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1 Teutates
Teutātes, ae, m., a deity of the Gauls, to whom human sacrifices were offered, Luc. 1, 445; Lact. 1, 21, 3. -
2 legio
lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers:I.legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied;II.though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia,
Liv. 10, 18:undevicesima,
id. 27, 14:vicesima,
id. 27, 38:Claudiana,
Tac. H. 2, 84:Galbiana,
id. ib. 2, 86:Martia,
Cic. Phil. 4, 2:adjutrix,
Tac. H. 2, 43:rapax,
id. ib.:in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem,
Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—Transf.A.Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers:B.Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones,
Liv. 8, 24:Latinae,
id. 6, 32; cf.of the troops of the Samnites,
id. 10, 17;of the Gauls,
id. 22, 14;of the Carthaginians,
id. 26, 6:Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur,
Juv. 14, 241.—In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.):C.quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48:si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo,
id. Truc. 2, 7, 53:cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur,
Verg. A. 9, 368:de colle videri poterat legio,
id. ib. 8, 605;10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis,
Val. Fl. 7, 573.—Of a large body of men:2.idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.:legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus,
Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36:duodecim legiones angelorum,
id. Matt. 26, 53.—Trop.:sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat,
his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50. -
3 Āius
Āius ī, m [aio], the speaker; in full, Aius Locutius, L., or Aius Loquens, C.; a deity supposed to have notified the Romans of a coming invasion by the Gauls. -
4 Aius Locutius
Āius Lŏquens or Āius Lŏcūtius, a deity among the Romans, who made the announcement to them, The Gauls are coming! Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 17, 2:Aius iste Loquens, quando, etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 45:templum in Novā Viā Aio Locutio fieri,
Liv. 5, 50; cf. id. 5, 32; cf. Becker, Antiq. vol. 4, p. 35. -
5 Aius Loquens
Āius Lŏquens or Āius Lŏcūtius, a deity among the Romans, who made the announcement to them, The Gauls are coming! Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 17, 2:Aius iste Loquens, quando, etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 45:templum in Novā Viā Aio Locutio fieri,
Liv. 5, 50; cf. id. 5, 32; cf. Becker, Antiq. vol. 4, p. 35.
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