circus

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

cancer, cri ( gen. canceris, Lucr. 5, 616; Arn. 1, p. 30; acc. plur. canceres, Cato, R. R. 157, 3), m. ( neutr. Claudius, Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; Scrib. Comp. 206 and 240) [cf. karkinos; root kar-, to be hard; whence karuon, cornu], a crab, a river-crab, sea-crab.

Lit., Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97 sq.; 19, 10, 58, § 180; Pall. 1, 35, 7; Ov. M. 15, 369; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45; Verg. G. 4, 48; Col. 9, 5, 6:

cancer femina,

Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134; Pall. 1, 35, 7.—

Meton., hands that cling fast like the claws of crabs:

Orci cancri,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 26.—

As nom. propr., the Crab, the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is found at the time of the summer solstice, Lucr. 5, 616; Ov. M. 2, 83; 10, 127; id. F. 6, 727; Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Luc. 10, 259; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 23; Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.; acc. to the fable, as an animal hostile to Hercules in the contest with the Lernœan hydra; cf. Hyg. l. l. Hence, Lernaeus, Col. 10, 313.—

Poet. for the region of the south, the south, Ov. M. 4, 625.—

To designate great or violent heat, Ov. M. 10, 127.—

In medicine, a crawling, eating, suppurating ulcer, malignant tumor, a cancer, Cels. 5, 26, 31; 6, 18, 3:

malum immedicabile cancer,

Ov. M. 2, 825; Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Claud. Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P

cancer, cri, m. [root kar-, to bend, twist; whence corona, circus], a lattice, the radical form of cancelli, q. v., Paul. ex Fest. p. 46; cf.:

inter Orci cancros,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 25.

căpax, ācis, adj. [capio], that can contain or hold much, wide, large, spacious, roomy, capacious (in poets and in post-Aug. prose freq.; in Cic. perh. only once, and then trop; v. infra).

Lit.: mundus, * Lucr. 6, 123:

conchae,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 22:

urna,

id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Ov. M. 3, 172:

capaciores scyphos,

Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

pharetram,

Ov. M. 9, 231:

putei,

id. ib. 7, 568:

urbs,

id. ib. 4, 439:

ripae,

id. Am. 3, 6, 19:

uterus,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 93:

portus,

id. 4, 7, 12, § 26:

spatiosa et capax domus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5:

villa usibus capax,

id. ib. 2, 17, 4:

forma capacissima,

Quint. 1, 10, 40:

moles,

Tac. A. 2, 21.—With gen.:

circus capax populi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 136:

cibi vinique capacissimus,

Liv. 9, 16, 13:

flumen onerariarum navium capax,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 12, 1, 5, § 11:

magnae sedis insula haud capax est,

Curt. 4, 8, 2.—

Trop.

Capacious, susceptible, capable of, good, able, apt, fit for: Demosthenes non semper implet aures meas: ita sunt avidae et capaces, etc., * Cic. Or. 29, 104:

ingenium,

great, Ov. M. 8, 533:

animi ad praecepta,

id. ib. 8, 243:

animo majora capaci,

id. ib. 15, 5:

capax est animus noster,

Sen. Ep. 92, 30.—With gen.:

animal mentis capacius altae (i.e. homo),

Ov. M. 1, 76:

imperii,

Tac. H. 1, 49; cf. id. A. 1, 13:

aetas honorum nondum capax,

id. H. 4, 42:

molis tantae mens,

id. A. 1,11: secreti, that can keep or conceal, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7:

capacia bonae spei pectora,

Curt. 8, 13, 11:

magnorum operum,

id. 6, 5, 29:

ingenium omnium bonarum artium capacissimum,

Sen. Contr. 2, praef. §

4: cujusque clari operis capacia ingenia,

Vell. 1, 16, 2:

bonum et capax recta discendi ingenium,

id. 2, 29, 5:

laboris ac fidei,

id. 2, 127, 3:

ingenia fecunda et totius naturae capacissima,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190:

doli,

fit, suitable for, Dig. 43, 4, 1.—

In the Lat. of the jurists (cf. capio, II. F.), that has a right to an inheritance, Dig. 34, 3, 29.— Adv.: căpācĭter, Aug. Trin. 11, 2.

capra, ae, f. [caper], a she-goat, Cato ap. Charis. p. 79 P.; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 1 sq.; Col. 7, 6 sq.; Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 200; Cic. Lael. 17, 62 al.:

fera = caprea,

Verg. A. 4, 152.— A nickname for a man with bristly hair, Suet. Calig. 50; cf. caper.—

Transf.

A star in the constellation Auriga (which is Amalthea, transf to heaven), Hor. C. 3, 7, 6; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110.—

The odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 29.—

A cognomen of the Annii, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10.—

Caprae Palus, the place in Rome where Romulus disappeared in the Campus, where afterwards was the Circus Flaminius, Liv. 1, 16, 1 (in Ov. F. 2, 491, Caprea Palus; acc. to Fest. p. 49, also called Capralia).

circĭter, adv. and prep. [circus].

Of place, round about, on every side: lapidem fuisse quadratum circiter (i. e. cubical) in mediā arcā vinctum candelis quaquaversum, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 85 (cf. the passage cited under circum, I. A. 1., from Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3).—

Of time, designating nearness to a fixed point, about, near (cf. ante, post):

illic noster est fortasse circiter triennium,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 79:

circiter duobus mensibus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6:

diebus circiter quindecim ad fines Belgarum pervenit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

horā diei circiter quartā,

id. ib. 4, 23: circiter horā decimā noctis, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1: circiter luminibus accensis Uticam pervenit, Auct. B. Afr. 89 fin. —

Of number, about, near, not far from:

circiter quingentae species,

Varr. L. L. 6, 5, 61:

circiter CCXX. naves eorum paratissimae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

circiter milia hominum CXXX. superfuerunt,

id. ib. 1, 26; 1, 27;

1, 31: circiter pars quarta,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

mons suberat circiter mille passuum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

circiter duūm milium intervallo,

Sall. J. 106, 5:

circiter parte tertiā (armorum) celatā et in oppido retentā, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 1, 25:

ita dies circiter quindecim iter fecerunt,

id. ib. 1, 15:

hic locus ab hoste circiter passus sexcentos aberat,

id. ib. 1, 49:

ad flumen Rhenum milia passuum ex eo loco circiter quinque pervenerunt,

id. ib. 1, 53:

cum decem circiter milia ab hoste abessent,

Liv. 28, 1, 7.—

Prep. with acc. (orig. an adv. with acc. of time or of space traversed; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 71 sq.).

Of place (very rare): nisi, ut opinor, Loca haec circiter excidit mihi (cista), Plaut, Cist. 4, 2, 8.—

Transf., of time, about, near:

redito huc circiter meridiem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 52 Ritschl:

circiter meridiem exercitum in castra deduxit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50:

nos circiter Kalendas in Formiano erimus,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 6:

circiter Idus Novembrīs in Italiā speramus fore,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 2:

circiter Idus Maias,

id. Att. 2, 17, 1:

noctem, Auct. B. Afr. 89: mensem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 8, 3; 2, 11, 7;

Kalendas Junias,

Sall. C. 17, 1:

octavam circiter horam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 47.

Plaut. Cist. II. A. supra.

circo, āre, 1, v. a. [circus]. = circumeo.

To go about, traverse: montem, Gromat. Vet. p. 326, 17; v. also circito fin. —

To wander through: TOTAM REGIONEM, Inscr. ap. Hermes, 1, 343.

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, amphi

Around, round about, all around, etc., perix:

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:

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.):

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.

Around, abow (implying a complete circuit):

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:

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.:

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:

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:

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.—

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.,

Acc. to II. A.: circumcido, circumcludo, circumculco, circumfluo, circumfodio, circumfundo, etc.—

Acc. to II. B.: circumcolo, circumflecto, circumjaceo, circumicio.—

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.—

336] object; e. g. circumcursare circum aliquid and similar phrases are not found.

circum-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to bend or turn about (Verg. and post-class. writers); prop. of the charioteer in the circus;

hence, transf.' longos cursus,

Verg. A. 5, 131; 3, 430.—

Trop.:

circumflexa saecula,

returning upon themselves, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 391:

anceps labyrinthus et error circumflexus,

full of windings and turnings, Prud. Apoth. 71.—

In later gram. t. t., to mark with a circumflex, to pronounce as long (in Quint., instead of it, circumducere, q. v.):

penultimam,

Gell. 4, 7, 2:

syllaba circumflexa,

id. 4, 7, 2, § 4; Diom. p. 425 P.; Prisc. p. 1287 ib. et saep.— Adv.: circum-flexē, with a circumflex:

promere ( = pronuntiare) syllabam,

Gell. 4, 7, 4: enuntiare syllabam, Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 4, 9, 1; id. ad Hor. S. 1, 1, 1.

clāmōsus, a, um, adj. [clamor] (mostly post-Aug.), full of clamor or noise, i. e.,

Act., clamoring or bawling continually or loudly, clamorous, noisy, bawling:

turbidus et clamosus altercator,

Quint. 6, 4, 15:

pater,

Juv. 14, 191:

magister,

Mart. 5, 84, 2.—

* Adv.: clāmōsē, clamorously:

clamose ne dicamus omnia,

Quint. 11, 3, 45.—

Pass., filled with noise or clamor, noisy:

urbs,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 18:

theatri turba,

id. ib. 3, 5, 16:

valles,

id. Th. 4, 448:

circus,

Juv. 9, 144; Mart. 10, 53:

Subura,

id. 12, 18, 2.— Poet. with gen.:

undae clamosus Helorus,

Sil. 14, 269.—

Accompanied with noise or clamor:

actio,

Quint. 5, 3, 2:

Phasma Catulli,

Juv. 8, 186:

adceleratio,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23:

mortes boum,

Veg. Vet. 4, pr. 1.

crux, ŭcis, f. (m., Enn. ap. Non. p. 195, 13; Gracch. ap. Fest. s. v. masculino, p. 150, 24, and 151, 12 Müll.) [perh. kindred with circus].

Lit.

In gen., a tree, frame, or other wooden instruments of execution, on which criminals were impaled or hanged, Sen. Prov. 3, 10; Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 10 sqq.—

In partic., a cross, Ter. And. 3, 5, 15; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7; 2, 1, 4, § 9; id. Pis. 18, 42; id. Fin. 5, 30, 92; Quint. 4, 2, 17; Tac. A. 15, 44; Hor. S. 1, 3, 82; 2, 7, [p. 486] 47; id. Ep. 1, 16, 48 et saep.:

dignus fuit qui malo cruce periret, Gracch. ap. Fest. l. l.: pendula,

the pole of a carriage, Stat. S. 4, 3, 28. —

Transf.

As a term of reproach, a gallows bird, a hempen rascal, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 17.—

Transf., torture, trouble, misery, destruction, etc. (so most freq. in Plaut. and Ter., and in the former esp. freq. in connection with mala): aliqua mala crux, tormentor (of a prostitute), Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 48; cf.:

illae cruces,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 92:

quae te mala crux agitat?

what tormentor troubles you? Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 2:

abstraxit hominem in maximam malam crucem,

id. Men. prol. 66:

quaerere in malo crucem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 11.—Prov.:

summum jus antiqui summam putabant crucem,

Col. 1, 7, 2.—Hence, in colloq. lang.:

I (abi, etc.) in malam crucem!

go to the devil! go and be hanged! Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; 4, 7, 86 al.; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 21; cf.: Cy. Num quid vis? Me. Ut eas maximam in malam crucem, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 53; id. Capt. 3, 1, 9.—Without mala:

I in crucem,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 91.—And ellipt.:

in malam crucem!

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 8; id. Ps. 5, 2, 5. —Hence, Ital. croce; Fr. croix.