a sea-nymph

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

Mĕlĭē, ēs, or Mĕlĭa, ae, f., = Melia.

A sea-nymph: Hestiaea, Melie, Ianthe, Hyg. Fab. praef.—

A Bithynian nymph, beloved by the river-god Inachus, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 25.

Mĕlĭē, ēs, or Mĕlĭa, ae, f., = Melia.

A sea-nymph: Hestiaea, Melie, Ianthe, Hyg. Fab. praef.—

A Bithynian nymph, beloved by the river-god Inachus, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 25.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

Thĕtis, ĭdis, or ĭdos (abl. also Theti; v. the foll.; ante-class. collat. form Thĕlis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll., or Trag. v. 431 Vahl.; cf.:

antiqui ut Thetin Thelim dicebant, sic Medicam Melicam vocabant,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19), f., = Thetis, a sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris, wife of Peleus, and mother of Achilles, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 17; Hyg. Fab. 54; 244; Ov. M. 11, 221 sq.; 11, 400; Cat. 64, 21; Hor. C. 1, 8, 14; 4, 6, 6 al.; abl. Thetide, Hor. Epod. 13, 12:

Theti,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Lact. 1, 11, 9; cf. Prisc. p. 709.—

Transf., appel., the sea ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

temptare Thetin ratibus,

Verg. E. 4, 32:

hic summa levi stringitur Thetis vento,

Mart. 10, 30, 11; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 148:

lapilli Thetidis,

pearls, Stat. S. 4, 6, 18; and, hyperbol., of a large bath, Mart. 10, 13, 4.

Circē, ēs ( gen. Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 270; Verg. A. 3, 386:

Circes,

Prop. 3 (4), 12, 27; acc Circam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 34 Ritschl; Cic. N D. 3, 21, 54;

together with Circen,

id. ib. 3, 19, 48; v. Inscr. Orell. N. cr.; abl. Circā, Hor. Epod. 17, 17; Tert. Spect. 8; cf. Charis. 1, 15, p. 46), f., = Kirkê, the daughter of the Sun and of Perse or Perseis, sister of Æetes, a sea-nymph, distinguished for her magic arts, whose abode, after her flight from Colchis, was said to be in the region of the promontory of Circeii, in Latium, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48; id. Off. 1, 31, 113; Verg. E. 8, 70; id. A. 7, 20 and 282, Ov. M. 4, 205; 13, 968; 14, 10; 14, 247 sq.; 14, 312 sq.; id. R. Am. 263; 287; Hyg. Fab. 125; 156; 199; Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 10; Tib. 2, 4, 55; Hor. C. 1, 17, 20; id. Ep. 1, 2, 23 et saep.—Traces of divine homage paid to her among the Circeii; v. in Inscr. Orell. 1849; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.—Hence,

Circaeus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Circe, Circean. poculum, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

gramen,

i. e. magical, poisoning, Prop. 2, 1, 53: campi, i e. the region of Colchis, the native land of Circe, Val. Fl. 5, 328; 6, 426, where also is the town Circæum, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13: litus, the Circeian promontory, Ov M. 14, 248; cf. id. ib. 14, 348:

terra,

Circeii, Verg. A 7, 10: moenia, i. e. Tusculum, after its builder, Telegonus, the son of Circe, Hor. Epod. 1, 30; cf.

dorsum,

the Hill of Tusculum, Sil. 7, 692.

dōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to endow, to portion (esp. richly); in the verb. finit. rare (and perh. not ante-Aug.):

filiam splendidissime maritavit, dotavitque,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo,

Verg. A. 7, 318; Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 290; cf. id. IV. Cons. Hon. 648.—And transf.:

in Arabia et olea dotatur lacrima,

is furnished with an exudation, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77; Pall. poet. Insit. 63; Vulg. Gen. 30, 20.—Far more freq. and class.: dōtātus, a, um, P. a., well or richly endowed, gifted, provided.

Prop.:

uxor,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 47; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.—

Transf.:

ulmus vite,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266:

Chione dotatissima formā,

Ov. M. 11, 301.— Comp. and adv. do not occur.

Dōto, ūs, f., = Dôtô, a sea-nymph, Verg. A. 9, 102; Val. Fl. 1, 134 al. ‡† drăcaena, ae, f., = drakaina, a shedragon, acc. to Don. p. 1747 P.; Prisc. p. 643 and 684 ib.; Cledon. p. 1896 ib.

dōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to endow, to portion (esp. richly); in the verb. finit. rare (and perh. not ante-Aug.):

filiam splendidissime maritavit, dotavitque,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo,

Verg. A. 7, 318; Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 290; cf. id. IV. Cons. Hon. 648.—And transf.:

in Arabia et olea dotatur lacrima,

is furnished with an exudation, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77; Pall. poet. Insit. 63; Vulg. Gen. 30, 20.—Far more freq. and class.: dōtātus, a, um, P. a., well or richly endowed, gifted, provided.

Prop.:

uxor,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 47; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.—

Transf.:

ulmus vite,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266:

Chione dotatissima formā,

Ov. M. 11, 301.— Comp. and adv. do not occur.

Dōto, ūs, f., = Dôtô, a sea-nymph, Verg. A. 9, 102; Val. Fl. 1, 134 al. ‡† drăcaena, ae, f., = drakaina, a shedragon, acc. to Don. p. 1747 P.; Prisc. p. 643 and 684 ib.; Cledon. p. 1896 ib.

dōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to endow, to portion (esp. richly); in the verb. finit. rare (and perh. not ante-Aug.):

filiam splendidissime maritavit, dotavitque,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo,

Verg. A. 7, 318; Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 290; cf. id. IV. Cons. Hon. 648.—And transf.:

in Arabia et olea dotatur lacrima,

is furnished with an exudation, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77; Pall. poet. Insit. 63; Vulg. Gen. 30, 20.—Far more freq. and class.: dōtātus, a, um, P. a., well or richly endowed, gifted, provided.

Prop.:

uxor,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 47; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.—

Transf.:

ulmus vite,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266:

Chione dotatissima formā,

Ov. M. 11, 301.— Comp. and adv. do not occur.

Dōto, ūs, f., = Dôtô, a sea-nymph, Verg. A. 9, 102; Val. Fl. 1, 134 al. ‡† drăcaena, ae, f., = drakaina, a shedragon, acc. to Don. p. 1747 P.; Prisc. p. 643 and 684 ib.; Cledon. p. 1896 ib.

dōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to endow, to portion (esp. richly); in the verb. finit. rare (and perh. not ante-Aug.):

filiam splendidissime maritavit, dotavitque,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo,

Verg. A. 7, 318; Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 290; cf. id. IV. Cons. Hon. 648.—And transf.:

in Arabia et olea dotatur lacrima,

is furnished with an exudation, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77; Pall. poet. Insit. 63; Vulg. Gen. 30, 20.—Far more freq. and class.: dōtātus, a, um, P. a., well or richly endowed, gifted, provided.

Prop.:

uxor,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 47; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.—

Transf.:

ulmus vite,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266:

Chione dotatissima formā,

Ov. M. 11, 301.— Comp. and adv. do not occur.

Dōto, ūs, f., = Dôtô, a sea-nymph, Verg. A. 9, 102; Val. Fl. 1, 134 al. ‡† drăcaena, ae, f., = drakaina, a shedragon, acc. to Don. p. 1747 P.; Prisc. p. 643 and 684 ib.; Cledon. p. 1896 ib.

Ephyra, ae, and ( poet.) Ephyre, ēs, f., = Ephura, Ion. Ephurê, another name for Corinth, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34;

so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre,

Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.—

Derivv.

Ephyrēïus, a, um, adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian:

aera,

Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.—

Ephyraeus or Ephyrēus, a, um, adj., the same:

litus,

Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52;

also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans),

Luc. 6, 17.—

Ephyrēïădes, ae, m., an Ephyrean, Corinthian, Stat. Th. 6, 652.—

Ephyrēïas, ădis, f., adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian:

puellae,

Claud. Bell. Get. 629.

Ephyra, ae, and ( poet.) Ephyre, ēs, f., = Ephura, Ion. Ephurê, another name for Corinth, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34;

so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre,

Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.—

Derivv.

Ephyrēïus, a, um, adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian:

aera,

Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.—

Ephyraeus or Ephyrēus, a, um, adj., the same:

litus,

Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52;

also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans),

Luc. 6, 17.—

Ephyrēïădes, ae, m., an Ephyrean, Corinthian, Stat. Th. 6, 652.—

Ephyrēïas, ădis, f., adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian:

puellae,

Claud. Bell. Get. 629.