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101 dicatio
dĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. dico, no. II. B. 1.].I.A formal declaration of intention to become a citizen, Cic. Balb. 11 (v. the passage in its connection).—II.= praedicatio, a praising.A.Prop., Cod. Theod. 9, 3, 2. —B.As a title:tua dicatio,
your Reverence, Cod. Theod. 11, 30, 1; Lact. Mort. pers. 48 al. -
102 dissolutor
dissŏlūtor, ōris, m. [id.], a destroyer (late Lat.): sepulcrorum, Cod. Th. 3, 16, 1; Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8. -
103 domestici
I.Lit. (very rare):II. A.dico intra domesticos parietes,
Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:vestis,
a garment to wear in the house, id. Fin. 2, 24; Suet. Aug. 73 al.:domesticus otior,
i. e. at home, Hor. S. 1, 6, 128.—Far more freq. and class.,In gen.1.Adj.: in luctu domestico. Cic. Vatin. 13; cf. Ov. M. 13, 578:2.maeror,
Suet. Calig. 5: domesticis praeceptis ernditus. Cic. Rep. 1, 22 fin.; cf.: usus et consuetudo cum ali [p. 608] quo, id. Rosc. Am. 6; so,usus,
Quint. 4 prooem. § 1; cf. Ov. P. 4, 3, 15:homo prope domesticus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 14; cf.praedones (with hospites and amici),
id. Rosc. Am. 6:mala,
id. Sest. 45, 97; cf.clades (with avunculus absumptus),
Liv. 9, 17, 17:exempla,
id. 37, 25; Quint. 9, 3, 73:religio,
Suet. Claud. 12:convivium,
id. ib. 44:ecclesia,
the church in the house, Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 19. —Subst.: dŏmestĭci, ōrum, m., the members of a family, inmates of a household, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; Liv. 1, 42; Suet. Aug. 89; 78; Vulg. 2 Reg. 16, 2 al.—Also, family domestics, household slaves, Suet. Oth. 10; and for the escort, retinue of a person, Cod. Th. 1, 12, 3; Cod. Just. 12, 7; cf.B.milites,
i. e. body-guard, Vop. Numer. 13.—In partic.1.Opp. to what is foreign or public, domestic, native; private, internal:2.copiae rei frumentariae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:si superavissent vel domesticis opibus vel externis auxiliis,
id. B. C. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:externa lubentius in tali re quam domestica recordor,
Cic. Off. 2, 8:non esse transmarinis nec importatis artibus eruditus, sed genuinis domesticisque virtutibus,
id. Rep. 2, 15 fin.; cf.mos (opp. adventicia doctrina),
id. ib. 3, 3 Mos.:insolens domesticarum rerum fastidium,
id. Fin. 1, 3 fin.:alienigenas domesticis anteferre,
id. Font. 10 fin.:bellum,
intestine, civil war, Caes. B. G. 5, 9, 4; cf.hostes,
Cic. Vatin. 10, 25:insidiae (with intestinum scelus),
id. Fam. 5, 2; cf.:et intestinum malum,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 15:ac vernaculum crimen (opp. Romam de provincia apportatum),
id. ib. 2, 3, 61:facta celebrare,
i. e. of their own country, Hor. A. P. 287 et saep.:res domesticas ac familiares (opp. rem publicam),
Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; cf.:domestica et publica,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 4; Liv. 1, 1 fin.:ut vestitum, sic sententiam habeas aliam domesticam, aliam forensem,
Cic. Fin. 2, 24; cf. id. Or. 43 fin.:foris claros domestica destruebat infamia,
Plin. Pan. 83, 4:in rebus privatis ac domesticis,
Quint. 2, 21, 4 et saep.—(Like the Gr. oikeios) = proprius, proper, personal, one's own (opp. alienus):si ex ipsorum domestico incommodo nullus dolor insideret, etc., ex domestico judicio atque animi conscientia,
Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 2; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 31; id. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95; id. de Or. 2, 9, 38; id. Or. 38, 132; cf.:Furiae, i. e. in his own heart,
id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67. — Adv.: dŏmestĭce, at home, privately (late Lat.):et secrete,
Tert. Pall. 4:confectus libellus,
Symm. Ep. 10, 36 fin. -
104 domesticus
I.Lit. (very rare):II. A.dico intra domesticos parietes,
Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:vestis,
a garment to wear in the house, id. Fin. 2, 24; Suet. Aug. 73 al.:domesticus otior,
i. e. at home, Hor. S. 1, 6, 128.—Far more freq. and class.,In gen.1.Adj.: in luctu domestico. Cic. Vatin. 13; cf. Ov. M. 13, 578:2.maeror,
Suet. Calig. 5: domesticis praeceptis ernditus. Cic. Rep. 1, 22 fin.; cf.: usus et consuetudo cum ali [p. 608] quo, id. Rosc. Am. 6; so,usus,
Quint. 4 prooem. § 1; cf. Ov. P. 4, 3, 15:homo prope domesticus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 14; cf.praedones (with hospites and amici),
id. Rosc. Am. 6:mala,
id. Sest. 45, 97; cf.clades (with avunculus absumptus),
Liv. 9, 17, 17:exempla,
id. 37, 25; Quint. 9, 3, 73:religio,
Suet. Claud. 12:convivium,
id. ib. 44:ecclesia,
the church in the house, Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 19. —Subst.: dŏmestĭci, ōrum, m., the members of a family, inmates of a household, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; Liv. 1, 42; Suet. Aug. 89; 78; Vulg. 2 Reg. 16, 2 al.—Also, family domestics, household slaves, Suet. Oth. 10; and for the escort, retinue of a person, Cod. Th. 1, 12, 3; Cod. Just. 12, 7; cf.B.milites,
i. e. body-guard, Vop. Numer. 13.—In partic.1.Opp. to what is foreign or public, domestic, native; private, internal:2.copiae rei frumentariae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:si superavissent vel domesticis opibus vel externis auxiliis,
id. B. C. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:externa lubentius in tali re quam domestica recordor,
Cic. Off. 2, 8:non esse transmarinis nec importatis artibus eruditus, sed genuinis domesticisque virtutibus,
id. Rep. 2, 15 fin.; cf.mos (opp. adventicia doctrina),
id. ib. 3, 3 Mos.:insolens domesticarum rerum fastidium,
id. Fin. 1, 3 fin.:alienigenas domesticis anteferre,
id. Font. 10 fin.:bellum,
intestine, civil war, Caes. B. G. 5, 9, 4; cf.hostes,
Cic. Vatin. 10, 25:insidiae (with intestinum scelus),
id. Fam. 5, 2; cf.:et intestinum malum,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 15:ac vernaculum crimen (opp. Romam de provincia apportatum),
id. ib. 2, 3, 61:facta celebrare,
i. e. of their own country, Hor. A. P. 287 et saep.:res domesticas ac familiares (opp. rem publicam),
Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; cf.:domestica et publica,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 4; Liv. 1, 1 fin.:ut vestitum, sic sententiam habeas aliam domesticam, aliam forensem,
Cic. Fin. 2, 24; cf. id. Or. 43 fin.:foris claros domestica destruebat infamia,
Plin. Pan. 83, 4:in rebus privatis ac domesticis,
Quint. 2, 21, 4 et saep.—(Like the Gr. oikeios) = proprius, proper, personal, one's own (opp. alienus):si ex ipsorum domestico incommodo nullus dolor insideret, etc., ex domestico judicio atque animi conscientia,
Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 2; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 31; id. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95; id. de Or. 2, 9, 38; id. Or. 38, 132; cf.:Furiae, i. e. in his own heart,
id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67. — Adv.: dŏmestĭce, at home, privately (late Lat.):et secrete,
Tert. Pall. 4:confectus libellus,
Symm. Ep. 10, 36 fin. -
105 dos
dōs, ōtis ( gen. plur. dotium, Dig. 23, 3, 9, § 1 al.;I.dotum,
Val. Max. 4, 4, 11; Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9), f. [1. do, like the Sicilian dôtinê, from didonai, Varr. L. L. 5, § 175 Müll.], a marriage portion, dowry (for syn. cf.: donum, largitio, munus, donatio, etc.).Prop., Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 209; id. Ep. 2, 1, 11 [p. 612] et saep.; Ter. And. 5, 4, 47; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 64 sq. al.; Cic. Caecin. 25 fin.; id. Fl. 35; id. Att. 14, 13, 5; Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 1; Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; id. Ep. 1, 6, 36 et saep.—Cf. on the legal regulations respecting the dos and the t. t. used in them (dotis datio, dictio, promissio, etc.), Cod. Just. 5, 12; Dig. 23, 3 tit.:II.De jure dotium,
Just. Inst. 2, 7, 3; Cod. Just. 5, 15: De dote cauta, non numerata; id. 5, 11: De dotis promissione et nuda pollicitatione; Dig. 33, 4 tit.: De dote praelegata; ib. 37, 7: De dotis collatione; cf. Rein's Privatr. p. 194 sq. —Transf., a gift, endowment, talent, property, quality (freq. since the Aug. per.; cf.:indoles, ingenium, facultates, virtutes): (juris civilis) artem verborum dote locupletasti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 55:vinearum (pedamenta, vimina),
Col. 4, 30, 1; cf.praediorum,
Dig. 33, 7, 2; ib. 20, § 3:magnae uvarum,
Col. 3, 2, 17; cf.:omnis unionum,
Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 112:mulsi,
id. 22, 24, 50, § 108:aquatilium,
id. 32, 11, 53, § 142:formae,
Ov. M. 9, 717; cf.oris,
id. ib. 5, 562:corporis,
id. ib. 583:ingenii (opp. bona corporis),
id. A. A. 2, 112; so Curt. 3, 6, 20:corporis,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:corporis animique dotes,
Suet. Tit. 3; cf.:naturae fortunaeque,
Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4:omnes belli et togae,
Vell. 1, 12, 3 et saep.: silvarum dotes, the delights, i. e. the chase, Grat. Cyn. 252:est quoque carminibus meritas celebrare puellas Dos mea,
my gift, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60:infelix perii dotibus ipse meis,
id. Pont. 2, 7, 48:dos erat ille (sc. Phaon) loci,
the ornament, id. H. 15, 146:teneritas in dote (est),
is highly prized, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 141. -
106 ducenaria
dŭcēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing two hundred, of or relating to two hundred (post-Aug.):pondera,
Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: procuratores, i. e. who received a salary of 200 sestertia, Suet. Claud. 24 (cf. Dio Cass. 53, 15):praefectus,
Inscr. Orell. 3444; cf. ib. 946; 2648.— Plur. as subst.:ducenarii,
Cod. Just. 10, 19, 1: judices, petty judges (chosen from persons possessed of 200 sestertia), Suet. Aug. 32.— Subst.: dŭ-cēnārius, ii, m., in milit. lang., the commander of 200 men, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.— dŭcē-nārĭa, ae, f., the office of a ducenarius, i. q. ducena, Cod. Th. 1, 9, 1; App. M. 7, p. 190, 13. -
107 ducenarius
dŭcēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing two hundred, of or relating to two hundred (post-Aug.):pondera,
Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: procuratores, i. e. who received a salary of 200 sestertia, Suet. Claud. 24 (cf. Dio Cass. 53, 15):praefectus,
Inscr. Orell. 3444; cf. ib. 946; 2648.— Plur. as subst.:ducenarii,
Cod. Just. 10, 19, 1: judices, petty judges (chosen from persons possessed of 200 sestertia), Suet. Aug. 32.— Subst.: dŭ-cēnārius, ii, m., in milit. lang., the commander of 200 men, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.— dŭcē-nārĭa, ae, f., the office of a ducenarius, i. q. ducena, Cod. Th. 1, 9, 1; App. M. 7, p. 190, 13. -
108 elogium
ē-lŏgĭum, ii, n. [logus; cf. Rost. Opusc. Plaut. I. p. 93 sq.], an utterance, short saying, sentence. —In partic.I. II.An inscription on a tombstone (so most freq.), Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Cic. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Fin. 2, 35; id. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; id. Pis. 29 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1 al. (Vide old examples of such Elogia in Orell. Inscr. 534 sq.) Also on doors, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 74;III.on the images of ancestors,
Suet. Galb. 3;on votive tablets,
id. Calig. 24.—A clause in a will (especially which disinherits one), Cic. Clu. 48, 135; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; Dig. 28, 2, 14 fin.; 37, 10, 1, § 9; Suet. Vita Hor. sub init.; hence, in the Cod. Just., ultima elogia, for last will or testament in gen., Cod. 3, 28, 37, § 1 al.—IV.A judicial statement, record, abstract in criminal cases (respecting the criminal's offence, punishment, etc.), Suet. Calig. 27; Spart. Sever. 2; Lampr. Alex. Sever. 33; Amm. 7, 2; 19, 12:vertices sub uno elogio jussit occidi,
a single warrant, id. 14, 7, 1;so the jurid. expression: mittere aliquem cum elogio,
to send a criminal before the proper magistrates, with a specification of his offence, Dig. 48, 3, 11; 49, 16, 3 al. -
109 encaustum
I.Adj.:II.genus pingendi,
the encaustic mode of painting, Plin. 35, 11, 41, § 149; cf., respecting it, O. Müller, Archäol. § 320: Phaëthon,
Mart. 4, 47, 1.—Subst.: en-caustum ( encaut-), i., n., = enkauston, the purple-red ink of the later Roman emperors, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 1; August. contra Faust. 3, 18; Cod. Just. 1, 23, 6 al. -
110 encaustus
I.Adj.:II.genus pingendi,
the encaustic mode of painting, Plin. 35, 11, 41, § 149; cf., respecting it, O. Müller, Archäol. § 320: Phaëthon,
Mart. 4, 47, 1.—Subst.: en-caustum ( encaut-), i., n., = enkauston, the purple-red ink of the later Roman emperors, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 1; August. contra Faust. 3, 18; Cod. Just. 1, 23, 6 al. -
111 encautum
I.Adj.:II.genus pingendi,
the encaustic mode of painting, Plin. 35, 11, 41, § 149; cf., respecting it, O. Müller, Archäol. § 320: Phaëthon,
Mart. 4, 47, 1.—Subst.: en-caustum ( encaut-), i., n., = enkauston, the purple-red ink of the later Roman emperors, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 1; August. contra Faust. 3, 18; Cod. Just. 1, 23, 6 al. -
112 encautus
I.Adj.:II.genus pingendi,
the encaustic mode of painting, Plin. 35, 11, 41, § 149; cf., respecting it, O. Müller, Archäol. § 320: Phaëthon,
Mart. 4, 47, 1.—Subst.: en-caustum ( encaut-), i., n., = enkauston, the purple-red ink of the later Roman emperors, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 1; August. contra Faust. 3, 18; Cod. Just. 1, 23, 6 al. -
113 entheca
enthēca, ae, f., = enthêkê.I.A store, Cod. Th. 14, 3, 7; Dig. 32, 67, § 2 al.—II.A magazine, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 12.—III.A hoard, August. Serm. 355, 4. -
114 fabricensis
făbrĭcensis, is, m. [fabrica], an armorer (post-class.), Cod. Th. 12, 1, 37; Cod. Just. 1, 9, 3 sq.; Amm. 31, 6, 2; Inscr. Orell. 4079; 4186. -
115 festivitas
I.Lit.:II.jocum, festivitatem, ferias,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 3.—Transf.A.As a word of endearment (Plautinian):* B.mi animule, Mea vita, mea festivitas (for which, shortly after: voluptas mea, meus festus dies),
my joy, my delight, Plaut. Cas. 1, 47; 3, 3, 14; id. Poen. 1, 2, 176.—A pleasant or kind demeanor, kindness:C.mei patris festivitas et facilitas,
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 18; cf. festivus, II. A.—Of speech, humor, pleasantry, jocoseness (Ciceron.;D.syn.: facetiae, lepor, sal): cum in illo genere perpetuae festivitatis ars non desideretur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:festivitate et facetiis C. Julius omnibus praestitit,
id. Brut. 48, 177:nec umquam fuit oratio lepore et festivitate conditior (shortly before: faceta et urbana),
id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:summa festivitate et venustate,
id. ib. 1, 57, 243; id. Inv. 1, 18, 25:imago antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis (corresp. to facetiae and lepores),
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—In plur.:Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur,
play of words, witticism, Cic. Or. 52, 176; Gell. praef. § 4.—Post-class., a festival, feast: festivitas in cunctis oppidis celebranda, Cod. Th. 15, 5, 3; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 63.—In plur.:sollennes, Cod. Th. 6, 8, 1: natalium principis,
ib. 6, 4, 30. -
116 fusio
fūsĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a pouring out (very rare).I.In gen.:II.sanguinis,
Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 16, §11: tenuis stellarum,
Vitr. 9, 7: Chrysippus ipsum mundum deum dicit esse et ejus animi fusio nem universam, an outpouring, effusion, * Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39.—In partic.A. B.(I. q. illatio publica.) A duty, Dig. 7, 1, 27, § 3 (al. functiones); Cod. Th. 11, 28, 6. -
117 gynaeciarius
gynaecĭārĭus, ii, m. [gynaeceum, II.], the overseer of a seraglio, Cod. Just. 11, 7, 3.—Also called gynaecĭus, ii, m., Cod. Th. 10, 20, 2. -
118 gynaecius
gynaecĭārĭus, ii, m. [gynaeceum, II.], the overseer of a seraglio, Cod. Just. 11, 7, 3.—Also called gynaecĭus, ii, m., Cod. Th. 10, 20, 2. -
119 honorarius
hŏnōrārĭus, a, um, adj. [honor], of or relating to honor, done for the sake of conferring honor, honorary.I.In gen.A.Adj. (class.): cum essem in provincia legatus, quamplures ad praetores et consules vinum honorarium dabant: numquam accepi, ne privatus quidem, Cato ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 3:B.frumentum,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:tumulus,
i. e. a cenotaph, Suet. Claud. 1: arbiter, i. e. one chosen out of respect by the parties themselves (opp. to one chosen by the judge), Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 120; id. Fat. 17, 39; cf.arbitria (opp. judicia legitima),
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: opera (opp. severitas judicis), id. Caecin. 2, 6:tutor,
Dig. 23, 2, 61; 26, 7, 3: VACCA, i. e. an honorary offering (opp. to a sin-offering), Inscr. ap. Marin. Fratr. Arv. 32; 36;41: ludi,
i. e. given by the magistrates to the people, Suet. Aug. 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.:munus,
a post of honor, Gell. 16, 13, 6:codicilli,
honorary letters-palent, Cod. Theod. 6, 22; Cod. Just. 3, 24, 3:docere debitum est, delectare honorarium, permovere necessarium,
is done out of respect for the audience, voluntarily, Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:curatores honorarii, qui a praetore constituuntur,
Ulp. Fragm. 12, 1; cf. § 3.—Subst.: hŏnōrārĭum, ĭi, n. (sc. donum), a present made on being admitted to a post of honor, a douceur, fee, honorary (post-class.): decurionatus, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 114:II.carae cognationis,
Tert. Idol. 10; Dig. 11, 6, 1:in honorariis advocatorum ita versari judex debet, ut pro modo litis, etc.,
ib. 50, 13, 1; 26, 7, 8 al.—In partic., in jurid. Lat., of or belonging to the prœtorian law, or law of custom (opp. to laws strictly defined by statutes):(jus) honorarium dicitur, quod ab honore praetoris venerat,
Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 10; so,actio,
ib. 30, 1, 28:obligatio,
ib. 20, 1, 5:successor,
ib. 46, 4, 13 fin. et saep. -
120 hypomnematographus
hypomnēmătŏgrăphus, i, m., = hupomnêmatographos (late Lat. for commentariensis), a registrar, Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 192; Cod. Just. 10, 31, 59.
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