coast

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ōra, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis], the extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.

Lit.

In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):

oras pocula circum,

Lucr. 4, 12:

(clipei),

Verg. A. 10, 243:

vestimentorum,

Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13:

gemmae,

Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180:

vulneris,

Cels. 5, 26, 23:

aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.:

regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.—

In partic., the coast, sea-coast (syn.:

litus, ripa): Graeciae,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

Asiae,

Nep. Alc. 5, 6:

maritima,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

Jordanis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 43;

but transf.: ora maritima,

the inhabitants of the coast, people of the maritime districts, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 67. So, jam Misenensem classem et pulcherrimam Campaniam oram descivisse, Tac. H. 3, 60.—

Transf.

A region, clime, country:

quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas):

Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam... venit,

Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.—

Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22:

inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit,

id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781:

quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,

Verg. A. 7, 660:

sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras,

id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions:

animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere,

Lucr. 6, 763.—

A zone:

globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.—

A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables:

cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt,

Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt,

id. 28, 36, 11; cf.:

sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus,

Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil:

aspirate canenti... Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli,

Verg. A. 9, 528; cf.

Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere,

to bring to light, Lucr. 5, 1455.

Ŏra ( Hŏra), ae, f., the name of Hersilia, as a goddess, Ov. M. 14, 851.

ōra, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis], the extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.

Lit.

In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):

oras pocula circum,

Lucr. 4, 12:

(clipei),

Verg. A. 10, 243:

vestimentorum,

Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13:

gemmae,

Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180:

vulneris,

Cels. 5, 26, 23:

aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.:

regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.—

In partic., the coast, sea-coast (syn.:

litus, ripa): Graeciae,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

Asiae,

Nep. Alc. 5, 6:

maritima,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

Jordanis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 43;

but transf.: ora maritima,

the inhabitants of the coast, people of the maritime districts, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 67. So, jam Misenensem classem et pulcherrimam Campaniam oram descivisse, Tac. H. 3, 60.—

Transf.

A region, clime, country:

quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas):

Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam... venit,

Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.—

Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22:

inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit,

id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781:

quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,

Verg. A. 7, 660:

sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras,

id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions:

animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere,

Lucr. 6, 763.—

A zone:

globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.—

A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables:

cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt,

Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt,

id. 28, 36, 11; cf.:

sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus,

Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil:

aspirate canenti... Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli,

Verg. A. 9, 528; cf.

Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere,

to bring to light, Lucr. 5, 1455.

Ŏra ( Hŏra), ae, f., the name of Hersilia, as a goddess, Ov. M. 14, 851.

ōra, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis], the extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.

Lit.

In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):

oras pocula circum,

Lucr. 4, 12:

(clipei),

Verg. A. 10, 243:

vestimentorum,

Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13:

gemmae,

Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180:

vulneris,

Cels. 5, 26, 23:

aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.:

regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.—

In partic., the coast, sea-coast (syn.:

litus, ripa): Graeciae,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

Asiae,

Nep. Alc. 5, 6:

maritima,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

Jordanis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 43;

but transf.: ora maritima,

the inhabitants of the coast, people of the maritime districts, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 67. So, jam Misenensem classem et pulcherrimam Campaniam oram descivisse, Tac. H. 3, 60.—

Transf.

A region, clime, country:

quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas):

Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam... venit,

Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.—

Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22:

inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit,

id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781:

quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,

Verg. A. 7, 660:

sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras,

id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions:

animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere,

Lucr. 6, 763.—

A zone:

globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.—

A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables:

cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt,

Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt,

id. 28, 36, 11; cf.:

sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus,

Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil:

aspirate canenti... Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli,

Verg. A. 9, 528; cf.

Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere,

to bring to light, Lucr. 5, 1455.

Ŏra ( Hŏra), ae, f., the name of Hersilia, as a goddess, Ov. M. 14, 851.

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region, clime, district, country / residents of a district

edge, rim, border, boundary / coast, coast-line

Abdēra, ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Aboêra.

Abdera, a town on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestus, noted for the stupidity of its inhabitants. It was the birthplace of the philosophers Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxarchus; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.;

4, 11, 18, § 42: hic Abdera, non tacente me,

here was Abdera itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—

Folly, stupidity, madness, Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Aboêritikon, i. e. stupid, id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—

Hence, derivv.

Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Aboêrits, an Abderite: Democritus Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17:

Abderites Protagoras,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8:

de Protagora Abderita,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

Abderitae legati,

Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—

Abdērītānus, a, um, adj., of Abdera, meton. for stupid, foolish:

Abderitanae pectora plebis habes,

Mart. 10, 25, 4.—

A city of Hispania Baetlca, on the southern coast, now Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.

Abdēra, ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Aboêra.

Abdera, a town on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestus, noted for the stupidity of its inhabitants. It was the birthplace of the philosophers Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxarchus; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.;

4, 11, 18, § 42: hic Abdera, non tacente me,

here was Abdera itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—

Folly, stupidity, madness, Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Aboêritikon, i. e. stupid, id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—

Hence, derivv.

Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Aboêrits, an Abderite: Democritus Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17:

Abderites Protagoras,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8:

de Protagora Abderita,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

Abderitae legati,

Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—

Abdērītānus, a, um, adj., of Abdera, meton. for stupid, foolish:

Abderitanae pectora plebis habes,

Mart. 10, 25, 4.—

A city of Hispania Baetlca, on the southern coast, now Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.

Abdēra, ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Aboêra.

Abdera, a town on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestus, noted for the stupidity of its inhabitants. It was the birthplace of the philosophers Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxarchus; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.;

4, 11, 18, § 42: hic Abdera, non tacente me,

here was Abdera itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—

Folly, stupidity, madness, Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Aboêritikon, i. e. stupid, id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—

Hence, derivv.

Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Aboêrits, an Abderite: Democritus Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17:

Abderites Protagoras,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8:

de Protagora Abderita,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

Abderitae legati,

Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—

Abdērītānus, a, um, adj., of Abdera, meton. for stupid, foolish:

Abderitanae pectora plebis habes,

Mart. 10, 25, 4.—

A city of Hispania Baetlca, on the southern coast, now Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.

Abdēra, ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Aboêra.

Abdera, a town on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestus, noted for the stupidity of its inhabitants. It was the birthplace of the philosophers Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxarchus; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.;

4, 11, 18, § 42: hic Abdera, non tacente me,

here was Abdera itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—

Folly, stupidity, madness, Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Aboêritikon, i. e. stupid, id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—

Hence, derivv.

Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Aboêrits, an Abderite: Democritus Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17:

Abderites Protagoras,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8:

de Protagora Abderita,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

Abderitae legati,

Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—

Abdērītānus, a, um, adj., of Abdera, meton. for stupid, foolish:

Abderitanae pectora plebis habes,

Mart. 10, 25, 4.—

A city of Hispania Baetlca, on the southern coast, now Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.

Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Baiai, a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf.

Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,

Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.;

also called Aquae Cumanae,

Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj.:

Baiae aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30.—

Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—

Deriv.: Baiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

lacus,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

negotia,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

murex,

from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32:

soles,

Mart. 6, 43:

Lucrinus,

the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al. —

Subst.: Baiānum, i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.

Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Baiai, a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf.

Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,

Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.;

also called Aquae Cumanae,

Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj.:

Baiae aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30.—

Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—

Deriv.: Baiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

lacus,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

negotia,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

murex,

from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32:

soles,

Mart. 6, 43:

Lucrinus,

the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al. —

Subst.: Baiānum, i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.

Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Baiai, a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf.

Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,

Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.;

also called Aquae Cumanae,

Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj.:

Baiae aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30.—

Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—

Deriv.: Baiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

lacus,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

negotia,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

murex,

from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32:

soles,

Mart. 6, 43:

Lucrinus,

the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al. —

Subst.: Baiānum, i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.

castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].

In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):

ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —

Esp., nom. propr.

Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—

Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;

called Castrum,

Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —

Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—

Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—

Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;

also called Truentum,

Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—

Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,

In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).

Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);

later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,

Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;

Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,

Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Phrases.

With adj.:

stativa,

occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:

aestiva,

summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:

hiberna,

Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):

navalia,

an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;

called also nautica,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:

una,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

bina,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:

quina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—

With verb:

locum castris antecapere,

Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:

capere locum castris,

Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;

and montes castris capere,

Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:

ponere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:

ponere et munire,

Sall. J. 75, 7:

munire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:

communire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:

castra castris conferre,

id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:

castris se tenere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:

castra movere,

to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

movere retro,

Liv. 2, 58, 3:

removere,

id. 9, 24, 4:

proferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

castris castra inferre,

Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—

Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —

Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —

Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.

Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—

Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—

Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—

Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—

Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—

Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—

Meton.

Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:

secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,

Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:

alteris castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—

So tertiis castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:

quartis castris,

Liv. 44, 46, 10:

quintis castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:

septimis castris,

id. 40, 22, 1:

decimis castris,

id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—

Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:

qui magnum in castris usum habebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—

Of beehives:

cerea,

Verg. A. 12, 589:

in apium castris,

Pall. 1, 37, 4.—

Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—

Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:

si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—

Of philosophical sects:

Epicuri castra,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!

id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.