comically

ferrūumĭno ( fērū-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ferrumen, I.], to cement, solder, glue, unite, bind, join.

Lit. (mostly post-Aug.):

ita (bitumine) feruminatis Babylonis muris,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182:

si tuum scyphum alieno plumbo plumbaveris aut alieno argento feruminaveris,

Dig. 41, 1, 27:

quare (ossa) fracta non feruminantur,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:

navium commissuras,

to caulk the seams, id. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Transf., comically:

labra in labris feruminat,

glues his lips, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 25 (dub.; Lorenz, labra ab labellis fer mihi).

fīnītor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who determines boundaries, a surveyor (syn.:

decempedator, metator): quaestori permittant, finitorem mittant: ratum sit, quod finitor uni illi, a quo missus erit, renuntiaverit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 34; 2, 17, 45; 2, 20, 53; Non. 1, 37.—Comically:

ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo: ei rei ego sum factus finitor,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 49.—

Transf.:

circulus,

the horizon, Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 2; Luc. 9, 496.—

One who ends:

o cunctis finitor maxime rerum (Pluto),

Stat. Th. 8, 91.

fissĭlis, e, adj. [findo].

That may be cleft or split, fissile (rare;

not in Cic. or Caes.): robur,

Verg. A. 6, 181;

lignum,

id. G. 1, 144; Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187:

arundo,

id. 16, 36, 64, § 157:

vena lapidis,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131.—

Cleft, split:

stipes,

Col. 9, 1, 3. —Comically transf.:

ad focum si adesses, Non fissile haberes caput,

you would not have had your crown cracked, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 26.

flāgĭtĭum, ii, n. [flagito; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, p. 143; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398 sq.; orig., burning desire, heat of passion].

Lit., an eager or furious demand, importunity, urgency (post-Aug. and rare; cf.

flagitatio): Lentulus credebatur illa militiae flagitia primus aspernari,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

pro Plancina cum pudore et flagitio disseruit, matris preces obtendens,

id. ib. 3, 17.—

Transf.

Esp., a shameful or disgraceful act done in the heat of passion; a burning shame, disgraceful thing (class.;

syn.: scelus, nefas, facinus, maleficium, peccatum, delictum, crimen): quae (convivia) domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; so,

flagrantissima (with adulteria),

Tac. A. 14, 51; cf.:

stupra et adulteria et omne tale flagitium,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

domesticis vitiis atque flagitiis se inquinare,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; cf.:

homo sceleribus flagitiisque contaminatissimus,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; and id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:

tantum sceleris et tantum flagitii admittere,

id. Att. 10, 3:

quae libido ab oculis, quod facinus a manibus umquam tuis, quod flagitium a toto corpore abfuit? etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13; cf.:

Q. Curius, flagitiis atque facinoribus coopertus,

Sall. C. 23, 1;

so with facinora,

id. ib. 14, 2 Kritz. N. cr.:

nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere,

Liv. 39, 13, 10; 39, 16, 1:

tanta flagitia facere et dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73:

in hoc flagitio versari ipsum videmus Jovem (corresp. to stuprum),

id. ib. 4, 33, 70:

in tot flagitia se ingurgitare,

id. Pis. 18, 42.—

In gen., any shameful or disgraceful act or thing (without the accessory idea of passion):

petere honorem pro flagitio more fit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 28:

flagitium fiet, nisi dos dabitur virgini,

id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus: at cum bini, obscoenum est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

flagitium rei militaris admittere,

id. Clu. 46, 128: flagiti principium est, nudare inter cives corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70 (Trag. v. 426 ed. Vahl.):

nonne id flagitium est, te aliis consilium dare, foris sapere, tibi non posse auxiliarier?

is it not a shame? Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

praeesse agro colendo flagitium putes,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

quantum flagitii commisisset (for which, shortly before: nihil turpius, quam, etc.),

id. Brut. 61, 219; cf.:

ita necesse fuit aut haec flagitia concipere animo aut susceptae philosophiae nomen amittere,

disgraceful assertions, absurdities, id. N. D. 1, 24, 66.—Comically: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 32.— Leg. t. t.: perfectum flagitium, a completed crime (opp. imperfectum), Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14.—

In vulg. lang., concr. like scelus, shame, disgrace, as a term of reproach, i. q. rascal, scoundrel:

flagitium illud hominis!

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 8; id. As. 2, 4, 67; id. Cas. 3, 2, 22; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; 5, 1, 9:

ipsa quae sis stabulum flagitii,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 31: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia, burning shame, i. e. outrageous villain, id. Rud. 3, 4, 28:

omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

(Causa pro effectu.) Shame, disgrace (rare but class.):

id erat meum factum flagiti plenum et dedecoris,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4; cf.:

magnum dedecus et flagitium,

id. Off. 3, 22, 86: qui non gloria movemini neque flagitio, Sall. Or. Licin. fin. (p. 236 ed. Gerl.):

beatus qui pejus leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50:

flagitio additis damnum,

id. ib. 3, 5, 26:

quia illa forma matrem familias flagitium sit si sequatur,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71:

facere damni mavolo, Quam obprobramentum aut flagitium muliebre inferri domo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 85; id. Ep. 3, 4, 79:

flagitium imperio demere,

Liv. 25, 15, 19:

consul moveri flagitio timoris fatendi,

id. 42, 60, 4.

fŏcŭlus, i, m. (in plur. also heterocl. focula, ōrum, n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24) dim. [focus], a little hearth, a fire-pan, chafing-dish, brazier.

Lit.:

arrepto carbone exstincto e foculo imaginem in pariete delineavit,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5:

epulas foveri foculis ferventibus,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67:

dextram accenso ad sacrificium foculo inicit,

Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically:

jam intus ventris fumant foculo, Calefieri jussi reliquias,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—

Transf., fire:

bucca foculum excitat,

Juv. 3, 262.

fŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root bhar-, Zend. bar-, cut, bore; Gr. phar-, pharos, plough; cf. pharanx, pharunx; Germ. bohren; Angl.-Sax. borian; Engl. bore], to bore, pierce (mostly post-Aug. and very rare).

Lit.:

forata arbos,

Col. 5, 10, 20:

bene foratas habere aures,

Macr. S. 7, 3; Cels. 7, 29; Sid. Ep. 9, 13.—Comically:

o carnificum cribrum, quod credo fore: Ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias Stimulis,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 53.—

Trop.: forati animi, full of holes, i. e. that retain nothing, Sen. Brev. Vit. 10.

frūgĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum (archaic gen. sing. fem. frugiferaï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 P.; cf. Mart. 11, 90, 5, and v. infra), adj. [frux + fero], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile (class.).

Lit.:

ut agri non omnes frugiferi sunt, qui coluntur, sic animi non omnes culti fructum ferunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: terraï frugiferaï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 P. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.);

hence comically used to denote Ennius himself: attonitus legis Terraï frugiferaï,

Mart. 11, 90, 5:

spatia frugifera et immensa camporum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: et ferta arva Asiae, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163:

cedrus,

Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53:

nuces, Ov. de Nuce, 19: messes,

id. M. 5, 656:

numen,

i. e. Ceres, id. P. 2, 1, 15; so,

Frugifer,

an appellation of Osiris among the Egyptians, Arn. 6, 196.—

Trop., fruitful, profitable:

cum tota philosophia frugifera et fructuosa nec ulla pars ejus inculta ac deserta sit, tum nullus feracior in ea locus nec uberior quam de officiis,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5: hoc illud est praecipue in cognitione rerum salubre ac frugiferum, te, etc., Liv. praef. § 10.

frustum, i, n., a piece, bit (syn.: fragmentum, segmentum).

Lit., of food (class.): frusto panis conduci potest, vel uti taceat, vel uti loquatur, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10:

necesse est, offa objecta cadere frustum ex pulli ore cum pascitur,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

esculenta,

id. Phil. 2, 25 fin. (also ap. Quint. 9, 4, 44):

viscera pars in frusta secant, verubusque trementia figunt,

Verg. A. 1, 212:

lardi semesa frusta,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 85:

sunt qui frustis et pomis viduas venentur avaras,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

capreae,

Juv. 11, 142:

nudum et frusta rogantem,

scraps, id. 3, 210:

solidae frusta farinae,

lumps, id. 5, 68; cf. 14, 128.—

Transf., in gen., a piece as a small part of a whole (very rare;

not in Cic.): unde soluta fere oratio, et e singulis non membris sed frustis collata, structura caret,

Quint. 8, 5, 27;

so (opp. membra),

id. 4, 5, 25; cf.:

philosophiam in partes, non in frusta dividam,

Sen. Ep. 89:

frusta pannorum,

rags, Amm. 15, 12, 2.—Comically:

frustum pueri,

you bit of a boy! Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 68.

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to fullers.

Adj.:

ars,

the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196:

creta,

fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46:

aenae,

id. 24, 13, 68, § 111:

saltus,

a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —

Subst.

fullōnium, ĭi, n. (=fullonica, II. B.), a fuller's shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.—

fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars):

si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to fullers.

Adj.:

ars,

the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196:

creta,

fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46:

aenae,

id. 24, 13, 68, § 111:

saltus,

a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —

Subst.

fullōnium, ĭi, n. (=fullonica, II. B.), a fuller's shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.—

fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars):

si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to fullers.

Adj.:

ars,

the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196:

creta,

fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46:

aenae,

id. 24, 13, 68, § 111:

saltus,

a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —

Subst.

fullōnium, ĭi, n. (=fullonica, II. B.), a fuller's shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.—

fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars):

si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).

fūnus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. dhū-mas, smoke; v. fumus], a funeral procession, funeral rites, burial, funeral, usually with reference to the burning of the body; cf.: funus est jam ardens cadaver; quod dum portatur, exsequias dicimus; crematum, reliquias;

conditum jam, sepulcrum,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 539 (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

funus, quo amici conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas,

Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

mater exsequias illius funeris prosecuta,

id. Clu. 71, 201:

funus innumeris exsequiis celebratum,

Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122:

mercedem funeris ac sepulturae constituere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

maeror funeris,

id. Lael. 3, 11:

cui acerbissimum funus ducitur,

id. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

funus triumphali portā ducendum,

Suet. Aug. 100:

facere filio,

Cic. Clu. 9, 28:

celebrare,

Liv. 8, 10, 10:

ornare,

Cic. Rep. 6, 2; Suet. Aug. 100:

paterno funeri omnia justa solvere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

funeri operam dare,

id. Att. 15, 1, B, 1:

venire in funus,

id. ib.: pro ea copia quae Athenis erat, funus ei (Marcello) satis amplum faciendum curavi, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

funus militare alicui facere,

Liv. 3, 43, 7; cf.:

prodire (alicui) in funus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2:

funere efferri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225; Suet. Ner. 9; 30; 33:

praetereunte funere,

id. Tib. 57:

corpus crematum publico funere,

id. ib. 75:

nec te in tua funera mater Produxi (= funus tuum duxi),

Verg. A. 9, 486:

funus imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

i. e. be borne at the head of the procession, Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

sub ipsum funus,

id. C. 2, 18, 18:

statim a funere,

Suet. Caes. 85.—Comically: fecisti funus med absente prandio: Cur ausu's facere, quoi ego adaeque heres eram? have buried, i. e. devoured it, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 27.—In plur.:

funera agitant, exsequia ititant,

Naev. 3, 9: nemo me lacrumis decoret, nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34, and de Sen. 20, 73 (Epigr. 3, p. 162 Vahl.);

poetically imitated by Cicero: linquamus amicis Maerorem, ut celebrent funera cum gemitu, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: cum senatus auctoritatem suam in virorum fortium funeribus ornamentisque ostenderit,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

edictum, quod de funeribus habeant (aediles curules),

id. ib. §

17: tristia,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74:

tria si concurrant foro,

id. S. 1, 6, 43:

justa reddere alicui,

Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 4; Sil. 2, 184.—

Transf.

A dead body, corpse, =cadaver ( poet.):

haeccine parva meum funus arena teget?

Prop. 1, 17, 8:

lacerum,

Verg. A. 9, 491.—In plur., of a corpse, Val. Fl. 3, 298:

mixta senum ac juvenum densentur funera,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 19; of the manes of the departed:

cum semel infernas intrarunt funera leges,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 3.—

Death, esp. violent death, murder (mostly poet.):

maturo propior... funeri,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 4:

vicinum funus ut aegros Exanimat,

id. S. 1, 4, 126:

exstinctum Nymphae crudeli funere Daphnin Flebant,

Verg. E. 5, 20:

(quos) Abstulit atra dies, et funere mersit acerbo,

id. A. 6, 429:

qui patrios foedasti funere vultus,

with murder, id. ib. 2, 539.—Freq. in plur.:

quae funera Turnus Ediderit,

Verg. A. 9, 526; cf. id. ib. 10, 602; Hor. C. 1, 15, 10; 4, 14, 49; once in Cic., acc. to Nonius: ut vix hominum acerbis funeribus satietur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 300, 26 (id. Rep. 2, 41 Mos.).—

Trop., destruction, ruin, fall (rare but class.):

vir summā eloquentiā dixit graviter, casum illum meum funus esse rei publicae, sed funus justum et indictum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45:

dum Capitolio Regina (Cleopatra) dementes ruinas Funus et imperio parabat,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 8. —In plur.:

sub lacrimosa Trojae Funera,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 15:

pro dira pudoris funera,

Luc. 4, 231.—Also concr. of persons plotting destruction:

Gabinium et Pisonem, duo rei publicae portenta ac paene funera,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 2.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gemma, ae, f. [cf. Gr. gemô, to be full; Lat. gumia;

lit. a fulness, swelling. The ancients supposed the original meaning to be a precious stone,

Quint. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Or. 24, 81; id. de Or. 3, 38, 155], a bud, eye, or gem on a plant.

Lit.:

ineunte vere exsistit tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum ea, quae gemma dicitur,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

(pampinus) trudit gemmas et frondes explicat omnes,

Verg. G. 2, 335;

jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae,

id. E. 7, 48; Col. 4, 29, 4.—

Transf. (from the resemblance to buds in shape and color), a precious stone, esp. one already cut, a jewel, gem, the predom. signif. of the word (opp. lapillus, one that is opaque, v. Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 17; cf.

also: margarita, unio): nego in Sicilia tota... ullam gemmam aut margaritam, quicquam ex auro aut ebore factum... quin conquisierit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

pocula ex auro gemmis distincta clarissimis,

id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

62: vas vinarium ex una gemma pergrandi,

id. ib.:

Cyri ornatus Persicus multo auro multisque gemmis,

id. de Sen. 17, 59:

gemmas sunt qui non habeant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

cum virides gemmas collo circumdedit (mulier),

Juv. 6, 458:

non gemmis venale,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:

vitrea,

i. e. a false gem, Plin. 35, 6, 30, § 48;

also called facticia,

id. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

nec premit articulos lucida gemma meos,

Ov. H. 15, 74:

nec sufferre queat majoris pondera gemmae,

Juv. 1, 29: usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, Capitol. ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; Vulg. Exod. 25, 7 et saep. —

Transf.

A drinking-vessel, goblet or cup, made of a precious stone:

nec bibit e gemma divite nostra sitis,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 4; cf.:

ut gemmā bibat,

Verg. G. 2, 506:

gemmā ministrare,

Sen. Prov. 3 fin.; cf.

also: in gemma posuere merum,

Ov. M. 8, 572.—

A seal ring, signet:

protinus impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,

Ov. M. 9, 566; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3; 37, 5, 20, § 78: arguit ipsorum quos littera gemmaque, Juv. 13, 138; 1, 68.—Hence, comically: Pl. Opsecro parentis ne meos mihi prohibeas? Cu. Quid? ego sub gemmane apstrussos habeo tuam matrem et patrem? i. e. under lock and key, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 8.—

A pearl ( poet.): legitur rubris gemma sub aequoribus. Prop. 1, 14, 12:

cedet Erythraeis eruta gemma vadis,

Mart. 8, 28, 14. —

The eyes of the peacock's tail:

gemmis caudam stellantibus implet,

Ov. M. 1, 723; cf.:

gemmea cauda,

Phaedr. 3, 18, 8). —

Trop., like gem in English, ornament, beauty (post-Aug. and very rare):

multas in digitis, plures in carmine gemmas Invenies,

Mart. 5, 11, 3:

Hesperius gemma amicorum,

Sid. Ep. 4, 22.

gĕner, ĕri (archaic dat. plur. generibus, Att. ap. Non. 487, 29), m. [root GEN, v. gigno], a daughter's husband, a son-in-law.

Lit.:

cum soceris generi non lavantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; cf.:

mei viri gener,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 87:

generum nostrum ire cum adfini suo,

id. Trin. 3, 1, 21:

et gener et affines placent,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63; cf. id. ib. 4, 8, 25; id. And. 3, 3, 39; id. Hec. 4, 1, 22:

C. Fannium et Quintum Scaevolam, generos Laelii,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12; id. Lael. 1, 3; 8, 26; id. Att. 4, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 5, 56, 3; Quint. 6 praef. § 13; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; Ov. F. 3, 202; Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 18 et saep.—Also, a daughter's bridegroom, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; Verg. A. 2, 344; cf.:

generi et nurus appellatione sponsus quoque et sponsa continetur,

Dig. 38, 10, 6.—

Transf.

The husband of a granddaughter or greatgranddaughter, for progener, qui conlegam et generum adsciverat Sejanum, Tac. A. 5, 6; 6, 8; cf.:

generi appellatione et neptis et proneptis tam ex filio quam ex filia editarum, ceterarumque maritos contineri manifestum est,

Dig. 50, 16, 136.—

A sister's husband, brother-in-law, Just. 18, 4; Nep. Paus. 1.—

Comically, of a daughter's paramour:

Villius in Fausta Sullae gener, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 64.