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1 Aventine Hill
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4 Aventinensis
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.cacumen,
Ov. F 4, 816:jugum,
id. ib. 3, 884:arx,
id. ib. 6, 728:humus,
id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;v. Remurinus),
Prop. 5, 1, 50:Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,
id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
5 Aventiniensis
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.cacumen,
Ov. F 4, 816:jugum,
id. ib. 3, 884:arx,
id. ib. 6, 728:humus,
id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;v. Remurinus),
Prop. 5, 1, 50:Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,
id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
6 Aventinum
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.cacumen,
Ov. F 4, 816:jugum,
id. ib. 3, 884:arx,
id. ib. 6, 728:humus,
id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;v. Remurinus),
Prop. 5, 1, 50:Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,
id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
7 Aventinus
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.cacumen,
Ov. F 4, 816:jugum,
id. ib. 3, 884:arx,
id. ib. 6, 728:humus,
id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;v. Remurinus),
Prop. 5, 1, 50:Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,
id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
8 mont
mont [mɔ̃]masculine noun( = montagne) mountain* * *mɔ̃Phrasal Verbs:* * *mɔ̃ nm1) (= montagne)2) (dans les noms de lieux) Mount* * *mont nm2 Géog ( suivi d'un nom propre) Mount;3 ( en chiromancie) mount.le mont Blanc Mont Blanc; le mont Everest Mount Everest; le mont des Oliviers the Mount of Olives; mont de Vénus Anat mons veneris.être toujours par monts et par vaux to be always on the move.[mɔ̃] nom masculin2. [de la main] mount3. ANATOMIEles monts Appalaches the Appalachian Mountainsle mont Ararat Mount Araratle mont Athos Mount Athosle mont Aventin the Aventine Hillle mont Blanc Mont Blancles monts Cantabriques the Cantabrian Mountainsle mont Capitolin the Capitoline Hillle mont Cassin Monte Cassinole mont Cervin the Matterhornle mont Etna Mount Etnale mont Everest Mount Everestle mont Fuji-Yama Mount Fujile mont des Oliviers the Mount of Olivesle mont Olympe Mount Olympusle mont Palatin the Palatine Hillle mont Parnasse Mount Parnassusle mont Quirinal Quirinalle mont Vésuve Mount Vesuviusle mont Whitney Mount Whitney -
9 Авентинский холм
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10 Aventin
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11 saxum
saxum ī, n [2 SAC-], a large stone, rough stone, broken rock, bowlder, rock: e saxo sculptus: magni ponderis saxa, Cs.: saxis suspensa rupes, V.: inter saxa rupīsque, L.: Capitolium saxo quadrato substructum, with foundations of hewn stone, L.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso, i. e. struggle in vain (as Sisyphus with his stone), T.—As nom prop., the Tarpeian Rock: quis audeat laedere propositā cruce aut saxo?: Deicere de saxo civīs? H.— The Sacred Rock (on the Aventine hill, where Remus consulted the auspices): pulvinar sub Saxo dedicare: Appellant Saxum, pars bona montis ea est, O.—In the name, Saxa Rubra; see ruber.— Plur, stony ground, rocky places: in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis, V.— A stone wall: saxo lucum circumdedit, O.* * * -
12 trigeminus
trigeminus adj. [tres+geminus], born three at a birth: fratres, triplet-brothers, L.— Plur m. as subst, three brothers born together, L.: spolia, of the triplet-brothers, L.— Threefold, triple, triform: victoria, L.: Porta Trigemina, a gate at the foot of the Aventine hill, L.* * *Itrigemina, trigeminum ADJIItriplets (pl.) -
13 armilustrium
ceremony of purifying arms; place on Aventine Hill where performed -
14 Gemitorii
Gĕmōnĭae scalae, or (more freq.) absol., Gemoniae, ārum, f. [gemo, cf. "The Bridge of Sighs"], steps on the Aventine Hill leading to the Tiber, to which the bodies of executed criminals were dragged by hooks to be thrown into the Tiber:nemo punitorum non et in Gemonias abjectus uncoque tractus,
Suet. Tib. 61:Gemoniae,
id. Vit. 17; id. Tib. 53; 75; Juv. 10, 65; Val. Max. 6, 9, 13; Tac. A. 3, 14; 5, 9; 6, 25; id. H. 3, 74; 85;in full: Gemoniae scalae,
Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Called also: gradus Gemi-torii, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145. -
15 Gemoniae
Gĕmōnĭae scalae, or (more freq.) absol., Gemoniae, ārum, f. [gemo, cf. "The Bridge of Sighs"], steps on the Aventine Hill leading to the Tiber, to which the bodies of executed criminals were dragged by hooks to be thrown into the Tiber:nemo punitorum non et in Gemonias abjectus uncoque tractus,
Suet. Tib. 61:Gemoniae,
id. Vit. 17; id. Tib. 53; 75; Juv. 10, 65; Val. Max. 6, 9, 13; Tac. A. 3, 14; 5, 9; 6, 25; id. H. 3, 74; 85;in full: Gemoniae scalae,
Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Called also: gradus Gemi-torii, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145. -
16 Lauretum
B.Esp., Lauretum or Laurel-grove, a place on the Aventine Hill, Varr. L. L. 5, § 152 Müll.—Form Loretum, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138. -
17 Libertas
lībertas (old form, loebertas; v. 1. liber init.), ātis, f. [1. liber], the state or condition of a freeman, a being free, freedom, liberty, freedom from restraint or obligation, [p. 1059] free will, etc.I.In gen.:II.quid est enim libertas? potestas vivendi, ut velis,
Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:ne majorem largiar ei, qui contra dicturus est, libertatem et licentiam,
id. Ac. 2, 10, 30:praecidere sibi libertatem vivendi,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:tabella dat populo eam libertatem, ut, quod velint, faciant,
id. Planc. 6, 16:libertas in ridendo, in plorando,
id. ib. 14, 33:omnium rerum impunitam libertatem tenere,
id. de Or. 1, 52, 226:libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi si quid vi aut jure prohibetur,
Just. Inst. 1, 3, 1.—With gen.:feminae omnium rerum libertatem desiderant,
Liv. 34, 2 fin:testamentorum,
Quint. 3, 6, 84:verborum (with licentia figurarum),
id. 10, 1, 28:dialogorum,
id. 10, 5, 15:caeli,
the open air, id. 10, 3, 22.— Poet. with inf sit modo libertas, quae velit ira, loqui, Prop. 1, 1, 28:nec mihi libertas imis freta tollere arenis,
Val. Fl. 1, 601.—In partic.A.Civil freedom, liberty, opp. to slavery:(β).Scaevae, servo Q. Crotonis, libertas data est,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31: alicujus libertati parcere, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):omnes homines naturā libertati studere et condicionem servitutis odisse,
Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.:patriam et libertatem perdidi,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 50:libertas paenulast tergo tuo,
id. Most. 4, 2, 74:haruspex his promisit libertatem,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 54:aliquem in libertatem asserere,
Suet. Vit. 10:petitur puer in libertatem,
id. Rhet. 1:libertatis condicio,
Ulp. Fragm. 2, 3:favor libertatis,
Gai. Inst. 1, 21; Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2:libertatem dare,
Gai. Inst. 2, 200:amittere,
id. ib. 1, 160 sq.—In plur. (anteand post-class.):2.tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, Quin, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 70:pecunias et libertates servis et ante dono datas,
Tac. A. 15, 55:in libertatibus dandis,
Gai. Inst. 2, § 228:libertatium conservandarum causa,
Dig. 38, 1, 13, § 1:lex (Fufia Caninia) cavet ut libertates servis testamento nominatim dentur,
Ulp. Fragm. 1, 25.—Trop.:B.se in libertatem vindicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145; cf.:in libertatem vindicati,
id. N. D. 1, 20, 56.—Political freedom, liberty, or independence of a people not under monarchical rule, or not subject to another people (opp. servitus and dominatus):C.aut exigendi reges non fuerunt: aut plebi re, non verbo danda libertas,
Cic. Leg. 3, 10 fin.:aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt: populi Romani est propria libertas,
id. Phil. 6, 7 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.:in optimatium dominatu vix particeps libertatis potest esse multitudo,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:et a regum et a patrum dominatione solere in libertatem rem populi vindicari, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 32, 48:alicui eripere libertatem,
id. ib. 1, 17, 28:in libertate permanere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 8:libertatem accipere, recuperare,
id. ib. 7, 1 fin.:plus communi libertati tribuere,
id. ib. 7, 37:per dolum ac proditionem prope libertas amissa est,
Liv. 2, 3, 1:conditor Romanae libertatis,
id. 8, 34.—The spirit of liberty, consciousness of freedom:D.dolor animi, innata libertas, prompta excellensque virtus,
Cic. Sest. 41, 88:timefacta libertas,
id. Off. 2, 7, 24.—Freedom of speech or thought, frankness, boldness, candor (mostly post-Aug.):E. F.hoc mihi libertas, hoc pia lingua dedit,
Ov. H. 15, 68:vera de exitu ejus magna cum libertate ominatus est,
Vell. 2, 71, 2:quae in aliis libertas est, in aliis licentia vocatur,
Quint. 3, 8, 48:affectatores libertatis,
id. 6, 2, 16; 10, 1, 94:antiqua comoedia facundissimae libertatis,
id. 10, 1, 65:vox honestissimae libertatis,
id. 11, 1, 37:libertas ingenii,
Sall. J. 30, 3.—Personified: Līber-tas, tatis, f., the goddess of Liberty, whose temple on the Aventine Hill was founded by the father of Tiberius Gracchus in the second Punic war; in the atrium of this temple the census-tables were preserved, Ov. F. 4, 624; Liv. 24, 17; 25, 7; 34, 44; 45, 15; Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Att. 4, 16, 14; id. N. D. 2, 23, 61. A statue of Libertas was erected by Clodius on the site of Cicero's house after it was pulled down, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3. -
18 libertas
lībertas (old form, loebertas; v. 1. liber init.), ātis, f. [1. liber], the state or condition of a freeman, a being free, freedom, liberty, freedom from restraint or obligation, [p. 1059] free will, etc.I.In gen.:II.quid est enim libertas? potestas vivendi, ut velis,
Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:ne majorem largiar ei, qui contra dicturus est, libertatem et licentiam,
id. Ac. 2, 10, 30:praecidere sibi libertatem vivendi,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:tabella dat populo eam libertatem, ut, quod velint, faciant,
id. Planc. 6, 16:libertas in ridendo, in plorando,
id. ib. 14, 33:omnium rerum impunitam libertatem tenere,
id. de Or. 1, 52, 226:libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi si quid vi aut jure prohibetur,
Just. Inst. 1, 3, 1.—With gen.:feminae omnium rerum libertatem desiderant,
Liv. 34, 2 fin:testamentorum,
Quint. 3, 6, 84:verborum (with licentia figurarum),
id. 10, 1, 28:dialogorum,
id. 10, 5, 15:caeli,
the open air, id. 10, 3, 22.— Poet. with inf sit modo libertas, quae velit ira, loqui, Prop. 1, 1, 28:nec mihi libertas imis freta tollere arenis,
Val. Fl. 1, 601.—In partic.A.Civil freedom, liberty, opp. to slavery:(β).Scaevae, servo Q. Crotonis, libertas data est,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31: alicujus libertati parcere, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):omnes homines naturā libertati studere et condicionem servitutis odisse,
Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.:patriam et libertatem perdidi,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 50:libertas paenulast tergo tuo,
id. Most. 4, 2, 74:haruspex his promisit libertatem,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 54:aliquem in libertatem asserere,
Suet. Vit. 10:petitur puer in libertatem,
id. Rhet. 1:libertatis condicio,
Ulp. Fragm. 2, 3:favor libertatis,
Gai. Inst. 1, 21; Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2:libertatem dare,
Gai. Inst. 2, 200:amittere,
id. ib. 1, 160 sq.—In plur. (anteand post-class.):2.tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, Quin, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 70:pecunias et libertates servis et ante dono datas,
Tac. A. 15, 55:in libertatibus dandis,
Gai. Inst. 2, § 228:libertatium conservandarum causa,
Dig. 38, 1, 13, § 1:lex (Fufia Caninia) cavet ut libertates servis testamento nominatim dentur,
Ulp. Fragm. 1, 25.—Trop.:B.se in libertatem vindicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145; cf.:in libertatem vindicati,
id. N. D. 1, 20, 56.—Political freedom, liberty, or independence of a people not under monarchical rule, or not subject to another people (opp. servitus and dominatus):C.aut exigendi reges non fuerunt: aut plebi re, non verbo danda libertas,
Cic. Leg. 3, 10 fin.:aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt: populi Romani est propria libertas,
id. Phil. 6, 7 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.:in optimatium dominatu vix particeps libertatis potest esse multitudo,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:et a regum et a patrum dominatione solere in libertatem rem populi vindicari, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 32, 48:alicui eripere libertatem,
id. ib. 1, 17, 28:in libertate permanere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 8:libertatem accipere, recuperare,
id. ib. 7, 1 fin.:plus communi libertati tribuere,
id. ib. 7, 37:per dolum ac proditionem prope libertas amissa est,
Liv. 2, 3, 1:conditor Romanae libertatis,
id. 8, 34.—The spirit of liberty, consciousness of freedom:D.dolor animi, innata libertas, prompta excellensque virtus,
Cic. Sest. 41, 88:timefacta libertas,
id. Off. 2, 7, 24.—Freedom of speech or thought, frankness, boldness, candor (mostly post-Aug.):E. F.hoc mihi libertas, hoc pia lingua dedit,
Ov. H. 15, 68:vera de exitu ejus magna cum libertate ominatus est,
Vell. 2, 71, 2:quae in aliis libertas est, in aliis licentia vocatur,
Quint. 3, 8, 48:affectatores libertatis,
id. 6, 2, 16; 10, 1, 94:antiqua comoedia facundissimae libertatis,
id. 10, 1, 65:vox honestissimae libertatis,
id. 11, 1, 37:libertas ingenii,
Sall. J. 30, 3.—Personified: Līber-tas, tatis, f., the goddess of Liberty, whose temple on the Aventine Hill was founded by the father of Tiberius Gracchus in the second Punic war; in the atrium of this temple the census-tables were preserved, Ov. F. 4, 624; Liv. 24, 17; 25, 7; 34, 44; 45, 15; Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Att. 4, 16, 14; id. N. D. 2, 23, 61. A statue of Libertas was erected by Clodius on the site of Cicero's house after it was pulled down, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3. -
19 Loretum
B.Esp., Lauretum or Laurel-grove, a place on the Aventine Hill, Varr. L. L. 5, § 152 Müll.—Form Loretum, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138. -
20 Murcus
1.murcus, i, m., a coward, who, to escape military service, cuts off his thumb (post-class.), Amm. 15, 12, 3.2.Murcus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. L. Statius Murcus, Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30. —II.The old name of the Aventine Hill, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Murciae deae, p. 148 Müll.
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