cŭlīna

cŭlīna (old orthogr. cŏlīna, acc. to Non. p. 55, 18 sq.), ae, f. [Sanscr. çar, çri, to cook, mix], a kitchen.

Prop., Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 1; id. Truc. 2, 7, 53; Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2; Cic. Fam. 15, 18, 1; Sen. Ep. 114, 26; Petr. 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 73; 2, 5, 80; cf. of a portable kitchen, Sen. Ep. 78, 23; Juv. 3, 250.—

Transf.

Culina vocatur locus, in quo epulae in funere comburuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65, 12.—

Meton., food, fare, victuals:

Murenā praebente domum, Capitone culinam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 38; so Juv. 5, 162; 14, 14.

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ad-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a. (admōram, admōrim, etc., sync. for admoveram, admoverim, etc., Verg. A. 4, 367; Ov. P. 3, 7, 36), to move a person or thing; to bring, conduct, lead, carry, etc., to or toward a place (syn.: adduco, adicio, adhibeo, appello).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with ad or with dat. (in the histt., of an army, implements for besieging, etc.; class. at all periods): dum ne exercitum propius urbem Romam CC milia admoveret, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

copias in locum,

Liv. 42, 57:

signa Achradinae,

id. 25, 24 ext.; so Flor. 1, 24, 3, 23:

castra,

Sil. 1, 296.—Hence, also, sometimes absol., to draw near, to approach, to bring near:

jam admovebat rex,

Curt. 9, 4:

jam opera admoventi deditio est facta,

Liv. 32, 32:

scalas moenibus,

Tac. A. 13, 39. — Trop.:

quot admovi illi fabricas! quot fallacias!

Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (where formerly admoenivi was erroneously read):

tamquam aliquā machinā admotā, capere Asinii adulescentiam,

Cic. Clu. 13;

so also: ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur (sc. civi Romano),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63:

dolorum faces,

id. Off. 2, 10, 37:

cumque quasi faces ei doloris admoverentur,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

fasciculum ad nares,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

pecus flagrantibus aris,

Verg. A. 12, 171:

admotae hostiae (sc. aris),

Tac. A. 2, 69; so Suet. Calig. 32; Luc. 7, 165: Hannibalem admotum, i. e. adductum altaribus, led or conducted to, Liv. 21, 1:

labra poculis,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

ignes templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

exercitum Ariminum,

Liv. 28, 46:

vultum ad auditores,

Auct. Her. 3, 15:

animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis,

Ov. M. 10, 188:

(opes) Stygiis admoverat umbris,

id. ib. 1, 139:

manus operi,

to apply, id. ib. 10, 254:

capiti diadema,

Suet. Caes. 79:

digitum scripturae,

id. Aug. 80:

oscula,

to give a kiss, Ov. M. 10, 644:

aliquem ad munera publica,

to promote, advance, Suet. Tib. 10:

infantes papillae,

to put to, id. Tib. 44 al.:

gressum,

to approach nearer, Stat. Th. 11, 560 (cf.: addere gressum).—

Esp.

To bring one thing near to another, and in the pass. poet. of places, to lie or be situated near:

nocturna ad lumina linum nuper ubi extinctum admoveas,

Lucr. 6, 901:

quae nisi admoto igne ignem concipere possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.: culina ut sit admota, i. e. near or close by, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2:

genus admotum Superis,

nearly related, Sil. 8, 295:

admota Nilo Africa,

Juv. 10, 149.—Hence, aliquem alicui, to bring one near another, i. e. to make friends, to reconcile:

mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari,

Vell. 2, 96.—

With the access. idea of regard to an object to be attained, to move, bring, or apply a thing to; e. g. admovere aures (or aurem), to lend an ear to: manus (or manum) operi, to put one's hand to a work, etc.: accessi, adstiti, animam ( my breath) compressi, aurem admovi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

admovere aures et subauscultando excipere voces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36 (cf.:

aures adhibere,

id. Arch. 3:

praebere aures,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 25; and:

tenere aures,

id. ib. 4, 10, 49); and aures, poet. for auditores:

cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19:

admovent manus vectigalibus populi Rom.,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4; Ov. M. 15, 218; Liv. 5, 22, 4:

in marmoribus, quibus Nicias manum admovisset,

which he had put his hand to, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Curt. 6, 7:

ruderibus purgandis manus primus admovit,

Suet. Vesp. 8. But sometimes manus admovere signif., to lay violent hands on, to attack or assault:

numquam deos ipsos admovere nocentibus manus,

Liv. 5, 11 fin. al.—

Fig., of mental objects, to put, apply, or direct to any thing:

quid praedicem... quot stimulos admoverit homini,

put the goad to, Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

mulier saevissima est, Cum stimulos odio pudor admovet,

Juv. 10, 328:

num admoveri possit oratio ad sensus animorum inflammandos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

animis judicum admovere orationem, tamquam fidibus manum,

id. Brut. 54, 200: sed alia quaedam sit ad eum admovenda curatio (just before: adhibenda oratio; cf.

adhibeo),

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: mentem ad voces alicujus, to direct to, attend to, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10: serus enim Graecis admovit acumina chartis, not until late did ( the Roman) apply his wits to Greek literature, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

terrorem,

to strike with terror, Liv. 6, 10; 41, 17:

spes est admota,

Ov. M. 11, 454:

spes cupiditati admota occaecavit animum,

Liv. 43, 10; id. 27, 43: desiderium patriae, to instil or infuse, Curt. 6, 2 al.

ātrĭum, ii, n. [acc. to Scaliger, from aithrion, subdiale, since it was a part of the uncovered portion of the house (but the atrium of the Romans was always covered); acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll., from the Tuscan town Atria, where this style of architecture originated; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.; and Müller, Etrusk. 1, p. 254 sq.; but better from ater, acc. to the explanation of Servius: ibi etiam culina erat, unde et atrium dictum est; atrum enim erat ex fumo, ad Verg. A. 1, 730].

The fore-court, hall, entrance-room, entry; that part of the Roman house into which one first came after passing the entrance (janua); cf. Vitr. 6, 4; O. Müller, Archaeol. III. § 293, and Etrusk. above cited. In earlier times, the atrium was used as a dining-room, Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 726. Here stood, opposite the door, the lectus genialis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 87;

here sat the housewife with her maidens spinning,

Arn. adv. Gent. 2, 67;

here clients were in attendance,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Juv. 7, 7 and 91;

and here hung the family portraits and other paintings,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; Mart. 2, 90; Val. Max. 5, 8, 3; Vulg. Matt. 26, 58; ib. Marc. 14, 54; ib. Joan. 18, 15 al.— Poet. in the plur., of a single atrium:

Apparet domus intus et atria longa patescunt,

Verg. A. 2, 483; so Ov. M. 14, 260; Juv. 8, 20 al.— Meton. for the house itself:

nec capient Phrygias atria nostra nurus,

Ov. H. 16, 184; id. M. 13, 968.—So of the entrance-room in the dwelling of the gods: dextrā laevāque deorum Atria nobilium (as it were clients, v. supra) valvis celebrantur apertis, Ov. M. 1, 172; Stat. Th. 1, 197.—

In temples and other public buildings there was often an atrium, a hall, court:

in atrio Libertatis,

Cic. Mil. 22, 59; Liv. 25, 7; 45, 15; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Aug. 29:

Vestae,

Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 2;

also called atrium regium,

Liv. 26, 27; cf. Ov. F. 6, 263; id. Tr. 3, 1, 30:

atrium tabernaculi,

Vulg. Exod. 27, 9; ib. Lev. 6, 26:

in atriis Domūs Dei,

ib. Psa. 91, 14; 134, 2;

Smith, Dict. Antiq.—So atrium auctionarium,

an auction-hall, auction-room, Cic. Agr. 1, 3; so Inscr. Orell. 3439; and absol., atria:

cum desertis Aganippes Vallibus esuriens migraret in atria Clio,

Juv. 7, 7. Such halls were the Atria Licinia, Cic. Quinct. 6, 25: ATRIVM SVTORIVM, the shoemakers' hall, a place in Rome, Calend. Praenest. Inscr. Orell. II. 386.

bellātor, ōris (ancient form duellā-tor, Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; cf. the letter B), m. [bello].

A warrior, soldier (as capable of fighting, while miles signifies a soldier by profession;

class.): domi bellique duellatores optimi,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 68:

si tu ad legionem bellator clues, at ego in culinā Ares,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 54; id. Mil. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 97; id. Curc. 4, 3, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 3; id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; id. Truc. 2, 7, 68; Cic. Balb. 23, 54:

quis est, qui aut bellatori, aut imperatori, aut oratori quaerat aliquid, etc.,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; 4, 19, 43:

ecqua pacifica persona desideretur an in bellatore sint omnia,

id. Att. 8, 12, 4:

adeo Sulla dissimilis fuit bellator ac victor, ut, etc.,

Vell. 2, 25, 3:

primus bellator duxque,

Liv. 9, 1, 2:

fortes (opp. otiosi urbani),

id. 5, 20, 6; 8, 8, 17; 7, 26, 13; 1, 59, 9; Tac. A. 1, 67; 4, 49; Ov. A. A. 3, 359; Juv. 8, 10; 13, 168; Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 12; Vulg. Isa. 3, 2 al.—Humorously of champion drinkers, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 5.—

Esp. (like amator, arator, venator, etc.; v. Zumpt, Gr. § 102; in close apposition with another subst., and taking the place of an adj.), warlike, ready to fight, martial, valorous (mostly poet.):

bellator Turnus,

Verg. A. 12, 614:

bellator deus,

the war-god Mars, id. ib. 9, 721.—So esp. freq. equus, a spirited, mettlesome horse, Verg. G. 2, 145; id. A. 10, 891; 11, 89; Ov. M. 15, 368; id. F. 2, 12; Val. Fl. 2, 385; Tac. G. 14.—Also absol.:

feroci Bellatore sedens,

Juv. 7, 127:

taurus,

Stat. Th. 12, 603.— Transf., of inanim. things:

campus,

the field of battle, Stat. Th. 8, 378:

ensis,

Sil. 13, 376;

and of a stone used in play,

Ov. A. A. 3, 359.

cŭlīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [culina], pertaining to the kitchen, culinary, kitchen-.

Adj.:

operae,

Fronto, B. Parth. p. 201.—

Subst.: cŭlīnārĭus, ii, m., a kitchen servant, Scrib. Comp. 230.

hortor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. hortarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5), v. dep. [for horitor, v. horior], to urge one strongly to do a thing, to incite, instigate, encourage, cheer, exhort (freq. and class.; cf.: moneo, admoneo, suadeo).

In gen., constr. aliquem, aliquem ad or in aliquid, ut, ne, with the simple subj., de aliqua re, aliquid, with the inf. or absol.

With acc. pers.:

coquos,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5 sq.:

hacc, quae supra scripta sunt, eo spectant, ut te horter et suadeam,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 3: neque nos hortari neque dehortari decet Hominem peregrinum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 61:

timentem,

Ov. M. 10, 466:

celeres canes,

id. H. 4, 41; cf.:

terribiles hortatus equos,

spurring on, id. M. 5, 421:

vitulos,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

pedes,

to drive on, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7:

senex in culina clamat: hortatur cocos: Quin agitis hodie?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 6:

hortari coepit eundem Verbis, quae timido quoque possent addere mentem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 35.—

Ad or in aliquid:

ad laudem milites,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

ad concordiam,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

ad curam rei publicae,

id. 5, 11, 24:

ad diligentiam,

id. 9, 4, 133:

ad quaerendum,

id. 5, 12, 1:

ad reliqua fortius exsequenda,

id. 4, 5, 23:

paribus Messapum in proelia dictis Hortatur,

Verg. A. 11, 521:

in amicitiam jungendam,

Liv. 43, 19, 14.—

De aliqua re:

iisdem de rebus etiam atque etiam hortor, quibus superioribus litteris hortatus sum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1:

de Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor,

id. ib. 16, 19:

aliquem de concilianda pace,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 3.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

Pompeium et hortari et orare... ut magnam infamiam fugiat, non desistemus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

petit atque hortatur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19 fin.:

ipse equo circumiens unumquemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, uti meminerint, etc.,

Sall. C. 59, 5:

magno opere te hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

ego vos hortari tantum possum, ut amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis anteponatis,

id. Lael. 5, 17; 27, 104:

juvenes ut illam ire viam pergant,

Juv. 14, 121:

te sedulo Et moneo et hortor, ne cujusquam misereat,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 7; Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 52:

Ambiorix in Nervios pervenit hortaturque, ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasionem dimittant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38, 2:

hortatur eos, ne animo deficiant,

id. B. C. 1, 19, 1.—With the simple subj.:

Labienum Treboniumque hortatur... ad eam diem revertantur,

id. B. G. 6, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 21, 4:

quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 10:

hortatur et monet, imitetur vicinum suum Octavium,

Suet. Aug. 3 fin. —

Aliquem aliquid or simply aliquid:

sin tu (quod te jamdudum hortor) exieris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12: trepidus hortabar fugam, Poët. ap. Charis. 1, 4 fin.:

equidem pacem hortari non desino,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.; so,

pacem amicitiamque,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5:

vias,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 22:

me miseram! cupio non persuadere quod hortor,

Ov. H. 19, 187.—

With inf. or an object-clause (rare):

cum legati hortarentur accipere,

Nep. Phoc. 1, 3:

(Daedalus) dedit oscula nato, Hortaturque sequi,

Ov. M. 8, 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 69:

(Chariclem medicum) remanere ac recumbere hortatus est,

Suet. Tib. 72 (cf. in the foll. b.).—

With supine:

neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

Absol.:

hortor, asto, admoneo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Sigambri fuga comparata, hortantibus iis, quos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.:

hortante et jubente Vercingetorige,

id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Nep. Att. 10, 4 al.—

Of inanim. or abstract things:

pol benefacta tua me hortantur, tuo ut imperio paream,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 60: res, tempus, locus, simul otium hortabatur, ut, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 523, 14:

multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

secundum ea multae res eum hortabantur, quare sibi eam rem cogitandam et suscipiendam putaret,

id. ib. 1, 33, 2.—With inf.:

(rei publicae dignitas) me ad sese rapit, haec minora relinquere hortatur,

Cic. Sest. 3, 7.—

Prov.:

hortari currentem,

i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 13, 45, 2; v. curro. —

In partic., in milit. lang., to exhort soldiers before a battle:

Sabinus suos hortatus cupientibus signum dat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

suos hortando ad virtutem arrigere,

id. ib. 23, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 207.

Also in the act. form, horto, āre (Prisc. p. 797 P.), Enn. Ann. 554 Vahl.; perf. hortavi, Sen. Suas. 5, 8.—

hortor, āri, in pass. signif.: ab amicis hortaretur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 1: hoste hortato, Auct. B. Hisp. 1 fin.

hortor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. hortarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5), v. dep. [for horitor, v. horior], to urge one strongly to do a thing, to incite, instigate, encourage, cheer, exhort (freq. and class.; cf.: moneo, admoneo, suadeo).

In gen., constr. aliquem, aliquem ad or in aliquid, ut, ne, with the simple subj., de aliqua re, aliquid, with the inf. or absol.

With acc. pers.:

coquos,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5 sq.:

hacc, quae supra scripta sunt, eo spectant, ut te horter et suadeam,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 3: neque nos hortari neque dehortari decet Hominem peregrinum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 61:

timentem,

Ov. M. 10, 466:

celeres canes,

id. H. 4, 41; cf.:

terribiles hortatus equos,

spurring on, id. M. 5, 421:

vitulos,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

pedes,

to drive on, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7:

senex in culina clamat: hortatur cocos: Quin agitis hodie?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 6:

hortari coepit eundem Verbis, quae timido quoque possent addere mentem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 35.—

Ad or in aliquid:

ad laudem milites,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

ad concordiam,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

ad curam rei publicae,

id. 5, 11, 24:

ad diligentiam,

id. 9, 4, 133:

ad quaerendum,

id. 5, 12, 1:

ad reliqua fortius exsequenda,

id. 4, 5, 23:

paribus Messapum in proelia dictis Hortatur,

Verg. A. 11, 521:

in amicitiam jungendam,

Liv. 43, 19, 14.—

De aliqua re:

iisdem de rebus etiam atque etiam hortor, quibus superioribus litteris hortatus sum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1:

de Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor,

id. ib. 16, 19:

aliquem de concilianda pace,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 3.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

Pompeium et hortari et orare... ut magnam infamiam fugiat, non desistemus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

petit atque hortatur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19 fin.:

ipse equo circumiens unumquemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, uti meminerint, etc.,

Sall. C. 59, 5:

magno opere te hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

ego vos hortari tantum possum, ut amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis anteponatis,

id. Lael. 5, 17; 27, 104:

juvenes ut illam ire viam pergant,

Juv. 14, 121:

te sedulo Et moneo et hortor, ne cujusquam misereat,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 7; Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 52:

Ambiorix in Nervios pervenit hortaturque, ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasionem dimittant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38, 2:

hortatur eos, ne animo deficiant,

id. B. C. 1, 19, 1.—With the simple subj.:

Labienum Treboniumque hortatur... ad eam diem revertantur,

id. B. G. 6, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 21, 4:

quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 10:

hortatur et monet, imitetur vicinum suum Octavium,

Suet. Aug. 3 fin. —

Aliquem aliquid or simply aliquid:

sin tu (quod te jamdudum hortor) exieris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12: trepidus hortabar fugam, Poët. ap. Charis. 1, 4 fin.:

equidem pacem hortari non desino,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.; so,

pacem amicitiamque,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5:

vias,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 22:

me miseram! cupio non persuadere quod hortor,

Ov. H. 19, 187.—

With inf. or an object-clause (rare):

cum legati hortarentur accipere,

Nep. Phoc. 1, 3:

(Daedalus) dedit oscula nato, Hortaturque sequi,

Ov. M. 8, 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 69:

(Chariclem medicum) remanere ac recumbere hortatus est,

Suet. Tib. 72 (cf. in the foll. b.).—

With supine:

neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

Absol.:

hortor, asto, admoneo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Sigambri fuga comparata, hortantibus iis, quos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.:

hortante et jubente Vercingetorige,

id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Nep. Att. 10, 4 al.—

Of inanim. or abstract things:

pol benefacta tua me hortantur, tuo ut imperio paream,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 60: res, tempus, locus, simul otium hortabatur, ut, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 523, 14:

multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

secundum ea multae res eum hortabantur, quare sibi eam rem cogitandam et suscipiendam putaret,

id. ib. 1, 33, 2.—With inf.:

(rei publicae dignitas) me ad sese rapit, haec minora relinquere hortatur,

Cic. Sest. 3, 7.—

Prov.:

hortari currentem,

i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 13, 45, 2; v. curro. —

In partic., in milit. lang., to exhort soldiers before a battle:

Sabinus suos hortatus cupientibus signum dat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

suos hortando ad virtutem arrigere,

id. ib. 23, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 207.

Also in the act. form, horto, āre (Prisc. p. 797 P.), Enn. Ann. 554 Vahl.; perf. hortavi, Sen. Suas. 5, 8.—

hortor, āri, in pass. signif.: ab amicis hortaretur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 1: hoste hortato, Auct. B. Hisp. 1 fin.

lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers:

legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.

Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied;

though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia,

Liv. 10, 18:

undevicesima,

id. 27, 14:

vicesima,

id. 27, 38:

Claudiana,

Tac. H. 2, 84:

Galbiana,

id. ib. 2, 86:

Martia,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2:

adjutrix,

Tac. H. 2, 43:

rapax,

id. ib.:

in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem,

Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—

Transf.

Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers:

Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones,

Liv. 8, 24:

Latinae,

id. 6, 32; cf.

of the troops of the Samnites,

id. 10, 17;

of the Gauls,

id. 22, 14;

of the Carthaginians,

id. 26, 6:

Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur,

Juv. 14, 241.—

In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.):

quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48:

si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 53:

cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur,

Verg. A. 9, 368:

de colle videri poterat legio,

id. ib. 8, 605;

10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis,

Val. Fl. 7, 573.—

Of a large body of men:

idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.:

legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus,

Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36:

duodecim legiones angelorum,

id. Matt. 26, 53.—

Trop.:

sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat,

his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

mŏdŭlus, i, m. dim. [modus], a small measure, a measure (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

relinquitur de numero, quem faciunt alii majorem, alii minorem, nulli enim hujus moduli naturales,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 20:

ab imo Ad summum moduli bipedalis,

two feet high, Hor. S. 2, 3, 309.—Prov.:

metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede,

i. e. to be content with his own condition, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—

In archit., a module:

si Dorici generis erunt columnae, dimetiantur earum altitudines cum capitulis in partes quindecim, et ex eis partibus una constituatur, et fiat modulus,

Vitr. 5, 9, 3; 3, 3, 7; 4, 3, 3 sq.—

In aqueducts, a watermeter:

est autem calix modulus aeneus, qui rivo, vel castello induitur: huic fistulae applicantur,

Front. Aquaed. 36.—

Rhythmical measure, rhythm, music, time, metre, mode, melody:

moduli Lydii, Dorii, Phrygii,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204:

verborum,

Gell. 5, 1, 1:

tibiarum modulis in proeliis uti,

id. 1, 11, 1.—

Trop.:

cur non ponderibus modulisque suis ratio utitur?

Hor. S. 1, 3, 78: ganeones, quibus modulus est vitae culina, measure, Varr. ap. Non. 119, 11.