an+elephant

bōs, bŏvis (prob. orig. form of nom. bŏ-vis, like bovare for boare, Petr. 62, 13; cf. Varr L. L. 8, § 74 Müll., where, acc. to Cod. B., the read. should be: nunc in consuetudine aliter dicere pro Jovis Juppiter, pro Bovis Bos, pro Strus Strues.—Hence, gen. plur. bŏvĕrum, Cato, R. R. 62 Schneid. N. cr.; cf. Varr. L. L. l. l.: alios dicere Boum greges, alios Boverum; v. Juppiter, nux, rex, sus, and Schneid. Gr. 2, p. 171.— Regular gen. boum very freq.;

uncontracted form bovum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16 Halm; Cod. Sang. Colum. 6, 17, 6; 6, 37, 11, and Cod. Reg. ib. 6, 38, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 773 P.— Dat. plur. contr. bōbus, Hor. C. 3, 6, 43; id. C. S. 49; id. Epod. 2, 3; Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159, twice; cf. Prisc. p. 773 sq. P.; but more freq. and class. būbus, even Cato, R. R. 6, 3; 54, 1; 54, 60; 54, 70; 54, 73;

once bŭbŭs,

Aus. Epigr. 62, 2; cf.

on the other hand,

Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 86.—Exs. of the uncontracted form bovibus are entirely. wanting; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 280 sqq.; 1, 289), comm.; generally masc. in prose (hence, femina bos, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17; Liv. 25, 12, 13; 27, 37, 11; Col. 6, 24, 3; Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 186; Tac. G. 40) [from the root bo-, prop. the roaring, kindr. with Gr. bous, bôs; Sanscr. gō, gu].

An ox, a bull, a cow; described by Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176 sq.; Cato, R. R. 70 sq.; Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 1; 2, 1, 12 sq.; 2, 5, 7.—In gen.: quia boves bini hic sunt in crumenā, [p. 248] i. e. the price of them, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 16:

Olympiae per stadium ingressus esse Milo dicitur, cum umeris sustineret bovem,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

consimili ratione venit bubus quoque saepe Pestilitas,

Lucr. 6, 1131:

quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori,

Verg. G. 1, 3:

bos est enectus arando,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 87; Verg. G. 3, 50 sq.; Col. lib. 6; Pall. Mart. 11, 1 sq.—In fem.:

actae boves,

Liv. 1, 7, 6:

bove eximiā captā de grege,

id. 1, 7, 12; Ov. M. 8, 873; so,

torva,

Verg. G. 3, 52:

cruda,

Hor. Epod. 8, 6:

intactae,

id. ib. 9, 22:

formosa,

Ov. M. 1, 612:

incustoditae,

id. ib. 2, 684:

vidisti si quas Boves,

id. ib. 2, 700:

forda, fecunda,

id. F. 4, 630 and 631 al. —Prov.: bovi clitellas imponere, to put a pack - saddle upon an ox, i. e. to assign one a duty for which he is not qualified, old Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3 (in the form non nostrum onus:

bos clitellas (sc. portabat),

Quint. 5, 11, 21 Spald.); cf.:

optat ephippia bos, piger optat arare caballus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 43; and Amm. 16, 5, 10.—Humorously, for a whip cut from neat ' s leather, a raw hide:

ubi vivos homines mortui incursant boves,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 20: bos Lucas, the elephant; v. Lucani, D.—

A kind of sea-fish of the genus of the turbot, Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; Ov. Hal. 94; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 152.

bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,

Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

bracchia et lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

subjecta lacertis bracchia,

id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,

Transf.

In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

collo dare bracchia circum,

to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

circumdare collo,

Ov. M. 9, 459:

implicare collo,

id. ib. 1, 762:

inicere collo,

id. ib. 3, 389:

cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

sinisteriore bracchio,

Suet. Dom. 17:

bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

Verg. A. 5, 427:

alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

id. ib. 5, 377:

juventus horrida bracchiis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

si bracchia forte remisit,

Verg. G. 1, 202:

matri bracchia tendere,

Ov. M. 3, 723:

patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 9, 210:

tendens ad caelum bracchia,

id. ib. 9, 293:

precando Bracchia sustulerat,

id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—

Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

demissa bracchia,

Quint. 2, 13, 9:

a latere modice remota,

id. 11, 3, 159:

ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

id. 11, 3, 118:

aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

id. 11, 3, 93:

bracchium in latus jactant,

id. 4, 2, 39:

si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—

Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

bracchia in numerum jactare,

Lucr. 4, 769;

imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

Verg. G. 4, 174.—

Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—

The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—

Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—

The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

of the vine,

Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

Cat. 64, 105:

differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—

An arm of the sea:

nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—

The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—

Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—

In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—

The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,

Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

bracchia et lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

subjecta lacertis bracchia,

id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,

Transf.

In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

collo dare bracchia circum,

to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

circumdare collo,

Ov. M. 9, 459:

implicare collo,

id. ib. 1, 762:

inicere collo,

id. ib. 3, 389:

cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

sinisteriore bracchio,

Suet. Dom. 17:

bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

Verg. A. 5, 427:

alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

id. ib. 5, 377:

juventus horrida bracchiis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

si bracchia forte remisit,

Verg. G. 1, 202:

matri bracchia tendere,

Ov. M. 3, 723:

patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 9, 210:

tendens ad caelum bracchia,

id. ib. 9, 293:

precando Bracchia sustulerat,

id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—

Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

demissa bracchia,

Quint. 2, 13, 9:

a latere modice remota,

id. 11, 3, 159:

ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

id. 11, 3, 118:

aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

id. 11, 3, 93:

bracchium in latus jactant,

id. 4, 2, 39:

si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—

Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

bracchia in numerum jactare,

Lucr. 4, 769;

imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

Verg. G. 4, 174.—

Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—

The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—

Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—

The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

of the vine,

Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

Cat. 64, 105:

differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—

An arm of the sea:

nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—

The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—

Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—

In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—

The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

bu = bou, a Greek prefix, which, in composition, expresses the idea of greatness: Graeci assueti magnis et amplis rebus praeponere bou, a magnitudine scilicet bovis. Hic est, quod grandes pueri boupaidas appellant et mariscam ficum bousukon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 4 [cf. Engl. horse-cucumber, elephant folio, etc.].

bu, v. bua.

căcūmen, ĭnis, n. [etym. dub.], the extreme end, extremity, or point of a thing; the peak, top, utmost point.

Lit. (whether horizontal or perpendicular; while culmen is an extremity projecting in height; v. Doed. Syn.; in the poets freq.; in prose rare before the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): ut altis Arboribus vicina cacumina summa terantur Inter se,

the extreme top, Lucr. 1, 898. —So of tree-tops:

umbrosa cacumina,

Verg. E. 2, 3:

fracta,

id. ib. 9, 9; 6, 28; id. G. 2, 29; 2, 307; Ov. M. 1, 346; 1, 552; 1, 567; 8, 257; 8, 716; 8, 756; 9, 389; 10, 140; 10, 193; 13, 833; 15, 396; Quint. 8, 3, 10; 1, 2, 26:

arborum cacumina,

Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 147:

ficorum, pirorum, malorum,

Col. 3, 21, 11:

olivae,

id. 5, 11, 14 and 15; 11, 3, 37; Pall. Jan. 15, 15; id. Febr. 25, 28; id. Mart. 10, 23; 10, 35; id. Apr. 4, 1; Veg. 4, 4, 9 al.:

harundinis,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—Of grass, the points of the blades, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12:

praeacutis (ramorum) cacuminibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73; Lucr. 6, 459.— Of the summits, peaks of mountains, Liv. 7, 34, 4; Lucr. 6, 464; Cat. 64, 240; Verg. A. 3, 274; Hor. Epod. 16, 28; Ov. M. 1, 310; 1, 317; 1, 666; 6, 311; 8, 797; 7, 804; 9, 93; Luc. 7, 75, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117; 6, 7, 7, § 20 al.—Of other things:

pilorum, Auct. B. Afr. 47: atomi,

Lucr. 1, 600:

cujusque rei,

id. 1, 750:

ovi,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145; 10. 54, 75, §

151: metae,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 31:

pyramidis,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 79:

membrorum,

id. 11, 37. 88, §

219: ignis,

Luc. 1, 551:

incurvum, of the elephant's back,

Sil. 9, 584.—

Trop.

The end, limit: donec alescundi summum tetigere cacumen, until they have completely attained the limit of their growth, Lucr. 2, 1130:

ad summum donec venere cacumen,

to the height of perfection, id. 5, 1456: famae, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7.—

As a gram. t. t., the mark of accent placed over a letter, Mart. Cap. 3, § 273.

cancelli, ōrum (sing. cancellus, Dig. 43, 24, 9, § 1), m. dim. [2. cancer], a lattice, enclosure, grating, grate, balustrade, bars, railings: ( = kinklides; Latini tamen cancellos non tantum fores tou dikastêriou, sed etiam omne consaeptum appellant, Salmas. Hist. Aug. p. 483) scenici et theatri, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4:

aenei rivorum,

Col. 8, 17, 6; the bar in a court of justice, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 59, § 135:

tantus ex fori cancellis plausus excitatus,

the barrier in public spectacles, id. Sest. 58, 124:

circi,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 64:

aedium,

Dig. 30, 41, § 10; 33, 7, 12, § 26:

fenestrarum,

Aug. Trin. 11, 2:

saepta cancellorum,

Amm. 30, 4, 19.—Of the reticulated skin of the elephant, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. cancello.—

Trop., boundaries, limits (so perh. only in Cic.):

si extra hos cancellos egredi conabor, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

esse certam rerum forensibus cancellis circumscriptam scientiam,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 52: severitatis, Cod. Th. 1, 12, 8.—

Meton., the space enclosed by boundaries, Auct. B. Afr. 15 fin.

con-glŏbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v a., to gather into a ball, to make spherical, to conglobate (in good prose).

Prop., constr. usu. absol., or with in and acc.; rarely with in and abl.:

mare medium locum expetens conglobatur undique aequabiliter,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

hic (prester) rate funditur, illud (fulmen) conglobatur impetu,

Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134; App. de Mundo, p. 62, 2.— More freq. in part. perf.:

terra ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata,

Cic. N. D. 2. 39, 98; so,

astra nisu suo,

id. ib. 2, 46, 117:

figura,

id. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

sanguis,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

homo in semet,

id. 10, 64, 84, § 183.—And in tmesis: corpuscula complexa inter se conque globata, * Lucr. 2, 154.—Hence,

In gen., to press together in a mass, to crowd together:

apes, ut uvae, aliae ex aliis pendent conglobatae,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29:

conglobato corpore in pilae modum,

Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153:

homo in semet conglobatus,

id. 10, 64, 84, § 183.—

Freq., in the historians, of the collecting or crowding together of soldiers: uti quosque fors conglobaverat,

Sall. J. 97, 4; so,

eos Agathyrnam,

Liv. 26, 40, 17:

se in unum,

id. 8, 11, 5; cf. id. 9, 23, 16:

in ultimam castrorum partem,

id. 10, 5, 9:

in forum,

id. 5, 41, 6:

templum in quo se miles conglobaverat,

Tac. A. 14, 32:

pulsi ac fugā conglobati,

Liv. 44, 31, 9; 25, 15, 15.— Absol.:

fors conglobabat (sc. milites),

Liv. 22, 5, 7. —Also of the elephant:

conglobatae beluae,

Liv. 27, 14, 8.—

Trop.:

definitiones conglobatae,

heaped together, accumulated, Cic. Part. Or. 16, 55.

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

of a bullock,

Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

also of the constellation Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 80;

of the ram,

id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

of the he-goat,

Verg. E. 9, 25;

of kids,

id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—

Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.

That which is similar to horn in substance.

A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—

Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—

The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—

A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,

That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.

The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

cornu Indicum,

Mart. 1, 73, 4.—

The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—

The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—

The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—

The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—

The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

cornua cristae,

Verg. A. 12, 89:

alterum cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33, 2.—

The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —

The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—

The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —

The top or summit of a mountain:

cornua Parnasi,

Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —

The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—

The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—

Transf.:

cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—

The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —

The stiff hair of the Germans:

quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

Juv. 13, 165.—

Of objects made of horn.

A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—

A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—

The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—

A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—

An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—

A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—

Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

tunc pauper cornua sumit,

gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

of a bullock,

Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

also of the constellation Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 80;

of the ram,

id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

of the he-goat,

Verg. E. 9, 25;

of kids,

id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—

Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.

That which is similar to horn in substance.

A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—

Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—

The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—

A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,

That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.

The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

cornu Indicum,

Mart. 1, 73, 4.—

The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—

The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—

The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—

The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—

The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

cornua cristae,

Verg. A. 12, 89:

alterum cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33, 2.—

The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —

The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—

The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —

The top or summit of a mountain:

cornua Parnasi,

Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —

The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—

The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—

Transf.:

cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—

The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —

The stiff hair of the Germans:

quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

Juv. 13, 165.—

Of objects made of horn.

A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—

A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—

The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—

A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—

An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—

A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—

Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

tunc pauper cornua sumit,

gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

dens, dentis ( gen. plur. usually dentium, but dentum is approved by Varr. L. L. 7, 38, 67), m. [root in Sanscr. dantas, Gr. odous, Goth. tunthus, Germ. Zahn, and Engl. tooth; cf. edo, Engl. eat], a tooth.

Prop.: cui auro dentes juncti escunt, XII. Tab. 10, 9; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160 sq.; Cels. 8, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 54; Isid. 11, 1, 52:

primores,

the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68;

also called adversi acuti,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54:

praecisores,

Isid. 11, 1, 52;

and in beasts: rapaces,

Veg. Vet. 6, 1, 1:

canini,

the canine teeth, eye-teeth, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

in horses: columellares,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160:

maxillares,

the jaw-teeth, grinders, Cels. 8, 1; called also genuini, Cic. l. l.;

and molares, Isid. l. l. et saep.: dentes scalpere,

Plin. 30, 4, 9, § 27:

fricare,

id. ib.:

scariphare,

id. 28, 11, 49, § 179; cf. id. 30, 3, 8, § 21:

mobiles confirmare,

id. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf.:

mobiles stabilire,

id. 32, 7, 26, § 80:

eximere,

to extract, Cels. 6, 9; so,

evellere,

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25:

extrahere,

id. 32, 7, 26, § 79:

excutere,

Juv. 16, 10 et saep.:

dens Indus,

i. e. the elephant's, Ov. M. 8, 288; hence for ivory, id. ib. 11, 167;

also called dens Libycus,

Prop. 2, 31, 12 (3, 29, 12 M.):

Numida,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 28;

and Erythraeus,

Mart. 13, 100.—

Prov.

Albis dentibus deridere aliquem, i. e. to laugh heartily at a person (so as to show one's teeth), Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48.—

Venire sub dentem, to fall into the jaws, under the clutches of, Petr. 58, 6.—

Dentem pro dente, tooth for tooth, Vulg. Matt. 5, 38.—

Meton. of things resembling a tooth, a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, etc.:

aratri,

Col. 2, 4, 6; Verg. G. 2, 423 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 135 Müll.: (irpicis) acc. to id. ib.:

pectinis,

id. ib.; Tib. 1, 9, 68: (clavi) id. 1, 2, 18:

serrae,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227; Vitr. 1, 5; cf. Ov. M. 8, 246, and 6, 58;

hence, in architecture, the walls indentated like the teeth of a saw, which connected the two main walls,

Vitr. 6, 11:

forcipis,

id. 10, 2: (ancorae) Verg. A. 6, 3;

for falx (vinitorum),

the pruning-hook, id. G. 2, 406 et saep.—

Trop., the tooth of envy, envy, ill-will:

more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

Cic. Balb. 26:

invidus,

Hor. Od. 4, 3, 16:

ater,

id. Epod. 6, 15.—

Of a destroying power:

leti sub dentibus ipsis,

Lucr. 1, 852; cf.

of time: vitiataque dentibus aevi consumere omnia,

Ov. M. 15, 235;

and of water: aqua dentes habet,

Petr. 42;

of malice: malignitatis dentes vitare,

Val. Max. 4, 7, extr. 2.

ĕlĕphantĭnus, a, um, adj. [elephas].

Belonging to the elephant:

tergum,

Mel. 1, 5, 2.—

= elephantinos, pure Lat. eburnĕus, of ivory:

liber,

consisting of ivory tablets, Vop. Tacit. 8:

atramentum,

ivoryblack, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 42:

compositio (emplastri),

Cels. 5, 19, 24 Daremb.

ĕlĕphantus, i, and ĕlĕphās, antis (rarely ĕlĕphans, antis, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; of the second form the nom. sing., and of the first the oblique cases are most freq.), m. ( fem., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 14), = elephas, an elephant. —Form elephantus, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 25; 30; id. Stich. 1, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; Cic. N. D. 1, 35; 2, 47 fin.; id. de Sen. 9, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66 et saep. Its tough hide suggests the expression:

elephanti corio circumtentus,

i. e. thickheaded, stupid, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80.—Form elephas, Mart. Spect. 17, 1; Luc. 6, 208; 9, 732; acc. elephantem, Sen. Ep. 85, 41; Gr. acc. elephanta, Manil. 5, 706; Mart. Spect. 19, 4; acc. plur. elephantas, Manil. 4, 667; 740.—

Transf., like the Gr. elephas.

Form elephantus, ivory, Verg. G. 3, 26; id. A. 3, 464; 6, 896.—

Form elephas, the elephantiasis, Lucr. 6, 1114; Seren. Samm. 10.—

Form elephantus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10; 32, 11, 53, § 144; 148.

Indus, a, um, adj., = Indos, of or belonging to India, Indian (as an adj. almost exclusively poet.):

ebur,

Verg. A. 12, 67:

dens,

ivory, Cat. 64, 48:

belua, i. e. elephas,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 7:

conchae,

pearls, Prop. 1, 8, 39 (1, 8 b. 13 M.).— Plur.: Indi, ōrum, the inhabitants of India, Indians, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:

extremi,

Cat. 11, 2; Mela, 1, 2, 3 sq.; 3, 7, 3.—In sing.: Indus, i, m.

Trop.

An Indian, collect., Verg. G. 2, 172; Ov. A. A. 3, 130.—

An elephant ' s driver, mahout, Liv. 38, 14, 2.—

Transf. ( poet.).

An Ethiopian, Verg. G. 4, 293.—

An Arabian (sing. collect.), Ov. F. 3, 720.

Indus, i, m., = Indos, the name of two rivers.

The Indus, that empties into the Indian Ocean, now Sind, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24 al.—

A river in Caria, Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; Liv. 38, 14, 2.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.

Lūcāni, ōrum, m., a people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.— Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence,

Lūcānus, a, um, adj., Lucanian:

ager,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71:

montes,

Liv. 8, 24:

pascua,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

mare,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 85:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69:

legiones,

Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: Lūcānus, i, m., a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.—

Lūcānĭa, ae, f., the district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.—

Lūcānĭcus, a, um, Lucanian; only as subst.: lūcānĭca, ae, f., a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians:

solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also lūcānĭcum and lūcānĭcus, Charis. p. 73 P.; and lūcāna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.—

Lūca bōs, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.