a small staff

băcillum, i, n. ( băcillus, i, m., Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1) dim. [baculus], a small staff, a wand, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33; id. Div. 1, 17, 30 dub.; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 2; Juv. 3, 28.—

Esp., the wand or staff of the lictor:

anteibant lictores, non cum bacillis, sed cum fascibus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93.

băcillum, i, n. ( băcillus, i, m., Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1) dim. [baculus], a small staff, a wand, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33; id. Div. 1, 17, 30 dub.; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 2; Juv. 3, 28.—

Esp., the wand or staff of the lictor:

anteibant lictores, non cum bacillis, sed cum fascibus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93.

băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.

bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

baculum agreste,

Ov. M. 15, 655:

pastorale,

Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:

baculi crassitudo,

Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:

in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,

i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:

baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,

Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:

corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,

Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:

summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,

Liv. 1, 54, 6:

baculorum subactiones,

blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—

In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:

an speras in baculo arundineo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:

baculum senectutis nostrae,

id. Tob. 10, 4.—

As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24.

băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.

bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

baculum agreste,

Ov. M. 15, 655:

pastorale,

Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:

baculi crassitudo,

Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:

in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,

i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:

baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,

Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:

corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,

Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:

summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,

Liv. 1, 54, 6:

baculorum subactiones,

blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—

In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:

an speras in baculo arundineo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:

baculum senectutis nostrae,

id. Tob. 10, 4.—

As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24.

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dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

tālĕa, ae, f., a slender staff, a rod, stick, stake, bar (syn.: virga, stipes).

In gen.:

taleae pedem longae ferreis hamis infixis totae in terram infodiebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73: ferreae, iron rods, used as money by the Britons, id. ib. 5, 12; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23. —

In partic.

In agricult.,

A cutting, set, layer for planting, Cato, R. R. 45; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 31, 2; 4, 33, 4; Pall. Mart. 10, 11; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61. —

Transf., a scion, twig, sprig, Ser. Samm. 12, 167.—

In archit., a small beam used for binding together the joints of a wall, Vitr. 1, 5.

templum, i, n. [prob. for temulum; root tem- of temnô; cf. temenos, a sacred enclosure; hence],

Lit., a space marked out; hence, in partic., in augury, an open place for observation, marked out by the augur with his staff:

templum dicitur locus manu auguris designatus in aëre, post quem factum ilico captantur auguria,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 92:

dictum templum locus augurii aut auspicii causā quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus. Concipitur verbis non isdem usquequaquae. In Arce sic: templa tescaque me ita sunto quoad ego caste lingua nuncupavero. Olla veter arbor, quirquir est, quam me sentio dixisse, templum tescumque finito in sinistrum, etc.... In hoc templo faciundo arbores constitui fines apparet,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 sq. Müll.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4.—

Transf., with the idea of openness, extent, or that of sanctity predominating.

An open, clear, broad space, a circuit (so rare and mostly poet.): unus erit, quem tu tolles in caerula caeli Templa, i. e. the space or circuit of the heavens, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 67); cf.:

nec mare nec tellus neque caeli lucida templa, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 1014; so,

caeli,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42; Lucr. 1, 1064; 1, 1105; 2, 1039; 6, 286; 6, 644; 6, 1228; cf.

caelestia,

id. 6, 388; 6, 670: magna caelitum, Enn. ap. Varr. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnum Jovis altitonantis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll. (Ann. v. 531 Vahl.): mundi magnum et vorsatile templum, the extent or circuit of the world, Lucr. 5, 1436; so,

mundi,

id. 5, 1205; 6, 43; cf.:

deus, cujus hoc templum est omne quod conspicis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15;

Somn. Scip. 3, 6: globus, quem in hoc templo medium vides, quae terra dicitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of the infernal regions: Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, infera, spaces, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 107 Vahl.); id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48.—Of the plain of the sea:

loca Neptunia templaque turbulenta,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 3; cf. id. Rud. 4, 2, 4.—Of the hollow space or chamber of the mouth:

umida linguaï circum sidentia templa,

Lucr. 4, 624.—

A consecrated or sacred place, a sanctuary (syn.: aedes, fanum).

In gen.:

(sacerdotes) urbem et agros et templa liberata et effata habento,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

hinc effari templa dicuntur ab auguribus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll.—Of the Rostra:

in Rostris, in illo inquam inaugurato templo ac loco,

Cic. Vatin. 10, 24; cf.:

rostraque id templum appellatum,

Liv. 8, 14, 12; Cic. Sest. 29, 62; Liv. 2, 56, 10; 3, 17, 1; 8, 35, 8 Drak.—Of the Curia:

templum ordini ab se aucto Curiam fecit,

Liv. 1, 30, 2; 26, 31, 11; 26, 33, 4.—Of a tribunal, Liv. 23, 10 Drak.; Flor. 2, 12, 11. —Of an asylum, Liv. 2, 1, 4.—

Trop., a sanctuary, shrine:

pectus templaque mentis,

Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

(curia) templum sanctitatis, amplitudinis, mentis, consilii publici,

Cic. Mil. 33, 90.—

In partic., a place dedicated to some particular deity, a fane, temple, shrine:

Herculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

Jovis,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 4:

Junonis Sospitae,

id. Div. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 99; Verg. A. 1, 446:

Virtutis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

Vestae,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 16:

Minervae,

Verg. A. 6, 840:

antiqua deorum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

donec templa refeceris,

id. C. 3, 6, 2:

testudo amica templis,

id. ib. 3, 11, 6:

templorum positor, templorum sancte repostor,

Ov. F. 2, 63.—Of the sepulchral monument of Sychaeus, to whom divine honors were paid, [p. 1851] Verg. A. 4, 457; cf. Sil. 1, 84.—

A small timber; in architecture, a purlin lying horizontally upon the rafters, Vitr. 4, 2 and 7; cf.:

templum significat et tignum, quod in aedificio transversum ponitur,

Fest. p. 367 Müll.

virga, ae, f. [root varg; v. virgo], a slender green branch, a twig, sprout, switch, rod.

Lit.

In gen., Cato, R. R. 101; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 4; Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 136; 24, 19, 112, § 172; Verg. G. 1, 266; Ov. M. 3, 29; 11, 109.—

In partic.

A graft, scion, set, Ov. M. 14, 630.—

A limetwig, Ov. M. 15, 474.—

A rod, switch for flogging, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 117; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10; id. Cas. 5, 4, 24;

for governing horses, etc.: virga quā ad regendum equum usus est,

Front. 4, 5, 16; Val. Max. 3, 2, 12:

nobilis equus umbrā quoque virgae regitur,

Curt. 7, 4, 18; Mart. 9, 22, 14; cf. Luc. 4, 683; Juv. 3, 317.—Of the small rods in the fasces of the lictors, with which criminals were scourged, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161; Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136.—Hence, poet., for fasces, as a designation of one of the higher magistrates, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32; Stat. S. 1, 2, 47; Mart. 8, 66, 4.—

A wand, a staff, as a support, Liv. 45, 12; Ov. F. 2, 706.—

A magic wand, Verg. A. 7, 190; Ov. M. 14, 278; 14, 295; 14, 300.—

Transf.

A stalk of the flax-plant, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17.—

A streak, stripe in the heavens, a water-gall, Sen. Q. N. 1, 9 and 10.—

A colored stripe in a garment:

purpureae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 269. —

A twig or branch of the ancestral tree, Juv. 8, 7.—

Genitalium, = membrum virile, Cassiod. Anim, 9.