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  • 1 species

    spĕcĭes, ēi ( gen. sing. specie or specii, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14, 15; gen. and dat. plur. were not in use in Cicero's time, but formarum, formis were used instead; cf. Cic. Top. 7, 30.—At a later period were introduced:

    specierum,

    Pall. Oct. 14, 15; Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, § 151; cf. Charis. p. 18 P.; and Diom. p. 281 P.:

    speciebus,

    App. ad Asclep. p. 92, 25; Cod. Just. 11, 9, 1 al.; Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 10), f. [specio].
    I.
    Act., a seeing, sight, look, view (rare; cf.

    aspectus): speciem quo vortimus,

    Lucr. 4, 242; so id. 4, 236 (for which, a little before, visus); 5, 707; 5, 724; Vitr. 3, 2 fin.; 5, 9:

    si tantis intervallis nostra species potest id animadvertere,

    id. 9, 4:

    qui sensus nostros specie primā acerrime commovent,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

    qui doloris speciem ferre non possunt,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    II.
    Pass., prop. that which is seen in a thing, i. e. the outward appearance, outside, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. forma).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praeter speciem stultus,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49:

    quod speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,

    Lucr. 4, 52; cf.:

    quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

    outlines, contours, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

    esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

    hominis esse specie deos confitendum est,

    id. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

    edepol specie lepida mulier!

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    bellan' videtur specie mulier?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 40; id. Most. 1, 3, 23; id. Mil. 4, 2, 10; 4, 6, 20:

    urbis speciem vidi,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 2; so,

    species praeclara oppidi,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    sphaerae (Archimedeae), etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

    navium,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:

    nova atque inusitata,

    id. ib. 2, 31:

    horribilis,

    id. ib. 7, 36:

    agro bene culto nihil potest esse specie ornatius,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    horum hominum species est honestissima,

    id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

    ad speciem magnifico ornatu,

    as to outward appearance, id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

    populi,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:

    nec ulla deformior species est civitatis, quam illa, in quā opulentissimi optimi putantur,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51: speciem honesti habere, the look or semblance of what is right, id. Off. 3, 2, 7:

    turba majorem quam pro numero speciem ferens,

    Curt. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

    fallaces sunt rerum species, quibus credimus,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.—
    2.
    Something seen, a spectacle, sight, appearance:

    ponite itaque ante oculos miseram quidem illam ac flebilem speciem,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3:

    non tulit hanc speciem furiatā mente Coroebus,

    Verg. A. 2, 407 (cf. I. supra).—
    3.
    Trop., that which is seen by the mind, an idea, notion: hanc illi idean appellabant:

    nos recte speciem possumus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 30; cf. id. Top. 7, 30:

    insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae,

    id. Or. 5, 18:

    excellentis eloquentiae speciem et formam adumbrabimus,

    id. ib. 14, 43:

    species, forma et notio viri boni,

    id. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.:

    prima sit haec forma et species et origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    qui species alias veri scelerisque capiet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 208:

    utinam non inanes species anxio animo figuraret,

    Curt. 7, 1, 36.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext, etc. (opp. that which is real, actual, etc.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    obiciuntur saepe formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81:

    ista securitas specie quidem blanda sed reapse, etc.,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    cujus rei species erat acceptio frumenti,

    Sall. J. 29, 4:

    fraudi imponere aliquam speciem juris,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    specie liberā... re verā, etc.,

    id. 35, 31; cf.:

    litteras inanis vanā specie libertatis adumbratas esse,

    id. 33, 31, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    plurimi ibi a fallaci equitum specie agasonibusque excepti sunt,

    id. 7, 15, 7:

    si dux primam speciem adpropinquantis terroris sustinuisset,

    id. 44, 6, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    quae (nomina) primā specie admirationem, re explicatā risum movent,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61:

    quaedam humanitatis habent primam speciem ut misericordia,

    id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    similitudinem quandam speciemque sapientium gerere,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

    si speciem utilitatis voluptas habere dicetur,

    id. ib. 3, 33, 120.— Hence,
    b.
    Esp. with gen. of that which is assumed or pretended, under pretext of, under pretence of, etc.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    fortis viros specie quādam virtutis adsimulatae tenebat,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 14.—
    (β).
    With sub:

    sub specie tutelae liberūm ejus invasisse regnum,

    Curt. 9, 2, 7; 10, 6, 21; Liv. 44, 24, 4.—
    (γ).
    With per:

    per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum,

    Liv. 9, 30, 8:

    per speciem auxilii Byzantiis ferendi, re ipsā, etc.,

    id. 39, 35, 4; 40, 13, 8; 42, 52, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in:

    si quis in speciem refectionis (viae) deteriorem viam facit,

    Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 2.—Adverb.: in speciem, for a show, as a pretence:

    haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio,

    Liv. 24, 1, 8:

    dilatā in speciem actione, re ipsā sublatā,

    id. 3, 9, 13; so,

    ad speciem tabernaculis relictis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35 fin.; id. B. G. 1, 51; Quint. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18 al.—
    2.
    Also with gen.: in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like (cf. tamquam; poet.):

    inque chori ludunt speciem,

    Ov. M. 3, 685:

    in montis speciem curvari,

    id. ib. 15, 509; cf.:

    scorpiones vermiculos ovorum specie pariunt,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.—
    3.
    Pregn., like the Engl. show, for ornament, display, splendor, beauty (cf.:

    dignitas, venustas): ut in usum boni sint et in speciem populo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42:

    fuit pompa, fuit species, fuit incessus saltem Seplasiā dignus et Capuā,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    adhibere quandam in dicendo speciem atque pompam,

    id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    speciem candoremque caeli,

    id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37; 2, 39:

    specie et motu capere homines,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    triumpho praebere speciem,

    Liv. 34, 52, 10:

    addere speciem,

    id. 37, 40; 9, 40:

    si fortunatum species et gratia praestat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 203:

    ducit te species,

    id. S. 2, 2, 35:

    speciem Saturnia vaccae probat,

    Ov. M. 1, 612:

    juvenis,

    Juv. 10, 310:

    corporis,

    Curt. 7, 9, 19; Vitr. 3, 2.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Concr. (for simulacrum, i. q. eidôgon).
    a.
    An appearance in sleep, a vision, apparition (mostly poet.), Lucr. 1, 125:

    repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem,

    Ov. M. 9, 473:

    voce suā specieque viri turbata soporem Excutit,

    id. ib. 11, 677:

    in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc.,

    Liv. 8, 6:

    per nocturnas species,

    id. 26, 19; cf.:

    mirabundi velut ad somni vanam speciem,

    id. 33, 32, 7; Sil. 13, 394; Curt. 3, 6, 7.—
    b.
    A likeness, image, statue: tum species ex aere vetus concidit... Et divum simulacra peremit fulminis ardor... Sancta Jovis species... Haec tardata diu species tandem celsā in sede locata, Cic. poët. Div. 1, [p. 1737] 12, 21.—
    2.
    Reputation, honor:

    o speciem dignitatemque populi Romani, quam reges pertimescant,

    Cic. Dom. 33, 89.—
    3.
    The particular thing among many to which the looks are turned; hence, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species:

    species pars est generis,

    App. Asclep. p. 78, 26:

    harum singula genera minimum in binas species dividi possunt, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3; cf.:

    genus est id, quod sui similes communione quādam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

    primum illud genus quaerimus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt... Homo species est, ut Aristoteles ait, canis species: commune his vinculum animal,

    Sen. Ep. 58, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; id. L. L. 10, § 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40; id. Or. 10, 33; id. Top. 18, 68; Quint. 3, 6, 26; 3, 10, 2; 5, 10, 90 al.: codicillis multas species vestis, argenti specialiter reliquit, many kinds or sorts, Dig. 34, 2, 19; cf. ib. 41, 1, 7.—
    b.
    In later jurid. lang., a special case:

    proponitur apud eum species talis: Sutor puero discenti cervicem percussit, etc.,

    Dig. 9, 2, 5 fin.; 31, 1, 85.—
    c.
    In late Lat., goods, wares (that are classed together; cf. assortment);

    publicae,

    Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10:

    annonariae,

    ib. 11, 73, 3:

    vendenda sit species,

    i. e. wine, Pall. Oct. 14, 3.—Esp., spices, drugs, etc., Macr. S. 7, 8 med.; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7; Pall. Oct. 14 fin.

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  • 2 color

        color (old colōs, S., L.), ōris, m    [2 CAL-], color, hue, tint: nivis, O.: caeruleus, Cs.: Tyrios mirare, H.: flores mille colorum, O.: color in pomo est ater, O.: varios mentiri colores, V.: scuta lectissimis coloribus distinguunt, Ta.: colorem ducere, to acquire color, V.: Ducere purpureum colorem, O. — The natural color, complexion, tint, hue: qui color, vestitus? T.: formae dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est: verus, T.: fucatus, H.: egregius: Num eius color pudoris signum indicat, T.: mutem colores? change color, H.: eius crebra coloris mutatio: In voltu color est sine sanguine, O.—Complexion, fine tint, beauty: nimium ne crede colori, V.: quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color? H. —Fig., external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance: civitatis: Omnis Aristippum decuit color, i. e. accommodated himself to every condition, H.: cornicula Furtivis nudata coloribus, stolen pomp, H.: caeli, aspect, Iu.—Of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style: ornatur oratio quasi colore quodam: tragicus, H.: operum colores, H.: claris coloribus picta poësis. —Splendor, lustre, brilliancy: nullus argento color est Abdito, H.: amissos colores referre, H.— A pretext, plausibility: causae, Iu.
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    color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext

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  • 3 speciēs

        speciēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, f    [SPEC-], a sight, look, view, appearance, aspect, mien: quae sensūs nostros specie primā acerrime commovent: doloris speciem ferre: navium, Cs.: hominum honestissima: ad speciem magnifico ornatu, as to outward appearance: speciem habere honesti, the look of what is right: turba maiorem quam pro numero speciem ferens, Cu.— A spectacle, sight, appearance: ponite ante oculos miseram illam speciem. —Fig., a mental appearance, idea, notion: insidebat in eius mente species eloquentiae: viri boni: Qui species alias veris scelerisque capiet, H.: inanīs species anxio animo figurare, Cu.— A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext: formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt: cuius rei species erat acceptio frumenti, S.: aliquam fraudi speciem iuris imponere, L.: similitudinem quandam gerebant speciemque sapientium: per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum, L.: haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio, as a pretence, L.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, Cs.— A resemblance, likeness ; only in the phrase, in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like: Inque chori ludunt speciem, O.: In montis speciem curvari, O.— Show, ornament, display, splendor, beauty: species eius (virtutis) et pulchritudo: praebere speciem triumpho, L.: Ducit te species, H.: speciem Saturnia vaccae probat, O.: corporis, Cu.— An appearance in sleep, vision, apparition: repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem, O.: in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc., L.— A likeness, image, statue: ex aere vetus, Enn. ap. C.— Reputation, honor: populi R.— A particular sort, kind, quality, species: (opp. genus).
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    sight, appearance, show; splendor, beauty; kind, type

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  • 4 color

    cŏlor (old form cŏlos, like arbos, clamos, honos, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98; 35, 11, 42, § 150), ōris, m. [root cal-, to cover; cf.: caligo, occulere, calyx], color, hue, tint.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    varii rerum,

    Lucr. 2, 786:

    nequeunt sine luce Esse,

    id. 2, 795:

    aureus ignis,

    id. 6, 205:

    albus,

    id. 2, 823; cf.:

    color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

    purpureus conchyli,

    Lucr. 6, 1073:

    Tyrios mirare,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452:

    colorem accipere,

    Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 225:

    bibere,

    id. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

    inducere picturae,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 102:

    color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    amethystinus,

    Suet. Ner. 32:

    color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater,

    Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16:

    bonus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

    melior,

    Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, [p. 371] Lucr. 2, 419:

    rebus nox abstulit atra colorem,

    Verg. A. 6, 272:

    quam cito purpureos deperdit terra colores,

    Tib. 1, 4, 30:

    nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

    Verg. E. 4, 42:

    Iris, Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

    id. A. 4, 701.— Poet.:

    ducere, of grapes, etc.,

    to acquire color, become colored, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—
    2.
    Meton.
    a.
    Coloring stuff, dyestuff:

    regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum ferax,

    Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30 sq.—
    b.
    Flowers of varied colors:

    aspice quo submittat humus formosa colores,

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—
    B.
    Specif., the natural color of men, the complexion, tint, hue:

    qui color, nitor, vestitus,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11:

    formae autem dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est, color exercitationibus corporis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    venusti oculi, color suavis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

    verus (opp. to paint),

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 Don.; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164;

    and fucatus,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 10:

    senex colore mustellino,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22:

    niveus,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 3:

    albus,

    fair, Ov. M. 2, 541:

    egregius,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

    verecundus,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.:

    vide Num ejus color pudoris signum indicat,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to change or lose color (on account of any excitement of the passions, from shame, fear, pain, etc.), to blush, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

    color excidit,

    Ov. M. 2, 602:

    perdere,

    id. ib. 3, 99:

    adeo perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non color, non voltus ei constaret,

    Liv. 39, 34, 7.—
    * b.
    Prov.:

    homo nullius coloris,

    an unknown man, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (like the phrase: albus an ater sit; v. albus).—
    2.
    Sometimes for beautiful complexion, fine tint, beauty:

    o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori,

    Verg. E. 2, 17:

    quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color?

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., color, i.e. external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance (predominant in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. rare, and mostly poet.):

    amisimus omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem, sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

    vitae,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, every color became him, i. e. he accommodated himself to every condition, id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem quidem duxerint, have not acquired even the outward appearance, i.e. have imbibed or learned nothing, Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem;

    nec Persis Macedonum mores adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari indecorum,

    Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —
    2.
    A class, fashion, kind.
    a.
    In gen. (rare):

    hos maxime laudat.. egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium... hic tertius color est,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 4:

    tertium illud genus... sed ne hic quidem contemnendus est color tertius,

    id. ib. 75, 15; cf.:

    in omni vitae colore,

    Stat. S. 2 prooem. init. —
    b.
    Esp., of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style:

    ornatur igitur oratio genere primum et quasi colore quodam et suco suo,

    Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199:

    non unus color prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71:

    qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis color?

    Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

    color dicendi maculis conspergitur,

    Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.:

    color totus orationis,

    id. 6, 3, 110:

    simplicis atque inaffectati gratia,

    id. 9, 4, 17:

    tragicus,

    Hor. A. P. 236:

    operum colores,

    id. ib. 86.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. supra, 1. B. 2.), a beautiful, brilliant quality or nature, splendor, lustre, brilliancy (freq. only in rhet. lang.):

    nullus argento color est avaris Abdito terris,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Of diction.
    a.
    A high, lively coloring, embellishment:

    intelleges nihil illius (Catonis) lineamentis nisi eorum pigmentorum quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse,

    Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, t. t., an artful concealment of a fault, a pretext, palliation, excuse, Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25:

    res illo colore defenditur apud judicem, ut videatur ille non sanae mentis fuisse, etc.,

    Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.

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  • 5 colōs

        colōs    see color.
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    color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext

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  • 6 praetextus

    1.
    praetextus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from praetexo.
    2.
    praetextus, ūs (but found only in abl. sing.; cf. praetextum, s. v. praetexo fin.), m. [praetexo].
    I.
    Outward appearance, show, ornament, display, splendor, consequence (post-Aug.):

    majore praetextu,

    Tac. H. 1, 19:

    praetextu senatūs,

    id. ib. 1, 76:

    plurimorum et maximorum operum praetextu,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 1; Manil. 3, 129. —
    II.
    A pretence, pretext, color (not anteAug.):

    decretum sub leni praetextu verborum factum est,

    Liv. 36, 6, 5:

    sub praetextu,

    Petr. 97:

    hoc praetextu,

    under this pretence, Just. 29, 3: latrocinii, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 10, 8.

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  • 7 scaena

    scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = skênê.
    I.
    Lit., the stage, boards, scene of a theatre:

    dum histrio in scaenă siet,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 20:

    in scaenă esse Roscium intellegat,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

    foris hic extra scaenam fient proelia,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 60:

    cum scaena croco Cilici perfusa recens est,

    Lucr. 2, 416:

    scaenaique simul varios splendere decores,

    id. 4, 983:

    scaenae magnificentia,

    Cic. Mur. 19, 38:

    nec vero scaena solum referta est his sceleribus,

    id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

    vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus,

    Verg. G. 3, 24; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205 et saep.— Plur.:

    columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris,

    a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 429: aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, on the stage, i. e. in tragedies, Verg. A. 4, 471:

    aut agitur res in scaenis,

    Hor. A. P. 179.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164.—
    2.
    (Post-Aug.) Of the schools of rhetoric, as scenes for the display of eloquence:

    at nunc adulescentuli deducuntur in scaenas scholasticorum, qui rhetores vocantur,

    Tac. Or. 35; cf. Plin Ep. 7, 17, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    The public stage, the public:

    quia maxima quasi oratori scaena videatur contionis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id. Planc. 12, 29:

    ubi se a vulgo et scaena in secreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 71.—Prov.: scaenae servire, to show one ' s self, live in the public eye, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 8, 2.—
    2.
    Outward show, parade, pretext: scaena rei totius haec: Pompeius, tamquam Caesarem non impugnet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3; cf.:

    ne quid scaenae deesset,

    Petr. 117, 10; Suet. Calig. 15:

    scaenam ultro criminis parat,

    Tac. A. 14, 7 fin. —
    3.
    Appearance, character:

    scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens,

    App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scaena

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