dorsum

repandus, a, um, rückwärts (aufwärts) gebogen, - gekrümmt, crura, Sen. fr.: dorsum, des Delphins, Plin. (dah. vom Delphin, repandus in undas desiluit, Ov.): calceoli, eine Art Schnabelschuhe, Cic.: cervix, Plin.: tela, die zurückgebogenen Hauer des Ebers, Sidon.: lilium, Vulg.: m. Genet., pecus nasi rostrique repandum, Lucil. 212 (vgl. repandirostrus).

tergum, ī, n. (zu griech. τέρφος, στέρφος, Fell, Leder, bes. die Rückenhaut der Tiere), der Rücken, der Menschen und Tiere (vgl. dorsum), I) eig. (poet. u. nachaug. Plur. terga auch vom Rücken einer Pers.): tuus deus digito non redundat, sed capite... tergo, poplitibus, Cic.: manus ad tergum reicere, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: manus post tergum religare, Vell.: retorquere tergo bracchia libero, Hor.: tergo ac capite puniri, mit Ruten gehauen und geköpft werden, Liv.: terga dare (hinhalten) verberibus, Pacat. pan.: aber terga vertere od. dare, fliehen, Caes. u. Liv.: terga dare alci (hosti), vor jmd. fliehen, von ihm in die Flucht geschlagen werden, Liv. u. Curt.: terga praebere fugae, fliehen, Ov.: terga caedere, hinten einhauen, Liv.: praebere terga Phoebo, sich sonnen, Ov.: in tergo haerere, im Nacken sitzen (v. Feinde), Liv.: u. so tergo inhaerere, Liv.: a tergo, von hinten, Cic.: post tergum, hinten, auf dem Rücken, Phaedr. (u. noxio post terga deligantur manus, Sen. rhet.): post terga, hinter sich, Iuven.: a tergo esse, im Rücken sein (v. Schatten, Ggstz. antecedere), Sen. ep. 79, 13. – Plur. terga meton. = die Flucht, terga Parthorum dicam, Ov. art. am. 1, 209. – II) übtr.: 1) der hinterste od. von uns abgewandte Teil einer Sache, castris ab tergo vallum obiectum, von hinten, Liv.: stare ab tergo (als Reserve), Liv.: cum Germaniam ad

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laevam et in fronte, Pannoniam ad dextram, a tergo sedium suarum haberet Noricos, Vell.: ad terga collis, Liv.: so auch eines Buches, Iuven.: eines Baumes, Verg. – 2) die Oberfläche einer Sache, zB. des Feldes, die aufgepflügte Erde zwischen den Furchen, Verg.: u. so terga crassa, Verg.: des Flusses, Ov.: des Meeres, Lucan. – 3) die Bedeckung, Decke, der Überzug, clipei, Verg. Aen. 10, 482 u. 784. – 4) der Leib, der Schlange, Verg.: centum terga suum, hundert Schweine, Verg.: nigrantes terga iuvencos, Leib od. Haut, Verg.: terga suis sordida, geräucherter Schweinsrücken, Ov. – 5) die Haut, das Fell, Leder, a) eig.: taurinum, Verg.: terga ferarum, Tac.: taurorum terga recusant, Rindsleder od. etwas daraus Verfertigtes, Ov.: terga novena boum, Rindshäute des Schildes, Ov. – b) meton., das aus Fell od. Leder Bereitete, zB. der Schlauch, Ov.: taurea terga, Handpauken, Ov.: Sulmonis, Schild, Verg.: duro intendere brachia tergo, den Cästus, Verg. – ⇒ Heteroklit. familiarem tergum, Plaut. asin. 319 G. u. L.

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ac-commŏdo, āvi, ātum (better, adc.), 1, v. a., to fit or adapt one thing to another, to lay, put, or hang on (in good prose, esp. in Cic., very freq.), constr. with ad, dat., or absol.

Lit.:

coronam sibi ad caput,

Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

clupeum ad dorsum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 93: gladium dextrae, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48; so,

hastam dextrae,

Sil. 5, 146:

calauticam capiti,

Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. 5; so,

lateri ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 393; absol.:

insignia,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5.—

In gen., to prepare for any use:

Arabus lapis dentifriciis adcommodatur crematus,

Plin. 36, 21, 41, § 153.

Trop., to adjust or adapt to, to accommodate to:

meum consilium adcommodabo ad tuum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7; so id. Att. 10, 7; 12, 32; id. Leg. 3, 2 al.—Hence, with se, to adapt one's self to another's opinion, wishes, etc., to conform to, to comply with:

omnes qui probari volunt, ad eorum qui audiunt arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et adcommodant,

Cic. Or. 8, 24: alicui de aliqua re, to be compliant to one in any thing:

peto a te... ut ei de habitatione adcommodes,

id. Fam. 13, 2. —

In gen., to bring a person or thing to something, to apply:

testes ad crimen,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:

vim ad eloquentiam,

id. Or. 7:

curam pratis, etc.,

to apply, Quint. 1, 12, 7:

nonnullam operam his studiis,

id. 1, 10, 15; cf.

1, 8, 19: verba alicui (equival. to dare),

id. 6, 1, 27; cf.

11, 1, 39 al.: intentionem his,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2 al. — Hence, with se (in a more general sense than above), to apply or devote one's self to, to undertake:

se ad rem publicam et ad res magnas gerendas,

Cic. Off. 1, 21; of property, to lend it to one for use:

si quid iste suorum aedilibus adcommodavit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57.—Hence, accommŏdātus, a, um, P. a., fitted or adapted to, suitable, conformable, or appropriate to (only in prose; in poetry, accommodus is used), with ad or dat.:

puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum adcommodatae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

oratio ad persuadendum adcommodata,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8:

quae mihi intelligis esse adcommodata,

conformable to my interest, id. Fam. 3, 3. — Comp.:

oratio contionibus concitatis adcommodatior,

id. Clu. 1; so Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

nobis accommodatior,

Quint. 4, 1, 5; Suet. Ner. 8.— Sup.:

exemplum temporibus suis adcommodatissimum,

Cic. Fragm. Corn. 7; so Plin. 13, 3, 6, § 26; Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 7; Quint. 12, 10, 63 al.— Adv.: accommŏ-dāte, fitly, suitably, agreeably:

dicere quam maxime adc. ad veritatem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149.— Comp., id. Or. 33, 117.— Sup., id. Fin. 5, 9, 24.

Circē, ēs ( gen. Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 270; Verg. A. 3, 386:

Circes,

Prop. 3 (4), 12, 27; acc Circam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 34 Ritschl; Cic. N D. 3, 21, 54;

together with Circen,

id. ib. 3, 19, 48; v. Inscr. Orell. N. cr.; abl. Circā, Hor. Epod. 17, 17; Tert. Spect. 8; cf. Charis. 1, 15, p. 46), f., = Kirkê, the daughter of the Sun and of Perse or Perseis, sister of Æetes, a sea-nymph, distinguished for her magic arts, whose abode, after her flight from Colchis, was said to be in the region of the promontory of Circeii, in Latium, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48; id. Off. 1, 31, 113; Verg. E. 8, 70; id. A. 7, 20 and 282, Ov. M. 4, 205; 13, 968; 14, 10; 14, 247 sq.; 14, 312 sq.; id. R. Am. 263; 287; Hyg. Fab. 125; 156; 199; Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 10; Tib. 2, 4, 55; Hor. C. 1, 17, 20; id. Ep. 1, 2, 23 et saep.—Traces of divine homage paid to her among the Circeii; v. in Inscr. Orell. 1849; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.—Hence,

Circaeus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Circe, Circean. poculum, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

gramen,

i. e. magical, poisoning, Prop. 2, 1, 53: campi, i e. the region of Colchis, the native land of Circe, Val. Fl. 5, 328; 6, 426, where also is the town Circæum, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13: litus, the Circeian promontory, Ov M. 14, 248; cf. id. ib. 14, 348:

terra,

Circeii, Verg. A 7, 10: moenia, i. e. Tusculum, after its builder, Telegonus, the son of Circe, Hor. Epod. 1, 30; cf.

dorsum,

the Hill of Tusculum, Sil. 7, 692.

com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).

In gen.:

(corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

Lucr. 6, 454:

dentis,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

compressa in pugnum manus,

Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

(oculos) opertos compressosque,

id. 11, 3, 76:

compressā palmā,

with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

compressam forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

Lucr. 6, 866:

manibus dorsum boum,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

murem,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

ordines (aciei),

to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

versus ordinibus,

to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

mulierem,

to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

compressas tenuisse manus,

Luc. 2, 292.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

animam,

to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

manum,

to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

linguam alicui,

to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

aquam (opp. inmittere),

Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

tela manu,

Stat. Th. 11, 33:

alvum,

to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

stomachum,

to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—

Trop.

Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

vocem et orationem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

gressum,

Verg. A. 6, 389:

consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

Clodii conatus furoresque,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

amor compressus edendi,

Verg. A. 8, 184:

tribunicios furores,

Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

ferocitatem tuam istam,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

seditionem,

Liv. 2, 23, 10:

motus,

id. 1, 60, 1:

multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

id. 26, 10, 10:

plausum,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

exsultantem laetitiam,

id. Top. 22, 86:

voce manuque Murmura,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

conscientiam,

to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —

Transf. to the person:

non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

comprime te, nimium tinnis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—

With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

annonam,

Liv. 38, 35, 5:

multa, magna delicta,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

orationem illam,

id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

calculus oris compressioris,

Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).

In gen.:

(corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

Lucr. 6, 454:

dentis,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

compressa in pugnum manus,

Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

(oculos) opertos compressosque,

id. 11, 3, 76:

compressā palmā,

with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

compressam forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

Lucr. 6, 866:

manibus dorsum boum,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

murem,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

ordines (aciei),

to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

versus ordinibus,

to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

mulierem,

to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

compressas tenuisse manus,

Luc. 2, 292.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

animam,

to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

manum,

to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

linguam alicui,

to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

aquam (opp. inmittere),

Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

tela manu,

Stat. Th. 11, 33:

alvum,

to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

stomachum,

to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—

Trop.

Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

vocem et orationem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

gressum,

Verg. A. 6, 389:

consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

Clodii conatus furoresque,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

amor compressus edendi,

Verg. A. 8, 184:

tribunicios furores,

Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

ferocitatem tuam istam,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

seditionem,

Liv. 2, 23, 10:

motus,

id. 1, 60, 1:

multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

id. 26, 10, 10:

plausum,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

exsultantem laetitiam,

id. Top. 22, 86:

voce manuque Murmura,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

conscientiam,

to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —

Transf. to the person:

non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

comprime te, nimium tinnis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—

With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

annonam,

Liv. 38, 35, 5:

multa, magna delicta,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

orationem illam,

id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

calculus oris compressioris,

Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

con-trībŭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to crush, bruise (eccl. Lat.):

capita draconum,

Vulg. Psa. 73, 13:

dorsum ipsorum,

id. Ecclus. 35, 22 sq. —

Trop., to afflict much, to crush:

sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 18:

rogationem contribulati abicere,

id. Ecclus. 4, 4.

cŭnĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cuneus] (rare, and not ante-Aug.; cf. cuneatim).

To fasten with wedges, to wedge up:

si quid cuneandum sit in ligno clavisve figendum,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

unus lapis facit fornacem, ille, qui latera inclinata cuneavit et interventu suo vinxit,

the key-stone, Sen. Ep. 118, 16.—

Trop., of discourse, to press in, force in:

si oratio cohaeret et sequitur, non, si per vim cuneatur,

Quint. 4, 3, 4.—

To make wedge-shaped; of places:

(Britannia) iterum se in diversos angulos cuneat triquetra,

is in the form of a wedge, Mel. 3, 6, 4 (cf. cuneus, I.):

(Hispania) cuneatur angustiis inter duo maria,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 29.—Hence, cŭnĕātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), pointed like a wedge, wedgeshaped:

ager,

Col. 5, 2, 1:

collis acumine longo,

Ov. M. 13, 778:

jugum montis in angustum dorsum,

Liv. 44, 4, 4.— Comp.:

forma scuti ad imum cuneatior,

Liv. 9, 40, 2.

dē-mulcĕo, lsi, mulctum, 2, v. a., to stroke down, to stroke caressingly (rare).

Prop.:

caput tibi,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 14:

dorsum,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.:

aures, Lact. de Ira, 7, 9: crura,

Gell. 5, 14, 12.—

Trop., to soften, allure:

aures omnium mentesque demulsit,

Gell. 16, 19, 6; cf.:

ita motus et demulctus et captus est, ut, etc.,

id. 3, 13 fin.:

eum,

id. 18, 2, 1.

dē-pŏlĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).

Prop.:

aliquid cote,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.:

dorsum meum virgis,

to cudgel, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.—

Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.

dossennus or dossēnus (also dors-), i, m. [dorsum, prop., hunchback, hence], the standing character of a deceitful soothsayer in the Atellanic comedies (like maccus, bucco, pappus), Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 9; 514, 23; 516, 22; Sen. Ep. 89, 6; Fest. s. v. TEMETVM, p. 364 Müll.; cf. Munk, De Fabulis Atellanis, p. 35 sq. and p. 121; Ritschl, Parerga praef. p. 13.—

Transf., = scurra, a fool, clown, jester, ironically said of Plautus, as representing the characters of the parasites, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173.

Dossennus or Dossēnus (also Dors-), a Roman proper name, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; id. ap. Indic. libr. 14 and 15.

dossennus or dossēnus (also dors-), i, m. [dorsum, prop., hunchback, hence], the standing character of a deceitful soothsayer in the Atellanic comedies (like maccus, bucco, pappus), Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 9; 514, 23; 516, 22; Sen. Ep. 89, 6; Fest. s. v. TEMETVM, p. 364 Müll.; cf. Munk, De Fabulis Atellanis, p. 35 sq. and p. 121; Ritschl, Parerga praef. p. 13.—

Transf., = scurra, a fool, clown, jester, ironically said of Plautus, as representing the characters of the parasites, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173.

Dossennus or Dossēnus (also Dors-), a Roman proper name, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; id. ap. Indic. libr. 14 and 15.

dossennus or dossēnus (also dors-), i, m. [dorsum, prop., hunchback, hence], the standing character of a deceitful soothsayer in the Atellanic comedies (like maccus, bucco, pappus), Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 9; 514, 23; 516, 22; Sen. Ep. 89, 6; Fest. s. v. TEMETVM, p. 364 Müll.; cf. Munk, De Fabulis Atellanis, p. 35 sq. and p. 121; Ritschl, Parerga praef. p. 13.—

Transf., = scurra, a fool, clown, jester, ironically said of Plautus, as representing the characters of the parasites, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173.

Dossennus or Dossēnus (also Dors-), a Roman proper name, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; id. ap. Indic. libr. 14 and 15.

dossennus or dossēnus (also dors-), i, m. [dorsum, prop., hunchback, hence], the standing character of a deceitful soothsayer in the Atellanic comedies (like maccus, bucco, pappus), Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 9; 514, 23; 516, 22; Sen. Ep. 89, 6; Fest. s. v. TEMETVM, p. 364 Müll.; cf. Munk, De Fabulis Atellanis, p. 35 sq. and p. 121; Ritschl, Parerga praef. p. 13.—

Transf., = scurra, a fool, clown, jester, ironically said of Plautus, as representing the characters of the parasites, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173.

Dossennus or Dossēnus (also Dors-), a Roman proper name, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; id. ap. Indic. libr. 14 and 15.

dossennus or dossēnus (also dors-), i, m. [dorsum, prop., hunchback, hence], the standing character of a deceitful soothsayer in the Atellanic comedies (like maccus, bucco, pappus), Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 9; 514, 23; 516, 22; Sen. Ep. 89, 6; Fest. s. v. TEMETVM, p. 364 Müll.; cf. Munk, De Fabulis Atellanis, p. 35 sq. and p. 121; Ritschl, Parerga praef. p. 13.—

Transf., = scurra, a fool, clown, jester, ironically said of Plautus, as representing the characters of the parasites, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173.

Dossennus or Dossēnus (also Dors-), a Roman proper name, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; id. ap. Indic. libr. 14 and 15.