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1 Āfricānus
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2 Africanus
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
3 Actophilornis africanus
ENG African jacana -
4 Atherurus africanus
ENG Western African brush-tailed porcupineNLD West-Afrikaans kwaststaartstekelvarkenGER westafrikanischer Quastenstachler -
5 Australopithecus africanus
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6 Bubo africanus
ENG spotted eagle-owlNLD Afrikaanse oehoe -
7 Buphagus africanus
ENG yellow-billed oxpecker -
8 Equus (Asinus) asinus africanus
ENG Nubian wild assNLD Nubische ezel, (Nubische wilde ezel)GER nubischer Wildesel, (Nubienwildesel)FRA ane sauvage de NubieAnimal Names Latin to English > Equus (Asinus) asinus africanus
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9 Francolinus africanus
ENG grey-winged Francolin -
10 Gyps africanus
ENG white-backed Vulture -
11 Phalacrocorax africanus
ENG long-tailed cormorantNLD Afrikaanse dwergaalscholver -
12 Rhinoptilus africanus
ENG Double-banded Courser -
13 Spizaetus africanus
ENG Cassin's hawk-eagle -
14 Africa
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
15 Africanae
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
16 Africus
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
17 Africus ventus
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
18 agnomen
a-gnōmen ( adn-), ĭnis, n. [gnomen, nomen], a surname (this word seems to have been first employed in later Lat. by the gramm. in order to distinguish the surname of individuals, e. g. Africanus, Asiaticus, Cunctator, and the like, from that belonging to all the members of a family (the agnati), e. g. Scipio, Cicero, Cato, and the like; while both these ideas were, through the whole class. per., designated by cognomen, q.v.: “propriorum nominum quattuor sunt species: Praenomen, Nomen, Cognomen, Agnomen: praenomen est quod nominibus gentilitiis praeponitur, ut Marcus, Publius; nomen proprium est gentilitium, id est, quod originem gentis vel familiae declarat, ut Portius, Cornelius; cognomen est quod uniuscujusque proprium est et nominibus gentilitiis subjungitur, ut Cato, Scipio; agnomen vero est quod extrinsecus cognominibus adici solet, ex aliquā ratione vel virtute quaesitum, ut est Africanus, Numantinus, et similia,” Diom. p. 306 P.; so Prisc. 578 P. al.; Capit. Ver. 3. -
19 Literninum
Līternum ( Lint-), i, n., a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.— Hence,A.Līternus, a, um, adj., Literman:B.Liternus ager,
Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:palus,
Sil. 6, 654.— Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.—Līternīnus, a, um, adj., Liternian:rus,
Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.— Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52. -
20 Literninus
Līternum ( Lint-), i, n., a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.— Hence,A.Līternus, a, um, adj., Literman:B.Liternus ager,
Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:palus,
Sil. 6, 654.— Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.—Līternīnus, a, um, adj., Liternian:rus,
Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.— Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52.
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