immortality

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immortālĭtas ( inm-), ātis, f. [immortalis], exemption from death, immortality (class.).

Lit.:

salvos sum: inmortalitas mihi datast,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 18: quae Socrates supremo vitae die de immortalitate animorum disseruisset, Cic. de Sen. 21, 78:

vita beata nullā aliā re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 153.—In plur.:

vide igitur, ne virtutibus hominum isti honores habeantur, non immortalitatibus,

to their immortal natures, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46.—

Transf.

Imperishableness, imperishable fame, undying renown, immortality:

non censet lugendam esse mortem, quam immortalitas consequatur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 74:

jam tum inmortalitatis virtute partae fautor,

Liv. 1, 7, 15:

emit morte immortalitatem,

Quint. 9, 3, 71:

mihi populus Romanus aeternitatem immortalitatemque donavit,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

gloriae,

id. de Sen. 23, 82:

aliquid immortalitati commendare,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

aliquid immortalitati tradere,

id. ib. 3, 16, 60. —

(Acc. to immortalis, II. B.) Blessedness, the height of happiness:

mihi immortalitas parta est, si, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 4.

immortālĭtas ( inm-), ātis, f. [immortalis], exemption from death, immortality (class.).

Lit.:

salvos sum: inmortalitas mihi datast,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 18: quae Socrates supremo vitae die de immortalitate animorum disseruisset, Cic. de Sen. 21, 78:

vita beata nullā aliā re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 153.—In plur.:

vide igitur, ne virtutibus hominum isti honores habeantur, non immortalitatibus,

to their immortal natures, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46.—

Transf.

Imperishableness, imperishable fame, undying renown, immortality:

non censet lugendam esse mortem, quam immortalitas consequatur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 74:

jam tum inmortalitatis virtute partae fautor,

Liv. 1, 7, 15:

emit morte immortalitatem,

Quint. 9, 3, 71:

mihi populus Romanus aeternitatem immortalitatemque donavit,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

gloriae,

id. de Sen. 23, 82:

aliquid immortalitati commendare,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

aliquid immortalitati tradere,

id. ib. 3, 16, 60. —

(Acc. to immortalis, II. B.) Blessedness, the height of happiness:

mihi immortalitas parta est, si, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 4.

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aeternĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], eternity.

Lit.

Of the past and future:

fuit quaedam ab infinito tempore aeternitas, quam nulla temporum circumscriptio metiebatur,

Cic. N. D. 1, 9: Tempus generale, quia nec initium nec finem habet, aeternitas est, quam Graeci aiôna appellant, Victorin. in Lib. 1, 26:

Tempus est pars quaedam aeternitatis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

immutabilis aeternitas,

id. Tim. 5: deum nihil aliud in omni aeternitate cogitantem, id. Div. 1, 41:

haec dicit excelsus et sublimis (Deus) habitans aeternitatem,

Vulg. Isa. 57, 15 al. —

Of the past: ex or ab aeternitate, from eternity:

hoc est verum ex aeternitate,

Cic. Fat. 14:

quod semper ex omni aeternitate rerum fuerit, id esse fatum (dicitis),

id. N. D. 3, 6:

si negas esse fortunam et omnia, quae fiunt quaeque futura sunt, ex omni aeternitate definita dicis esse fataliter,

id. Div. 2, 7:

ex omni aeternitate fluens veritas,

id. ib. 1, 55:

si nihil fieri potest, nisi quod ab omni aeternitate certum fuerit, quae potest esse fortuna,

id. ib. 2, 7:

egressus ejus ab initio, a diebus aeternitatis (fuerunt),

Vulg. Mich. 5, 2.—

Of the future:

aeternitas animorum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39 (cf.:

immortalitas animorum,

id. ib. 50):

de aeternitate (animorum) dicere,

id. ib. 33, 81:

quorum (sc. Herculis, etc.) cum remanerent animi atque aeternitate fruerentur, rite di habiti sunt,

id. N. D. 2, 24, 62; id. Sen. 21:

Confer nostram longissimam aetatem cum aeternitate,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

in diem aeternitatis,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 18; and plur.:

in perpetuas aeternitates,

ib. Dan. 12, 3: in domum aeternitatis suae, to his everlasting home (of death), ib. Eccl. 12, 5.—

Meton., of the future, duration, durability, immortality:

cedri materiae aeternitas,

Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53.—

Trop., of the future.

In gen.:

mihi populus Romanus aeternitatem immortalitatemque donavit,

Cic. Pis. 3; so id. Phil. 14, 13:

Quidquid ex Agricola amavimus, manet mansurumque est in aeternitate temporum, famā rerum,

Tac. Agr. 46:

cupido aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55 al. —

Spec., in the time of the emperors, a title of the emperor (like divinitas, majestas, and the like), Eternity:

rogatus per aeternitatem tuam, ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 87 ad Trajan.:

adoratus aeternitatem nostram, Imp. Const. Cod. 11, 9, 2: Quae nostra sanxit aeternitas,

Nov. 35 fin.

aevĭtas, ātis, f. [aevum] (an old word, = aetas, which is contr. from it), the time through which a person lives or a thing lasts, the time of existence.

Lit.: qua voluptate aevitatis extimam attigit metam aevitas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 7:

censores populi aevitates, suboles, familias pecuniasque censento,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Arn. 5, 8.—

Trop.

Of the future, time unending, immortality:

sed etiam mortales deos ad aevitatem temporis edidit,

for endless ages, to endure forever, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, 120.—

Of the past:

quid operis aut negotii celebrans anteacti temporis decurrerit aevitatem,

the time of yore, Arn. 2, 22.

astrum, i, n. [perh. astron borrowed; cf. astêr; Sanscr. staras (plur.); Engl. star; Germ. Stern; Goth. stairno; and stella; Kuhn compares: Sanscr. star, Lat. sterno, Gr. strônnumi, Engl. strew, the stars being so called as strewn over the vault of heaven, as in Hor. S. 1, 5, 10], a star, a constellation ( poet. or in more elevated prose).

Lit., Verg. E. 9, 47; id. A. 4, 352; 5, 838; 8, 590; Ov. M. 1, 73; 11, 309; Hor. C. 3, 21, 24; 3, 27, 31; id. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 2, 2, 187; Prop. 2, 32, 50; 3, 16, 15; Mart. 8, 21 al.; Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24; id. N. D. 2, 46, 118; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; id. Tim. 12.—In Vulg. only plur.: astra caeli, Deut. 4, 10; 10, 22; 28, 62: donec egrediantur astra, 2 Esdr. 4, 21: astra matutina, Job, 38, 7.—

Trop.

For height:

turris educta sub astra,

Verg. A. 2, 460:

Ter spumam elisam et rorantia vidimus astra,

id. ib. 3, 567:

Mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum,

Vulg. Isa. 14, 13 al. —

Heaven, and the immortality of the glory connected with it:

sic itur ad astra,

Verg. A. 9, 641:

aliquem inferre astris,

Ov. M. 9, 272; 15, 846: Daphnimque tuum tollemus ad astra;

Daphnim ad astra feremus,

Verg. E. 5, 52:

educere in astra,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 23:

absentem rusticus urbem Tollit ad astra,

praises to the skies, id. S. 2, 7, 29 al.:

Hortalus nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

extolled to the skies, Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1 (cf. the opp.:

decidere ex astris, i. e. summam gloriam perdere,

id. ib. 2, 21, 4).

cē̆drus, i, f., = kedros, the cedar, juniper-tree:

Juniperus oxycedrus, Linn., which has a very fragrant wood, and furnishes an oil that protects from decay,

Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 52; 16, 40, 76, § 203; Col. 9, 4, 3; Vitr. 2, 9, 13.—Of cedar-wood, Verg. G. 3, 414; id. A. 7, 13; 7, 178; Curt. 5, 7, 5; 8, 10, 8; Suet. Calig. 37.—Hence,

Meton., cedar-oil (with which the backs of books were usually anointed to preserve them from moths and decay):

liber flavus cedro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 13:

perunctus cedro,

Mart. 3, 2, 7; cf. Becker, Gall. 2, p. 219.— Hence, poet.:

carmina linenda cedro,

i. e. worthy of immortality, Hor. A. P. 332:

cedro digna locutus,

Pers. 1, 42.

instar, n. indecl. [perh. in and root sta-; cf. Gr. histêmi, stêlê, etc.].

A sketch, image, resemblance, likeness, kind, manner:

parvum instar eorum, quae, etc.,

Liv. 28, 17, 2.—

Ad instar, or simply instar.

According to the likeness of, after the fashion of, like.

Ad instar, with gen. (post-class.):

vallis continuis montibus ad instar castrorum clauditur,

Just. 36, 3:

ad instar proprietatis, non ad instar possessionis,

Dig. 6, 2, 7. —

Instar, with gen. (class.):

Erana, quae fuit non vici instar, sed urbis,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8:

instar muri,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17:

instar montis equus,

Verg. A. 2, 15:

nomina ea partium urbis et instal urbium sunt,

Liv. 25, 25, 5 Weissenb.—

Instar, with gen., about:

cohortes quaedam, quod instar legionis videretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66; cf.:

videretis vix duarum male plenarum legiuncularum instar in castris regis,

Liv. 35, 49, 10:

milites dati duarum instar legionum,

id. 26, 28, 11:

habet Tiro instar septuaginta (mearum epistularum),

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 5:

librorum octo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10. —

A form, figure, appearance:

quantum instar in ipso!

Verg. A. 6, 865:

terra ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar obtinet,

has almost the appearance of, looks almost like a point, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—

Worth, value:

omnia vix minimi momenti instar habent,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 11:

unus ille dies mihi immortalitatis instar fuit,

was worth immortality to me, id. Pis. 22, 52:

unus is innumeri militis instar habet,

is as good as, equivalent to, Ov. H. 16, 368:

Plato mihi unus instar est omnium,

is to me worth them all, Cic. Brut. 51, 191:

clientes appellari, mortis instar putant,

is as bad as death to them, id. Off. 2, 20, 69.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbos ( - us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Lesbos, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni:

sed quam capiam civitatem cogito... Lesbumne,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55:

nota,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,

Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —

Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Lesbios, Lesbian:

civis,

i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5:

plectrum,

i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11:

pes,

i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35:

Lesbia vates,

i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34:

marmor,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—

Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—

Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Lesbias, a Lesbian woman:

Lesbiadum turba,

Ov. H. 15, 16:

Lesbias,

a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—

Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Lesbis, Lesbian:

Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram,

i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82:

Lesbi puella, vale,

id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman:

Lesbides,

Ov. H. 15, 199.