 5; Hor. C. 3, 5, 50; Juv. 14, 21. —

He that brandishes, handles. Balearis habenae, Luc. 3, 710.—

Tortor, ōris, an epithet of Apollo, as the flayer of Marsyas, under which name he was worshipped in a part of Rome, Suet. Aug. 70.—

Trop.:

occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum,

Juv. 13, 195.

tortor, ōris, m. [torqueo, I. B. 2.], an executioner, tormentor, torturer.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum jam tortor, atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa,

Cic. Clu. 63, 177; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 14, 5; Hor. C. 3, 5, 50; Juv. 14, 21. —

He that brandishes, handles. Balearis habenae, Luc. 3, 710.—

Tortor, ōris, an epithet of Apollo, as the flayer of Marsyas, under which name he was worshipped in a part of Rome, Suet. Aug. 70.—

Trop.:

occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum,

Juv. 13, 195.