The Aurunci

Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Aurounkoi Tzetz.

The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,

A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,

Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian:

senes,

Verg. A. 7, 206:

patres,

id. ib. 7, 727:

manus,

id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Aurounkoi Tzetz.

The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,

A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,

Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian:

senes,

Verg. A. 7, 206:

patres,

id. ib. 7, 727:

manus,

id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Aurounkoi Tzetz.

The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,

A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,

Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian:

senes,

Verg. A. 7, 206:

patres,

id. ib. 7, 727:

manus,

id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Ausŏnes, um, m., = Ausones [prob. of the same root as Oscus or Opicus, Buttm. and Donald.].

The Ausonians, a very ancient, perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy; of the same import prob. with Aurunci (Aurunici, Auruni = Ausuni, Ausones), Opici, and Osei: cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Arist. ap. Polyb. 7, 10; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 727; Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 1, p. 71 sq.; Wachsmuth, Röm. Gesch. p. 65 sq.— Poet., the general name for the inhabitants of Italy, Stat. S. 4, 5, 37.—Hence,

Derivv.

Ausŏnĭa, ae, f., = Ausonia, the country of the Ausonians, Ausonia, Lower Italy, Ov. M. 14, 7; 15, 647; and poet. for Italy, Verg. A. 10, 54; Ov. F. 4, 290 et saep.—

Ausŏnĭus, a, um, adj.

Ausonian:

mare, on the southern coast of Italy, between the Iapygian Peninsula and the Sicilian Straits,

Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 14, 6, 8, § 69; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 13 sq. —

In the poets, Italian, Latin, Roman:

terra,

Verg. A. 4, 349:

Thybris,

id. ib. 5, 83:

coloni,

id. G. 2, 385:

urbes,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 56:

montes,

Ov. F. 1, 542:

humus,

Italy, id. ib. 5, 658:

Pelorum,

id. M. 5, 350 (quod in Italiam vergens, Mel. 2, 7, 15):

imperium,

Roman, id. P. 2, 2, 72: os, Ausonian lips, i. e. the Roman language, Mart. 9, 87:

aula,

the imperial court, id. 9, 92.— Subst.: Ausŏnĭi, ōrum, m., = Ausones, the Ausonians, or, poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 834.—

Ausŏnĭdae, ārum, m.

The inhabitants of Ausonia, Verg. A. 10, 564.—

Poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 121; Luc. 9, 998.—

Ausŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Ausonian; and poet., Italian:

ora,

Ov. F. 2, 94:

aqua,

Sil. 9, 187:

matres,

Claud. B. Get. 627 al. —

Auson, ŏnis, m., the mythical progenitor of the Ausonians, son of Ulysses and Calypso, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171.—As adj.:

Ausone voce,

i. e. Roman, Latin, Avien. Arat. 102.

Ausŏnes, um, m., = Ausones [prob. of the same root as Oscus or Opicus, Buttm. and Donald.].

The Ausonians, a very ancient, perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy; of the same import prob. with Aurunci (Aurunici, Auruni = Ausuni, Ausones), Opici, and Osei: cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Arist. ap. Polyb. 7, 10; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 727; Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 1, p. 71 sq.; Wachsmuth, Röm. Gesch. p. 65 sq.— Poet., the general name for the inhabitants of Italy, Stat. S. 4, 5, 37.—Hence,

Derivv.

Ausŏnĭa, ae, f., = Ausonia, the country of the Ausonians, Ausonia, Lower Italy, Ov. M. 14, 7; 15, 647; and poet. for Italy, Verg. A. 10, 54; Ov. F. 4, 290 et saep.—

Ausŏnĭus, a, um, adj.

Ausonian:

mare, on the southern coast of Italy, between the Iapygian Peninsula and the Sicilian Straits,

Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 14, 6, 8, § 69; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 13 sq. —

In the poets, Italian, Latin, Roman:

terra,

Verg. A. 4, 349:

Thybris,

id. ib. 5, 83:

coloni,

id. G. 2, 385:

urbes,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 56:

montes,

Ov. F. 1, 542:

humus,

Italy, id. ib. 5, 658:

Pelorum,

id. M. 5, 350 (quod in Italiam vergens, Mel. 2, 7, 15):

imperium,

Roman, id. P. 2, 2, 72: os, Ausonian lips, i. e. the Roman language, Mart. 9, 87:

aula,

the imperial court, id. 9, 92.— Subst.: Ausŏnĭi, ōrum, m., = Ausones, the Ausonians, or, poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 834.—

Ausŏnĭdae, ārum, m.

The inhabitants of Ausonia, Verg. A. 10, 564.—

Poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 121; Luc. 9, 998.—

Ausŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Ausonian; and poet., Italian:

ora,

Ov. F. 2, 94:

aqua,

Sil. 9, 187:

matres,

Claud. B. Get. 627 al. —

Auson, ŏnis, m., the mythical progenitor of the Ausonians, son of Ulysses and Calypso, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171.—As adj.:

Ausone voce,

i. e. Roman, Latin, Avien. Arat. 102.

Ausŏnes, um, m., = Ausones [prob. of the same root as Oscus or Opicus, Buttm. and Donald.].

The Ausonians, a very ancient, perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy; of the same import prob. with Aurunci (Aurunici, Auruni = Ausuni, Ausones), Opici, and Osei: cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Arist. ap. Polyb. 7, 10; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 727; Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 1, p. 71 sq.; Wachsmuth, Röm. Gesch. p. 65 sq.— Poet., the general name for the inhabitants of Italy, Stat. S. 4, 5, 37.—Hence,

Derivv.

Ausŏnĭa, ae, f., = Ausonia, the country of the Ausonians, Ausonia, Lower Italy, Ov. M. 14, 7; 15, 647; and poet. for Italy, Verg. A. 10, 54; Ov. F. 4, 290 et saep.—

Ausŏnĭus, a, um, adj.

Ausonian:

mare, on the southern coast of Italy, between the Iapygian Peninsula and the Sicilian Straits,

Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 14, 6, 8, § 69; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 13 sq. —

In the poets, Italian, Latin, Roman:

terra,

Verg. A. 4, 349:

Thybris,

id. ib. 5, 83:

coloni,

id. G. 2, 385:

urbes,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 56:

montes,

Ov. F. 1, 542:

humus,

Italy, id. ib. 5, 658:

Pelorum,

id. M. 5, 350 (quod in Italiam vergens, Mel. 2, 7, 15):

imperium,

Roman, id. P. 2, 2, 72: os, Ausonian lips, i. e. the Roman language, Mart. 9, 87:

aula,

the imperial court, id. 9, 92.— Subst.: Ausŏnĭi, ōrum, m., = Ausones, the Ausonians, or, poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 834.—

Ausŏnĭdae, ārum, m.

The inhabitants of Ausonia, Verg. A. 10, 564.—

Poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 121; Luc. 9, 998.—

Ausŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Ausonian; and poet., Italian:

ora,

Ov. F. 2, 94:

aqua,

Sil. 9, 187:

matres,

Claud. B. Get. 627 al. —

Auson, ŏnis, m., the mythical progenitor of the Ausonians, son of Ulysses and Calypso, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171.—As adj.:

Ausone voce,

i. e. Roman, Latin, Avien. Arat. 102.

Ausŏnes, um, m., = Ausones [prob. of the same root as Oscus or Opicus, Buttm. and Donald.].

The Ausonians, a very ancient, perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy; of the same import prob. with Aurunci (Aurunici, Auruni = Ausuni, Ausones), Opici, and Osei: cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Arist. ap. Polyb. 7, 10; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 727; Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 1, p. 71 sq.; Wachsmuth, Röm. Gesch. p. 65 sq.— Poet., the general name for the inhabitants of Italy, Stat. S. 4, 5, 37.—Hence,

Derivv.

Ausŏnĭa, ae, f., = Ausonia, the country of the Ausonians, Ausonia, Lower Italy, Ov. M. 14, 7; 15, 647; and poet. for Italy, Verg. A. 10, 54; Ov. F. 4, 290 et saep.—

Ausŏnĭus, a, um, adj.

Ausonian:

mare, on the southern coast of Italy, between the Iapygian Peninsula and the Sicilian Straits,

Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 14, 6, 8, § 69; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 13 sq. —

In the poets, Italian, Latin, Roman:

terra,

Verg. A. 4, 349:

Thybris,

id. ib. 5, 83:

coloni,

id. G. 2, 385:

urbes,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 56:

montes,

Ov. F. 1, 542:

humus,

Italy, id. ib. 5, 658:

Pelorum,

id. M. 5, 350 (quod in Italiam vergens, Mel. 2, 7, 15):

imperium,

Roman, id. P. 2, 2, 72: os, Ausonian lips, i. e. the Roman language, Mart. 9, 87:

aula,

the imperial court, id. 9, 92.— Subst.: Ausŏnĭi, ōrum, m., = Ausones, the Ausonians, or, poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 834.—

Ausŏnĭdae, ārum, m.

The inhabitants of Ausonia, Verg. A. 10, 564.—

Poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 121; Luc. 9, 998.—

Ausŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Ausonian; and poet., Italian:

ora,

Ov. F. 2, 94:

aqua,

Sil. 9, 187:

matres,

Claud. B. Get. 627 al. —

Auson, ŏnis, m., the mythical progenitor of the Ausonians, son of Ulysses and Calypso, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171.—As adj.:

Ausone voce,

i. e. Roman, Latin, Avien. Arat. 102.

Ausŏnes, um, m., = Ausones [prob. of the same root as Oscus or Opicus, Buttm. and Donald.].

The Ausonians, a very ancient, perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy; of the same import prob. with Aurunci (Aurunici, Auruni = Ausuni, Ausones), Opici, and Osei: cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Arist. ap. Polyb. 7, 10; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 727; Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 1, p. 71 sq.; Wachsmuth, Röm. Gesch. p. 65 sq.— Poet., the general name for the inhabitants of Italy, Stat. S. 4, 5, 37.—Hence,

Derivv.

Ausŏnĭa, ae, f., = Ausonia, the country of the Ausonians, Ausonia, Lower Italy, Ov. M. 14, 7; 15, 647; and poet. for Italy, Verg. A. 10, 54; Ov. F. 4, 290 et saep.—

Ausŏnĭus, a, um, adj.

Ausonian:

mare, on the southern coast of Italy, between the Iapygian Peninsula and the Sicilian Straits,

Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 14, 6, 8, § 69; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 13 sq. —

In the poets, Italian, Latin, Roman:

terra,

Verg. A. 4, 349:

Thybris,

id. ib. 5, 83:

coloni,

id. G. 2, 385:

urbes,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 56:

montes,

Ov. F. 1, 542:

humus,

Italy, id. ib. 5, 658:

Pelorum,

id. M. 5, 350 (quod in Italiam vergens, Mel. 2, 7, 15):

imperium,

Roman, id. P. 2, 2, 72: os, Ausonian lips, i. e. the Roman language, Mart. 9, 87:

aula,

the imperial court, id. 9, 92.— Subst.: Ausŏnĭi, ōrum, m., = Ausones, the Ausonians, or, poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 834.—

Ausŏnĭdae, ārum, m.

The inhabitants of Ausonia, Verg. A. 10, 564.—

Poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 121; Luc. 9, 998.—

Ausŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Ausonian; and poet., Italian:

ora,

Ov. F. 2, 94:

aqua,

Sil. 9, 187:

matres,

Claud. B. Get. 627 al. —

Auson, ŏnis, m., the mythical progenitor of the Ausonians, son of Ulysses and Calypso, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171.—As adj.:

Ausone voce,

i. e. Roman, Latin, Avien. Arat. 102.

Suessa, ae, f., = Suessa.

A city of Latium, five miles south of the Liris and eight from the sea, founded B. C. 337 by the [p. 1791] Aurunci, and afterwards made their capital. It was often called Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Liv. 8, 15; 9, 28; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. 27, 9; 29, 15; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10; 4, 2, 4; 13, 8, 18; it was the birthplace of the satiric poet Lucilius, cf. Juv. 1, 20; Aus. Ep. 15, 9.—

A very ancient city of Latium, a colony of Alba, conquered by Tarquinius Superbus, usually called Suessa Pometia. It was destroyed by Spurius Cassius, B. C. 502, and its site is unknown, Liv. 1, 41; 1, 53; 2, 16 sq.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 775; Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Sil. 8, 400; Aus. Ep. 15, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; 7, 16, 15, § 69. — Hence, Suessānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Suessa, Suessan:

in Suessano,

in the Suessan territories, Cato, R. R. 22, 3.— Plur.: Suessā-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessa (Aurunca), Inscr. Grut. 151, 3; 262, 7.

Suessa, ae, f., = Suessa.

A city of Latium, five miles south of the Liris and eight from the sea, founded B. C. 337 by the [p. 1791] Aurunci, and afterwards made their capital. It was often called Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Liv. 8, 15; 9, 28; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. 27, 9; 29, 15; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10; 4, 2, 4; 13, 8, 18; it was the birthplace of the satiric poet Lucilius, cf. Juv. 1, 20; Aus. Ep. 15, 9.—

A very ancient city of Latium, a colony of Alba, conquered by Tarquinius Superbus, usually called Suessa Pometia. It was destroyed by Spurius Cassius, B. C. 502, and its site is unknown, Liv. 1, 41; 1, 53; 2, 16 sq.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 775; Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Sil. 8, 400; Aus. Ep. 15, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; 7, 16, 15, § 69. — Hence, Suessānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Suessa, Suessan:

in Suessano,

in the Suessan territories, Cato, R. R. 22, 3.— Plur.: Suessā-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessa (Aurunca), Inscr. Grut. 151, 3; 262, 7.

Suessa, ae, f., = Suessa.

A city of Latium, five miles south of the Liris and eight from the sea, founded B. C. 337 by the [p. 1791] Aurunci, and afterwards made their capital. It was often called Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Liv. 8, 15; 9, 28; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. 27, 9; 29, 15; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10; 4, 2, 4; 13, 8, 18; it was the birthplace of the satiric poet Lucilius, cf. Juv. 1, 20; Aus. Ep. 15, 9.—

A very ancient city of Latium, a colony of Alba, conquered by Tarquinius Superbus, usually called Suessa Pometia. It was destroyed by Spurius Cassius, B. C. 502, and its site is unknown, Liv. 1, 41; 1, 53; 2, 16 sq.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 775; Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Sil. 8, 400; Aus. Ep. 15, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; 7, 16, 15, § 69. — Hence, Suessānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Suessa, Suessan:

in Suessano,

in the Suessan territories, Cato, R. R. 22, 3.— Plur.: Suessā-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessa (Aurunca), Inscr. Grut. 151, 3; 262, 7.

spŏlĭum, ii, n. [root spal- (skal-); cf.: populor, calamitas, calvus].

Lit., the spoil of an animal, i. e. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off (so only poet. and very rare):

pelles et spolia ferarum,

Lucr. 5, 954:

serpentum,

id. 4, 62:

leonis,

Ov. M. 9, 113; 3, 81:

apri,

id. ib. 8, 426; id. H. 4, 100:

pecudis (i. e. arietis Phrixei),

id. ib. 6, 13; cf. id. M. 7, 156:

viperei monstri (i. e. Medusae),

id. ib. 4, 615.—

Transf., the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy; hence, in gen., any thing taken from the enemy, booty, prey, spoil (the predom. signif. of the word; usu. in plur.; cf.: exuviae, praeda): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.):

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspenso ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit ibique, Juppiter Feretri, inquit, haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, etc.,

Liv. 1, 10, 6 (v. opimus):

spoliis decorata est regia fixis,

Ov. M. 8, 154:

spoliorum causā hominem occidere... cruenta spolia detrahere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145 sq.:

multa spolia praeferebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39:

ad ejus spolia detrahenda,

Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

indutus spoliis,

Verg. A. 10, 775:

victores praedā Rutuli spoliisque potiti,

id. ib. 9, 450;

4, 93: virtutis honor spoliis quaeratur in istis,

Ov. M. 13, 153:

insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

Verg. A. 6, 855:

spolia jacentis hostium exercitus peditibus concessit,

Liv. 44, 45:

Q. Fabius spolia ducis Gallorum legens,

id. 5, 36; so,

legere,

id. 5, 39; 8, 7; 27, 2 al.:

spolia et praedas ad procuratores referre,

Tac. A. 12, 54 et saep.:

(forum) exuviis nauticis et classium spoliis (i. e. rostris) ornatum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 11, 10:

navalia,

Suet. Aug. 18 fin.: illud natura non patitur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes augeamus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

spoliis civium exstructa domus,

Tac. A. 15, 52:

(delatores) sacerdotia et consulatus et spolia adepti,

id. H. 1, 2.—

Sing.:

quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio,

Verg. A. 10, 500:

Actoris Aurunci spolium,

id. ib. 12, 94:

Asiam, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 11 Dietsch; Suet. Caes. 64; Just. 19, 3:

fert secum spolium sceleris,

Ov. M. 8, 87:

mendici spolium,

a beggar's rags, Petr. 13, 1.— Poet., in gen., = arma, arms, Ov. M. 13, 153.