fiscus

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fiscus, i, m., a basket or frail woven of slender twigs, rushes, etc. (like fiscina, fiscella, q. v.); used,

For olives in the oilpress, Col. 12, 52, 22; 54, 2.—Far more freq.,

For keeping money in, a money-basket, or, as we say, a money-bag, purse (cf. aerarium):

fiscos complures cum pecunia Siciliensi a quodam senatore ad equitem Romanum esse translatos,

Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22:

mulus ferebat fiscos cum pecunia,

Phaedr. 2, 7, 2; Suet. Claud. 18.— Poet.:

aerata multus in arca Fiscus,

i. e. much money, Juv. 14, 259.—

In partic.

The public chest, state treasury, public revenues:

quaternos HS, quos mihi senatus decrevit et ex aerario dedit, ego habebo et in cistam transferam de fisco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197:

qui fiscum sustulit,

id. ib. 79, §

183: de fisco quid egerit Scipio, quaeram,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5 Manut.; Eutr. 2, 16; Vulg. 1 Esdr. 7, 20. —

In the times of the emperors, the imperial treasury, imperial revenues, emperor's privy purse (opp. aerarium, the public chest or treasury):

quantum pecuniae in aerario et fiscis et vectigalibus residuis,

Suet. Aug. 101; 40; id. Claud. 28; id. Ner. 32; Sen. Ben. 7, 6:

fisci de imperatore rapti,

Tac. A. 1, 37:

bona in fiscum cogere,

id. ib. 6, 2; Dig. 39, 4, 9 fin.:

fortasse non eadem severitate fiscum quam aerarium cohibes,

Plin. Pan. 36 et saep.:

Judaicus,

the tax paid by the Jews into the imperial treasury, Suet. Dom. 12:

quidquid conspicuum pulchrumque est aequore toto res fisci est,

Juv. 4, 55.

aerārĭus, a, um, adj. [aes].

That pertains to or is made of copper, bronze, etc.:

aerarium metallum,

a copper-mine, Vitr. 7, 9; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86;

fornaces,

smelting-furnaces, id. 11, 36, 42, § 119:

fabrica,

the preparation of copper, id. 7, 56, 57, § 197 faber, a coppersmith, id. 34, 8, 19, 6, § 61 (also aerarius alone; v. below).—

Of or pertaining to money:

propter aerariam rationem non satis erat in tabulis inspexisse quantum deberetur,

on account of the standard of coin, Cic. Quint. 4:

hinc dicuntur milites aerarii, ab aere quod stipendia facerent,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.: tribunus, who superintended disbursements of the public treasury: aerarii tribuni a tribuendo aere sunt appellati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.;

or, acc. to Varr.: ab eo, quibus attributa erat pecunia, ut militi reddant, tribuni aerarii dicti,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.; v. tribunus.—Hence, subst.: aerārĭus, i, m.

(Sc. faber.) One who works in copper, etc., a coppersmith:

in aerariorum officinis,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23:

aerariorum marculi,

Mart. 12, 57, 6; so Inscr. Orell. 4140.—

(Sc. civis.) A citizen of the lowest class, who paid only a poll-tax (aera pendebat), and had no right of voting. Other citizens, upon the commission of great crimes, were degraded by the censors into this class, and deprived of all previous dignities. (Cf. Gell. 4, 12 and 29; Drak. ad Liv. 24, 18, 6;

Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 63 and 452.) Referre aliquem in aerarios,

Cic. Clu. 43. eximere aliquem ex aerariis, id. de Or. 2, 66 ext.; Liv. 24, 18:

omnes, quos senatu moverunt, quibusque equos ademerunt (censores) aerarios fecerunt et tribu moverunt,

id. 42, 10 al. —

aerārĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. fodina, like argentaria and ferraria, Liv. 34, 21:

auraria,

Tac. A. 6, 19 al.) A mine:

multis locis apud eos (sc. Aquitanos) aerariae structuraeque sunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21 Herz. —

(Sc. officina.) A smelting or refining house, Varr. L. L. 8, 33.—

(Sc. fornax.) A smelting-furnace, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 128.—

aerārĭum, i, n. (sc. stabulum), the place in the temple of Saturn at Rome, where the public treasure was kept, the treasury: to tamieion, to koinon: Aerarium sane populus Romanus in aede Saturni habuit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.; cf. Plin. Pan. 92:

referre pecuniam in aerarium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 27 (for which deferre is often used in Liv. q.v.):

dare alicui pecuniam ex aerario,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70.—Also for the public treasure or finances:

C. Gracchus, cum largitiones maximas fecisset et effudisset aerarium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 48, Nep. Arist. 3, 1; id. Att. 8.—In the time of the emperors the aerarium (public treasure) was distinguished from fiscus (the wealth of the emperor):

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fisco cogerentur,

Tac. A. 6, 2; Plin. Pan. 36, Suet. Vesp. 16;

v. fiscus. In the treasury the public archives were kept: factum senatus consultum, ne decreta patrum ante diem decimum ad aerarium deferrentur,

Tac. A. 3, 51; cf. id. ib. 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 28;

and also the standards: signa ex aerario prompta,

Liv. 4, 22.—The Quaestores aerarii (under Augustus and his immediate successors the Praetores) presided over the aerarium, with whom the Tribuni aerarii were associated as assistants; cf.

Quaestor and Tribunus.—The aerarium contained also a fund, established after the invasion of Gaul, and augmented by the immense booty acquired in the wars with Carthage, Macedonia, Corinth, etc., as well as by the tribute of the manumissi, which could be used only in cases of extreme public necessity, hence with the epithet sanctius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24:

aurum vicesimarium, quod in sanctiore aerario ad ultimos casus servaretur, promi placuit,

Liv. 27, 10; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 21; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63 (of the Syracusans). Hence trop., Quint. 10, 3, 3:

aerarium militare, destined by Aug. for defraying the expenses of war,

Tac. A. 1, 78; Suet. Aug. 49; Plin. Pan. 92, 1.

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confisco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [fiscus] (post-Aug.).

To lay up in a chest:

quam (summam) et confiscatam semper repositamque habuerat,

Suet. Aug. 101.—

Trop.:

felices pauperes, qui totam animam in confiscato habent,

i. e. in hand, in readiness, Tert. Fuga, 12.—

To seize upon for the public treasury, to confiscate:

HS. milies,

Suet. Calig. 16:

alienissimas hereditates,

id. Dom. 12.—

Transf., of the person whose property has been confiscated:

devictis his et confiscatis,

Suet. Aug. 15; so,

principes,

id. Tib. 49:

duos equites Romanos,

id. Calig. 41; Dig. 27, 3, 9, § 6; cf. confiscatio.

fiscālis, e, adj. [fiscus, II. B.], of or relating to the public or the imperial treasury, fiscal (post-class.):

res fiscales quasi propriae et privatae principis sunt,

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 4:

jus,

ib. 2, 14, 42:

debitores,

ib. 49, 14, 45, § 10: calumniae, complaints made for the advantage of the revenue, i. e. the fines resulting from which were to go into the treasury, Suet. Dom. 9:

molestiae,

i. e. exactions for the treasury, Aur. Vict. Caes. 41:

gladiatores,

maintained out of the emperor's revenue, Capitol. Gord. 3, 33:

cursus,

Spart. Hadr. 7:

vina,

given at the expense of the treasury, Vop. Aur. 48:

pecunia,

Paul. Sent. 5, 27, 1:

servi,

id. ib. 5, 13, 2.—

Subst.: ‡ fiscālĭa, ium, n., moneys for the treasury, Inscr. Orell. 3351.

fiscālis, e, adj. [fiscus, II. B.], of or relating to the public or the imperial treasury, fiscal (post-class.):

res fiscales quasi propriae et privatae principis sunt,

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 4:

jus,

ib. 2, 14, 42:

debitores,

ib. 49, 14, 45, § 10: calumniae, complaints made for the advantage of the revenue, i. e. the fines resulting from which were to go into the treasury, Suet. Dom. 9:

molestiae,

i. e. exactions for the treasury, Aur. Vict. Caes. 41:

gladiatores,

maintained out of the emperor's revenue, Capitol. Gord. 3, 33:

cursus,

Spart. Hadr. 7:

vina,

given at the expense of the treasury, Vop. Aur. 48:

pecunia,

Paul. Sent. 5, 27, 1:

servi,

id. ib. 5, 13, 2.—

Subst.: ‡ fiscālĭa, ium, n., moneys for the treasury, Inscr. Orell. 3351.

lĭēn, ēnis, and liēnis, is, m. ( gen. plur. lienum, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 121) [for plien; Sanscr. plīhan; Gr. splên], the milt or spleen.

Lit.:

lienes turgent, Cato. R. R. 157: seditionem facit lien (of a stitch in the side),

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 14:

jam quasi sona liene cinctus ambulo,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 6: equisetum lienes cursorum exstinguit, Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 132:

at lienis, ubi affectus est, intumescit,

Cels. 4, 9:

lienis bubulus,

id. ib.:

lienem coërcere,

id. ib.:

extenuare,

id. ib.:

consumere,

Plin. 26, 8, 48, § 76.—

Transf., of the fiscus:

(Trajanus) fiscum lienem vocavit, quod eo crescente artus reliqui tabescunt,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 42 fin.

lĭēn, ēnis, and liēnis, is, m. ( gen. plur. lienum, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 121) [for plien; Sanscr. plīhan; Gr. splên], the milt or spleen.

Lit.:

lienes turgent, Cato. R. R. 157: seditionem facit lien (of a stitch in the side),

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 14:

jam quasi sona liene cinctus ambulo,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 6: equisetum lienes cursorum exstinguit, Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 132:

at lienis, ubi affectus est, intumescit,

Cels. 4, 9:

lienis bubulus,

id. ib.:

lienem coërcere,

id. ib.:

extenuare,

id. ib.:

consumere,

Plin. 26, 8, 48, § 76.—

Transf., of the fiscus:

(Trajanus) fiscum lienem vocavit, quod eo crescente artus reliqui tabescunt,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 42 fin.

nuntĭātĭo ( nunc-), ōnis, f. [nuntio], used only in relig. and jurid. lang.

In relig. lang., a declaring, announcing; a declaration, announcement made by the augur respecting what he has observed:

nos nuntiationem solum habemus: consules etiam spectionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; 5, 3, 9.—

In jurid. Lat., an announcement, notice, declaration, information. So of an information respecting ownerless goods which fall to the fiscus:

variae causae sunt ex quibus nuntiatio ad fiscum fieri solet,

Dig. 49, 14, 1: novi operis, an information lodged respecting a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

de novi operis nunciatione,

Cod. Just. 8, tit. 11; Dig. 39, 1, tit. 1; 5, etc.

nuntĭātĭo ( nunc-), ōnis, f. [nuntio], used only in relig. and jurid. lang.

In relig. lang., a declaring, announcing; a declaration, announcement made by the augur respecting what he has observed:

nos nuntiationem solum habemus: consules etiam spectionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; 5, 3, 9.—

In jurid. Lat., an announcement, notice, declaration, information. So of an information respecting ownerless goods which fall to the fiscus:

variae causae sunt ex quibus nuntiatio ad fiscum fieri solet,

Dig. 49, 14, 1: novi operis, an information lodged respecting a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

de novi operis nunciatione,

Cod. Just. 8, tit. 11; Dig. 39, 1, tit. 1; 5, etc.