421

• It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. (Catullus)

(in the abl.) on account of, for the sake of.

case at law, case, law-suit / situation, condition.

cause / reason, motive, pretext / interest.

see Oriolae

ac-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lean on or against something (not before the Aug. period; mostly poet.).

Lit.:

se acclinavit in illum,

Ov. M. 5, 72:

latus leoni,

Stat. Silv. 4, 2, 51.—Most freq. in part. pass.:

acclinatus: colla acclinata,

Ov. M. 10, 268; cf.:

terrae acclinatus,

id. ib. 14, 666:

castra tumulo sunt acclinata,

Liv. 44, 3, 6:

maria terris,

Stat. Silv. 5, 4, 5.—

Trop., with se, to incline to a thing:

ad causam senatus,

Liv. 4, 48, 9.

ENG rusty sparrow

NLD Mexicaanse roestkruingors

māgālĭa, ĭum, n. [Punic; Hebr. ; Gr. megaron; cf. Isid. Or. 15, 12], little dwellings, huts, tents.

Lit.: magalia aedificia quasi cohortes rotundas dicunt, Cato, Orig. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421:

miratur molem Aeneas, magalia quondam,

Verg. A. 1, 421; 4, 259; Serv. ad loc.; so Sall. and Cass. Hem. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.—

Māgālĭa, ĭum, n., the suburbs of Carthage, Plaut. Poen. prol. 86; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 368 (al. Magaria).

māgālĭa, ĭum, n. [Punic; Hebr. ; Gr. megaron; cf. Isid. Or. 15, 12], little dwellings, huts, tents.

Lit.: magalia aedificia quasi cohortes rotundas dicunt, Cato, Orig. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421:

miratur molem Aeneas, magalia quondam,

Verg. A. 1, 421; 4, 259; Serv. ad loc.; so Sall. and Cass. Hem. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.—

Māgālĭa, ĭum, n., the suburbs of Carthage, Plaut. Poen. prol. 86; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 368 (al. Magaria).

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.

Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Nemeê, a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games:

nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

Nemeae sub rupe,

Verg. A. 8, 295:

Nemee frondosa,

Mart. Spect. 27:

pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube,

Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—

Hence,

Nĕmaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.—

Nĕmĕaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 3, 421:

leo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50:

moles,

Ov. M. 9, 197:

pestis,

id. H. 9, 61:

vellus,

id. M. 9, 235:

arma,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo:

monstrum,

Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —

Nĕmē̆us, a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē̆a, ōrum, n., = Nemea or Nemeia, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

Nemĕa, ae, m., a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.‡ † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = nêma, a yarn, thread:

trino de nemine fati,

Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Nemeê, a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games:

nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

Nemeae sub rupe,

Verg. A. 8, 295:

Nemee frondosa,

Mart. Spect. 27:

pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube,

Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—

Hence,

Nĕmaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.—

Nĕmĕaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 3, 421:

leo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50:

moles,

Ov. M. 9, 197:

pestis,

id. H. 9, 61:

vellus,

id. M. 9, 235:

arma,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo:

monstrum,

Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —

Nĕmē̆us, a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē̆a, ōrum, n., = Nemea or Nemeia, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

Nemĕa, ae, m., a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.‡ † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = nêma, a yarn, thread:

trino de nemine fati,

Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Nemeê, a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games:

nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

Nemeae sub rupe,

Verg. A. 8, 295:

Nemee frondosa,

Mart. Spect. 27:

pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube,

Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—

Hence,

Nĕmaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.—

Nĕmĕaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 3, 421:

leo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50:

moles,

Ov. M. 9, 197:

pestis,

id. H. 9, 61:

vellus,

id. M. 9, 235:

arma,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo:

monstrum,

Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —

Nĕmē̆us, a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē̆a, ōrum, n., = Nemea or Nemeia, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

Nemĕa, ae, m., a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.‡ † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = nêma, a yarn, thread:

trino de nemine fati,

Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Nemeê, a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games:

nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

Nemeae sub rupe,

Verg. A. 8, 295:

Nemee frondosa,

Mart. Spect. 27:

pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube,

Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—

Hence,

Nĕmaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.—

Nĕmĕaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 3, 421:

leo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50:

moles,

Ov. M. 9, 197:

pestis,

id. H. 9, 61:

vellus,

id. M. 9, 235:

arma,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo:

monstrum,

Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —

Nĕmē̆us, a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē̆a, ōrum, n., = Nemea or Nemeia, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

Nemĕa, ae, m., a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.‡ † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = nêma, a yarn, thread:

trino de nemine fati,

Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Nemeê, a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games:

nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

Nemeae sub rupe,

Verg. A. 8, 295:

Nemee frondosa,

Mart. Spect. 27:

pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube,

Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—

Hence,

Nĕmaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.—

Nĕmĕaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 3, 421:

leo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50:

moles,

Ov. M. 9, 197:

pestis,

id. H. 9, 61:

vellus,

id. M. 9, 235:

arma,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo:

monstrum,

Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —

Nĕmē̆us, a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē̆a, ōrum, n., = Nemea or Nemeia, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

Nemĕa, ae, m., a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.‡ † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = nêma, a yarn, thread:

trino de nemine fati,

Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

stătĭo, ōnis, f. [sto], a standing, a standing still.

Lit. (so very rare;

not in Cic.): navis, quae manet in statione,

remains standing, stands still, does not move, Lucr. 4, 388; so,

manere in statione,

id. 4, 396; 5, 478; 5, 518:

in statione locata nubila,

id. 6, 193: varas In statione manus et pugnae membra paravi, in a firm posture (for fighting), Ov. M. 9, 34:

numquam id (sidus) stationem facere,

stands still, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

stationes matutinas facere,

id. 2, 15, 12, § 59:

solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 23:

terrae,

Manil. 2, 70.—

Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—

Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Athenis statio mea nunc placet,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5:

quā positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 674; cf. id. ib. 5, 719:

principio sedes apibus statioque petenda,

Verg. G. 4, 8:

apricis statio gratissima mergis,

id. A. 5, 128:

equorum,

i. e. a stall, Pall. 1, 21, 2; so,

jumentorum,

Dig. 7, 1, 13 fin.:

plerique in stationibus sedent tempusque audiendis fabulis conterunt,

in public places, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

stationes circumeo,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

quod tabernas tris de domo suo circa forum civitatibus ad stationem locasset,

Suet. Ner. 37:

thermae, stationes, omne theatrum,

Juv. 11, 4; Gell. 13, 13, 1:

stationes municipiorum,

Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236:

si ad stationem vel tabernam ventum sit,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 7:

stationes hibernae,

winter-quarters, Amm. 14, 1, 1.—

Poet., of things, place, position:

pone recompositas in statione comas,

in their place, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68; id. A. A. 3, 434:

permutata rerum statione, Petr. poët. 120, 99: umoris,

Pall. 1, 43.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., a post, station (v. custodiae, vigilia):

cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

ii, qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant... Cohortes quae in stationibus erant, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 32; 5, 15; 6, 37;

6, 38: in stationem succedere,

to relieve, id. ib. 4, 32:

stationem inire,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

relinquere,

Verg. A. 9, 222:

deserere,

Suet. Aug. 24:

habere,

Liv. 35, 29:

quique primi transierant, in statione erant, dum traicerent ceteri,

on guard, Curt. 7, 5, 18.— Transf.: suis vicibus capiebant bina (lumina Argi) quietem;

Cetera servabant atque in statione manebant,

kept at their posts, Ov. M. 1, 627; 2, 115.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 20, 73:

functo longissimā statione mortali,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

imperii statione relictā,

Ov. Tr. 2, 219; Vell. 2, 124, 2; Tac. Or. 17; Suet. Claud. 38.—

Transf., like our post, watch, guard, for those who are stationed to watch, who stand guard, sentries, sentinels, outposts, pickets:

ut stationes dispositas haberent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 69 fin.:

ut minus intentae diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent,

Liv. 9, 24, 5; 25, 38, 16; cf. in sing.:

ad stationem Romanam in portā segniter agentem vigilias perveniunt,

id. 10, 32, 7:

dispositā statione per ripas Tiberis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

crebrae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

custodiae stationesque equitum,

id. ib. 1, 59:

statione militum assumptā,

i. e. body-guard, lifeguard, Suet. Tib. 24; so,

militum,

id. Ner. 21; 34; 47.—

Transf., in gen., a station, office, position, in government, etc. (post-class.):

in hac statione, i. e. the imperial office,

Spart. Ael. Verr. 4:

statio imperatoria,

Lampr. Comm. 1:

Augusta,

Capitol. Clod. Alb. 2: regia, Vulc. 7; Capitol. Verr. 8.—

Naut. t. t., an anchorage, roadstead, road, bay, inlet (syn. portus), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2:

quietam nactus stationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 56 fin.; Liv. 10, 2, 6; 28, 6, 9; 31, 33, 3; Verg. G. 4, 421; id. A. 2, 23 al.—

A place of residence, a post, station of the fiscal officers of a province; also, for the officers themselves, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 19; Cod. Just. 4, 31, 1; 10, 5, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3207; 4107.—

A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—

A religious meeting, assembly of the Christians:

die stationis, nocte vigiliae meminerimus,

Tert. Or. 29:

stationes in vesperam producere,

id. adv. Psych. 1; so id. ib. 10; id. ad Ux. 2, 4.

taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).

Absol.:

taetra et immanis belua,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

odor ex multitudine cadaverum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

cadavera,

Lucr. 2, 415:

aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur,

id. 2, 421:

sapor,

id. 6, 22:

absinthia,

id. 1, 936:

ulcera,

id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172;

6, 976: cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

spiritus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618:

loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.:

taetris tenebris et caligine,

Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44:

alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu!

id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

vultus naturā horridus ac taeter,

Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.— Comp.:

aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 510.— Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.—

With abl.:

foedā specie taetri,

Lucr. 2, 421; cf.:

mulier taeterrima vultu,

Juv. 6, 418.—As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness:

quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—

Mentally or morally.

In gen.

Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.:

immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65:

quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

Cic. Vatin. 3, 9:

quis taetrior hostis huic civitati,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—

Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.):

libido,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 33:

facinus,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95:

prodigia,

Liv. 22, 9.— Comp.:

quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77. — Sup.:

taeterrimum bellum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.—

Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.:

taetrum flagrat... Horror conscius,

Prud. Cath. 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.

taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).

Absol.:

taetra et immanis belua,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

odor ex multitudine cadaverum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

cadavera,

Lucr. 2, 415:

aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur,

id. 2, 421:

sapor,

id. 6, 22:

absinthia,

id. 1, 936:

ulcera,

id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172;

6, 976: cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

spiritus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618:

loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.:

taetris tenebris et caligine,

Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44:

alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu!

id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

vultus naturā horridus ac taeter,

Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.— Comp.:

aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 510.— Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.—

With abl.:

foedā specie taetri,

Lucr. 2, 421; cf.:

mulier taeterrima vultu,

Juv. 6, 418.—As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness:

quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—

Mentally or morally.

In gen.

Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.:

immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65:

quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

Cic. Vatin. 3, 9:

quis taetrior hostis huic civitati,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—

Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.):

libido,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 33:

facinus,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95:

prodigia,

Liv. 22, 9.— Comp.:

quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77. — Sup.:

taeterrimum bellum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.—

Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.:

taetrum flagrat... Horror conscius,

Prud. Cath. 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.

taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).

Absol.:

taetra et immanis belua,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

odor ex multitudine cadaverum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

cadavera,

Lucr. 2, 415:

aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur,

id. 2, 421:

sapor,

id. 6, 22:

absinthia,

id. 1, 936:

ulcera,

id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172;

6, 976: cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

spiritus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618:

loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.:

taetris tenebris et caligine,

Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44:

alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu!

id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

vultus naturā horridus ac taeter,

Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.— Comp.:

aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 510.— Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.—

With abl.:

foedā specie taetri,

Lucr. 2, 421; cf.:

mulier taeterrima vultu,

Juv. 6, 418.—As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness:

quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—

Mentally or morally.

In gen.

Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.:

immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65:

quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

Cic. Vatin. 3, 9:

quis taetrior hostis huic civitati,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—

Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.):

libido,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 33:

facinus,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95:

prodigia,

Liv. 22, 9.— Comp.:

quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77. — Sup.:

taeterrimum bellum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.—

Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.:

taetrum flagrat... Horror conscius,

Prud. Cath. 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.

Trōs, Trōis, m., = Trôs, a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,

Trōja or Trōia, ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—

Transf.

A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.—

A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—

A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,

Trōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

Aeneas,

Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156:

heros,

i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773:

sacra,

Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.):

arma,

Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306:

gaza,

id. ib. 1, 119.—

Trōjānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

urbs,

i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 23:

regna,

id. ib. 9, 232:

opes,

Verg. A. 2, 4:

bellum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160:

tempora,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40:

judex,

i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice:

intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.

Trōjāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—

Trō-jānum, i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—

Trōĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

tempora,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40:

bellum,

Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14:

Vesta,

id. M. 15, 730; cf.

ignis,

the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35:

fata,

Ov. H. 1, 28.—

Trōs, ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—

Trōăs, ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan:

in agro Troade,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

humus,

Ov. H. 13, 94:

matres,

ib. ib. 16, 183:

turba,

Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,

Subst.

A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —

Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca. —

The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —

Trōĭădes, um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.

Trōs, ōis, m., v. 1. Tros, B. 4.

Trōs, Trōis, m., = Trôs, a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,

Trōja or Trōia, ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—

Transf.

A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.—

A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—

A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,

Trōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

Aeneas,

Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156:

heros,

i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773:

sacra,

Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.):

arma,

Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306:

gaza,

id. ib. 1, 119.—

Trōjānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

urbs,

i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 23:

regna,

id. ib. 9, 232:

opes,

Verg. A. 2, 4:

bellum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160:

tempora,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40:

judex,

i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice:

intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.

Trōjāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—

Trō-jānum, i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—

Trōĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

tempora,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40:

bellum,

Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14:

Vesta,

id. M. 15, 730; cf.

ignis,

the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35:

fata,

Ov. H. 1, 28.—

Trōs, ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—

Trōăs, ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan:

in agro Troade,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

humus,

Ov. H. 13, 94:

matres,

ib. ib. 16, 183:

turba,

Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,

Subst.

A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —

Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca. —

The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —

Trōĭădes, um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.

Trōs, ōis, m., v. 1. Tros, B. 4.