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1 comitiālis
comitiālis e, adj. [comitia], of an election, proper for comitia: dies, L.: biduum, Cs.: mensis.* * *Iepileptic, one who has epilepsy; attacks of epilepsy (pl.)IIcomitialis, comitiale ADJelectoral; pertaining to/proper for comitia (assembly of Roman people); epileptic, suffering from epilepsymorbus/vitium comitialis -- major epilepsy
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2 Diāna
Diāna or (older) Dīāna, ae, f [for * Dīvāna], the goddess of light and of the moon (identified with Ἂρτεμισ): ad Dianae venire (sc. templum), T., C., V., H., O.: quem urguet iracunda Diana (i. e. an epileptic), H.— The moon: nocturnae forma Dianae, O.* * *Diana, goddess of light and of the moon; the moon -
3 cadivus
cadiva, cadivum ADJfallen (fruit), windfall; having falling sickness/epilepsy (L+S), epileptic -
4 caducarius
caducaria, caducarium ADJepileptic; relating to property without a master -
5 epilempticus
epilemptica, epilempticum ADJepileptic, suffering from epilepsy; of/pertaining to epilepsy -
6 epilepticus
epileptica, epilepticum ADJepileptic, suffering from epilepsy; of/pertaining to epilepsy -
7 cadivus
cădīvus, a, um, adj. [cado] (an access. form of caducus).I.Of fruit, falling of itself:II.mala,
Plin. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 15, 17, 18, § 60.— -
8 caducarius
cădūcārĭus, a, um, adj. [caducus], relating to property without a master: lex Julia (introduced by Augustus), Ulp. Lib. Regul. § 28.—II.Epileptic: homines, Aug. Vit. Beat. med. -
9 caducum
cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].I.That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:B.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.—2. 3. II.Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):2.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;B.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.1.In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):2.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.):b.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. -
10 caducus
cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].I.That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:B.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.—2. 3. II.Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):2.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;B.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.1.In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):2.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.):b.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. -
11 conspuo
con-spŭo, no perf., ūtum, 3, v. a. and n.I.Act., to spit upon (rare;B.most freq. in Petr.): me immundissimo basio,
Petr. 23, 4.—Esp., to spit upon in contempt, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 17; Petr. 132, 3; Hier. Ep. 50, n. 4; cf.Barth. Advers. 23, 24.—Of an epileptic: faciem tuam,
App. Mag. 44, p. 303, 1: conspuere sinus, as a charm to prevent the gods from being provoked by proud words, Juv. 7, 111 Mayor ad loc.; cf. spuo, I.—Poet., in a harsh and undignified figure, = conspergere, to besprinkle, to cover over: Juppiter hibernas canā nive conspuit Alpes, Furius Bibaculus ap. Quint. 8, 6, 17;II.for which Horace, parodying it, writes: Furius hibernas cana nive conspuet Alpes,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; cf. the scholiast in h. 1.—Neutr., to spit out much, to spit:faciem meam non averti a conspuentibus in me,
Vulg. Isa. 50, 6. -
12 Diana
Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:B.quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,
Hor. A. P. 453.—Meton.1. 2.The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—II.Derivv.A.Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:b.turba,
i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.arma,
i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—Subst., Diānium, ii, n.(α).A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—(β). B.Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—C.Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100. -
13 Dianarius
Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:B.quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,
Hor. A. P. 453.—Meton.1. 2.The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—II.Derivv.A.Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:b.turba,
i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.arma,
i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—Subst., Diānium, ii, n.(α).A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—(β). B.Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—C.Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100. -
14 Dianaticus
Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:B.quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,
Hor. A. P. 453.—Meton.1. 2.The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—II.Derivv.A.Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:b.turba,
i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.arma,
i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—Subst., Diānium, ii, n.(α).A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—(β). B.Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—C.Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100. -
15 Dianium
Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:B.quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,
Hor. A. P. 453.—Meton.1. 2.The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—II.Derivv.A.Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:b.turba,
i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.arma,
i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—Subst., Diānium, ii, n.(α).A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—(β). B.Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—C.Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100. -
16 Dianius
Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:B.quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,
Hor. A. P. 453.—Meton.1. 2.The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—II.Derivv.A.Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:b.turba,
i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.arma,
i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—Subst., Diānium, ii, n.(α).A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—(β). B.Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—C.Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100. -
17 epilepticus
ĕpĭlēptĭcus, i, m., adj., = epilêptikos, epileptic, Auct. Fragm. Jur. Antejust. p. 38 ed. Mai.:passio = morbus comitialis,
epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 30, 162. -
18 lunaticus
lūnātĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.].I.Living on the moon:II.homines,
Lact. 3, 23, 13.—= selêniakos, selênoplêktos, epileptic, lunatic, moon-struck, crazy:mancipium,
Dig. 21, 1, 43, § 6; Vulg. Matt. 4, 24; 17, 14; Acron. ad Hor. A. P. 454; App. Herb. 64, 1:oculus,
that is blind at certain times, blind in moonlight, Veg. Vet. 2, 18.—As subst.: lūnātĭcus, i, m., a crazy person, lunatic:lunaticus est et male patitur,
Vulg. Matt. 17, 15. -
19 sacrabiliter
sā̆crābĭlĭter, adv. [sacra; sc. passio], like an epileptic, as if in a fit of epilepsy:spumare,
Theod. Prisc. 2, 2.
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