beginning+at+the

mensis, is ( gen. plur. regularly mensium;

freq. mensum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Verr 2, 74, 182 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3; Ov. M. 8, 500; id. F. 5, 187; 424; Liv. 3, 24, 4; 3, 25, 4; Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49 et saep.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1. p. 265 sq.), m. [root ma-, measure; Sanscr mas; Gr. mên, the measure of time; cf. Goth. mena; Germ. Mond; Engl. moon, month], a month.

Lit.:

mensium nomina,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33 Müll.; Censor 22: hunc mensem vortentem servare, the return of this month, i. e. a full year, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76:

septem menses sunt. quom in hasce aedis pedem nemo mtro tulit, id Most. 2, 2, 39: lunae cursus qui, quia mensa spatia conficiunt, menses nominantur,

Cic. N D 2, 27, 69: annūm novūm voluerunt esse primum mensem Martium, Atta ap Serv. Verg. G. 1, 43:

primo mense,

at the beginning of the month, Verg. A. 6, 453:

regnavit is quidem paucos menses,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Hor C. 2, 9, 6.—

Esp., plur., the months, i. e. the fixed time, the period:

mensis jam tibi actos vides,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2.—

Transf., esp. in plur., the menses:

prodest mulierum mensibus retardatis,

Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156; 22, 22, 40, § 83; 22, 25, 71, § 147; 23, 7, 71, § 138 et saep.—In sing.:

a muliere incitati mensis,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 267; 28, 7, 23, § 77.— Transf., of female animals, the yearly flux, Varr. R. R. 2, 7 med.

ordĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [ordo], of or belonging to order, orderly; according to the usual order, usual, customary, regular, ordinary (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Of persons.

In gen.: ordinarii consules, regular, elected in the usual manner at the beginning of the year (opp. suffecti), Liv. 41, 18:

pugiles (with legitimi),

Suet. Aug. 45; cf.

consulatus,

id. Galb. 6:

gladiatores,

Sen. Ep. 7, 3:

ordinarium hominem Oppius ait dici solitum scurram et improbum... At Aelius Stilo, qui minime ordine viveret... Sunt quidam etiam, qui manipularem, quia infimi sit ordinis, appellatum credant ordinarium,

Fest. p. 182 Müll.—

In partic., subst.: ordĭnārĭus, i, m.

An overseer who keeps order, Dig. 14, 4, 5. —

In milit. lang., a centurion of the first cohort, Inscr. Grut. 542, 8; Veg. Mil. 2, 15; cf. Mommsen, Tribus, p. 123; Anmerk. 112. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things: oleum, oil obtained in the usual manner from sound, ripe olives (opp. to oleum cibarium, made of bad olives picked up from the ground), Col. 12, 50, 22:

vites,

standing in regular order, id. 3, 16, 1:

silices,

stones so laid that those of each row cover the joints of the row beneath it, Vitr. 2, 8:

consulatus,

regular, Suet. Galb. 6:

consilia,

usual, ordinary, Liv. 27, 43: oratio, regular, connected (opp. to breviarium or summarium), Sen. Ep. 39, 1:

philosophia non est res succisiva: ordinaria est, domina est,

it must be constantly practised, must govern all the relations of life, id. ib. 53, 9:

fuit ordinarium, loqui, etc.,

it was usual, customary, Dig. 38, 6, 1:

jus (opp. to extraordinarium),

ib. 14, 4, 5.— Hence, adv.: ordĭnārĭē, in order, orderly, methodically (eccl. Lat. for ordine, ordinatim), Tert. Res. Carn. 2.

Pūblĭlĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, of whom the best known are,

Publilius, brother of Publilia, second wife of Cicero, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1.—

Volero Publilius, who secured to the plebs the election of the tribunes, A. U. C. 282, Liv. 2, 55 sqq. —

Publilius Syrus, a famous composer and actor of mimes, at the beginning of the eighth century A. U. C., Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199; Macr. S. 2, 7, 6 sqq.; Sen. Ep. 8, 8;

less correctly called Publius Syrus,

Gell. 17, 14, 1; Sen. Tranq. 11, 8 al.; v. Wölfflin, Philol. 22, p. 439 sq.; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 208, 2. —Hence, adj.: Publĭlĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to Publilius:

sententiae,

Sen. Contr. 7, 18, 8 sq. (where the common text has Publiliae).—

Publilia, Cicero's second wife, whom he married B. C. 46, and divorced the next year, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 75.

Pūblĭlĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, of whom the best known are,

Publilius, brother of Publilia, second wife of Cicero, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1.—

Volero Publilius, who secured to the plebs the election of the tribunes, A. U. C. 282, Liv. 2, 55 sqq. —

Publilius Syrus, a famous composer and actor of mimes, at the beginning of the eighth century A. U. C., Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199; Macr. S. 2, 7, 6 sqq.; Sen. Ep. 8, 8;

less correctly called Publius Syrus,

Gell. 17, 14, 1; Sen. Tranq. 11, 8 al.; v. Wölfflin, Philol. 22, p. 439 sq.; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 208, 2. —Hence, adj.: Publĭlĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to Publilius:

sententiae,

Sen. Contr. 7, 18, 8 sq. (where the common text has Publiliae).—

Publilia, Cicero's second wife, whom he married B. C. 46, and divorced the next year, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 75.

sŭper, adj., v. superus.

sŭper, adv. and prep. [Sanscr. upari; Gr. huper; Goth. ufar], above, over (often confounded in MSS. and edd. with supra, q. v.).

Adv., above, on top, thereupon, upon, etc. (rare but class.).

Lit., of place:

Anien infraque superque Saxeus,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 20:

eo super tigna bipedalia, iniciunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

haec super e vallo prospectant Troes,

Verg. A. 9, 168: implenturque super puppes, from above, i. e. by rain, id. ib. 5, 697:

purpureas super vestes... Coniciunt,

id. ib. 6, 221; cf. id. ib. 6, 217:

renes tunicis super conteguntur,

Cels. 3, 1 med.:

imponendum super medicamentum,

id. 6, 19 med. —

Transf.

Of that which is over and above in number or quantity, over, moreover, besides:

satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

enough and to spare, more than enough, Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

satis superque prudentes,

id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:

contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

ut satis superque vixisse videamur,

id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; Liv. 3, 53:

quidque furor valeat, satisque Ac super ostendit,

Ov. M. 4, 430:

poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 65: cui neque apud Danaos usquam locus;

et super ipsi Dardanidae infensi, etc.,

and moreover, and besides, Verg. A. 2, 71:

saevit amor ferri... Ira super,

id. ib. 7, 462:

super talis effundit pectore voces,

id. ib. 5, 482; 11, 670: voto deus aequoris alti Annuerat;

dederatque super, ne saucius ullis Vulneribus fieri posset,

Ov. M. 12, 206; 4, 751; 15, 308; Hor. S. 2, 7, 78; id. Ep. 2, 2, 33; Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

annum agens aetatis sexagensimum ac nonum, superque mensem ac diem septimum,

Suet. Vesp. 24.— With gen. part.:

non operae est satis superque oneris sustinenti res a populo Romano gestas scribere,

Liv. 41, 25, 8:

primoribus, super quam quod dissenserant a consilio, territis etiam duplici prodigio,

besides that, Liv. 22, 3, 14; so,

super quam quod,

id. 27, 20, 10.—

Less freq. of that which is left over, over, left, remaining:

Atheniensibus exhaustis praeter arma et naves nihil erat super,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; cf.:

nec spes ulla super,

Val. Fl. 8, 435:

quid super sanguinis, qui dari pro republicā possit? rogitantes,

Liv. 4, 58, 13:

super tibi erunt, qui dicere laudes tuas cupiant,

Verg. E. 6, 6:

o mihi sola mei super Astyanactis imago,

id. A. 3, 489.

Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above, on the top of, upon, on.

With acc.

Lit., of place or situation:

super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui, nisi columellam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

super lateres coria inducuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, §

4: super quas (naves) turrim ad introitum opposuit,

id. ib. 3, 39 Dinter (al. quā):

super vallum praecipitari,

Sall. J. 58, 6; cf.:

cum alii super aliorum capita ruerent,

Liv. 24, 39, 5:

super caput hostium pervenire,

id. 32, 11, 8:

aqua super montium juga concreta,

id. 21, 58, 8:

domos super se ipsos concremaverunt,

id. 21, 14, 4:

cenaculum super aedes datum est,

id. 39, 14, 2:

ad senaculum ac super id curiam,

id. 41, 27, 7:

equi super eum ruentis,

id. 39, 49, 3:

super eam (aspidem) assidere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59:

super theatrum consistere,

Liv. 24, 39, 1:

aquila super carpentum volitans,

id. 1, 34, 8:

illa super terram defecto poplite labens,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

collis erat, collemque super planissima Area,

id. ib. 10, 86:

ut scopulum super duram illidat corticem,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 11:

clatri super aquam emineant,

Col. 8, 17, 10:

super arcem pensiles horti sunt,

Curt. 5, 1, 32:

vestis super genua est,

id. 5, 6, 18:

super pulpitum consulares conlocare,

Suet. Calig. 54.—

Of position or distance, above, beyond: Nomentanus erat super ipsum, Porcius infra, was above him (at table), Hor. S. 2, 8, 23:

Polypercon, qui cubabat super regem,

Curt. 8, 5, 22:

super se collocavit,

Suet. Aug. 43.—Of geographical situation:

super Numidiam Gaetulos accepimus,

beyond Numidia, Sall. J. 19, 5:

super et Garamantas et Indos Proferet imperium,

Verg. A. 6, 795:

super Sunium navigans,

Liv. 28, 8, 11:

sita est super Ambracium sinum,

id. 43, 21, 6:

super Demetriadem promunturium,

id. 31, 46, 7; 43, 21, 6:

qui super Bosporum colunt,

Curt. 6, 2, 13; 7, 6, 12; 8, 1, 7:

Lydia super Ioniam procedit,

extends beyond, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—Of official position ( = supra):

super armamentarium positus,

Curt. 6, 7, 22; Scrib. Comp. 162.—

Transf.

Of time, during, at (postAug.):

de hujus nequitiā omnes super cenam loquebantur,

Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6; 3, 5, 11; 9, 33, 1; cf.:

super vinum et epulas,

Curt. 8, 4, 30; 8, 12, 17; Suet. Aug. 77; id. Caes. 87:

super mensam,

Curt. 7, 4, 7:

super hos divum honores,

i. e. during the sacrifice, Stat. Th. 1, 676; Flor. 4, 2, 69.—

Of that which is over and above a certain number or quantity, over, above, beyond, upon, besides, in addition to (not freq. till after the Aug. period):

quod alii super alios legati venirent speculaturi,

i. e. in rapid succession, constantly, Liv. 42, 25, 8: vox non paene tragoedorum sed super omnes tragoedos, [p. 1804] Quint. 12, 5, 5:

super modum ac paene naturam,

id. 11, 3, 169:

super necessitatem,

id. 9, 3, 46:

famosissima super ceteras fuit cena ei data adventicia,

Suet. Vit. 13:

super veteres amicos,

id. Tib. 55.—With numerals:

super tris modios,

Liv. 23, 12, 1:

super LX. milia,

Tac. G. 33:

super octingentos annos,

id. A. 13, 58:

super quadraginta reos,

Suet. Calig. 38:

super HS. millies,

id. Caes. 26; id. Ner. 30:

senioribus super sexaginta annos in Epirum missis,

Liv. 26, 25, 11; cf.:

super triginta ducibus triumphos decernendos curavit,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames affecit,

Liv. 28, 46, 15:

super tam evidentem tristis ominis eventum, etiam, etc.,

id. 41, 18, 14:

super dotem haec tibi dona accedent,

id. 26, 50, 12; 2, 51, 2:

super solitos honores,

id. 2, 31, 3:

super vota fluere,

beyond all wishes, Tac. H. 3, 48:

super obscena dicta et petulans jurgium,

Phaedr. 3, 11, 2:

dare savia super savia,

kisses upon kisses, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 38:

alii super alios trucidentur,

Liv. 1, 50, 6:

vulnus super vulnus,

id. 22, 54, 9:

ut habitationes super pretium libertatis praestarentur,

Dig. 18, 6, 19.—Esp. freq.: super omnia, above all, before all (in Plin. the elder, super omnia and super omnes always at the beginning of the phrase; v. Sillig ad Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62):

talia carminibus celebrant: super omnia Caci Speluncam adiciunt,

Verg. A. 8, 303:

aetas et forma et super omnia Romanum nomen,

Liv. 31, 18, 3; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118; Quint. 12, 9, 12; Ov. M. 6, 526; 8, 677; so,

tu super omnes beatus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2; Suet. Vit. 13; Quint. 12, 5, 5.—

Hence, transf., in gen., for plus quam, amplius quam, more than (late Lat.):

qui amat filium aut filiam super me,

Vulg. Matt. 10, 37; cf.:

dulciora sunt super mel et favum,

id. Psa. 18, 11.—

With abl.

Lit., of place or situation (rare and mostly poet.):

regulae, quae lateres, qui super musculo struantur, contineant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ensis cui super Cervice pendet,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 17:

ligna super foco Large reponens,

id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

parumne campis atque Neptuno super Fusum est Latini sanguinis,

id. Epod. 7, 3:

super Pindo,

id. C. 1, 12, 6:

requiescere Fronde super viridi,

Verg. E. 1, 81. —

Transf.

Of time (cf. supra, A. 2. a.), during, in:

nocte super mediā,

Verg. A. 9, 61; cf.:

Centaurea cum Lapithis rixa super mero Debellata,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 8.—

For the usual de, to indicate respect, reference, upon, about, concerning, respecting (freq. in the ante-class. and after the Aug. period; in Cic. only a few times in his letters; not in Cæs.): nemo antea fecit super tali re cum hoc magistratu utique rem, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 305 Müll.; so Pac. ib.; Plaut. Am. prol. 58; id. Most. 3, 2, 39:

hac super re scribam ad te Rhegio,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

sed hac super re nimis (sc. dixi),

id. ib. 10, 8, 10:

litteras super tantā re exspectare,

Liv. 26, 15, 5:

cura super tali re principum laudata est,

id. 40, 46, 15:

multus eā super re rumor,

Tac. A. 11, 23:

quid nuntias super anu?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 8:

super Euclionis filia,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 2:

super ancillā,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 36:

super amicā,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 133; 3, 6, 33; 4, 2, 25:

quid agendum nobis sit super legatione votivā,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

super tali causā missi,

Nep. Paus. 4:

legare super familia pecuniave sua,

Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

super tali causā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

multa super Priamo rogitans, super Hectore multa,

Verg. A. 1, 750; 4, 233:

super arvorum cultu,

id. G. 4, 559:

mitte civiles super Urbe curas,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

publicus ludus super impetrato Augusti reditu,

id. ib. 4, 2, 42:

decreta super jugandis Feminis,

id. C. S. 18:

consultant bello super,

Sil. 2, 271; 5, 615:

ne super tali scelere suspectum sese haberet,

Sall. J. 71, 5:

super adimendā vitā,

Amm. 14, 7, 12.—

Over and above, besides, beyond (very rare):

modus agri... hortus... fons... Et paulum silvae super his,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 3:

excogitatum est super his, ut, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 6; Sil. 1, 60.

► In composition, super denotes,

Above, over, of place: supercerno, supercresco, superdo, superemineo, superemorior, superferc, superfluo, superfugio, superfundo, supergredior, superjacio, superimpono, superincumbo, superinduco, supernato, superpono, supersedeo, supersterno, supersto, supervehor, supervenio, etc.—

Less freq., over and above, besides, in addition: superaddo, superbibo, supersum, superstes, superfio.

* * *

auspĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [from auspex, as auguror from augur], to take the auspices.

Lit.

In gen.:

(Gracchus) cum pomerium transiret, auspicari esset oblitus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

tripudio auspicari,

id. Div. 1, 35, 77; 2, 36, 77:

Fabio auspicanti aves non addixere,

Liv. 27, 16, 15; 4, 6, 3; 6, 41, 5 sq. al.—

Esp., aliquid or absol., also with inf., to make a beginning, for the sake of a good omen, to begin, enter upon (first freq. after the Aug. per.):

ipsis Kal. Januariis auspicandi causā omne genus operis instaurant,

Col. 11, 2, 98:

auspicandi gratiā tribunal ingredi,

Tac. A. 4, 36:

non auspicandi causā, sed studendi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 8:

auspicatus est et jurisdictionem,

Suet. Ner. 7:

auspicabar in Virginem (aquam) desilire,

Sen. Ep. 83, 5.—

In gen., to begin, enter upon a thing:

auspicari culturarum officia,

Col. 11, 2, 3; 3, 1, 1:

homo a suppliciis vitam auspicatur,

Plin. 7, prooem. §

3: militiam,

Suet. Aug. 38:

cantare,

id. Ner. 22.— Trop.:

senatorium per militiam auspicantes gradum,

attaining, receiving it through military services, Sen. Ep. 47, 10.

Act. access. form auspĭco, āre, to take the auspices:

praetor advenit, auspicat auspicium prosperum,

Naev. 4, 2 (Non. p 468, 28):

(magistratus) publicae [rei] cum auspicant, Caecil. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. Rel. p. 66 Rib.): auspicetis: cras est communis dies, Atta, ib. (Com. Rel. p. 161 Rib.): Non hodie isti rei auspicavi,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 12:

mustelam,

to receive, accept as an augury, id. Stich. 3, 2, 46:

super aliquā re,

Gell. 3, 2. —

Abl. absol.: auspĭcātō, after taking the auspices:

Romulus non solum auspicato urbem condidisse, sed ipse etiam optimus augur fuisse traditur,

Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3:

Nihil fere quondam majoris rei nisi auspicato ne privatim quidem gerebatur,

id. ib. 1, 16, 28:

qui et consul rogari et augur et auspicato,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. Div. 2, 36, 72; 2, 36, 77:

plebeius magistratus nullus auspicato creatur,

Liv. 6, 41, 5 sq.; 5, 38; 1, 36;

28, 28: Hunc (senatum) auspicato a parente et conditore urbis nostrae institutum,

Tac. H. 1, 84; 3, 72 al.—

auspĭcātus, a, um, part., consecrated by auguries:

auspicato in loco,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4:

non auspicatos contudit impetus Nostros,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 10:

auspicata comitia,

Liv. 26, 2, 2 al. —

Acc. to auspicor, II., begun:

in bello male auspicato,

Just. 4, 5. —

auspĭcātus, a, um, as P. a., fortunate, favorable, lucky, prosperous, auspicious:

cum Liviam auspicatis rei publicae ominibus duxisset uxorem,

Vell. 2, 79, 2.— Comp.:

Venus auspicatior,

Cat. 45, 26:

arbor,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.— Sup.:

auspicatissimum exordium,

Quint. 10, 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 2:

initium,

Tac. G. 11.— Adv.: auspĭcātō, under a good omen, auspiciously:

ut ingrediare auspicato,

at a for tunate moment, in a lucky hour, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 57:

Haud auspicato huc me appuli,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 12:

qui auspicato a Chelidone surrexisset,

Cic. Verr. 1, 40, 144.— Comp. auspicatius:

auspicatius mutare nomen,

Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105:

gigni,

id. 7, 9, 7, § 47.

austērus, a, um, adj. (auster, Scrib. Comp. 188; sup. austerrimus, Messala, Corv. Progen. Aug. 5), = austêros.

A.. Lit, of taste, harsh, sour, tart (not before the Aug. per.;

syn.: acer, acerbus, tristis, severus, molestus): vinum nigrum,

Cels. 3, 24:

austerior gustus,

Col. 12, 12, 2:

herba austero sapore,

Plin. 25, 5, 20, § 45:

vinum austerissimum,

Scrib. Comp. 142.—

Transf.

Of smell, pungent:

balsami sucus: odore austerus,

Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 120.—

Of color, deep, dark:

sunt autem colores austeri aut floridi,

Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30.— Comp.:

(pictor) austerior colore et in austeritate jucundior,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 134.—

Trop.

Severe, rigid, strict, stern, austere (opp. mol lis, facilis, lenis;

scarcely before Cic.): illo austero more ac modo,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

austerior et gravior esse potuisset,

id. Pis. 29, 71:

Nec gravis austeri poena cavenda viri,

Prop. 4, 13, 24:

homo austerus es,

Vulg. Luc. 19, 21; 19, 22.—Of discourse, severe, grave, serious:

ita sit noLis ornatus et suavis orator, ut suavitatem habeat austeram et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam (the epithet borrowed from wine),

that he may have a severe and solid, not a luscious and effeminate sweetness, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

austera poëmata,

Hor. A. P. 342:

oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 128 Spald.—Of style in statuary:

genus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66.—

As the opp. of kind, pleasant, severe, gloomy, sad, troublesome, hard, irksome (so first after the beginning of the Aug. per.):

labor,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 12:

Quaelibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,

Prop. 5, 11, 49:

aeger omnem austeram curationem recusans,

Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43.— Adv.:

austērē, acc. to II., rigidly, austerely, severely: agit mecum austere et Stoice Cato, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.— Comp.: cum aliquo austerius agere, * Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 30.

cyclĭcus, a, um, adj., = kuklikos, prop. circular; hence,

Cyclicus scriptor, a cyclic poet, one of the epic poets who treated in regular order the cycle of myths from the beginning of the world to the time of Telemachus, Hor. A. P. 136:

cyclica carmina,

cyclic poems, Isid. Orig. 6, 17, 4; cf. Liddell and Scott, s. v. kuklikos, II.—

Forming a complete cycle, encyclopædic:

disciplinae,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 998.

lībāmen, ĭnis, n. [libo], that which is poured out in offerings to the gods, a drinkoffering, libation ( poet. for libamentum), Ov. F. 3, 733:

pingui cumulat libamine flammam,

Val. Fl. 1, 204:

setas Ignibus imponit, libamina prima,

the hairs offered as a beginning of the sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 246.—So (eccl. Lat.) of the Mosaic drinkofferings:

vinum libaminum bibere,

Vulg. Deut. 32, 38; id. 1 Par. 29, 21.—

Transf., that which is thrown upon a funeral pile, an offering, Stat. Th. 6, 224.—

Trop., the first enjoyment of a thing:

tu nova servatae capies: libamina famae,

Ov. H. 4, 27.

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first, at first, at the beginning, at the start.

the beginning (especially of a speech).