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1 limes
līmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root in līmus; cf. limen, and Gr. lechris; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5], a cross-path, balk between fields.I.Lit., the Romans usually had in their fields two broad and two narrower paths; the principal balk from east to west was called limes decumanus; that from north to south was called cardo;B.of the two smaller ones, that running from east to west was called prorus, the other, from north to south, transversus,
Hyg. de Limit. Const. 18, 33 and 34; Col. 1, 8, 7:lutosi limites,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8. —Transf. (mostly poet.).1.A boundary, limit between two fields or estates, consisting of a stone or a balk:2.partiri limite campum,
Verg. G. 1, 126:saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis,
id. A. 12, 897:effodit medio de limite saxum,
Juv. 16, 38.—A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wall:3.cuncta inter castellum Alisonem ac Rhenum novis limitibus aggeribusque permunita,
Tac. A. 2, 7:limite acto promotisque praesidiis,
id. G. 29: penetrat interius, aperit limites, Vell. 2, 120.—In gen., any path, passage, road, way; also, by-street, by-road:4.eo limite Athenienses signa extulerunt,
Liv. 31, 39:profectus inde transversis limitibus,
id. ib.:lato te limite ducam,
Verg. A. 9, 323:acclivis,
Ov. M. 2, 19:limite recto fugere,
id. ib. 7, 782:transversi,
by-roads, Liv. 22, 12, 2 Fabr.; 31, 39, 5; 41, 14 init.: limes Appiae, the line of the Appian street (for the street itself), id. 22, 15, 11:limite acto (i. e. facto),
Tac. G. 29.—Of the channel of a stream: solito dum flumina currant Limite,
Ov. M. 8, 558; Prop. 5, 9, 60.—Of the track of light left behind them by comets, fiery meteors, torches, etc.:flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem, Stella micat,
Ov. M. 15, 849:tum longo limite sulcus Dat lucem,
Verg. A. 2, 697; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes,
the zodiac, Ov. M. 2, 130:latum per agmen Ardens limitem agit ferro,
Verg. A. 10, 514; cf. Sil. 4, 463; 9, 379; Stat. Th. 9, 182.—A line or vein in a precious stone:II.nigram materiam distinguente limite albo,
Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.—Trop.A.A boundary, limit:B.limes carminis,
Stat. Th. 1, 16:aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,
Juv. 10, 169.—A distinction, difference:C.judicium brevi limite falle tuum,
Ov. R. Am. 325:quaedam perquam tenui limite dividuntur,
Quint. 9, 1, 3.—A way, path:si maledicitis vostro gradiar limite,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18:bene meritis de patria quasi limes ad caeli aditum patet,
Cic. Somn. Scip. 8; Sen. Ben. 1, 15, 2:eundem limitem agere,
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2 Bactra
Bactra, ōrum, n. (Βάκτρα), die Hauptstadt von Baktriana am Baktrusflusse, das j. Balk, Hor. carm. 3, 29, 28. Curt. 7, 4 (18), 31. Amm. 23, 6, 58: meton., die Einwohner der Stadt Baktra, Verg. Aen. 8, 688. – Nbf. Bactrum, ī, n., Plin. 6, 48. – Dav. a) Bactrī, ōrum, m., die Einw. der Stadt Baktra od. des baktrischen Reichs, Varr. fr., Mela u. Plin. – u. dav. Bactria, ae, f. = Bactriana (s. unten), Plin. 8, 67. – b) Bactriānus, a, um (Βακτριανός), zur Stadt Baktra od. zum Reich Baktrien gehörig, baktrianisch, arx, Curt.: regio od. terra = Bactriana (w. s.), Curt. – subst., α) Bactriāna, ae, f. (Βακτριανή), die Landschaft Bactriana (eine der östl. Provinzen des persischen Reichs, das heut. Balk), Plin. 12, 35: Bactriana ulterior, Oros. 3, 23. – β) Bactriānī, ōrum, m., die Bewohner von Baktriana, die Baktrianer, oft bei Curt. u.a.: meton. = Bactriana (s. vorh.), Curt. 7, 4 (17), 25: ebenso (kollektiv) Sing. Bactriānus, ī, m. bei Tac. ann. 2, 60. – c) Bactrīnus, a, um, baktrinisch (= baktrisch), camelus, Apul. met. 7, 14.
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3 Bactra
Bactra, ōrum, n. (Βάκτρα), die Hauptstadt von Baktriana am Baktrusflusse, das j. Balk, Hor. carm. 3, 29, 28. Curt. 7, 4 (18), 31. Amm. 23, 6, 58: meton., die Einwohner der Stadt Baktra, Verg. Aen. 8, 688. – Nbf. Bactrum, ī, n., Plin. 6, 48. – Dav. a) Bactrī, ōrum, m., die Einw. der Stadt Baktra od. des baktrischen Reichs, Varr. fr., Mela u. Plin. – u. dav. Bactria, ae, f. = Bactriana (s. unten), Plin. 8, 67. – b) Bactriānus, a, um (Βακτριανός), zur Stadt Baktra od. zum Reich Baktrien gehörig, baktrianisch, arx, Curt.: regio od. terra = Bactriana (w. s.), Curt. – subst., α) Bactriāna, ae, f. (Βακτριανή), die Landschaft Bactriana (eine der östl. Provinzen des persischen Reichs, das heut. Balk), Plin. 12, 35: Bactriana ulterior, Oros. 3, 23. – β) Bactriānī, ōrum, m., die Bewohner von Baktriana, die Baktrianer, oft bei Curt. u.a.: meton. = Bactriana (s. vorh.), Curt. 7, 4 (17), 25: ebenso (kollektiv) Sing. Bactriānus, ī, m. bei Tac. ann. 2, 60. – c) Bactrīnus, a, um, baktrinisch (= baktrisch), camelus, Apul. met. 7, 14. -
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6 porca
1.porca, ae, f. [porcus], a female swine, a sow, Cato, R. R. 134; Pall. 3, 26.— By poet. license for a male swine, a boar, Verg. A. 8, 641 Serv.; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 19:2.tenera,
Juv. 2, 86.porca, ae, f. [cf. O. H. Germ. furh; Germ. Furche; Engl. furrow], the ridge between two furrows, a balk (cf. lira), Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 29; Col. 11, 3, 44.—B.In Spain, a measure of land, Col. 5, 1, 5. -
7 scamnum
scamnum, i, n. [for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. skêptô, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio], a bench, stool, step, etc.I.In gen.: quă simplici scansione scandebant in lectum non altum, scabellum;II.in altiorem, scamnum,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 2, 211; 1, 162:longis considere scamnis,
id. F. 6, 305; Cels. 2, 15:sedere in scamnis equitum,
Mart. 5, 41, 7.— Of horizontal branches of trees serving as seats, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10:ramorum,
id. 17, 23, 35, § 201.— Poet., a throne: regni stabilita scamna solumque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.).—In partic.A.In agriculture, a bank or ridge of earth left in ploughing, a balk (cf.: lira, [p. 1639] porca), Col. 2, 2, 25; 2, 4, 3; 3, 13, 10; id. Arb. 12, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—B.In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.
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