barbarous

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barbărus, a, um ( gen. plur. m. barbarum, Tac. A. 14, 39; 15, 25), adj., = barbaros [cf. barrio; balo, balbus; blatio].

Prop., foreign, strange, barbarous, opp. to Greek or Roman.

In gen.:

hospes,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 25:

mixta facit Graiis barbara turba metum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 28; Hor. C. 1, 29, 6:

reges,

id. ib. 1, 35, 11.—Hence, in Tac., in barbarum, adverb., in the manner or according to the custom of foreigners or barbarians:

civitas potens, neque in barbarum corrupta,

Tac. A. 6, 42; id. H. 5, 2.— As subst.: barbărus, i, m., a foreigner, stranger, barbarian:

sin hoc et ratio doctis et necessitas barbaris praescripsit,

Cic. Mil. 11, 30; id. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112; 2, 5, 60, § 157:

quo neque noster adit quisquam, nec barbarus audet,

Lucr. 6, 37:

quippe simul nobis habitat discrimine nullo Barbarus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 30:

barbarorum soli prope Germani singulis uxoribus contenti,

Tac. G. 18:

barbari praestabant non modicam humanitatem,

Vulg. Act. 28, 1.—

Esp., of a particular people, in opp. to Greek or Roman or both; cf.:

Romanus Graiusque ac barbarus induperator,

Juv. 10, 138 (cf.: barbaria, barbaricus, and Fest. s. v. barbari, p. 36 Müll.).

(In the mouth of a Greek, or in opp. to Greek.) Italian, Roman, Latin (never so used by the Romans):

nam os columnatum poetae esse inaudivi barbaro (sc. Naevio) (words of the Ephesian Periplectomenes),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 58; id. Stich. 1, 3, 40:

i, stultior es barbaro Poticio,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15: absurdum erat aut tantum barbaris casibus Graecam litteram (ph) adhibere, aut recto casu Graece loqui, Cic. Or. 48, 160.—So also,

In the mouth of a Macedonian:

cum alienigenis, cum barbaris aeternum omnibus Graecis bellum est eritque,

Liv. 31, 29, 15.—And,

In reference to the inhabitants of Pontus:

barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intellegor ulli,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 37.—

Phrygian:

tibia,

Cat. 64, 264; cf. Lucr. 4, 546 Forbig.:

sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyrae, Hac Dorium, illis barbarum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 6; Verg. A. 11, 777; Ov. M. 14, 163.—

Persian, a Persian:

solere reges barbaros Persarum ac Syrorum pluris uxores habere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76; Nep. Milt. 7, 1; id. Them. 3, 1; 6, 2; 7, 5; Curt. 3, 11, 16; 5, 10. 2.—Thus the king of the Persians is called barbarus, Nep. Them. 4, 4; id. Con. 4, 3;

and high officers of the king, barbari,

id. Ages. 3, 1; cf.:

Romanum agmen ad similitudinem barbari incessus convertere,

Tac. A. 3, 33.—

In gen., for any hostile people (among the Romans, after the Aug. age, esp. the German tribes, as, among the Greeks, after the Persian war, the Persians):

opinio, quae animos gentium barbararum pervaserat,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; id. Sull. 27, 76; of the Gauls, Liv. 6, 42, 7; the Germans, Tac. H. 4, 29; 5, 14; id. A. 1, 64; Suet. Aug. 21; id. Tib. 9; id. Calig. 5; 47; 51; id. Galb. 6; id. Dom. 6; 12; Amm. 18, 2, 5:

ut sunt fluxioris fidei barbari,

id. 18, 2, 18; the Thracians, Nep. Alcib. 7, 4; Tac. A. 4, 47; 11, 51; Carthaginians, Nep. Timol. 1, 1; Cilicians, id. Thras. 4, 4; Phœnicians and Cyprians, id. Cim. 2, 3; Parthians, Suet. Vesp. 8; Tac. A. 2, 2; 13, 26; Africans, Cic. Att. 9, 7; Suet. Galb. 7; Claud. 42; Tac. A. 4, 25; Britons, id. ib. 16, 17; 12, 35; 14, 32; even of the Dassaretians, a Greek people, Liv. 31, 33, 5; while the Romans did not elsewhere use barbarus for Greek.—

Transf., foreign, strange, in mind or character.

In mind, uncultivated, ignorant; rude, unpolished:

qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus videretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

ecqua civitas est... aut tam potens aut tam libera aut etiam tam inmanis ac barbara, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 11, §

24: nationes,

Tac. H. 3, 5; Prop. 2, 16, 27:

Maroboduus... natione magis quam ratione barbarus,

Vell. 2, 108, 2.— Comp., of verses:

non sunt illa suo barbariora loco,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 72.—

Of character, wild, savage, cruel, barbarous:

neque tam barbari linguā et natione illi, quam tu naturā et moribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

id. Font. 14, 31 (10, 21); id. Phil. 3, 6, 15; 13, 9, 21:

gens,

id. Sull. 27, 76:

homines,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81:

homo,

id. ib. 2, 5, 57, §

148: pirata,

id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146:

praedones,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122; Tib. 2, 5, 48:

tollite barbarum Morem,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 2:

Medea,

id. Epod. 5, 61:

domina,

id. C. 3, 27, 66:

libidines,

id. ib. 4, 12, 7:

ignis,

Ov. M. 14, 574:

populus,

Vulg. Psa. 113, 1.—

* Comp.:

sacra barbariora,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 78.— Sup. not in use.—Hence, adv.: barbărē.

Prop., as a foreigner would, in a foreign tongue: Demophilus scripsit;

Marcus vortit barbare,

i. e. into Latin, Plaut. As. prol. 10; id. Trin. prol. 19; cf. barbarus, I. B. 1. —

Transf.

Rudely, ignorantly, in an uncultivated way:

si grammaticum se professus quispiam barbare loqueretur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

ut is, a quo insolenter quid aut minaciter aut crudeliter dictum sit, barbare locutus existimetur,

Quint. 1, 5, 9:

tota saepe theatra et omnem Circi turbam exclamasse barbare scimus,

id. 1, 6, 45.—

Rudely, roughly, barbarously, cruelly:

dulcia barbare Laedentem oscula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 15:

ferociter et barbare facere,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 2.

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cruel, savage, barbarous, inhuman, uncivil, uncivilized.

ā̆grestis, e, adj. [id.].

Lit., pertaining to land, fields, or the country, country, rural, rustic, wild, agrios:

Musa,

Lucr. 5, 1397:

te in Arpinati videbimus et hospitio agresti accipiemus,

Cic. Att. 2, 16 fin.:

vestitus,

Nep. Pel. 2, 5:

falx,

Tib. 2, 5, 28 al.:

poma,

Verg. A. 7, 111:

cum lactucis agrestibus,

Vulg. Exod. 12, 8:

ligna non sunt pomifera, sed agrestia,

ib. Deut. 20, 20:

herbas agrestes,

ib. 4 Reg. 4, 39.— Subst.: ā̆grestis, is ( gen. plur. agrestūm, Ov. M. 14, 635), a countryman, rustic, farmer, peasant, Lucr. 5, 1382:

non est haec oratio habenda aut cum imperitā multitudine aut in aliquo conventu agrestium,

Cic. Mur. 29:

collectos armat agrestes,

Verg. A. 9, 11:

Fictilia antiquus primum sibi fecit agrestis Pocula,

Tib. 1, 1, 39:

facinus admissum a quodam agresti,

Tac. A. 4, 45:

inopes agrestes,

id. H. 2, 13; 4, 50.—

Transf., and in mal. part.

Rustic, in opp. to the refined citizen ( urbanus, as agrios is opp. to asteios), boorish, clownish, rude, uncultivated, coarse, wild, savage, barbarous, of persons and things:

sunt quidam vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

O rem dignam, in quā non modo docti, verum etiam agrestes erubescant,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 41:

aborigines, genus hominum agreste,

Sall. C. 6, 1:

Ego ille agrestis, saevos, tristis, parcus, truculentus, tenax Duxi uxorem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

quis nostrūm tam animo agresti ac duro fuit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 8:

dominus agrestis et furiosus,

id. Sen. 14:

exculto animo nihil agreste, nihil inhumanum est,

id. Att. 13, 45; so Ov. M. 11, 767:

rustica vox et agrestis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11; 2, 3. —Hence, agrestiores Musae, ruder, of the language of the bar, in opp. to more refined and polished eloquence, Cic. Or. 3, 11.—

Wild, brutish:

vultus,

Ov. M. 9, 96:

agrestem detraxit ab ore figuram Juppiter (of Io),

Prop. 3, 31, 13.— Comp., v. above.—

* Sup. agrestissimus, Cassiod. Ep. 7, 4.—

* Adv. comp. neutr. agrestius, Spart. Hadr. 3.

barbărĭcus, a, um, adj., = barbarikos [barbarus].

Foreign, strange, outlandish, barbarous, in opp. to Grecian or Roman ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose).

In gen.:

alae,

Luc. 1, 476:

sermo,

Amm. 18, 2, 1:

pyra,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56:

equi,

Veg. 6, 7, 1.—Hence,

Subst.: barbărĭcum, i, n.

A foreign land (post-class.):

Albis in barbarico, longe ultra Rhenum est,

Eutr. 7, 8; 9, 4; Spart. Sev. 47.—

Barbaricum appellatur clamor exercitus, quod eo genere barbari utantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.—

Esp., of a particular country, in opp. to Greece or Rome.

Freq. for Phrygian (v. barbarus): astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 120 Müll.):

vestes,

Lucr. 2, 500:

barbarico postes auro spoliisque superbi,

Verg. A. 2, 504.—

(In the mouth of a Greek.) For Italian, Roman (only in Plaut.):

urbes,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 104:

lex,

id. ib. 3, 1, 32:

cenare lepide nitideque volo: nihil moror barbarico ritu esse,

after the frugal manner of the ancient Romans, id. Cas. 3, 6, 19.—

For German, Germanic:

nomina,

Suet. Calig. 47.—

(Acc. to barbarus, II.) Rough, rude, unpolished (very rare):

vita,

Claud. Eutr. 2, 226. — Trop.:

silva barbarica id est conseminea,

Col. 11, 2, 83; cf. Mart. 3, 58, 5.—Hence, adv.

barbărĭcum, barbarously:

barbaricum atque immane gemens,

Sil. 12, 418.—

barbărĭcē, like a foreigner:

barba barbarice demissa,

Capitol. Ver. 10, § 6.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

semina (opp. liquida),

Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:

crassius semen,

id. 4, 1244:

corpus,

id. 6, 857:

unguentum,

Hor. A. P. 375:

paludes,

Verg. G. 2, 110:

cruor,

id. A. 5, 469:

aquae,

greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:

terga (agri),

Verg. G. 2, 236:

homo,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:

turdi,

Mart. 2, 40:

toga,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.

filum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:

restis,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

digiti crassi tres, as a measure,

Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—

Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:

aër crassus et concretus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:

crassissimus aër,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),

id. Fat. 4, 7:

Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:

caliginis aër Crassior,

id. 4, 350 al.:

vitrum crassiore visu,

less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—

Trop. (rare;

not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,

i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:

Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,

i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:

crassiore ut vocant Musa,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

turba,

uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:

neglegentia,

stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.

Lit.:

picare vasa,

Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.

oblinere,

Scrib. Comp. 46.—

Grossly, rudely:

crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:

crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 121, 11.

Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,

L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—

M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:

exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),

Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:

Crassiana clades,

Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7.

crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

semina (opp. liquida),

Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:

crassius semen,

id. 4, 1244:

corpus,

id. 6, 857:

unguentum,

Hor. A. P. 375:

paludes,

Verg. G. 2, 110:

cruor,

id. A. 5, 469:

aquae,

greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:

terga (agri),

Verg. G. 2, 236:

homo,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:

turdi,

Mart. 2, 40:

toga,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.

filum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:

restis,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

digiti crassi tres, as a measure,

Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—

Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:

aër crassus et concretus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:

crassissimus aër,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),

id. Fat. 4, 7:

Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:

caliginis aër Crassior,

id. 4, 350 al.:

vitrum crassiore visu,

less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—

Trop. (rare;

not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,

i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:

Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,

i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:

crassiore ut vocant Musa,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

turba,

uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:

neglegentia,

stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.

Lit.:

picare vasa,

Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.

oblinere,

Scrib. Comp. 46.—

Grossly, rudely:

crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:

crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 121, 11.

Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,

L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—

M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:

exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),

Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:

Crassiana clades,

Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7.