220

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(+ dat.) put before, prefer, favor, promote.

see Hafniae

ENG Henderson Island reed-warbler

scăbĭes, em, ē, f. [scabo], a roughness, scurf.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

ferri (with robigo),

Verg. G. 2, 220 (cf.:

scabra robigo pilorum,

id. ib. 1, 495):

mali,

Juv. 5, 153:

vetusta cariosae testae,

filth, App. M. 9, p. 220, 11; cf. Vulg. Lev. 13, 6.—

In partic., as a disease, the scab, manage, itch, Cels. 5, 28, 16; Lucil. ap. Non. 160, 21; Cato, R. R. 5, 7; Col. 6, 13, 1; 6, 31, 2; 7, 5, 5; Verg. G. 3, 441; Juv. 2, 80; 8, 34; Hor. A. P. 453 et saep.—Of plants, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 225; 19, 10, 57, § 176; 31, 3, 21, § 33.—Scabies, the itch, personified and worshipped as a divinity, acc. to Prud. Ham. 220.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), an itching, longing, pruriency (very rare): cujus (voluptatis) blanditiis corrupti, quae naturā bona sunt, quia dulcedine hac et scabie carent, non cernunt satis, * Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; so,

scabies et contagia lucri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14:

nos hac a scabie (sc. rodendi, detrectandi) tenemus ungues,

Mart. 5, 60, 11; so of lust, id. 6, 37, 4; 11, 7, 6.

contŭbernālis, is, comm. (abl. contubernale. Pomp. ap. Charis. p. 99 P., or Com. Rel. v. 73, where Rib. reads contubernaleio;

usu. -nali,

Macr. S. 2, 4, 29; Dig. 40, 7, 31, § 1; 50, 16, 220, § 1) [contubernium].

Milit. t. t.

A tent-companion or comrade (usu. ten men and a decanus in one tent), Cic. Lig. 7, 21; id. Planc. 11, 27; id. Sull. 15, 44; Curt. 6, 2, 16; Tac. H. 1, 23; Veg. Mil. 2, 8 and 13; Dig. 13, 6, 21, § 1; Inscr. Orell. 3557; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

A young man who, in order to become familiar with military service, attended a general in war, an attendant:

Q. Pompeio proconsuli,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

Saturnini,

id. Planc. 11, 27; Suet. Caes. 42.—

Transf. from military affairs.

In gen., a comrade, companion, mate, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; id. Fl. 17, 41:

illi in consulatu,

id. Brut. 27, 105; cf.:

meus in consulatu,

id. Sull. 12, 34: praeclarae (ironically of harlots), Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123 Spald.; also,

iron.: Quirini,

i. e. Cæsar, whose statue stood in the temple of Quirinus, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 45, 3, and Suet. Caes. 76.—

In partic., in colloq. lang., the husband or wife of a slave (given by their master); masc., Col. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 7; fem., id. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 57, 6; Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 82; Dig. 50, 16, 220.— Hence, facete: nisi illa nos volt... omnis crucibus contubernalis dari, qs. to be united in wedlock with the cross, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 28.

ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).

Lit.:

videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

106: mortis laqueis caput,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

errantem nemori,

Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

aditus expediunt,

open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

sibi locum,

id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

iter fugae per invias rupes,

Liv. 38, 2, 14:

agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —

Transf.

In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

vela,

Ov. H. 17, 200:

hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

cererem canistris,

Verg. A. 1, 702:

convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

cibaria pastoribus,

to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

merces suas (institor),

Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

arma,

to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

tela equosque,

Liv. 38, 25, 14:

ferrum,

id. 24, 26, 10:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

vineas in occulto,

id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

copias,

Tac. A. 13, 7:

se celeriter (Galli equites),

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

Tac. H. 2, 99. —

to send away, despatch ( poet.):

me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—

Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

multos secum expedire jubet,

id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.

Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

impeditum animum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

ex servitute filium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

se ex turba,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

se ab omni occupatione,

Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

aliquem omni molestiā,

id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

se aerumnis,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

se crimine,

id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

se cura,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—

Transf.

To put in order, arrange, set right:

cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

expedire et conficere res,

id. Brut. 42, 154:

rem frumentariam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

negotia (with explicare),

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

nomen,

id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

Faberianum,

id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

consilia sua,

Tac. H. 3, 73:

docte hanc fallaciam,

put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—

Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

Pac., Att.,

Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 286:

pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

id. A. 3, 379:

priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

Sall. J. 5, 2:

nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

id. ib. 14, 55:

ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

id. H. 4, 48:

promptius expediam quot, etc.,

i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—

Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—

Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

expedit bonas esse vobis,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

cui (reo) damnari expediret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

id. Caecin. 6, 16:

ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

sic magis expedit,

Quint. 4, 2, 67:

ut expediat causae,

id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.

Of persons:

cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

legiones expeditae,

id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

so of soldiers without baggage,

id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

Sagana,

tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

expeditus ad caedem,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

ad pronuntiandum,

id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 48 fin. —

Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

via expeditior ad honores,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

id. Lael. 4, 13:

pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

rationes,

id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

cena (with parca),

Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

expeditissimum unguentorum,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

id. ib. 61, 220:

inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

id. ib. 76, 263:

prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —

In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

fabulatu's,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

loqui,

Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

navigare,

id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

fit putatio,

Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

flā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. phlegô, phlegethô, phlox; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398], to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.).

Lit.:

flagrantes onerariae,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

crinemque flagrantem excutere,

Verg. A. 2, 685:

flagrabant ignes,

Ov. F. 6, 439:

intima pars hominum vero flagrabat ad ossa,

Lucr. 6, 1168:

flocci molles et sine oleo flagrant,

Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28:

ut flagret (carbo),

id. 33, 13, 57, § 163.—

Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.).

To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked. —With abl.:

non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so,

desiderio tui,

id. ib. 7, 4, 1:

dicendi studio,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.:

eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

cupiditate atque amentia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12:

amore,

id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.:

cupidine currus,

Ov. M. 2, 104:

libidinibus in mulieres,

Suet. Gramm. 23:

odio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4:

bello flagrans Italia,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 8:

convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71.— Absol.:

flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,

id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:

uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,

Sall. C. 14, 6.— Poet. with acc. of respect, to love:

caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,

Prop. 1, 13, 23:

Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,

Verg. Cul. 220.—

Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion:

Elisam,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.—

To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer:

consules flagrant infamiā,

Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.:

invidiā et infamiā,

id. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

invidiā,

id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16:

infamiā,

id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44:

rumore malo,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 125;

ignominiā et pudore,

Flor. 2, 18:

inopiā et cupidinibus,

Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl.—Hence, flā̆grans, antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.

Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf.

telum,

Verg. G. 1, 331:

flagrantis hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.:

flagrantissimo aestu,

Liv. 44, 36, 7:

genae,

Verg. A. 12, 65:

oscula,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.—

Transf., of color, glittering, shining:

(Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,

Verg. A. 12, 167:

redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),

Sil. 12, 731.—

Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement:

oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,

id. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,

flickering, restless, Lucr. 4, 1165:

in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,

Tac. A. 14, 51:

flagrantissimus amor,

Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2:

Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,

Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39:

Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,

id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14 ext. 3:

studia plebis,

Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.:

aeger et flagrans animus,

id. ib. 3, 54:

flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,

Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1.—Hence, flā̆granter, adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.):

Germani exarsere flagrantius,

Amm. 31, 10, 5:

flagrantius amare,

Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.:

flagrantissime cupĕre,

Tac. A. 1, 3.

Ŏrontes, is or ae ( gen. Oronti, Verg. A. 1, 220), m., = Orontês.

The principal river of Syria, now Nahr El-Ashy, Mel. 1, 12, 5; Plin. 5, 21, 18, § 79; Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 21.—Hence, Ŏrontēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Orontes, Orontian; poet. for Syrian:

Orontea myrrha,

Prop. 1, 2, 3.—

A chief of the Lycii and companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 113; 220.

Ŏrontes, is or ae ( gen. Oronti, Verg. A. 1, 220), m., = Orontês.

The principal river of Syria, now Nahr El-Ashy, Mel. 1, 12, 5; Plin. 5, 21, 18, § 79; Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 21.—Hence, Ŏrontēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Orontes, Orontian; poet. for Syrian:

Orontea myrrha,

Prop. 1, 2, 3.—

A chief of the Lycii and companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 113; 220.

Pallăs, ădis and ădos, f., = Pallas.

Surname of the Greek goddess Athene, and hence of the corresponding Minerva of the Romans, the goddess of war and wisdom; the inventress of working in wool, and of the cultivation of the olive, on which account the olive-tree was sacred to her:

Pallas Minerva est dicta, quod Pallantem Gigantem interfecerit, vel, sicut putabant, quod in Pallante palude nata est,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

Pallas... Proeliis audax,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 20; Ov. M. 5, 263:

Palladis ales,

the owl, Ov. F. 2, 89:

Pallados arbor,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518; cf.:

rami Palladis,

Verg. A. 7, 154:

iratā Pallade, i. q. invitā Minervā,

Ov. F. 3, 826.—

Transf.

Oil:

infusā Pallade,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 4:

pinguis,

id. H. 19, 44.—

The olive-tree:

dat quoque baciferam Pallada rarus ager,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 8.—

The Palladium:

Helenum raptā cum Pallade captum,

Ov. M. 13, 99:

Pallade conspectā,

id. Tr. 2, 293.—

The number seven, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.—

For Vesta, because the Palladium stood in the temple of Vesta: Pallados ignes, Prop 4 (5), 4, 45.—

Deriv.

Pallădĭus, a, um, adj., = Palladios, of or belonging to Pallas, Palladian:

numen Palladium,

i. e. Pallas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 12:

aegis,

of Pallas, Luc. 7, 570:

Palladiā gaudent silvā vivacis olivae,

Verg. G. 2, 181;

latices,

oil, Ov. M. 8, 275:

corona,

an olive-wreath, id. A. A. 1, 727:

arx,

Troy, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 42:

arces,

Athens, Ov. M. 7, 399:

honores,

shown to Pallas, id. H. 17, 133: pinus, the Argo, because built under Minerva's direction, Val. Fl. 1, 475:

metus,

inspired by Pallas, id. 6, 408: forum, the Roman forum, because there stood a temple of Minerva, Mart. 1, 3, 8:

Palladia Alba, because Domitian caused the Quinquatria in honor of Pallas to be annually celebrated there,

id. 5, 1, 1; cf. Suet. Dom. 4:

Palladia Tolosa, because the sciences flourished there,

Mart. 9, 100, 3:

manus,

i. e. skilful, Stat. S. 1, 1, 5:

ars,

Mart. 6, 13, 2:

lotos,

the flute, id. 8, 51, 14.—

Subst.: Pallădĭum, ii, n., the image or statue of Pallas, which, in the reign of Ilus, fell from heaven at Troy, and during the Trojan war was carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, because the fate of the city depended on the possession of this image. It afterwards came from Greece to Rome, where Metellus saved it from the temple of Vesta when the latter was burned down, Verg. A. 2, 166; Sil. 9, 531; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 29; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 227; Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24; id. Scaur. 2, 48; Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 141; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 1 sq.; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31.

Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Pallas, the name of several mythic and historical personages.

Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.—

A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.—

Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.—

One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.—

A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.—

Derivv.

Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241:

apex,

of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644. —

Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.

A city in Arcadia, the residence of Pallas, Liv. 1, 5 init.; Just. 43, 1.—

The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.—

Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.—

Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.— Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.—

Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian:

Pallantius heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647.

pillĕus, i, m., and pillĕum, i, n. [akin to Gr. pilos, with same signif.; also to pilus, a hair], a felt cap or hat, made to fit close, and shaped like the half of an egg. It was worn by the Romans at entertainments and festivals, esp. at the Saturnalia, and was given to a slave at his enfranchisement as a sign of freedom (cf. petasus).

Lit.: pilleum quem habuit deripuit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 14; id. Amph. 1, 1, 305:

haec mera libertas, hanc nobis pillea donant,

id. Pers. 5, 82. Free-born persons who had fallen into captivity also wore the pilleus for a while after the recovery of their freedom, Liv. 30, 45; 34, 52; Val. Max. 5, 2, 5 and 6. Gladiators who had often been victorious also received the pilleus at their discharge, Tert. Spect. 21. There were also leathern pillei, called Pannonian, which were worn by soldiers when off duty, in order that, by being always accustomed to wear something on their heads, the helmet might seem less burdensome, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.—

Meton.

Liberty, freedom:

servos ad pilleum vocare,

to summon the slaves to freedom, Liv. 24, 32; Suet. Tib. 4; Sen. Ep. 47, 16; Val. Max. 8, 6, 2:

totis pillea sarcinis redemi,

i. e. I have made myself independent by selling all my goods, Mart. 2, 68, 4.—

A protector: te obsecro, Pilleum meum, mi sodalis, mea salubritas, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 16.—

The membrane which envelops the head of the fœtus, a child's caul, Lampr. Diadum. 4.

pillĕus, i, m., and pillĕum, i, n. [akin to Gr. pilos, with same signif.; also to pilus, a hair], a felt cap or hat, made to fit close, and shaped like the half of an egg. It was worn by the Romans at entertainments and festivals, esp. at the Saturnalia, and was given to a slave at his enfranchisement as a sign of freedom (cf. petasus).

Lit.: pilleum quem habuit deripuit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 14; id. Amph. 1, 1, 305:

haec mera libertas, hanc nobis pillea donant,

id. Pers. 5, 82. Free-born persons who had fallen into captivity also wore the pilleus for a while after the recovery of their freedom, Liv. 30, 45; 34, 52; Val. Max. 5, 2, 5 and 6. Gladiators who had often been victorious also received the pilleus at their discharge, Tert. Spect. 21. There were also leathern pillei, called Pannonian, which were worn by soldiers when off duty, in order that, by being always accustomed to wear something on their heads, the helmet might seem less burdensome, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.—

Meton.

Liberty, freedom:

servos ad pilleum vocare,

to summon the slaves to freedom, Liv. 24, 32; Suet. Tib. 4; Sen. Ep. 47, 16; Val. Max. 8, 6, 2:

totis pillea sarcinis redemi,

i. e. I have made myself independent by selling all my goods, Mart. 2, 68, 4.—

A protector: te obsecro, Pilleum meum, mi sodalis, mea salubritas, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 16.—

The membrane which envelops the head of the fœtus, a child's caul, Lampr. Diadum. 4.

postīcus, a, um, adj. [post; like anticus from ante].

That is behind, hinder, back -, posterior (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):

est etiam hic ostium aliud posticum nostrarum aedium,

backdoor, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 40; cf.: posticum ostium dicitur in posteriore parte aedium. Ceterum antiqui etiam vicinum habitantem ad posteriorem partem aedium sic appellarunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

locus erat posticis aedium partibus,

Liv. 23, 8: perrexit in interiores partes domuis posticae, of the backbuilding, out - house, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 7:

domo posticā egressus,

Val. Max. 5, 7, 3:

muri,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.: vicinus, v. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.: non peperit, verum posticā parte profudit, with the posteriors, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 17:

sannae,

made behind the back, Pers. 1, 62:

pedes,

hind feet, Sol. 26:

pars palatii,

Suet. Oth. 6:

posticam lineam in agris dividendis Serv. Sulpicius appellavit, ab exoriente sole ad occidentem quae spectabat,

Fest. p. 233 Müll.: quae ante nos sunt, antica: et quae post nos sunt, postica dicuntur: et dextram anticam, sinistram posticam dicimus. Sic etiam ea caeli pars, quae sole illustratur ad meridiem, antica nominatur, quae ad septentrionem postica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; cf.:

ejus templi partes quattuor dicuntur: sinistra ab oriente, dextra ab occasu, antica ad meridiem, postica ad septentrionem,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.—

Subst.

postīca, ae, f., a backdoor (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 217, 25; Dig. 7, 1, 13.—

postīcum, i, n.

A backdoor (the prevailing form for this signif.):

per posticum se conferre,

Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 27:

atria servantem postico falle clientem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Vulg. Dan. 13, 18.—

The back part of a building, the rear front, Titin. ap. Non. 217, 19:

in pronao, et postico,

Vitr. 3, 1.—

A backhouse, privy (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 20.—

The posteriors, the fundament (ante- and postclass.): retrimenta cibi, quae exierunt per posticum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 24; also in plur., Arn. 2, 54.