dedicated

Memmius, a, name of a Roman gens. mox Italus Mnestheus, genus, a quo nomine Memmi, Verg. A. 5, 117. So C. Memmius, a public man, who, being adjudged guilty of ambitus, went into exile to Athens, to him Cicero addressed several letters, and to him Lucretius dedicated his poem, De Rerum Natura; cf. Lucr. 1, 42.—Hence,

Memmĭădes, ae, m., one of the Memmian gens, a Memmiade, a Memmius, Lucr. 1, 26.—

Memmĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Memmius: praedia, of C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1.

Memmius, a, name of a Roman gens. mox Italus Mnestheus, genus, a quo nomine Memmi, Verg. A. 5, 117. So C. Memmius, a public man, who, being adjudged guilty of ambitus, went into exile to Athens, to him Cicero addressed several letters, and to him Lucretius dedicated his poem, De Rerum Natura; cf. Lucr. 1, 42.—Hence,

Memmĭădes, ae, m., one of the Memmian gens, a Memmiade, a Memmius, Lucr. 1, 26.—

Memmĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Memmius: praedia, of C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1.

Memmius, a, name of a Roman gens. mox Italus Mnestheus, genus, a quo nomine Memmi, Verg. A. 5, 117. So C. Memmius, a public man, who, being adjudged guilty of ambitus, went into exile to Athens, to him Cicero addressed several letters, and to him Lucretius dedicated his poem, De Rerum Natura; cf. Lucr. 1, 42.—Hence,

Memmĭădes, ae, m., one of the Memmian gens, a Memmiade, a Memmius, Lucr. 1, 26.—

Memmĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Memmius: praedia, of C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1.

nēnĭa ( naenĭa), ae (abl. neniā, dissyl., Ov. F. 6, 142), f., a funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge: naenia est carmen quod in funere laudandi gratiā cantatur ad tibiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 161 Müll.; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; Diom. p. 482 P.:

honoratorum virorum laudes cantu ad tibicinem prosequantur, cui nomen nenia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

absint inani funere neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 21; Suet. Aug. 100.—

Transf.

A mournful song or ditty of any kind:

Ceae retractes munera neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 38: huic homini amanti mea era dixit neniam de bonis, has sung the death-dirge over his property, i. e. has buried, has consumed it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 3.—Prov.:

nenia ludo id fuit,

my joy was turned to grief, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32.—

A magic song, incantation:

Marsa,

Hor. Epod. 17, 29.—

A common, trifling song, popular song; a nursery song, lullaby; a song in gen.:

puerorum Nenia, quae regnum recte facientibus offert,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62:

dicetur meritā Nox quoque neniā,

id. C. 3, 28, 16:

legesne potius viles nenias?

mere songs, Phaedr. 3 prol. 10:

lenes neniae,

lullabies, Arn. 7, 237:

histrionis,

id. 6, 197.—

Nenia soricina, the cry of the shrewmouse when caught and pierced through, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.—

Personified: Nēnia, the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess, to whom a chapel was dedicated before the Viminal gate, Arn. 4, 131; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9.

nēnĭa ( naenĭa), ae (abl. neniā, dissyl., Ov. F. 6, 142), f., a funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge: naenia est carmen quod in funere laudandi gratiā cantatur ad tibiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 161 Müll.; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; Diom. p. 482 P.:

honoratorum virorum laudes cantu ad tibicinem prosequantur, cui nomen nenia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

absint inani funere neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 21; Suet. Aug. 100.—

Transf.

A mournful song or ditty of any kind:

Ceae retractes munera neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 38: huic homini amanti mea era dixit neniam de bonis, has sung the death-dirge over his property, i. e. has buried, has consumed it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 3.—Prov.:

nenia ludo id fuit,

my joy was turned to grief, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32.—

A magic song, incantation:

Marsa,

Hor. Epod. 17, 29.—

A common, trifling song, popular song; a nursery song, lullaby; a song in gen.:

puerorum Nenia, quae regnum recte facientibus offert,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62:

dicetur meritā Nox quoque neniā,

id. C. 3, 28, 16:

legesne potius viles nenias?

mere songs, Phaedr. 3 prol. 10:

lenes neniae,

lullabies, Arn. 7, 237:

histrionis,

id. 6, 197.—

Nenia soricina, the cry of the shrewmouse when caught and pierced through, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.—

Personified: Nēnia, the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess, to whom a chapel was dedicated before the Viminal gate, Arn. 4, 131; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

palma, ae [palamê; Sanscr. phal, to open], f., the palm of the hand.

Lit., Cic. Or. 32, 113; Cels. 8, 18:

cavis undam de flumine palmis Sustulit,

Verg. A. 8, 69:

aliquem palmā concutere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7:

faciem contundere palmā,

Juv. 13, 128: os hominis liberi manus suae palmā verberare, Laber. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 13. —

Transf.

(Pars pro toto.) The hand:

compressan' palma an porrecta ferio?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

palmarum intentus,

Cic. Sest. 55, 117:

passis palmis salutem petere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

teneras arcebant vincula palmas,

Verg. A. 2, 406:

duplices tendens ad sidera palmas,

id. ib. 1, 93:

amplexus tremulis altaria palmis,

Ov. M. 5, 103; Val. Fl. 8, 44.—

The sole of a goose's foot:

palmas pedum anseris torrere,

Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52.—

The broad end or blade of an oar: palmarum pulsus, Laber. ap. Non. 151, 27:

caerula verrentes abiegnis aequora palmis,

Cat. 64, 7; Vitr. 10, 8.—

A palm-tree, a palm, phoinix:

ab ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 39:

in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum,

id. 13, 11, 21, § 69; 16, 42, 81, § 223; Gell. 3, 6, 2:

arbor palmae,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ardua,

Verg. G. 2, 67:

viridis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 3:

arbusto palmarum dives Idume,

Luc. 3, 216.— Sing. collect.:

umbrosa,

Juv. 15, 76.—Hence,

Transf.

The fruit of the palm-tree, a date ( poet.):

quid vult palma sibi rugosaque carica,

Ov. F. 1, 185; Pers. 6, 39.—

A palm-branch, e. g. which was suspended in wine to make it sweeter, Cato, R. R. 113; Col. 12, 20, 5.—

Hence, also, a broom made of palm-twigs:

ten' lapides varios lutulentā radere palmā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 83 (pro scopis ex palmā confectis, Schol.); Mart. 14, 82.—

A palm-branch or palm-wreath, as a token of victory:

eodem anno (461 A.U.C.)... palmae primum, translato e Graeciā more, victoribus datae,

Liv. 10, 47; cf.:

more victorum cum palmā discucurrit,

Suet. Calig. 32: IMP. CAES. EX SICILIA EID. NOV. TRIVMPHAVIT, PALMAM DEDIT, dedicated to Jupiter, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 607; so very frequently: palmam dare, Tabulae Fastorum Triumph., v. Bullet. Instit. Archaeol. 1861, p. 91; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 2, 4; hence,

Transf., a token or badge of victory, the palm or prize; and still more gen., victory, honor, glory, pre-eminence:

antehac est habitus parcus... is nunc in aliam partem palmam possidet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32:

plurimarum palmarum gladiator,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

cum palmam jam primus acceperit,

id. Brut. 47, 173:

quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 17:

quam palmam utinam di immortales tibi reservent,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19:

docto oratori palma danda est,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; id. Att. 4, 15, 6; id. Phil. 11, 5, 11:

alicujus rei palmam alicui deferre,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

palmā donare aliquem,

Ov. A. A. 2, 3:

arbiter pugnae posuisse nudo Sub pede palmam Fertur,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 11. —Of things:

Siculum mel fert palmam,

bears away the palm, has the preference, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14.—

Hence, in gen., the topmost twig or branch of any tree:

quae cujusque stipitis palma sit,

Liv. 33, 5, 10; cf. Curt. 4, 3, 10 (Mütz.)—

Poet., of the victor himself:

post Helymus subit et jam tertia palma Diores,

Verg. A. 5, 339; Sil. 16, 504, 574.—

Of horses:

Eliadum palmae equarum,

Verg. G. 1, 59.—

Also, of one about to be conquered, and who is to become the prize of the victor:

ultima restabat fusis jam palma duobus Virbius,

Sil. 4, 392.—

A branch on a tree, esp. on a vine, = palmes, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Col. 3, 17, 4; 4, 15, 3; 4, 24, 12 sq.—

The fruit of an Egyptian tree, Plin. 12, 22, 47, § 103.—

An aromatic plant growing in Africa and Syria, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134 (= elate).—

A marine plant, Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138.—

A town in the Balearic islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.

palma, ae, a collat. form for parma, v. parma init.

Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.

King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.—

A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,

Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—

Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

quercus,

from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

jugum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

via,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

modi,

Hor. A. P. 405:

chori,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

dies,

dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

tuba,

an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

frons,

poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

corona,

laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

grex,

the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.

King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.—

A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,

Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—

Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

quercus,

from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

jugum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

via,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

modi,

Hor. A. P. 405:

chori,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

dies,

dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

tuba,

an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

frons,

poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

corona,

laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

grex,

the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.

King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.—

A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,

Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—

Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

quercus,

from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

jugum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

via,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

modi,

Hor. A. P. 405:

chori,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

dies,

dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

tuba,

an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

frons,

poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

corona,

laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

grex,

the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.

King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.—

A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,

Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—

Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

quercus,

from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

jugum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

via,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

modi,

Hor. A. P. 405:

chori,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

dies,

dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

tuba,

an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

frons,

poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

corona,

laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

grex,

the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.

King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.—

A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,

Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—

Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

quercus,

from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

jugum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

via,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

modi,

Hor. A. P. 405:

chori,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

dies,

dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

tuba,

an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

frons,

poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

corona,

laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

grex,

the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.

King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.—

A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,

Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—

Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

quercus,

from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

jugum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

via,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

modi,

Hor. A. P. 405:

chori,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

dies,

dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

tuba,

an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

frons,

poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

corona,

laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

grex,

the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

Sălĭi, ōrum, m. [2. salio; hence, prop., the Leapers, Jumpers], a college of priests at Rome dedicated by Numa to the service of Mars, who, armed and bearing the ancilia (v. ancile), with songs and dances, made solemn processions every year, in the first half of March, about the city and its sacred places. Their songs, being in an obsolete language, were almost unintelligible in the class. per.:

Salii a salitando, quod facere in Comitio in sacris quotannis et solent et debent,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 3, 260 sq.; Liv. 1, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 326 Müll.; id. s. v. axamenta, p. 3 ib.; Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26; id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

Saliūm,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 12; 4, 1, 28; Verg. A. 8, 663; Quint. 1, 6, 40; 1, 10, 20; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9; Capitol. M. Aur. 4.—In Tibur such Salii were priests of Hercules, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 285; Macr. S. 3, 12; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2249; 2761; and v. axamenta;

hence also in Virg. (ubertate doctrinae altioris,

Macr. 1.1.), introduced as priests of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 285.—There were also in Alba such Salii, Inscr. Orell. 2247 and 2248.—In sing.:

SALIVS,

Inscr. Orell. 2242 sq. —Hence, Să-lĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Salii:

Salias virgines Cincius ait esse conducticias, quae ad Salios adhibeantur, cum apicibus paludatas, quas Aelius Stilo scripsit sacrificium facere in regiā cum pontifice paludatas cum apicibus in modum Saliorum,

Fest. p. 329 Müll.; cf. Marquardt 1. 1. p. 374.—

(=Saliaris, II.) Sumptuous:

Saliae (sc. epulae),

App. M. 4, 22.

Sălĭi, ōrum, m., the Salians, a part of the Franks, Amm. 17, 8, 3.—In sing., Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 222. [p. 1619]

sēvir or sexvir (in inscrr., where this word most freq. occurs, commonly written with numerals, VI. vir, or ĪĪĪĪĪĪ. VIR), vĭri, m. [sex-vir], a member of a board or college consisting of six men, a sexvir.

One of the presidents of the six divisions of Roman knights, Inscr. Orell. 732; 1172; 2242; 2258 al.—

Augustalis, a member of the college of priests dedicated to Augustus, Petr. 30, 2; Inscr. Orell. t. ii. p. 197 sq.; v. Augustalis. —

A member of a municipal directory of six men, Inscr. Grut. 418; 365, 3.

sīdĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [sidus].

Of or belonging to the constellations or to the stars, starry ( poet.;

esp. freq. in Ov.): caelum,

Ov. M. 10, 140;

for which: arx mundi,

id. Am. 3, 10, 21:

sedes,

id. A. A. 2, 39; Verg. A. 10, 3:

caput (Noctis),

Ov. M. 15, 31:

dea,

i. e. the moon, Prop. 3 (4), 20, 18:

aethra,

Verg. A. 3, 586:

ignes,

i. e. the stars, Ov. M. 15, 665; cf.

Canis,

id. F. 4, 941: conjux, i. e. Ceyx (as the son of Lucifer), id. M. 11, 445:

Pedo,

who discoursed of the stars, id. P. 4, 16, 6:

artes,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 112:

sidereā qui temperat omnia luce (sol),

id. ib. 4, 169; so, kat exochên, of the sun:

ignes,

id. ib. 1, 779:

aestus,

id. ib. 6, 341:

deus,

i. e. the sun, Mart. 12, 60, 2:

colossus,

dedicated to the sun, id. Spect. 2, 1:

polus,

Val. Fl. 4, 643.—

Transf.

Heavenly, divine:

arcus,

Col. 10, 292:

sanguis,

of gods, Val. Fl. 7, 166.—

In gen., bright, glittering, shining, excellent, etc. (freq.):

Venus sidereos diffusa sinus,

Val. Fl. 2, 104:

artus (Veneris),

Stat. S. 1, 2, 141:

ore (Pollux),

Val. Fl. 4, 490:

vultus (Bacchi),

Sen. Oedip. 409 et saep.: (Aeneas) Sidereo [p. 1695] dagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis, Verg. A. 12, 167:

jubae (cassidis),

Claud. in Eutrop. 1, 351:

ministri,

Mart. 10, 66, 7; cf.

mares,

id. 9, 37, 10:

vates Maro,

brilliant, divine, Col. 10, 434.