Nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

ōvum, i, n. [ôon, i. e. ÔWON].

Lit., an egg:

ovum parere,

to lay, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8:

edere,

Col. 8, 3, 4:

ponere,

Ov. M. 8, 258:

efferre,

Verg. G. 1, 379:

eniti,

Col. 8, 11, 8 sq.:

facere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17:

pullos ex ovis excuderunt,

to hatch, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130 B. and K. (al. excluserunt):

incubare ova,

to sit on, brood on, hatch, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8; 12;

for which: incubare ovis,

Col. 8, 11, 14:

suppovere ova,

id. 8, 6, 1:

an pulli rostellis ova percuderint... nam saepe propter crassitudinem putaminum erumpere non queunt,

Col. 8, 5, 14:

quatenus in pullos animalis vertier ova cernimus alituum,

Lucr. 2, 927.—Also of the spawn of fish, etc.:

etsi pisces, ova cum genuerunt relinquunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

testudines autem et crocodilos dicunt... obruere ova,

id. ib. 2, 52, 129:

saepius et tectis penetralibus extulit ova... formica,

Verg. G. 1, 380; Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

ovi putamen,

an eggshell, Col. 8, 5, 14:

cortex ovi,

Ser. Samm. 28, 531.—The Romans usually began their meals with eggs and ended them with fruit; hence, integram famem ad ovum affero, until the egg, i. e. the beginning of the meal, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; and:

ab ovo Usque ad mala citaret, Io Bacche!

i. e. from the beginning to the end, Hor. S. 1, 3, 6.—Acc. to the myth, Leda became pregnant by Jupiter, who visited her in the shape of a swan; she laid two eggs, one by Jupiter, and the other by Tyndarus; from the former of which were born Pollux and Helen, and from the latter Castor and Clytaemnestra;

hence, nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

Hor. A. P. 147: Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis, from the same egg, i. e. of the same parentage, id. S. 2, 1, 26.—In the circus seven wooden eggs were set up, one of which was removed at the completion of each circuit;

hence, non modo ovum illud sublatum est, quod, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2:

ova ad notas curriculis numerandis,

Liv. 41, 27, 6.—

Transf.

An egg-shell (as a measure), an egg-shellful, Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137.—

An egg-shape, oval shape, oval, Calp. Ecl. 7, 34.