The moon

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

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sīdus, ĕris, n. [cf. Sanscr. svid, to sweat, melt; Gr. sidêros (molten) iron; Lat. sudo].

Stars united in a figure, a group of stars, a constellation (and hence mostly plur.;

only so ap. Cic., Cæs., and Quint.): sunt stellae quidem singulares, ut erraticae quinque et ceterae, quae non admixtae aliis solae feruntur: sidera vero, quae in aliquod signum stellarum plurium compositione formantur, ut Aries, Taurus, Andromeda, Perseus, vel Corona et quaecumque variarum genera formarum in caelum recepta creduntur. Sic et apud Graecos aster et astron diversa significant et aster stella una est, astron signum stellis coactum, quod nos sidus vocamus,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14 med.

Plur.:

illi sempiterni ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

signis sideribusque caelestibus,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 35:

circuitus solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum,

id. ib. 2, 62, 155; cf.:

solem lunamque praecipua siderum,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; and:

in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

id. 8, 5, 29:

siderum regina bicornis Luna,

Hor. C. S. 35:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204:

solis, i. e. sol,

Ov. M. 14, 172:

sidera, quae vocantur errantia,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89; so,

errantia,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32:

siderum motus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3; id. Lael. 23, 88:

sidera viderit innumerabilia,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; id. N. D. 2, 15, 39 et saep.; * Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 2, 17, 38; 12, 11, 10 al.; Lucr. 1, 231; 1, 788; 1, 1065:

candida,

id. 5, 1210:

alta,

Verg. A. 3, 619:

surgentia,

id. ib. 6, 850:

radiantia,

Ov. M. 7, 325:

turbata,

Stat. Th. 12, 406 al.:

lucida,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 3, 1, 32; id. Epod. 3, 15; 5, 45; 17, 5.—

Sing., a heavenly body, a star; and collect., a group of stars, a constellation:

clarum Tyndaridae sidus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:

fervidum,

Sirius, id. Epod. 1, 27;

nivosum sidus Pleiadum,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 95:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

Baccho placuisse coronam, Ex Ariadnaeo sidere nosse potes,

Ov. F. 5, 346;

so of the constellation Arcturus,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 (for which, in the plur.:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204); of Capella, Ov. M. 3, 594; of the Vergiliae, Liv. 21, 35, 6; Curt. 5, 6, 12; of Saturn, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32 sq.; Juv. 6, 569; of Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Luc. 1, 661; of the Moon:

sidus lunae,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; of the Sun:

calidi sideris aestu,

Tib. 2, 1, 47:

aetherium,

Ov. M. 1, 424; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

solstitiale,

Just. 13, 7 fin.; cf.: sidus utrumque, for the rising and setting sun, Petr. poët. 119, 2; and also for the sun and moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, §§ 56 and 57.— Poet., collect.:

nec sidus fefellit,

i. e. through ignorance, Verg. A. 7, 215.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

The sky, the heavens, = caelum. (Juppiter) terram, mare, sidera movit, Ov. M. 1, 180: (Hercules) flammis ad sidera missus, Juv.11,63; cf.:

abrupto sidere nimbus It,

Verg. A. 12, 451:

sidera observare,

Curt. 7, 4, 28.—

Like caelum, to denote a very great height:

Pyramidum sumptus ad sidera ducti,

Prop. 3, 2 (4, 1), 17:

evertunt actas ad sidera pinus,

Verg. A. 11, 136; cf. Juv. 11, 63:

ad sidera Erigitur,

Verg. A. 9, 239:

aves, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera,

Curt. 4, 5, 3:

domus quae vertice sidera pulsat,

Mart. 8, 36, 11; 9, 62, 10; Verg. G. 2, 427; id. A. 3, 243; id. E. 5, 62 al.—

Trop. (also like caelum), as the summit or height of fame, fortune, success, etc.:

quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

vertice sidera tangere,

Ov. M. 7, 61; cf.:

tuum nomen... Cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cygni,

Verg. E. 9, 29:

usque ad sidera notus,

id. ib. 5, 43: contingere sidera plantis, to walk upon the stars (like the gods) (of one exceedingly fortunate), Prop. 1, 8, 43 (1, 8 b, 17); cf.:

celerique fugā sub sidera lapsae,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

For night:

exactis sideribus,

Prop. 1, 3, 38:

sidera producere ludo,

Stat. Th. 8, 219; cf.:

sideribus dubiis,

at dawn, Juv. 5, 22.—

A star, as a comparison for any thing bright, brilliant, shining, beautiful, etc. (syn.:

stella, astrum): oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces,

Prop. 2, 3, 14;

so of the eyes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 44; 3, 3, 9; id. M. 1, 499:

sidere pulchrior Ille,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 47;

of form, beauty,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26; Val. Fl. 5, 468.—

Concr., ornament, pride, glory:

o sidus Fabiae, Maxime, gentis ades,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 9;

Col. poët, 10, 96: puerum egregiae praeclarum sidere formae,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26:

Macedoniae columen ac sidus,

Curt. 9, 6, 8.—As a term of endearment, my star, Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; Hor. Epod. 17, 41.—

Season of the year:

quo sidere terram Vertere Conveniat,

Verg. G. 1, 1; cf.:

hiberno moliris sidere classem?

id. A. 4, 309:

sidere aequinoctii quo maxime tumescit Oceanus,

Tac. A. 1, 70; cf.:

brumale sidus,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 25:

sidere flagrante brumali,

Amm. 27, 12, 12.—

Climate, weather, etc.:

ut patrios fontes patriumque sidus ferre consuevisti,

Plin. Pan. 15, 3; so,

sub nostro sidere,

Juv. 12, 103:

tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae,

i.e. regions, Verg. A. 5, 628:

grave sidus et imbrem vitare,

tempest, storm, Ov. M. 5, 281:

triste Minervae (raised by Minerva),

Verg. A. 11, 260.—Colloquially, with confectus: intellegitur sidus confectum, i. e. that the weather ( occasioned by a constellation) is ended, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207:

fertur in abruptum casu, non sidere, puppis,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 424.—

With allusion to the influence which the ancients believed the constellations to have upon the health or the destiny of men, star, destiny, etc.:

pestifero sidere icti,

Liv. 8, 9, 12: sidere afflari, to be blasted or palsied by a constellation, to be planet-struck or sunstruck, astroboleisthai, Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108; Petr. 2, 7; cf.:

sidere percussa lingua,

Mart. 11, 85, 1:

subito fias ut sidere mutus,

id. 7, 92, 9;

v. sideror and sideratio: sidera natalicia,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91; cf.:

o sidere dextro Edite,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 63:

adveniet fausto cum sidere conjux,

Cat. 64, 330:

vivere duro sidere,

Prop. 1, 6, 36:

grave sidus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 45 Jahn:

per alias civitates ut sidus salutare susciperetur,

as arbiter of their destiny, Amm. 21, 10, 2.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

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cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

of a bullock,

Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

also of the constellation Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 80;

of the ram,

id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

of the he-goat,

Verg. E. 9, 25;

of kids,

id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—

Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.

That which is similar to horn in substance.

A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—

Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—

The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—

A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,

That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.

The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

cornu Indicum,

Mart. 1, 73, 4.—

The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—

The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—

The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—

The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—

The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

cornua cristae,

Verg. A. 12, 89:

alterum cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33, 2.—

The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —

The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—

The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —

The top or summit of a mountain:

cornua Parnasi,

Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —

The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—

The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—

Transf.:

cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—

The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —

The stiff hair of the Germans:

quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

Juv. 13, 165.—

Of objects made of horn.

A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—

A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—

The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—

A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—

An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—

A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—

Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

tunc pauper cornua sumit,

gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

of a bullock,

Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

also of the constellation Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 80;

of the ram,

id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

of the he-goat,

Verg. E. 9, 25;

of kids,

id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—

Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.

That which is similar to horn in substance.

A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—

Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—

The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—

A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,

That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.

The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

cornu Indicum,

Mart. 1, 73, 4.—

The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—

The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—

The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—

The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—

The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

cornua cristae,

Verg. A. 12, 89:

alterum cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33, 2.—

The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —

The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—

The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —

The top or summit of a mountain:

cornua Parnasi,

Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —

The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—

The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—

Transf.:

cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—

The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —

The stiff hair of the Germans:

quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

Juv. 13, 165.—

Of objects made of horn.

A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—

A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—

The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—

A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—

An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—

A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—

Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

tunc pauper cornua sumit,

gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

lūnātĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Living on the moon:

homines,

Lact. 3, 23, 13.—

= selêniakos, selênoplêktos, epileptic, lunatic, moon-struck, crazy:

mancipium,

Dig. 21, 1, 43, § 6; Vulg. Matt. 4, 24; 17, 14; Acron. ad Hor. A. P. 454; App. Herb. 64, 1:

oculus,

that is blind at certain times, blind in moonlight, Veg. Vet. 2, 18.—As subst.: lūnātĭcus, i, m., a crazy person, lunatic:

lunaticus est et male patitur,

Vulg. Matt. 17, 15.