A city in the

urbs, urbis (dat. VRBEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 206), f. [Sanscr. vardh-, to make strong; cf. Pers. vard-ana, city], a walled town, a city.

Lit.

In gen.:

hi coetus sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: quam cum locis manuque sepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, delubris distinctam spatiisque communibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf.:

post ea qui fiebat orbis, urbis principium,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: urbs dicitur ab orbe, quod antiquae civitates in orbem flebant, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 12:

interea Aeneas urbem designat aratro,

Verg. A. 5, 755 Serv.:

veni Syracusas, quod ab eā urbe... quae tamen urbs, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): arce et urbe sum orba, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ib.):

urbes magnae et imperiosae,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

urbs illa praeclara (Syracusae),

id. ib. 3, 31, 43:

duabus urbibus eversis inimicissimis huic imperio,

id. Lael. 3, 11.— Rarely, and mostly poet., with the name of the city in gen.:

urbs Patavi, Buthroti,

Verg. A. 1, 247; 3, 293:

Cassius in oppido Antiochiae cum omni exercitu,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—With adj. prop.: urbs Romana = Roma, Liv. 9, 41, 16; 22, 37, 12; 40, 36, 14; Flor. 1, 13, 21.—Of other cities (rare and post-class.):

Lampsacenae urbis salus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 4: in urbe Aquilejensi, Paul. v. S. Ambros. 32:

urbs urbium,

a metropolis, Flor. 2, 6, 35.—

In partic., the city of Rome (like astu, of Athens):

postquam Urbis appellationem, etiamsi nomen proprium non adiceretur, Romam tamen accipi sit receptum,

Quint. 6, 3, 103; cf. id. 8, 2, 8; 8, 5, 9:

hujus urbis condendae principium profectum a Romulo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 47, 71; 1, 1, 1;

1, 37, 58: (Caesar) maturat ab urbe proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

de urbe augendā quid sit promulgatum, non intellexi,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 1:

conditor urbis (Romulus),

Ov. F. 1, 27:

(pater) Dextera sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 4:

minatus urbi vincla,

id. Epod. 9, 9;

called also urbs aeterna,

Amm. 14, 6, 1.— Ad urbem esse, to stop at or near Rome; in publicists' lang., of returning generals, who had to remain outside of the city till the Senate decreed them the right of entrance;

or of provincial magistrates who were preparing for departure to their provinces,

Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 Ascon.; 2, 2, 6, § 17; Sall. C. 30, 4; Caes. B. C. 6, 1.—

Transf., as in Engl.

The city, for the citizens (rare; cf.

civitas): invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam,

Verg. A. 2, 265:

maesta attonitaque,

Juv. 11, 198: bene moratae, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 24.—

The capital city, metropolis (post-class.):

si tam vicinum urbi municipium sit, ut, etc.,

Dig. 39, 2, 4 fin.; Cod. Th. 14, 1, 3.—

Trop.:

urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defenditis,

i. e. the main point, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37.

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Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = Thêbai (or Thêbê), Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity. —The most considerable were,

The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,

Thēbaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

mons,

in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—

Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:

palmae,

Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;

called also simply Thebaicae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:

triticum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:

lapis,

id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:

harena,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

marmor,

Spart. Nigr. 12.—

Thēbāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—

The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,

Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:

Semele,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:

deus,

i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:

urbs,

i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:

duces,

i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;

called also, Thebani fratres,

Luc. 4, 551:

soror,

their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:

mater,

i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:

modi,

i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

aenigma,

i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. — Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:

chelys,

i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:

hospes,

Sen. Agam. 315.— Substt.

Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—

Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.

Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—

Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—

Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—

A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—

A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.

agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].

Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

aggere paludem explere,

id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:

longius erat agger petendus,

id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:

superjecto aggere terreno,

Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:

implere cavernas aggere,

Curt. 8, 10, 27:

fossas aggere complent,

Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,

Esp.

The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:

atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,

id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:

ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,

Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:

aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,

Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:

agger armorum,

Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:

aggeres Alpini,

Verg. A. 6, 830; so,

Thessalici aggeres,

i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:

ab alto aggere,

Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:

ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,

Luc. 5, 674:

consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,

Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:

mons aquae,

Verg. A. 1, 105).—

In milit. lang.

A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:

esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,

id. Phil. 10, 9:

celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

jacere,

to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:

aggerem exstruere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

instruere,

id. ib. 8, 41:

promovere ad urbem,

to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:

Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,

rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—

The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.

Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,

Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—

The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:

stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,

Luc. 5, 317:

vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,

Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—

A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

Verg. A. 5, 273:

Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,

Rutil. Itiner. 39:

aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,

Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.

castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].

In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):

ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —

Esp., nom. propr.

Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—

Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;

called Castrum,

Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —

Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—

Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—

Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;

also called Truentum,

Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—

Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,

In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).

Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);

later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,

Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;

Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,

Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Phrases.

With adj.:

stativa,

occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:

aestiva,

summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:

hiberna,

Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):

navalia,

an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;

called also nautica,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:

una,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

bina,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:

quina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—

With verb:

locum castris antecapere,

Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:

capere locum castris,

Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;

and montes castris capere,

Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:

ponere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:

ponere et munire,

Sall. J. 75, 7:

munire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:

communire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:

castra castris conferre,

id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:

castris se tenere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:

castra movere,

to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

movere retro,

Liv. 2, 58, 3:

removere,

id. 9, 24, 4:

proferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

castris castra inferre,

Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—

Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —

Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —

Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.

Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—

Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—

Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—

Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—

Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—

Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—

Meton.

Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:

secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,

Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:

alteris castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—

So tertiis castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:

quartis castris,

Liv. 44, 46, 10:

quintis castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:

septimis castris,

id. 40, 22, 1:

decimis castris,

id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—

Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:

qui magnum in castris usum habebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—

Of beehives:

cerea,

Verg. A. 12, 589:

in apium castris,

Pall. 1, 37, 4.—

Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—

Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:

si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—

Of philosophical sects:

Epicuri castra,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!

id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4.

Nīcaea ( Nīcēa, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), ae, f., = Nikaia.

The name of several cities.

A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.—

A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.—

An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.—

A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.—

Derivv.

Nīcaeensis ( Nīcensis, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.— As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin. —

Nī-caenus, a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.

Nīcaea ( Nīcēa, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), ae, f., = Nikaia.

The name of several cities.

A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.—

A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.—

An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.—

A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.—

Derivv.

Nīcaeensis ( Nīcensis, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.— As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin. —

Nī-caenus, a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.

Nīcaea ( Nīcēa, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), ae, f., = Nikaia.

The name of several cities.

A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.—

A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.—

An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.—

A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.—

Derivv.

Nīcaeensis ( Nīcensis, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.— As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin. —

Nī-caenus, a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.

Nīcaea ( Nīcēa, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), ae, f., = Nikaia.

The name of several cities.

A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.—

A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.—

An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.—

A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.—

Derivv.

Nīcaeensis ( Nīcensis, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.— As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin. —

Nī-caenus, a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.

Nŏvĭŏdūnum, i, n., the name of several cities in Gaul.

A city of the Bituriges, near the mod. Nouan, Caes. B. G. 7, 12, 2; 7, 55.—

A city of the Æduans, on the Loire, the mod. Nevers, Caes. B. G. 7, 55, 1. —

A city of the Suessones, the mod. Soissons, Caes. B. G. 2, 12, 1