female attendant

mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. ( gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. ter-os; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114:

minister Grex,

Sil. 11, 274:

ardor,

Lucr. 5, 297:

ministro baculo,

with the aid of a staff, Ov. Ib. 261.—

Subst.

mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:

centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,

Verg. A. 1, 705:

Phrygius,

the cup-bearer Ganymede, Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7:

Falerni,

a cup -bearer, Cat. 27, 1:

ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43:

hostia Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros,

Verg. G. 3, 488:

ministri imperii tui,

inferior officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3:

regni,

an assistant in the regal government, a minister, Just. 16, 1, 3:

infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus,

i. e. inform the orators what the law is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146:

legum,

a minister, administrator, id. Clu. 53, 198:

sermonum,

a mediator, negotiator, Tac. H. 2, 99:

consiliorum suorum,

Vell. 2, 129, 3:

Tiberius Alexander... minister bello datus,

Tac. A. 15, 28:

ministri ac servi seditionum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

ministri ac satellites cupiditatum,

id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so,

furoris alieni,

agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11:

libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum atque ministri,

Lucr. 3, 61:

Calchante ministro,

with the help of Calchas, Verg. A. 2, 100:

ministrum esse in maleficio,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

minister fulminis ales,

i. e. the eagle, Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:

calidae gelidaeque (aquae) minister,

one who serves, Juv. 5, 63:

me nemo ministro fur erit,

by my aid, id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ:

ut sim minister Christi,

Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7:

fidelis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

Dei,

id. 2 Cor. 6, 4:

optimus,

Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of inanimate things:

sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,

Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4:

taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,

Lucr. 5, 297.—

mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

una ministrarum,

Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705:

accipiat missas apta ministra notas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 470:

ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,

i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also among Christians:

ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,

i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—

Trop., a servant, handmaid; in a bad sense, an aider, accessory, abettor:

ministra et famula corporis res familiaris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

voluptatum satellites et ministrae,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

Camilla delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras,

Verg. A. 11, 658.

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pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

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Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Baccha (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Bakchê; cf. also Mainas or Thuïas, a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69;

v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

Bacchis initiare aliquem,

to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2;

39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,

Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian:

vox,

Col. 10, 223:

sanguis,

spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328:

bella,

id. ib. 12, 791.

Baccha, ae, f., a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

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conjunx or conjux (in inscrr. also COIVX, e. g. Orell. 4655; 4644; 4646;

5013: COIVNX, C. I. L. 1, 1011: CONIVNCX,

ib. 5, 370; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 139 sq.), jŭgis, comm. ( fem. conjŭga Jovis Juno, App. M. 6, p. 174, 33, and in inscrr.) [conjungo].

One who is united in marriage, a consort, spouse, wife; more rarely, a husband (very freq., esp. in fem. and in the poets; in Ov. M. alone about fifty times); masc., Cic. Cael. 32, 78; id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; Tac. A. 3, 34; 13, 44; Just. 2, 4, 8; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14; Cat. 61, 32; 68, 81; Verg. A. 6, 473; Ov. M. 1, 605; 6, 538; Sen. Cons. Helv. 19, 5; Hyg. Fab. 23; Inscr. Orell. 4629.— Fem., Lucr. 4, 1274; Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68; Cic. Cat. 4, 11, 24; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 33; Cat. 64, 298; Prop. 1, 19, 7; Hor. C. 1, 1, 26; 3, 5, 5; Tac. A. 15, 15; 17, 11; id. H. 4, 18; 5, 8; id. G. 7.— In plur. for the married pair:

boni,

Cat. 61, 234:

unanimi,

id. 66, 80 et saep.—

Transf., of animals, the female, Ov. F. 1, 451; Plin. 10, 59, 79, § 161.—And also of the elmtree, round which a vine entwines itself (cf. conjungo, P. a., B. 2. b.), Col. 5, 6, 18.—

Poet.

A betrothed, a bride, Verg. A. 3, 331; 9, 138; Tib. 3, 2, 4; Ov. H. 8, 18.—

A more honorable designation for concubine, Prop. 2, 8, 29; Ov. H. 8, 86; Val. Fl. 2, 208.—

In late Lat., = contubernalis, a comrade, a (male or female) companion or attendant, Inscr. Orell. 2841 sq.—So, a fellow-slave:

me cum meo famulo meoque vectore... factum conservum atque conjugem,

App. M. 7, p. 189, 6.