funeral

ĕpĭtăphĭum, ii, n., = epitaphion, or epitaphius, m., = epitaphios logos, a funeral oration, eulogy.

In gen., Inscr. [p. 652] Drell. 1022; 4518.—

Esp., of the famous oration of Pericles over the fallen Athenians, in Plato's Menexenus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36.

fascis, is, m. [cf. phakelos, fascia, but v fido], a bundle of wood, twigs, straw, reeds, etc.

A fagot, fascine; a packet, parcel.

In gen. (rare):

fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:

lignorum,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

magno comites in fasce libelli,

Juv. 7, 107:

tot crimina, tot reos uno velut fasce complecti,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9.— Trop., of a crowd of people, Vulg. Isa. 24, 22.—

A burden, load:

Romanus in armis Injusto sub fasce viam cum carpit,

i. e. soldiers' baggage, Verg. G. 3, 347; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 26 Spald.:

(apes) saepe ultro animam sub fasce dedēre,

under the burden, Verg. G. 4, 204:

ego hoc te fasce levabo,

id. E. 9, 65:

venales humero fasces portare,

id. M. 80.—

In partic., in plur. fasces, a bundle carried before the highest magistrates, and consisting of rods and an axe, with which [p. 727] criminals were scourged and beheaded.

Prop.:

lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26:

ut sibi (Tullo Hostilio) duodecim lictores cum fascibus anteire liceret, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17:

anteibant lictores cum fascibus duobus,

id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

fasces praetoribus praeferuntur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:

Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 31: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered (as a mark of respect) before the people, id. ib. 1, 40, 62; cf.:

P. Valerius fasces primus demitti jussit,

id. ib. 2, 31;

for which: (P. Valerius) summissis fascibus in contionem escendit,

Liv. 2, 7, 7; cf.

under B.: paulo ante dimissi fasces,

surrendered, Plin. Pan. 61, 7:

praecedebant incompta signa, versi fasces, at the funeral of Germanicus,

Tac. A. 3, 2 init.:

neque in litteris, neque in fascibus insignia laureae praetulit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 71, 3; cf.:

visus C. Marius cum fascibus laureatis,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; so,

laureati,

id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

imperatorii,

Tac. A. 13, 9.—

Meton., a high office, esp. the consulship ( poet.):

qui petere a populo fasces saevasque secures Imbibit,

Lucr. 3, 1009:

illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit,

Verg. G. 2, 495:

ut si Detulerit fasces indigno, detrahet idem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34; id. S. 1, 6, 97:

et titulis et fascibus olim Major habebatur donandi gloria,

Juv. 5, 110; Sil. 11, 152.—Of royalty:

diadema Quirini Et fasces meruit,

Juv. 8, 260.—

Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one's inferiority:

cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet fascesque summitteret,

Cic. Brut. 6, 22.

fērālis, e, adj. [fero, from the carrying of the dead in funeral procession; cf. ferculum; cf. also Fest., Varr., Ov. ll. c. infra and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 467], of or belonging to the dead or to corpses, funereal (as an adj. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tu tamen exstincto feralia munera ferto,

offerings to the dead, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 81:

sacra,

Luc. 1, 616:

cupressus,

Verg. A. 6, 216; Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 21; cf.:

ferale decus,

i. e. the cypress, Sil. 10, 535:

vittae,

Ov. Ib. 103:

reliquiae,

i. e. the ashes of the dead, Tac. A. 2, 75:

ferali carmine bubo Visa queri,

Verg. A. 4, 462:

Enyo,

Petr. 120.—

In partic., of or belonging to the festival of the dead (celebrated annually in the month of February):

tunc, cum ferales praeteriere dies,

the days of the festival of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 34:

tempus,

id. ib. 5, 486: mensis, i. e. February, Col. poet. 10, 191. —

Subst.: Fĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., the general festival of the dead kept on the 17 th or 21 st of February, the feast of All Souls (cf.:

inferiae, justa, pompa, exsequiae, funus): hanc, quia justa ferunt, dixere Fĕralia lucem: Ultima placandis Manibus illa dies,

Ov. F. 2, 569:

feralia ab inferis et ferendo, quod ferunt tum epulas ad sepulcrum, quibus jus ibi parentare,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; cf.:

feralium diem ait Varro a ferendis in sepulcra epulis dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4: feralia diis Manibus sacrata festa, a ferendis epulis, vel a feriendis pecudibus appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.:

eodem die video Caesarem a Corfinio profectum esse, id est, Feralibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

diem finiri placuit Feralia, quae proxime fuissent,

Liv. 35, 7, 3 Drak. N. cr. —

Transf., in gen., deadly, fatal, dangerous = funestus:

tune, Licha, dixit, feralia dona tulisti?

Ov. M. 9, 214:

arma,

Luc. 2, 260; 374:

bellum,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

papilio,

Ov. M. 15, 374; cf.:

papilio pestifer,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

Idus Mart. ferales Caesari,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237:

annus,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 2,31:

aula, a term applied to the abode of the great African serpent,

Sil. 6, 216.— Comp.:

feralior,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 46, 4.— Sup.: nefas feralissimum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, p. 23.—In neutr. adv.:

ferale gemiscere,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 130.— Hence, adv.: fērālĭter, fatally (late Lat.):

ut leo feraliter invadit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.

fērālis, e, adj. [fero, from the carrying of the dead in funeral procession; cf. ferculum; cf. also Fest., Varr., Ov. ll. c. infra and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 467], of or belonging to the dead or to corpses, funereal (as an adj. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tu tamen exstincto feralia munera ferto,

offerings to the dead, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 81:

sacra,

Luc. 1, 616:

cupressus,

Verg. A. 6, 216; Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 21; cf.:

ferale decus,

i. e. the cypress, Sil. 10, 535:

vittae,

Ov. Ib. 103:

reliquiae,

i. e. the ashes of the dead, Tac. A. 2, 75:

ferali carmine bubo Visa queri,

Verg. A. 4, 462:

Enyo,

Petr. 120.—

In partic., of or belonging to the festival of the dead (celebrated annually in the month of February):

tunc, cum ferales praeteriere dies,

the days of the festival of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 34:

tempus,

id. ib. 5, 486: mensis, i. e. February, Col. poet. 10, 191. —

Subst.: Fĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., the general festival of the dead kept on the 17 th or 21 st of February, the feast of All Souls (cf.:

inferiae, justa, pompa, exsequiae, funus): hanc, quia justa ferunt, dixere Fĕralia lucem: Ultima placandis Manibus illa dies,

Ov. F. 2, 569:

feralia ab inferis et ferendo, quod ferunt tum epulas ad sepulcrum, quibus jus ibi parentare,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; cf.:

feralium diem ait Varro a ferendis in sepulcra epulis dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4: feralia diis Manibus sacrata festa, a ferendis epulis, vel a feriendis pecudibus appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.:

eodem die video Caesarem a Corfinio profectum esse, id est, Feralibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

diem finiri placuit Feralia, quae proxime fuissent,

Liv. 35, 7, 3 Drak. N. cr. —

Transf., in gen., deadly, fatal, dangerous = funestus:

tune, Licha, dixit, feralia dona tulisti?

Ov. M. 9, 214:

arma,

Luc. 2, 260; 374:

bellum,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

papilio,

Ov. M. 15, 374; cf.:

papilio pestifer,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

Idus Mart. ferales Caesari,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237:

annus,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 2,31:

aula, a term applied to the abode of the great African serpent,

Sil. 6, 216.— Comp.:

feralior,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 46, 4.— Sup.: nefas feralissimum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, p. 23.—In neutr. adv.:

ferale gemiscere,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 130.— Hence, adv.: fērālĭter, fatally (late Lat.):

ut leo feraliter invadit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.

fērālis, e, adj. [fero, from the carrying of the dead in funeral procession; cf. ferculum; cf. also Fest., Varr., Ov. ll. c. infra and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 467], of or belonging to the dead or to corpses, funereal (as an adj. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tu tamen exstincto feralia munera ferto,

offerings to the dead, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 81:

sacra,

Luc. 1, 616:

cupressus,

Verg. A. 6, 216; Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 21; cf.:

ferale decus,

i. e. the cypress, Sil. 10, 535:

vittae,

Ov. Ib. 103:

reliquiae,

i. e. the ashes of the dead, Tac. A. 2, 75:

ferali carmine bubo Visa queri,

Verg. A. 4, 462:

Enyo,

Petr. 120.—

In partic., of or belonging to the festival of the dead (celebrated annually in the month of February):

tunc, cum ferales praeteriere dies,

the days of the festival of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 34:

tempus,

id. ib. 5, 486: mensis, i. e. February, Col. poet. 10, 191. —

Subst.: Fĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., the general festival of the dead kept on the 17 th or 21 st of February, the feast of All Souls (cf.:

inferiae, justa, pompa, exsequiae, funus): hanc, quia justa ferunt, dixere Fĕralia lucem: Ultima placandis Manibus illa dies,

Ov. F. 2, 569:

feralia ab inferis et ferendo, quod ferunt tum epulas ad sepulcrum, quibus jus ibi parentare,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; cf.:

feralium diem ait Varro a ferendis in sepulcra epulis dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4: feralia diis Manibus sacrata festa, a ferendis epulis, vel a feriendis pecudibus appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.:

eodem die video Caesarem a Corfinio profectum esse, id est, Feralibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

diem finiri placuit Feralia, quae proxime fuissent,

Liv. 35, 7, 3 Drak. N. cr. —

Transf., in gen., deadly, fatal, dangerous = funestus:

tune, Licha, dixit, feralia dona tulisti?

Ov. M. 9, 214:

arma,

Luc. 2, 260; 374:

bellum,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

papilio,

Ov. M. 15, 374; cf.:

papilio pestifer,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

Idus Mart. ferales Caesari,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237:

annus,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 2,31:

aula, a term applied to the abode of the great African serpent,

Sil. 6, 216.— Comp.:

feralior,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 46, 4.— Sup.: nefas feralissimum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, p. 23.—In neutr. adv.:

ferale gemiscere,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 130.— Hence, adv.: fērālĭter, fatally (late Lat.):

ut leo feraliter invadit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.

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].

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,

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. —

A fire-pan, coal-pan, brazier:

panem in foco caldo sub testu coquito leniter,

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