Перевод: с латинского на все языки

со всех языков на латинский

a pillar

  • 1 columna

    cŏlumna, ae, f. [root cel- of excello; v. columen, of which it is orig. a collat. form].
    A.
    A projecting object, a column, pillar, post (very freq.), Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sq.; 3, 3; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

    columnae et templa et porticus sustinent, tamen habent non plus utilitatis quam dignitatis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, §§ 133 and 134; Quint. 5, 13, 40:

    columnae Doricae, Ionicae, Tuscanicae, Corinthiae, Atticae,

    Plin. 36, 22, 56, § 178 sq.; Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sqq.: Rostrata, a column ornamented with beaks of ships, erected in honor of Duellius, the conqueror of the Carthaginians, Quint. 1, 7, 12 Spald.; fragments of the inscription on it are yet extant, v. in the Appendix: Maenia, also absol. Columna, a pillory in the Forum Romanum, where thieves, criminal slaves, and debtors were judged and punished, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 50 Ascon.— Absol.: ad columnam pervenire. Cic. Clu. 13, 39:

    adhaerescere ad columnam,

    id. Sest. 8, 18; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columna.— Plur.:

    columnae, as the sign of a bookseller's shop,

    Hor. A. P 373 Orell. ad loc.—From the use of pillars to designate boundaries of countries:

    Columnae Protei = fines Aegypti,

    Verg. A. 11, 262; and:

    Columnae Herculis, i. e. Calpe et Abyla,

    Mel. 1, 5, 3; 2, 6, 8; Plin. 3, prooem. § 4; Tac. G. 34.—Prov.:

    incurrere amentem in columnas,

    Cic. Or. 67, 224.—
    * 2.
    Trop., a pillar, support; of Augustus, Hor. C. 1, 35, 14.—
    3.
    Transf., of objects resembling a pillar; so,
    a.
    Of the arm (comice):

    ecce autem aedificat: columnam mento suffigit suo,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 54. —
    b.
    A water-spout, Lucr. 6, 426; 6, 433; Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134.—
    c.
    Of fire, a meteor, Sen. Q. N. 7, 20, 2; cf.

    of the pillar of cloud and of fire which guided the Exodus,

    Vulg. Exod. 13, 21 sq. —
    d.
    Membrum virile, Mart. 6, 49; 11, 51; Auct. Priap. 9, 8.—
    e.
    Narium recta pars eo quod aequaliter sit in longitudine et rotunditate porrecta, columna vocatur, Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 48.—
    * B.
    The top, summit; so only once of the dome of heaven, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf. columen.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > columna

  • 2 cippus

        cippus ī, m    —Prop., a pale, stake, post, pillar. —Hence, a pillar at a grave, H.—Plur., in war, a bulwark of sharpened stakes, chevaux-de-frise, Cs.
    * * *
    boundary stone/post/pillar; tombstone (usu. indicating extent of cemetery); stocks/fetter/prison; tree stump; bulwark of sharpened stakes (pl.) (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > cippus

  • 3 columna

        columna ae, f    [2 CEL-], a column, pillar, post: columnam efficere: columnae templa sustinent: ad perpendiculum columnas exigere. — Poet.: ne pede proruas Stantem columnam, i. e. destroy the city, H.—Esp.. Columna Maenia, in the Forum Romanum, beside which sat the tresviri capitales; hence, ad columnam pervenire: ad columnam adhaerescere, i. e. fall into the hands of the jailers.—As the sign of a bookseller's shop: non concessere columnae, H.—Since pillars were set up for landmarks: Columnae Protei (i. e. fines Aegypti), V.: Herculis columnae, i. e. Calpe and Abyla, Ta.
    * * *
    column/pillar (building/monument/pedestal/waterclock), post/prop; portico (pl.); stanchion (press/ballista); water-spout; pillar of fire; penis (rude)

    Latin-English dictionary > columna

  • 4 pīla

        pīla ae, f    [PAC-], a pillar: ubi spatium inter muros... pilae interponuntur, Cs.: locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim, L.: Nulla meos habeat pila libellos, i. e. book-stall (where books were displayed on pillars), H.— A pier, mole: saxea, V.
    * * *
    I
    ball (play/decorative); sphere; mortar, vessel in which things are pounded
    II
    squared pillar; pier, pile; low pillar monument; funerary monument w/cavity

    Latin-English dictionary > pīla

  • 5 columnaris

    columnaris, columnare ADJ
    rising in form of a pillar, pillar-like, columnar

    Latin-English dictionary > columnaris

  • 6 columen

    cŏlŭmen, ĭnis, n., and contr. cul-men, mis, n. [root cel- of excello; cf.: celsus, culmus, calamus, collis], lit., that which rises in height, is prominent, projects; hence the point, top, summit, ridge.
    I.
    Form columen, inis, n. (only this form is used by Plautus, v. Ritschl, prol. ad Plaut. p. 65).
    A.
    An elevated object, a pillar, column: ego vitam agam sub altis Phrygiae columinibus, the lofty buildings, or perh. the mountain-heights, Cat. 63, 71 Ellis ad loc.; and of a pillar of fire: Phoebi fax, tristis nunt a belli, quae magnum ad columen flammato ardore volabat, like an ascending column, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—
    B.
    The highest part or top of an object, e. g. of a wall; the coping; Fr. le chaperon, Cato, R. R. 15, 1; of a building, a ridge, a roof, a gable:

    in turribus et columinibus villae,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1:

    aulae,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1000; id. Thyest. 54 Gron.; so of the Capitol, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20, and of the culmination of heavenly bodies: oritur Canicula cum Cancro, in columen venit cum Geminis, Nigid. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 218. —
    2.
    Trop., the top, crown, summit, first, chief, the height, etc.:

    columen amicorum Antonii, Cotyla Varius,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26:

    pars haec vitae jam pridem pervenit ad columen,

    Plin. 15, 15, 17, § 57; Col. 3, 4, 3:

    audaciae,

    the crown of impudence, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211.—
    G.
    An elevated object that supports, sustains something; in archit., the top of a gable-end, a gable pillar, a prop, Vitr. 4, 2, 1; 4, 7, 5.—Esp. freq.,
    2.
    Trop., a support, prop, stay:

    familiae,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176:

    senati, praesidium popli,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 6; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19; Curt. 9, 6, 8:

    imperii Romani, Div 38, 51, 3: regni Ausonii,

    Sil. 15, 385:

    Asiae,

    Sen. Troad. 6:

    rerum mearum (Maecenas),

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 4:

    doctrinarum, artium (Varro et Nigidius),

    Gell. 19, 14, 1; Col. 3, 4, 3.—
    II.
    culmen, ĭnis, n. (in Cic. only once; cf. the foll. B.; not in Cat., Lucr., or Hor.; in gen. first freq. since the Aug. per.).
    * A.
    Any thing high; poet., of the stalk of a bean, Ov. F. 4, 734.—
    B.
    The top, summit, e. g. of a building, a roof, gable, cupola, etc.:

    columen in summo fastigio culminis,

    Vitr. 4, 2, 1; Ov. M. 1, 295; 1, 289; Verg. E. 1, 69:

    tecta domorum,

    id. A. 2, 446; 2, 458; 4, 186:

    culmina hominum, deorum,

    i. e. of houses and temples, id. ib. 4, 671; Liv. 27, 4, 11; 42, 3, 7.—Of the dome of heaven, * Cic. Arat. 26. —Of mountain summits:

    Alpium,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    Tarpeium,

    Suet. Dom. 23.—Of the crown of the head of men, Liv. 1, 34, 9.—Of the top of the prow of a ship, Luc. 3, 709.—
    2.
    Trop., the summit, acme, height, point of culmination (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    a summo culmine fortunae ad ultimum finem,

    Liv. 45, 9, 7:

    principium culmenque (columenque, Sillig) omnium rerum pretii margaritae tenent,

    Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106:

    ruit alta a culmine Troja,

    Verg. A. 2, 290 (Hom. Il. 13, 772: kat akrês); cf. id. ib. 2, 603:

    de summo culmine lapsus,

    Luc. 8, 8:

    regale,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 64. pastorale, id. B. Get. 355:

    honoris,

    App. Flor. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > columen

  • 7 columella

        columella ae, f dim.    [columna], a small column, pillar, C.: pedum in altitudinem quinque, Cs.
    * * *
    small column/pillar; pivot of oil-mill; stanchion of catapult; column tombstone

    Latin-English dictionary > columella

  • 8 columnārium

        columnārium ī, n    [columna], a duty on pillars in buildings, pillar-tax, Cs., C.
    * * *
    pillar-tax, tax on pillars/columns; (applied to fancy houses)

    Latin-English dictionary > columnārium

  • 9 fulcīmen

        fulcīmen inis, n    [fulcio], a prop, support, pillar: Terra nullo fulcimine nixa, O.
    * * *
    prop, support, pillar

    Latin-English dictionary > fulcīmen

  • 10 pīla

        pīla ae, f    [PIS-], a mortar, O.
    * * *
    I
    ball (play/decorative); sphere; mortar, vessel in which things are pounded
    II
    squared pillar; pier, pile; low pillar monument; funerary monument w/cavity

    Latin-English dictionary > pīla

  • 11 pila

        pila ae, f    [1 PAL-], a ball, playing-ball: pilā lippis inimicum ludere, H.: picta, O.: quantum alii tribuunt pilae, the game of ball.—Prov., see claudus.— A ballot (used by judges), Pr.
    * * *
    I
    ball (play/decorative); sphere; mortar, vessel in which things are pounded
    II
    squared pillar; pier, pile; low pillar monument; funerary monument w/cavity

    Latin-English dictionary > pila

  • 12 columellaris

    I
    canine teeth (pl.) of horses; grinding teeth of horses (L+S); (pillar-formed)
    II
    columellaris, columellare ADJ
    pillar-formed; (of grinding teeth of horses)

    Latin-English dictionary > columellaris

  • 13 Columella

    1.
    cŏlŭmella (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f. dim. [columna, columen], a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—
    B.
    The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—
    II.
    Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.
    2.
    Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,
    I.
    M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Bœtica, uncle of the following.
    II.
    L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry, in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades, and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Columella

  • 14 columella

    1.
    cŏlŭmella (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f. dim. [columna, columen], a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—
    B.
    The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—
    II.
    Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.
    2.
    Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,
    I.
    M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Bœtica, uncle of the following.
    II.
    L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry, in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades, and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > columella

  • 15 columnaris

    cŏlumnāris, e, adj. [columna], rising in the form of a pillar:

    lux,

    a pillar of fire, Prud. Ham. 476 (in imitation of the Heb., Exod. 13, 21); cf. columnifer.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > columnaris

  • 16 collȳrium

        collȳrium ī, n, κολλύριον, a liquid eye-salve. —Plur., H., Iu.
    * * *
    eye-salve; suppository; packing; pessary/tent (contraceptive); shaft/pillar

    Latin-English dictionary > collȳrium

  • 17 columen

        columen inis, n    [2 CEL-], a pillar, column: fax, quae magnum ad columen volabat, like an ascending column: excelsum, a pedestal: Phrygiae columina (of mountains), Ct. — Fig., of persons, the crown, summit, first, chief: amicorum.—A support, prop, stay: familiae: rerum mearum, H.
    * * *
    height, peak, summit, zenith; roof, gable, ridge-pole; head, chief; "keystone"

    Latin-English dictionary > columen

  • 18 phala

        phala    ae, see fala.
    * * *

    Latin-English dictionary > phala

  • 19 stilus

        stilus (not stylus), ī, m    [STIG-], a pointed instrument ; hence, in a double sense: si meus stilus ille fuisset, ut dicitur, had that weapon been mine, had I been the author of that tragedy: hic stilus haud petet ultro Quemquam, my pe<*> will stab no one wantonly, H.—For writing on waxen tablets, an iron pencil, style: orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae, with an Attic pen: luxuries, quae stilo depascenda est, i. e. to be moderated by practice in writing: vertit stilum in tabulis suis, i. e. makes erasures (with the broad upper end of the style): Saepe stilum vertas, H.— A writing, composition, practice of composing: stilus optimus dicendi effector: exercitatus, a practised pen.—A manner of writing, mode of expression, style: Dissimili oratione sunt factae (fabulae) ac stilo, in language and style, T.: artifex stilus, an artistic style.
    * * *
    stylus, pencil, iron pen; column, pillar

    Latin-English dictionary > stilus

  • 20 tībīcen

        tībīcen inis, m    [tibia+1 CAN-], a piper, flute-player, flutist: si tibiae non referant sonum, abiciendas sibi tibicen putet: Nunc tibicinibus est gavisa, H.: tibicines abierunt, L.— Sing collect.: crebro tibicine.—In a building, a pillar, support, prop: verrebat stantem tibicine villam, i. e. propped-up homestead, O., Ct.: urbs tenui tibicine fulta, Iu.
    * * *

    Latin-English dictionary > tībīcen

См. также в других словарях:

  • Pillar of Shame — is the name for each scultpure in a series by Danish artist Jens Galschiot. Each sculpture is an 8 metre tall bronze, copper or concrete statue. Currently, five sculptures have been erected, in Rome, Hong Kong, Mexico, Brazil and… …   Wikipedia

  • PILLAR — (Heb. עַמּוּד; from the root ʿmd, to stand ), a column that stands perpendicular to the ground and generally serves to support the beams of a roof. In this article no distinction will be made between pillar, column, and post. The pillar is used… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Pillar — Пиллар Основная информация …   Википедия

  • Pillar of autumn — Le Pillar of Autumn est un croiseur du CSNU de classe Halcyon. Ce vaisseau joue un rôle essentiel dans le jeu vidéo Halo: Combat Evolved. Structure Avant la guerre contre les Covenants, le Pillar of Autumn (littéralement Pilier d Automne ) devait …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pillar — Pil lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pillar saint — Pillar Pil lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pillar of Cloud (Pillar of Fire) —     Pillar of Cloud     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pillar of Cloud     (PILLAR OF FIRE).     A cloud which accompanied the Israelites during their wandering. It was the same as the pillar of fire, as it was luminous at night (cf. Ex., xiv, 19, 20 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Pillar — steht für Pillar, eine bestimmte Ausführung der Litfaßsäule Geografisches Pillar (Lake District), Berg in England Rock and Pillar Range, Bruchschollengebirge in Neuseeland weiteres Pillar (Band), Band Pillar Car Protector, Kfz Schutzvorrichtung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pillar — pillar, column, pilaster denote a structure that rises high from a base or foundation, is slender in comparison with its width, and usually has a monolithic and decorative appearance. Pillar is the general term and applies to any such structure… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Pillar of Fire — can refer to * Pillar of Fire (theophany), a manifestation of God in the Tanakh * Pillar of Fire Church, a religious community in Zarephath, New Jersey * Pillar of Fire (novel) by Judith Tarr * Pillar of Fire (ballet) by Anthony Tudor * Pillar of …   Wikipedia

  • Pillar Point Harbor — is a boat harbor created by a riprap jetty in San Mateo County, California immediately north of Half Moon Bay. The site was originally inhabitated by the Ohlone people in prehistoric times, and a number of recorded shipwrecks occurred in the… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»