Plotius

Plautĭus ( Plōt-), i, m., name of a Roman gens.

M. Plautius Hypsaeus, [p. 1386] a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.—

M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.—

L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2.—

L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20.—Hence,

Plautĭus ( Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius ( Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79:

ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est,

Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35:

Plautia rogatio,

Gell. 13, 3, 5:

Plotia rogatio,

Suet. Caes. 5.—

Plautĭānus ( Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian:

fabulae,

of the comic poet Plautius, Gell. 3, 3:

de bonis Plotianis,

belonging to a certain Plotius, Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.

Plautĭus ( Plōt-), i, m., name of a Roman gens.

M. Plautius Hypsaeus, [p. 1386] a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.—

M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.—

L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2.—

L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20.—Hence,

Plautĭus ( Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius ( Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79:

ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est,

Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35:

Plautia rogatio,

Gell. 13, 3, 5:

Plotia rogatio,

Suet. Caes. 5.—

Plautĭānus ( Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian:

fabulae,

of the comic poet Plautius, Gell. 3, 3:

de bonis Plotianis,

belonging to a certain Plotius, Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.

Plautĭus ( Plōt-), i, m., name of a Roman gens.

M. Plautius Hypsaeus, [p. 1386] a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.—

M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.—

L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2.—

L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20.—Hence,

Plautĭus ( Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius ( Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79:

ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est,

Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35:

Plautia rogatio,

Gell. 13, 3, 5:

Plotia rogatio,

Suet. Caes. 5.—

Plautĭānus ( Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian:

fabulae,

of the comic poet Plautius, Gell. 3, 3:

de bonis Plotianis,

belonging to a certain Plotius, Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.

cŏlūrus, a, um, adj., = kolouros, mutilated; hence,

In astron.: coluri circuli, = kolouroi, the colures, two circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, and cutting each other at right angles at the poles, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15. —

In metre: metrum, a syllable too short, Plotius, Metr. p. 2649 P.

Nŭmĭda, ae, m., = Nomas, a nomad:

Arabia Numidarum,

Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Nomadas, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—

In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.—

Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,

Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877:

Numidarum columnae,

i. e. of Numidian marble, Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.:

Numidūm gentes,

Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In sing.:

Numida,

Sall. J. 12, 4.—

As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian:

Numidae jaculatores,

Liv. 28, 11;

Numidae leones,

Ov. A. A. 2, 183;

Numida dens,

i. e. ivory, id. P. 4, 9, 28:

ursos figebat Numidas,

Juv. 4, 100.—

A Roman surname:

Plotius Numida,

Hor. C. 1, 36.—

Hence,

Nŭmĭdĭa, ae, f., the country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um, adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.—

Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um, adj., Numidian:

equi Numidici,

Liv. 30, 6:

scuta,

Sall. J. 94, 1:

cedri,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216:

gallina,

Col. 8, 2, 2;

called also Numidicae aves,

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum,

id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1.

Nŭmĭda, ae, m., = Nomas, a nomad:

Arabia Numidarum,

Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Nomadas, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—

In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.—

Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,

Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877:

Numidarum columnae,

i. e. of Numidian marble, Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.:

Numidūm gentes,

Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In sing.:

Numida,

Sall. J. 12, 4.—

As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian:

Numidae jaculatores,

Liv. 28, 11;

Numidae leones,

Ov. A. A. 2, 183;

Numida dens,

i. e. ivory, id. P. 4, 9, 28:

ursos figebat Numidas,

Juv. 4, 100.—

A Roman surname:

Plotius Numida,

Hor. C. 1, 36.—

Hence,

Nŭmĭdĭa, ae, f., the country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um, adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.—

Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um, adj., Numidian:

equi Numidici,

Liv. 30, 6:

scuta,

Sall. J. 94, 1:

cedri,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216:

gallina,

Col. 8, 2, 2;

called also Numidicae aves,

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum,

id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1.

Nŭmĭda, ae, m., = Nomas, a nomad:

Arabia Numidarum,

Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Nomadas, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—

In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.—

Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,

Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877:

Numidarum columnae,

i. e. of Numidian marble, Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.:

Numidūm gentes,

Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In sing.:

Numida,

Sall. J. 12, 4.—

As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian:

Numidae jaculatores,

Liv. 28, 11;

Numidae leones,

Ov. A. A. 2, 183;

Numida dens,

i. e. ivory, id. P. 4, 9, 28:

ursos figebat Numidas,

Juv. 4, 100.—

A Roman surname:

Plotius Numida,

Hor. C. 1, 36.—

Hence,

Nŭmĭdĭa, ae, f., the country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um, adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.—

Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um, adj., Numidian:

equi Numidici,

Liv. 30, 6:

scuta,

Sall. J. 94, 1:

cedri,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216:

gallina,

Col. 8, 2, 2;

called also Numidicae aves,

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum,

id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1.

Nŭmĭda, ae, m., = Nomas, a nomad:

Arabia Numidarum,

Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Nomadas, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—

In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.—

Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,

Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877:

Numidarum columnae,

i. e. of Numidian marble, Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.:

Numidūm gentes,

Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In sing.:

Numida,

Sall. J. 12, 4.—

As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian:

Numidae jaculatores,

Liv. 28, 11;

Numidae leones,

Ov. A. A. 2, 183;

Numida dens,

i. e. ivory, id. P. 4, 9, 28:

ursos figebat Numidas,

Juv. 4, 100.—

A Roman surname:

Plotius Numida,

Hor. C. 1, 36.—

Hence,

Nŭmĭdĭa, ae, f., the country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um, adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.—

Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um, adj., Numidian:

equi Numidici,

Liv. 30, 6:

scuta,

Sall. J. 94, 1:

cedri,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216:

gallina,

Col. 8, 2, 2;

called also Numidicae aves,

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum,

id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1.

Nŭmĭda, ae, m., = Nomas, a nomad:

Arabia Numidarum,

Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Nomadas, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—

In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.—

Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,

Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877:

Numidarum columnae,

i. e. of Numidian marble, Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.:

Numidūm gentes,

Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In sing.:

Numida,

Sall. J. 12, 4.—

As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian:

Numidae jaculatores,

Liv. 28, 11;

Numidae leones,

Ov. A. A. 2, 183;

Numida dens,

i. e. ivory, id. P. 4, 9, 28:

ursos figebat Numidas,

Juv. 4, 100.—

A Roman surname:

Plotius Numida,

Hor. C. 1, 36.—

Hence,

Nŭmĭdĭa, ae, f., the country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um, adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.—

Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um, adj., Numidian:

equi Numidici,

Liv. 30, 6:

scuta,

Sall. J. 94, 1:

cedri,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216:

gallina,

Col. 8, 2, 2;

called also Numidicae aves,

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum,

id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1.

splendĭdus, a, um, adj. [splendeo], bright, shining, glittering, brilliant, etc. (class.; syn.: nitidus, lucidus, coruscus).

Lit.

In gen.: o magna templa caelitum, commixta stellis splendidis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); so,

signa caeli,

Lucr. 4, 444:

lumina solis,

id. 2, 108:

caelum cum aequaliter totum erit splendidum,

Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 351; cf. comp.:

quanto splendidior quam cetera sidera fulget Lucifer,

Ov. M. 2, 722:

sol splendidior,

Tib. 4, 1, 123.— Sup.:

splendidissimus candor,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

color (with flam neus),

Lucr. 6, 208:

ostro crinis,

Ov. M. 8, 8: venabula. id. ib. 8, 419:

fons splendidio vitro,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 1; cf.: Galatea Splendidior vitro, Ov. M. 13, 791:

umor sudoris,

Lucr. 6, 1187: bilis, bright yellow, cholê xanthê, Hor. S. 2, 3, 141 (cf.:

vitrea bilis,

Pers. 3, 8). —

In partic., of style of living, dress, etc., brilliant, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous (syn. magnificus):

quorum in villā ac domo nihil splendidum fuit praeter ipsos,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

splendida domus gaudet regali gaza,

Cat. 64, 46; Verg. A. 1, 637:

vestis,

Petr. 12; cf.:

splendidus et virilis cultus,

Quint. 11, 3, 137:

homo (opp. luxuriosus),

Vell. 2, 105, 2:

secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—

Trop.

In gen., brilliant, illustrious, distinguished, noble (cf.:

egregius, amplus): C. Plotius, eques Romanus splendidus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf.:

vir splendidissimus atque ornatissimus civitatis suae,

id. Fl. 20, 48:

homo propter virtutem splendidus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38; Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2:

splendidissima ingenia,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26; 1, 18, 61:

causa splendidior,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.:

splendida facta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237:

ratio dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; so,

splendida et grandis oratio,

id. ib. 79, 273; cf.:

splendidius et magnificentius (genus dicendi),

id. ib. 55, 201; cf.: figurarum commentis splendida loca attentare, brilliant passages of a speech, Amm. 29, 2, 8:

splendidis nominibus illuminatus est versus,

Cic. Or. 49, 163:

splendidioribus verbis uti,

id. Brut. 58:

vox suavis et splendida,

clear, id. ib. 55, 203:

cum de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 21.—

In partic. (with the accessory idea of mere appearance, opp. to what is real or actual), showy, fine, specious, = speciosus:

non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,

Ov. R. Am. 240.—

Clear, distinct:

vox,

Cic. Brut. 55, 203.—Hence, adv.: splendĭdē, brightly, brilliantly.

Lit.:

ornare magnifice splendideque convivium,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf.:

apparatus splendidissime expositus,

Petr. 21.—

Trop., brilliantly, splendidly, nobly:

acta aetas honeste ac splendide,

honorably, with distinction, Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61; cf. id. Sen. 18, 64:

splendidius contra regem quam, etc., bellum gerere, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 2: ornate splendideque facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:

dicta,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

in parentem Splendide mendax,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 35:

splendidissime natus,

of very high birth, Sen. Ep. 47, 8; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2.—

Clearly, intelligibly:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 16, 68.—

Ostentatiously:

invitare,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; cf.:

parum se splendide gerere,

with too little show, meanly, Nep. Att. 14, 2.