The name of a horse

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

Lămus, i, m., = Lamos.

A mythic king of the Læstrygonians, a son of Neptune, and the founder of Formiæ, Hor. C. 3, 17, 1; Sil. 8, 530;

hence, urbs Lami,

i. e. Formiæ, Ov. M. 14, 233.—

A son of Hercules and Omphale, Ov. H. 9, 54.—

The name of a horse, Sil. 16, 474.

Aethōn, ŏnis, m., = aithôn (burning). In mythology, the name of a horse.

In the chariot of Phœbus, Ov. M. 2, 153.—

In that of Pallas, Verg. A. 11, 89.—

In that of Aurora, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1. c.—

In that of Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1 fin.

passĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or fit for a sparrow: prandium, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 7 (Com. Rel. p. 213 Rib.).

Passĕrīnus, i, m., the name of a very fleet horse, Mart. 7, 7, 10; 12, 36, 12.—

In the orthogr PASSARINVS,

the name of a circus-horse, Inscr. Grut. 341.

passĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or fit for a sparrow: prandium, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 7 (Com. Rel. p. 213 Rib.).

Passĕrīnus, i, m., the name of a very fleet horse, Mart. 7, 7, 10; 12, 36, 12.—

In the orthogr PASSARINVS,

the name of a circus-horse, Inscr. Grut. 341.

rōbur ( rōbor, v. Lucr. p. 140 Lachm.; also an older form rōbus, Cato, R. R. 17, 1; Col. 2, 6, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 264 Müll.), ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. radh-as, abundance; Gr. rhônnumi for rhôthnumi, to strengthen, rhômê], a very hard kind of oak (cf.:

quercus, ilex),

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19; 16, 7, 10, § 28; 16, 38, 73, § 186; 16, 40, 76, § 204; 16, 40, 77, § 218.— Hence,

Lit.

In gen., a very hard kind of tree or wood:

morsus roboris,

i. e. of the wild olive, Verg. A. 12, 783 (a little before: foliis oleaster amaris Hic steterat);

so of the same,

id. G. 2, 305; cf.:

solido de robore myrtus,

id. ib. 2, 64:

annoso validam robore quercum,

i. e. of an old and sturdy trunk, id. A. 4, 441; so,

annoso robore quercus,

Ov. M. 8, 743:

antiquo robore quercus,

with ancient trunk, Verg. G. 3, 332:

Massyla, i. e. citri,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 94; also,

Maurorum,

id. ib. 4, 2, 39.—

Absol., usu., an oak-tree, an oak in gen.:

fixa est pariter cum robore cervix,

i. e. was pinned fast to the oak, Ov. M. 3, 92:

agitata robora pulsant (delphines),

id. ib. 1, 303.—

Oak-wood, oak:

naves totae factae ex robore,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; cf.:

(sapiens) non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101; and with this cf. id. Div. 2, 41, 85. — Poet.:

illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

o saxis nimirum et robore nati!

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Transf.

Of things made of oak or of any other hard wood.

In gen.:

Lacedaemonii cottidianis epulis in robore accumbunt,

i. e. on oaken, hard benches, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.— So of the wooden horse before Troy:

sacrum,

Verg. A. 2, 230; of a lance:

ferro praefixum,

id. ib. 10, 479; Sil. 2, 244; 267; of a club, Ov. M. 12, 349; Mart. 9, 44, 4 et saep.:

aratri,

i. e. the oaken plough, Verg. G. 1, 162; Val. Fl. 7, 555.—

In partic., the lower and stronger part of the prison at Rome, built by Servius Tullius, was called Robur (also Tullianum):

Robus in carcere dicitur is locus, quo praecipitatur maleficorum genus, quod ante arcis robusteis includebatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. robum, p. 264 Müll.: in robore et tenebris exspiret,

Liv. 38, 59 fin.:

robur et saxum minitari,

Tac. A. 4, 29; Val. Max. 6, 3, 1:

verbera, carnifices, robur,

Lucr. 3, 1017; Hor. C. 2, 13, 19 (v. carcer and Tullianum).—

Hardness, strength, firmness, vigor, power (cf. vires; v. Fabri ad Liv. 21, 1, 2).

Lit.:

duri robora ferri,

Lucr. 2, 449; so,

ferri,

Verg. A. 7, 609:

saxi,

Lucr. 1, 882:

navium,

Liv. 37, 30: omnia pariter crescunt et robora sumunt, gain strength, [p. 1598] Lucr. 5, 820; 895; cf.:

qui si jam satis aetatis atque roboris haberet, ipse pro Sex. Roscio diceret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

paululum jam roboris accessit aetati,

id. Cael. 30, 73:

solidaeque suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639; Vulg. Judic. 8, 21:

si quod est robur,

Flor. 2, 1, 1.—

Trop., power, strength, force, vigor (very freq.):

alter virtutis robore firmior quam aetatis,

Cic. Phil. 10, 8, 16:

in animi excelsi atque invicti magnitudine ac robore,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14; so,

animi (with magnitudo),

id. de Or. 2, 84, 343; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 95:

robur incredibile animi,

id. Mil. 37, 101:

quantum in cujusque animo roboris est ac nervorum,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 3:

multo plus firmamenti ac roboris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; so (with firmamentum) id. Mur. 28, 58; (with firmitas) id. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

hi tot equites Romani quid roboris hujus petitioni attulerunt?

id. Planc. 8, 21:

pectus robore fultum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 11:

te mea robora fallunt,

id. H. 16, 367:

velocitate pari, robore animi virumque praestanti,

Liv. 24, 26, 11:

verba quanti roboris plena,

Sen. Ep 10, 3:

qui robur aliquod in stilo fecerint,

Quint. 10, 3, 10; cf.:

robur oratorium adicere sententiis,

id. 10, 5, 4; 8, prooem. §

3: illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

O saxis nimirum et robore nati,

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Authority: nostrarum constitutionum, Just. Inst. prooem. 6.—

Concr., the strongest, most effective, or best part, the pith, kernel, strength of any thing; of soldiers, the flower of the troops, choice troops, etc. (freq. and class.):

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

Cic. Or. 10, 34: et robur et suboles militum interiit, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33; cf.:

quod fuit roboris, duobus proeliis interiit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

quod roboris ea provincia habuerat,

Liv. 30, 2; Ov. M. 14, 454 al.:

senatūs robur,

Liv. 5, 39. — Plur.:

tunc C. Flavius Pusio, Cn. Titinnius, C. Maecenas, illa robora populi Romani,

Cic. Clu. 56, 163:

haec sunt nostra robora,

id. Att. 6, 5, 3; Liv. 7, 7; 12; 21, 54; 22, 6; 23, 16; 25, 6 init.:

robora pubis,

Verg. A. 8, 518; Ov. M. 7, 510:

ingentia robora virorum,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

conferta robora virorum,

Curt. 3, 5, 13: betae, i. e. stalks, Col. poët. 10, 326. — Of a place, a stronghold:

quod coloniam virium et opum validam robur ac sedem bello legisset,

Tac. H. 2, 19.— Absol.: robus, the name of an excellent kind of wheat:

quoniam et pondere et nitore praestat,

Col. 2, 6, 1.

rōbur ( rōbor, v. Lucr. p. 140 Lachm.; also an older form rōbus, Cato, R. R. 17, 1; Col. 2, 6, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 264 Müll.), ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. radh-as, abundance; Gr. rhônnumi for rhôthnumi, to strengthen, rhômê], a very hard kind of oak (cf.:

quercus, ilex),

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19; 16, 7, 10, § 28; 16, 38, 73, § 186; 16, 40, 76, § 204; 16, 40, 77, § 218.— Hence,

Lit.

In gen., a very hard kind of tree or wood:

morsus roboris,

i. e. of the wild olive, Verg. A. 12, 783 (a little before: foliis oleaster amaris Hic steterat);

so of the same,

id. G. 2, 305; cf.:

solido de robore myrtus,

id. ib. 2, 64:

annoso validam robore quercum,

i. e. of an old and sturdy trunk, id. A. 4, 441; so,

annoso robore quercus,

Ov. M. 8, 743:

antiquo robore quercus,

with ancient trunk, Verg. G. 3, 332:

Massyla, i. e. citri,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 94; also,

Maurorum,

id. ib. 4, 2, 39.—

Absol., usu., an oak-tree, an oak in gen.:

fixa est pariter cum robore cervix,

i. e. was pinned fast to the oak, Ov. M. 3, 92:

agitata robora pulsant (delphines),

id. ib. 1, 303.—

Oak-wood, oak:

naves totae factae ex robore,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; cf.:

(sapiens) non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101; and with this cf. id. Div. 2, 41, 85. — Poet.:

illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

o saxis nimirum et robore nati!

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Transf.

Of things made of oak or of any other hard wood.

In gen.:

Lacedaemonii cottidianis epulis in robore accumbunt,

i. e. on oaken, hard benches, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.— So of the wooden horse before Troy:

sacrum,

Verg. A. 2, 230; of a lance:

ferro praefixum,

id. ib. 10, 479; Sil. 2, 244; 267; of a club, Ov. M. 12, 349; Mart. 9, 44, 4 et saep.:

aratri,

i. e. the oaken plough, Verg. G. 1, 162; Val. Fl. 7, 555.—

In partic., the lower and stronger part of the prison at Rome, built by Servius Tullius, was called Robur (also Tullianum):

Robus in carcere dicitur is locus, quo praecipitatur maleficorum genus, quod ante arcis robusteis includebatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. robum, p. 264 Müll.: in robore et tenebris exspiret,

Liv. 38, 59 fin.:

robur et saxum minitari,

Tac. A. 4, 29; Val. Max. 6, 3, 1:

verbera, carnifices, robur,

Lucr. 3, 1017; Hor. C. 2, 13, 19 (v. carcer and Tullianum).—

Hardness, strength, firmness, vigor, power (cf. vires; v. Fabri ad Liv. 21, 1, 2).

Lit.:

duri robora ferri,

Lucr. 2, 449; so,

ferri,

Verg. A. 7, 609:

saxi,

Lucr. 1, 882:

navium,

Liv. 37, 30: omnia pariter crescunt et robora sumunt, gain strength, [p. 1598] Lucr. 5, 820; 895; cf.:

qui si jam satis aetatis atque roboris haberet, ipse pro Sex. Roscio diceret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

paululum jam roboris accessit aetati,

id. Cael. 30, 73:

solidaeque suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639; Vulg. Judic. 8, 21:

si quod est robur,

Flor. 2, 1, 1.—

Trop., power, strength, force, vigor (very freq.):

alter virtutis robore firmior quam aetatis,

Cic. Phil. 10, 8, 16:

in animi excelsi atque invicti magnitudine ac robore,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14; so,

animi (with magnitudo),

id. de Or. 2, 84, 343; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 95:

robur incredibile animi,

id. Mil. 37, 101:

quantum in cujusque animo roboris est ac nervorum,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 3:

multo plus firmamenti ac roboris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; so (with firmamentum) id. Mur. 28, 58; (with firmitas) id. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

hi tot equites Romani quid roboris hujus petitioni attulerunt?

id. Planc. 8, 21:

pectus robore fultum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 11:

te mea robora fallunt,

id. H. 16, 367:

velocitate pari, robore animi virumque praestanti,

Liv. 24, 26, 11:

verba quanti roboris plena,

Sen. Ep 10, 3:

qui robur aliquod in stilo fecerint,

Quint. 10, 3, 10; cf.:

robur oratorium adicere sententiis,

id. 10, 5, 4; 8, prooem. §

3: illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

O saxis nimirum et robore nati,

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Authority: nostrarum constitutionum, Just. Inst. prooem. 6.—

Concr., the strongest, most effective, or best part, the pith, kernel, strength of any thing; of soldiers, the flower of the troops, choice troops, etc. (freq. and class.):

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

Cic. Or. 10, 34: et robur et suboles militum interiit, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33; cf.:

quod fuit roboris, duobus proeliis interiit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

quod roboris ea provincia habuerat,

Liv. 30, 2; Ov. M. 14, 454 al.:

senatūs robur,

Liv. 5, 39. — Plur.:

tunc C. Flavius Pusio, Cn. Titinnius, C. Maecenas, illa robora populi Romani,

Cic. Clu. 56, 163:

haec sunt nostra robora,

id. Att. 6, 5, 3; Liv. 7, 7; 12; 21, 54; 22, 6; 23, 16; 25, 6 init.:

robora pubis,

Verg. A. 8, 518; Ov. M. 7, 510:

ingentia robora virorum,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

conferta robora virorum,

Curt. 3, 5, 13: betae, i. e. stalks, Col. poët. 10, 326. — Of a place, a stronghold:

quod coloniam virium et opum validam robur ac sedem bello legisset,

Tac. H. 2, 19.— Absol.: robus, the name of an excellent kind of wheat:

quoniam et pondere et nitore praestat,

Col. 2, 6, 1.

Centaurus, i, m., = Kentauros, a Centaur; the Centaurs were wild people in the mountains of Thessaly, who fought on horseback; acc. to the fable, monsters in Thessaly of a double form (the upper parts human, the lower those of a horse), sons of Ixion and of a cloud in the form of Juno (hence nubigenae, Verg. A. 7, 674), Lucr. 5, 876; 5, 889; Ov. M. 9, 191; 12, 219 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 456; id. A. 7, 675; Hor. C. 4, 2, 15 al.; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 13 (21):

nobilis, i. e. Chiron,

Hor. Epod. 13, 11; cf.

bimembris, v. Lapithae.—As figure-head of a ship,

Verg. A. 10, 195.—

A constellation in the southern heavens, Hyg. Astr. 2, 38; 3, 37; Cic. Arat. 203 sq.; Manil. 1, 408.—

The name of a ship (hence, sc. navis, fem.):

magna,

Verg. A. 5, 122.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Caucăsus, i, m., = Kaukasos.

The rough Caucasian chain of mountains, in.habited by wild tribes, in Asia, between the [p. 303] Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 37; Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

inhospitalis,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; id. Epod. 1, 12; cf. Verg. A. 4, 366; acc. Gr. Caucason, Ov. M. 8, 798; Stat. Th. 4, 394.—Hence,

Caucă-sĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Caucasus, Caucasian:

montes,

Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 4, 8:

vertex,

Verg. G. 2, 440:

rupes,

Prop. 2, 1, 69:

aves,

id. 2 (3), 25, 14:

volucres,

Verg. E. 6, 42:

arbores,

Prop. 1, 14, 6: Portae, a narrow pass between the Caucasus and the mare Hyrcanum, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.—

A name of a horse, Sil. 16, 357.

Caucăsus, i, m., = Kaukasos.

The rough Caucasian chain of mountains, in.habited by wild tribes, in Asia, between the [p. 303] Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 37; Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

inhospitalis,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; id. Epod. 1, 12; cf. Verg. A. 4, 366; acc. Gr. Caucason, Ov. M. 8, 798; Stat. Th. 4, 394.—Hence,

Caucă-sĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Caucasus, Caucasian:

montes,

Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 4, 8:

vertex,

Verg. G. 2, 440:

rupes,

Prop. 2, 1, 69:

aves,

id. 2 (3), 25, 14:

volucres,

Verg. E. 6, 42:

arbores,

Prop. 1, 14, 6: Portae, a narrow pass between the Caucasus and the mare Hyrcanum, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.—

A name of a horse, Sil. 16, 357.

vĭr, vĭri ( gen. plur. virūm, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 251 P., or Ann. v. 280 Vahl.; id. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll., or Ann. v. 394 Vahl.; Verg. A. 6, 553 al.), m. [Sanscr. vira, hero; the root is in O. H. Germ. weralt; Angl.Sax. veruld; Engl. world, i. e. age or generation of men], a male person, a man (opp. femina; cf. mas).

In gen.:

virum me natam vellem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 9:

deque viro factus (mirabile') femina,

Ov. M. 3, 326:

ambiguus fuerit modo vir, modo femina Sithon,

id. ib. 4, 280:

mulier conjuncta viro,

Lucr. 5, 1012:

vir mulierque,

Tib. 2, 2, 2:

sapientissimorum nostrae civitatis virorum disputatio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

vir prudens,

id. ib. 1, 12, 18:

clari viri,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 12:

vir clarus et honoratus,

id. Sen. 7, 22:

praestantior,

id. ib. 23, 84:

bonus et sapiens et legibus parens,

id. Fin. 3, 19, 64; cf. id. Off. 3, 15, 64;

v. bonus: optimi (opp. homines improbi),

id. Cael. 5, 12:

fortis,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

turpissimus,

Sall. J. 85, 42:

nefandus,

Verg. A. 4, 498.—

In partic.

A man as related to a woman, a husband, maritus (very freq.):

is (Juppiter) amare occepit Alcumenam clam virum,

Plaut. Am. prol. 107; 111; 134; 1, 3, 4; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1:

quem (vultum) dicitur Xanthippe praedicare solita in viro suo fuisse,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; id. Verr. 5, 31, 82; id. Cael. 13, 32; id. Fam. 7, 23, 4; Liv. 1, 46, 6; Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; 3, 3, 68; id. S. 1, 2, 127 al.; Ov. M. 1, 146; Petr. 111; Quint. 5, 10, 62; 5, 11, 28; 7, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 69; id. Calig. 25; id. Claud. 29; id. Ner. 35; id. Dom. 22 al.— Transf., of animals, the male, mate, etc., Verg. E. 7, 7; Ov. M. 1, 660; Mart. 3, 93, 11; Sol. 23.—

A man (opp. a boy):

pueri hoc possunt, viri non potuerunt?

Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

ex toto non sic pueri ut viri curari debent,

Cels. 3, 7 fin.:

pueroque viroque,

Ov. M. 13, 397:

neque eos (pueros) prius in urbem redire, quam viri facti essent, statuit,

Just. 3, 3, 7:

cum essem parvulus... quando factus sum vir, etc.,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 13, 11.—

Pregn., a man, a man of courage, principle, or honor, one who deserves the name of a man: Marius rusticanus vir, sed plane vir, cum secaretur, vetuit se alligari... Ita et tulit dolorem, ut vir;

et, ut homo, majorem ferre sine causā necessariā noluit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

cum is jam se corroboravisset ac vir inter viros esset,

id. Cael. 5, 11:

te oro, te colligas virumque praebeas,

id. Fam. 5, 18, 1: si vir esse volet, praeclara sunodia, id. Att. 10, 7, 2:

tum viro et gubernatore opus est,

Liv. 24, 8, 1; 1, 41, 3; 1, 46, 6;

2, 38, 6 et saep.: si quid in Flacco viri est, Non feret,

Hor. Epod. 15, 12.—

In milit. lang.

In gen., like our man, for soldier (syn. miles):

dispertiti viri, dispertiti ordines,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 65; cf.:

boat Caelum fremitu virum,

id. ib. 1, 1, 78: vir [p. 1995] unus cum viro congrediendo, T. Manlius, M. Valerius, quantum Gallicam rabiem vinceret Romana virtus, docuerunt, Liv. 38, 17, 8.—

In partic., as opposed to the cavalry, a foot-soldier (syn. pedes):

equites virique,

Liv. 21, 27, 1:

magnā voce trahens equitemque virosque,

Sil. 9, 559:

passim turmaeque virique, etc.,

Petr. 123.—Hence, prov.: equis viris, or viris equisque, with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main; v. equus.—

With emphasis in place of a pronoun of reference, is, ille, etc.:

fletusque et conploratio fregere tandem virum,

Liv. 2, 40, 9:

hae tantae viri virtutes,

id. 21, 4, 9; Sall. J. 9, 3.—

Distributively, each man, every man:

vir virum legit, of choosing a senator,

Suet. Aug. 35:

vir cum viro congrediaris,

Liv. 22, 14, 14: legitque virum vir, singled out (in battle), Verg. A. 11, 632 (an imitation of Hom. Il. 4, 472: anêr d andr ednopalizen):

cum vir virum legisset,

i. e. a companion in battle, Liv. 9, 39, 5; cf.

, in a sarcastic transfer-: ille (Clodius), qui semper secum scorta, semper exoletos, semper lupas ducebat, tum neminem, nisi ut virum a viro lectum esse diceres,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55.—

Human beings ( poet. homines, opp. pecudes), Ov. M. 1, 286; cf. Verg. A. 6, 553.—

Manhood, virility ( poet. and very rare):

ut relicta sensit sibi membra sine viro,

Cat. 63, 6:

ferro mollita juventus Atque exsecta virum,

Luc. 10, 134.

Sējus or Sēius, i, m., a Roman name, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 7; 3, 2, 11 sq.; Cic. Planc. 5, 12; id. Off. 2, 17, 58; Tac. A. 2, 20; 4, 1; 6, 7 al.—Hence,

Sējānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sejus, Sejan:

aedes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 7 fin.:

pastiones,

id. ib. 3, [p. 1663] 2, 7, § 12: equus, the horse of a certain Cn. Sejus, that brought misfortune to him and to all subsequent possessors:

hinc proverbium de hominibus calamitosis ortum dicique solitum: ille homo habet equum Sejanum,

Gell. 3, 9, 6.—

Subst.: L. Aelius Sejanus, son of Sejus Strabo, the powerful praefectus praetorii of Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 1 sq.; Tib. 55 sq.—Hence, Sējānĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to L. Ælius Sejanus:

satellites,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 2:

Sejanianum jugum,

id. ib. 1, 3.

Sējus or Sēius, i, m., a Roman name, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 7; 3, 2, 11 sq.; Cic. Planc. 5, 12; id. Off. 2, 17, 58; Tac. A. 2, 20; 4, 1; 6, 7 al.—Hence,

Sējānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sejus, Sejan:

aedes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 7 fin.:

pastiones,

id. ib. 3, [p. 1663] 2, 7, § 12: equus, the horse of a certain Cn. Sejus, that brought misfortune to him and to all subsequent possessors:

hinc proverbium de hominibus calamitosis ortum dicique solitum: ille homo habet equum Sejanum,

Gell. 3, 9, 6.—

Subst.: L. Aelius Sejanus, son of Sejus Strabo, the powerful praefectus praetorii of Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 1 sq.; Tib. 55 sq.—Hence, Sējānĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to L. Ælius Sejanus:

satellites,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 2:

Sejanianum jugum,

id. ib. 1, 3.