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1 carnifex or carnufex
carnifex or carnufex ficis, m [caro + 2 FAC-], an executioner, hangman: carnificum cruciamenta: iacens Inter carnifices, Iu.: suus, his destroyer: tuus, employed by you: O carnifex, scoundrel.—A tormentor, murderer: meus, T.: civium, butcher: ad vexandam plebem creatus, L. -
2 exāctor
exāctor ōris, m [ex + 1 AG-], a driver-out, expeller: regum, L.—Fig., a demander, exactor: supplici, an executioner, L.: promissorum, L.: cum ipse ut exactor circumiret, overseer, L.— A collector of taxes, tax-gatherer, Cs., L.* * *expeller; exactor; collector of taxes -
3 secūris
secūris is, acc. im or em, abl. ī, f [2 SAC-], an axe, hatchet, cleaver: icta securibus ilex, V.: fertur quo rara securis, i. e. in the wild forest, H.: securi Dextras obarmare, H.: Anceps, two-edged, O.: Victima pontificum securīs Cervice tinget, H.— An executioner's axe (borne by the lictors in the fasces): nudatos securi feriunt, i. e. behead, L.: quos securi percussit, beheaded: Virtus... Nec sumit aut ponit securīs Arbitrio popularis aurae, i. e. its honors and power, H.—Fig., a blow, death-blow: graviorem rei p. infligere securim.— Authority, dominion, sovereignty: Germania Colla Romanae praebens securi, O.—Usu. plur: Gallia securibus subiecta, i. e. to Roman supremacy, Cs.: saevas securīs accipere, V.: Medus Albanas timet securīs, i. e. Roman supremacy, H.* * *ax (battle/headsman's), hatchet, chopper; (death) blow; vine-dresser's blade; ax (bundled in fasces); sovereignty (usu. pl.), authority, domain, supremacy -
4 tortor
tortor ōris, m [TARC-], an executioner, tormentor, torturer: cum iam tortor, atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa: barbarus, H.: occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum, Iu.* * * -
5 uncus
uncus ī, m [1 AC-], a hook, barb: ferreus, L.: severus (an attribute of Necessitas), H.: uncus inpactus est fugitivo illi, i. e. the hook of the executioner (in the neck of a criminal condemned to death): Seianus ducitur unco Spectandus, Iu.: bene cum decusseris uncum, i. e. hast escaped a great peril, Pr.* * *Iunca, uncum ADJhooked, curved, bent in, crooked, round; barbedIIhook, barb, clamp; hook in neck used to drag condemned/executed criminals -
6 carnifex
I(gen.), carnificis ADJtormenting, torturing; murderous, killing; deadlyIIexecutioner, hangman; murderer, butcher, torturer; scoundrel, villain -
7 carnificina
work/act/office of executioner/torturer; torture/execution; capital punishment -
8 carnificius
carnificia, carnificium ADJof/pertaining to an executioner/hangman/torturer -
9 carnufex
I(gen.), carnuficis ADJtormenting, torturing; murderous, killing; deadlyIIexecutioner, hangman; murderer, butcher, torturer; scoundrel, villain -
10 carnuficina
work/act/office of executioner/torturer; torture/execution; capital punishment -
11 carnuficius
carnuficia, carnuficium ADJof/pertaining to an executioner/hangman/torturer -
12 Cadmea
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
13 Cadmeius
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
14 Cadmeus
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
15 Cadmus
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
16 carnifex
carnĭfex or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. [v. caro-facio], an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—b.As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—II.Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.:Fortuna gloriae carnifex,
murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. — Poet., adj., murderous, killing:carnifex avis,
Mart. 11, 84, 10:pedes (sc. podagrici),
id. 12, 48, 10:manus,
Sil. 1, 173:epulae,
deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178:libido,
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17 carnificina
carnĭfĭcīna ( carnŭf-), ae. f. [carnifex].I.The office of executioner or hangman; capital punishment, execution:II.carnificinam facere = carnificem esse,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 1:locus carnificinae,
Suet. Tib. 62.—Hence,Per meton., the rack, torture, torment: dolores atque carnificinas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and ap. Non. p. 187, 30; so,B.carnificinam subire,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:in ergastulum et carnificinam duci,
Liv. 2, 23, 6.—Trop.:cum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf. id. Sest. 65, 135 (= crudelitas). -
18 carnufex
carnĭfex or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. [v. caro-facio], an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—b.As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—II.Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.:Fortuna gloriae carnifex,
murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. — Poet., adj., murderous, killing:carnifex avis,
Mart. 11, 84, 10:pedes (sc. podagrici),
id. 12, 48, 10:manus,
Sil. 1, 173:epulae,
deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178:libido,
Arn. 1, 41. -
19 carnuficina
carnĭfĭcīna ( carnŭf-), ae. f. [carnifex].I.The office of executioner or hangman; capital punishment, execution:II.carnificinam facere = carnificem esse,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 1:locus carnificinae,
Suet. Tib. 62.—Hence,Per meton., the rack, torture, torment: dolores atque carnificinas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and ap. Non. p. 187, 30; so,B.carnificinam subire,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:in ergastulum et carnificinam duci,
Liv. 2, 23, 6.—Trop.:cum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf. id. Sest. 65, 135 (= crudelitas). -
20 cervix
cervix, īcis ( gen. plur. cervicum, Cic. Or. 18, 59; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68: cervicium, acc. to Charis. p. 100), f. [cer-vix; cf. Sanscr. s)iras, caput, and vincio, Bopp, Gloss. 348 b], the neck, including the back of the neck, the nape (in ante-Aug. prose usu. in plur.; so always in Cic. and Sall.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 14; 10, § 78 Müll.; and Quint. 8, 3, 35, Hortensius first used the sing.; it is, however, found even in Ennius and Pacuvius; v. the foll.).1.Sing.: caput a cervice revolsum, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 396: quadrupes capite brevi, cervice anguinā, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Lucr. 1, 36; 6, 745; * Cat. 62, 83; * Tib. 3, 4, 27; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 31; Verg. G. 3, 52; 3, 524; 4, 523; id. A. 1, 402; 2, 707; 10, 137; Hor. C. 1, 13, 2; 2, 5, 2; Liv. 8, 7, 21; 22, 51, 7 Fabri ad loc.; 26, 13, 18; 27, 49, 1; 31, 34, 4; 35, 11, 8; Vell. 2, 4, 5; Hortens. ap. Varr. l. l., and Quint. l. l.; id. 1, 11, 9; 11, 3, 82; 11, 3, 83; 4, 2, 39 Spald.; Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177.—2.Plur.:B.eversae cervices tuae,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131 (cf. versa, Ov. H. 16, 231):ut gladius impenderet illius beati cervicibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62; id. N. D. 1, 35, 99; 2, 63, 159:aliquo praesidio caput et cervices et jugulum tutari,
id. Sest. 42, 90:frangere,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 110; 2, 5, 57, § 147; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Hor. C. 2, 13, 6:cervices crassae longae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; 2, 9, 4:altae,
Verg. A. 2, 219:tumor cervicum,
Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68; Suet. Galb. 11; id. Vit. 17.—Esp. in several proverbial expressions, as the vital part of a person:cervices securi subicere,
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 51; cf.:offerre cervicem percussoribus,
Tac. A. 1, 53:cervices Roscio dare,
i. e. to the executioner, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:praebere cervicem gladio,
Juv. 10, 345. —Trop.1.(The figure taken from bearing the yoke; cf. Liv. 9, 6, 12.) Imposuistis in cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf. Liv. 42, 50, 6: qui suis cervicibus tanta munia atque rem publicam sustinent, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; so id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108; id. Mil. 28, 77. —Hence, of any great burden or danger:2.dandae cervice erant crudelitati nefariae,
to submit to, Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 42:a cervicibus nostris avertere Antonium,
id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 7; id. Phil. 3, 4, 8:non facile hanc tantam molem mali a cervicibus vestris depulissem,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:legiones in cervicibus nostris conlocare,
id. Fam. 12, 23, 2:in cervicibus alicujus esse, of too great or dangerous proximity: cum in cervicibus sumus (opp. cum procul abessemus),
Liv. 44, 39, 7: etsi bellum ingens in cervicibus erat, on hand, as an oppressive burden, id. 22, 33, 6:sed nec Romani, tametsi Poeni et Hannibal in cervicibus erant,
Just. 29, 4, 7; cf.:rex ratus eam urbem... suis inpositam esse cervicibus,
Curt. 7, 7, 1.—For boldness:II.qui tantis erunt cervicibus recuperatores, qui audeant, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 135.—Transf., of things, the neck:amphorae,
Petr. 34, 6; Mart. 12, 32:fistularum,
Vitr. 10, 13:cupressi,
Stat. Th. 6, 855; cf. Col. 4, 7, 3:Peloponnesi, i.e. Isthmus,
Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; cf. id. 6, 29, 34, § 170.
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