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  • 21 Henna

    Henna, less correctly Enna, ae, f., = Henna, a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily, with a famous temple of Ceres: it was from here that Pluto carried off Proserpine; now Castro Giovanni, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 sq.; Ov. F. 4, 422; 455; 462; Hyg. F. 146.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hennensis ( Enn-), e, adj., of or belonging to Henna:

    Ceres,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107 sq. — Subst.: Hen-nenses ( Enn-), ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Henna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Liv. 24, 39; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—
    B.
    Hennaeus ( Enn-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Henna, Hennean:

    moenia,

    i. e. Henna, Ov. M. 5, 385:

    virgo rapta,

    Sil. 14, 245; cf. id. 1, 93.

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  • 22 Hennaeus

    Henna, less correctly Enna, ae, f., = Henna, a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily, with a famous temple of Ceres: it was from here that Pluto carried off Proserpine; now Castro Giovanni, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 sq.; Ov. F. 4, 422; 455; 462; Hyg. F. 146.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hennensis ( Enn-), e, adj., of or belonging to Henna:

    Ceres,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107 sq. — Subst.: Hen-nenses ( Enn-), ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Henna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Liv. 24, 39; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—
    B.
    Hennaeus ( Enn-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Henna, Hennean:

    moenia,

    i. e. Henna, Ov. M. 5, 385:

    virgo rapta,

    Sil. 14, 245; cf. id. 1, 93.

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  • 23 Hennenses

    Henna, less correctly Enna, ae, f., = Henna, a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily, with a famous temple of Ceres: it was from here that Pluto carried off Proserpine; now Castro Giovanni, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 sq.; Ov. F. 4, 422; 455; 462; Hyg. F. 146.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hennensis ( Enn-), e, adj., of or belonging to Henna:

    Ceres,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107 sq. — Subst.: Hen-nenses ( Enn-), ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Henna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Liv. 24, 39; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—
    B.
    Hennaeus ( Enn-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Henna, Hennean:

    moenia,

    i. e. Henna, Ov. M. 5, 385:

    virgo rapta,

    Sil. 14, 245; cf. id. 1, 93.

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  • 24 Hennensis

    Henna, less correctly Enna, ae, f., = Henna, a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily, with a famous temple of Ceres: it was from here that Pluto carried off Proserpine; now Castro Giovanni, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 sq.; Ov. F. 4, 422; 455; 462; Hyg. F. 146.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hennensis ( Enn-), e, adj., of or belonging to Henna:

    Ceres,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107 sq. — Subst.: Hen-nenses ( Enn-), ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Henna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Liv. 24, 39; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—
    B.
    Hennaeus ( Enn-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Henna, Hennean:

    moenia,

    i. e. Henna, Ov. M. 5, 385:

    virgo rapta,

    Sil. 14, 245; cf. id. 1, 93.

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  • 25 horizon

    hŏrīzon, ontis, m., = horizôn (sc. kuklos or aêr).
    I.
    The horizon (pure Lat. finiens and finitor), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15 fin.; id. S. 7, 14 fin.; Hyg. Astr. 1, 4.—
    II.

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  • 26 omphalos

    omphălos, i, m., = omphalos, the navel (pure Lat. umbilicus); transf. for the centre (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Idyll. 11, 60.

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  • 27 subsignanus

    subsignānus, a, um, adj. [sub-signum], that is or serves under the standard:

    miles,

    a kind of legionary soldiers kept in reserve to strengthen the centre, Tac. H. 1, 70 fin.; 4, 33; Amm. 29, 5, 23.

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  • 28 in-tremō

        in-tremō uī —, ere,    to tremble, shake within, quake to the centre: intremere murmure Trinacriam, V.: intremuit malus, V.: tellus, O.: genua intremuere, O.: (clamore) intremuere undae, V.

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  • 29 eccentros

    eccentros, i, adj., = ekkentros, out of the centre, eccentric:

    terra,

    Mart. Cap. 8, § 849 al.

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  • 30 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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  • 31 circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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  • 32 Alexandrea

    Ălexandrēa (the form of Cicero's time, Cic. Phil. 2, 19; id. Fin. 5, 19; Prop. 4, 10, 33 ( Alexandria, Müll.); Hor. C. 4, 14, 35 K. and H.; also Ălexandrīa under the Empire; so, Antiochēa and Antiochīa; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., Ochsn. Eclog. 143, and Osann ad Cic. Rep. p. 467), ae, f., = Alexandreia, a name of several towns of antiquity; among which,
    I. II.
    A town in Troas, now Eski Stamboul, sometimes called Alexandria, Cic. Ac. 2, 4; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124;

    and sometimes Alexandria Troas,

    Liv. 35, 42; 37, 35; Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—
    III.
    A town in Aria, also called Alexandria Ariōn (i. e. Arionum), now Herat, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 61; 6, 23, 25, § 93.—Hence, Ălexandrīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alexandria,
    A.
    In Egypt:

    vita atque licentia,

    a luxurious and licentious life, like that of Alexandria, at that time a centre of luxury, Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Petr. 31; Quint. 1, 2, 7 Spald.:

    Alexandrina navis,

    an Alexandrian merchantship, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 45; id. Galb. 10: Bellum Alexandrinum, the history of the expedition of Cœsar into Egypt, after the battle at Pharsalus, Auct. B. Alex. 1.—
    B.
    In Troas, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 23, 8, 80, § 158. — Subst.: Ălexandrīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Alexandria (in Egypt):

    ad Alexandrinos istos revertamur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Pis. 21, 49.

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  • 33 Alexandria

    Ălexandrēa (the form of Cicero's time, Cic. Phil. 2, 19; id. Fin. 5, 19; Prop. 4, 10, 33 ( Alexandria, Müll.); Hor. C. 4, 14, 35 K. and H.; also Ălexandrīa under the Empire; so, Antiochēa and Antiochīa; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., Ochsn. Eclog. 143, and Osann ad Cic. Rep. p. 467), ae, f., = Alexandreia, a name of several towns of antiquity; among which,
    I. II.
    A town in Troas, now Eski Stamboul, sometimes called Alexandria, Cic. Ac. 2, 4; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124;

    and sometimes Alexandria Troas,

    Liv. 35, 42; 37, 35; Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—
    III.
    A town in Aria, also called Alexandria Ariōn (i. e. Arionum), now Herat, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 61; 6, 23, 25, § 93.—Hence, Ălexandrīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alexandria,
    A.
    In Egypt:

    vita atque licentia,

    a luxurious and licentious life, like that of Alexandria, at that time a centre of luxury, Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Petr. 31; Quint. 1, 2, 7 Spald.:

    Alexandrina navis,

    an Alexandrian merchantship, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 45; id. Galb. 10: Bellum Alexandrinum, the history of the expedition of Cœsar into Egypt, after the battle at Pharsalus, Auct. B. Alex. 1.—
    B.
    In Troas, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 23, 8, 80, § 158. — Subst.: Ălexandrīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Alexandria (in Egypt):

    ad Alexandrinos istos revertamur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Pis. 21, 49.

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  • 34 Alexandrini

    Ălexandrēa (the form of Cicero's time, Cic. Phil. 2, 19; id. Fin. 5, 19; Prop. 4, 10, 33 ( Alexandria, Müll.); Hor. C. 4, 14, 35 K. and H.; also Ălexandrīa under the Empire; so, Antiochēa and Antiochīa; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., Ochsn. Eclog. 143, and Osann ad Cic. Rep. p. 467), ae, f., = Alexandreia, a name of several towns of antiquity; among which,
    I. II.
    A town in Troas, now Eski Stamboul, sometimes called Alexandria, Cic. Ac. 2, 4; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124;

    and sometimes Alexandria Troas,

    Liv. 35, 42; 37, 35; Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—
    III.
    A town in Aria, also called Alexandria Ariōn (i. e. Arionum), now Herat, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 61; 6, 23, 25, § 93.—Hence, Ălexandrīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alexandria,
    A.
    In Egypt:

    vita atque licentia,

    a luxurious and licentious life, like that of Alexandria, at that time a centre of luxury, Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Petr. 31; Quint. 1, 2, 7 Spald.:

    Alexandrina navis,

    an Alexandrian merchantship, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 45; id. Galb. 10: Bellum Alexandrinum, the history of the expedition of Cœsar into Egypt, after the battle at Pharsalus, Auct. B. Alex. 1.—
    B.
    In Troas, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 23, 8, 80, § 158. — Subst.: Ălexandrīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Alexandria (in Egypt):

    ad Alexandrinos istos revertamur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Pis. 21, 49.

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  • 35 Alexandrinus

    Ălexandrēa (the form of Cicero's time, Cic. Phil. 2, 19; id. Fin. 5, 19; Prop. 4, 10, 33 ( Alexandria, Müll.); Hor. C. 4, 14, 35 K. and H.; also Ălexandrīa under the Empire; so, Antiochēa and Antiochīa; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., Ochsn. Eclog. 143, and Osann ad Cic. Rep. p. 467), ae, f., = Alexandreia, a name of several towns of antiquity; among which,
    I. II.
    A town in Troas, now Eski Stamboul, sometimes called Alexandria, Cic. Ac. 2, 4; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124;

    and sometimes Alexandria Troas,

    Liv. 35, 42; 37, 35; Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—
    III.
    A town in Aria, also called Alexandria Ariōn (i. e. Arionum), now Herat, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 61; 6, 23, 25, § 93.—Hence, Ălexandrīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alexandria,
    A.
    In Egypt:

    vita atque licentia,

    a luxurious and licentious life, like that of Alexandria, at that time a centre of luxury, Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Petr. 31; Quint. 1, 2, 7 Spald.:

    Alexandrina navis,

    an Alexandrian merchantship, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 45; id. Galb. 10: Bellum Alexandrinum, the history of the expedition of Cœsar into Egypt, after the battle at Pharsalus, Auct. B. Alex. 1.—
    B.
    In Troas, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 23, 8, 80, § 158. — Subst.: Ălexandrīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Alexandria (in Egypt):

    ad Alexandrinos istos revertamur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Pis. 21, 49.

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  • 36 medium

        medium ī, n    [medius].—In space, the middle, midst, centre, interval, intervening space: in medio aedium sedens, L.: in agmine in medio adesse, S.: medio viae ponere, L.: medio stans hostia ad aram, V.: medio tutissimus ibis, O.: in medium sarcinas coniciunt, L.: Horum unum ad medium Transadigit (hasta), through the middle, V.—Of time: iam diei medium erat, the middle, L.: Nec longum in medio tempus, cum, etc., interval, V.— The midst, public, community: in medio omnibus Palma est posita, qui, etc., open to all, T.: rem totam in medio ponere, publicly: dicendi ratio in medio posita<*> open to all: Transvolat in medio posita, what is obvious, H.: rem in medium proferre, publish: rem in medium vocare coeperunt, before the public. in medio relinquere, leave undecided: cum iacentia (verba) sustulimus e medio, adopt common words: ex medio res arcessit comoedia, common life, H.: removendae de medio litterae, done away with: hominem de medio tolli posse, be put out of the way: e medio excessit, is dead, T.: tollite lumen E medio, Iu.: recede de medio, go away: in medio esse, be present, T.: venient in medium, come forward: consulere in medium, for the general good, V.: in medium quaerebant, to supply the wants of all, V.: laudem in medium conferentes, ascribing to the whole body (of magistrates), L.: In medium discenda dabat, for all to learn, O.—Fig., a mean, middle course: medium ferire, i. e. strike out a middle theory: mediis copulare concordiam, by a compromise, L.: Virtus est medium vitiorum, H.— Plur, a moderate fortune, middling circumstances: intactu invidiā media sunt, L.
    * * *
    middle, center; medium, mean; midst, community, public; publicity

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  • 37 umbilicus

    umbĭlīcus, i, m. [akin to omphalos], the navel.
    I.
    Lit., Cels. 7, 14; 6, 17; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220; Liv. 26, 45, 8; Auct. B. Afr. 85, 1; Isid. Orig. 11, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The umbilical cord, Cels. 7, 29, § 41.—
    B.
    The middle, centre:

    dies quidem jam ad umbilicum est dimidiatus mortuus,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 45:

    qui locus, quod in mediā est insulā situs, umbilicus Siciliae nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrarum, i. e. Delphi, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 17 Müll.; and in Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115;

    also called umbilicus orbis terrarum,

    Liv. 38, 48, 2;

    and, umbilicus medius Graeciae,

    id. 41, 23, 13:

    qui (Aetoli) umbilicum Graeciae incolerent,

    id. 35, 18, 4: Italiae, Varr. ap. Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 100.—
    C.
    The projecting end of the cylinder on which an ancient book was rolled, Mart. 2, 6, 11; 1, 67, 11; 3, 2, 9; 5, 6, 15; 8, 61, 4; Cat. 22, 7:

    iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

    i. e. to bring to a close, Hor. Epod. 14, 8; cf.:

    ohe, jam satis est, ohe libelle: Jam pervenimus usque ad umbilicos,

    to the end, Mart. 4, 91, 2.—
    D.
    A projection in the middle of plants, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; 16, 7, 10, § 29; 18, 14, 36, § 136; Pall. Nov. 7, 8. —
    E.
    A small circle, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78; 18, 33, 76, § 327.—
    F.
    The pin or index on a sundial, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212; 2, 72, 74, § 182.—
    G.
    A kind of sea-snail, sea-cockle, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Val. Max. 8, 8, 1; Aur. Vict. Vit. Caes. 3.—
    H.
    Umbilicus Veneris, the herb navelwort, App. Herb. 43.

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  • 38 vīscera

        vīscera um, n    [cf. viscum], the inner parts of the body, internal organs, inwards, viscera, entrails: de putri viscere nascuntur apes, O.: in visceribus (tela) haerebunt: penetrant ad viscera morbi, O.— The flesh: cum (tincta tunica) inhaesisset visceribus: quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi! O.: taurorum, V.— The fruit of the womb, offspring, child: (Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum, O.: eripite viscera mea ex vinculis, Cu.; cf. Neu patriae validas in viscera vertite virīs, i. e. her own sons, V.— Fig., the interior, inmost part, heart, centre, bowels, vitals, life: itum est in viscera terrae, O.: montis (Aetna), V.: in venis atque in visceribus rei p.: de visceribus tuis satis facturus quibus debes: magnarum domuum, i. e. the favorite, Iu.

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  • 39 Cupido

    cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

    Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

    cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

    Curt. 4, 8, 3:

    aquae,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

    laticum frugumque,

    Lucr. 4, 1093:

    gloriae,

    Sall. C. 7, 3:

    aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

    Suet. Ner. 55:

    lucis,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    13: placendi,

    id. 10, 7, 17 al. —
    2.
    Trop., of things:

    res medii cuppedine victae,

    overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    honorum caeca (with avarities),

    Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

    honoris,

    Sall. C. 3, 5:

    mala vitaï,

    Lucr. 3, 1077:

    immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

    praedae caeca,

    Ov. M. 3, 620:

    intempestiva concubitūs,

    id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

    Veneris,

    id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

    difficilia faciundi,

    Sall. J. 93, 3:

    ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

    id. ib. 89, 6:

    quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

    Liv. 6, 35, 6:

    populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

    id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

    malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

    Tac. A. 13, 2.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    homines cupidine caeci,

    Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

    cuppedinis acres curae,

    id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

    femineus,

    Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

    muliebris,

    Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

    eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

    id. ib. 14, 35.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

    differor Cupidine ejus,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

    visae virginis,

    Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

    me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,
    2.
    Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

    in the form CVPEDO,

    Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

    mater saeva Cupidinum,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

    of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,
    (β).
    Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

    tela,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

    sagittae,

    id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—
    B.
    In animals, the sexual impulse:

    equina,

    Col. 6, 27, 3:

    equi cupidine sollicitati,

    id. 6, 27, 8.—
    C.
    (Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

    Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

    Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—
    * 2.
    Personified:

    Cupido sordidus,

    sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

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  • 40 cupido

    cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

    Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

    cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

    Curt. 4, 8, 3:

    aquae,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

    laticum frugumque,

    Lucr. 4, 1093:

    gloriae,

    Sall. C. 7, 3:

    aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

    Suet. Ner. 55:

    lucis,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    13: placendi,

    id. 10, 7, 17 al. —
    2.
    Trop., of things:

    res medii cuppedine victae,

    overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    honorum caeca (with avarities),

    Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

    honoris,

    Sall. C. 3, 5:

    mala vitaï,

    Lucr. 3, 1077:

    immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

    praedae caeca,

    Ov. M. 3, 620:

    intempestiva concubitūs,

    id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

    Veneris,

    id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

    difficilia faciundi,

    Sall. J. 93, 3:

    ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

    id. ib. 89, 6:

    quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

    Liv. 6, 35, 6:

    populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

    id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

    malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

    Tac. A. 13, 2.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    homines cupidine caeci,

    Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

    cuppedinis acres curae,

    id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

    femineus,

    Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

    muliebris,

    Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

    eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

    id. ib. 14, 35.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

    differor Cupidine ejus,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

    visae virginis,

    Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

    me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,
    2.
    Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

    in the form CVPEDO,

    Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

    mater saeva Cupidinum,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

    of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,
    (β).
    Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

    tela,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

    sagittae,

    id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—
    B.
    In animals, the sexual impulse:

    equina,

    Col. 6, 27, 3:

    equi cupidine sollicitati,

    id. 6, 27, 8.—
    C.
    (Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

    Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

    Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—
    * 2.
    Personified:

    Cupido sordidus,

    sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cupido

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