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  • 1 Alauda

        Alauda ae, m    [Celtic], a soldier of the legion Alauda (lark), which Caesar raised in Gaul, C.
    * * *
    crested lark; legion raised by Caesar in Gaul; soldiers (pl.) of this legion

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  • 2 aquila

        aquila ae, f    an eagle: suspensis demissa alis, L.: fulva, V.: feroces, H.: ales Iovis, V.—Prov.: aquilae senectus (because it was fabled to renew its youth), T. — In war, an eagle, standard of a legion (carried by the senior centurion of the first cohort): decimae legionis, Cs.: argentea.—Poet.: locupletem aquilam tibi adferre, i. e. the office of first centurion. Iu. — In architecture, an ornament of the pediment, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    eagle; gable/pediment; kind of fish (eagle-ray?)
    II
    silver eagle on pole, standard of a legion; legion; post of standard-bearer

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  • 3 nōnānus

        nōnānus adj.    [nona (legio)], of the ninth legion: miles, Ta.—As subst m., a soldier of the ninth legion, Ta.
    * * *
    nonana, nonanum ADJ
    of/belonging to ninth legion

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  • 4 prīmānus

        prīmānus adj.    [primus], of the first legion.— Plur. m. as subst, soldiers of the first legion, Ta.
    * * *
    soldiers (pl.) of the first legion

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  • 5 aquilifer

        aquilifer ferī, m    [aquila + FER-], an eaglebearer, standard-bearer, first centurion of the first cohort in a legion, Cs.
    * * *
    standard bearer of a legion, officer who carried the eagle standard

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  • 6 centuriō

        centuriō ōnis, m    [centuria], a commander of a century, captain, centurion (next in rank to the tribunes of the legion), C., S., L., H.: primi pili, of the first maniple (of the triarii), the first centurion of the legion, S. — Plur: primorum ordinum, i. e. the six centurions of the first cohort, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    centuriare, centuriavi, centuriatus V TRANS
    arrange/assign (soldiers) in military centuries; divide land into centuriae
    II
    centurion, captain/commander of a century/company

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  • 7 cohors

        cohors rtis （acc. cortem, C.), f    [com- + HER-], a court, enclosure, yard, pen, cattle-yard, O.: habes cortem in Palatio, i. e. your house.—A crowd, multitude, company, throng, train: gigantum, H.: fratrum stipata, V.: impura, villanous mob: febrium, H. — In the army, a company, division, cohort (the tenth part of a legion, or six centuriae, about 360 men), Cs.: cum cohortibus expeditis ire, S. — A train, retinue, body of attendants, staff, suite: praetoria, the body-guard of the governor: praetoris: Metelli: tota tua illa: laudat Brutum laudatque cohortem, H.: cf. scortorum praetoria.—Auxiliary troops, allies, S.
    * * *
    court; enclosure/yard/pen, farmyard; attendants, retinue, staff; circle; crowd; cohort, tenth part of legion (360 men); armed force; band; ship crew; bodyguard

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  • 8 decimānus

        decimānus    see decumanus.
    * * *
    I
    decimana, decimanum ADJ
    of the tenth (legion); huge/outsize; of tithe

    w/porta -- rear gate of camp

    II
    man of tenth legion; tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe; line bounding 10 actus

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  • 9 decumānus or decimānus

        decumānus or decimānus adj.    [decimus], of the tenth part, of tithes: ager, that pays tithes: frumentum, a tithe of the produce. — Collecting tithes, farming tithes: mulier, a tithe-farmer's wife.—As subst m., a tithe-farmer, tax-collector.— Poet.: acipenser, fit for a tax-collector, i. e. of the largest size, Lucil. ap. C.— Of the tenth cohort, in the phrase, porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, where the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed, Cs., L.— Plur m. as subst, soldiers of the tenth legion, Ta.

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  • 10 legiō

        legiō ōnis, f    [1 LEG-], a body of soldiers, legion (containing 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, in all between 4200 and 6000 men. These were Roman citizens; only on pressing necessity were slaves admitted. The legions were numbered in the order of their levy, but were often known by particular names): cum legione secundā ac tertiā, L.: Martia.— Plur, legions, soldiers: Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones, L.— An army, large body of troops: Cetera dum legio moratur, V.: de colle videri poterat legio, V.
    * * *
    legion; army

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  • 11 legiōnārius

        legiōnārius adj.    [legio], of a legion, legionary: milites legionis decimae, Cs.: cohortes, S.: equites, L.—Plur. as subst. (sc. milites), Cs.
    * * *
    legionaria, legionarium ADJ
    legionary, of a legion

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  • 12 legiuncula

        legiuncula ae, f dim.    [legio], a small legion: male plena, L.
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  • 13 pīlus

        pīlus ī, m    [PIS-], a maniple of the triarii, company of veteran reserves: primi pili centurio, Cs.: primum pilum ducere, Cs.: primus centurio erat, quem nunc primi pili appellant, L.—In the phrase, primus pilus, the first centurion of the triarii, chief centurion of a legion, L.
    * * *
    I

    primipilus/primi pili centurio -- first/primary/chief centurion of a legion

    II
    hair; bit/whit (thing of minimal size/value); hair shirt/garment (pl.) (L+S)

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  • 14 quīntānus

        quīntānus adj.    [quintus], of the fifth.—As subst f. (sc. via), a street in the camp, the marketplace of the camp, L.— Plur m. as subst, the soldiers of the fifth legion, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    quintana, quintanum ADJ
    of/belonging to the 5th; falling on 5th of month; occurring at intervals of 5
    II

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  • 15 decumanus

    I
    decumana, decumanum ADJ
    of the tenth (legion); huge/outsize; of tithe

    w/porta -- rear gate of camp

    II
    man of tenth legion; tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe; line bounding 10 actus

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  • 16 Aquila

    1.
    ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.
    I.
    Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

    aquilis velociores,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

    dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

    ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

    Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

    ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

    the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—
    * B.
    In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—
    * C.
    The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—
    D.
    A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
    E.
    Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.
    2.
    Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.
    I.
    L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—
    II.
    Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    III.
    Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    IV.
    Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—
    V.
    Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—
    VI.
    Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

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  • 17 aquila

    1.
    ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.
    I.
    Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

    aquilis velociores,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

    dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

    ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

    Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

    ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

    the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—
    * B.
    In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—
    * C.
    The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—
    D.
    A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
    E.
    Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.
    2.
    Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.
    I.
    L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—
    II.
    Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    III.
    Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    IV.
    Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—
    V.
    Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—
    VI.
    Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

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  • 18 Gemini

    gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

    filios parere,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

    C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

    twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

    v. frater: sorores,

    Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

    soror gemina germana,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

    pueri,

    Verg. A. 8, 631:

    proles,

    id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

    partus,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    Castor,

    i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

    Pollux,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

    nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

    i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

    fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

    Quirini,

    i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

    Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

    geminorum formas esse similes,

    id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

    (asina) raro geminos parit,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

    acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—
    b.
    Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

    gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

    ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

    et tripodes gemini,

    Verg. A. 9, 265:

    cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

    sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 894:

    scopuli,

    id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

    vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

    huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

    tempora,

    id. ib. 5, 416:

    nares,

    id. G. 4, 300:

    cornua (Eridani),

    id. ib. 4, 371:

    manus,

    Mart. 10, 10, 10:

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 154;

    for which: pes,

    id. A. A. 2, 644:

    geminae (vites),

    Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

    gemellae vites,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

    aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

    double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

    geminis vocalibus,

    Quint. 1, 7, 14:

    M gemina,

    id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

    corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

    or else as Egyptian and Greek),

    Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

    3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—
    B.
    Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

    VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

    Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

    a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

    twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

    ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

    Sil. 4, 99.

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  • 19 gemini

    gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

    filios parere,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

    C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

    twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

    v. frater: sorores,

    Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

    soror gemina germana,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

    pueri,

    Verg. A. 8, 631:

    proles,

    id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

    partus,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    Castor,

    i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

    Pollux,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

    nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

    i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

    fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

    Quirini,

    i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

    Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

    geminorum formas esse similes,

    id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

    (asina) raro geminos parit,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

    acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—
    b.
    Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

    gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

    ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

    et tripodes gemini,

    Verg. A. 9, 265:

    cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

    sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 894:

    scopuli,

    id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

    vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

    huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

    tempora,

    id. ib. 5, 416:

    nares,

    id. G. 4, 300:

    cornua (Eridani),

    id. ib. 4, 371:

    manus,

    Mart. 10, 10, 10:

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 154;

    for which: pes,

    id. A. A. 2, 644:

    geminae (vites),

    Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

    gemellae vites,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

    aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

    double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

    geminis vocalibus,

    Quint. 1, 7, 14:

    M gemina,

    id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

    corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

    or else as Egyptian and Greek),

    Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

    3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—
    B.
    Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

    VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

    Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

    a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

    twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

    ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

    Sil. 4, 99.

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  • 20 geminus

    gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

    filios parere,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

    C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

    twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

    v. frater: sorores,

    Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

    soror gemina germana,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

    pueri,

    Verg. A. 8, 631:

    proles,

    id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

    partus,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    Castor,

    i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

    Pollux,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

    nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

    i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

    fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

    Quirini,

    i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

    Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

    geminorum formas esse similes,

    id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

    (asina) raro geminos parit,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

    acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—
    b.
    Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

    gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

    ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

    et tripodes gemini,

    Verg. A. 9, 265:

    cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

    sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 894:

    scopuli,

    id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

    vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

    huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

    tempora,

    id. ib. 5, 416:

    nares,

    id. G. 4, 300:

    cornua (Eridani),

    id. ib. 4, 371:

    manus,

    Mart. 10, 10, 10:

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 154;

    for which: pes,

    id. A. A. 2, 644:

    geminae (vites),

    Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

    gemellae vites,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

    aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

    double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

    geminis vocalibus,

    Quint. 1, 7, 14:

    M gemina,

    id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

    corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

    or else as Egyptian and Greek),

    Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

    3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—
    B.
    Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

    VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

    Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

    a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

    twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

    ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

    Sil. 4, 99.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > geminus

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