Sexual union

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concĭlĭum, ii, n. [con- and root cal- of calo; Gr. kaleô; cf. clamo], a collection of people, an association, gathering, union, meeting, assembly, = coetus (class.).

In gen.:

videre ambas in uno concilio,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96; id. Clst. 4, 2, 33:

Camenarum cum Egeria,

Liv. 1, 21, 3:

ab sede piorum, coetu concilioque abigi,

id. 2, 38, 4:

pastorum,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

deorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.

caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

divinum animorum,

id. Sen. 23, 84:

concilia coetusque hominum jure sociati, quae civitates appellantur,

id. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

(Cyclopum) Concilium horrendum,

Verg. A. 3, 679:

amoena piorum Concilia,

id. ib. 5, 735:

Musarum,

Stat. Th. 6, 355:

mulierum,

id. ib. 3, 178.— Poet. of animals:

inque ferarum Concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144;

and trop.: tamquam meretricem in matronarum coetum, sic voluptatem in virtutum concilium adducere,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12.—

Esp.

An assembly for consultation, a council (in concreto; on the contrary consilium signifies [p. 400] the counsel in abstracto that is taken in such an assembly. The meanings, however, often pass over to each other; hence in MSS. and edd. a freq. confusion of the two words; cf.

consilium),

Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 1:

(opiniones), quae in senatu, quae apud populum, quae in omni coetu concilioque proferendae sunt,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77:

inire,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 33:

habere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 3:

convocare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 10; 3, 3:

vocare,

Verg. A. 10, 2:

cogere,

id. ib. 11, 304:

dimittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 33 al.; Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31 al.:

transferre Lutetiam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

in posterum diem differre,

Curt. 6, 11, 9:

dare legatis,

Liv. 43, 17, 7:

indicere,

id. 1, 50, 4:

constituere diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

Messene ab Achaeis, quod concilii eorum recusaret esse, oppugnari coepta est,

i. e. a member of the Achaian league, Liv. 36, 31, 1:

concilio excesserunt,

id. 32, 22, 12: sanctum Patrum, * Hor. C. 4, 5, 4 et saep.—

A close conjunction, i. e. union, connection (esp. freq. in Lucr.):

coetu concilioque Nil facient (primordia rerum), etc.,

Lucr. 2, 920:

materiaï concilium,

id. 1, 518:

in concilium coire,

id. 2, 564 sq.; cf. id. 1, 772; 1, 1081; 2, 565.— Transf., a bond of union, tie:

hoc mihi tecum concilium manebit,

Ov. M. 1, 710.—

A sexual union, coition:

corporalia,

Arn. 2, 54; cf.:

primordia quae genitali Concilio possent arceri,

Lucr. 1, 183. —

(As an incentive to this.) The blossom of the plant iasione, Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.

cōnūbĭum (less correctly connū-bĭum; cf. Rib. prol. Verg. p. 393), ii (m the poets often trisyl., thus:

conubio,

Verg. A. 1, 73; 4, 126; 7, 253; Ov. M. 6, 428:

conubia,

Lucr. 3, 777:

conubiis,

Verg. A. 3, 136; 4, 168; v. Wagn. and Forbig. ad Verg. A. 1, 73; and cf. conubialis), n. [nubo], marriage, wedlock (considered as a civil institution; while conjugium had regard to the physical union, cf. Dict. of. Antiq.).

Prop. (very freq. in prose and poetry), Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Off. 1, 17, 54; Sall. J. 18, 6; Liv. 4, 5, 6; 4, 6, 2 sq.; Cat. 62, 57; 64, 141; Verg. A. 1, 73; 3, 136; v. the passages cited, init., from Verg. and Ov.— Plur., of a single marriage ( poet.):

Pyrrhin' conubia servas?

Verg. A. 3, 319; Val. Fl. 8, 421.—

Meton.

= jus conubii or conubii societas, the right to intermarry, according to Roman principles:

conubia illi (sc. decemviri) ut ne plebi et patribus essent, inhumanissimā lege sanxerunt, quae postea plebei scito Canulejo abrogatast,

Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. Liv. 4, 1, 1 sq.; 8, 14, 10; 9, 43, 23 and 24; Curt. 8, 4, 25; cf. Gai Inst. 1, § 55 sq. al.—

Poet., sexual union (cf. conjugium, II. B. 1.), Lucr. 3, 777; 5, 1011; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 21.—

Of plants, an ingrafting, Plin. 16, pr. § 1.

com-miscĕo ( con-m-), miscui, mixtum, or mistum, 2, v. a., to mix or mingle together, to intermingle (class.).

Lit., constr. with cum, with abl., with in or inter, and absol.

With cum and abl.:

postea amurcam cum aquā commisceto aequas partis,

Cato, R. R. 93; 103; 109:

ventus... se cum eo commiscuit igni,

Lucr. 6, 276:

ignem illum sempiternum (Vestae) cum totius urbis incendio,

Cic. Dom. 57, 144:

servos cum ingenuis,

Suet. Aug. 25.—

With abl.:

canes capro commixta,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40:

commixta. vis venti calore, Lucr 6, 322: liquidum corpus turbantibus aëris auris,

id. 5, 502:

frusta cruento commixta mero,

Verg. A. 3, 633:

commixtis igne tenebris,

id. ib. 8, 255:

aether... magno commixtus corpore,

id. G. 2, 327:

Chio nota si commixta Falerni est,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 24:

commixtae salivae melle,

Suet. Vit. 2:

reliquias Phyllidis cineribus Juliae,

id. Dom. 17:

crocum aquā pluviali,

Scrib. Comp. 265.—

With in or inter:

inter se omnia pariter,

Cato, R. R. 96, 1:

necesse est ventus et aër Et calor inter se vigeant commixta per artus,

Lucr. 3, 283:

fumus in auras Commixtus tenuis,

Verg. G. 4, 500.—

Absol.:

commisce mulsum,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7:

in hac (patinā) scarorum jocinera, phasianarum cerebella... commiscuit,

Suet. Vit. 13.—Esp., in part. perf., mingled, compounded:

cibos omnis commixto corpore dicent Esse,

Lucr. 1, 861:

fert commixtam ad astra favillam,

Verg. A. 9, 76; cf.:

commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

id. ib. 12, 835.—Esp., of sexual union:

commiscendorum corporum libidines,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: commisceri, Jul. Epit. Nov. 107, § 373.—

Transf., in gen., to unite, bring together, join, mingle:

ego abeo a te, ne quid tecum consili conmisceam, Plaut Mil. 2, 5, 68: siquis cum eo (Neptuno) quid rei conmiscuit,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 3:

jus accusatoris cum jure testimonii,

Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

numquam temeritas cum sapientiā comm iscetur,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 7:

gemitu commixta querella,

Lucr. 6, 1159:

attulit hunc illi caecis terroribus aura Commixtum clamorem,

Verg. A. 12, 618:

utrasque partis in computatione,

Dig. 35, 2, 1, § 14.—

To produce by mingling:

Italo commixtus sanguine Silvius,

i. e. of an Italian mother, Verg. A. 6, 762:

materiae ex utroque commixtae,

Quint. 3, 8, 55.

com-miscĕo ( con-m-), miscui, mixtum, or mistum, 2, v. a., to mix or mingle together, to intermingle (class.).

Lit., constr. with cum, with abl., with in or inter, and absol.

With cum and abl.:

postea amurcam cum aquā commisceto aequas partis,

Cato, R. R. 93; 103; 109:

ventus... se cum eo commiscuit igni,

Lucr. 6, 276:

ignem illum sempiternum (Vestae) cum totius urbis incendio,

Cic. Dom. 57, 144:

servos cum ingenuis,

Suet. Aug. 25.—

With abl.:

canes capro commixta,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40:

commixta. vis venti calore, Lucr 6, 322: liquidum corpus turbantibus aëris auris,

id. 5, 502:

frusta cruento commixta mero,

Verg. A. 3, 633:

commixtis igne tenebris,

id. ib. 8, 255:

aether... magno commixtus corpore,

id. G. 2, 327:

Chio nota si commixta Falerni est,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 24:

commixtae salivae melle,

Suet. Vit. 2:

reliquias Phyllidis cineribus Juliae,

id. Dom. 17:

crocum aquā pluviali,

Scrib. Comp. 265.—

With in or inter:

inter se omnia pariter,

Cato, R. R. 96, 1:

necesse est ventus et aër Et calor inter se vigeant commixta per artus,

Lucr. 3, 283:

fumus in auras Commixtus tenuis,

Verg. G. 4, 500.—

Absol.:

commisce mulsum,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7:

in hac (patinā) scarorum jocinera, phasianarum cerebella... commiscuit,

Suet. Vit. 13.—Esp., in part. perf., mingled, compounded:

cibos omnis commixto corpore dicent Esse,

Lucr. 1, 861:

fert commixtam ad astra favillam,

Verg. A. 9, 76; cf.:

commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

id. ib. 12, 835.—Esp., of sexual union:

commiscendorum corporum libidines,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: commisceri, Jul. Epit. Nov. 107, § 373.—

Transf., in gen., to unite, bring together, join, mingle:

ego abeo a te, ne quid tecum consili conmisceam, Plaut Mil. 2, 5, 68: siquis cum eo (Neptuno) quid rei conmiscuit,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 3:

jus accusatoris cum jure testimonii,

Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

numquam temeritas cum sapientiā comm iscetur,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 7:

gemitu commixta querella,

Lucr. 6, 1159:

attulit hunc illi caecis terroribus aura Commixtum clamorem,

Verg. A. 12, 618:

utrasque partis in computatione,

Dig. 35, 2, 1, § 14.—

To produce by mingling:

Italo commixtus sanguine Silvius,

i. e. of an Italian mother, Verg. A. 6, 762:

materiae ex utroque commixtae,

Quint. 3, 8, 55.

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nuptĭae, ārum (dat. nuptis, Inscr. Orell. 7421), f. plur. [nupta], a marriage, wedding, nuptials.

Lit.:

exornatis nuptiis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 54:

dum ego cum Casinā faciam nuptias,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 50:

nuptias adornare,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 35:

facere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 9:

coquere cenam ad nuptias,

id. ib. 3, 2, 15:

in nuptias aliquem conicere,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 23:

nuptias alicui conficere,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 28:

apparare,

id. ib. 4, 4, 20:

in nuptiis alicujus cenare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

nuptiarum expers,

unmarried, Hor. C. 3, 11, 11:

ab eis nuptiis abhorrere,

Cic. Clu. 9, 27:

conciliare,

Nep. Att. 5, 3:

quae nuptiae non diuturnae fuerunt,

Cic. Clu. 12, 35:

Cornificia vetula sane et multarum nuptiarum,

id. Att. 13, 29, 1:

ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 26:

providebit puellae nuptias et vestimenta,

ib. Exod. 21, 10:

incestae,

Gai. Inst. 1, 59.—

Transf., of sexual intercourse:

cujus mater cotidianis nuptiis delectabatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Just. 31, 6, 3; Petr. 26.—

Of a change of form, i. e. union with a new body:

illae suae monstruosae nuptiae, said of Lucius, who was transformed into an ass,

App. M. 7, 22, p. 197.