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A funeral pile

  • 1 pyra

        pyra ae, f, πυρά, a funeral pile, pyre: Ingens, V.: Constituere pyras, V., O.
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    funeral pile, pyre

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  • 2 agger

        agger eris, m    [ad + GES-], a mass, heap, collection, pile: aggere paludem explere, Cs.: longius erat agger petendus, Cs.: fossas aggere conplent, V.—A heap of rubbish, pile of stones, bank, mound, dam, pier, hillock, wall, dike, mole, rampart: aggeribus niveis informis terra, with snow-drifts, V.: proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, V.: molirique aggere tecta, a stockade, V.: aggeribus ruptis amnis exit, dams, V.: muniti aggere portūs, a breakwater, O.: viae agger, a causeway, V.—Poet.: aggeres Alpini, i. e. mountains, V.— A funeral pile, O. — A platform (for a speaker), O. — In war, a mound erected before a besieged city to sustain battering engines: vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere iacto, Cs.: aggerem iacere, S.: promovere ad urbem, to bring near to the city, L.; usu. of wood; hence, ut agger, tormenta flammam conciperent, Cs.: aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, L. — Fig.: esset agger oppugnandae Italiae, a rampart for attacking. — Freq. of mounds or terraces in Rome, built for defence, and afterwards used as promenades, a boulevard, terrace: maximus (Tarquinii): (Servius) aggere circumdat urbem, L.: Aggere in aprico spatiari, H.— A mound to protect a camp: seges aggere cingit, V.
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    rampart (or material for); causeway, pier; heap, pile, mound; dam; mud wall

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  • 3 agger

    agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].
    I.
    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,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    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).—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.

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  • 4 acervus

        acervus ī, m    a mass of similar objects, pile, heap: acervus ex sui generis granis: scutorum, V.: aeris et auri, H.: morientum, O.: magnum alterius frustra spectabis acervum, your neighbor's abundant crop, V.—Fig., a multitude, mass, great number, quantity: cerno insepultos acervos civium: facinorum, scelerum. — Poet.: caedis acervi, V. — Absol: ingentīs spectare acervos, enormous wealth, H.: quid habet pulchri constructus acervus, accumulated hoard, H.: quae pars quadret acervum, completes the fortune, H. — Esp., in dialectics, t. t., a seeming argument by gradual approximation: elusus ratione ruentis acervi, defeated by the argument of the vanishing heap, i. e. a sorites, H.
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    mass/heap/pile/stack; treasure, stock; large quantity; cluster; funeral pile

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  • 5 struēs

        struēs is, f    [STRV-], a heap, pile: laterum: lignorum, L.: Arma cum telis in strue mixta, O.: rogi, a funeral pile, Ta.: (milites) confusā strue implicantur, a mass (the phalanx), L.— A heap of little sacrificial cakes, O.
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    heap, pile; row of sacrificial cakes

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  • 6 congeria

    congĕrĭes, ēi ( congĕrĭa, ae, Front. Colon. p. 11, 119 and 125 Goes.; Innoc. Cas. Litt. p. 224 ib.), f. [congero], that which is brought together; hence, a heap, pile, mass (not ante-Aug.; while the syn. acervus is prevalent through all periods).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    lapidum,

    Liv. 31, 39, 8:

    summa silvae,

    Ov. M. 9, 235; cf.

    struis,

    Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53; and:

    ramorum et fruticum,

    id. 8, 36, 54, § 127:

    cadaverum,

    Val. Fl. 6, 511; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318:

    densa grani,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 97:

    armorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 22:

    vasta metalli,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 135:

    alta sordium,

    Gell. 2, 6 fin.:

    pulveris exigui,

    Luc. 8, 866 sq. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    dispositam Congeriem secuit,

    i. e. chaos, Ov. M. 1, 33; cf. Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 10.—So of a heap of wood, wood-pile, funeral-pile, Ov. M. 14, 576; Quint. 5, 13, 13; Claud. Idyll. 1, 93.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    venit aetas omnis in unam congeriem,

    Luc. 5, 178:

    sincera bonorum,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 136. —
    B.
    In rhet., a figure of speech, accumulation; Gr. sunathroismos, Quint. 8, 4, 3; 8, 4, 26 sq.

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  • 7 congeries

    congĕrĭes, ēi ( congĕrĭa, ae, Front. Colon. p. 11, 119 and 125 Goes.; Innoc. Cas. Litt. p. 224 ib.), f. [congero], that which is brought together; hence, a heap, pile, mass (not ante-Aug.; while the syn. acervus is prevalent through all periods).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    lapidum,

    Liv. 31, 39, 8:

    summa silvae,

    Ov. M. 9, 235; cf.

    struis,

    Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53; and:

    ramorum et fruticum,

    id. 8, 36, 54, § 127:

    cadaverum,

    Val. Fl. 6, 511; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318:

    densa grani,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 97:

    armorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 22:

    vasta metalli,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 135:

    alta sordium,

    Gell. 2, 6 fin.:

    pulveris exigui,

    Luc. 8, 866 sq. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    dispositam Congeriem secuit,

    i. e. chaos, Ov. M. 1, 33; cf. Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 10.—So of a heap of wood, wood-pile, funeral-pile, Ov. M. 14, 576; Quint. 5, 13, 13; Claud. Idyll. 1, 93.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    venit aetas omnis in unam congeriem,

    Luc. 5, 178:

    sincera bonorum,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 136. —
    B.
    In rhet., a figure of speech, accumulation; Gr. sunathroismos, Quint. 8, 4, 3; 8, 4, 26 sq.

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  • 8 focus

        focus ī, m    [1 FAC-], a fire-place, hearth: ligna super foco reponens, H.: ad focum sedens: exstruere lignis focum, pile on wood, H.: cinerem et confusa ruebant Ossa focis, the funeral-pile, V.: Dis tribus focos ponit, altars, O.: Crateresque focosque ferunt, i. e. fire-pans, V.: vivi foci, fires, Pr. — A hearth, home, family: domi focique ut memineris, T.: patrii: agellus, habitatus quinque focis, families, H.
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    hearth, fireplace; altar; home, household, family; cook stove (Cal)

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  • 9 rogālis

        rogālis e, adj.    [rogus], of a funeral pile: flammae, O.
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    rogalis, rogale ADJ

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  • 10 rogus

        rogus ī, m     a funeral pile: rogum ascia ne polito, XII Tabb. ap. C.: in rogum inlatus: Metellum in rogum imponere: exstruere rogum: circum accensos Decurrere rogos, V.: Diffugiunt avidos carmina sola rogos, i. e. escape destruction, O.— Fig., the grave, Pr.
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  • 11 bustuarius

    bustŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or pertaining to the place where dead bodies were burned:

    gladiator,

    that fought at a funeral pile in honor of the dead, Cic. Pis. 9, 19; Tert. Spect. 11; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 519 (Cicero so calls Clodius, in the passage cited, on account of a tumult which he caused at the funeral ceremonies that Cicero's brother made in honor of Marius):

    moecha,

    she who prostitutes herself among tombs, Mart. 3, 93, 15:

    altare,

    upon which men were offered, Tert. Pall. 4:

    latro = bustirapus,

    Amm. 28, 1, 12.

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  • 12 focus

    fŏcus, i, m. [root bha-, to be bright, Gr. pha- (cf. for, fari), strengthened, fac-, fax, facies, etc., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 423, who refers even facio to this root].
    I.
    A fire-place, hearth (syn.: clibanus, furnus, fornax, caminus): Varro focos ait dictos, quod foveat ignes, nam ignis ipsa flamma est: quicquid autem ignem fovet, focus vocatur, seu ara sit seu quid aliud, in quo ignis fovetur, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 10, 1:

    at focus a flammis, et quod fovet omnia, dictus,

    Ov. F. 6, 301; Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 118; Plaut. Aul. prol. 7; Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19:

    dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    jam dudum splendet focus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7:

    ligna super foco Large reponens,

    id. C. 1, 9, 5:

    Curio ad focum sedenti magnum auri pondus Samnites, cum attulissent,

    Cic. de Sen. 16, 55; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 522, 28 (Rep. 3, 28 ed. Mos.);

    68, 17: ad focum angues nundinari solent,

    Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66:

    exstruere lignis focum,

    to pile on wood, Hor. Epod. 2, 43.— Poet. of a funeral-pile, Verg. A. 11, 212; of an altar, Prop. 2, 19 (3, 12), 14; 4, 5, 64 (5, 5, 66 M.); Tib. 1, 2, 82; Ov. M. 4, 753 al.—On the hearths of Roman houses were placed, in little niches, the household gods (Lares), and for them a fire was kept up:

    haec imponentur in foco nostro Lari,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16; cf.:

    focus Larium, quo familia convenit,

    Plin. 28, 20, 81, § 267.—Hence,
    B.
    Transf.: focus, like our hearth, serves to denote the house or family:

    domi focique fac vicissim ut memineris,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 45; cf.:

    nudum ejicit domo atque focis patriis disque penatibus praecipitem Sextum exturbat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    agellus, quem tu fastidis, habitatum quinque focis,

    by five houses, families, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.: arae et foci, pro aris et focis pugnare, to signify one's dearest possessions; v. ara. —
    II.
    A fire-pan, coal-pan, brazier:

    panem in foco caldo sub testu coquito leniter,

    Cato, R. R. 75; 76, 2; Sen. Ep. 78 fin.

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  • 13 strues

    strŭes, is, f. [id.], a heap, pile of things put together.
    I.
    In gen. (class.;

    syn.: acervus, cumulus, congeries): laterum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 12, 3:

    corporum,

    Liv. 23, 5; Tac. H. 2, 70; 3, 83:

    lignorum,

    Liv. 21, 37; Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53:

    arma cum telis in strue mixta,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 40:

    rogi,

    a funeral pile, pyre, Tac. G. 27; Luc. 8, 757; Sen. Phoen. 112; id. Oedip. 33:

    uvarum,

    Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51 et saep.:

    (milites Macedones) confusa strue implicantur,

    a heap, mass, phalanx, Liv. 44, 41, 7.—Collect., with a verb in the plur.: LOCVS QVO EA STRVES CONGERANTVR, i. e. piles of wood, Cenot. Pis. I. (in Inscr. Orell. 642).—
    II.
    In partic., in relig. lang., a heap of little offering-cakes:

    strues genera liborum sunt, digitorum conjunctorum non dissimilia, qui superjecta panicula in transversum continentur,

    Fest. p. 310 Müll.; cf. id. s. v. ferctum, p. 85; cf. Cato, R. R. 134, 2; 141, 4; Ov. F. 1, 276; Inscr. Fratr. Arv. ap. Marin. p. 403.

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  • 14 amb-ūrō

        amb-ūrō ūssī, ūstus, ere    [ambi + uro], to burn round, scorch, singe, consume: hic (Verres) sociorum ambustus incendio: Terret ambustus Phaethon avaras Spes, H.—Jestingly: tribunus ambustus, singed: libris Ambustus propriis, on a funeral pile of his own books, H.: torris, i. e. still burning, V.—Meton., to injure by cold, benumb: ambusti vi frigoris, Ta. — Fig., P. pass., singed, injured, damaged: fortunarum mearum reliquias: damnatione collegae prope ambustus, L.

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  • 15 āra

        āra ae, f    [AS-], a structure for sacrifice, altar: ex arā sume verbenas, T.: dicata, L. — Esp., of altars to the Penates, in the impluvia, while the Lares had a focus in the atrium; hence, arae et foci, hearth and home, altars and fires: regis arae focique: de vestris aris ac focis decernite: pro aris atque focis suis cernere, S.—Supplicants fled to the altars for protection: cum in aram confugisset: eo ille confugit in arāque consedit, N. — An oath was confirmed by laying the hand on the altar: qui si aram tenens iuraret, crederet nemo: iurandae tuum per nomen arae, H.: Tango aras, et numina testor, V. — Fig., protection, refuge, shelter: aram tibi parare, T.: ad aram legum tonfugere: ara sepulchri, a funeral pile, V.: sepulchrales arae, O. — The Altar (a constellation): pressa, i. e. low in the south, O. — A monument: ara virtutis.
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    altar, structure for sacrifice, pyre; sanctuary; home; refuge, shelter

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  • 16 būstuārius

        būstuārius adj.    [bustum], of a place for burning the dead: gladiator, who fought at a funeral pile.
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    bustuaria, bustuarium ADJ
    connected with/frequenting tombs; (bustuariusus gladiator fights at tomb to honor dead)

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  • 17 respersiō

        respersiō ōnis, f    [re-+SPARC-], a sprinkling over, besprinkling: pigmentorum: sumptuosa (of the funeral pile).

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  • 18 virgineus

        virgineus adj.    [virgo], of a maiden, of a virgin, maidenly, virgin: forma, O.: rubor, V.: pudor, Tb.: favilla, i. e. a virgin's funeral pile, O.: ara, of Vesta, O.: focus, Pr.: sagittā, i. e. of Diana, H.: Helicon, i. e. the Muses' home, O.: volucres, i. e. the Harpies, O.
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    virginea, virgineum ADJ

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  • 19 ara

    āra, ae, f. (Osc. form aasa; Umbr. asa: PELLEX. ASAM. IVNONIS. NE. TAGITO., Lex Numae ap. Gell. 4, 3, 3; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 219; Macr. S. 3, 2) [perh. Sanscr. ās, Gr. hêmai, Dor. hêsmai = to sit, as the seat or resting-place of the victim or offering; v. Curt. p. 381 sq.], an altar.
    I.
    Lit.: Jovis aram sanguine turpari, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85 (Trag. v. 125 Vahl.):

    Inde ignem in aram, ut Ephesiae Dianae laeta laudes,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

    omnīs accedere ad aras... aras sanguine multo Spargere,

    Lucr. 5, 1199 sq.; so id. 1, 84:

    turicremas aras,

    id. 2, 353 (adopted by Verg. A. 4, 453);

    2, 417: multo sanguine maesti Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis,

    id. 4, 1237 al.:

    ara Aio Loquenti consecrata,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

    ara condita atque dicata,

    Liv. 1, 7; cf. Suet. Claud. 2:

    ara sacrata,

    Liv. 40, 22; cf. Suet. Tib. 14:

    exstruere,

    id. Aug. 15; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 21, 4:

    construere,

    ib. 2 Par. 33, 3:

    facere,

    ib. ib. 33, 15:

    erigere,

    ib. Num. 23, 4:

    aedificare,

    ib. 3 Reg. 14, 23:

    ponere,

    ib. ib. 16, 32:

    destruere,

    ib. Exod. 34, 13, and ib. Jud. 6, 25:

    subvertere,

    ib. Deut. 7, 5:

    dissipare,

    ib. ib. 12, 3:

    suffodere,

    ib. Jud. 31, 32:

    demolire,

    ib. Ezech. 6, 4:

    depopulari, ib. Osee, 10, 2: interibunt arae vestrae,

    ib. Ezech. 6, 6 et saep.—Altars were erected not only in the temples, but also in the streets and highways, in the open air, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20.—Esp. were altars erected in the courts of houses (impluvia), for the family gods (Penates), while the household gods (Lares) received offerings upon a small hearth (focus) in the family hall (atrium); hence, arae et foci, meton. for home, or hearth and home, and pro aris et focis pugnare, to fight for altars and fires, for one's dearest possessions:

    urbem, agrum, aras, focos seque dedere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 71:

    te amicum Deiotari regis arae focique viderunt,

    Cic. Deiot. 3:

    de vestris conjugibus ac liberis, de aris ac focis, decernite,

    id. Cat. 4, 11, 24; id. Sest. 42:

    nos domicilia, sedesque populi Romani, Penates, aras, focos, sepulcra majorum defendimus,

    id. Phil. 8, 3:

    patriae, parentibus, aris atque focis bellum parare,

    Sall. C. 52, 3:

    pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis cernere,

    id. ib. 59, 5:

    sibi pro aris focisque et deūm templis ac solo, in quo nati essent, dimicandum fore,

    Liv. 5, 30 et saep.—Criminals fled to the altars for protection, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 22:

    interim hanc aram occupabo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 45:

    Priamum cum in aram confugisset, hostilis manus interemit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

    eo ille confugit in arāque consedit,

    Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

    Veneris sanctae considam vinctus ad aras: haec supplicibus favet,

    Tib. 4, 13, 23.—Hence, trop., protection, refuge, shelter:

    tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

    ad aram legum confugere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3:

    hic portus, haec ara sociorum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 48; Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 2; 5, 6, 14; id. H. 1, 110; id. P. 2, 8, 68.—One who took an oath was accustomed to lay hold of the altar, in confirmation of it, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 46:

    qui si aram tenens juraret, crederet nemo,

    Cic. Fl. 36, 90; Nep. Hann. 2, 4 (cf. Liv. 21, 1):

    tango aras, medios ignes et numina testor,

    Verg. A. 12, 201; 4, 219: ara sepulcri, a funeral pile, regarded as an altar, Verg. A. 6, 177; Sil. 15, 388.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    The Altar, a constellation in the southern sky, Gr. Thutêrion (Arat. 403 al.): Aram, quam flatu permulcet spiritus austri, poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; so Cic. Arat. 202; 213 Orell.; Hyg. Astr. 2, 39, and id. ib. 3, 38:

    pressa,

    i. e. low in the south, Ov. M. 2, 139. —
    B.
    Arae, The Altars.
    a.
    Rocky cliffs in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily Sardinia and Africa, so called from their shape, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 108;

    Quadrig. Ann. ib.: saxa vocant Itali, mediis quae in fluctibus, Aras,

    Verg. A. 1, 109.—
    b.
    Arae Philaenorum, v. Philaeni.—
    III.
    Transf., in gen., a monument of stone:

    ara virtutis,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 13:

    Lunensis ara,

    of Lunensian marble, Suet. Ner. 50 fin. —Also [p. 150] a tombstone:

    ARAM D. S. P. R. (de suā pecuniā restituit),

    Inscr. Orell. 4521; so ib. 4522; 4826.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ara

  • 20 Calanus

    Călănus ( Callă-), i, m., = Kalanos, an Indian philosopher ( gymnosophist) in the time of Alexander the Great, who, in old age, burned himself on a funeral pile, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; id. Div. 1, 23, 47; 1, 30, 65; Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Calanus

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