Priscus

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priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

ancient, antique, former, old days, venerable.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

pristĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf. priscus], former, early, original, primitive, pristine (class.):

tua pristina dignitas et gloria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

labor meus pristinus,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

vestra pristina bonitas et misericordia,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 156:

veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirere,

id. Mil. 1, 1:

odio pristino incensa mulier,

id. Clu. 7, 18:

pristinum animum erga populum Romanum conservare,

Liv. 31, 2:

pro pristina amicitiā,

Nep. Eum. 4, 4:

reminiscens pristini temporis,

id. Alc. 6, 3:

consuetudo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

pristina omnium confirmatur opinio,

id. ib. 3, 82:

in pristinum statum redire,

id. B. G. 7, 54; so,

gloria,

Verg. A. 10, 143:

conjux,

id. ib. 6, 473:

mens,

Ov. M. 3, 203:

consulatus super pristinum quattuor gessit,

Suet. Claud. 14:

annotationes, Gell. praef.: pristina jura recipere,

Gai. Inst. 1, 129.— Subst.: pristĭ-num, i, n., a former condition:

in pristinum restituere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 1.—

In partic.

Just past, preceding, previous, of yesterday:

diei pristini perfidia,

Caes. B. G. 4, 14:

somnium pristinae noctis,

Suet. Aug. 94.—

= priscus, old-fashioned, old, former, early (ante-class. and postAug.):

in vobis resident mores pristini,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 6:

tribus pristinum nomen possident,

Col. 5, 1, 7:

aetas,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 124.

pristīnus or pistrīnus, a, um, adj. [pristis for pistrix], of or belonging to (the constellation of) the Whale (post-Aug.):

ex occasu pristini sideris,

Col. 11, 2, 5; id. 11, 2, 64.

pristĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf. priscus], former, early, original, primitive, pristine (class.):

tua pristina dignitas et gloria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

labor meus pristinus,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

vestra pristina bonitas et misericordia,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 156:

veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirere,

id. Mil. 1, 1:

odio pristino incensa mulier,

id. Clu. 7, 18:

pristinum animum erga populum Romanum conservare,

Liv. 31, 2:

pro pristina amicitiā,

Nep. Eum. 4, 4:

reminiscens pristini temporis,

id. Alc. 6, 3:

consuetudo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

pristina omnium confirmatur opinio,

id. ib. 3, 82:

in pristinum statum redire,

id. B. G. 7, 54; so,

gloria,

Verg. A. 10, 143:

conjux,

id. ib. 6, 473:

mens,

Ov. M. 3, 203:

consulatus super pristinum quattuor gessit,

Suet. Claud. 14:

annotationes, Gell. praef.: pristina jura recipere,

Gai. Inst. 1, 129.— Subst.: pristĭ-num, i, n., a former condition:

in pristinum restituere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 1.—

In partic.

Just past, preceding, previous, of yesterday:

diei pristini perfidia,

Caes. B. G. 4, 14:

somnium pristinae noctis,

Suet. Aug. 94.—

= priscus, old-fashioned, old, former, early (ante-class. and postAug.):

in vobis resident mores pristini,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 6:

tribus pristinum nomen possident,

Col. 5, 1, 7:

aetas,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 124.

pristīnus or pistrīnus, a, um, adj. [pristis for pistrix], of or belonging to (the constellation of) the Whale (post-Aug.):

ex occasu pristini sideris,

Col. 11, 2, 5; id. 11, 2, 64.

pristĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf. priscus], former, early, original, primitive, pristine (class.):

tua pristina dignitas et gloria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

labor meus pristinus,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

vestra pristina bonitas et misericordia,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 156:

veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirere,

id. Mil. 1, 1:

odio pristino incensa mulier,

id. Clu. 7, 18:

pristinum animum erga populum Romanum conservare,

Liv. 31, 2:

pro pristina amicitiā,

Nep. Eum. 4, 4:

reminiscens pristini temporis,

id. Alc. 6, 3:

consuetudo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

pristina omnium confirmatur opinio,

id. ib. 3, 82:

in pristinum statum redire,

id. B. G. 7, 54; so,

gloria,

Verg. A. 10, 143:

conjux,

id. ib. 6, 473:

mens,

Ov. M. 3, 203:

consulatus super pristinum quattuor gessit,

Suet. Claud. 14:

annotationes, Gell. praef.: pristina jura recipere,

Gai. Inst. 1, 129.— Subst.: pristĭ-num, i, n., a former condition:

in pristinum restituere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 1.—

In partic.

Just past, preceding, previous, of yesterday:

diei pristini perfidia,

Caes. B. G. 4, 14:

somnium pristinae noctis,

Suet. Aug. 94.—

= priscus, old-fashioned, old, former, early (ante-class. and postAug.):

in vobis resident mores pristini,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 6:

tribus pristinum nomen possident,

Col. 5, 1, 7:

aetas,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 124.

pristīnus or pistrīnus, a, um, adj. [pristis for pistrix], of or belonging to (the constellation of) the Whale (post-Aug.):

ex occasu pristini sideris,

Col. 11, 2, 5; id. 11, 2, 64.

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Aruns, untis, m., an Etruscan name of the younger son, while the elder was called Lar or Lars [in pure Etruscan, Arnth.; Gr. Arrôn or Arrouns].

A brother of Lucumo (Tarquinius Priscus), Liv. 1, 34.—

A younger son of Tarquin the Proud, Liv. 1, 56; 2, 6.—

A son of Porsenna, Liv. 2, 14.—

An Etruscan seer, Luc. 1, 585; v. Müll. Etrusk. 1, pp. 405 and 409.

Attĭus or Accĭus (both forms are equally attested; Attius predominated under the empire, and the Greeks always wrote Attios. Teuffel), ii, m., = Attios, a Roman proper name.

L. Attius, a distinguished Roman poet of the ante-class. per., younger than Pacuvius, and his rival in tragedy and comedy. Of his poems a considerable number of fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 44 and 45; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 49, and Schmid ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 56.—Hence,

Attĭānus ( Acc-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius:

versus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:

Attianum illud: nihil credo auguribus,

Gell. 14, 1, 34.—

Attius Navius, a soothsayer, who, in the presence and at the bidding of Tarquinius Priscus, cut in pieces a stone with a razor, Liv. 1, 36; Val. Max. 1, 4, n. 1; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31 sqq.; 2, 38, 80.—

P. Attius Varus, a prœtor in Africa at the time of the civil war between Cœsar and Pompey, Caes. B. C. 1, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 13.—Hence,

Attĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius:

milites,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

legiones,

Cic. Att. 7, 15 and 20.—

T. Attius, an orator of Pisaurum, in the time of Cicero, Cic. Clu. 23.

Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Baiai, a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf.

Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,

Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.;

also called Aquae Cumanae,

Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj.:

Baiae aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30.—

Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—

Deriv.: Baiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

lacus,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

negotia,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

murex,

from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32:

soles,

Mart. 6, 43:

Lucrinus,

the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al. —

Subst.: Baiānum, i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.

Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Baiai, a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf.

Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,

Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.;

also called Aquae Cumanae,

Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj.:

Baiae aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30.—

Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—

Deriv.: Baiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

lacus,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

negotia,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

murex,

from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32:

soles,

Mart. 6, 43:

Lucrinus,

the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al. —

Subst.: Baiānum, i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.

Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Baiai, a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf.

Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,

Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.;

also called Aquae Cumanae,

Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj.:

Baiae aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30.—

Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—

Deriv.: Baiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

lacus,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

negotia,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

murex,

from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32:

soles,

Mart. 6, 43:

Lucrinus,

the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al. —

Subst.: Baiānum, i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.

Bēlus, i, m., = Bêlos; Heb..

An Asiatic king of a primitive age, builder of Babylon and founder of the Babylonian kingdom, Verg. A. 1, 621; 1, 729 sq.:

priscus,

Ov. M. 4, 213 (like Bêlos ho archaios, Aelian. V. H. 13, 3).—

An Indian deity, compared with Hercules of the Greeks, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Robinson, Dict., under.—

A king of Egypt, father of Danaus and Ægyptus. —

Derivv.

Bēlīdes, ae (for the length of the i, cf. Prisc. p. 584 P.), m., = Bêlidês, a male descendant of Belus:

Belidae fratres,

i. e. Danaus and Ægyptus, Stat. Th. 6, 291:

surge, age, Belide, de tot modo fratribus unus,

i. e. Lynceus, son of Ægyptus, Ov. H. 14, 73:

Palamedes,

Verg. A. 2, 82 (septimo gradu a Belo originem ducens, Serv.).—

Bēlis, ĭdis, f., and usu. in plur., Bēlĭdĕs, um, the granddaughters of Belus, the Belides, = Danaides (v. Danaus), Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 62; id. A. A. 1, 74; id. M. 4, 463; 10, 44.—

Bēlĭăs, ădis, f., = Belis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 961.—

Beli oculus, a precious stone, cat ' s-eye, a species of onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149.—

A river of Galilee, on the borders of Phœnicia, now Nahr Naaman, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Tac. H. 5, 7.

bulla, ae, f. [root vhal-; Gr. phal-; cf. phallos, phullon], any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence,

A waterbubble, bubble:

ut pluvio perlucida caelo Surgere bulla solet,

Ov. M. 10, 734:

crassior,

Mart. 8, 33, 18; Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12; App. M. 4, p. 145, 7.—Hence,

Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity:

si est homo bulla, eo magis senex,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.—

A boss, knob (upon a door, etc.):

jussine in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris?

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20:

bullas aureas ex valvis, auferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (by such door-studs fortunate or unfortunate days were designated, Petr. 30, 4).—

A stud in a girdle:

notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri,

Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.—

The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq.—

Esp., the bulla, a kind of amulet worn upon the neck ( mostly of gold), orig. an ornament of the Roman triumphers, in imitation of the Tuscan kings and Lucumones (Plut. Romul. 25;

Fest. s. v. sardi, p. 252), but in the more brilliant era of the Romans worn by noble youths,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152 (cf. Ascon. in h. l., acc. to whom bullae of leather were hung upon the necks of the children of freedmen);

it was laid aside when they arrived at maturity, and consecrated to the Lares,

Pers. 5, 30; cf.:

Lares bullati,

Petr. 60, 8; acc. to Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10, first hung by Tarquinius Priscus upon the neck of his son; cf. also Macr. S. 1, 6, 9 sqq.; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 127; Liv. 26, 36, 5; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 131; Suet. Caes. 84; Flor. 2, 6, 24.—From the Etruscan custom, called Etruscum aurum, Juv. 5, 163.—Hence the phrase bullā dignus for childish:

senior bullā dignissime,

Juv. 13, 33.—It was also hung upon the forehead of favorite animals, Ov. M. 10, 114.