ălumnus

ălumnus, a, um, adj. [qs. contr. of alomenos, from alo].

That is nourished, brought up; for the most part subst.

ălumnus, i, m., a nursling, a pupil, foster-son.

Lit. (most freq. in the poets.): desiderio alumnūm ( = alumnorum), Pac. ap. Non. 243, 6 (Trag. Rel. p. 116 Rib.):

erus atque alumnus tuus sum,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 7:

quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno?

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8; Verg. A. 11, 33:

Tityon, terrae omniparentis alumnum,

id. ib. 6, 595; so Ov. M. 4, 524; cf.

with 421: legionum alumnus,

i. e. brought up in the camp, Tac. A. 1, 44; cf. id. 1, 41:

Vatinius sutrinae tabernae alumnus,

id. ib. 15, 34:

suum flevit alumnum,

Val. Fl. 8, 94: alumni hominum peccatorum, * Vulg. Num. 32, 14.—Of the inhabitants of a country (cf. altrix):

Italia alumnum suum summo supplicio fixum videret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66;

of cattle: Faune, abeas parvis Aequus alumnis,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 3; so id. ib. 3, 23, 7.—

Trop.:

ego itaque pacis, ut ita dicam, alumnus,

Cic. Phil. 7, 3:

alumnus fortunae,

a child of fortune, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 43.—Hence, of pupils:

Platonis alumnus,

pupil, disciple, Cic. Fin. 4, 26:

alumnus disciplinae meae,

id. Fam. 9, 14.—

ălumna, ae, f., a foster-daughter, a pupil:

nostra haec alumna,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 96:

Italia omnium terrarum alumna eadem et parens (i. e. quae ab aliis terris alitur),

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 39:

aliquam filiam et alumnam praedicare,

Suet. Claud. 39:

trepidam hortatur alumnam,

Val. Fl. 5, 358.—Of frogs: aquai dulcis alumnae, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.— Trop.: cana veritas Atticae philosophiae alumna, truth, the foster-child of Attic philosophy, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 2: jam bene constitutae civitatis quasi alumna quaedam, eloquentia, the foster-child of an already well-ordered state, * Cic. Brut. 12, 45:

cliens et alumna Urbis Ostia (as a colony of the same),

Flor. 3, 21.—

The neutr.:

numen alumnum,

Ov. M. 4, 421.—

In late Lat., act., nourishing; or subst., nourisher, one who brings up or educates:

cygnus alumna stagna petierat,

Mart. Cap. 1, p. 11.—Hence Isidorus: et qui alit et alitur, alumnus dici potest, Orig. 10, 1.

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Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Aurounkoi Tzetz.

The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,

A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,

Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian:

senes,

Verg. A. 7, 206:

patres,

id. ib. 7, 727:

manus,

id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Aurounkoi Tzetz.

The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,

A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,

Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian:

senes,

Verg. A. 7, 206:

patres,

id. ib. 7, 727:

manus,

id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Aurounkoi Tzetz.

The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,

A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,

Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian:

senes,

Verg. A. 7, 206:

patres,

id. ib. 7, 727:

manus,

id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Bistŏnes, um, m., = Bistones, the Bistones, a Thracian people south of Mount Rhodope, not far from Abdera, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 42.—In the poets,

In gen., for the Thracians, Luc. 7, 569; acc. Bistonas, Val. Fl. 3, 83; Sil. 2, 76.—

Derivv.

Bistŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Bistonios, pertaining to the Bistones.

Bistonian: plăgae. Lucr. 5, 30.—

In gen., Thracian:

rupes,

Prop. 2 (3), 30, 36:

viri,

the Thracians, Ov. M. 13, 430:

aqua,

id. H. 2, 90:

sarissae,

id. P. 1, 3, 59:

Minerva (as goddess of the warlike Thracians),

id. Ib. 377:

Tereus,

Verg. Cul. 251:

tyrannus,

i. e. the Thracian king Diomedes, Luc. 2, 163:

aves, i. e. grues,

id. 3, 200:

turbo,

i. e. a violent north wind, id. 4, 767:

ensis Tydei,

Stat. Th. 2, 586: chelys, the lyre of the Thracian Orpheus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. praef. 2, 8 al.— Subst.: Bistŏ-nĭa, ae, f., = Bistonia, Thrace:

Bistoniae magnus alumnus,

i. e. Orpheus, Val. Fl. 3, 159.—

Bistŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Bistonis, pertaining to the Bistones, for Thracian: ora. Ov. H. 15 (16), 344:

terra,

id. P. 2, 9, 54: ales i. e. Procne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Sen. Agam. 670.—

Subst., a Thracian woman:

Bistonidum crines,

of the Thracian Bacchantes, Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; so Verg. Cir. 164, ubi v. Sillig.

Bistŏnes, um, m., = Bistones, the Bistones, a Thracian people south of Mount Rhodope, not far from Abdera, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 42.—In the poets,

In gen., for the Thracians, Luc. 7, 569; acc. Bistonas, Val. Fl. 3, 83; Sil. 2, 76.—

Derivv.

Bistŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Bistonios, pertaining to the Bistones.

Bistonian: plăgae. Lucr. 5, 30.—

In gen., Thracian:

rupes,

Prop. 2 (3), 30, 36:

viri,

the Thracians, Ov. M. 13, 430:

aqua,

id. H. 2, 90:

sarissae,

id. P. 1, 3, 59:

Minerva (as goddess of the warlike Thracians),

id. Ib. 377:

Tereus,

Verg. Cul. 251:

tyrannus,

i. e. the Thracian king Diomedes, Luc. 2, 163:

aves, i. e. grues,

id. 3, 200:

turbo,

i. e. a violent north wind, id. 4, 767:

ensis Tydei,

Stat. Th. 2, 586: chelys, the lyre of the Thracian Orpheus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. praef. 2, 8 al.— Subst.: Bistŏ-nĭa, ae, f., = Bistonia, Thrace:

Bistoniae magnus alumnus,

i. e. Orpheus, Val. Fl. 3, 159.—

Bistŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Bistonis, pertaining to the Bistones, for Thracian: ora. Ov. H. 15 (16), 344:

terra,

id. P. 2, 9, 54: ales i. e. Procne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Sen. Agam. 670.—

Subst., a Thracian woman:

Bistonidum crines,

of the Thracian Bacchantes, Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; so Verg. Cir. 164, ubi v. Sillig.

Bistŏnes, um, m., = Bistones, the Bistones, a Thracian people south of Mount Rhodope, not far from Abdera, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 42.—In the poets,

In gen., for the Thracians, Luc. 7, 569; acc. Bistonas, Val. Fl. 3, 83; Sil. 2, 76.—

Derivv.

Bistŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Bistonios, pertaining to the Bistones.

Bistonian: plăgae. Lucr. 5, 30.—

In gen., Thracian:

rupes,

Prop. 2 (3), 30, 36:

viri,

the Thracians, Ov. M. 13, 430:

aqua,

id. H. 2, 90:

sarissae,

id. P. 1, 3, 59:

Minerva (as goddess of the warlike Thracians),

id. Ib. 377:

Tereus,

Verg. Cul. 251:

tyrannus,

i. e. the Thracian king Diomedes, Luc. 2, 163:

aves, i. e. grues,

id. 3, 200:

turbo,

i. e. a violent north wind, id. 4, 767:

ensis Tydei,

Stat. Th. 2, 586: chelys, the lyre of the Thracian Orpheus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. praef. 2, 8 al.— Subst.: Bistŏ-nĭa, ae, f., = Bistonia, Thrace:

Bistoniae magnus alumnus,

i. e. Orpheus, Val. Fl. 3, 159.—

Bistŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Bistonis, pertaining to the Bistones, for Thracian: ora. Ov. H. 15 (16), 344:

terra,

id. P. 2, 9, 54: ales i. e. Procne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Sen. Agam. 670.—

Subst., a Thracian woman:

Bistonidum crines,

of the Thracian Bacchantes, Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; so Verg. Cir. 164, ubi v. Sillig.

Bistŏnes, um, m., = Bistones, the Bistones, a Thracian people south of Mount Rhodope, not far from Abdera, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 42.—In the poets,

In gen., for the Thracians, Luc. 7, 569; acc. Bistonas, Val. Fl. 3, 83; Sil. 2, 76.—

Derivv.

Bistŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Bistonios, pertaining to the Bistones.

Bistonian: plăgae. Lucr. 5, 30.—

In gen., Thracian:

rupes,

Prop. 2 (3), 30, 36:

viri,

the Thracians, Ov. M. 13, 430:

aqua,

id. H. 2, 90:

sarissae,

id. P. 1, 3, 59:

Minerva (as goddess of the warlike Thracians),

id. Ib. 377:

Tereus,

Verg. Cul. 251:

tyrannus,

i. e. the Thracian king Diomedes, Luc. 2, 163:

aves, i. e. grues,

id. 3, 200:

turbo,

i. e. a violent north wind, id. 4, 767:

ensis Tydei,

Stat. Th. 2, 586: chelys, the lyre of the Thracian Orpheus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. praef. 2, 8 al.— Subst.: Bistŏ-nĭa, ae, f., = Bistonia, Thrace:

Bistoniae magnus alumnus,

i. e. Orpheus, Val. Fl. 3, 159.—

Bistŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Bistonis, pertaining to the Bistones, for Thracian: ora. Ov. H. 15 (16), 344:

terra,

id. P. 2, 9, 54: ales i. e. Procne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Sen. Agam. 670.—

Subst., a Thracian woman:

Bistonidum crines,

of the Thracian Bacchantes, Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; so Verg. Cir. 164, ubi v. Sillig.

dulcis, e, adj. [from gulcis, by dissimilation; cf. ten-ebrae from root tam-; root in Sanscr. gul-jam, sweetness; Gr. glukus, glukeros, sweet], sweet (very freq.; cf.: suavis, venustus, jucundus, gratus, acceptus, amoenus, etc.).

Lit., opp. amarus:

(animal) sentit et dulcia et amara,

Cic. N. D. 3, 13; cf. Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 72:

mel,

id. Asin. 3, 3, 24; id. Truc. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

liquor mellis,

Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13:

aqua,

id. 6, 890:

poma,

id. 5, 1377; Hor. S. 2, 5, 12:

vinum,

id. C. 3, 12, 1; cf.

merum,

id. ib. 3, 13, 2:

dolium,

id. Epod. 2, 47:

olivum,

id. S. 2, 4, 64:

sapor,

id. C. 3, 1, 19 et saep.— Comp.:

uva,

Ov. M. 13, 795.— Sup.:

panis,

Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 92 et saep.—Hence,

Subst. and heterocl., dulcia, ōrum, n., sweet cakes, honey-cakes, sugar-cakes (late Lat.), Vop. Tac. 6; Lampr. Heliog. 26; 31; Prud. Psych. 429.—

Trop., agreeable, delightful, pleasant, charming, soft, flattering.

In gen.:

dulcia atque amara apud te sum elocutus omnia,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 61; id. Truc. 1, 2, 78:

vita,

Lucr. 2, 997; cf.:

lumina vitae,

id. 5, 989:

solacia, vitae,

id. 5, 21:

orator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; cf.

of orators or writers,

Quint. 10, 1, 77; 73; 12, 10, 44; cf.

also: non quo ea (oratione) Laelii quicquam sit dulcius,

Cic. Brut. 21, 83:

genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

carmen,

id. 12, 10, 33:

poëmata,

Hor. A. P. 99 et saep.:

nomen libertatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63; cf. id. Att. 15, 13, 3:

auditu nomen,

Liv. 24, 21, 3:

amores,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15:

otium,

id. Epod. 1, 8:

fortuna,

id. C. 1, 37, 11:

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13.—With dat.:

mensae dulcis herili canis,

Val. Fl. 7, 130.—Prov.:

dulce etiam fugias, fieri quod amarum potest,

Pub. Syr. 144 Rib. — Sup.:

epistola,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 4:

quod in amicissimo quoque dulcissimum est,

id. Lael. 23 fin. al.—

In partic. of friends, lovers, etc., friendly, pleasant, agreeable, charming, kind, dear:

amici (opp. acerbi inimici),

Cic. Lael. 24 fin.; cf.:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

id. ib. 18 fin.:

liberi,

Hor. Epod. 2, 40; cf.

nata,

id. S. 2, 3, 199:

alumnus,

id. C. 3, 23, 7; id. Ep. 1, 4, 8.—Hence, in addressing a person:

optime et dulcissime frater,

Cic. Leg. 3, 11; cf.:

dulcissime Attice,

id. Att. 6, 2, 9: mi dulcissime Tiro, Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:

dulcis amice,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 12:

dulce decus meum,

id. C. 1, 1, 2.— Absol.:

quid agis, dulcissime rerum?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.— Hence, adv. (acc. to II.), agreeably, delightfully.

dulcĭter, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Quint. 1, 10, 24; 4, 2, 62; 9, 4, 14; 12, 10, 71. —

dulce, Cat. 51, 5; Hor. C. 1, 22, 23; 24; id. Ep. 1, 7, 27; Stat. S. 3, 4, 8; id. Th. 4, 274.—

Comp.:

dulcius spirare,

Quint. 12, 10, 27; Prop. 1, 2, 14.—

Sup.:

dulcissime scripta,

Cic. Brut. 19, 77.

grandis, e, adj. [cf. gradus; also Germ. gross; Engl. great], full-grown, large, great, full, abundant (class.; most freq. of things; for syn. cf.: magnus, ingens, amplus, procerus, vastus, enormis).

Lit.

In gen.:

ita, quicquid (olerum) erat, grande erat,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 35; cf.:

ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131:

quae seges grandissima atque optima fuerit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 1: farra, old poet. ap. Macr. S. 5, 20 fin.:

frumenta,

Verg. A. 4, 405:

hordea,

id. E. 5, 36:

lilia,

id. ib. 10, 25:

ilex,

Sall. J. 93, 4; cf.:

et antiqua robora,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

grandissimum alicae genus,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

grandissimae olivae,

id. 15, 3, 4, § 15 et saep.:

litterae (opp. minutae),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68; cf.:

epistola sane grandis,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 1:

sane grandes libri,

id. Rep. 3, 8:

grandiores libri,

id. Att. 13, 13, 1:

verbosa et grandis epistula,

Juv. 10, 71:

erat incisum grandibus litteris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

corpora,

Lucr. 6, 303:

saxa,

id. 1, 289; Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 2; 7, 46, 3; cf.:

cervi eminentes,

id. ib. 7, 72, 4:

tumulus terrenus,

id. ib. 1, 43, 1:

vas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47; cf.

patella,

id. ib. §

46: speculum,

Quint. 11, 3, 68:

cothurni,

Hor. A. P. 80:

lumina,

Ov. M. 5, 545; cf.

membra,

id. ib. 10, 237:

ossa,

id. ib. 9, 169:

conchae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

rhombi,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 95; cf.:

opes grandiores,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 47:

smaragdi,

Lucr. 4, 1126:

divitiae,

id. 5, 1118; cf.:

alicui grandem pecuniam credere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

pecunia,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 24; id. Fam. 13, 61; Sall. C. 49, 3; Liv. 10, 46, 10; 27, 20, 7; 32, 40, 9; Suet. Aug. 12; id. Ner. 24; cf.

faenus,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51:

aes alienum,

Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3; Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; cf.

also: donativum grandius solito,

Suet. Galb. 16:

cenae,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; cf.

convivium,

id. 11, 2, 12:

amiculum grandi pondere,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

grande pondus argenti,

id. Caecin. 4, 12:

grande onus exiguo formicas ore gerentes,

Ov. M. 7, 625:

elementa,

bulky, massive, heavy, id. ib. 1, 29.—In neutr. as grandia ingrediens, advancing with great strides: makra bibas, Gell. 9, 11, 5:

grandia incedens,

Amm. 22, 14.—

Of persons, grown up, big, tall; and more freq. pregn., advanced in years, aged, old; also with natu or aevo.

Absol.:

an sedere oportuit domi virginem tam grandem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 39:

videras grandis jam puer bello Italico, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 36, 87:

nobilis ut grandi cecinit Centaurus alumno (i. e. Achilli),

Hor. Epod. 13, 11:

(Q. Maximus) et bella gerebat ut adolescens, cum plane grandis esset, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; cf. Lucr. 2, 1164:

legibus annalibus cum grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant, adolescentiae temeritatem verebantur, etc. (shortly after: progressus aetatis),

a more advanced age, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47; so,

grandior aetas,

Ov. M. 6, 28; 7, 665:

quandoquidem grandi cibus aevo denique defit,

Lucr. 2, 1141:

metuens virgae jam grandis Achilles cantabat,

Juv. 7, 210.—

With natu or aevo:

non admodum grandis natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectus,

Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; so,

grandis natu,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Aug. 89; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf.:

in aetate consideratur puer an adolescens, natu grandior an senex,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; so,

grandior natu,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 37:

grandi jam natu vexatus,

Suet. Aug. 53:

grandis aevo parens,

Tac. A. 16, 30 fin.; cf.:

jam grandior aevo genitor,

Ov. M. 6, 321.—

Trop.

In gen., great, strong, powerful: subsellia grandiorem et pleniorem vocem desiderant. Cic. Brut. 84, 289:

vox (opp. exigua),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum exemplum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

exemplis grandioribus uti,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

de rebus grandioribus dicere,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

supercilium,

lofty, Juv. 6, 169:

Maecenas, mearum Grande decus columenque rerum,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 4:

ingenium,

Ov. M. 6, 574:

certamen,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 7:

munus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 11:

praemia meritorum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 38:

carmen,

Juv. 6, 636:

malum,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 49:

lethargus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 145:

alumnus,

noble, id. Epod. 13, 11:

si metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; so absol.:

grandia,

id. C. 1, 6, 9; id. A. P. 27.—

In partic., of style, great, grand, lofty, sublime:

genus quoque dicendi grandius quoddam et illustrius esse adhibendum videtur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 337:

grande atque robustum genus dicendi (opp. subtile),

Quint. 12, 10, 58:

causae (opp. pusillae),

id. 11, 3, 151:

antiqua comoedia,

id. 10, 1, 65:

grandia et tumida themata,

id. 2, 10, 6:

sententiae,

id. 2, 11, 3:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

id. 1, 10, 24.—Of the speaker: (oratores Thucydidi aequales) grandes erant verbis, crebri sententiis, compressione rerum breves, [p. 824] Cic. Brut. 7, 29; cf.:

Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus et grandis,

id. ib. 83, 287:

causidicus amplus atque grandis,

id. Or. 9, 30:

quo grandior sit et quasi excelsior orator,

id. ib. 34, 119:

oratores, alii grandes aut graves aut copiosi,

id. Opt. Gen. 1, 2:

multis locis grandior (Lysias),

id. ib. 3, 9:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,

Quint. 10, 2, 16; 10, 1, 77.— Adv.: in two forms.

grandĭter (acc. to II.), greatly, strongly, very ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

quamvis grandius ille (Alcaeus) sonet,

sublimely, Ov. H. 15, 30:

illud mihi inter maxima granditer cordi est,

exceedingly, Sid. Ep. 7, 4:

frugi pater,

id. ib. 2:

affectus,

Aug. Conf. 1, 9.—

grandō (rare and poet.), the same:

grande fremens,

strongly, aloud, Stat. Th. 12, 684: grande sonat. Juv. 6, 517.

Lăres (old form ‡ Lăses, Inscr. Fratr. Arval.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.), um and ĭum (Larum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; Cic. Rep. 5, 5, 7; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; Inscr. Orell. 961:

Larium,

Liv. 40, 52), m. [old Lat. Lases; Etrusc. Laran, Lalan; root las-; cf. lascivus], tutelar deities, Lares, belonging orig. to the Etruscan religion, and worshipped especially as the presiders over and protectors of a particular locality (cf. Otfr. Müll. Etrusc. 2, p. 90 sq.):

praestites,

the tutelar deities of an entire city, Ov. F. 5, 129 sq.:

mille Lares geniumque ducis, qui tradidit illos, urbs habet,

id. ib. 5, 145:

Puteolanae civitatis,

Inscr. Orell. 1670:

civitatum, Inscr. ap. Grut. p. 10, 2: vicorum,

Arn. 3, 41:

rurales, Inscr. ap. Grut. p. 251: compitales,

of cross - roads, Suet. Aug. 31; called also Lares compitalicii, Philarg. ad Verg. G. 2, 381:

viales,

worshipped by the road-side, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 24:

permarini,

tutelar deities of the sea, Liv. 40, 52: caelipotentes, Inscr. ap. Tert. de Spect. 5.— Sing.:

Lari viali,

Inscr. Orell. 1762; 1894:

eundem esse Genium et Larem, multi veteres memoriae prodiderunt,

Censor. 3, 2.—

Most commonly the Lares (as familiares or domestici), the tutelar deities of a house, household gods, domestic Lares (whose images stood on the hearth in a little shrine, aedes, or in a small chapel, lararium); as the tutelar deities of each particular dwelling, also in sing.: Lar, Laris, m.

In plur.:

rem divinam facere Laribus familiaribus,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 1, 17:

sanctis Penatium deorum Larumque familiarium sedibus,

Cic. Rep. 5, 5, 7; id. Quint. 27 fin.:

ad aedem Larum,

id. N. D. 3, 25, 63:

immolet aequis porcum Laribus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 164:

Laribus tuum Miscet numen,

id. C. 4, 5, 34. —

In sing.:

ego Lar sum familiaris, ex hac familia,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 2:

haec imponuntur in foco nostro dari,

id. ib. 2, 8, 16:

familiae Lar pater, alium Larem persequi,

id. Merc. 5, 1, 5 sq. —

Meton., a hearth, dwelling, home (class.; usually in sing.):

larem corona nostrum decorari volo,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 1:

relinquent larem familiarem suum?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27:

ad suum larem familiarem redire,

id. ib. 2, 3, 54, §

125: nobis larem familiarem nusquam ullum esse?

Sall. C. 20:

paternus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51:

patrius,

id. S. 1, 2, 56; cf.:

avitus apto Cum lare fundus,

id. C. 1, 12, 43:

gaudens lare certo,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 58:

parvo sub lare,

id. C. 3, 29, 14:

conductus,

Mart. 11, 82, 2:

deserere larem,

to abandon one's home, Ov. F. 1, 478:

pelli lare,

to be driven from a place, id. ib. 6, 362:

alumnus laris Antenorei,

i. e. of the city of Padua, Mart. 1, 77, 2: ob eam rem tibi Lare commercioque interdico, Vet. Formul. ap. Paul. Sent. 3, 4, 7.—

In plur., Ov. R. Am. 302:

jussa pars mutare lares,

Hor. C. S. 39.— Poet., of a bird's nest:

avis in ramo tecta laremque parat,

Ov. F. 3, 242:

cum rapit Halcyones miserae fetumque laremque,

Val. Fl. 4, 45.

Lăres, ĭum, f., a city in Numidia, Sall. J. 90 Kritz N. cr.

lĕo, lēre, v. a. The root of deleo; cf. Prisc. l. 9 fin.

lĕo, ōnis, m. [Gr. leôn, lis], a lion.

Lit.:

validus,

Lucr. 5, 985:

fulvus,

Ov. H. 10, 85:

ferus,

id. M. 7, 373:

magnanimus,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 33:

leoni praecipua generositas,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

Gaetulus,

Verg. A. 5, 351:

Poenus,

id. E. 5, 27:

Phrygius,

id. A. 10, 157:

fulvus,

id. ib. 4, 159:

leonum animi index cauda,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

leo alumnus,

Juv. 14, 247:

pardus, tigris, leo— si quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius,

id. 8, 36: leo femina, a she-lion, lioness (for leaena), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63.—Without femina:

orbati leones,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 317.—

Transf.

A lion's skin, Val. Fl. 8, 126.—

The constellation Leo:

momenta Leonis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

cum sol in Leone est,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162:

in pectore Leonis,

id. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

A kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97.—

A plant, perhaps lion's-foot, Col. 10, 260; 98.—

To denote a courageous person:

in pace leones, in proelio cervi,

Tert. Coron. Mil. 1 med.; cf.:

in praetoriis leones, in castris lepores,

Sid. Ep. 5, 7 med.:

domi leones, foris vulpes,

Petr. 44, 4.

Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras:

Leones Mithrae,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.