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1 aedilis
aedīlis, is, m. (abl. aedili, Tac. A. 12, 64; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 4; Dig. 18, 6, 13;► Plaut.but aedile is more usual,
Charis. p. 96 P.; Varr. 1, 22; Cic. Sest. 44, 95; Liv. 3, 31; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158; Inscr. Orell. 3787, 8; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 221; Koffm. s. v.) [aedes], an œdile, a magistrate in Rome who had the superintendence of public buildings and works, such as temples, theatres, baths, aqueducts, sewers, highways, etc.; also of private buildings, of markets, provisions, taverns, of weights and measures (to see that they were legal), of the expense of funerals, and other similar functions of police. The class. passages applying here are: Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42; Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14; id. Phil. 9, 7; Liv. 10, 23; Tac. A. 2, 85; Juv. 3, 162; 10, 101; Fest. s. h. v. p. 12; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 3 and 6.—Further, the aediles, esp. the curule ædiles (two in number), were expected to exhibit public spectacles; and they often lavished the most exorbitant expenses upon them, in order to prepare their way toward higher offices, Cic. Off. 2, 16; Liv. 24, 33; 27, 6. They inspected the plays before exhibition in the theatres, and rewarded or punished the actors according to their deserts, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 148; id. Cist. ep. 3;for this purpose they were required by oath to decide impartially,
Plaut. Am. prol. 72.—It was the special duty of the aediles plebeii (of whom also there were two) to preserve the decrees of the Senate and people in the temple of Ceres, and in a later age in the public treasury, Liv. 3, 55. The office of the aediles curules (so called from the sella curulis, the seat on which they sat for judgment (v. curulis), while the aediles plebeii sat only on benches, subsellia) was created A.U.C. 387, for the purpose of holding public exhibitions, Liv. 6, 42, first from the patricians, but as early as the following year from the plebeians also, Liv. 7, 1.—Julius Cæsar created also the office of the two aediles Cereales, who had the superintendence of the public granaries and other provisions,
Suet. Caes. 41.—The free towns also had ædiles, who were often their only magistrates, Cic. Fam. 13, 11; Juv. 3, 179; 10, 102; Pers. 1, 130; v. further in Smith's Dict. Antiq. and Niebuhr's Rom. Hist. 1, 689 and 690.uses the word once adject.: aediles ludi, œdilic sports, Poen. 5, 2, 52. -
2 Apollo
Ăpollo, ĭnis (earlier Ăpello, like hemo for homo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.; gen. APOLONES, Inscr. Orell. 1433, like salutes, v. salus; dat. APOLLONI, Corp. Inscr. III. 567, APOLENEI, ib. I. 167, APOLONE, Inscr. Ritschl, Epigr. Suppl. 3, p. 3; abl. APOLONE; the gen. Apollōnis etc., is often found in MSS., as in Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 114, and even Apollŏnis is found in Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 165), m., = Apollôn, Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona, twinbrother of Diana, and god of the sun. On account of his omniscience, god of divination; on account of his lightnings (belê), god of archery (hence represented with quiver and dart), and of the pestilence caused by heat; but, since his priests were the first physicians, also god of the healing art; and since he communicated oracles in verse, god of poetry and music, presiding over the Muses, etc.; cf. Hor. C. S. 61 sq. In more ancient times, represented as a protecting deity, by a conical pillar in the streets and highways (Apollo Agyieus, v. Agyieus and Müll. Denkm. 2). In the class. period of the arts, represented with weapons, the cithara, a crown of laurel, etc., with hair commonly flowing down upon his neck, but sometimes collected together and fastened up (akersekomês), as a blooming youth (meirakion); cf.II.Müll. Archaeol. §§ 359 and 360. The laurel-tree was sacred to him,
Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Ov. F. 6, 91;hence, arbor Phoebi,
the laurel-tree, id. ib. 3, 139; cf. arbor.—After the battle at Actium, Augustus there consecrated a temple to Apollo;hence, Apollo Actiacus,
Ov. M. 13, 715, and Actius Phoebus, Prop. 5, 6, 67 (cf. Strabo, 10, 451, and v. Actium and Actius): [p. 139] Pythius Apollo, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5: crinitus Apollo, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89:dignos et Apolline crines,
Ov. M. 3, 421:flavus Apollo,
id. Am. 1, 15, 35:Apollinis nomen est Graecum, quem solem esse volunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68:Apollinem Delium,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 48; Verg. A. 4, 162:Apollinem morbos depellere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Verg. E. 6, 73; Hor. C. 1, 7, 28:magnus Apollo,
Verg. E. 3, 104:formosus,
id. ib. 4, 53:pulcher,
id. A. 3, 119:vates Apollo,
Val. Fl. 4, 445:oraculum Apollinis,
Cic. Am. 2, 7.—Hence,Esp.A.Apollinis urbs magna, a town in Upper Egypt, also called Apollonopolis, now the village Edju, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; cf. Mann. Afr. I. 328.—B.Apollinis promontorium.a.In Zeugitana in Africa, a mile east of Utica, now Cape Gobeah or Farina (previously called promontorium pulchrum), Liv. 30, 24, 8; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23; cf. Mann. Afr. II. 293.—b.In Mauretania, Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—C.Apollinis oppidum, a town in the eastern part of Ethiopia, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189.—D.Apollinis Phaestii portus, a harbor in the territory of Locri Ozolœ, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—E.Apollinis Libystini fanum, a place in Sicily, now Fano, Macr. S. 1, 17. -
3 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.):II.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.—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:B.pressa,
i. e. low in the south, Ov. M. 2, 139. —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;b.Quadrig. Ann. ib.: saxa vocant Itali, mediis quae in fluctibus, Aras,
Verg. A. 1, 109.—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. -
4 quattuorviri
quattŭor-vĭri ( quat-), ōrum, m., the board of four, i. e. a body of four men associated in certain official functions; thus, in Rome, for the superintendence of the highways, Dig. 1, 2, 2; Inscr. Orell. 773; cf. ib. 3669.—In the municipia or colonies,
the board of chief magistrates, Cic. Clu. 8, 25. -
5 quatuorviri
quattŭor-vĭri ( quat-), ōrum, m., the board of four, i. e. a body of four men associated in certain official functions; thus, in Rome, for the superintendence of the highways, Dig. 1, 2, 2; Inscr. Orell. 773; cf. ib. 3669.—In the municipia or colonies,
the board of chief magistrates, Cic. Clu. 8, 25. -
6 vialis
vĭālis, e, adj. [via], of or belonging to the highways or roads:Lares,
placed, worshipped by the road-side, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 24;called also dii,
Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 148. -
7 viarius
vĭārĭus (old form VIASIEIS, Lex Thor.), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the highways or roads: lex, for keeping the roads in repair, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5. -
8 Vibilia
Vĭbĭlĭa, ae, f., a goddess presiding over highways, the goddess of roads, Arn. 4, 131.
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