helles

Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—

Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—

Derivv.

Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

ora,

Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—

Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

Verg. G. 4, 111.—

Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fretum,

Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —

Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—

Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—

Derivv.

Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

ora,

Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—

Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

Verg. G. 4, 111.—

Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fretum,

Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —

Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—

Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—

Derivv.

Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

ora,

Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—

Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

Verg. G. 4, 111.—

Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fretum,

Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —

Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—

Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—

Derivv.

Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

ora,

Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—

Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

Verg. G. 4, 111.—

Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fretum,

Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —

Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—

Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—

Derivv.

Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

ora,

Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—

Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

Verg. G. 4, 111.—

Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fretum,

Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —

Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

portĭtor, ōris, m. [portus], a tollgatherer (at a seaport), a receiver or collector of customs, a custom-house officer (syn. telonarius), Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 1, 3, 7; Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Agr. 2, 23, 61; id. Rep. 4, 7, 20 (Non. 24, 22);

they forwarded letters: epistulam... ad portitores esse delatam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 100; cf.: portitorum simillimae sunt januae lenoniae;

Si adfers, tum patent,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 88.—On account of their strict examinations, transf., a woman who pries into every thing, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 8.

portĭtor, ōris, m. [from the root por, whence porto, a bearer, carrier].

A carrier, conveyer.

Usually one who conveys people in a boat or ship.

In gen., a ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Plato cum flumen nave transisset, non ab illo quicquam portitor exegisset, etc.,

Sen. Ben. 6, 18, 1.—

In partic., the ferryman, i. e. Charon ( poet.):

ubi portitor aera recepit, etc.,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 7:

Orci,

Verg. G. 4, 502; id. A. 6, 298:

Lethaei amnis,

Stat. Th. 12, 559; Val. Fl. 1, 784 et saep.—

By land, a carrier, carter, wagoner: Portitor Ursae, i. e. the constellation Bootes, who, as it were, drives the wain, Stat. Th. 1, 693.—

A bearer, carrier (mostly post-class.; cf.

bajulus): Helles,

i. e. the Ram, Col. 10, 155 (in Mart. 9, 72, 7, we read proditor Helles):

lecti sui,

Claud. Epigr. 49, 17: frumenti, [p. 1402] Cod. Just. 11, 4, 1: ciborum, Prud. steph. 5, 405:

apicum,

Sid. Ep. 6, 3.

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quā, adv. [ abl. fem. from qui], on which side, at or in which place, in what direction, where, by what way (class.).

Lit., of place:

orasque Italicas omnis, quā adgreditur mare, sumus circumvecti,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 12:

fumus si quā exit foras,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 22:

jubet persequi, si quā queat reperire quae sustulerit,

id. Cist. 1, 3, 35: regna mihi liquit Pelops, quā ponto ab Helles urgetur Isthmos, Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 80, 7; cf. Cic. Or. 49, 163:

ad omnes introitus, quā adiri poterat,

id. Caecin. 8, 21:

quo loco depulsus, Caecina, quā potuit, profectus est,

id. ib. 8, 22:

sum e proximo vicini fundo dejectus, quā adibam ad istum fundum,

id. ib. 29, 82:

in templum ipse nescio quā ascendit,

id. Phil. 3, 8, 20:

eādem, quā ceteri, fugere noluit,

id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

quā se parens persequeretur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

arx Athenarum, quā ad meridiem vergit,

Nep. Cim. 2, 5:

reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

plurima quā silva est,

Ov. M. 14, 361:

complentur moenia ac tecta, quāque longissime prospectari poterat,

i. e. as far as the eye could reach, Tac. A. 3, 1; Verg. A. 2, 753:

quā te ducit via, dirige gressum,

id. ib. 1, 401;

12, 507: oras, quā medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 46; 3, 30, 10; Ov. M. 1, 187:

vagari, quā velit,

wherever, wheresoever, as far as, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

omnia, quā visus erat, constrata telis, armis,

Sall. J. 101, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 241:

quā murum ducturi erant,

Liv. 1, 44; 4, 17; 5, 43:

quā modo simulato metu cesserant, eā in veram fugam effusi,

id. 6, 24, 11.— Rarely with antecedent in plur.:

ad omnes introitus quā adire poterat,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 21:

vias relaxat, veniat quā sucus in herbas,

Verg. G. 1, 90:

viae, quā,

id. A. 5, 590:

duae erant viae, quā, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —

Transf.

Partit.: quā... quā, partly... partly; as well... as; both... and:

mores rapere properant, quā sacrum, quā publicum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 39:

qui consectare quā maris quā feminas,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 20; 4, 9, 15:

ut si sunt quā suis quisque quā totius ordinis viribus,

Liv. 2, 35, 4:

omnia convestivit hederā, quā basim villae, quā intercolumnia,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5:

quā dominus, quā advocati,

id. Att. 2, 19, 3; 9, 12, 1:

quā de Buthrotiis, quā de Bruto,

id. ib. 15, 18, 2:

quā falsa, quā vera,

Liv. 2, 45 et saep.:

quā feminae, quā viri,

Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 4.—

As far as, in so far as (mostly post - Aug.):

statui non ultra attingere externa, nisi quā Romanis cohaerent rebus,

Liv. 39, 48:

Aegyptii ignem vocant masculum, quā ardet flamma, et feminam, quā lucet innoxius tactu,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 12, 2:

assumere in causam naturas eorum, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt, oportebit,

Quint. 4, 1, 17; Tac. A. 6, 10; cf.:

in praesentia non quā filius alicujus, sed quā homo, aestimatur,

Dig. 35, 2, 63.—

In what manner, how, by what method; to what degree or extent:

quominus ei liceat eādem illā facultate et copiā vagari, quā velit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

numquid tute prospexti tibi, Quid fieret? quā fieret?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 56 (id est: quā ratione, quo modo fieret, Don.); cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 18:

quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem,

Verg. A. 1,676:

coëant in foedera dextrae, Quā datur,

Verg. A. 11, 293 Forbig. ad loc.: ante praedico, M. Antonium delectus, quā possit, habiturum, in whatever manner, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

veterem tutare sodalem, Quā licet,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 33:

quā licet et possum, luctor celare furorem,

id. H. 15 (16), 235:

quā populus laboret,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 25.