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for one's dearest possessions

  • 1 ara

    āra, ae, f. (Osc. form aasa; Umbr. asa: PELLEX. ASAM. IVNONIS. NE. TAGITO., Lex Numae ap. Gell. 4, 3, 3; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 219; Macr. S. 3, 2) [perh. Sanscr. ās, Gr. hêmai, Dor. hêsmai = to sit, as the seat or resting-place of the victim or offering; v. Curt. p. 381 sq.], an altar.
    I.
    Lit.: Jovis aram sanguine turpari, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85 (Trag. v. 125 Vahl.):

    Inde ignem in aram, ut Ephesiae Dianae laeta laudes,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

    omnīs accedere ad aras... aras sanguine multo Spargere,

    Lucr. 5, 1199 sq.; so id. 1, 84:

    turicremas aras,

    id. 2, 353 (adopted by Verg. A. 4, 453);

    2, 417: multo sanguine maesti Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis,

    id. 4, 1237 al.:

    ara Aio Loquenti consecrata,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

    ara condita atque dicata,

    Liv. 1, 7; cf. Suet. Claud. 2:

    ara sacrata,

    Liv. 40, 22; cf. Suet. Tib. 14:

    exstruere,

    id. Aug. 15; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 21, 4:

    construere,

    ib. 2 Par. 33, 3:

    facere,

    ib. ib. 33, 15:

    erigere,

    ib. Num. 23, 4:

    aedificare,

    ib. 3 Reg. 14, 23:

    ponere,

    ib. ib. 16, 32:

    destruere,

    ib. Exod. 34, 13, and ib. Jud. 6, 25:

    subvertere,

    ib. Deut. 7, 5:

    dissipare,

    ib. ib. 12, 3:

    suffodere,

    ib. Jud. 31, 32:

    demolire,

    ib. Ezech. 6, 4:

    depopulari, ib. Osee, 10, 2: interibunt arae vestrae,

    ib. Ezech. 6, 6 et saep.—Altars were erected not only in the temples, but also in the streets and highways, in the open air, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20.—Esp. were altars erected in the courts of houses (impluvia), for the family gods (Penates), while the household gods (Lares) received offerings upon a small hearth (focus) in the family hall (atrium); hence, arae et foci, meton. for home, or hearth and home, and pro aris et focis pugnare, to fight for altars and fires, for one's dearest possessions:

    urbem, agrum, aras, focos seque dedere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 71:

    te amicum Deiotari regis arae focique viderunt,

    Cic. Deiot. 3:

    de vestris conjugibus ac liberis, de aris ac focis, decernite,

    id. Cat. 4, 11, 24; id. Sest. 42:

    nos domicilia, sedesque populi Romani, Penates, aras, focos, sepulcra majorum defendimus,

    id. Phil. 8, 3:

    patriae, parentibus, aris atque focis bellum parare,

    Sall. C. 52, 3:

    pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis cernere,

    id. ib. 59, 5:

    sibi pro aris focisque et deūm templis ac solo, in quo nati essent, dimicandum fore,

    Liv. 5, 30 et saep.—Criminals fled to the altars for protection, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 22:

    interim hanc aram occupabo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 45:

    Priamum cum in aram confugisset, hostilis manus interemit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

    eo ille confugit in arāque consedit,

    Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

    Veneris sanctae considam vinctus ad aras: haec supplicibus favet,

    Tib. 4, 13, 23.—Hence, trop., protection, refuge, shelter:

    tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

    ad aram legum confugere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3:

    hic portus, haec ara sociorum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 48; Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 2; 5, 6, 14; id. H. 1, 110; id. P. 2, 8, 68.—One who took an oath was accustomed to lay hold of the altar, in confirmation of it, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 46:

    qui si aram tenens juraret, crederet nemo,

    Cic. Fl. 36, 90; Nep. Hann. 2, 4 (cf. Liv. 21, 1):

    tango aras, medios ignes et numina testor,

    Verg. A. 12, 201; 4, 219: ara sepulcri, a funeral pile, regarded as an altar, Verg. A. 6, 177; Sil. 15, 388.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    The Altar, a constellation in the southern sky, Gr. Thutêrion (Arat. 403 al.): Aram, quam flatu permulcet spiritus austri, poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; so Cic. Arat. 202; 213 Orell.; Hyg. Astr. 2, 39, and id. ib. 3, 38:

    pressa,

    i. e. low in the south, Ov. M. 2, 139. —
    B.
    Arae, The Altars.
    a.
    Rocky cliffs in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily Sardinia and Africa, so called from their shape, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 108;

    Quadrig. Ann. ib.: saxa vocant Itali, mediis quae in fluctibus, Aras,

    Verg. A. 1, 109.—
    b.
    Arae Philaenorum, v. Philaeni.—
    III.
    Transf., in gen., a monument of stone:

    ara virtutis,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 13:

    Lunensis ara,

    of Lunensian marble, Suet. Ner. 50 fin. —Also [p. 150] a tombstone:

    ARAM D. S. P. R. (de suā pecuniā restituit),

    Inscr. Orell. 4521; so ib. 4522; 4826.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ara

  • 2 focus

    fŏcus, i, m. [root bha-, to be bright, Gr. pha- (cf. for, fari), strengthened, fac-, fax, facies, etc., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 423, who refers even facio to this root].
    I.
    A fire-place, hearth (syn.: clibanus, furnus, fornax, caminus): Varro focos ait dictos, quod foveat ignes, nam ignis ipsa flamma est: quicquid autem ignem fovet, focus vocatur, seu ara sit seu quid aliud, in quo ignis fovetur, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 10, 1:

    at focus a flammis, et quod fovet omnia, dictus,

    Ov. F. 6, 301; Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 118; Plaut. Aul. prol. 7; Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19:

    dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    jam dudum splendet focus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7:

    ligna super foco Large reponens,

    id. C. 1, 9, 5:

    Curio ad focum sedenti magnum auri pondus Samnites, cum attulissent,

    Cic. de Sen. 16, 55; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 522, 28 (Rep. 3, 28 ed. Mos.);

    68, 17: ad focum angues nundinari solent,

    Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66:

    exstruere lignis focum,

    to pile on wood, Hor. Epod. 2, 43.— Poet. of a funeral-pile, Verg. A. 11, 212; of an altar, Prop. 2, 19 (3, 12), 14; 4, 5, 64 (5, 5, 66 M.); Tib. 1, 2, 82; Ov. M. 4, 753 al.—On the hearths of Roman houses were placed, in little niches, the household gods (Lares), and for them a fire was kept up:

    haec imponentur in foco nostro Lari,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16; cf.:

    focus Larium, quo familia convenit,

    Plin. 28, 20, 81, § 267.—Hence,
    B.
    Transf.: focus, like our hearth, serves to denote the house or family:

    domi focique fac vicissim ut memineris,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 45; cf.:

    nudum ejicit domo atque focis patriis disque penatibus praecipitem Sextum exturbat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    agellus, quem tu fastidis, habitatum quinque focis,

    by five houses, families, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.: arae et foci, pro aris et focis pugnare, to signify one's dearest possessions; v. ara. —
    II.
    A fire-pan, coal-pan, brazier:

    panem in foco caldo sub testu coquito leniter,

    Cato, R. R. 75; 76, 2; Sen. Ep. 78 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > focus

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