a drinking bout

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pōcŭlum (contr. pōclum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 80; 89; Arn. 5, 175), i, n. [from root po-, pot; Gr. pinô, v. potus].

Lit., a drinking-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl, beaker (class.;

syn.: calix, cyathus): et nobis idem Alcimedon duo pocula fecit, Verg. E: 3, 44: poculum grande,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 89:

magnis poculis aliquem invitare,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 32:

exhaurire poculum,

to empty, Cic. Clu. 11, 31; so,

ducere,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 21:

siccare,

Petr. 92:

poscunt majoribus poculis (sc. bibere),

out of goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

stans extra poculum caper,

i.e. in relief, Juv. 1, 76; cf. id. 5, 43.—Prov.:

eodem poculo bibere,

i. e. to undergo the same sufferings, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 52.—

Transf.

A drink, draught, potion (mostly poet.):

si semel poculum amoris accepit meri,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22:

salsa pocula,

sea-water, id. Rud. 2, 7, 31:

pocula sunt fontes liquidi,

Verg. G. 3, 529:

amoris poculum,

i. e. a philter, Hor. Epod. 5, 38; also,

desiderii,

id. ib. 17, 80:

prae poculis nescientes,

through drunkenness, Flor. 2, 10, 2:

pocula praegustare,

Juv. 6, 633:

poculum ex vino,

Vulg. Cant. 8, 2.—

A drinking-bout, a carouse (class.):

in ipsis tuis immanibus poculis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63; cf.:

is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis,

while drinking, id. Sen. 14, 46.—

A draught of poison, alicui poculum dare, Cic. Clu. 10, 30; Ov. M. 14, 295; Val. Fl. 2, 155.

pōcŭlum (contr. pōclum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 80; 89; Arn. 5, 175), i, n. [from root po-, pot; Gr. pinô, v. potus].

Lit., a drinking-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl, beaker (class.;

syn.: calix, cyathus): et nobis idem Alcimedon duo pocula fecit, Verg. E: 3, 44: poculum grande,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 89:

magnis poculis aliquem invitare,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 32:

exhaurire poculum,

to empty, Cic. Clu. 11, 31; so,

ducere,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 21:

siccare,

Petr. 92:

poscunt majoribus poculis (sc. bibere),

out of goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

stans extra poculum caper,

i.e. in relief, Juv. 1, 76; cf. id. 5, 43.—Prov.:

eodem poculo bibere,

i. e. to undergo the same sufferings, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 52.—

Transf.

A drink, draught, potion (mostly poet.):

si semel poculum amoris accepit meri,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22:

salsa pocula,

sea-water, id. Rud. 2, 7, 31:

pocula sunt fontes liquidi,

Verg. G. 3, 529:

amoris poculum,

i. e. a philter, Hor. Epod. 5, 38; also,

desiderii,

id. ib. 17, 80:

prae poculis nescientes,

through drunkenness, Flor. 2, 10, 2:

pocula praegustare,

Juv. 6, 633:

poculum ex vino,

Vulg. Cant. 8, 2.—

A drinking-bout, a carouse (class.):

in ipsis tuis immanibus poculis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63; cf.:

is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis,

while drinking, id. Sen. 14, 46.—

A draught of poison, alicui poculum dare, Cic. Clu. 10, 30; Ov. M. 14, 295; Val. Fl. 2, 155.

certāmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a contest, struggle, strife, whether friendly or hostile, physical or intellectual; most freq. of a pugilistic contest of any kind; but also of contention in war.

A contest, struggle in games or otherwise.

Lit.:

videmusne apud quos eorum ludorum, qui gymnici nominantur, magnus honos sit, nullum ab iis, qui in id certamen descendant, devitari dolorem?

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62; cf. id. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

Hac celebrata tenus sancto certamina patri,

Verg. A. 5, 603; cf. Ov. M. 1, 446:

luctandi,

Quint. 12, 2, 12:

saliendi,

id. 10, 3, 6:

citharoedorum,

id. 4, 1, 2:

sacra,

id. 2, 8, 7 Spald.:

quinquennale triplex, musicum, gymnicum, equestre,

Suet. Ner. 12; cf. id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4:

bijugum,

Verg. A. 5, 144:

quadrigarum,

Suet. Claud. 21:

pedum,

Ov. M. 12, 304:

cursus,

id. ib. 7, 792;

10, 560: disci,

id. ib. 10, 177:

Veneris,

id. Am. 2, 10, 29 et saep.—

Meton., poet., the object contended for, the prize, Ov. M. 13, 129:

pecoris magistris Velocis jaculi certamina ponit in ulmo,

Verg. G. 2, 530 Heyne.—

Trop., a rivalry, contest, struggle, emulation, etc.:

certamen honestum (Stoicorum et Peripateticorum),

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

est mihi tecum pro aris et focis certamen,

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

est alicui certamen cum aliquo de principatu,

Nep. Them. 6, 3: certamen honoris et gloriae. Cic. Lael. 10, 34; cf. id. Off. 1, 12, 38; Sall. J. 41, 2; Quint. 10, 5, 5:

bona ratio cum perditā confligit. In ejus modi certamine ac proelio,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

pugna forensium certaminum,

id. 5, 12, 22:

eloquentiae inter juvenes,

Quint. 2, 17, 8:

verborum linguaeque,

Liv. 10, 22, 6:

laboris ac periculi,

id. 28, 19, 14:

amicitiae, benevolentiae,

id. 37, 53, 7:

bonae artis ac virtutis,

id. 37, 54, 19:

irarum,

id. 1, 7, 2; cf. id. 3, 39, 3:

conferendi (pecuniam),

id. 4, 60, 8:

patrum animos certamen regni ac cupido versabat,

id. 1, 17, 1; cf. id. 21, 31, 6:

leti (inter mulieres Indas),

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 19:

diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, vine corporis an virtute animi, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 5; cf. Tib. 4, 1, 37.—Rarely with gen. of adversary:

si in virtutis certamen venerint ( = cum virtute),

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71 Madv. ad loc.— Poet.:

mite vini,

a drinking bout, Tib. 3, 6, 11.—Also poet.: certamina ponere, syn. with certamina instituere = agôna protithenai, to order, arrange a fight or contest, Verg. A. 5, 66; 8, 639; cf. id. G. 2, 530 Wagn.—Of inanimate things:

Arboribusque datumst variis exinde per auras Crescendi magnum inmissis certamen habenis,

Lucr. 5, 787.—

Esp., a military strife, battle, engagement, contest, fight, combat.

Subject. (diff. from the objective; cf.:

proeliam, pugna, bellum, etc.): horrida Romuleum certamina pango duellum,

Enn. Ann. 1, 1; 1, 476; 2, 6; 5, 1295; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2; Lucr. 4, 844; Ov. M. 12, 180; Liv. 36, 19, 13:

aeterno certamine proelia pugnasque edere,

Lucr. 2, 117:

fit proelium acri certamine,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 28; cf.:

proelii certamen,

id. B. Alex. 16:

certamine,

with zeal, emulously, earnestly, Verg. A. 5, 197; Curt. [p. 320] 9, 4; Sil. 10, 536; cf.:

nec magni certaminis ea dimicatio fuit,

not severe, Liv. 21, 60, 7. —

Object., = proelium, pugna, etc.:

vario certamine pugnatum est,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

erat in celeritate omne positum certamen, utri, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 70:

bella atque certamina,

Sall. C. 33, 5:

ubi res ad certamen venit,

id. J. 13, 4:

in certamine ipso,

Liv. 2, 44, 11:

navalia,

a naval engagement, sea-fight, id. 31, 14, 4:

classicum,

Vell. 2, 85, 2:

saevit medio in certamine Mavors,

Verg. A. 8, 700 et saep.—Hence.

In the postAug. histt. for war in gen., Flor. 1, 20; Eutr. 1, 16; Just. 7, 2, 6; 7, 6, 6.

regnum, i, n. [rex], kingly government, royal authority, kingship, royalty (cf.:

imperium, principatus): cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus et regnum ejus rei publicae statum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42:

regique Thebano Creonti regnum stabilivit suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 39:

regno regem spoliare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

ob labefactandi regni timorem,

id. ib. 2, 2:

regni initium,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

neque potest ejusmodi res publica non regnum et esse et vocari,

royalty, id. ib. 2, 23:

regnum obtinere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54; cf.:

regnum in suā civitate occupare,

id. ib. 1, 3: regnum reciperare, Auct. B. Alex. 36; Caes. B. G. 4, 12; 5, 20; 5, 25:

dum stabat regno incolumis regumque vigebat Consiliis,

Verg. A. 2, 88:

Tulli ignobile regnum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 9; id. C. 1, 12, 34:

Alexander periculoso regno securam ac tutam vitam anteponens,

Just. 39, 4, 3.—

In gen., dominion, sovereignty, rule, authority.

In a good sense:

possidere regna,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 21:

quod imperium, qui magistratus, quod regnum potest esse praestantius, quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

omne regnum vel imperium bellis quaeritur et victoriis propagatur,

id. ib. 3, 12, 20:

sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

ego te in meum regnum accepi,

Sall. J. 10, 1:

adoptione in regnum pervenire,

id. ib. 11, 6:

nationes, quae in eorum (i. e. Populi Romani) regno ac dicione sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 60:

nobile regnum,

Ov. H. 17, 133:

regnum sine vi tenere,

id. M. 11, 270:

regnum alicui permittere,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 123:

bonae Sub regno Cinarae,

id. C. 4, 1, 4: nec regna vini sortiere talis, the presiding over a drinking-bout, Gr. archiposia, id. ib. 1, 4, 18 (cf.:

arbiter bibendi,

id. ib. 2, 7, 25; v. also rex).—

In a bad sense, despotism, tyranny (to a Roman of the time of the Republic, any sovereignty of a single individual):

hic ait se ille, judices, regnum meum ferre non posse. Quod tandem, Torquate, regnum? Consulatus, credo, mei... quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum,

Cic. Sull. 7, 21; cf. Quint. 3, 8, 47:

hoc vero regnum est, et ferri nullo pacto potest,

Cic. Att. 2, 12, 1:

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est,

id. Lael. 12, 41; so,

occupare,

id. Sull. 9, 27; id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

regnum appetere,

id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; id. Mil. 27, 72 (for which affectare is cited, Quint. 5, 11, 12; v. Spald. N. cr. ad loc.):

regnum judiciorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 35; cf.

forense,

id. Fam. 9, 18, 1:

quod tribuni militum in plebe Romanā regnum exercerent,

Liv. 5, 2:

damnatus crimine regni,

Ov. F. 6, 189:

dum regnum te, Roma, facit,

i. e. gives thee a sovereign, Luc. 4, 692.—

Trop., rule, authority, power, influence:

abuteris ad omnia atomorum regno et licentiā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

regnum voluptatis,

id. Sen. 12, 41:

sub regno tibi esse placet omnes animi partes et eas regi consilio?

id. Rep. 1, 38, 60; Ov. M. 14, 20; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 50.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), a kingdom:

grates tibi ago, summe sol, quod conspicio in meo regno et his tectis P. Cornelium Scipionem,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

ad fines regni sui,

Caes. B. G. 5, 26; 5, 38:

(flumen Mulucha) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

se patrio regno pulsos esse,

Liv. 1, 40:

(Aufidus) Qui regna Dauni praefluit Appuli,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 26 al.:

barbara regna,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 253:

regnum caelorum,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, § 28; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 11 et saep.— Poet., of bees:

cerea regna refingunt,

Verg. G. 4, 202. —

Transf.

Any place which one possesses, a territory, estate, possession:

id, nisi hic in tuo regno essemus, non tulissem,

i. e. on your own territories, on your own estate, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41; cf. id. Att. 14, 16, 1:

post aliquot mea regna videns, mirabor aristas?

fields, Verg. E. 1, 70; cf. id. G. 1, 124; 3, 476:

regna videt pauper Nasamon errantia vento,

his cottages, Luc. 9, 458 al.: haec regna, these realms, i. e. of the dead, Verg. A. 6, 417.—

Regna = reges, Stat. Th. 12, 380.