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1 Furiani
Fūrĭus (archaic Fūsius, Quint. 1, 4, 13; Liv. 3, 4 init.; cf. the letter R), a, a Roman family name.1.M. Furius Camillus, the deliverer of Rome from the Gauls, Liv. 5, 19 sq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90.—2.M. Furius Bibaculus, a Roman poet of Cremona, a contemporary of Cicero. —3.A. Furius Antias, a poet, the friend of Q. Lutatius Catulus the elder, Cic. Brut. 35, 132.—4.L. Furius Philus, consul in the year 618 A.U.C., who is introduced as a speaker in Cicero's Republic al.—II.Derivv.A.Fūrĭus ( Fūsius), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Furius (Fusius), Furian (Fusian):B.data fato quodam Furiae genti Gallica bella, Liv 31, 48, 12: cedo mihi leges Atinias, Furias, Fusias (al. Fufias),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109; so,lex Furia (testamentaria),
Gai. Inst. 2, 225; 4, 23 sq.:lex Furia Caninia (de manumissionibus),
id. ib. 1, 42;for which: lex Fusia Caninia,
Cod. Just. 7, 3.—Fūrĭānus a, um, adj., Furian:poëmata,
i. e. of the poet A. Furius Antias, Gell. 18, 11, 4.— Subst.: Fūrĭāni, ōrum, m., the soldiers of M. Furius Camillus, the Furians, Liv. 6, 9, 11. -
2 Furius
Fūrĭus (archaic Fūsius, Quint. 1, 4, 13; Liv. 3, 4 init.; cf. the letter R), a, a Roman family name.1.M. Furius Camillus, the deliverer of Rome from the Gauls, Liv. 5, 19 sq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90.—2.M. Furius Bibaculus, a Roman poet of Cremona, a contemporary of Cicero. —3.A. Furius Antias, a poet, the friend of Q. Lutatius Catulus the elder, Cic. Brut. 35, 132.—4.L. Furius Philus, consul in the year 618 A.U.C., who is introduced as a speaker in Cicero's Republic al.—II.Derivv.A.Fūrĭus ( Fūsius), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Furius (Fusius), Furian (Fusian):B.data fato quodam Furiae genti Gallica bella, Liv 31, 48, 12: cedo mihi leges Atinias, Furias, Fusias (al. Fufias),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109; so,lex Furia (testamentaria),
Gai. Inst. 2, 225; 4, 23 sq.:lex Furia Caninia (de manumissionibus),
id. ib. 1, 42;for which: lex Fusia Caninia,
Cod. Just. 7, 3.—Fūrĭānus a, um, adj., Furian:poëmata,
i. e. of the poet A. Furius Antias, Gell. 18, 11, 4.— Subst.: Fūrĭāni, ōrum, m., the soldiers of M. Furius Camillus, the Furians, Liv. 6, 9, 11. -
3 Plato
I.A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:B.Plato divinus auctor,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:doctum Platona,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:II.sublimitas,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:philosophus,
Gell. 15, 2, 1:homo, speaking of Cicero,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:ideae,
Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14. -
4 Platon
I.A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:B.Plato divinus auctor,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:doctum Platona,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:II.sublimitas,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:philosophus,
Gell. 15, 2, 1:homo, speaking of Cicero,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:ideae,
Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14. -
5 Platonici
I.A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:B.Plato divinus auctor,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:doctum Platona,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:II.sublimitas,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:philosophus,
Gell. 15, 2, 1:homo, speaking of Cicero,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:ideae,
Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14. -
6 Platonicus
I.A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:B.Plato divinus auctor,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:doctum Platona,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:II.sublimitas,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:philosophus,
Gell. 15, 2, 1:homo, speaking of Cicero,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:ideae,
Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14. -
7 aesopus
Aesop (Greek author of fables); (Roman tragic actor contemporary with Cicero) -
8 Aeschylus
Aeschylus, i, m., = Aischulos.I.The first great tragic poet of Greece, the originator of the Greek drama, Hor. A. P. 278; Cic. Tusc. 2, 10.—II.A rhetorician of Cnidos, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 95. -
9 Antipater
Antĭpăter, tri (later form, ANTIPATRVS, Inscr. Orell. 4727), m., = Antipatros.I.One of the generals and successors of Alexander the Great, the father of Cassander, Just. 11, 7; 11, 12; 13, 5 al.; Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48.—II. III.The name of several philosophers.A.Of a Cyrenaic, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107.—B.Of a Stoic, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Ac. 2, 6, 17; id. Div. 1, 3; 1, 20.—C.Of a contemporary of Cicero, from Tyre, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 86.—D.A distinguished lawyer, friend of the orator L. Crassus, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 54; id. Brut. 26, 102; id. Leg. 1, 2 al. -
10 Aufidianus
Aufĭdĭus, a, um, adj., the name of a Roman gens; hence,I.Cn. Aufidius, a contemporary of Cicero, but older, and the author of a Greek history, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54.—II.T. Aufidius, a Roman orator, Cic. Brut. 48, 179—III.Sext. Aufidius, Cic. Fam. 12, 26 and 27.— Hence, Aufĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., Aufidian:IV.nomen,
the debt of Aufidius, Cic. Fam. 16, 19.—Aufidius Luscus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; 2, 4, 24. -
11 Aufidius
Aufĭdĭus, a, um, adj., the name of a Roman gens; hence,I.Cn. Aufidius, a contemporary of Cicero, but older, and the author of a Greek history, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54.—II.T. Aufidius, a Roman orator, Cic. Brut. 48, 179—III.Sext. Aufidius, Cic. Fam. 12, 26 and 27.— Hence, Aufĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., Aufidian:IV.nomen,
the debt of Aufidius, Cic. Fam. 16, 19.—Aufidius Luscus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; 2, 4, 24. -
12 Calidius
Călĭdĭus, a, m., the name of a Roman gens.I.M. Calidius, an orator, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Brut. 79, 274 sqq.; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; 3, 2, 1; id. Fam. 8, 4, 1.—II.Cn. Calidius, a Roman knight, the father of a senator, plundered by Verres, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42.—III.Q. Calidius, the father of I., Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38; 2, 3, 25, § 63. -
13 Crassus
1.crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.:B.semina (opp. liquida),
Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:crassius semen,
id. 4, 1244:corpus,
id. 6, 857:unguentum,
Hor. A. P. 375:paludes,
Verg. G. 2, 110:cruor,
id. A. 5, 469:aquae,
greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:ager,
Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:terga (agri),
Verg. G. 2, 236:homo,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:turdi,
Mart. 2, 40:toga,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.filum,
Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:restis,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:digiti crassi tres, as a measure,
Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:II.aër crassus et concretus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:crassissimus aër,
id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),
id. Fat. 4, 7:Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:caliginis aër Crassior,
id. 4, 350 al.:vitrum crassiore visu,
less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—Trop. (rare;1.not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,
i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,
i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:crassiore ut vocant Musa,
Quint. 1, 10, 28:turba,
uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:neglegentia,
stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.Lit.:2.picare vasa,
Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.oblinere,
Scrib. Comp. 46.—Grossly, rudely:2.crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,
Sen. Ep. 121, 11.Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,I.L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—II.M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),
Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:Crassiana clades,
Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7. -
14 crassus
1.crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.:B.semina (opp. liquida),
Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:crassius semen,
id. 4, 1244:corpus,
id. 6, 857:unguentum,
Hor. A. P. 375:paludes,
Verg. G. 2, 110:cruor,
id. A. 5, 469:aquae,
greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:ager,
Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:terga (agri),
Verg. G. 2, 236:homo,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:turdi,
Mart. 2, 40:toga,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.filum,
Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:restis,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:digiti crassi tres, as a measure,
Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:II.aër crassus et concretus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:crassissimus aër,
id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),
id. Fat. 4, 7:Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:caliginis aër Crassior,
id. 4, 350 al.:vitrum crassiore visu,
less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—Trop. (rare;1.not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,
i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,
i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:crassiore ut vocant Musa,
Quint. 1, 10, 28:turba,
uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:neglegentia,
stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.Lit.:2.picare vasa,
Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.oblinere,
Scrib. Comp. 46.—Grossly, rudely:2.crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,
Sen. Ep. 121, 11.Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,I.L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—II.M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),
Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:Crassiana clades,
Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7. -
15 Demetrius
Dēmētrĭus, ii, m., Dêmêtrios, the name of several Greeks, among whom the most celebrated are,I.Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus, and king of Macedonia, Cic. Off. 2, 7 fin.; Just. 15, 1 sq.; 16, 1 sq.—II.Demetrius Phalereus, a famous orator, a pupil of Theophrastus, Cic. Brut. 9; id. de Or. 2, 23; id. Or. 27 et saep.—III.Demetrius Magnes, a contemporary of Cicero, and author of a work, peri homonoias, Cic. Att. 8, 11 fin. —IV.Demetrius Pharius, king of Illyria, Liv. 22, 33, 3.—V.Demetrius Soter, son of Antiochus the Great, Just. 34, 3, 8.—VI.The name of a singer, Hor. S. 1, 10, 79.—VII.A noted cynic, Tac. H. 1, 16; 4, 34; Sen. Ben. 7, 1.—VIII.A comic actor, Juv. 3, 99; Quint. 11, 3, 138.— Also,IX.The title of a comedy by Turpilius, Non. 322, 18; v. Rib. Com. Fr. p. 87 sq. -
16 Dionysius
Dĭŏnysĭus, ii, m., = Dionusios, the name of several celebrated Greeks; esp.,I.The elder Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, Nep. Dio, 1; id. Reg. 2; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20 sq.; id. N. D. 3, 33 sq. al.—II.His son, likewise tyrant of Syracuse, Nep. Dio, 3 sq.; Just. 21, 1 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12; id. Fam. 9, 18; Val. Max. 6, 9, 6 extr. —III.Heracleotes, a pupil of Zeno of Citium, at first a Stoic, afterwards a Cyrenaic, Cic. Fin. 5, 31; id. Tusc. 2, 25; 3, 9; id. Ac. 2, 22 fin. —IV.A Stoic, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11.—V.A musician of Thebes, Nep. Epam. 2, 1.—VI.Name of a slave, Hor. S. 1, 6, 38.—VII.Dionysius Cato, author of the Disticha de moribus ad filium, v. Teuffel, Roem. Lit. § 34, 2. -
17 Falcidia
Falcĭdĭus, a, a Roman gentile name, So the tribunes of the people, C. and P. Falcidius, the former a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 58; the latter in the time of the second triumvirate, after whom is named the Lex Falcidia, Dig. 35, tit. 2.—II.Derivv.A.Falcĭdĭus, a, um, of Falcidius: lex, the law of Falcidius respecting bequests, which provided that no Roman citizen should by testament divert more than three fourths of his estate from his legal heirs, etc., Dig. 35, 2, 1 sqq.— Hence, as subst.: Falcidia, ae, the portion secured to an heir by the Falcidian law, Dig. 35, 2, 5; ib. § 14.—B. -
18 Falcidianus
Falcĭdĭus, a, a Roman gentile name, So the tribunes of the people, C. and P. Falcidius, the former a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 58; the latter in the time of the second triumvirate, after whom is named the Lex Falcidia, Dig. 35, tit. 2.—II.Derivv.A.Falcĭdĭus, a, um, of Falcidius: lex, the law of Falcidius respecting bequests, which provided that no Roman citizen should by testament divert more than three fourths of his estate from his legal heirs, etc., Dig. 35, 2, 1 sqq.— Hence, as subst.: Falcidia, ae, the portion secured to an heir by the Falcidian law, Dig. 35, 2, 5; ib. § 14.—B. -
19 Falcidius
Falcĭdĭus, a, a Roman gentile name, So the tribunes of the people, C. and P. Falcidius, the former a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 58; the latter in the time of the second triumvirate, after whom is named the Lex Falcidia, Dig. 35, tit. 2.—II.Derivv.A.Falcĭdĭus, a, um, of Falcidius: lex, the law of Falcidius respecting bequests, which provided that no Roman citizen should by testament divert more than three fourths of his estate from his legal heirs, etc., Dig. 35, 2, 1 sqq.— Hence, as subst.: Falcidia, ae, the portion secured to an heir by the Falcidian law, Dig. 35, 2, 5; ib. § 14.—B. -
20 Favonianus
Făvōnĭus, ii, m. [faveo].I.The west wind, also called Zephyrus, which blew at the commencement of spring, and promoted vegetation, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; 16, 25, 39, § 93; 18, 34, 77, § 337; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 71; Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; id. Ac. 2, 33, 105; Hor. C. 1, 4, 1 al.—B.Deriv.: ‡ făvōnĭālis, Zephurios, Gloss. Philox.—II.A Roman proper name. So esp. M. Favonius, a contemporary of Cicero and an imitator of M. Cato, whence he received the derisive sobriquet of simius Catonis, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; 2, 1, 9; 2, 4, 7; Val. Max. 2, 10; Suet. Aug. 13. —B.Deriv.: Făvōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Favonius, Favonian:pira,
Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.
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