768

• In this sign, you will be victorious. (Eusebios)

pertaining to a bedroom

see Salmanticae

ENG wrybill

alternus, a, um, adj. [alter], one after the other, by turns, interchangeable, alternate (class. and also poet.).

In gen.: ( Sem)VNIS. ALTERNEI. ADVOCAPIT. CONCTOS (i. e. Semones alterni advocate cunctos), Carm. Fr. Arv. 36 (v. advoco fin.): alternā vice inire, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 151 Vahl.):

alternae arbores,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 138:

Alterno tenebras et lucem tempore gigni,

Lucr. 5, 978:

ex duabus orationibus capita alterna recitare,

Cic. Clu. 51, 140:

alternis trabibus ac saxis,

with beams and stones regularly interchanged, Caes. B. G. 7, 23 Herz.:

(bibere) alternis diebus modo aquam, modo vinum,

Cels. 3, 2:

Alterno terram quatiunt pede,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 7:

per alternas vices,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 6:

vix hostem, alterni si congrediamur, habemus,

Verg. A. 12, 233; 6, 121: alternum foedus amicitiae, Cat. 109, 6: alternus metus, mutual or reciprocal fear, Liv. 26, 25; cf. id. 23, 26:

alternas servant praetoria ripas,

the opposite, Stat. S. 1, 3, 25:

aves,

the eagles which stand opposite to each other, Claud. Mall. Theod. prol. 16 (v. the passage in its connection):

alternis paene verbis T. Manlii factum laudans,

with almost every other word, Liv. 8, 30: alternis dicetis;

amant alterna Camenae,

responsive song, Verg. E. 3, 59:

versibus alternis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 146: alternis aptum sermonibus, alternate discourse, i. e. dialogue, id. A. P. 81. —Of verses: interchanging between hexameter and pentameter, elegiac:

pedes alternos esse oportebit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 193:

epigramma alternis versibus longiusculis,

id. Arch. 10, 25; Ov. H. 15, 5:

canere alterno carmine,

id. F. 2, 121; so id. Tr. 3, 1, 11; 3, 1, 56; 3, 7, 10 (cf.:

modos impares,

id. ib. 2, 220).—

Esp., in the Roman courts of justice the accused, and afterwards the accuser, could alternately reject all the judges appointed by the prætor;

hence, alterna consilia or alternos judices reicere,

to reject by turns, Cic. Vatin. 11, 27; id. Planc. 15, 36:

cum alternae civitates rejectae sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. and sup. are not used. — Advv. (only in posit.).

Form alternē, alternately, only in Sen. Q. N. 7, 12 med. —

Form alternīs ( abl. plur.; sc. vicibus), alternately, by turns ( poet. and prose; freq. in Lucr.;

not in Cic.),

Lucr. 1, 524; 1, 768; 1, 1011; 1, 1066; 3, 373; 4, 790; 6, 570; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9; Verg. E. 3, 59; id. G. 1, 71; 1, 79; Liv. 2, 2 med.; Sen. Ep. 120 fin.; Plin. Ep. 18, 2.—

Form alternă, neutr. plur., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138 Jan; App. M. 10, p. 247, 8 Elm.

capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].

Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

(syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

aquam hianti ore,

Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

imbrem ore hianti,

id. 4, 7, 14:

laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

(meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

muscas,

Suet. Dom. 3:

modo cervicem, modo crura,

Ov. M. 9, 37:

collum,

id. ib. 3, 428:

patulis naribus auras,

Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

plumas ore,

id. ib. 8, 198:

umbras et frigora,

Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

auribus aëra,

to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

captata Hesperie,

watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—

Figuratively.

In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

class.): sermonem,

to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

sonitum aure admota,

Liv. 38, 7, 8;

solitudines,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

quid consili,

to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

assensiones alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

plausus,

to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

misericordiam,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

voluptatem,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

risus,

to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

favorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

incerta pro certis,

Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

nubes et inania,

Hor. A. P. 230:

libertatis auram,

Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

auram incertae famae,

Curt. 4, 5, 8:

occasionem,

to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

tempus rei,

Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

tempestates,

id. 5, 6, 4:

brevitatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

elegantiam actoris,

id. 11, 3, 184:

leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

id. 11, 1, 53:

solas sententias multas,

id. 8, 5, 30:

auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

prendique et prendere captans,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

laedere aliquem,

Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

opprimere,

id. 5, 3, 2:

acquirere voluptates,

Col. 8, 11, 1.—

With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

Suet. Tib. 14.—

In partic.

(Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

hostem insidiis,

Liv. 2, 50, 3:

inter se,

id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,

A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

testamenta senum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

hereditatem,

Dig. 29, 6, 1:

homines,

Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—

To take up, begin, of discourse:

ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

Ov. M. 3, 279.

Căpys, yos, m., = Kapus.

Son of Assaracus, and father of Anchises, Ov. F. 4, 34.—

A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 183; 2, 35; 9, 576; 10, 145 Serv.—

A king of Alba, in Latium, Ov. M. 14, 613 sq.; Liv. 1, 3, 8; Verg. A. 6, 768.—

A king of Capua, Liv. 4, 37, 1; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 242.

causor ( causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and trans. [causa].

In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—

Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.

With acc.:

multa,

Lucr. 1, 398:

aves aut omina dira,

Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.:

omina Visaque,

Ov. M. 9, 768:

nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros,

id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante,

Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13:

negotia,

Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.:

valetudinem,

id. H. 3, 59 fin.:

adversam patris voluntatem,

id. A. 13, 44:

diei tempus,

Curt. 4, 16, 18 al. —

Absol.:

causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

Verg. E. 9, 56.—

With acc. [p. 305] and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —

With quod:

causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—

With inf.:

causari accipere rationes,

to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.

causor ( causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and trans. [causa].

In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—

Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.

With acc.:

multa,

Lucr. 1, 398:

aves aut omina dira,

Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.:

omina Visaque,

Ov. M. 9, 768:

nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros,

id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante,

Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13:

negotia,

Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.:

valetudinem,

id. H. 3, 59 fin.:

adversam patris voluntatem,

id. A. 13, 44:

diei tempus,

Curt. 4, 16, 18 al. —

Absol.:

causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

Verg. E. 9, 56.—

With acc. [p. 305] and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —

With quod:

causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—

With inf.:

causari accipere rationes,

to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.

cŏruscus, a, um, adj. [corusco, II.] ( poet.).

In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous:

silvae,

Verg. A. 1, 164:

ilices,

id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously:

omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor,

i. e. trembling, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.—

Flashing, gleaming, glittering:

fulgura,

Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

lumina,

Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21:

sol,

Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.:

radii (solis),

Ov. M. 1, 768:

lampades,

id. ib. 12, 247:

viri ferro auroque,

Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf.

in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci,

Verg. A. 9, 678. —

Transf., brilliant, enthumêma, Gell. 17, 20, 4.— Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.

cŏruscus, a, um, adj. [corusco, II.] ( poet.).

In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous:

silvae,

Verg. A. 1, 164:

ilices,

id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously:

omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor,

i. e. trembling, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.—

Flashing, gleaming, glittering:

fulgura,

Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

lumina,

Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21:

sol,

Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.:

radii (solis),

Ov. M. 1, 768:

lampades,

id. ib. 12, 247:

viri ferro auroque,

Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf.

in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci,

Verg. A. 9, 678. —

Transf., brilliant, enthumêma, Gell. 17, 20, 4.— Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.

Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Kubelê and Kubêbê.

A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.

Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—

Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—

Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—

Hence,

Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele:

Attis,

Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507;

so also dea,

id. F. 4, 191:

frena,

i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704:

limina,

i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—

Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Kubelistês, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —

A mountain in Phrygia.

Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—

Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Kubelê and Kubêbê.

A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.

Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—

Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—

Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—

Hence,

Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele:

Attis,

Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507;

so also dea,

id. F. 4, 191:

frena,

i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704:

limina,

i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—

Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Kubelistês, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —

A mountain in Phrygia.

Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—

Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Kubelê and Kubêbê.

A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.

Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—

Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—

Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—

Hence,

Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele:

Attis,

Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507;

so also dea,

id. F. 4, 191:

frena,

i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704:

limina,

i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—

Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Kubelistês, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —

A mountain in Phrygia.

Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—

Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Kubelê and Kubêbê.

A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.

Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—

Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—

Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—

Hence,

Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele:

Attis,

Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507;

so also dea,

id. F. 4, 191:

frena,

i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704:

limina,

i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—

Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Kubelistês, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —

A mountain in Phrygia.

Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—

Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Kubelê and Kubêbê.

A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.

Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—

Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—

Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—

Hence,

Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele:

Attis,

Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507;

so also dea,

id. F. 4, 191:

frena,

i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704:

limina,

i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—

Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Kubelistês, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —

A mountain in Phrygia.

Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—

Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Kubelê and Kubêbê.

A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.

Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—

Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—

Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—

Hence,

Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele:

Attis,

Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507;

so also dea,

id. F. 4, 191:

frena,

i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704:

limina,

i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—

Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Kubelistês, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —

A mountain in Phrygia.

Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—

Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

dēsignātor or dissignātor (the latter form freq. in inscrr., and preferred by Brambach; so Keller, ad Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 5; Corp. Inscr. Lat. pp. 597, 768), ōris, m. [id.], one who regulates or arranges; a regulator.—As a t. t.,

An officer whose duty it was to assign seats in the theatre, Plaut. Poen. prol. 19.—

A master of ceremonies at funerals; an undertaker, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 5; Sen. Ben. 6, 38; Tert. Spectac. 10; Inscr. Orell. 934; cf. Don. Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 7.—

An umpire at public spectacles, i. q. Gr. brabeutês, Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 1; Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2.