eris-

anser, ĕris, usu. m. [Sanscr. hasas; Gr. chên; Germ. Gans; Engl. Gander; Erse, goss = goose] (f., Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3; Col. 8, 14, 4; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. p. 7; Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 sq.), a goose; sacred to Juno, and which preserved the Capitol in the Gallic war. Hence held in high honor by the Romans, Liv. 5, 47; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20; Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 81 al.—Anser Amyclaeus, the swan, into which Jupiter changed himself at Amyclœ, Verg. Cir. 488.

Anser, ĕris, m., a petulant and obscene poet (Ov. Tr. 2, 435), a friend of the triumvir Antonius, who presented him with an estate at Falernum (Cic. Phil. 13, 5). Acc. to Servius, Virgil makes a sportive allusion to him in Ecl. 9, 36: argutos inter strepere anser olores; cf.:

ore canorus Anseris indocto carmine cessit olor,

Prop. 3, 32, 84, and Weich. Poet. Lat. pp. 159-167.

cĕler, ĕris, e ( masc. cĕleris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; fem. celer, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.; cf. acer; sup. celerissimus, Enn. and Manlius ap. Prisc. l. l.) [cello; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, pp. 123 and 93, urging, pressing forward; cf. also 1. cello], swift, fleet, quick, speedy (with the access. idea of energy, struggling, and even power; v. Doed. above cited; syn.: expeditus, promptus, velox, citatus; opp. tardus, segnis, lentus).

Of corporeal objects:

face te propere celerem,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 1:

hasta, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.: sagitta,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 9; Ov. M. 5, 367: configebat tardus celeres (sc. aves), Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

pennae,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

Mercurius,

id. ib. 2, 7, 13:

Cynthia,

id. ib. 3, 28, 12:

Diana,

Ov. M. 4, 304:

deae,

id. ib. 2, 119:

rivi,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 14:

curriculum,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 13:

flamma,

Lucr. 2, 192; cf. id. 5, 302:

ignis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

motus,

Lucr. 4, 177; cf.:

celer atque instabilis motus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 5:

receptus,

id. B. C. 1, 59:

lapsus,

Lucr. 4, 324; Ov. M. 6, 216:

ictus,

Lucr. 3, 636:

impete,

id. 6, 334:

turbo,

Verg. A. 12, 855:

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 10; 1, 15, 3; 1, 14, 5:

cerva,

Cat. 64, 341:

canis,

Tib. 4, 3, 14:

equus,

id. 1, 2, 70; 4, 1, 91:

lupi,

id. 2, 1, 20:

classis,

Cat. 64, 53:

ratis,

id. 63, 1:

navis,

id. 4, 2:

carina,

Ov. M. 9, 447:

lintres,

Prop. 1, 14, 3:

pedes,

id. 3 (4), 9, 18:

remedia,

quickly working, efficacious, Nep. Att. 21, 2.— Poet. with gen. gerund:

nandi,

Sil. 4, 587.—With inf.:

excipere aprum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 11; so id. ib. 4, 6, 39; id. Ep. 1, 20, 25.— Poet., celer for celeriter, Ov. M. 2, 119; 2, 838; 9, 765.—

Of mental and abstract objects:

oderunt Sedatum celeres,

lively, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90; cf. Vell. 2, 73:

mens, quā nihil est celerius,

Cic. Or. 59, 200; cf. Lucr. 3, 183:

oratio celeris et concitata,

rapid, hurried, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 138; 9. 4, 83; 9, 4, 111;

9, 4, 135: consilium,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1.—

Implying reproach, rash, hasty, precipitate:

consilia,

Liv. 9, 32, 3; so id. 22, 38, 13; cf. id. 2, 51, 7;

and so iambi (of the fire of youth),

rash, hasty, Hor. C. 1, 16, 24:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 3:

desperatio rerum,

Liv. 21, 1, 5:

ratione,

Lucr. 4, 144; 4, 255; 4, 775:

fata celerrima,

Verg. A. 12, 507:

mors,

Tib. 4, 1, 205.— Adv., quickly, speedily (syn.: velociter, cito, continuo, confestim, festinanter).

cĕlĕrĕ, Enn. et Nov. ap. Non. p. 510, 9 sq.; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 4.—

cĕlĕrĭter, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 2; Cic. Att. 15, 27, 1; id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; 9, 11, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 52 et saep.— Comp. celerius, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 24, § 60; Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 3; Nep. Cim. 3, 2 al.— Sup. celerrime, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 37 al.

Cĕler, ĕris, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Caecilia, Domitia, Egnatia, etc., Cic. Brut. 89, 305; id. Att. 10, 1, 4; Sall. C. 30, 5 al.

Cĕler, v. Celeres.

cĕler, ĕris, e ( masc. cĕleris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; fem. celer, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.; cf. acer; sup. celerissimus, Enn. and Manlius ap. Prisc. l. l.) [cello; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, pp. 123 and 93, urging, pressing forward; cf. also 1. cello], swift, fleet, quick, speedy (with the access. idea of energy, struggling, and even power; v. Doed. above cited; syn.: expeditus, promptus, velox, citatus; opp. tardus, segnis, lentus).

Of corporeal objects:

face te propere celerem,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 1:

hasta, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.: sagitta,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 9; Ov. M. 5, 367: configebat tardus celeres (sc. aves), Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

pennae,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

Mercurius,

id. ib. 2, 7, 13:

Cynthia,

id. ib. 3, 28, 12:

Diana,

Ov. M. 4, 304:

deae,

id. ib. 2, 119:

rivi,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 14:

curriculum,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 13:

flamma,

Lucr. 2, 192; cf. id. 5, 302:

ignis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

motus,

Lucr. 4, 177; cf.:

celer atque instabilis motus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 5:

receptus,

id. B. C. 1, 59:

lapsus,

Lucr. 4, 324; Ov. M. 6, 216:

ictus,

Lucr. 3, 636:

impete,

id. 6, 334:

turbo,

Verg. A. 12, 855:

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 10; 1, 15, 3; 1, 14, 5:

cerva,

Cat. 64, 341:

canis,

Tib. 4, 3, 14:

equus,

id. 1, 2, 70; 4, 1, 91:

lupi,

id. 2, 1, 20:

classis,

Cat. 64, 53:

ratis,

id. 63, 1:

navis,

id. 4, 2:

carina,

Ov. M. 9, 447:

lintres,

Prop. 1, 14, 3:

pedes,

id. 3 (4), 9, 18:

remedia,

quickly working, efficacious, Nep. Att. 21, 2.— Poet. with gen. gerund:

nandi,

Sil. 4, 587.—With inf.:

excipere aprum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 11; so id. ib. 4, 6, 39; id. Ep. 1, 20, 25.— Poet., celer for celeriter, Ov. M. 2, 119; 2, 838; 9, 765.—

Of mental and abstract objects:

oderunt Sedatum celeres,

lively, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90; cf. Vell. 2, 73:

mens, quā nihil est celerius,

Cic. Or. 59, 200; cf. Lucr. 3, 183:

oratio celeris et concitata,

rapid, hurried, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 138; 9. 4, 83; 9, 4, 111;

9, 4, 135: consilium,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1.—

Implying reproach, rash, hasty, precipitate:

consilia,

Liv. 9, 32, 3; so id. 22, 38, 13; cf. id. 2, 51, 7;

and so iambi (of the fire of youth),

rash, hasty, Hor. C. 1, 16, 24:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 3:

desperatio rerum,

Liv. 21, 1, 5:

ratione,

Lucr. 4, 144; 4, 255; 4, 775:

fata celerrima,

Verg. A. 12, 507:

mors,

Tib. 4, 1, 205.— Adv., quickly, speedily (syn.: velociter, cito, continuo, confestim, festinanter).

cĕlĕrĕ, Enn. et Nov. ap. Non. p. 510, 9 sq.; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 4.—

cĕlĕrĭter, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 2; Cic. Att. 15, 27, 1; id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; 9, 11, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 52 et saep.— Comp. celerius, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 24, § 60; Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 3; Nep. Cim. 3, 2 al.— Sup. celerrime, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 37 al.

Cĕler, ĕris, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Caecilia, Domitia, Egnatia, etc., Cic. Brut. 89, 305; id. Att. 10, 1, 4; Sall. C. 30, 5 al.

Cĕler, v. Celeres.

crātēra (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 53, 10, and Non. p. 547, 25 sq., sometimes crē-terra; cf. Naev. Trag. Rel. v. 45 Rib.), ae, f., and (mostly poet.) crātēr, ēris, m., = kratêr, Ion. krêtêr, a vessel in which wine was mingled with water, a mixing-vessel or bowl (mostly poet.).

Prop.

Cratera, ae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 131 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 Orell. N. cr.; id. Arat. 387; Liv. 5, 25, 10; 5, 28, 2; Curt. 4, 8, 16; Hor. C. 3, 18, 7; id. S. 2, 4, 80; Pers. 2, 52; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; Inscr. Orell 1541 al.— Abl. plur. crateris, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2727 P. (Ann. v. 604 Vahl.; al. crateribus).—

Crater, ēris, Ov. M. 8, 669; 12, 236; id. F. 5, 522; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 37 al.— Acc. Gr. cratēra, Verg. A. 3, 525; Ov. M. 5, 82; 8, 679; Juv. 12, 44.— Plur. crateras, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 165; Verg. A. 1, 724; 9, 165.—

Meton.

A vessel for drawing water, a bucket, water-pail: cratera, Naev. ap. Non. p. 547, 30.—

An oil-vessel:

crater,

Verg. A. 6, 225; Mart. 12, 32.—

A water-basin:

crater,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 32.—

The aperture of a volcanic mountain, the crater:

crater,

Lucr. 6, 701; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.—

A volcanic opening of the earth:

crater,

Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 238; Ov. M. 5, 424.—

A bay near Baiæ, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.—

Cratera, Cic. Arat. 219 (also id. N. D. 2, 44, 114).—

Crater, Ov. F. 2, 266.— Acc. craterem, Vitr. 9, 5, 1.

discordĭa, ae, f. [discors], disunion, disagreement, dissension, variance, discord (class.), Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 66; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21; id. Lael. 7, 24; id. Off. 1, 25, 85; id. Mur. 39, 83; Sall. C. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 24 et saep.; Verg. E. 1, 72; id. A. 7, 545; Hor. Epod. 4, 2; id. S. 1, 4, 60 et saep. —In plur., Cic. Lael. 7, 23; id. Off. 1, 25, 86; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44; id. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Claud. 25; Vulg. Prov. 6, 19 et saep.—

Transf.

The subject of strife:

Idae et Phoebo discordia Eveni filia,

Prop. 1, 2, 17.—

Of inanimate things:

principiorum,

Lucr. 5, 440:

rerum,

id. 6, 366:

ponti,

Luc. 5, 646:

incertae mentis,

Ov. M. 9, 630 et saep.—

Personified: Discordia, the goddess of discord, the Greek Eris, Verg. A. 6, 280; 8, 702 Serv.; Stat. Th. 5, 74; Petr. 124, 27 sq.; Hyg. Fab. praef.—Hence, Discordiae malum, the famous apple of Eris in the fable, the apple of discord, Just. 12, 15, 11.

discordĭa, ae, f. [discors], disunion, disagreement, dissension, variance, discord (class.), Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 66; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21; id. Lael. 7, 24; id. Off. 1, 25, 85; id. Mur. 39, 83; Sall. C. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 24 et saep.; Verg. E. 1, 72; id. A. 7, 545; Hor. Epod. 4, 2; id. S. 1, 4, 60 et saep. —In plur., Cic. Lael. 7, 23; id. Off. 1, 25, 86; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44; id. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Claud. 25; Vulg. Prov. 6, 19 et saep.—

Transf.

The subject of strife:

Idae et Phoebo discordia Eveni filia,

Prop. 1, 2, 17.—

Of inanimate things:

principiorum,

Lucr. 5, 440:

rerum,

id. 6, 366:

ponti,

Luc. 5, 646:

incertae mentis,

Ov. M. 9, 630 et saep.—

Personified: Discordia, the goddess of discord, the Greek Eris, Verg. A. 6, 280; 8, 702 Serv.; Stat. Th. 5, 74; Petr. 124, 27 sq.; Hyg. Fab. praef.—Hence, Discordiae malum, the famous apple of Eris in the fable, the apple of discord, Just. 12, 15, 11.

ēr, ēris, m. [chêr], a hedgehog, Nemes. Cyneg. 57.

Er ( Her), Eris, m., a Pamphylian, who, according to legend (cited in Plato Polit. 10, 12, p. 626), rose from the dead, Cic. Rep. 6, 3; 6 sq.

ēr, ēris, m. [chêr], a hedgehog, Nemes. Cyneg. 57.

Er ( Her), Eris, m., a Pamphylian, who, according to legend (cited in Plato Polit. 10, 12, p. 626), rose from the dead, Cic. Rep. 6, 3; 6 sq.

ĕrus (less correctly, hĕrus, v. infra), i, m. [Sanscr. root, har-; har-āmi, I seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. cheir, cherês; Lat. heres, hirudo; but the form erus is that of the best MSS.; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 409; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 24].

Lit., the master of a house or family, in respect to servants:

erum atque servom saluere,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 34: iis, qui vi oppressos imperio coercent, sit sane adhibenda saevitia, ut eris in famulos, si aliter teneri non possunt, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf.:

non eros nec dominos appellabant eos, quibus juste paruerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 41; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 87:

me meus erus Fecit ut vigilarem,

id. ib. 141:

nonne erae meae nunciare, quod erus meus jussit, licet?

id. ib. 296:

quis erus est igitur tibi?

id. ib. 206;

225: nec victoris eri tetigit captiva cubile,

Verg. A. 3, 324; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 20; cf.:

O ere, quae res Nec modum habet, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 265: Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st minor hic est intus, our old... our young master, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 49 sq.—

Transf.

Of men, a master, lord, owner, proprietor ( poet.):

agellulum hunc erique villulam hortulumque pauperis Tuor,

Cat. 20, 4; cf.:

propriae telluris erus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 129; and:

ne perconteris, fundus meus Arvo pascat erum, an, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 2:

destinata Aula divitem manet erum,

id. C. 2, 18, 32:

O cubile... quae tuo veniunt ero Quanta gaudia,

Cat. 61, 116.—

Of the gods:

nondum cum sanguine sacro Hostia caelestes pacificasset eros,

Cat. 68, 76.—Of the gods, absol.:

quod temere invitis suscipiatur eris,

Cat. 68, 78.

ēr, ēris, m. [chêr], a hedgehog, Nemes. Cyneg. 57.

Er ( Her), Eris, m., a Pamphylian, who, according to legend (cited in Plato Polit. 10, 12, p. 626), rose from the dead, Cic. Rep. 6, 3; 6 sq.

mnēster, ēris, m., = mnêstêr, a wooer, suitor, pure Lat. procus:

ad mnesteras,

Hyg. Fab. 126.

Mnēster, ēris, m., a Roman surname:

M. Lepidus Mnester,

a pantomime, favorite of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 36; 55; 57.

mnēster, ēris, m., = mnêstêr, a wooer, suitor, pure Lat. procus:

ad mnesteras,

Hyg. Fab. 126.

Mnēster, ēris, m., a Roman surname:

M. Lepidus Mnester,

a pantomime, favorite of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 36; 55; 57.

panther, eris, v. 1. panthera.

panther, ēris, m., = panthêron, a hunting-net for catching wild beasts:

rete quoddam panther,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 100 Müll.

passer, ĕris, m. [for panser, from pando; cf. anser].

Lit., a sparrow, Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 75; cf. Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 107; 10, 38, 54, § 111; 18, 17, 45, § 158; 30, 15, 49, § 141; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 63; 1, 33, 72; Cat. 2, 1 sq.; 3, 3 sq.; Juv. 9, 54; Mart. 11, 6, 16; Juv. 6, 8; Vulg. Lev. 14. 4.—As a term of endearment:

meus pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.—

Transf.

Passer marinus. an ostrich (marinus, because brought from a distance by sea), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; Aus. Ep. 11, 7; Fest. p. 222 Müll.—In this signif. also passer alone, Inscr. Grut. 484, 6.—

A seafish, a turbot, Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72; Ov. Hal. 125; Hor. S. 2, 8, 29; Col. 8, 16, 7.

Passer, ĕris, m., a Roman surname, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 2.

passer, ĕris, m. [for panser, from pando; cf. anser].

Lit., a sparrow, Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 75; cf. Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 107; 10, 38, 54, § 111; 18, 17, 45, § 158; 30, 15, 49, § 141; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 63; 1, 33, 72; Cat. 2, 1 sq.; 3, 3 sq.; Juv. 9, 54; Mart. 11, 6, 16; Juv. 6, 8; Vulg. Lev. 14. 4.—As a term of endearment:

meus pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.—

Transf.

Passer marinus. an ostrich (marinus, because brought from a distance by sea), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; Aus. Ep. 11, 7; Fest. p. 222 Müll.—In this signif. also passer alone, Inscr. Grut. 484, 6.—

A seafish, a turbot, Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72; Ov. Hal. 125; Hor. S. 2, 8, 29; Col. 8, 16, 7.

Passer, ĕris, m., a Roman surname, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 2.

pūbes and pūber (cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.; also pūbis, ĕris, Caes. ib.), ĕris, adj. [root pu-, to beget; in Sanscr. putras, son; pumans, man; cf.: puer, pūpa, putus, etc.], that is grown up, of ripe age, adult, pubescent.

Lit. (class.):

pubes et puber qui generare potest: is incipit esse a quattuordecim annis: femina a duodecim viri potens, sive patiens, ut quidam putant,

Fest. p. 250 Müll.; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224:

filii,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129: priusquam pubes esset, Nep. Dion, 4, 4:

ad puberem aetatem,

Liv. 1, 3.—

Subst.: pūbĕres, um, m., grown-up persons, adults, men (cf.:

adulescens, ephebus): omnes puberes armati convenire consuerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56; id. B. C. 2, 13; 3, 9; Sall. J. 26, 3; 54, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39.— Sing. collect.:

omnem Italiae pubem commiserat,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Liv. 1, 9, 6; Suet. Ner. 43; Tac. H. 2, 47.— Rarely, of one person, a youth:

ne praejudicium fiat impuberi per puberis personam,

Dig. 37, 10, 3, § 8.—

Transf., of plants, covered with soft down, downy, pubescent, ripe:

folia,

Verg. A. 12, 413:

uvae,

Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai.

pūbes (nom. pubis, Prud. Cath. 7, 162), is, f. [1. pubes], the signs of manhood, i. e. the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, Gr. hêbê.

Lit.:

si inguen jam pube contegitur,

Cels. 7, 19:

capillus et pubes,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58.—

Transf.

The hair in gen.:

ciliorum,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 132.—

The private parts, Verg. A. 3, 427; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 22; Plin. 11, 37, 83, § 208; 28, 15, 60, § 215; App. M. 10, p. 254, 3.—

Collect., grown-up males, youth, young men (class.):

omnem Italiae pubem,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Verg. A. 5, 573:

robora pubis Lecta,

id. ib. 8, 518:

Romana,

Liv. 1, 9; Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 47; Sil. 1, 667.— Poet., transf., of bullocks, Verg. G. 3, 174.—

In gen., men, people, population:

pube praesenti,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 124; Cat. 64, 4; 268; 68, 101:

Dardana,

Verg. A. 7, 219:

captiva,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 18:

Romana,

id. ib. 4, 4, 46 al.—

Trop., fulness, ripeness:

pube agri variorum seminum laeti,

Amm. 24, 5, 1.

pūbes and pūber (cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.; also pūbis, ĕris, Caes. ib.), ĕris, adj. [root pu-, to beget; in Sanscr. putras, son; pumans, man; cf.: puer, pūpa, putus, etc.], that is grown up, of ripe age, adult, pubescent.

Lit. (class.):

pubes et puber qui generare potest: is incipit esse a quattuordecim annis: femina a duodecim viri potens, sive patiens, ut quidam putant,

Fest. p. 250 Müll.; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224:

filii,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129: priusquam pubes esset, Nep. Dion, 4, 4:

ad puberem aetatem,

Liv. 1, 3.—

Subst.: pūbĕres, um, m., grown-up persons, adults, men (cf.:

adulescens, ephebus): omnes puberes armati convenire consuerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56; id. B. C. 2, 13; 3, 9; Sall. J. 26, 3; 54, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39.— Sing. collect.:

omnem Italiae pubem commiserat,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Liv. 1, 9, 6; Suet. Ner. 43; Tac. H. 2, 47.— Rarely, of one person, a youth:

ne praejudicium fiat impuberi per puberis personam,

Dig. 37, 10, 3, § 8.—

Transf., of plants, covered with soft down, downy, pubescent, ripe:

folia,

Verg. A. 12, 413:

uvae,

Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai.

pūbes (nom. pubis, Prud. Cath. 7, 162), is, f. [1. pubes], the signs of manhood, i. e. the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, Gr. hêbê.

Lit.:

si inguen jam pube contegitur,

Cels. 7, 19:

capillus et pubes,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58.—

Transf.

The hair in gen.:

ciliorum,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 132.—

The private parts, Verg. A. 3, 427; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 22; Plin. 11, 37, 83, § 208; 28, 15, 60, § 215; App. M. 10, p. 254, 3.—

Collect., grown-up males, youth, young men (class.):

omnem Italiae pubem,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Verg. A. 5, 573:

robora pubis Lecta,

id. ib. 8, 518:

Romana,

Liv. 1, 9; Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 47; Sil. 1, 667.— Poet., transf., of bullocks, Verg. G. 3, 174.—

In gen., men, people, population:

pube praesenti,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 124; Cat. 64, 4; 268; 68, 101:

Dardana,

Verg. A. 7, 219:

captiva,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 18:

Romana,

id. ib. 4, 4, 46 al.—

Trop., fulness, ripeness:

pube agri variorum seminum laeti,

Amm. 24, 5, 1.