uncle

pā̆trŭus, i, m. [pater, like the Sanscr. pitrivya, patruus, from pitri], a father's brother, paternal uncle (opp. avunculus, a mother's brother, maternal uncle); cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.

Lit.:

L. Cicero patruus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2:

tutor et patruus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; Hor. S. 1, 6, 131:

patruus magnus = frater avi,

Dig. 38, 10, 10:

patruus major = frater proavi,

Tac. A. 12, 22; Dig. 38, 10, 10: major patruus = avi et aviae patruus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.:

patruus maximus = frater abavi,

id. ib. Fragm. 17; plur., Juv. 1, 158; 6, 567.—

Transf., a severe reprover (as uncles are apt to co towards their nephews):

pertristis quidam patruus, censor, magister,

Cic. Cael. 11, 25:

ne sis patruus mihi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 88:

cum sapimus patruos,

Pers. 1, 11; Manil. 5, 449.

pătrŭus, a, um, adj. [1. patruus], of or belonging to a father's brother, of an uncle ( poet.): patruae verbera linguae, an uncle's, Hor C. 3, 12, 2:

ense cadit patruo,

Ov. F. 4, 55 (al. patrui).—Comically in sup.:

patrue mi patruissime,

my uncle, my best of uncles! Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; 26.

ăvuncŭlus (AVOMCVLVS and AVONCLVS, Fabr. Gloss. p. 227, a), i, m. dim. [avus; cf. Lith. avynas, uncle], a mother ' s brother, maternal uncle (a brother of the father, patruus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Verg. A. 3, 343; Plin. 5, 8, 6, § 20; Vulg. Gen. 28, 2; 29, 10:

uxor patrui vel avunculi,

ib. Lev. 20, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 17; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10 P.—Hence,

Esp.

Avunculus magnus, a grandmother ' s brother (aviae frater), great-uncle, Cic. Brut. 62, 222; Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 16, 26.—

Avunculus major, a brother of the great-grandmother, greatgreat-uncle (proaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., proavunculus).—

Avunculus maximus, a brother of the great-greatgrandmother (abaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., abavunculus).—In the histt. sometimes avunculus major = avunculus magnus, brother of the grandmother, Vell. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 7; id. Claud. 3; and avunculus absol. = avunculus major, Tac. A. 2, 43; 2, 53; 4, 75.—

Transf., the husband of the mother ' s sister, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 17.

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paternal uncle.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

cŏlŭmella (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f. dim. [columna, columen], a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—

The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—

Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.

Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,

M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Bœtica, uncle of the following. —

L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry, in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades, and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

cŏlŭmella (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f. dim. [columna, columen], a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—

The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—

Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.

Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,

M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Bœtica, uncle of the following. —

L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry, in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades, and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

Drūsus, i, m., a well-known Roman surname in the Livian family, first assumed by the Livius who slew the Gallic general Drausus, Suet. Tib. 3.—Esp.

M. Livius Drusus, uncle of Cato Uticensis, murdered by Q. Varius, Cic. Arch. 3, 6; Vell. 2, 13.—

Claudius Drusus Nero, son of Tib. Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, father of Germanicus, the theme of Hor. C. 4, 4; Suet. Claud. 1; Tac. A. 1, 33.— Hence, Drūsĭānus, a, um, adj.:

fossa,

Tac. A. 2, 8, or Drūsīnus, a, um, adj.:

fossae,

a canal on the Lower Rhine, constructed by Drusus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1.— Drūsilla, ae, f., the name of [p. 613] several females of the Livian family. — Esp.

Livia Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus, v. Livius.—

Drusilla, daughter of Drusus Germanicus, Tac. A. 6, 15; Suet. Calig. 7; 24 al.