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Celtae, ārum, m., = Keltai, a great parent - stock of people in the north of Europe, the Celts; among the Romans, in a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Middle Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Liv. 5, 34, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 4; cf. Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105 sq. —

Hence deriv.: Celtĭcus, a, um, adj.

Celtic, of Middle Gaul:

Gallia,

Plin. 4, 17 31, §

105: spolia,

id. 8, 3, 3, § 6.—

* Adv.: Celtĭcē, in the Celtic language, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 27.—

(Acc. to the wide signif. of the Greeks.) Celtĭci, ōrum, m., a people in interior Spain and on the river Guadiana, Mel. 3, 1, 8; 3, 6, 2; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111; also adj.:

Celtica gens,

Mel. 3, 1, 9; and Promonturium, in Gallœcia, now Capo Finisterre, id. 3, 1, 7; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111.—

(In a broader sense.) Celtic = of Upper Italy:

rura,

Sil. 1, 46.—

Celtĭca, ae, f. (sc. terra), the Celtic country, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 14; 6, 13, 14, § 34.—

Celtĭcum, i, n. (sc. nomen or imperium), the Celtic nation, Celts, Liv. 5, 34, 1.

Celtae, ārum, m., = Keltai, a great parent - stock of people in the north of Europe, the Celts; among the Romans, in a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Middle Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Liv. 5, 34, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 4; cf. Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105 sq. —

Hence deriv.: Celtĭcus, a, um, adj.

Celtic, of Middle Gaul:

Gallia,

Plin. 4, 17 31, §

105: spolia,

id. 8, 3, 3, § 6.—

* Adv.: Celtĭcē, in the Celtic language, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 27.—

(Acc. to the wide signif. of the Greeks.) Celtĭci, ōrum, m., a people in interior Spain and on the river Guadiana, Mel. 3, 1, 8; 3, 6, 2; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111; also adj.:

Celtica gens,

Mel. 3, 1, 9; and Promonturium, in Gallœcia, now Capo Finisterre, id. 3, 1, 7; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111.—

(In a broader sense.) Celtic = of Upper Italy:

rura,

Sil. 1, 46.—

Celtĭca, ae, f. (sc. terra), the Celtic country, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 14; 6, 13, 14, § 34.—

Celtĭcum, i, n. (sc. nomen or imperium), the Celtic nation, Celts, Liv. 5, 34, 1.

Celtae, ārum, m., = Keltai, a great parent - stock of people in the north of Europe, the Celts; among the Romans, in a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Middle Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Liv. 5, 34, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 4; cf. Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105 sq. —

Hence deriv.: Celtĭcus, a, um, adj.

Celtic, of Middle Gaul:

Gallia,

Plin. 4, 17 31, §

105: spolia,

id. 8, 3, 3, § 6.—

* Adv.: Celtĭcē, in the Celtic language, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 27.—

(Acc. to the wide signif. of the Greeks.) Celtĭci, ōrum, m., a people in interior Spain and on the river Guadiana, Mel. 3, 1, 8; 3, 6, 2; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111; also adj.:

Celtica gens,

Mel. 3, 1, 9; and Promonturium, in Gallœcia, now Capo Finisterre, id. 3, 1, 7; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111.—

(In a broader sense.) Celtic = of Upper Italy:

rura,

Sil. 1, 46.—

Celtĭca, ae, f. (sc. terra), the Celtic country, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 14; 6, 13, 14, § 34.—

Celtĭcum, i, n. (sc. nomen or imperium), the Celtic nation, Celts, Liv. 5, 34, 1.

centŭrĭa, ae, f. [centum], orig., an assemblage or a division consisting of a hundred things of a kind; hence in gen., any division, even if it consists not of a hundred.

In agricult., a number of acres of ground, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 10, § 35; cf. id. R. R. 1, 10 fin.; 18, 5; Col. 5, 1, 7; Hyg. Lim. p. 154 Goes.—

In milit. lang., a division of troops, a century, company:

centuriae, quae sub uno centurione sunt, quorum centenarius justus numerus,

Varr. L. L. 5. 16, 26, §

88, p. 26 Bip.: centuriae tres equitum, Ramnenses, Titienses, Luceres,

Liv. 1, 13, 8: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 13 sq.; Caes. B. C. 1, 64; 3, 91; Sall. J. 91, 1.—

Of the Roman people, one of the one hundred and ninety-three orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people according to their property, a century, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq. Moser; Liv. 1, 43, 1 sq.; cf. Dion. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 477 sq.—Hence the assemblies in which they voted acc. to centuries were called comitia centuriata;

v. 1. centurio. The century designated by lot as voting first was called centuria praerogativa,

Cic. Planc. 20, 49; v. praerogativus; cf. Dict. of Antiq.

centŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [centuria], to divide into centuries (acc. to centuria, I.).

Of land:

agrum,

Hyg. Lim. p. 195 Goes.; cf. Fest. p. 53 Müll.—

Of the army (only of infantry; cf. decurio), to arrange in centuries, assign to companies:

cum homines in tribunali Aurelio palam conscribi centuriarique vidissem,

Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: rem gerit palam (Octavius); centuriat Capuae;

dinumerat. Jam jamque vides bellum,

id. Att. 16, 9 fin.:

juventutem,

Liv. 25, 15, 9:

seniores quoque,

id. 6, 2, 6; 29, 1, 2:

equites decuriati, centuriati pedites,

id. 22, 38, 3; so id. 10, 21, 4:

Juventus Romana... equis delapsa se ipsam centuriavit,

i. e. reduced to infantry, Val. Max. 3, 2, n. 8: mulus centuriatus, for carrying provisions, Aur. ap. Vop. Aur. 7, 7.—

Facetiously:

eripiam ego hodie concubinam militi, Si centuriati bene sunt maniplares mei,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 3; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 29.—

Of the people in the meeting of the council, only part. perf.: comitia centuriata, in which all the Roman people voted according to centuries (this was done in the choice of higher magistrates, in decisions in respect to war and peace, and, until Sulla's time, in questions affecting life or citizenship; cf. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 4; Lael. Felix ib. 15, 27, 4; Cic. Red. Sen. 11, 27), Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44:

quod ad populum centuriatis comitiis tulit,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19; Liv. 3, 55, 3; 8, 12, 15.—Facetiously:

Pseudolus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

i. e. has sentenced me to death, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 134 Lorenz ad loc.—Hence, P. a.: centŭrĭā-tus, a, um, of or belonging to the comitia centuriata: Centuriata lex, advised in the comitia centuriata, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26.

centŭrĭo (in many inscriptions before the time of Quintilian erroneously aspirated chenturio, like ch oronae, prae ch ones, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ōnis, m. (access. form centŭrĭōnus, like curionus and decurionus, acc. to Fest. p. 49 Müll.) [centuria, II.], the commander of a century, a captain, centurion, occupying a station below the tribunus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 25; 6, 39; Cic. Balb. 15, 34; Sall. J. 59, 3; Liv. 2, 27, 6; 7, 41, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 73; cf. Dict. of Antiq.

centŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [centuria], to divide into centuries (acc. to centuria, I.).

Of land:

agrum,

Hyg. Lim. p. 195 Goes.; cf. Fest. p. 53 Müll.—

Of the army (only of infantry; cf. decurio), to arrange in centuries, assign to companies:

cum homines in tribunali Aurelio palam conscribi centuriarique vidissem,

Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: rem gerit palam (Octavius); centuriat Capuae;

dinumerat. Jam jamque vides bellum,

id. Att. 16, 9 fin.:

juventutem,

Liv. 25, 15, 9:

seniores quoque,

id. 6, 2, 6; 29, 1, 2:

equites decuriati, centuriati pedites,

id. 22, 38, 3; so id. 10, 21, 4:

Juventus Romana... equis delapsa se ipsam centuriavit,

i. e. reduced to infantry, Val. Max. 3, 2, n. 8: mulus centuriatus, for carrying provisions, Aur. ap. Vop. Aur. 7, 7.—

Facetiously:

eripiam ego hodie concubinam militi, Si centuriati bene sunt maniplares mei,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 3; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 29.—

Of the people in the meeting of the council, only part. perf.: comitia centuriata, in which all the Roman people voted according to centuries (this was done in the choice of higher magistrates, in decisions in respect to war and peace, and, until Sulla's time, in questions affecting life or citizenship; cf. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 4; Lael. Felix ib. 15, 27, 4; Cic. Red. Sen. 11, 27), Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44:

quod ad populum centuriatis comitiis tulit,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19; Liv. 3, 55, 3; 8, 12, 15.—Facetiously:

Pseudolus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

i. e. has sentenced me to death, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 134 Lorenz ad loc.—Hence, P. a.: centŭrĭā-tus, a, um, of or belonging to the comitia centuriata: Centuriata lex, advised in the comitia centuriata, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26.

centŭrĭo (in many inscriptions before the time of Quintilian erroneously aspirated chenturio, like ch oronae, prae ch ones, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ōnis, m. (access. form centŭrĭōnus, like curionus and decurionus, acc. to Fest. p. 49 Müll.) [centuria, II.], the commander of a century, a captain, centurion, occupying a station below the tribunus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 25; 6, 39; Cic. Balb. 15, 34; Sall. J. 59, 3; Liv. 2, 27, 6; 7, 41, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 73; cf. Dict. of Antiq.

Chaldaei, ōrum, m., = Chaldaioi, the Chaldœans, a people of Assyria, distinguished, in an early age, for their knowledge of astronomy and astrology.

Of the nation or people, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 105; Mel. 3, 8, 5.—

In gen., soothsayers, astrologers, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; 2, 42, 87 sq.; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 1, 1 sqq.; sing.:

Chaldaeus,

a soothsayer, Cato, R. R. 5, 4; gen. plur. Chaldaeūm, Lucr. 5, 726.—

Hence,

Chaldaeus, a, um, adj., Chaldœan:

regnum,

Luc. 8, 226.—

Esp., of or belonging to the soothsayers:

secta,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 211:

grex,

Juv. 10, 94.—

Chal-dăĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

genus praedicendi,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88:

rationes,

id. ib. 2, 47, 98:

gentes,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 121.

Chaldaei, ōrum, m., = Chaldaioi, the Chaldœans, a people of Assyria, distinguished, in an early age, for their knowledge of astronomy and astrology.

Of the nation or people, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 105; Mel. 3, 8, 5.—

In gen., soothsayers, astrologers, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; 2, 42, 87 sq.; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 1, 1 sqq.; sing.:

Chaldaeus,

a soothsayer, Cato, R. R. 5, 4; gen. plur. Chaldaeūm, Lucr. 5, 726.—

Hence,

Chaldaeus, a, um, adj., Chaldœan:

regnum,

Luc. 8, 226.—

Esp., of or belonging to the soothsayers:

secta,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 211:

grex,

Juv. 10, 94.—

Chal-dăĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

genus praedicendi,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88:

rationes,

id. ib. 2, 47, 98:

gentes,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 121.

Chaldaei, ōrum, m., = Chaldaioi, the Chaldœans, a people of Assyria, distinguished, in an early age, for their knowledge of astronomy and astrology.

Of the nation or people, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 105; Mel. 3, 8, 5.—

In gen., soothsayers, astrologers, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; 2, 42, 87 sq.; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 1, 1 sqq.; sing.:

Chaldaeus,

a soothsayer, Cato, R. R. 5, 4; gen. plur. Chaldaeūm, Lucr. 5, 726.—

Hence,

Chaldaeus, a, um, adj., Chaldœan:

regnum,

Luc. 8, 226.—

Esp., of or belonging to the soothsayers:

secta,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 211:

grex,

Juv. 10, 94.—

Chal-dăĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

genus praedicendi,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88:

rationes,

id. ib. 2, 47, 98:

gentes,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 121.

Cimmĕrii, ōrum ( gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399;

Cimmeriōn,

Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Kimmerioi.

A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence,

Adj.

Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian:

Bosporus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77:

litus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—

Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian:

oppida,

Mel. 2, 1, 3.—

A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132;

perpetual darkness prevailed among them,

Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398;

here Somnus had his abode,

Ov. M. 11, 592 sq. — Poet., the Lower World:

Cimmerii lacus,

Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Kimmerioi.

Cimmĕrii, ōrum ( gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399;

Cimmeriōn,

Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Kimmerioi.

A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence,

Adj.

Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian:

Bosporus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77:

litus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—

Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian:

oppida,

Mel. 2, 1, 3.—

A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132;

perpetual darkness prevailed among them,

Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398;

here Somnus had his abode,

Ov. M. 11, 592 sq. — Poet., the Lower World:

Cimmerii lacus,

Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Kimmerioi.

Cimmĕrii, ōrum ( gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399;

Cimmeriōn,

Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Kimmerioi.

A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence,

Adj.

Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian:

Bosporus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77:

litus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—

Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian:

oppida,

Mel. 2, 1, 3.—

A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132;

perpetual darkness prevailed among them,

Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398;

here Somnus had his abode,

Ov. M. 11, 592 sq. — Poet., the Lower World:

Cimmerii lacus,

Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Kimmerioi.

classis (old orthog. CLASIS, Column. Rostr.; v. under I. B. 2.), is ( acc. sing. usu. classem; classim, Auct. B. Afr. 9, 2; abl. usu. classe;

classi,

Verg. A. 8, 11; Liv. 23, 41, 8; Vell. 2, 79), f. [root cal-, cla-, of clamo, kaleô; prop. the people as assembled or called together], hence,

After the division of the Roman people by Servius Tullius into six (or, the citizens who paid tribute alone being reckoned, into five) classes,

A class, Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq.; Gell. 6 (7), 13, 1 sq.; Cic. Fl. 7, 15; Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; cf. Dion. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; 7, 59:

prima classis vocatur... tum secunda classis, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 82: infra classem; v. classicus, I.—

Trop.:

qui (philosophi) mihi cum illo collati, quintae classis videntur,

i.e. of the lowest rank, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. classicus, I. B.—Hence,

In milit. lang., the whole body of the citizens called to arms, an army.

Of the land army (mostly very ancient): procincta, Lex Numae in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 189, 13 Müll.: classis procincta [id est exercitus armatus, Gloss.], Fab. Pictor. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 4; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 56, 3:

classi quoque ad Fidenas pugnatum cum Vejentibus quidam in annales rettulere,

Liv. 4, 34, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Hortinae classes populique Latini,

Verg. A. 7, 716 Serv.—

Of men at sea, the fleet, including the troops in it (the usu. signif. in prose and poetry):

CLASESQVE. NAVALES. PRIMOS. ORNAVET.... CLASEIS. POENICAS...., Column. Rostr., v. 7 sq.: nomina in classem dare,

Liv. 28, 45, 19:

cetera classis... fugerunt,

id. 35, 26, 9:

ut classem duceret in Ligurum oram,

id. 40, 26, 8; 41, 24, 13; cf. id. 42, 48, 10:

navium classis,

id. 22, 37, 13:

posteaquam maximas aedificasset ornassetque classes,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

classem instruere atque ornare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 135:

classis ornandae reficiendaeque causā, Liv 9, 30, 4: comparare,

Cic. Fl. 14, 33:

facere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42 al.:

classe navigare,

by ship, Cic. Fl. 14, 32; cf. Verg. A. 1, 379; 8, 11;

Hor.C. 3, 11, 48: classes = naves,

Verg. A. 2, 30:

geminasque legit de classe biremis,

id. ib. 8, 79:

omittere,

id. ib. 5, 794:

armare,

id. ib. 4, 299:

deducere,

id. G. 1, 255:

efficere,

Nep. Them. 2, 3:

(Suiones) praeter viros armaque classibus valent,

Tac. G. 44. —

In the post-Aug. per., sometimes, a class, division, in gen.:

pueros in classes distribuerant,

Quint. 1, 2, 23; so id. 1, 2, 24; 10, 5, 21; Suet. Tib. 46:

operarum,

Col. 1, 9, 7:

servorum,

Petr. 74, 7.

Claudĭus ( Clōdĭus, like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, [p. 351] etc.), Claudĭa, Clōdĭa, the name of two very celebrated Roman gentes (one patrician, the other plebeian; cf. Suet. Tib. 1 and 2; Verg. A. 7, 708; Liv. 2, 16, 4).

Claudius; so,

App. Claudius Caecus (v. Appius).—

The historian Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, a contemporary of Sulla and Sisenna, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9.—Called simply Claudius, Liv. 8, 19, 13; 9, 5, 2.—

The emperor Claudius;

in full, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus,

Suet. Claud. 1 sqq.; Tac. A. 11, 1 sqq.—

In fem.: Claudĭa, a female of the gens Claudia.—

Clodius. Thus the restless tribune of the people, and enemy of Cicero, P. Clodius Pulcher, who was killed by Milo; v. Cic. Mil.—

Hence,

Claudĭus ( Clōd-), a, um, Claudian, Clodian: Via Claudia (Clodia), a branch of the Via Cassia, Ov. P. 1, 8, 44; Front. Aquaed. 11.—Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct begun by the emperor Caligula, and finished by the emperor Claudius, Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20 Bremi.—Tribus Claudia, beyond the Anio, named after the progenitor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 5; Verg. A. 7, 708; cf.

Serv. in h. l.—Leges Clodiae,

proceeding from the tribune of the people, Clodius, Cic. Sest. 25 and 26; cf. Orell. Ind. Leg. s. h. v.—

Claudĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Claudius (esp. to the emperor of this name):

castra,

of App. Claudius Pulcher, Liv. 23, 31, 3: tonitrua, named after the same, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 10 Müll.:

tempora,

of the emperor Claudius, Tac. A. 14, 11; id. H. 5, 12:

cometa,

visible in his time, Sen. Q. N. 7, 21 and 29.—

Clōdĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Clodius, the enemy of Cicero:

crimen,

his murder, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

incendia,

caused by him, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

operae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 2.

Claudĭus ( Clōdĭus, like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, [p. 351] etc.), Claudĭa, Clōdĭa, the name of two very celebrated Roman gentes (one patrician, the other plebeian; cf. Suet. Tib. 1 and 2; Verg. A. 7, 708; Liv. 2, 16, 4).

Claudius; so,

App. Claudius Caecus (v. Appius).—

The historian Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, a contemporary of Sulla and Sisenna, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9.—Called simply Claudius, Liv. 8, 19, 13; 9, 5, 2.—

The emperor Claudius;

in full, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus,

Suet. Claud. 1 sqq.; Tac. A. 11, 1 sqq.—

In fem.: Claudĭa, a female of the gens Claudia.—

Clodius. Thus the restless tribune of the people, and enemy of Cicero, P. Clodius Pulcher, who was killed by Milo; v. Cic. Mil.—

Hence,

Claudĭus ( Clōd-), a, um, Claudian, Clodian: Via Claudia (Clodia), a branch of the Via Cassia, Ov. P. 1, 8, 44; Front. Aquaed. 11.—Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct begun by the emperor Caligula, and finished by the emperor Claudius, Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20 Bremi.—Tribus Claudia, beyond the Anio, named after the progenitor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 5; Verg. A. 7, 708; cf.

Serv. in h. l.—Leges Clodiae,

proceeding from the tribune of the people, Clodius, Cic. Sest. 25 and 26; cf. Orell. Ind. Leg. s. h. v.—

Claudĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Claudius (esp. to the emperor of this name):

castra,

of App. Claudius Pulcher, Liv. 23, 31, 3: tonitrua, named after the same, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 10 Müll.:

tempora,

of the emperor Claudius, Tac. A. 14, 11; id. H. 5, 12:

cometa,

visible in his time, Sen. Q. N. 7, 21 and 29.—

Clōdĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Clodius, the enemy of Cicero:

crimen,

his murder, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

incendia,

caused by him, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

operae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 2.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

cŏm-ĭtĭum, ii, n. [locus a coëundo, id est insimul veniendo, est dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 12 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 id.: comitium ab eo quod coibant eo comitiis curiatis, et litium causā].

In sing., the place for the assembling of the Romans voting by the curiœ situated near the Forum, and separated from it by the ancient Rostra, but sometimes considered as a part of the Forum in a more extended sense (hence, in Dion. Halic. ho kratistos and o epiphanestatos tês agoras topos: IN COMITIO AVT IN FORO, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; Cic. Sest. 35, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. Brut. 84, 289; Liv. 1, 36, 5; 27, 36, 8; 10, 24, 18; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 9 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Transf., any place of assembly out of Rome;

so of the Ephoreum at Sparta,

Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—

Trop.:

quod (es) esset animi vestibulum et orationis janua et cogitationum comitium,

App. Mag. 7, p. 278, 1; so, sacri pectoris, Mam. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 15.—

Plur.: cŏmĭtĭa (access. form cŏmĭtĭae, Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. p. 43; Gloss. Labb. p. 33), the assembly of the Romans for electing magistrates, etc., the comitia. —The comitia were of three kinds.

Comitia curiata, the most ancient, voting by curiæ, held in the comitium (v. I.), gradually restricted by,

The Comitia centuriata, the proper assembly of the populus Romanus, voting by centuries, instituted by Servius Tullius, continuing through the whole time of the republic, commonly held in the Campus Martius (not in the comitium, as is asserted by many from the similarity of the name; cf.

campus, II.),

Gell. 15, 27, 2 sqq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 27; id. Dom. 14, 38; Liv. 5, 52, 15; cf. Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44.—

Comitia tributa, voting by tribes, and commonly held in the Forum, but in choosing magistrates, freq. in the Campus Martius, convened for the first time in the trial of Coriolanus, two years after the introduction of the office of tribune of the people. In them the inferior magistrates (ædiles, tribunes of the people, quæstors), and, later, the Pontifex Maximus also, were chosen, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 45; id. Agr. 2, 11, 27; Liv. 2, 58, 1; 2, 60, 4; Gell. 15, 27, 3; cf.

Dict. of Antiq.—Upon the comitia calata, v. 1, calo.—The usual t. t. for holding such comitia is: comitia habere,

Cic. Div. 2, 18, 43; freq. in all periods;

they were designated according to the magistrates who were to be chosen in them, as consularia,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; id. Mur. 18, 38:

praetoria,

Liv. 10, 22, 8:

tribunicia,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 6, 39, 11:

militaria,

Liv. 3, 51, 8:

quaestoria,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1; cf.

also: comitia consulum,

Liv. 3, 20, 8; and:

comitia fiunt regi creando,

id. 1, 35, 1:

edicere comitia consulibus creandis,

id. 3, 37, 5:

comitia conficere,

Cic. Fam. 10, 36, 12:

differre,

Liv. 6, 37, 12:

dimittere,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

ducere,

id. ib. 4, 15, 7:

inire,

Suet. Vesp. 5.—

Transf., of other elections, out of Rome, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; Liv. 42, 43, 7; Tab. Heracl. v. 24 sq.—

Trop.:

ibo intro, ubi de capite meo sunt comitia, i. e.,

where my fate is deciding, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 20:

Pseudulus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 134:

meo illic nunc sunt capiti comitia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 45.

congĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [congius], pertaining to a congius, holding a congius.

As adj. rare: vinum, given by measure, Cato ap. Fronto Ep. ad Antonin. 1, 2, p. 149 Mai: cadi, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96.—But very freq. subst.,

congĭārĭum, ii, n.

(Sc. vas.) A vessel that holds a congius, Dig. 33, 7, 13; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 7.—

(Sc. donum.) A gift divided among the people of the measure of a congius; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 52. Orig. this present was in food;

as in oil,

Liv. 25, 2, 8 (v. congius);

in salt,

Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 89;

in wine,

id. 14, 14, 17, § 96. Afterwards congiarium was also used for a largess in money of undefined amount; divided among the soldiers, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; 10, 7, 3; id. Phil. 2, 45, 116; Curt. 6, 2, 10; among the people, Monum. Ancyr. 3, 10 sq.; Suet. Aug. 41 sq.; id. Tib. 20; 54; id. Calig. 17; id. Claud. 21; Plin. Pan. 51 fin., in which sense post-Aug. authors contrast it with the donativum of the soldiers, Suet. Ner. 7; Plin. Pan. 25, 2; Tac. A. 12, 41; 14, 11; or among private friends, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 2; id. Ben. 2, 16, 2; Quint. l. l.; Suet. Caes. 27; id. Vesp. 18; id. Rhet. 5; cf.

Dict. of Antiq.: in hunc maxime quod multa congiaria habuerat, favor populi se inclinabat,

because he had made many distributions, Liv. 37, 57, 11 (v. Drak. ad h. l.); so Tac. Or. 17.—

Transf., in gen., a gift, present, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 4; cf. id. Tranq. 7, 2.

contĭōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [contio].

To be convened or united in an assembly, to form an assembly:

nunc illi vos, singuli universos contionantes timent,

Liv. 39, 16, 4.— Far more freq.,

(Acc. to contio, II.) To deliver an oration before an assembly of the people, to harangue, address:

Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf.:

superiore e loco contionari,

id. ib. 1, 49, 117:

pro tribunali,

Tac. A. 1, 61 fin.:

apud milites,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 27:

ad populum,

id. ib. 84:

de Caesare,

id. ib. 85:

adversus aliquem,

Liv. 9, 18, 7; and entirely absol.: cum Lepidus contionaretur, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; so Liv. 1, 28, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 27; 3, 11, 13; 7, 6, 3; Tac. A. 11, 7; id. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 33, 55; id. Rhet. 6.—With acc.:

haec velut contionanti Minucio circum fundebatur tribunorum multitudo,

Liv. 22, 14, 15.—Once with the acc. and inf. (cf. the foll.):

C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, etc.,

declared before the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6. —

In gen., to say publicly, publish, make known, declare (very rare):

caterva tota clarissimā concentione.. contionata est: huic vitae tuae, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

idem hoc futurum, etiam Sibylla contionata est,

Lact. 4, 18, p. 292 Bip.