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tribūnus, ī, m. (tribus), I) tribuni, die Vorsteher der drei Stammtribus, Vertreter der Tribules (s. tribulis) in politischer, religiöser und militärischer Hinsicht (s. tribus a.A.), Liv. 6, 20, 10, von denen einer unter dem Namen tribunus Celerum an der Spitze steht, weil er zugleich Führer der Celeres (s.d.) ist, Liv. 1, 59, 7. Pompon. dig. 1, 2, 2. § 15.

II) übtr.: A) tribuni aerarii, die dem Quästor beigesetzten Zahlmeister aus dem Plebejerstande, die das aus dem Ärarium erhobene Geld nach der vorgeschriebenen Bestimmung, namentlich beim Heere den Sold unter die Soldaten, austeilten, s. Cato b. Gell. 7, 10, 2 (wo Sing. tribunus aerarius). Ps. Ascon. ad Cic. II. Verr. 1, 34. p. 167 B.: dies. tribuni aeris, Plin. 33, 31. Als nach der lex Aurelia die Handhabung der Gerichte unter die drei Stände des Staates (Senatoren-, Ritter- u. Plebejerstand) verteilt wurde, wurden von seiten der Plebejer die tribuni aerarii Richter, s. Cic. Cat. 4, 15. – ähnlich zur spät. Kaiserzeit tribunus fisci, Ven. Fort. vit. S. Radeg. 38.

B) als milit. t.t.: a) tribuni militum od. militares, Kriegstribunen, Oberste, von denen bei jeder Legion sechs waren, die abwechselnd je zwei Monate die Legion befehligten, tribuni militum b. Caes. u.a.: Sing. tribunus militum, Cic. – tribuni militares b. Cic. u. Plin.: Sing. tribunus militaris, Cic. – tribuni cohor-

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tium, die bei den dortigen Kohorten anwesenden Kriegstribunen, Caes. b.c. 2, 20, 2 (vgl. no. b). – tribuni militum od. militares rufuli, die im Heere vom Feldherrn od. von den Soldaten gewählten, Ggstz. comitiati, die zu Rom in den Komitien gewählten (u. zwar die Kriegstribunen der legiones quattuor primae, die für den regelmäßigen aktiven Dienst bestimmt waren), Liv. 7, 5, 9. Ps. Ascon. ad Cic. I. Verr. 10, 30. p. 142, 7 B. – b) (nur nachweislich zur Kaiserzeit) tribunus cohortis, der Befehlshaber der ersten (und stärksten) Kohorte der Legion, Plin. ep. 3, 9, 18. Vulg. act. apost. 21, 31: viell. ders. tribunus minor, Veget. mil. 2, 7 in.

C) tribuni militum consulari potestate, die zwischen 444 und 366 v. Chr. sehr häufig anstatt der Konsuln aus Patriziern u. Plebejern gewählte, anfangs aus 3, später aus 6 Mitgliedern bestehende oberste Staatsbehörde der Römer, Liv. 4, 6, 8; 4, 7, 1; 8, 1, 2 u.a.: auch tribuni consulares gen., Liv. 8, 33, 16.

D) tribuni plebis od. plebei od. plebi u. häufiger bl. tribuni, die Volkstribunen, die bekannten Schutzbeamten des röm. Plebejerstandes, Liv. 2, 32 sq.; 2, 56, 1. Cic. de rep. 2, 58 sqq. u. de legg. 3, 16. Vgl. Mommsen Staatsrecht. Bd. 2. S. 272 ff; Bd. 3. S. 147 ff. S. 821 ff.

Tricca, ae, f. (Τρίκκη), uralte Stadt in Thessalien am Peneios, Geburtsort des Asklepios (Äskulap), jetzt Trikkala, Liv. 32, 13, 5. Plin. 4, 29: griech. Nbf. Tricce, Sen. Troad. 831 (821). – Dav. Triccaeus, a, um (Τρικκαιος), trikkäisch, Avien. phaenom. 206.

auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].

Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, to ous, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8;

v. antestor.—In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium,

make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.—Hence (usu. plur., aures):

adhibere,

to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5:

arrigere,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152:

erigere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11:

admovere aurem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:

dare,

to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419:

dederet,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

applicare,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11;

40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures,

Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so,

inclinare aurem,

ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3:

auribus accipere,

i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.:

auribus percipite,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2:

te cupidā captat aure maritus,

Cat. 61, 54; so,

auribus aëra captat,

Verg. A. 3, 514:

auribus haurire,

Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309:

bibere aure,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.:

obtundere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:

tundere,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 25:

lacessere,

Lucr. 4, 597:

tergere,

id. 6, 119:

allicere,

id. 6, 183:

ferire,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

implere,

Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.—Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5:

ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition:

Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit,

i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so,

pervellere,

Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in [p. 208] utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Epamphoteran... mellei katheudêsein); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one ' s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.—

Meton.

The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse:

offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32:

Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,

Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.—

Hearers, auditors:

Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—

Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.

bĭbo, bĭbi (post-class. part. fut. bĭbĭtūrus, Hier. Isa. 8, 25, 8; Vulg. Matt. 20, 22; id. Act. 23, 12; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 1; part. perf. bĭbĭtus, a, um, Cael. Aur. Chron. 4, 3, 60; Capitol. Ver. 5, 3; Aem. Mac. c. de Porro; Plin. Val. 2, 18; inf. apocop. biber, Cato, Titin., and Fannii Annal. ap. Charis. p. 99), 3, v. a. [root bi; Gr. pi-, pinô, pepôka; whence Lat. poto, as if from po; Sanscr. pī; Slav. piti; Lith. pota], to drink (usually from thirst, a natural want; poto, to drink from passion, habit, etc.; but poto is occasionally used of water, etc., e. g. Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179; cf.:

bibere naturae est, potare luxuriae,

Isid. Diff. 1. 74; and the partt. potus and potatus are regularly used instead of the partt. of bibo).

With acc.

Of the liquid drunk:

per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

Cato, R. R. 73:

jejunus heminam bibito,

id. ib. 126:

si voles vinum Choum bibere, licebit bibas,

id. ib. 48: eapse merum condidicit bibere;

foribus dat aquam quam bibant,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4:

vicit vinum quod bibi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 1:

Darius in fugā cum aquam turbidam bibisset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

patrono malo suadebat ut mulsum frigidum biberet,

id. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

viveret, nisi illud (i. e. venenum) bibisset,

Quint. 8, 5, 31:

bibo aquam,

id. 6, 3, 93:

cur apud te vinum aetate tuā vetustius bibitur?

Sen. Vit. Beat. 17, 2:

nisi Hy. mettia mella Falerno Ne biberis diluta,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 15:

et Veientani bibitur faex crassa rubelli,

Mart. 1, 103, 9:

lac bibere,

to suck, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 22; id. M. 9, 377; 9, 615.—Also nutricem bibere (i. e. lac de nutrice), App. M. 2, p. 115, 29.— Poet.;

Caecubam... Tu bibes uvam (i. e. vinum),

Hor. C. 1, 20, 10:

in usu radix tantum duabus drachmis bibenda (i. e. sucus radicis),

Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 67.—

Pocula or cyathos bibere.

Poet., = vinum (cf. pinein kratêras):

tristia cum multo pocula felle bibat,

Tib. 1, 5, 50:

ipse bibebam Sobria suppositā pocula victor aquā,

id. 1, 6, 28:

plura pocula = plus vini,

id. 1, 9, 59; so,

nomismata and aera,

id. 1, 26, 3.—

Of the number of cups drunk at a merry-making: vide quot cyathos bibimus: St. Tot quot digiti sunt tibi in manu, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24.—Esp. of the custom of drinking names, i. e. as many cups as there are letters in a name proposed; the number is frequently expressed by fractional parts of the as (uncia = a cyathus;

quincunx = 5 cyathi, etc.): quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus, Gaius ut fiat, Julius, et Proculus,

Mart. 11, 36, 7:

crebros ergo licet bibas trientes,

id. 1, 106, 8:

diluti bibis unciam Falerni,

id. v. 3 (cf. with potare:

sextantes et deunces,

id. 12, 28).—Hence, nomen bibere, Julium, etc., bibere:

ut jugulem curas, nomen utrumque bibam,

Mart. 8, 57, 26:

Laevia sex cyathis, septem Justina bibatur, Quinque Lycas, Lyde quattuor, Ida tribus,

id. 1, 71, 1 sq.:

Astyanacta bibes,

id. 8, 6, 16.—

Fluvium, undam, pruinas bibere ( poet.).

= aquam ex flumine bibere:

priusquam Pabula gustassent Trojae Xanthumque bibissent,

Verg. A. 1, 473:

jam crassus torrens bibitur tamen,

Stat. Th. 4, 821:

puram bibis amnibus undam,

Claud. Laud. Herc. 74.—

Trop., to arrive at the region of the river:

non illum nostri possunt mutare labores, Nec si... Hebrumque bibamus Sithoniasque nives... subeamus (i. e. si Thraciam adeamus),

Verg. E. 10, 65:

ante... Aut Ararim Parthus bibet, aut Germania Tigrim Quam, etc.,

sooner will the Parthians come to Germany, or the Germans to the country of the Parthians, id. ib. 1, 63:

turbaque Phasiacam Graia bibistis aquam,

Ov. H. 12, 10.—Hence,

Qui flumen bibunt, = the inhabitants of the country through which the river passes:

qui Tiberim Fabarimque bibunt,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

qui profundum Danubium bibunt,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

qui Nilum ex ipso protinus ore bibunt,

Mart. 7, 88, 6:

populosque bibentes Euphraten,

Luc. 8, 213:

qui te, Nile, bibit, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 38.—So of an inland sea: caesamque bibens Maeotin Alanus,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 812.—Of a single person:

extremum Tanaim si biberes, Lyce,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 1.—Similarly, montium pruinas bibere, of the rivers fed by a mountain range:

amniumque... quicunque Odrysias bibunt pruinas,

Mart. 10, 7, 2: fluvios qui... Alpinasque bibunt de more pruinas, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 255.—

Bibere aquas, to be drowned:

neu bibat aequoreas naufragus hostis aquas,

Ov. H. 7, 62.— Transf., of ships, to founder, to be wrecked: o utinam... Argo funestas pressa bibisset aquas! Ov. Am. 2, 11, 6.—

Sanguinem or cruorem bibere.

Sanguinem, in a figurative sense, = sanguinem sitire:

cujus sanguinem (Antonium) non bibere censeatis? (sitire, animo bibere),

Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10.—

Cruorem bibere, to draw blood, to kill:

hasta virgineum alte bibit acta cruorem,

Verg. A. 11, 803; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 78.—

Transf. to things other than liquids.

Of concrete things: dixit et ardentes avido bibit ore favillas, breathed in, drew in (of the sparks of a funeral pyre), Mart. 1, 42, 5:

vigilandae noctes et fuligo lucubrationum bibenda,

inhale, Quint. 11, 3, 23.—

Figuratively, of abstract things.

= cupideaudire, legere:

pugnas et exactos tyrannos... bibit aure vulgus,

eagerly listens to, Hor. C. 2, 13, 32:

incipe: suspensis auribus ista bibam,

Prop. 3, 4, 8: hinc ille justitiae haustus bibat, imbibe (by reading) the love of justice, Quint. 12, 2, 31: illa divino fruitur sermone parentis, maternosque bibit mores, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 231.—

To imbibe, be affected with:

infelix Dido, longumque bibebat amorem,

Verg. A. 1, 749:

totisque novum bibit ossibus ignem,

the fire of love, Stat. Achill. 1, 303.—

To draw out, exhaust: nudae illae artes omnem sucum ingenii bibunt, Quint. prooem. 24.—

To swallow, i. e. forget:

quamquam ego vinum bibo, mandata hau consuevi simul bibere una,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 3. —

Transf., of inanim. subjects, to absorb liquids, draw, imbibe them:

id si feceris metreta oleum non bibet,

Cato, R. R. 100. —So trop.:

claudite jam rivos... sat prata biberunt,

Verg. E. 3, 111:

inriguumque bibant violaria fontem,

id. G. 4, 32:

quae (terra) bibit humorem,

absorbs moisture, id. ib. 2, 218:

amphora fumum bibere instituta,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 11:

mista bibunt molles lacrimis unguenta favillae,

Ov. F. 3, 561:

tunc bibit irriguus fertilis hortus aquas,

Tib. 2, 1, 44:

lanarum nigrae nullum colorem bibunt,

take no color, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193; so,

candorem (i. e. colorem candidum) bibere,

id. 31, 11, 47, § 123: arcus bibit (aquas) and nubes bibunt (aquas), the rainbow, the clouds draw water (according to a popular belief among the ancients):

cur bibit arcus aquas?

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 32:

et bibit ingens Arcus,

Verg. G. 1, 380.—And, jestingly, of an old woman given to drink: ecce autem, bibit arcus;

hercle, credo, hodie pluet,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39 (44):

unde aures nubesque bibunt atque imbrifer arcus,

Stat. Th. 9, 405.—So with object understood:

bibite, festivae fores,

with reference to the wine spilled, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 88:

palma toto anno bibere amat, i. e. aquam,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 28.—

Absol. (the obj. acc. understood).

Sc. aquam:

nec sitis est exstincta priusquam vita bibendo (of those seized by the plague),

Ov. M. 7, 569.—

Of liquids in general:

numquam sitiens biberat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

edendi mihi erit bibendique finis desideria naturae restinguere,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

ut nec bibant sine ambitione, nec edant,

id. ib. 12, 5:

conducit inter cibos bibere,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

vino debemus homines quod soli animalium non sitientes bibimus,

id. 23, 1, 23, § 42.—

Esp. of wine:

es, bibe, animo obsequere mecum,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 82:

quamquam illud est dulce, esse et bibere,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 37:

jam diu factum postquam bibimus: nimis diu sicci sumus,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 45; id. Poen. 4, 2, 13:

decet luxuriosum bibendo mori,

Quint. 8, 5, 23:

ut jejuni biberent,

Plin. 14, 28 med. — Pass. impers. bibitur, they drink, he drinks, people drink:

dies noctisque estur, bibitur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78:

ab tertiā horā bibebatur, ludebatur, vomebatur,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 104:

bibitur usque eo dum de solio ministretur,

id. Pis. 27, 67.—

With adverbs or adverbial phrases.

Of manner:

jucundius bibere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; id. Att. 13, 52, 1:

large,

Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105:

fit invitatio ut Graeco more biberetur, i. e. propinando,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—

With num. adv. denoting the number of cups:

jam bis bibisse oportuit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 122:

sic ago, semel bibo,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 46:

plus quam deciens, Sextiliane, bibis,

Mart. 1, 26, 10:

quare bis deciens, Sextiliane bibis?

id. 1, 11, 2.—

With abl. or prep. and abl.

Of the liquid, river, etc.:

de eo vino... bibito ante cenam,

Cato, R. R. 114: a fonte bibatur... [p. 236] an lacu, Mart. 9, 99, 9:

ab amne,

id. 12, 11:

ex aquā,

Prop. 2, 30, 32:

ex fonte,

id. 4, 4, 14.—

Of the vessel.

Abl.:

gemmā, i. e. poculo ex gemmā facto,

Verg. G. 2, 506:

caelato = e poculo caelato,

Juv. 12, 47:

conchā,

id. 6, 304:

fictilibus,

id. 10, 25:

testā,

Mart. 3, 82, 3:

vitro,

id. 1, 37, 2; 4, 85, 1:

ossibus humanorum capitum,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.—And bibere understood:

poscunt majoribus poculis, i. e. bibi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—

With ex: ex solido auro, L. Varius ap. Macr. 6, 1:

e gemmā,

Prop. 3, 3, 26.—

With in:

hac licet in gemmā bibas,

Mart. 14, 120:

in Priami calathis,

id. 8, 6, 16:

in auro,

Sen. Thyest. 453:

in argento potorio,

Dig. 34, 12, 21:

in ossibus capitum,

Flor. 3, 4, 2.—

Particular phrases.

Bibe si bibis = bibe nunc, si omnino bibere vis, a formula urging to drink, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; 5, 4, 51 (cf.:

age, si quid agis,

id. ib. 5, 4, 35).—

Dare bibere, to give to drink, a Grecism, perh. only in the foll. passages: date illi biber, Titin ap. Charis. p. 99 P. (Com. Rel. v. 78 Rib.):

jubebat biber dari, Fann. Ann. ib: bibere da usque plenis cantharis,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 40 (45):

quod jussi ei dari bibere,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 4; cf.:

ut Jovi bibere ministraret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

ut bibere sibi juberet dari,

Liv. 40, 47, 5: cf.: dare with subj.:

tum vos date bibat tibicini,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 16.—And with rel. and subj.:

nimium dabat quod biberem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 19:

dat aquam quam bibant,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 4.—

Prov.:

aut bibat aut abeat, taken from the Greek banquets, in which the chairman (arbiter bibendi,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 25) could demand unconditional submission to the drinking laws (ê pithi, ê apithi), Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 118.

bĭbo, ōnis, m. [1. bibo], a tippler, drunkard, Firm. Math. 5, 4 fin. —

Esp., a kind of worm bred in wine, Afran. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 406 Rib.; al. bibiones).

causātīvus, a, um, adj. [causa].

Causative:

vis,

Mart. Cap. 7, § 731.—

Of or pertaining to a lawsuit; subst.:

causativum litis,

the matter in dispute, the gist of the action, Mart. Cap. 5, § 472; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 1, 2; Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 1, 2; 3, 8.—

In gram.: causativus casus = accusativus, the accusative, i. e. the arraigning case, Prisc. p. 671 P.; cf.

persona,

i. e. the first person, id. p. 821 ib.

com-murmŭro, āre, 1, v. n., or com-murmŭror, āri, 1, v. dep., to murmur to one ' s self or with others (very rare).

Act. form:

clauso commurmurat ore,

Sil. 15, 821:

(ciconiae) congregatae inter se commurmurant,

Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 62.—

Dep. form: ut scriba secum ipse commurmuratus [p. 385] sit, Cic. Pis. 25, 61: commurmurantur autoi, Varr. ap. Non. p. 178, 9 (Sat. Men. 64, 8).

com-murmŭro, āre, 1, v. n., or com-murmŭror, āri, 1, v. dep., to murmur to one ' s self or with others (very rare).

Act. form:

clauso commurmurat ore,

Sil. 15, 821:

(ciconiae) congregatae inter se commurmurant,

Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 62.—

Dep. form: ut scriba secum ipse commurmuratus [p. 385] sit, Cic. Pis. 25, 61: commurmurantur autoi, Varr. ap. Non. p. 178, 9 (Sat. Men. 64, 8).

fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).

Lit.

In gen.:

salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

Lucr. 5, 482:

fodere fossam,

Liv. 3, 26, 9:

ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

(oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

Col. 5, 10, 1:

circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

Sall. J. 23, 1;

and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

vallo fossaque munire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

fossam ducere,

id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

transversam fossam obducere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

praeducere,

id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

institutae fossae,

id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

deprimere fossam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

cruor in fossam confusus,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

In partic.

A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—

A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—

A grave (late Lat.):

FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—

In mal. part.:

pudenda muliebria,

Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

Juv. 2, 10.—

Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—

Trop., a boundary:

alicui fossam determinare,

Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).

Lit.

In gen.:

salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

Lucr. 5, 482:

fodere fossam,

Liv. 3, 26, 9:

ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

(oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

Col. 5, 10, 1:

circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

Sall. J. 23, 1;

and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

vallo fossaque munire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

fossam ducere,

id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

transversam fossam obducere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

praeducere,

id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

institutae fossae,

id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

deprimere fossam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

cruor in fossam confusus,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

In partic.

A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—

A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—

A grave (late Lat.):

FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—

In mal. part.:

pudenda muliebria,

Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

Juv. 2, 10.—

Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—

Trop., a boundary:

alicui fossam determinare,

Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

Fundi, ōrum, m., a sea-coast town of Latium, on the Appian Way, between Formiae and Tarracina, now Fondi, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 14, 6, 1; Liv. 41, 27; Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; Suet. Tib. 5; id. Galb. 4; 8.—

Derivv.

Fundānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Fundi:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

solum,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 28:

lacus,

near Fundi, whence the famous Caecuban wine, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59;

hence, Amyclae, situated on the Lacus Fundanus,

Mart. 13, 115:

vina,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 65.— Subst.: Fundāni, the inhabitants of Fundi, Inscr. Orell. 821.—

Fundānĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Hercules,

who was worshipped at Fundi, Vop. Flor. 4; Inscr. Orell. 1539.

Fundi, ōrum, m., a sea-coast town of Latium, on the Appian Way, between Formiae and Tarracina, now Fondi, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 14, 6, 1; Liv. 41, 27; Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; Suet. Tib. 5; id. Galb. 4; 8.—

Derivv.

Fundānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Fundi:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

solum,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 28:

lacus,

near Fundi, whence the famous Caecuban wine, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59;

hence, Amyclae, situated on the Lacus Fundanus,

Mart. 13, 115:

vina,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 65.— Subst.: Fundāni, the inhabitants of Fundi, Inscr. Orell. 821.—

Fundānĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Hercules,

who was worshipped at Fundi, Vop. Flor. 4; Inscr. Orell. 1539.

Gortyna, ae, and Gortyne, ēs (also Cortynia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Gortun, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Gortunê, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—

Derivv.

Gortynĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):

judex,

of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

stabula,

Verg. E. 6, 60:

spicula,

id. A. 11, 773:

arbiter,

i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:

aliger,

i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortynii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—

Gortynĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:

arcus,

Ov. M. 7, 778. —

Gortynis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

arundo,

Luc. 6, 214.

Gortyna, ae, and Gortyne, ēs (also Cortynia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Gortun, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Gortunê, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—

Derivv.

Gortynĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):

judex,

of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

stabula,

Verg. E. 6, 60:

spicula,

id. A. 11, 773:

arbiter,

i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:

aliger,

i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortynii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—

Gortynĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:

arcus,

Ov. M. 7, 778. —

Gortynis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

arundo,

Luc. 6, 214.

Gortyna, ae, and Gortyne, ēs (also Cortynia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Gortun, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Gortunê, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—

Derivv.

Gortynĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):

judex,

of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

stabula,

Verg. E. 6, 60:

spicula,

id. A. 11, 773:

arbiter,

i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:

aliger,

i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortynii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—

Gortynĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:

arcus,

Ov. M. 7, 778. —

Gortynis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

arundo,

Luc. 6, 214.

Gortyna, ae, and Gortyne, ēs (also Cortynia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Gortun, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Gortunê, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—

Derivv.

Gortynĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):

judex,

of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

stabula,

Verg. E. 6, 60:

spicula,

id. A. 11, 773:

arbiter,

i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:

aliger,

i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortynii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—

Gortynĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:

arcus,

Ov. M. 7, 778. —

Gortynis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

arundo,

Luc. 6, 214.

Gortyna, ae, and Gortyne, ēs (also Cortynia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Gortun, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Gortunê, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—

Derivv.

Gortynĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):

judex,

of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

stabula,

Verg. E. 6, 60:

spicula,

id. A. 11, 773:

arbiter,

i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:

aliger,

i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortynii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—

Gortynĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:

arcus,

Ov. M. 7, 778. —

Gortynis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

arundo,

Luc. 6, 214.

Gortyna, ae, and Gortyne, ēs (also Cortynia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Gortun, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Gortunê, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—

Derivv.

Gortynĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):

judex,

of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

stabula,

Verg. E. 6, 60:

spicula,

id. A. 11, 773:

arbiter,

i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:

aliger,

i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortynii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—

Gortynĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:

arcus,

Ov. M. 7, 778. —

Gortynis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

arundo,

Luc. 6, 214.

grācŭlus ( gracc-), i, m. [from its note gra gra, Quint. 1, 6, 37; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 45], a jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Linn.; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; 11, 47, 107, § 256; 8, 27, 41, § 101; Phaedr. 1, 3, 4; Mart. 1, 116, 6. —

Prov.

Vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignorant persons [p. 821] have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—

Graculus Aesopi, i. e. one who decks himself out in borrowed plumes, makes a fine show with other people's property, Tert. adv. Val. 12 (cf. Phaedr. 1, 3).

grācŭlus ( gracc-), i, m. [from its note gra gra, Quint. 1, 6, 37; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 45], a jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Linn.; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; 11, 47, 107, § 256; 8, 27, 41, § 101; Phaedr. 1, 3, 4; Mart. 1, 116, 6. —

Prov.

Vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignorant persons [p. 821] have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—

Graculus Aesopi, i. e. one who decks himself out in borrowed plumes, makes a fine show with other people's property, Tert. adv. Val. 12 (cf. Phaedr. 1, 3).