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1 Tarpeia
1.Sp. Tarpeius, the father of Tarpeia, who opened the citadel to the Sabines, Liv. 1, 11; Val. Max. 9, 6, 1.—2.Tarpeia, a Roman maiden, who treacherously opened the citadel to the Sabines, and for her reward was killed by the weight of their arms, which they cast upon her, Flor. 1, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2; cf. Liv. 1, 11, 6 sqq.; Ov. M. 14, 776.—Hence,A.Tarpēius, a, um, adj., Tarpeian:B.mons,
the Tarpeian Rock, the name of a rock on the Capitoline Hill, from which criminals were thrown headlong, Varr. L. L. 5, § 41 Müll.; Liv. 1, 55;called also, saxum,
id. 6, 20; Tac. A. 6, 19; Fest. p. 343 Müll.:rupes,
Tac. H. 3, 71; and absol.:in Tarpeio fodientes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:ad Tarpeium raptus (Metellus),
id. 7, 44, 45, § 143:arx,
the citadel on the Capitoline Hill, Prop. 4, (5), 4, 29; Ov. M. 15, 866:pater,
Capitoline Jupiter, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7; cf.fulmina,
Juv. 13, 78;and dei,
who were worshipped on the Capitoline Hill, Luc. 8, 863:coronae,
given to victors in the Capitoline games, Mart. 9, 41, 1; cf.frons,
id. 9, 4, 8;and quercus,
id. 4, 54, 1:lex,
named after a certain Tarpeius, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60; Fest. p. 237 Müll.:pudicitia,
of a Tarpeia, Prop. 1, 16, 2.— -
2 Tarpeianus
1.Sp. Tarpeius, the father of Tarpeia, who opened the citadel to the Sabines, Liv. 1, 11; Val. Max. 9, 6, 1.—2.Tarpeia, a Roman maiden, who treacherously opened the citadel to the Sabines, and for her reward was killed by the weight of their arms, which they cast upon her, Flor. 1, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2; cf. Liv. 1, 11, 6 sqq.; Ov. M. 14, 776.—Hence,A.Tarpēius, a, um, adj., Tarpeian:B.mons,
the Tarpeian Rock, the name of a rock on the Capitoline Hill, from which criminals were thrown headlong, Varr. L. L. 5, § 41 Müll.; Liv. 1, 55;called also, saxum,
id. 6, 20; Tac. A. 6, 19; Fest. p. 343 Müll.:rupes,
Tac. H. 3, 71; and absol.:in Tarpeio fodientes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:ad Tarpeium raptus (Metellus),
id. 7, 44, 45, § 143:arx,
the citadel on the Capitoline Hill, Prop. 4, (5), 4, 29; Ov. M. 15, 866:pater,
Capitoline Jupiter, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7; cf.fulmina,
Juv. 13, 78;and dei,
who were worshipped on the Capitoline Hill, Luc. 8, 863:coronae,
given to victors in the Capitoline games, Mart. 9, 41, 1; cf.frons,
id. 9, 4, 8;and quercus,
id. 4, 54, 1:lex,
named after a certain Tarpeius, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60; Fest. p. 237 Müll.:pudicitia,
of a Tarpeia, Prop. 1, 16, 2.— -
3 Tarpeius
1.Sp. Tarpeius, the father of Tarpeia, who opened the citadel to the Sabines, Liv. 1, 11; Val. Max. 9, 6, 1.—2.Tarpeia, a Roman maiden, who treacherously opened the citadel to the Sabines, and for her reward was killed by the weight of their arms, which they cast upon her, Flor. 1, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2; cf. Liv. 1, 11, 6 sqq.; Ov. M. 14, 776.—Hence,A.Tarpēius, a, um, adj., Tarpeian:B.mons,
the Tarpeian Rock, the name of a rock on the Capitoline Hill, from which criminals were thrown headlong, Varr. L. L. 5, § 41 Müll.; Liv. 1, 55;called also, saxum,
id. 6, 20; Tac. A. 6, 19; Fest. p. 343 Müll.:rupes,
Tac. H. 3, 71; and absol.:in Tarpeio fodientes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:ad Tarpeium raptus (Metellus),
id. 7, 44, 45, § 143:arx,
the citadel on the Capitoline Hill, Prop. 4, (5), 4, 29; Ov. M. 15, 866:pater,
Capitoline Jupiter, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7; cf.fulmina,
Juv. 13, 78;and dei,
who were worshipped on the Capitoline Hill, Luc. 8, 863:coronae,
given to victors in the Capitoline games, Mart. 9, 41, 1; cf.frons,
id. 9, 4, 8;and quercus,
id. 4, 54, 1:lex,
named after a certain Tarpeius, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60; Fest. p. 237 Müll.:pudicitia,
of a Tarpeia, Prop. 1, 16, 2.— -
4 Tarpēius
Tarpēius adj., of Tarpeia, Tarpeian: mons, the Tarpeian Rock near the Capitol, from which criminals were thrown, L.: arx, the citadel on the Capitoline Hill, V., O.: nemus, Pr.: fulmina, i. e. of Jupiter Capitolinus, Iu. -
5 saxum
saxum ī, n [2 SAC-], a large stone, rough stone, broken rock, bowlder, rock: e saxo sculptus: magni ponderis saxa, Cs.: saxis suspensa rupes, V.: inter saxa rupīsque, L.: Capitolium saxo quadrato substructum, with foundations of hewn stone, L.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso, i. e. struggle in vain (as Sisyphus with his stone), T.—As nom prop., the Tarpeian Rock: quis audeat laedere propositā cruce aut saxo?: Deicere de saxo civīs? H.— The Sacred Rock (on the Aventine hill, where Remus consulted the auspices): pulvinar sub Saxo dedicare: Appellant Saxum, pars bona montis ea est, O.—In the name, Saxa Rubra; see ruber.— Plur, stony ground, rocky places: in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis, V.— A stone wall: saxo lucum circumdedit, O.* * * -
6 agger
agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].I.Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:II.aggere paludem explere,
id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:longius erat agger petendus,
id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:superjecto aggere terreno,
Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:implere cavernas aggere,
Curt. 8, 10, 27:fossas aggere complent,
Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,Esp.A.The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:B.atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,
id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,
Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,
Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:agger armorum,
Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:aggeres Alpini,
Verg. A. 6, 830; so,Thessalici aggeres,
i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:ab alto aggere,
Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,
Luc. 5, 674:consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,
Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:mons aquae,
Verg. A. 1, 105).—In milit. lang.1.A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:2.aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,
id. Phil. 10, 9:celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:jacere,
to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:aggerem exstruere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:instruere,
id. ib. 8, 41:promovere ad urbem,
to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,
rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.3.Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,
Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:4.stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,
Luc. 5, 317:vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,
Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):viae deprensus in aggere serpens,
Verg. A. 5, 273:Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,
Rutil. Itiner. 39:aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,
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7 Manlianum
Manlĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.1.So esp. M. Manlius Capitolinus, who saved the Capitol in the Gallic war, but afterwards, suspected of aspiring to royal power, was thrown from the Tarpeian Rock, Liv. 5, 47, 4 sq.; 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 27, 49; id. Phil. 1, 13, 32; 2, 44, 113 et saep.—2.L. Manlius Torquatus, a dictator, and his son, T. Manlius Torquatus, a consul, each of whom, for his severity, was surnamed Imperiosus, Liv. 7, 3 sq.; 8, 7, 1; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. id. Fin. 2, 19, 60 et saep.—Hence,A.Man-lĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Manlius, Manlian:B.gens,
Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32; Liv. 6, 20, 15.—Manlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Manlius, Manlian:supplicium,
Liv. 6, 20.— Transf. (from L. Manlius Torquatus, v. supra), severe:vide, ne ista sint manliana vestra, aut majora etiam, si imperes quod facere non possim (preceded by ut nimis imperiosi philosophi sit),
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105; cf. Liv. 8, 7 fin. — Subst.: Manlĭānum, i, n., a villa belonging to Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1. -
8 Manlianus
Manlĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.1.So esp. M. Manlius Capitolinus, who saved the Capitol in the Gallic war, but afterwards, suspected of aspiring to royal power, was thrown from the Tarpeian Rock, Liv. 5, 47, 4 sq.; 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 27, 49; id. Phil. 1, 13, 32; 2, 44, 113 et saep.—2.L. Manlius Torquatus, a dictator, and his son, T. Manlius Torquatus, a consul, each of whom, for his severity, was surnamed Imperiosus, Liv. 7, 3 sq.; 8, 7, 1; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. id. Fin. 2, 19, 60 et saep.—Hence,A.Man-lĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Manlius, Manlian:B.gens,
Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32; Liv. 6, 20, 15.—Manlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Manlius, Manlian:supplicium,
Liv. 6, 20.— Transf. (from L. Manlius Torquatus, v. supra), severe:vide, ne ista sint manliana vestra, aut majora etiam, si imperes quod facere non possim (preceded by ut nimis imperiosi philosophi sit),
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105; cf. Liv. 8, 7 fin. — Subst.: Manlĭānum, i, n., a villa belonging to Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1. -
9 Manlius
Manlĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.1.So esp. M. Manlius Capitolinus, who saved the Capitol in the Gallic war, but afterwards, suspected of aspiring to royal power, was thrown from the Tarpeian Rock, Liv. 5, 47, 4 sq.; 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 27, 49; id. Phil. 1, 13, 32; 2, 44, 113 et saep.—2.L. Manlius Torquatus, a dictator, and his son, T. Manlius Torquatus, a consul, each of whom, for his severity, was surnamed Imperiosus, Liv. 7, 3 sq.; 8, 7, 1; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. id. Fin. 2, 19, 60 et saep.—Hence,A.Man-lĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Manlius, Manlian:B.gens,
Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32; Liv. 6, 20, 15.—Manlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Manlius, Manlian:supplicium,
Liv. 6, 20.— Transf. (from L. Manlius Torquatus, v. supra), severe:vide, ne ista sint manliana vestra, aut majora etiam, si imperes quod facere non possim (preceded by ut nimis imperiosi philosophi sit),
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105; cf. Liv. 8, 7 fin. — Subst.: Manlĭānum, i, n., a villa belonging to Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1. -
10 saxum
saxum (in inscrr. also SAKSVM; from collat. form saxus;I.a vocative SAXE,
Inscr. Orell. 2982), i, n. [root sak-; Sanscr. ska; cf. secare], any large, rough stone; a detached fragment of rock; a rock (in gen.; whereas rupes is a steep rock, crag, cliff).In gen., Lucr. 4, 266 sq.; cf. id. 1, 882:2.non est e saxo sculptus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: pars ludicre saxa Jactant, inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 13 (Ann. v. 76 Vahl.):(Sisyphum) adverso nixantem trudere monte Saxum, etc.,
Lucr. 3, 1001:miser impendens magnum timet aëre saxum Tantalus,
id. 3, 980: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.); cf.:si glebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris,
Cic. Caecin.21,60:magni ponderis saxa, in muro collocare,
Caes. B. G. 2, 29; cf. id. ib. 7, 22 fin.; 7, 23; 7, 46: (Thyestes) summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.); cf.:aspicite religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis (Prometheum), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: speluncas saxis pendentibu' structas,
Lucr. 6, 195; cf., of the cave of Cacus: jam primum saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,
Verg. A. 8, 190:tot congesta manu praeruptis oppida saxis,
id. G. 2, 156:inter saxa rupesque,
Liv. 21, 40: saxa spargens tabo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.):vesco sale saxa peresa,
Lucr. 1, 326:nec turbida ponti Aequora fligebant naves ad saxa,
id. 5, 1001:si ad saxum quo capessit,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89 et saep.:lapis non saxum est,
Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169.—In apposition:in saxis silicibus uberiores aquae sunt,
in limestone rocks, Vitr. 8, 1.—Prov.a.Saxum volvere, i. e. to strive or endeavor in vain (alluding to the stone of Sisyphus):b.satis diu hoc jam saxum volvo,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Inter sacrum saxumque stare; v. sacrum, A. 2. b.—II.In partic.A.For Saxum Tarpejum (cf. Fest. p. 343 Müll. and v. Tarpejus, II.), the Tarpeian Rock:B.horribilis de saxo jactus,
Lucr. 3, 1016; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Att. 14, 16, 2; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Tac. A. 2, 32; 4, 29; Dig. 48, 19, 25; v. Tarpeius.—Saxum sacrum, the sacred rock on the Aventine, at which Remus consulted the auspices, Cic. Dom. 53, 136;C.called saxum alone,
Ov. F. 5, 150.—A superior kind of Cimolian chalk (creta Cimolia), Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 196.—D.Saxa Rubra; v. ruber, II. B.—III.Transf.1.Plur.: saxa, stony ground, rocky places:2.mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis,
Verg. G. 2, 522:Ligurum,
Mart. 3, 82, 22.—A stone wall:3.Romulus saxo lucum circumdedit alto,
Ov. F. 3, 431.—The strong foundation of a building:Capitolium quadrato saxo substructum,
Liv. 6, 4, 12.
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