devoted to war

bellĭcus ( duellĭcus), a, um, adj. [bellum], of or pertaining to war, war-, military.

In gen.

Lit.:

ars duellica,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

jus,

id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

virtus,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

laus,

military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

laudes,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

gloria,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

caerimoniae,

Liv. 1, 32, 5:

certamina,

Flor. 4, 12, 58:

ignis,

proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8:

tubicen,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

rostra,

Tib. 2, 3, 40:

navis,

Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

turba,

id. 3 (4), 14, 13:

parma,

id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1:

nubes,

the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6:

simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit,

causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—

Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse:

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum,

sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39:

non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —

Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war:

Pallas,

Ov. M. 5, 46:

dea,

id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814:

virgo,

id. M. 4, 754:

Mars,

id. F. 3, 1:

deus,

i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478:

civitas,

devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

bellĭcus ( duellĭcus), a, um, adj. [bellum], of or pertaining to war, war-, military.

In gen.

Lit.:

ars duellica,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

jus,

id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

virtus,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

laus,

military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

laudes,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

gloria,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

caerimoniae,

Liv. 1, 32, 5:

certamina,

Flor. 4, 12, 58:

ignis,

proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8:

tubicen,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

rostra,

Tib. 2, 3, 40:

navis,

Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

turba,

id. 3 (4), 14, 13:

parma,

id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1:

nubes,

the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6:

simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit,

causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—

Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse:

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum,

sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39:

non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —

Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war:

Pallas,

Ov. M. 5, 46:

dea,

id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814:

virgo,

id. M. 4, 754:

Mars,

id. F. 3, 1:

deus,

i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478:

civitas,

devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

bellĭcus ( duellĭcus), a, um, adj. [bellum], of or pertaining to war, war-, military.

In gen.

Lit.:

ars duellica,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

jus,

id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

virtus,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

laus,

military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

laudes,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

gloria,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

caerimoniae,

Liv. 1, 32, 5:

certamina,

Flor. 4, 12, 58:

ignis,

proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8:

tubicen,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

rostra,

Tib. 2, 3, 40:

navis,

Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

turba,

id. 3 (4), 14, 13:

parma,

id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1:

nubes,

the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6:

simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit,

causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—

Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse:

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum,

sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39:

non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —

Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war:

Pallas,

Ov. M. 5, 46:

dea,

id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814:

virgo,

id. M. 4, 754:

Mars,

id. F. 3, 1:

deus,

i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478:

civitas,

devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

Dĕcĭus, a.

An ancient Italian praenomen:

Decius Magius,

Liv. 23, 7, 10; Vell. 2, 16, 2 al.—

The name of an eminent plebeian gens at Rome. Its bestknown members were the two Decii (P. Decius Mus, father and son), who, as consuls, voluntarily devoted themselves to death to save their country (the former, in the Latin war, at Veseris, B.C. 340, the latter, in the Samnite war, at Sentinum, B.C. 295), Liv. 8, 9; 10, 27 sq.; Val. Max. 1, 7, 3; 5, 6, 5 sq.; Flor. 1, 14, 3; 1, 17, 7; Cic. Off. 2, 4, 16; id. Div. 1, 24, 51; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61; id. de Sen. 13, 43; Prop. 3, 11, 62 (4, 10, 62 M.). — Genit.:

Deci,

id. 4 (5), 1, 45. Cicero also mentions the grandson, who devoted himself at Asculum in the war against Pyrrhus, B.C. 279, Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61 fin. —Hence,

Dĕcius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Decius, lex, of P. Decius Mus, Liv. 9, 30.—

Dĕcĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to Decius:

exercitus (i. e. of the second Decius),

Liv. 10, 31.—

An artist at Rome, B.C. 56, Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 44.

* * *

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.