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1 circum
circum [properly acc. from circus = kirkos], adv. and prep., designates either an entire encompassing or surrounding of an object, or a proximity only partially em. bracing or comprehending it, around, about, all around, peri, amphiI.Adv.A.Around, round about, all around, etc., perix:b.furcas circum offigito,
Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1;Verg A 3, 230: quia (locus) vastis circum saltibus claudebatur,
Tac. A. 4, 25:molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,
Verg. E. 3, 45:age tu interim Da cito ab Delphio Cantharum circum,
Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 33:quae circum essent opera tueri,
Caes. B. C 2, 10:interea Rutuli portis circum omnibus instant,
Verg. A. 10, 118 (i. e. circumcirca fusi:nam modo circum adverbium loci est, Serv.): omnem, quae nuno.umida circum Caligat, nu. bem eripiam,
id. ib. 2, 605; Tib. 1, 3, 77; 1, 5, 11. sed circum tutae sub moenibus urbis aquantur, round about under the walls, Verg. G 4, 193. faciundum haras quadratas circum binos pedes, all around, i. e. on every side, two feet, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3 Schneid.—Strengthened with undique (in later Latin also sometimes written as one word, circumundique), from everywhere around, around on all sides:B.circum Undique convenere,
Verg. A. 4, 416; Lucr. 3, 404:clausis circum undique portis,
Stat. S. 2, 5, 13; 5, 1, 155; id. Th. 2, 228:oppositu circumundique aliarum aedium,
Gell. 4, 5, 3; 13, 24, 1; 14, 2, 9;so with totus and omnis,
Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1; Verg. A. 10, 118.—Of an incomplete circuit, esp. of the part that meets the view, lies on the hither side, etc. (v. under II.):II.hostilibus circum litoribus,
Tac. A. 2, 24:aestas... aperto circum pelago peramoena,
id. ib. 4, 67:gentibus innumeris circum infraque relictis,
Ov. M. 4, 668; Stat. Achill. 1, 56:corpus servans circumque supraque vertitur,
id. Th. 9, 114; Albin. Carm. ap. Maecen. 46.Prep. with acc.A.Around, abow (implying a complete circuit):B.armillas quattuor facito, quas circum orbem indas,
Cato, R. R. 21, 4:terra circum axem se summā celeritate convertit,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Quint. 2, 17, 19 Zumpt N. cr.:ligato circum collum sudario,
Suet. Ner. 51:terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,
Verg. G. 1, 345:at genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,
Ov. M. 2, 40.—As in adv. B., of an incomplete circuit, about, upon, around, near:C.capillus sparsus, promissus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49:flexo circum cava tempora cornu,
Ov. M. 7, 313; 10, 116; 11, 159:tum Salii ad cantus incensa altaria circum adsunt,
Verg. A. 8, 285:varios hic flumina circum Fundit humus flores,
on the borders of the rivulets, id. E. 9, 40:urgeris turbā circum te stante,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 135; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 33:circum renidentes Lares,
id. Epod. 2, 66; Verg. G. 2, 484; cf. Luc. 2, 557:illi indignantes Circum claustra fremunt,
Verg. A. 1, 56:oras et litora circum errantem,
id. ib. 3, 75.—Circum very freq. expresses, not a relative motion around a given central point, but an absol. circular movement, in which several objects named form separate points of a periphery, in, into, among... around, to... around, etc.:D.te adloquor, Quae circum vicinos vages,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14: ego Arpini volo esse pridie Cal., deinde circum villulas nostras errare, not round about our villas, but in our villas around, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf Hor. S. 1, 6, 58:tum Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,
to friends around, Cic. Quint. 6, 25; Suet. Ner. 47:cum praetorem circum omnia fora sectaretur,
Cic. Verr 2, 2, 70, § 169:Apronius ducebat eos circum civitates,
id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §65: ille circum hospites cursabat,
id. ib. 2, 4, 19, §41: lenonem quondam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,
id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:dimissis circum municipia litteris,
Caes. B. C. 3, 22:circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc.,
Liv. 29, 24, 9:legatio sub idem tempus in Asiam et circum insulas missa,
id. 42, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Caes. 41; id. Calig. 28; 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. Ep 1, 1, 49: et te circum omnes alias irata puellas Differet, to or among all the other maidens around, Prop. 1, 4, 21—With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the environs of, in the vicinity of, at, near:E.circum haec loca commorabor,
Cic. Att. 3, 17, 2; Pompei ib. 8, 12, C, 1 exercitu in foro et in omnibus templis, quae circum forum sunt, conlocato, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 20:cum tot essent circum hastam illam,
id. Phil. 2, 26, 64 Wernsd. N. cr.:non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas?
Curt. 7, 8, 21, Tac. A. 4, 74. —Of persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, etc.); in Gr.peri or amphi tina:► Circum is sometimes placed after its subst.paucae, quae circum illam essent,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 33; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4:omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,
Sall. C. 14, 1; cf. id. ib. 26, 4:Hectora circum,
Verg. A. 6, 166.—Circum pedes for ad pedes, of servants in attendance, is rare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92;v ad, I. D. 3. b.—
, Varr. L. L. 5, § 31 Müll., Lucr 1, 937; 4, 220; 6, 427; Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Verg. E. 8, 12; 8, 74; 9, 40; id. A. 1, 32; 2, 515; 2, 564; 3, 75: 6, 166; 6, 329; 9, 440; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 1, 5, 51; Stat. Th. 3, 395.—III.In composition the m remains unchanged before consonants; before vowels it was, acc. to Prisc. p. 567 P., and Cassiod. p. 2294 ib., written in like manner, but (except before j and v) not pronounced. Yet in the best MSS. we find the orthography circuitio, circuitus, and even circueo together with circumeo; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq. —Signif.,a.Acc. to II. A.: circumcido, circumcludo, circumculco, circumfluo, circumfodio, circumfundo, etc.—b.Acc. to II. B.: circumcolo, circumflecto, circumjaceo, circumicio.—c.Acc. to II. C.: circumcellio, circumcurso, circumduco, circumfero, circumforaneus.—In many compounds, circum has sometimes one and sometimes another signif., as in circumdo, circumeo, circumsisto, etc.; v. h. vv.—► With verbs compounded with circum, this preposition is never repeated before the following [p.336] object; e. g. circumcursare circum aliquid and similar phrases are not found. -
2 circumsudo
circumsudare, circumsudavi, circumsudatus V INTRANSsweat/be moist all around/on all sides -
3 circumustus
circumusta, circumustum ADJburnt round/around/on all sides -
4 circum
circum [acc. of circus], adv. and praep. I. Adv, around, round about, all around: Arboribus clausi circum, V.: quae circum essent opera, Cs.: portis circum omnibus instant, V.: circum tutae sub moenibus urbis, round about under the walls, V.: Gentibus circumque infraque relictis, O.: circum Undique convenere, on all sides, V.— II. Praep. with acc. (sometimes following its case), around, about, all around: terra circum axem se convertit: novas circum felix eat hostia fruges, V.: circum caput Deposuit radios, O. — About, upon, around, near: capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: flexo circum tempora cornu, O.: flumina circum, on the borders of the rivulets, V.: turbā circum te stante, H.: Circum claustra fremunt, V. — Among, around, through, to: circum villulas nostras errare, in our villas around: circum Me vectari rura caballo, H.: pueros circum amicos dimittit, to friends around: ducebat eos circum civitates: dimissis circum municipia litteris, Cs.: circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc., L.: oras et litora circum Errans, V.—In the neighborhood of, around, about, at, near by: templa circum forum: urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt.—Of attendants, with, attending, accompanying: paucae, quae circum illam essent, T.: Hectora circum, V.: Circum pedes homines habere, i. e. slaves.— III. In composition, the m before vowels was not pronounced, and is often omitted; circum with many verbs forms a loose compound, and tmesis is frequent in poetry (see circumago, circumdo, etc.). Some edd. have circum verto, circum volito, etc.* * *Iabout, around; round about, near; in a circle; in attendance; on both sidesIIaround, about, among, near (space/time), in neighborhood of; in circle around -
5 Circa
1.circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].I.Adv.A.( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:B.gramen erat circa,
Ov. M. 3, 411:ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,
Verg. A. 12, 757:at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,
Tib. 1, 3, 87:circaque quā tumor est,
Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:circa Padus amnis,
id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,
Curt. 4, 12, 20:alibi quam Romao circaque,
Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:C.ex montibus qui circa sunt,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,
id. 1, 41, 1:sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,
Nep. Eum. 10, 4:eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,
Liv. 34, 29, 6:Corinthus et quae circa est regio,
Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,
the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),
id. 21, 7, 5:corpora multa virūm circa,
Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;II.nam et circa omnia defecerunt,
id. 9, 23, 10:cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,
id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:exhausto circa omni agro,
id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—Prep. with acc.A.In space.1.( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:2.quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:circa equum Alexandri,
Curt. 4, 15, 26:illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:quem circa tigres jacent,
Ov. M. 3, 668.—( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):3.Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,
Liv. 1, 9, 2:legatis circa duodecim populos missis,
id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:circa domos ire,
id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,
id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:litteris circa praefectos dimissis,
Liv. 42, 51, 1:custodes circa omnes portas missi,
id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:b.Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,
Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:circa Liternum posuit castra,
in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:tabernae erant circa forum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:circa Armeniae montes,
Curt. 5, 1, 13:Acesinen amnem,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:domum auream,
Suet. Ner. 38:sacrificantem,
id. Claud. 36.—As a less definite designation of place for in:4.Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,
Vell. 1, 2, 5:circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,
Curt. 4, 9, 1:quod circa Syriam nascitur,
Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,
id. 1, 5, 44; cf.finem,
id. 4, 3, 5:virentes campos,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:cum amor saeviet circa jecur,
id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,
Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,
Liv. 21, 37, 3:compositis circa Opuntem rebus,
id. 28, 7, 9:iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,
id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,
id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:B.multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,
Liv. 29, 1, 2:omnes,
Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,
Curt. 3, 1, 17:e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,
id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,
Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:circa latus alicujus agere,
to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.2.circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,
Liv. 42, 57, 10:circa eum mensem,
Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:lucis ortum,
Curt. 5, 3, 7:lucem,
Suet. Oth. 11:mediam noctem,
id. Claud. 2:vernum aequinoctium,
Col. 5, 6, 19:Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,
id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:septimum diem,
Cels. 2, 6:undecimam horam,
Suet. Caes. 88:lustra decem,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:tempora illa,
Quint. 11, 3, 143:tempora Peloponnesia,
id. 12, 10, 4:Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,
Vell. 2, 93, 1:Magni Pompeii aetatem,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:mortem,
id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:initia imperii,
Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):circa Demetrium Phalerea,
about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:Tisiam et Coraca,
id. 2, 17, 7:Philippum,
id. 12, 10, 6:Ciceronem,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:Attium,
Vell. 1, 17, 1.—In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):C.ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,
Liv. 45, 34, 6:quingentos Romanorum,
id. 27, 42, 8:decem milia Persarum,
Curt. 4, 6, 30:sestertium vicies,
Suet. Claud. 6:quartum milliarium,
id. Ner. 48:selibram,
Cels. 4, 19:singulas heminas,
id. 7, 15.—(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.1.Upon substantives:2.circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,
Quint. 10, 5, 5:circa S litteram deliciae,
id. 1, 11, 6:verba dissensio,
id. 3, 11, 5:memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,
id. 11, 2, 22:hoc opiniones,
id. 2, 15, 1;Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,
Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:voces inani studio,
id. 8, prooem §18 et saep: rura sermo,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:classicum brevis et expeditus labor,
Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:hospitia nullum fastidium,
id. Pan. 20, 3:publica circa bonas artes socordia,
Tac. A. 11, 15:principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,
Suet. Claud. 14.—Upon adjectives:3.non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,
Quint. 12, 10, 12:jus nostrum attentior,
id. 4, 5, 21:studia mentis erectae,
id. 1, 3, 10:lites raras ridiculi,
id. 7, 1, 43:praecepta utiles sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:corporis curam morosior,
Suet. Caes. 45:victum indifferens,
id. ib. 53:deos ac religiones neglegentior,
id. Tib. 69:administrationem imperii vacuus,
id. Dom. 3 al.:summa scelera distentum,
Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,
id. G. 28:excessus otiosus,
id. Or. 22:se animati,
Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:► Circa very rarely follows its case:hoc disputatum est,
id. 1, 5, 34:priores erratur,
id. 2, 5, 26:formas litterarum haerere,
id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,
Tac. H. 1, 13:Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,
id. Or. 3:successorem omnia ordinari,
Suet. Claud. 45:ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,
id. ib. 22.quem circa,
Cic.Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.2.Circa, ae, v. Circe. -
6 circa
1.circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].I.Adv.A.( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:B.gramen erat circa,
Ov. M. 3, 411:ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,
Verg. A. 12, 757:at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,
Tib. 1, 3, 87:circaque quā tumor est,
Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:circa Padus amnis,
id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,
Curt. 4, 12, 20:alibi quam Romao circaque,
Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:C.ex montibus qui circa sunt,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,
id. 1, 41, 1:sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,
Nep. Eum. 10, 4:eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,
Liv. 34, 29, 6:Corinthus et quae circa est regio,
Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,
the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),
id. 21, 7, 5:corpora multa virūm circa,
Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;II.nam et circa omnia defecerunt,
id. 9, 23, 10:cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,
id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:exhausto circa omni agro,
id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—Prep. with acc.A.In space.1.( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:2.quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:circa equum Alexandri,
Curt. 4, 15, 26:illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:quem circa tigres jacent,
Ov. M. 3, 668.—( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):3.Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,
Liv. 1, 9, 2:legatis circa duodecim populos missis,
id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:circa domos ire,
id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,
id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:litteris circa praefectos dimissis,
Liv. 42, 51, 1:custodes circa omnes portas missi,
id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:b.Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,
Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:circa Liternum posuit castra,
in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:tabernae erant circa forum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:circa Armeniae montes,
Curt. 5, 1, 13:Acesinen amnem,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:domum auream,
Suet. Ner. 38:sacrificantem,
id. Claud. 36.—As a less definite designation of place for in:4.Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,
Vell. 1, 2, 5:circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,
Curt. 4, 9, 1:quod circa Syriam nascitur,
Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,
id. 1, 5, 44; cf.finem,
id. 4, 3, 5:virentes campos,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:cum amor saeviet circa jecur,
id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,
Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,
Liv. 21, 37, 3:compositis circa Opuntem rebus,
id. 28, 7, 9:iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,
id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,
id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:B.multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,
Liv. 29, 1, 2:omnes,
Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,
Curt. 3, 1, 17:e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,
id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,
Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:circa latus alicujus agere,
to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.2.circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,
Liv. 42, 57, 10:circa eum mensem,
Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:lucis ortum,
Curt. 5, 3, 7:lucem,
Suet. Oth. 11:mediam noctem,
id. Claud. 2:vernum aequinoctium,
Col. 5, 6, 19:Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,
id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:septimum diem,
Cels. 2, 6:undecimam horam,
Suet. Caes. 88:lustra decem,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:tempora illa,
Quint. 11, 3, 143:tempora Peloponnesia,
id. 12, 10, 4:Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,
Vell. 2, 93, 1:Magni Pompeii aetatem,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:mortem,
id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:initia imperii,
Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):circa Demetrium Phalerea,
about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:Tisiam et Coraca,
id. 2, 17, 7:Philippum,
id. 12, 10, 6:Ciceronem,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:Attium,
Vell. 1, 17, 1.—In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):C.ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,
Liv. 45, 34, 6:quingentos Romanorum,
id. 27, 42, 8:decem milia Persarum,
Curt. 4, 6, 30:sestertium vicies,
Suet. Claud. 6:quartum milliarium,
id. Ner. 48:selibram,
Cels. 4, 19:singulas heminas,
id. 7, 15.—(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.1.Upon substantives:2.circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,
Quint. 10, 5, 5:circa S litteram deliciae,
id. 1, 11, 6:verba dissensio,
id. 3, 11, 5:memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,
id. 11, 2, 22:hoc opiniones,
id. 2, 15, 1;Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,
Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:voces inani studio,
id. 8, prooem §18 et saep: rura sermo,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:classicum brevis et expeditus labor,
Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:hospitia nullum fastidium,
id. Pan. 20, 3:publica circa bonas artes socordia,
Tac. A. 11, 15:principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,
Suet. Claud. 14.—Upon adjectives:3.non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,
Quint. 12, 10, 12:jus nostrum attentior,
id. 4, 5, 21:studia mentis erectae,
id. 1, 3, 10:lites raras ridiculi,
id. 7, 1, 43:praecepta utiles sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:corporis curam morosior,
Suet. Caes. 45:victum indifferens,
id. ib. 53:deos ac religiones neglegentior,
id. Tib. 69:administrationem imperii vacuus,
id. Dom. 3 al.:summa scelera distentum,
Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,
id. G. 28:excessus otiosus,
id. Or. 22:se animati,
Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:► Circa very rarely follows its case:hoc disputatum est,
id. 1, 5, 34:priores erratur,
id. 2, 5, 26:formas litterarum haerere,
id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,
Tac. H. 1, 13:Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,
id. Or. 3:successorem omnia ordinari,
Suet. Claud. 45:ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,
id. ib. 22.quem circa,
Cic.Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.2.Circa, ae, v. Circe. -
7 undique
undique adv. [unde+que], from all parts, from every quarter, on all sides, all around, on every part, everywhere: ut undique in hostīs impetus fieret, Cs.: rebus undique collectis: concurritur undique ad istum Syracusas: delirus et amens Undique dicatur, H.: undique omnes conisi hostem avertunt, L.— Utterly, entirely, completely, in all respects: aut undique religionem tolle aut, etc.: sic undique omni ratione concluditur, from every point of view.* * *from every side/direction/place/part/source; on all/both sides/surfaces; everywhere; completely; allover; from every point of view, in all respects -
8 circumspiciō
circumspiciō ēxī （perf. circumspēxtī, T.), ectus, ere [circum + specio], to look about, cast a look around, observe, see: circumspicio; nusquam (sc. te video), T.: coniunx ubi sit, O.: nec suspicit nec circumspicit: nusquam circumspiciens aut respiciens, L.—Fig., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed: esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.—To view on all sides, survey: sua circumspicere quid secum portare posset, Cs.: amictūs, to review, O.: turris circumspicit undas, commands, O.—To descry, get sight of, discern: saxum, V.— Fig., to view mentally, survey, ponder, weigh, consider: consilia animo, Cs.: circumspectis rebus omnibus: procellas quae impendent: circumspicere, quibus necesse sit, etc.: animo, qui sint exitūs rerum: quosnam consules facerent, L.: usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis? are you so haughty? — To look about for, seek for: tecta ac recessum, L.: alium (arietem), V.* * *circumspicere, circumspexi, circumspectus Vlook around/over/for, survey; inspect; search for/seek; examine/review; ponder -
9 circumflo
circumflare, circumflavi, circumflatus Vblow around; blow on/assail from all sides; veer around (wind) -
10 circumspicio
circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).I.Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:(β).circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,
see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,
Ov. M. 1, 605:circumspicere late,
Quint. 10, 3, 29:num quid circumspexti?
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:diversi circumspiciunt,
Verg. A. 9, 416:qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,
Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:B.circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?
Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:II.esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,Act., to view on all sides, to survey:2.cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,
looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,
Liv. 37, 41, 4:lucos,
Ov. M. 5, 265:amictus,
to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,habitum suum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—To descry, get sight of by looking around:B.saxum circumspicit ingens,
Verg. A. 12, 896:Athin,
Ov. M. 5, 72.—Transf., of things:C.in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,
Ov. H. 6, 69.—Trop.1.To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:2.considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 5:circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,
Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.se,
id. Par. 4, 2, 30:neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,
id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,
id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,
id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,
Liv. 27, 34, 1.—To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):A.nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,
Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:externa auxilia,
id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:fugam,
Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:novas belli causas,
id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:peregrinos reges sibi,
Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,
Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):2.verba non circumspecta,
Ov. F. 5, 539:judicium,
Quint. 10, 1, 26:interrogatio,
id. 5, 7, 31:moderatio animi,
Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:circumspectissima sanctio decreti,
id. 1, 1, 20.—Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:B.modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,
Suet. Claud. 15:circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,
id. Tib. 21:tenues et circumspecti,
Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:omnes,
Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:sive aliquis circumspectior est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,
Col. 7, 12, 5.—In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,
Amm. 14, 6, 6:colores,
id. 28, 4, 12:circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,
id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):circumspecte vestiti,
Amm. 27, 3, 14:circumspecte facti versus,
Gell. 9, 10, 6:facere aliquid,
Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,
Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1. -
11 circumtero
circumterere, circumtrivi, circumtritus V TRANSrub/press/stand close/crowd on all sides; wear/rub away all around -
12 circumcīsus
circumcīsus adj. [P. of circumcido], cut around, cut off, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: saxum: Henna ab omni aditu: collis ex omni parte, Cs.* * *circumcisa, circumcisum ADJsheer on all sides, cut off; limited; short, brief, pruned of excess, abridged -
13 circumundique
round about on all sides; from everywhere around -
14 cornu
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:I.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;B. 1.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.—That which is similar to horn in substance.a.A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—b.Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—c.The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—d.A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,2.That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.a.The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:b.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.—c.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.—d.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.—e.The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—f.The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:g.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. —h.The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—i.The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —k. 1.The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—m.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).—* (β).Transf.:n.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. —o.The stiff hair of the Germans:3.quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?
Juv. 13, 165.—Of objects made of horn.a.A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—b.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).—c.The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—d.A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—e.An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—f.A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—II.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. -
15 Cornucopia
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:I.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;B. 1.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.—That which is similar to horn in substance.a.A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—b.Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—c.The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—d.A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,2.That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.a.The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:b.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.—c.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.—d.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.—e.The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—f.The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:g.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. —h.The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—i.The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —k. 1.The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—m.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).—* (β).Transf.:n.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. —o.The stiff hair of the Germans:3.quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?
Juv. 13, 165.—Of objects made of horn.a.A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—b.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).—c.The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—d.A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—e.An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—f.A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—II.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.
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