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81 Buliones
Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Bullis Steph., Boullis Ptol., a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—II.Derivv.A.Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.—B.Bullienses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—C.Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).—D.Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.—E.. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10. -
82 Bullienses
Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Bullis Steph., Boullis Ptol., a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—II.Derivv.A.Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.—B.Bullienses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—C.Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).—D.Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.—E.. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10. -
83 Bullini
Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Bullis Steph., Boullis Ptol., a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—II.Derivv.A.Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.—B.Bullienses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—C.Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).—D.Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.—E.. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10. -
84 Bulliones
Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Bullis Steph., Boullis Ptol., a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—II.Derivv.A.Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.—B.Bullienses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—C.Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).—D.Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.—E.. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10. -
85 Bullis
Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Bullis Steph., Boullis Ptol., a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—II.Derivv.A.Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.—B.Bullienses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—C.Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).—D.Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.—E.. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10. -
86 Byllis
Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Bullis Steph., Boullis Ptol., a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—II.Derivv.A.Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.—B.Bullienses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—C.Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).—D.Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.—E.. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10. -
87 Calates
Călătes, ae, m., a Grecian painter, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113. -
88 Callipides
Callīpĭdes ( Callipp-), ae, m., = Kallippidês, a Grecian runner who made no progress:quem cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi proverbio Graeco notatum est,
Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3. -
89 Callipolis
Callĭpŏlis, is (acc. -im or -in), f., = Kallipolis.I.A Grecian city of Calabria, now Gallipoli, Mel. 2, 4, 7.—II. III.A town on the Tauric Chersonese, Liv. 36, 30, 4. -
90 Callippides
Callīpĭdes ( Callipp-), ae, m., = Kallippidês, a Grecian runner who made no progress:quem cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi proverbio Graeco notatum est,
Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3. -
91 castrum
castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].I.In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):B.ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —Esp., nom. propr.1.Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—2.Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;3.called Castrum,
Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—4.Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—5.Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;6.also called Truentum,
Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,II.In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).A.Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);b.later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,
Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,
Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Phrases.(α).With adj.:(β).stativa,
occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:aestiva,
summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:hiberna,
Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):navalia,
an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;called also nautica,
Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:una,
Tac. A. 4, 2:bina,
Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:quina,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—With verb:c.locum castris antecapere,
Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:capere locum castris,
Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;and montes castris capere,
Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:facere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:ponere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:ponere et munire,
Sall. J. 75, 7:munire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:communire,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:castra castris conferre,
id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:castris se tenere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:castra movere,
to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:movere retro,
Liv. 2, 58, 3:removere,
id. 9, 24, 4:proferre,
Caes. B. C. 1, 81:castris castra inferre,
Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —d.Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —B.Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.1.Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—2.Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—3.Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—4.Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—5.Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—6.Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—C.Meton.1.Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:2.secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,
Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:alteris castris,
Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—So tertiis castris,
Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:quartis castris,
Liv. 44, 46, 10:quintis castris,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:septimis castris,
id. 40, 22, 1:decimis castris,
id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:3. 4.qui magnum in castris usum habebant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—5.Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:6.si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,
Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—Of philosophical sects:Epicuri castra,
Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!
id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4. -
92 Cavii
Cavĭi, ōrum, m., a people of Grecian Illyria, Liv. 44, 30, 7 and 9. -
93 Ceraunia
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
94 Ceraunii
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
95 ceraunium
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
96 ceraunius
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
97 Ceraunum saxum
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
98 Chaereas
Chaerĕas, ae, m., = Chaireas, a Grecian proper name.I.A writer on husbandry, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8; Col. 1, 1, 8; Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 263.—II.A sculptor of the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 75; Vitr. 10, 13, 3. -
99 Chalcis
1.chalcis, ĭdis, f., = chalkis.I.A fish of the herring kind, Col. 8, 17, 12; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154; 9, 51, 74, § 162.—II.A lizard with copper-colored spots on its back, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 30; 32, 5, 17, § 46.2.Chalcis, ĭdis or ĭdŏs, f., = Chalkis.I.Chief town of the island Eubœa, opposite to Aulis, connected by a bridge with the main land, now Egribo or Negroponte; also called Chalcis Euboica, or Chalcis Eubœœ, Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timoth. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710.—B.Hence, the adjj.,1.Chalcĭ-dĭcus, a, um, of Chalcis, in Eubœa, Chalcidian:(β).Euripus,
Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:creta,
Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1:galli,
id. ib. 3, 9, 6:gallinae,
Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13:ficus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 10, 11; 5, 10, 414:harenae,
Val. Fl. 1, 454: versus, of the poet Euphorion, a native of Chalcis, Verg. E. 10, 50; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 56:Nola,
founded by the Chalcidians, Sil. 12, 161.—Since Cumæ was a colony of Chalcis, Cumœan:b.arx,
Cumœ, Verg. A. 6, 17:turres,
Stat. S. 2, 2, 94 - litora, id. ib. 4, 4, 78:carmen,
of the Cumœan Sibyl, id. ib. 5, 3, 182.—Subst.: Chalcĭdĭcum, i, n., a chamber at the corner of a basuica, on each side of the tribunal, Aug. Mon. Ancyr. 4, 1; Vitr. 5, 1; Hyg. Fab. 184; Inscr. Orell. 1303; 3287; 3290 sq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52 Müll.— Also a spacious chamber in Grecian houses, Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105.—2.Chalcĭdensis, e, adj., Chalcidian: Timagoras, of Chalcis, Chalkideus, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Liv. 35, 49, 6.—In plur. subst., the inhabitants of Chalcis, Liv. 35, 38, 10 al.—3. II.A town in Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159.—III.A town in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81. -
100 chalcis
1.chalcis, ĭdis, f., = chalkis.I.A fish of the herring kind, Col. 8, 17, 12; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154; 9, 51, 74, § 162.—II.A lizard with copper-colored spots on its back, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 30; 32, 5, 17, § 46.2.Chalcis, ĭdis or ĭdŏs, f., = Chalkis.I.Chief town of the island Eubœa, opposite to Aulis, connected by a bridge with the main land, now Egribo or Negroponte; also called Chalcis Euboica, or Chalcis Eubœœ, Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timoth. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710.—B.Hence, the adjj.,1.Chalcĭ-dĭcus, a, um, of Chalcis, in Eubœa, Chalcidian:(β).Euripus,
Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:creta,
Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1:galli,
id. ib. 3, 9, 6:gallinae,
Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13:ficus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 10, 11; 5, 10, 414:harenae,
Val. Fl. 1, 454: versus, of the poet Euphorion, a native of Chalcis, Verg. E. 10, 50; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 56:Nola,
founded by the Chalcidians, Sil. 12, 161.—Since Cumæ was a colony of Chalcis, Cumœan:b.arx,
Cumœ, Verg. A. 6, 17:turres,
Stat. S. 2, 2, 94 - litora, id. ib. 4, 4, 78:carmen,
of the Cumœan Sibyl, id. ib. 5, 3, 182.—Subst.: Chalcĭdĭcum, i, n., a chamber at the corner of a basuica, on each side of the tribunal, Aug. Mon. Ancyr. 4, 1; Vitr. 5, 1; Hyg. Fab. 184; Inscr. Orell. 1303; 3287; 3290 sq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52 Müll.— Also a spacious chamber in Grecian houses, Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105.—2.Chalcĭdensis, e, adj., Chalcidian: Timagoras, of Chalcis, Chalkideus, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Liv. 35, 49, 6.—In plur. subst., the inhabitants of Chalcis, Liv. 35, 38, 10 al.—3. II.A town in Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159.—III.A town in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.
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Grecian — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to ancient Greece, especially its architecture … English terms dictionary
Grecian — [grē′shən] adj. [< L Graecia, GREECE + AN] GREEK (adj. 1) n. 1. a Greek 2. Archaic a scholar of Greek … English World dictionary
Grecian — The Grecian war ein Kaffeehaus in London, das von 1702 bis 1842 existierte. Es befand sich im Devereux Court nahe dem Strand. Ein Kaffeehaus ist unter dieser Adresse bereits ab 1652 nachgewiesen, womit es sich um das älteste Café Londons handeln… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Grecian — [[t]gri͟ːʃ(ə)n[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Grecian is used to describe something which is in the style of things from ancient Greece. ...elegant Grecian columns. ...a vaguely Grecian gown of flowing blue. Syn: Greek … English dictionary
Grecian — adjective Etymology: Middle English greciane, ultimately from Latin Graecia Greece Date: 15th century Greek 1 • Grecian noun • grecianize transitive verb, often capitalized … New Collegiate Dictionary
Grecian — See Grecian, Greek … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Grecian — adj. Grecian is used with these nouns: ↑nose … Collocations dictionary