an ornament for the head

cŏma, ae, f., = komê, the hair of the head (hence barba comaeque, Ov. M. 7, 288), considered as an ornament for the head: comae dicuntur capilli cum aliquā curā compositi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63, 13 Müll. (class., esp. in poetry and post-Aug. prose; very rare in Cic.).—With adj.:

unguentis effluens calamistrata coma,

Cic. Sest. 8, 18:

madens,

id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fulva, xanthê, Prop. 2, 2, 5:

flava,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; Tib. 1, 5, 44:

myrtea,

id. 3, 4, 28:

longa,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28:

nitidae,

Prop. 3 (4), 10, 14; cf.: spissā te nitidum. Hor. C. 3, 19, 25:

odorata,

Ov. A. A. 2, 734; cf.

ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 1, 403:

cana,

Tib. 1, 6, 86:

virides Nereidum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 10:

regia (of Berenice),

Cat. 66, 93:

ventis horrida facta,

Tib. 1, 9, 14; cf.:

dare diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319. —With verb:

deciderint comae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 3: ne comae turbarentur, quas componi post paulum vetuit. Quint. 11, 3, 148:

componere,

Ov. H. 12, 156:

comere,

id. ib. 21, 88; cf.:

inustas comere acu,

Quint. 2, 5, 12: [p. 373] pectere, Ov. H. 13, 39:

in gradus frangere,

Quint. 1, 6, 44; cf.:

formare in gradum,

Suet. Ner. 51:

longam renodare,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28; cf. id. C. 2, 11, 24:

positu variare,

Ov. M. 2, 412; cf.

ponere,

id. F. 1, 406:

componere,

id. R. Am. 679:

rutilare et summittere (after the manner of the Germans),

Suet. Calig. 47:

sertis implicare,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

Delphicā lauro cingere,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.

in a Gr. constr.: fronde comas vincti,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: scindens dolore intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62 (transl. of Hom. Il. 10, 15).—So of Venus lamenting Adonis:

effusā isse comā,

Prop. 2 (3), 13, 56;

and in a Gr. constr.: scissa comam,

Verg. A. 9, 478; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52; id. H. 12, 63; id. M. 4, 139; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110.—

Of animals, of the golden fleece: agnus aureā clarus comā, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 211 Rib.); cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 736.— The mane of lions, Gell. 5, 14, 9;

of the horse,

Pall. 4, 13, 2.—

The crest of a helmet, Stat. Th. 8, 389.—

Transf., of objects resembling the hair in appearance or in ornamental effect; most freq. acc. to a trope common in most languages, of leaves, grass, etc., foliage, ears, grass, and stalks of trees, etc., Cat. 4, 12; Tib. 1, 4, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 16, 28; Hor. C. 1, 21, 5; 4, 3, 11; 4, 7, 2; Tib. 2, 1, 48; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 14; Ov. Am 3, 10, 12; id. F 4, 438; Verg. G. 4, 137; Col. 10, 277, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30; 18, 7, 10, § 53; 19, 6, 32, § 102.—

The wool or hair upon parchment, Tib. 3, 1, 10.— Poet., of the rays of light, Cat. 61, 78; 61, 99; Sen. Oedip. 311; id. Herc. Oet. 727.

cĭdăris, is, f. ( cĭdar, aris, n., Auct. Itin. Alex. M. p. 64 Mai) [Persian; Heb. ; Gr. kidaris], = tiara orthê, an ornament for the head of Persian kings, a diadem, tiara:

cidarim Persae vocabant regium capitis insigne,

Curt. 3, 3, 19.—

The crown of the Prince of Israel (in prophetic vision), Vulg. Ezech. 21, 26.—

A head-dress of the high-priest of the Jews (cf. the Talmud,), Hier. Ep. 64, n. 3; id. in Ezech. 7, 21, 25; Lact. 4, 14, 8 (as transl. of the Heb., Vulg. Zach. 3, 5); Vulg. Lev. 8, 9; 16, 4 al.

cĭdăris, is, f. ( cĭdar, aris, n., Auct. Itin. Alex. M. p. 64 Mai) [Persian; Heb. ; Gr. kidaris], = tiara orthê, an ornament for the head of Persian kings, a diadem, tiara:

cidarim Persae vocabant regium capitis insigne,

Curt. 3, 3, 19.—

The crown of the Prince of Israel (in prophetic vision), Vulg. Ezech. 21, 26.—

A head-dress of the high-priest of the Jews (cf. the Talmud,), Hier. Ep. 64, n. 3; id. in Ezech. 7, 21, 25; Lact. 4, 14, 8 (as transl. of the Heb., Vulg. Zach. 3, 5); Vulg. Lev. 8, 9; 16, 4 al.

līcium, ĭi, n., the thrum or leash, the ends of a web to which those of the new piece are fastened.

Lit.:

licia telae Addere,

i. e. to weave, Verg. G. 1, 285:

adnectit licia telis,

Tib. 1, 6, 79:

plurimis liciis texere, quae polymita appellant, Alexandria instituit,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—

Transf.

A thread of the web:

per licia texta querelas Edidit et tacitis mandavit crimina telis,

Aus. Ep. 23, 14.—

A thread of any thing woven:

licia dependent longas velantia sepes,

Ov. F. 3, 267:

cinerem fici cum aluta inligatum licio e collo suspendere,

Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125.—Often used in charms and spells:

tum cantata ligat cum fusco licia rhombo,

Ov. F. 2, 575:

terna tibi haec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo,

Verg. E. 8, 73; Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 48.—As an ornament for the head, worn by women: licia crinibus addunt, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 1104.—

A small girdle or belt around the abdomen; so in the law phrase: per lancem et licium furta concipere, i. e. to search in a house for stolen property; this was done per licium, with which the person making the search was covered, and per lancem, which he held before his face, in order not to be recognized by the women. This lanx was perforated. He was clothed [p. 1064] with a licium instead of his usual garments, that he might not be suspected of having brought in his clothes that which he might find and recognize as stolen property, Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10; v. lanx.

comptus, a, um, v. 1. como, P. a.

comptus, ūs, m. [coëmo = conjungo; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Munro ad Lucr. 1, 950], a band, tie ( = coëmptio):

qui comptu conjugioque Corporis atque animae consistimus pariter apti,

Lucr. 3, 845.

comptus, ūs, m. [1. como], an ornament for the hair or head, a head-dress, Lucr. 1, 88; Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 9 Müll.; cf. ib. p. 63, 13.

ornātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from orno.

ornātus, ūs ( gen. ornati, Ter. And. 2, 2, 28; dat. ornatu, C. Caes. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8), m. [orno] (class.; cf.: cultus, munditia), a furnishing, providing, preparing; a preparation.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

in ornat bus publicis (i. e. epulis, conviviis),

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17: in aedibus nihil ornati, no preparation (for the wed ding), Ter And. 2, 2, 28: Pompeiis emptus [p. 1280] ornatus (trapeti), Cato, R. R. 22, 3.—

In partic., an adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament (class.):

portarum, itinerum, locorumque omnium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51. —

Transf., in concr., splendid dress, attire, apparel:

ornatus appellatur cultus ipse, quo quis ornatur,

Fest. p. 184 Müll.:

nauclericus,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 41:

vide ornatus hic satine me condecet?

id. Ps. 4, 1, 24:

militaris,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61:

regalis,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

equus regio ornatu instructus,

trappings, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 dub. (Jan.: regio instratu ornatus).—So of a woman's head-dress, Ov. A. A. 3, 138; Verg. A. 7, 74:

corporis ornatum exuere,

Juv. 10, 321.—

Trop.

In gen., furniture, accoutrements, equipage:

eloquentia quocumque ingreditur, eodem est instructu ornatuque comitata,

Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 23:

ornatus autem verborum duplex, unus simplicium, alter collocatorum,

id. Or. 23, 80.—

In partic., a decoration, ornament:

aedilitatis,

Cic. Dom. 43, 111:

afferre ornatum orationi,

id. Or. 39, 134.— Of the world, corresp. to the Gr. kosmos, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

hic tantus caeli ornatus,

id. N. D. 2, 44, 115; cf. Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8:

caeli et terra et omnis ornatus eorum,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 1.

ăcus, ūs, f. [cf. 2. acer].

A needle or pin, as being pointed, both for common use and ornament:“quasarcinatrix veletiam ornatrix utitur,” Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.

Lit.:

mirabar vulnus, quod acu punctum videtur,

Cic. Mil. 24.—Hence, acu pingere, to embroider, Verg. A. 9, 582; Ov. M. 6, 23; cf. Plin. 8, 48, § 191; Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 22.—Esp. a hair-pin:

figat acus tortas sustineatque comas,

Mart. 14, 24:

foramen acūs,

the eye of a needle, Vulg. Matt. 19, 24.—Also, a surgeon's needle, a probe, Cels. 7, 17.—Hence,

Trop.: acu rem tangere, to touch the thing with a needle; in Engl. phrase, to hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; so,

to denote careful and successful effort: si acum quaereres, acum invenisses,

id. Men. 2, 1, 13.—

The tongue of a buckle, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14.—

I. q. acus, ĕris, Col. 2, 10, 40.—

An implement of husbandry, Pall. 1, 43, 2.

ăcus, ĕris, n. (also, ūs, f., v. 1. acus, III.) [kindred with acus, ūs, Goth. ahana, old Norse agn, old Germ. Agana ], = achuron, the husk of grain and of pulse; chaff, Cato, R. R. 54, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 57; 3, 9, 8.

ăcus, i, m. [1. acus], a kind of sea-fish with a pointed snout, the hornpike or gar-pike (Gr. belonê):

acus sive belone unus piscium, etc.,

Plin. 9, 51, 76, § 166:

et satius tenues ducere credis acos,

Mart. 10, 37, 6; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145, where belonae again occurs. (Some read una for unus in the passage from Plin., and acūs for acos in Mart., as if these forms belonged to 1. acus.)

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:

is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:

honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;

so with gloria,

id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

aliquem praecipuo honore habere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,

id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:

in honore magno esse,

Cic. Brut. 8, 30:

summo in honore,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:

tanto in honore,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:

Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:

honorem accipere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:

quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,

honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:

exsilii honor,

i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:

tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:

physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

id. Or. 36, 125:

multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71:

apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,

Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:

vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,

id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —

In partic.

Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):

ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

ille honoris gradus,

id. Sull. 29, 82:

equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:

extraordinarium honorem appetere,

id. ib. 1, 32, 2:

hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,

id. 9, 46, 9:

honore abiit,

Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

deposito honore,

id. ib. 36:

paene honore summotus est,

id. Claud. 9:

honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,

Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:

clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,

Juv. 3, 178:

tempus honoris,

the term of office, id. 8, 150:

honorem militiae largiri,

military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:

populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:

qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:

ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

Catulus maximis honoribus usus,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

magistratus atque honores capere,

Suet. Aug. 26:

largiri opes, honores,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Particular phrases.

Honoris causa.

Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):

C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:

quem honoris causa nomino,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—

For the sake of (ante-class.):

ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:

huc honoris vostri venio gratia,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:

vestri honoris causa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—

Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:

si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;

for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,

Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.

also: honos auribus sit,

i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—

Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.

Transf.

Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 365:

nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,

Sil. 9, 199:

dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,

Tib. 3, 1, 5:

nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,

Ov. M. 11, 216:

arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,

Liv. 8, 33, 21:

divūm templis indicit honorem,

Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:

nullos aris adoleret honores,

id. M. 8, 742:

meritos aris mactavit honores,

Verg. A. 3, 118:

honore sepulturae carere,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:

mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,

Verg. A. 11, 61:

solutus honos cineri,

Val. Fl. 3, 357:

honorem habere alicui,

Curt. 3, 12, 13:

omnem honorem funeri servare,

id. 4, 10, 23:

communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,

Suet. Aug. 17:

nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,

the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:

sepulturae honore spoliatus,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:

supremitatis honor,

Amm. 31, 13:

supremus condicionis humanae honos,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—

Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):

silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

December silvis honorem decutit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:

populeus cui frondis honor,

Val. Fl. 6, 296:

notus in vultus honor,

Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:

laetos oculis afflārat honores,

Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:

nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,

Sil. 3, 487.—

A magistrate, office-holder:

sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,

Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:

is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:

honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;

so with gloria,

id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

aliquem praecipuo honore habere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,

id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:

in honore magno esse,

Cic. Brut. 8, 30:

summo in honore,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:

tanto in honore,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:

Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:

honorem accipere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:

quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,

honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:

exsilii honor,

i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:

tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:

physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

id. Or. 36, 125:

multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71:

apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,

Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:

vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,

id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —

In partic.

Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):

ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

ille honoris gradus,

id. Sull. 29, 82:

equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:

extraordinarium honorem appetere,

id. ib. 1, 32, 2:

hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,

id. 9, 46, 9:

honore abiit,

Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

deposito honore,

id. ib. 36:

paene honore summotus est,

id. Claud. 9:

honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,

Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:

clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,

Juv. 3, 178:

tempus honoris,

the term of office, id. 8, 150:

honorem militiae largiri,

military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:

populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:

qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:

ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

Catulus maximis honoribus usus,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

magistratus atque honores capere,

Suet. Aug. 26:

largiri opes, honores,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Particular phrases.

Honoris causa.

Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):

C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:

quem honoris causa nomino,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—

For the sake of (ante-class.):

ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:

huc honoris vostri venio gratia,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:

vestri honoris causa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—

Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:

si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;

for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,

Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.

also: honos auribus sit,

i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—

Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.

Transf.

Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 365:

nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,

Sil. 9, 199:

dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,

Tib. 3, 1, 5:

nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,

Ov. M. 11, 216:

arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,

Liv. 8, 33, 21:

divūm templis indicit honorem,

Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:

nullos aris adoleret honores,

id. M. 8, 742:

meritos aris mactavit honores,

Verg. A. 3, 118:

honore sepulturae carere,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:

mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,

Verg. A. 11, 61:

solutus honos cineri,

Val. Fl. 3, 357:

honorem habere alicui,

Curt. 3, 12, 13:

omnem honorem funeri servare,

id. 4, 10, 23:

communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,

Suet. Aug. 17:

nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,

the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:

sepulturae honore spoliatus,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:

supremitatis honor,

Amm. 31, 13:

supremus condicionis humanae honos,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—

Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):

silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

December silvis honorem decutit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:

populeus cui frondis honor,

Val. Fl. 6, 296:

notus in vultus honor,

Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:

laetos oculis afflārat honores,

Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:

nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,

Sil. 3, 487.—

A magistrate, office-holder:

sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,

Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:

is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:

honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;

so with gloria,

id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

aliquem praecipuo honore habere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,

id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:

in honore magno esse,

Cic. Brut. 8, 30:

summo in honore,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:

tanto in honore,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:

Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:

honorem accipere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:

quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,

honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:

exsilii honor,

i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:

tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:

physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

id. Or. 36, 125:

multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71:

apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,

Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:

vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,

id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —

In partic.

Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):

ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

ille honoris gradus,

id. Sull. 29, 82:

equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:

extraordinarium honorem appetere,

id. ib. 1, 32, 2:

hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,

id. 9, 46, 9:

honore abiit,

Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

deposito honore,

id. ib. 36:

paene honore summotus est,

id. Claud. 9:

honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,

Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:

clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,

Juv. 3, 178:

tempus honoris,

the term of office, id. 8, 150:

honorem militiae largiri,

military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:

populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:

qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:

ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

Catulus maximis honoribus usus,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

magistratus atque honores capere,

Suet. Aug. 26:

largiri opes, honores,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Particular phrases.

Honoris causa.

Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):

C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:

quem honoris causa nomino,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—

For the sake of (ante-class.):

ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:

huc honoris vostri venio gratia,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:

vestri honoris causa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—

Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:

si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;

for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,

Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.

also: honos auribus sit,

i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—

Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.

Transf.

Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 365:

nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,

Sil. 9, 199:

dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,

Tib. 3, 1, 5:

nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,

Ov. M. 11, 216:

arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,

Liv. 8, 33, 21:

divūm templis indicit honorem,

Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:

nullos aris adoleret honores,

id. M. 8, 742:

meritos aris mactavit honores,

Verg. A. 3, 118:

honore sepulturae carere,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:

mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,

Verg. A. 11, 61:

solutus honos cineri,

Val. Fl. 3, 357:

honorem habere alicui,

Curt. 3, 12, 13:

omnem honorem funeri servare,

id. 4, 10, 23:

communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,

Suet. Aug. 17:

nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,

the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:

sepulturae honore spoliatus,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:

supremitatis honor,

Amm. 31, 13:

supremus condicionis humanae honos,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—

Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):

silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

December silvis honorem decutit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:

populeus cui frondis honor,

Val. Fl. 6, 296:

notus in vultus honor,

Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:

laetos oculis afflārat honores,

Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:

nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,

Sil. 3, 487.—

A magistrate, office-holder:

sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,

Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

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bulla, ae, f. [root vhal-; Gr. phal-; cf. phallos, phullon], any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence,

A waterbubble, bubble:

ut pluvio perlucida caelo Surgere bulla solet,

Ov. M. 10, 734:

crassior,

Mart. 8, 33, 18; Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12; App. M. 4, p. 145, 7.—Hence,

Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity:

si est homo bulla, eo magis senex,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.—

A boss, knob (upon a door, etc.):

jussine in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris?

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20:

bullas aureas ex valvis, auferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (by such door-studs fortunate or unfortunate days were designated, Petr. 30, 4).—

A stud in a girdle:

notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri,

Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.—

The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq.—

Esp., the bulla, a kind of amulet worn upon the neck ( mostly of gold), orig. an ornament of the Roman triumphers, in imitation of the Tuscan kings and Lucumones (Plut. Romul. 25;

Fest. s. v. sardi, p. 252), but in the more brilliant era of the Romans worn by noble youths,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152 (cf. Ascon. in h. l., acc. to whom bullae of leather were hung upon the necks of the children of freedmen);

it was laid aside when they arrived at maturity, and consecrated to the Lares,

Pers. 5, 30; cf.:

Lares bullati,

Petr. 60, 8; acc. to Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10, first hung by Tarquinius Priscus upon the neck of his son; cf. also Macr. S. 1, 6, 9 sqq.; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 127; Liv. 26, 36, 5; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 131; Suet. Caes. 84; Flor. 2, 6, 24.—From the Etruscan custom, called Etruscum aurum, Juv. 5, 163.—Hence the phrase bullā dignus for childish:

senior bullā dignissime,

Juv. 13, 33.—It was also hung upon the forehead of favorite animals, Ov. M. 10, 114.