The head-dress

mūrus (archaic orthogr. moerus, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 41 Müll.; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 18, or Ann. v. 376 Vahl.; Verg. A. 10, 24:

moirus,

Inscr. Orell. 566), i, m. [from root mū-; cf.: moenia, munis], a wall; esp. a city wall; mostly in plur. (class.; cf.: moenia, paries, maceria).

Lit.:

muri urbis,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

Helvii intra oppida murosque compelluntur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

instruere,

Nep. Th. 6, 4:

ducere,

Verg. A. 1, 423:

aedificare,

Ov. M. 11, 204:

marmoreus,

a balcony, Calp. Ecl. 7, 48.—Also, the wall of a building, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 7:

sanctae res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 9.—

Transf.

A bank, mound, dam, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 3.—

The rim or side of a pot or boiler:

quae tenui muro spatiosum colligat orbem,

Juv. 4, 132.—

The wooden tower of an elephant, Sil. 9, 601.—

The head-dress of Cybele, ornamented with towers: crinalis, Claud. in. Eutr. 2, 284.—

Trop., a wall, a safeguard, protection, defence (rare but class.):

lex Aelia et Fufia, propugnacula murique tranquillitatis,

Cic. Pis. 4, 9:

Graiūm murus Achilles,

Ov. M. 13, 280:

cor munitum costarum et pectoris muro,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 181:

hic murus aëneus esto,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 60.

cĭdăris, is, f. ( cĭdar, aris, n., Auct. Itin. Alex. M. p. 64 Mai) [Persian; Heb. ; Gr. kidaris], = tiara orthê, an ornament for the head of Persian kings, a diadem, tiara:

cidarim Persae vocabant regium capitis insigne,

Curt. 3, 3, 19.—

The crown of the Prince of Israel (in prophetic vision), Vulg. Ezech. 21, 26.—

A head-dress of the high-priest of the Jews (cf. the Talmud,), Hier. Ep. 64, n. 3; id. in Ezech. 7, 21, 25; Lact. 4, 14, 8 (as transl. of the Heb., Vulg. Zach. 3, 5); Vulg. Lev. 8, 9; 16, 4 al.

cĭdăris, is, f. ( cĭdar, aris, n., Auct. Itin. Alex. M. p. 64 Mai) [Persian; Heb. ; Gr. kidaris], = tiara orthê, an ornament for the head of Persian kings, a diadem, tiara:

cidarim Persae vocabant regium capitis insigne,

Curt. 3, 3, 19.—

The crown of the Prince of Israel (in prophetic vision), Vulg. Ezech. 21, 26.—

A head-dress of the high-priest of the Jews (cf. the Talmud,), Hier. Ep. 64, n. 3; id. in Ezech. 7, 21, 25; Lact. 4, 14, 8 (as transl. of the Heb., Vulg. Zach. 3, 5); Vulg. Lev. 8, 9; 16, 4 al.

ornātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from orno.

ornātus, ūs ( gen. ornati, Ter. And. 2, 2, 28; dat. ornatu, C. Caes. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8), m. [orno] (class.; cf.: cultus, munditia), a furnishing, providing, preparing; a preparation.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

in ornat bus publicis (i. e. epulis, conviviis),

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17: in aedibus nihil ornati, no preparation (for the wed ding), Ter And. 2, 2, 28: Pompeiis emptus [p. 1280] ornatus (trapeti), Cato, R. R. 22, 3.—

In partic., an adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament (class.):

portarum, itinerum, locorumque omnium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51. —

Transf., in concr., splendid dress, attire, apparel:

ornatus appellatur cultus ipse, quo quis ornatur,

Fest. p. 184 Müll.:

nauclericus,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 41:

vide ornatus hic satine me condecet?

id. Ps. 4, 1, 24:

militaris,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61:

regalis,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

equus regio ornatu instructus,

trappings, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 dub. (Jan.: regio instratu ornatus).—So of a woman's head-dress, Ov. A. A. 3, 138; Verg. A. 7, 74:

corporis ornatum exuere,

Juv. 10, 321.—

Trop.

In gen., furniture, accoutrements, equipage:

eloquentia quocumque ingreditur, eodem est instructu ornatuque comitata,

Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 23:

ornatus autem verborum duplex, unus simplicium, alter collocatorum,

id. Or. 23, 80.—

In partic., a decoration, ornament:

aedilitatis,

Cic. Dom. 43, 111:

afferre ornatum orationi,

id. Or. 39, 134.— Of the world, corresp. to the Gr. kosmos, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

hic tantus caeli ornatus,

id. N. D. 2, 44, 115; cf. Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8:

caeli et terra et omnis ornatus eorum,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 1.

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cingo, xi, nctum, 3, v. a. [cf. Gr kullos, kurtos;

Lat. curvus, and clingo,

Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 545 sq. ], to go round in a circle, to surround, encompass, environ, gird, wreathe, crown, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop

In gen.:

quid autem interius mente? Cingatur igitur corpore externo,

i. e. it must be enclosed in a body, Cic. N. D 1, 11, 27:

non enim coronà consessus vester cinctus est, ut solebat,

id. Mil. 1, 1; cf.:

judicium insolitā trepidum cinxere coronă,

Luc. 1, 321;

tris (navīs) Eurus... Inhdit vadis atque aggere cingit harenae,

Verg. A 1, 112: cincta serpentibus Hydra, id. ib 7, 658: pennae ritu coepere volucrum Cingere utrumque latus, to cover, Ov M. 6, 718, apio fasces et secto cingere porro, Col. 10, 371.—

Esp.

To surround the body with a girdle, to gird on (the sword), to gird; esp. freq in pass. with abl., to be girded, encircled with something. iam quasi zonā, liene cinctus ambulo, Plaut Curc. 2, 1, 5; Curt. 3, 3, 19; cf.:

cui lati clavi jus erit, ita cingatur, ut, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 138:

ut cingeretur fluxiore cincturā,

Suet. Caes. 45:

Hispano cingitur gladio,

Liv. 7, 10, 5; 38, 21, 13; Suet. Calig 49:

ferro,

id. Aug. 35: ense, Ov F. 2, 13: cingor fulgentibus armis, Verg A. 2, 749; 11, 188, 11, 536; his cingi telis, id ib. 2, 520: ense latus cingit, Ov F. 2, 784; cf. Stat. Th. 4, 41:

cinctas resolvite vestes, Ov M. 1, 382. filios balteis,

Vulg. Lev 8, 13.— Poet., in pass with acc. (cf. accingor, II., and Zumpt, Gr §

458): inutile ferrum Cingitur,

Verg. A. 2, 511: cinctaeque ad pectora vestes Bracchia docta movent, Ov M. 6, 59.—Without case: Syrinx, Ov M. 1, 695;

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10.—Hence, in late Lat. cinctus = armis instructus, armatus, armed, equipped, enrolled:

cinctus in aliā militiā,

Dig. 39, 1, 38; cf. ib. 39, 1, 25.—As a girding up of the Roman dress was necessary in pursuits requiring physical action, hence, cingor (cf accingor), to make one ' s self ready for any thing, to prepare:

cingitur, certe expedit se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152;

cingitur ipse furens certatim in proelia Turnus,

Verg. A. 11, 486; cf.

supra,

Quint. 11, 3, 138; Hor S. 2, 8, 10; Ov. M. 6, 59.—

To encircle with a garland or crown, to crown (freq., esp in the poets).

Of the head:

muralique caput summum cinxere coronā,

Lucr. 2, 607; cf.

Ov A. A. 3, 392 tempora floribus,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 20;

Verg A. 5, 71: spicis,

Tib. 2, 1, 4 et saep.:

comam lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.:

Graias barbara vitta comas,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 78; Verg. A. 12, 163: de tenero cingite flore caput, Ov F 3, 254.— Poet.:

Atlantis, cinctum assidue cui nubibus atris Piniferum caput et vento pulsatur et imbri,

Verg. A. 4, 248; 7, 658; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—

To encircle other parts of the body:

cujus lacertos anuli mei cingant,

Mart. 11, 100, 2.—

Of places, to surround, encircle, invest, enclose (the prevailing signif. in prose, esp. in the histt.; syn.: circumdo, claudo): (Tellus) oras maris undique cingens, Lucr. 6, 633; Cat. 64, 185; 64, 286:

flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38 provincia mari cincta, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

urbe portus ipse cingitur et continetur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96 Zumpt:

quod moenibus cingebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 41:

quae (terra) magnā ex parte cingitur fluctibus, speciem insulae praebet, etc.,

Curt. 3, 1, 13; 8, 10, 23; Ov A. A. 2, 469: cingitur insula tribus millibus passuum, i.e. has a circuit of, etc., Plin. 6, 12, 13, § 32.— Poet.:

cinxerunt aethera nimbi,

covered, Verg. A. 5, 13:

medium diem cinxere tenebrae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 939.— Trop.;

diligentius urbem religione quam ipsis moenibus cingitis,

fortify, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94.—

In milit. lang., to surround a place or army for defence or in a hostile manner, to fortify, to invest, be set, besiege:

coronā militum cincta urbs,

Liv. 7, 27, 7: castra vallo, id 7, 39, 8 equites cornua cinxere. covered, id. 23, 29, 3:

ultimum agmen validā manu,

to cover, Curt. 4, 13, 30:

urbem obsidione,

to besieye, Verg. A. 3, 52;

dextera cingitur amni,

id. ib. 9, 469:

(hostem) stationibus in modum obsidii,

Tac. A. 6, 34:

cingi ab armis hostium,

Ov. P. 2, 8, 69; Tib. 2, 3, 37, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 42.—Trop Sicilia multis undique cincta persons. Cio. Imp. Pomp 11, 30.—

To escort, to accompany inermi item regi praetor Achaeorum et unus ex purpuratis latus cingebant, Liv 32, 39, 8:

dum latus sancti cingit tibi turba senatus, Ov P. 4, 9, 17: nec noscitur ulli, Agminibus comitum qui mode cinctus erat,

id. Tr. 1, 5, 30:

cincta virgo matrum catervā, id M. 12, 216, Vell 2, 14, 1,

Tac. A. 1, 77;

Sil 4, 448,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 322 —

To peel off the bark around:

cingere est deglabrare,

Dig. 47, 7, 6 Pr, cf. Plin 17, 24, 37, § 234 sqq.

comptus, a, um, v. 1. como, P. a.

comptus, ūs, m. [coëmo = conjungo; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Munro ad Lucr. 1, 950], a band, tie ( = coëmptio):

qui comptu conjugioque Corporis atque animae consistimus pariter apti,

Lucr. 3, 845.

comptus, ūs, m. [1. como], an ornament for the hair or head, a head-dress, Lucr. 1, 88; Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 9 Müll.; cf. ib. p. 63, 13.

suggestus, a, um, Part., from suggero.

suggestus ( subg-), ūs, m., and suggestum, i, n. [suggero].

(Acc. to suggero, I.) An elevated place made of materials poured out; hence, a raised place, a height, elevation (cf. pulpitum).

Lit.

In gen.:

labrum in suggestu inter dolia positum,

Cato, R. R. 154:

lapideus,

Col. 9, 7:

insulae,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

suggestus in orchestrā,

a raised seat, Suet. Caes. 76; Flor. 4, 2, 91 Duk.; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 4:

comae,

i. e. a lofty head-dress, Stat. S. 1, 2, 113:

montium,

Amm. 15, 10, 1.—

In partic., a raised place to speak from to the people, to the troops, etc., a platform, stage, tribune (the class. signif. of the word):

suggestum in foro exstructum adornari placuit,

Liv. 8, 14:

C. Maenius in suggestu rostra, devictis Antiatibus, fixerat,

Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20:

hac re pro suggestu pronuntiatā,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3;

so in a milit. sense: de suggestu inquit, Auct. B. Afr. 54, 2: praemia pro suggestu tribuit,

id. ib. 86, 4:

in suggestu, in quo Galbae statua fuerat,

Tac. H. 1, 36:

non in modum contionis, aut suggestu locutus,

id. ib. 1, 55;

of the prætor's tribunal: in excelso suggestu,

Liv. 31, 29, 9:

altior,

Amm. 15, 8, 4;

of the emperor's seat: in curiā,

Flor. 4, 2; cf.:

in orchestrā,

Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 51.—

Trop., height:

neve se de tanto fortunarum suggestu pessum deiciat,

App. M. 5, p. 161, 22.—

A providing, preparation (post-class. and very rare):

Circensium,

Tert. Spect. 7:

honorum,

id. ib. 12.—

(Acc. to suggero, II.) A hint, intimation, suggestion (syn. suggestio):

si ex suggestu eorum praeses dederit,

Dig. 27, 8, 1, § 5.

suggestus, a, um, Part., from suggero.

suggestus ( subg-), ūs, m., and suggestum, i, n. [suggero].

(Acc. to suggero, I.) An elevated place made of materials poured out; hence, a raised place, a height, elevation (cf. pulpitum).

Lit.

In gen.:

labrum in suggestu inter dolia positum,

Cato, R. R. 154:

lapideus,

Col. 9, 7:

insulae,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

suggestus in orchestrā,

a raised seat, Suet. Caes. 76; Flor. 4, 2, 91 Duk.; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 4:

comae,

i. e. a lofty head-dress, Stat. S. 1, 2, 113:

montium,

Amm. 15, 10, 1.—

In partic., a raised place to speak from to the people, to the troops, etc., a platform, stage, tribune (the class. signif. of the word):

suggestum in foro exstructum adornari placuit,

Liv. 8, 14:

C. Maenius in suggestu rostra, devictis Antiatibus, fixerat,

Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20:

hac re pro suggestu pronuntiatā,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3;

so in a milit. sense: de suggestu inquit, Auct. B. Afr. 54, 2: praemia pro suggestu tribuit,

id. ib. 86, 4:

in suggestu, in quo Galbae statua fuerat,

Tac. H. 1, 36:

non in modum contionis, aut suggestu locutus,

id. ib. 1, 55;

of the prætor's tribunal: in excelso suggestu,

Liv. 31, 29, 9:

altior,

Amm. 15, 8, 4;

of the emperor's seat: in curiā,

Flor. 4, 2; cf.:

in orchestrā,

Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 51.—

Trop., height:

neve se de tanto fortunarum suggestu pessum deiciat,

App. M. 5, p. 161, 22.—

A providing, preparation (post-class. and very rare):

Circensium,

Tert. Spect. 7:

honorum,

id. ib. 12.—

(Acc. to suggero, II.) A hint, intimation, suggestion (syn. suggestio):

si ex suggestu eorum praeses dederit,

Dig. 27, 8, 1, § 5.

testūdo, ĭnis, f. [testa], a tortoise.

Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.:

testudo volat, of any thing impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., tortoise-shell.

Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —

From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.

Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —

An arch, vault in buildings (syn.:

fornix, camera),

Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —

In milit. lang., a tortoise, i. e. a covering, shed, shelter so called (cf.: vinea, pluteus), viz.,

Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —

Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —

The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —

A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147.

discernĭcŭlum, i, n. [id.].

The bodkin in a woman's head-dress, which parted the hair, a hair-bodkin, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 31; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 129.—

Trop., a difference:

coloris,

Gell. 17, 15, 4; Ambros. Apol. Dav. Alt. 4, 26.

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collyris, ĭdis ( collyrĭda, ae, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 19; id. Lev. 8, 26; cf.: cassida, chlamyda, etc.), f., = kolluris.

Lit., a roll or cake, Aug. in Gen. 8, 5 fin.; Vulg. Lev. 7, 12 (transl. of the Heb.).—

Meton.

A head-dress of women, Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 7.—

A plant, also called malva erratica, App. Herb. 40.

collyris, ĭdis ( collyrĭda, ae, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 19; id. Lev. 8, 26; cf.: cassida, chlamyda, etc.), f., = kolluris.

Lit., a roll or cake, Aug. in Gen. 8, 5 fin.; Vulg. Lev. 7, 12 (transl. of the Heb.).—

Meton.

A head-dress of women, Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 7.—

A plant, also called malva erratica, App. Herb. 40.