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A crooked wind-instrument

  • 1 lituus

    lĭtŭus, i ( gen. plur. lituum, Luc. 1, 237; Val. Fl. 6, 166; Sil. 13, 146), m. [prob. Etruscan; prim. signif. crooked].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    The crooked staff borne by the augurs, an augur's crook or crosier, augural wand:

    dextra manu baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellaverunt,

    Liv. 1, 18, 7; cf.:

    lituus iste vester, quod clarissimum est insigne auguratus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17. [p. 1073] 30;

    Geh. 5, 7, 8: Quirinalis,

    Verg. A. 7, 187:

    lituo pulcher trabeaque Quirinus,

    Ov. F. 6, 375.—
    B.
    A crooked wind-instrument (used to give signals in war), a curved trumpet, cornet, clarion: lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 167:

    jam lituus pugnae signa daturus erat,

    Ov. F. 3, 216:

    lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 23:

    stridor lituum clangorque tubarum,

    Luc. 1, 237:

    cornua cum lituis audita,

    Juv. 14, 200.—
    II.
    Transf., a signal: de lituis, boôpidos, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.—
    III.
    Trop., an instigator, author:

    lituus meae profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lituus

  • 2 lituus

        lituus m    a crooked staff borne by an augur, augur's crook, crosier, augural wand: baculus sine nodo aduncus, quem lituum appellarunt, L.: lituus, insigne auguratūs: Quirinalis, V.: lituo pulcher trabeāque Quirinus, O.—A crooked wind-instrument, curved trumpet, cornet, clarion: lituos pati, V.: lituus pugnae signa daturus erat, O.: lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus, H.—A signal: meae profectionis.
    * * *
    curved staff carried by augurs; a kind of war-trumpet curved at one end

    Latin-English dictionary > lituus

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