-
21 nepōs
nepōs ōtis, m a grandson, child's son: natus est nobis nepos, T.: me nepotem expulit, S.: Q. Pompei ex filiā.—A descendant: de stirpe nepotum, V.: in nepotum Perniciem, H.: haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes, Iu.—Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal: in populi R. patrimonio: profusus: discinctus, H.* * *grandson/daughter; descendant; spendthrift, prodigal, playboy; secondary shoot -
22 prōlēs
prōlēs is, f [pro+1 OL-], a growth, offshoot, offspring, progeny, children, descendants, race, posterity: futurorum hominum: gemella, O.: di Romulae genti date prolem, H.: pulchra, V.: ferrea, the iron race, C. poët.: argentea, O.: Dic mihi, Teucrorum proles, Iu.: escā replevit (feles) prolem suam, Ph.: maris inmensi proles, V.: olivae, i. e. the fruit, V.—Of one person, a son, child, offspring, descendant: Ulixi, i. e. Telemachus, H.: Apollinea, i. e. Æsculapius, O.: deūm certissima, V.— Youth, young men: equitum peditumque: Arcadiae, V.* * *offspring, descendant; that springs by birth/descent; generation; race, breed -
23 Cecropia
Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;II.hence, geminus,
Ov. M. 2, 555.—Hence,A.Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.1.Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:2.arx,
Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:B.fines,
the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:coloni,
Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:Eumolpus (born at Athens),
Ov. M. 11, 93:thymus,
Verg. G. 4, 270:apes,
id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:mel,
id. 13, 24:cothurnus,
tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.Atthis),
id. ib. 4, 12, 6:fides,
i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:dote madent pectora,
full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—C.Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:2.ales,
i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:virgines,
Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also, -
24 Cecropidae
Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;II.hence, geminus,
Ov. M. 2, 555.—Hence,A.Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.1.Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:2.arx,
Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:B.fines,
the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:coloni,
Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:Eumolpus (born at Athens),
Ov. M. 11, 93:thymus,
Verg. G. 4, 270:apes,
id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:mel,
id. 13, 24:cothurnus,
tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.Atthis),
id. ib. 4, 12, 6:fides,
i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:dote madent pectora,
full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—C.Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:2.ales,
i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:virgines,
Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also, -
25 Cecropides
Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;II.hence, geminus,
Ov. M. 2, 555.—Hence,A.Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.1.Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:2.arx,
Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:B.fines,
the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:coloni,
Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:Eumolpus (born at Athens),
Ov. M. 11, 93:thymus,
Verg. G. 4, 270:apes,
id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:mel,
id. 13, 24:cothurnus,
tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.Atthis),
id. ib. 4, 12, 6:fides,
i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:dote madent pectora,
full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—C.Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:2.ales,
i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:virgines,
Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also, -
26 Cecropis
Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;II.hence, geminus,
Ov. M. 2, 555.—Hence,A.Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.1.Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:2.arx,
Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:B.fines,
the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:coloni,
Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:Eumolpus (born at Athens),
Ov. M. 11, 93:thymus,
Verg. G. 4, 270:apes,
id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:mel,
id. 13, 24:cothurnus,
tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.Atthis),
id. ib. 4, 12, 6:fides,
i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:dote madent pectora,
full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—C.Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:2.ales,
i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:virgines,
Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also, -
27 Cecropius
Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;II.hence, geminus,
Ov. M. 2, 555.—Hence,A.Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.1.Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:2.arx,
Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:B.fines,
the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:coloni,
Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:Eumolpus (born at Athens),
Ov. M. 11, 93:thymus,
Verg. G. 4, 270:apes,
id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:mel,
id. 13, 24:cothurnus,
tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.Atthis),
id. ib. 4, 12, 6:fides,
i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:dote madent pectora,
full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—C.Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:2.ales,
i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:virgines,
Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also, -
28 Cecrops
Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;II.hence, geminus,
Ov. M. 2, 555.—Hence,A.Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.1.Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:2.arx,
Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:B.fines,
the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:coloni,
Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:Eumolpus (born at Athens),
Ov. M. 11, 93:thymus,
Verg. G. 4, 270:apes,
id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:mel,
id. 13, 24:cothurnus,
tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.Atthis),
id. ib. 4, 12, 6:fides,
i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:dote madent pectora,
full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—C.Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:2.ales,
i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:virgines,
Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also, -
29 gens
gens, gentis, f. [root GEN, gigno, that which belongs together by birth or descent], a race or clan, embracing several families united together by a common name and by certain religious rites; orig. only patrician, but, after the granting of the connubium between patricians and plebeians, also plebeian (syn.: familia, stirps, genus; natio, populus).I.Lit.:II.Sulla gentis patriciae (sc. Corneliae) nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignaviā,
Sall. J. 95, 3:vera decora, non communiter modo Corneliae gentis, sed proprie familiae suae,
Liv. 38, 58, 3:L. Tarquitius patriciae gentis,
id. 3, 27, 1:apud P. Sestium patriciae gentis virum,
id. 3, 33, 9; 6, 11, 2:cum Marcelli ab liberti filio stirpe, Claudii patricii ejusdem hominis hereditatem, gente ad se rediisse dicerent,
Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176:gens Tarquiniorum,
id. Rep. 2, 25 fin.:Julia,
Liv. 1, 3, 2: L. Tarquinius duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, et antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat;a se ascitos minorum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20 Mos.; cf. Liv. 1, 35, 6:ex gente Domitia duae familiae claruerunt, Calvinorum et Aenobarborum,
Suet. Ner. 1; cf. Liv. 2, 29, 4:patricii minorum gentium,
Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2; Liv. 1, 47, 7; Capitol. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 5:anni principio de connubio patrum et plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique jura gentium rebantur,
Liv. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 2, 5; 10, 8, 9: uti Feceniae Hispalae gentis enuptio, tutoris optio esset, etc., the right of marrying out of her gens, id. 39, 19, 5:perjurus, sine gente,
i. e. of no family, of vulgar birth, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15; cf. respecting the Roman gens, Dict. of Antiq.Transf.A.In a manner borrowed from the division of the senators into majorum and minorum gentium (v. above): ipsi illi majorum gentium dii qui habentur, hinc a nobis profecti in caelum reperientur, the superior deities (the consentes), Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29:B.Cleanthes, qui quasi majorum est gentium Stoicus,
id. Ac. 2, 41, 126.—Poet., like genus and stirps, of a single descendant, offspring of an entire race:* C.vigilasne, deūm gens, Aenea?
Verg. A. 10, 228 (for which:Dis genite,
id. ib. 9, 642):Tirynthia gens est (i. e. Fabius),
Sil. 7, 35:extrema viri,
the last descendant, id. 2, 185.—In a contemptuous sense, like our tribe, brood, crew:D.si illo die gens ista Clodiana, quod facere voluit, effecisset,
Cic. Sest. 38, 81; so,Clodia,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1.—In the widest sense = genus, the race; gens humana, the human race, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65; Hor. C. 1, 3, 26.—E.Of beasts, etc., a race, herd, brood, swarm ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):F.intestino bello totae gentes consumuntur,
Col. 9, 9, 6:quos (equos) in spem statues summittere gentis,
of the race, breed, Verg. G. 3, 73:utque luat poenas gens haec (i. e. vulpes),
breed, race, Ov. F. 4, 711.—In a more extended sense (as also genos), a race, nation, people (sometimes more restricted than natio and populus, and sometimes put for them; v. in the foll., and cf. Drak. Liv. 23, 42, 1;2.freq. and class.): Qui gentis omnis mariaque et terras movet,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 1: cf.:nos per gentis disparat,
id. ib. v. 10:gradus plures sunt societatis hominum. Ut enim ab illa infinita discedatur, propior est ejusdem gentis, nationis, linguae, qua maxime homines conjunguntur: interius etiam est ejusdem esse civitatis,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53; cf.:(Deus) non curat singulos homines... ne civitates quidem... ne nationes quidem et gentes,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,
Tac. G. 2:Suebi, quorum non una gens...propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,
id. ib. 38:atrox in Thracia bellum ortum, omnibus ejus gentis nationibus in arma accensis,
Vell. 2, 98:omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; cf.:per omnes gentes nationesque,
Quint. 11, 3, 87;for which, in an inverted order: exterae nationes ac gentes,
Cic. Font. 11, 25:aut gentes aut populos,
Quint. 11, 1, 86: inter multas regum gentiumque [p. 809] et populorum legationes, Liv. 45, 19, 1; 45, 22, 8; cf.in an inverse order: populi et gentes,
Quint. 12, 2, 3:postquam bello subegit Aequorum magnam gentem et ferocem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20:Sabina aut Volsca,
id. ib. 3, 4:Transalpinae,
id. ib. 3, 9:Allobrogum,
id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:Nerviorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:Germanorum,
id. ib. 6, 32 init.:Suevorum longe maxima Germanorum omnium,
id. ib. 4, 1, 3;so of the Etruscan nation,
Liv. 5, 1, 6;and in a wider sense than populus: non ex iisdem semper populis exercitus scriptos, quamquam eadem semper gens bellum intulerit,
id. 6, 12, 4; 40, 15, 6; 2, 50, 2.—Also for civitas, the inhabitants of a city or town:Caesar Gomphos pervenit, quod est oppidum primum Thessaliae venientibus ab Epiro, quae gens ultro ad Caesarem legatos miserat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 80, 1:atqui ad hoc, de quo agitur, non quaerimus gentem, ingenia quaerimus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:gladio pugnacissima gens Romani,
Quint. 9, 3, 8; Liv. 5, 48, 3:Segni Condrusique, ex gente et numero Germanorum,
Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1:in illa incorrupta maxime gente Aegyptiorum,
Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
id. ib. 1, 17, 26:jus gentium,
id. ib. 1, 2, 2; cf.:quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id... vocatur jus gentium quasi quo jure omnes gentes utuntur,
Gai. Inst. 1, 1.—In partic.a.As a partit. gen., gentium, like terrarum, for the sake of emphasis, in the world, on earth (freq. and class.):b.ubicumque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143:quod ubique gentium est,
id. Rep. 2, 4:ubinam gentium sumus,
where in the world? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9:ubi ubi est gentium?
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 21:obsecro, unde haec gentium?
id. Cist. 4, 1, 16:ubi tu's gentium,
id. Rud. 2, 5, 11:quaerit quod nusquamst gentium,
id. Ps. 1, 4, 9:non hercle quo hinc nunc gentium aufugiam scio,
id. Rud. 3, 5, 44:ubivis gentium agere aetatem quam, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4:an quisquam usquam gentium est aeque miser?
id. ib. 13:equidem te nisi nunc hodie nusquam vidi gentium,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 54:fratrem nusquam invenio gentium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1:abeat multo malo quovis gentium, Quam hic, etc.,
id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55:res est in manibus: tu autem abes longe gentium,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: nostri turannoktonoi longe gentium absunt, id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:ah! minime gentium, non faciam,
by no means, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 44; so,minime gentium,
id. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.—Gentes, opp. to the Romans, foreign nations, foreigners (post-Aug. and rare):c.maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus si non amor nostri at certe odium sui,
Tac. G. 33; Auct. B. Hisp. 17 fin. —In the eccl. fathers, gentes, like ethnos, opp. to Jews and Christians, pagan nations, heathen, gentiles, Lact. 2, 13 fin.; Vulg. Psa. 2, 1 et saep.— Hence the title of Arnobius's work, Adversus Gentes.—3. -
30 Honorianus
Hŏnōrĭus, ĭi, m., son of the emperor Theodosius I., and brother of Arcadius, the first emperor of the western Roman empire, Claud. Nupt. Hon. 118; Aur. Vict. Epit. 48 fin. —II.Derivv.A.Hŏnōrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Honorius, Honorian: thermae, Cod. Theod. [p. 863] 15, 1, 50.—B. C. -
31 Honorias
Hŏnōrĭus, ĭi, m., son of the emperor Theodosius I., and brother of Arcadius, the first emperor of the western Roman empire, Claud. Nupt. Hon. 118; Aur. Vict. Epit. 48 fin. —II.Derivv.A.Hŏnōrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Honorius, Honorian: thermae, Cod. Theod. [p. 863] 15, 1, 50.—B. C. -
32 Honorius
Hŏnōrĭus, ĭi, m., son of the emperor Theodosius I., and brother of Arcadius, the first emperor of the western Roman empire, Claud. Nupt. Hon. 118; Aur. Vict. Epit. 48 fin. —II.Derivv.A.Hŏnōrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Honorius, Honorian: thermae, Cod. Theod. [p. 863] 15, 1, 50.—B. C. -
33 Inachides
Īnăchus or - os, i, m., = Inachos, the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—II.Derivv.A.Īnăchĭus, a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian:B. C.juvenca,
i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153;hence also: bos,
i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658:ira,
i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi ( governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus), Verg. A. 7, 286:undae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634:rex,
i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656:urbes,
Verg. A. 11, 286:natae,
Val. Fl. 8, 148:Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),
Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8:Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —Īnăchĭ-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis, ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus:ripae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640:Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),
Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611;identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),
id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes, um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407. -
34 Inachis
Īnăchus or - os, i, m., = Inachos, the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—II.Derivv.A.Īnăchĭus, a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian:B. C.juvenca,
i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153;hence also: bos,
i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658:ira,
i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi ( governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus), Verg. A. 7, 286:undae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634:rex,
i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656:urbes,
Verg. A. 11, 286:natae,
Val. Fl. 8, 148:Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),
Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8:Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —Īnăchĭ-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis, ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus:ripae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640:Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),
Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611;identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),
id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes, um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407. -
35 Inachius
Īnăchus or - os, i, m., = Inachos, the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—II.Derivv.A.Īnăchĭus, a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian:B. C.juvenca,
i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153;hence also: bos,
i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658:ira,
i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi ( governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus), Verg. A. 7, 286:undae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634:rex,
i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656:urbes,
Verg. A. 11, 286:natae,
Val. Fl. 8, 148:Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),
Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8:Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —Īnăchĭ-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis, ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus:ripae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640:Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),
Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611;identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),
id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes, um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407. -
36 Inachos
Īnăchus or - os, i, m., = Inachos, the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—II.Derivv.A.Īnăchĭus, a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian:B. C.juvenca,
i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153;hence also: bos,
i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658:ira,
i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi ( governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus), Verg. A. 7, 286:undae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634:rex,
i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656:urbes,
Verg. A. 11, 286:natae,
Val. Fl. 8, 148:Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),
Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8:Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —Īnăchĭ-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis, ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus:ripae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640:Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),
Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611;identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),
id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes, um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407. -
37 Inachus
Īnăchus or - os, i, m., = Inachos, the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—II.Derivv.A.Īnăchĭus, a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian:B. C.juvenca,
i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153;hence also: bos,
i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658:ira,
i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi ( governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus), Verg. A. 7, 286:undae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634:rex,
i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656:urbes,
Verg. A. 11, 286:natae,
Val. Fl. 8, 148:Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),
Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8:Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —Īnăchĭ-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis, ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus:ripae,
i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640:Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),
Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611;identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),
id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes, um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407. -
38 Nepos
1.nĕpos, ōtis, m. and f. (v. infra) [Sanscr. nap-tar, descendant; Gr. anepsios, nephew; cf. nepodes; cf. neptis, Germ. Neffe], a grandson, son's or daughter's son: primo gradu sunt supra pater, mater; infra filius, filia. Secundo gradu sunt supra avus, avia;2.infra nepos, neptis,
Dig. 38, 10, 1; cf.:nepos quoque dupliciter intellegitur, ex filio vel filia natus,
ib. 38, 10, 10, § 13; Cic. Deiot. 1, 2: Metellum multi filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes in rogum imposuerunt. id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:Q. Pompeii ex filiā nepos,
id. Brut. 76, 263:M. Catonis censorii ex filio nepos,
Gell. 13, 20 (19), 3; Dig. 44, 4, 18:sororis nepos,
Tac. A. 4, 44.—For neptis, a granddaughter (ante- and post-class.): Ilia dia nepos, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Inscr. Grut. 477, 5; ib. 678, 11.—B.Transf.1.A brother's or sister's son, a nephew (post-Aug.):2.tres instituit heredes sororum nepotes,
Suet. Caes. 83; Hier. Ep. 60, n. 9; Eutr. 7, 1.—In gen., a descendant ( poet.):3.filius an aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum?
Verg. A. 6, 864:in nepotum Perniciem,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 3: Caesar, [p. 1201] ab Aeneā qui tibi fratre nepos (to Cupid), Ov. P. 3, 3, 62:magnanimos Remi nepotes,
Cat. 58, 5; Luc. 7, 207:haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes,
Juv. 2, 128.—A favorite: omnes profecto mulieres te amant... Py.... nepos sum Veneris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 50. —4.Of animals (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 37, 4; 7, 2, 5.—5.Of plants, a sucker, Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 6, 5.—C.Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal (syn.:2.ganeo, asotus): quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter?
Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:in populi Romani patrimonio nepos,
id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:profusus nepos,
id. Quint. 12, 40:quantum simplex hilarisque nepoti Discrepet,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 193; 1, 15, 36.Nĕpos, ōtis, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian, the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus; author of the work De Viris Illustribus, a portion of which is preserved, Gell. 15, 28; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6; 4, 28, 1. -
39 nepos
1.nĕpos, ōtis, m. and f. (v. infra) [Sanscr. nap-tar, descendant; Gr. anepsios, nephew; cf. nepodes; cf. neptis, Germ. Neffe], a grandson, son's or daughter's son: primo gradu sunt supra pater, mater; infra filius, filia. Secundo gradu sunt supra avus, avia;2.infra nepos, neptis,
Dig. 38, 10, 1; cf.:nepos quoque dupliciter intellegitur, ex filio vel filia natus,
ib. 38, 10, 10, § 13; Cic. Deiot. 1, 2: Metellum multi filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes in rogum imposuerunt. id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:Q. Pompeii ex filiā nepos,
id. Brut. 76, 263:M. Catonis censorii ex filio nepos,
Gell. 13, 20 (19), 3; Dig. 44, 4, 18:sororis nepos,
Tac. A. 4, 44.—For neptis, a granddaughter (ante- and post-class.): Ilia dia nepos, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Inscr. Grut. 477, 5; ib. 678, 11.—B.Transf.1.A brother's or sister's son, a nephew (post-Aug.):2.tres instituit heredes sororum nepotes,
Suet. Caes. 83; Hier. Ep. 60, n. 9; Eutr. 7, 1.—In gen., a descendant ( poet.):3.filius an aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum?
Verg. A. 6, 864:in nepotum Perniciem,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 3: Caesar, [p. 1201] ab Aeneā qui tibi fratre nepos (to Cupid), Ov. P. 3, 3, 62:magnanimos Remi nepotes,
Cat. 58, 5; Luc. 7, 207:haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes,
Juv. 2, 128.—A favorite: omnes profecto mulieres te amant... Py.... nepos sum Veneris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 50. —4.Of animals (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 37, 4; 7, 2, 5.—5.Of plants, a sucker, Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 6, 5.—C.Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal (syn.:2.ganeo, asotus): quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter?
Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:in populi Romani patrimonio nepos,
id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:profusus nepos,
id. Quint. 12, 40:quantum simplex hilarisque nepoti Discrepet,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 193; 1, 15, 36.Nĕpos, ōtis, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian, the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus; author of the work De Viris Illustribus, a portion of which is preserved, Gell. 15, 28; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6; 4, 28, 1. -
40 Tantalos
Tantălus ( - los), i (Greek collat. form of dat. Tantaleo, after the form Tantaleus), m., = Tantalos, a king of Phrygia, son of Jupiter, and father of Pelops and Niobe. He was admitted by Jupiter to the feasts of the gods;A.but, having disclosed their secrets, he was sent for punishment to the infernal regions, where he stood up to his chin in water under an overhanging fruittree, both of which retreated whenever he attempted to satisfy the hunger and thirst that tormented him. A rock also hung over him ever threatening to fall,
Hyg. Fab. 82; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 44; id. M. 4, 457; 6, 172; 10, 41; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35; id. Fin. 1, 18, 60; Hor. Epod. 17, 66; id. S. 1, 1, 68; Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.—Hence,Tantălĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tantalus:B.sors,
Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 5:manus,
id. 2, 1, 66:mensa,
Stat. Th. 11, 128. —Tantălĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Tantalus; of Pelops, Ov. Tr. 2, 385; of the grandsons of Tantalus ( Atreus and Thyestes): Tantalidarum internecio, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90; so,C.Tantalidae fratres,
Ov. F. 2, 627; of his great-grandson, Agamemnon, id. M. 12, 626; id. H. 8, 45; id. Am. 2, 8, 13; id. F. 5, 307 al.—Tan-tălis, ĭdis, f., a female descendant of Tantalus; of Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 211; Stat. Th. 3, 193; Sen. Herc. Oet. 197; of Hermione, daughter of Menelaus, Ov. H. 8, 122:matres,
descended from Tantalus, id. ib. 8, 66.
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