Pomona

Pōmōna, ae, f. [pomum].

The goddess of fruit and fruit-trees, Pomona, Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; Ov. M. 14, 623; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 190; Arn. 3, p. 118.—

Transf., fruit-trees, fruit (post-Aug.), Plin. 23 prooem. 1, §

1: Thyle larga et diutina Pomona copiosa est,

Sol. 22 med. —

Derivv.

‡ Pōmōnal, ālis, n., the temple of Pomona, Fest. p. 250 Müll.—

Pōmōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Pomona, Pomonal:

flamen,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. maximae dignationis, pp. 154 and 155 Müll.

Pōmōna, ae, f. [pomum].

The goddess of fruit and fruit-trees, Pomona, Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; Ov. M. 14, 623; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 190; Arn. 3, p. 118.—

Transf., fruit-trees, fruit (post-Aug.), Plin. 23 prooem. 1, §

1: Thyle larga et diutina Pomona copiosa est,

Sol. 22 med. —

Derivv.

‡ Pōmōnal, ālis, n., the temple of Pomona, Fest. p. 250 Müll.—

Pōmōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Pomona, Pomonal:

flamen,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. maximae dignationis, pp. 154 and 155 Müll.

Pōmōna, ae, f. [pomum].

The goddess of fruit and fruit-trees, Pomona, Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; Ov. M. 14, 623; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 190; Arn. 3, p. 118.—

Transf., fruit-trees, fruit (post-Aug.), Plin. 23 prooem. 1, §

1: Thyle larga et diutina Pomona copiosa est,

Sol. 22 med. —

Derivv.

‡ Pōmōnal, ālis, n., the temple of Pomona, Fest. p. 250 Müll.—

Pōmōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Pomona, Pomonal:

flamen,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. maximae dignationis, pp. 154 and 155 Müll.

flāmen (also ‡

FILAMEN,

Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

(Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

AVGVSTALIS,

ib. 643; 2366:

DIVI CLAVDII,

ib. 2218; 3651:

PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

ib. 2219:

SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

ib. 1171:

ROMAE,

ib. 2183:

flaminem prodere,

Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

inaugurare flaminem,

Liv. 27, 8, 4.

flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).

Lit.:

cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

venti,

Lucr. 1, 290:

Cauri,

id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—

Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

ferunt sua flamina classem,

Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

Val. Fl. 3, 732.

Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

flāmen (also ‡

FILAMEN,

Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

(Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

AVGVSTALIS,

ib. 643; 2366:

DIVI CLAVDII,

ib. 2218; 3651:

PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

ib. 2219:

SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

ib. 1171:

ROMAE,

ib. 2183:

flaminem prodere,

Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

inaugurare flaminem,

Liv. 27, 8, 4.

flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).

Lit.:

cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

venti,

Lucr. 1, 290:

Cauri,

id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—

Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

ferunt sua flamina classem,

Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

Val. Fl. 3, 732.

Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

annōna, ae, f. [from annus, as pomona from pomum].

In gen., the yearly produce, the annual income of natural products, in the widest sense (cf.:

cibaria annua,

Cato, R. R. 60):

vectigal novum ex salariā annonā,

Liv. 29, 37:

lactis,

Col. 8, 17, 13:

musti,

id. 3, 21, 6; 3, 3, 10.—

Esp.

Means of subsistence, and, for the most part, corn or grain:

annona nisi in calamitate pretium non habet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98:

vilitas annonae ex summā inopiā et caritate rei frumentariae consecuta est,

id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

uberrimus ager ad varietates annonae horreum populi Romani fore videbatur,

Liv. 7, 31:

clausis annonae subsidiis,

Tac. H. 3, 48 fin.:

provincia annonae fecunda,

id. ib. 1, 11; cf. Suet. Aug. 18:

annonae curam agere,

id. Claud. 18; cf. id. Tib. 8:

praebebant annonam regi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 7; ib. 4 Reg. 25, 30; ib. Dan. 1, 5 al.—Sometimes contrasted with frumentum, as provisions in gen.: copia frumenti et annona tolerabilis rerum aliarum, a supply, Liv 35, 44.—

1.. Meton., the price of grain or other food:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 27 fin.:

annona est gravis,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 53; so Suet. Aug. 25:

incendere annonam,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16:

jam ad denarios quinquaginta in singulos modios annona pervenerat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52:

nihil mutavit annona,

Liv. 5, 12 (cf. id. 2, 34:

annona vetus): annona acris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

gravitas annonae,

id. ib. 6, 13:

in annonae difficultatibus,

Suet. Aug. 41:

annona macelli,

id. Tib. 34.—

Trop., the prices, the market:

Qui homines probi essent, esset īs annona vilior,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 140:

Vilis amicorum est annona, bonis ubi quid deest,

cheap indeed is the market of friendship, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24:

his opibus numquam cara est annona veneni,

Juv. 9, 100.—Hence sometimes,

Dearness: cena hac annonā est sine sacris hereditas, at the present (i. e. high) market-price, at the present dear rate, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 83:

ob annonae causam,

Cic. Dom. 5.—

In milit. lang., provisions, supplies:

necessitas annonam pariter et arma portandi,

Veg. Mil. 1, 19:

annona decem et septem dierum,

Amm. 17, 9.—Hence, meton., the loaves of bread them selves, rations (in this sense only in the plur.): ceteri annonas binas aut ternas accipiebant, [p. 126] Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42; cf. Cod. Th. 7,5.—

Personified, the goddess of the yearly produce:

ANNONAE SANCTAE AELIVS VITALIO, etc.,

Inscr. Orell. 1810.

ŏpīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [opimus], to fatten, make fat (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

turtures,

Col. 8, 7, 5; 8, 9, 2.—

Transf.

Of the soil, to make fruitful, to fertilize: terram, App. de Mundo, p. 68, 6.—

To enrich, to make rich or abundant, to fill, load:

auctumnum, Pomona, tuum September opimat,

Aus. Ecl. de Mensib. 9.—

Trop., to honor, glorify: numina victimis, Mart. Cap. poët. 9, § 914.—

To enrich, Aus. Ep. 15, 1.—Hence, ŏpīmātus, a, um, P. a., fat (post-class.):

abdomen,

Aus. Idyll. 10, 105.