inferna

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

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Ăvernus, a, um, adj., = aornos.

Without birds:

loca,

where no birds can live, on account of the pestiferous exhalations, Lucr. 6, 738 sq.; 6, 818:

aestus,

the vapor of Avernus, id. 6, 830.—But esp. Avernus lacus or absol. Avernus, Lake Avernus, near Cumœ, Puteoli, and Baiœ, almost entirely enclosed by steep and wooded hills (now Lago Averno), whose deadly exhalations killed the birds flying over it; therefore the myth placed near it the entrance to the lower world, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Lucr. 6, 746; Verg. A. 6, 201 al.; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 718 sq.; Heyne, Excurs. II. ad Verg. A. 6.—The renowned Cumæan Sibyl also dwelt in a grotto near it.— Poet., the lower world, the infernal regions, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 27; Luc. 6, 636; Mart. 7, 46 al.—Also = Acheron:

pigri sulcator Averni,

Stat. Th. 11, 588.—Personified as a deity, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 164.—Hence,

Another adj.: Ăvernus, a, um.

Belonging to Lake Avernus:

luci,

Verg. A. 6, 118; 6, 564:

valles,

Ov. M. 10, 51:

freta,

Lake Avernus, Verg. G. 2, 164.—Also absol.: Ăverna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), Verg. A. 3, 442; 7, 91; Ov. M. 14, 105.—

Of or belonging to the infernal regions:

stagna,

Verg. G. 4, 493:

tenebrae,

Sil. 15, 76:

Juno,

i. e. Proserpina, Ov. M. 14, 114; Sil. 13, 601 (cf.:

Juno inferna,

Verg. A. 6, 138).

Ăvernus, a, um, adj., = aornos.

Without birds:

loca,

where no birds can live, on account of the pestiferous exhalations, Lucr. 6, 738 sq.; 6, 818:

aestus,

the vapor of Avernus, id. 6, 830.—But esp. Avernus lacus or absol. Avernus, Lake Avernus, near Cumœ, Puteoli, and Baiœ, almost entirely enclosed by steep and wooded hills (now Lago Averno), whose deadly exhalations killed the birds flying over it; therefore the myth placed near it the entrance to the lower world, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Lucr. 6, 746; Verg. A. 6, 201 al.; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 718 sq.; Heyne, Excurs. II. ad Verg. A. 6.—The renowned Cumæan Sibyl also dwelt in a grotto near it.— Poet., the lower world, the infernal regions, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 27; Luc. 6, 636; Mart. 7, 46 al.—Also = Acheron:

pigri sulcator Averni,

Stat. Th. 11, 588.—Personified as a deity, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 164.—Hence,

Another adj.: Ăvernus, a, um.

Belonging to Lake Avernus:

luci,

Verg. A. 6, 118; 6, 564:

valles,

Ov. M. 10, 51:

freta,

Lake Avernus, Verg. G. 2, 164.—Also absol.: Ăverna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), Verg. A. 3, 442; 7, 91; Ov. M. 14, 105.—

Of or belonging to the infernal regions:

stagna,

Verg. G. 4, 493:

tenebrae,

Sil. 15, 76:

Juno,

i. e. Proserpina, Ov. M. 14, 114; Sil. 13, 601 (cf.:

Juno inferna,

Verg. A. 6, 138).

Cĕrēs (cf. Verg. G. 1, 96; Ov. F. 4, 615; Mart. 3, 58, 6), ĕris ( gen. CERERVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 626, 225; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [Sabini Cererem panem appellant, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 7; prop. the goddess of creation (cf. Serv. l. l.), from the stem cer, Sanscr. kri, to make], the daughter of Saturn and Ops, Ov. F. 6, 285, sister of Jupiter and Pluto, mother of Proserpine, goddess of agriculture, esp. of the cultivation of corn, and of the growth of fruits in gen. (cf. Cerealis);

represented as upon a chariot drawn by dragons, with a torch in her hand, and crowned with poppies or ears of corn,

Ov. F. 4, 497; 4, 561; 3, 786; 4, 616; id. Am. 3, 10, 3; Tib. 1, 1, 15; 2, 1, 4; Verg. G. 1, 96; Hor. C. S. 30; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 357 sq.: templum Desertae Cereris, deserted (because the temple was in a solitary, secluded place), Verg. A. 2, 714:

Cereri nuptias facere,

i. e. without wine, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 343.—From the names of places where she was worshipped, called Ceres Hennensis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107; Lact. 2, 4, 28:

Catinensis, id. l. l.: Eleusina,

id. 1, 21, 24:

Milesia,

id. 2, 7, 19; cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, ext. 5.—

Ceres profunda or inferna, i. e. Proserpina, Stat. Th. 4, 460; 5, 156; cf.:

sacerdos Cererum,

Inscr. Orell. 6082.—

Meton., food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc., Fest. s. v. cocus, p. 45; cf.:

fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; Verg. G. 1, 297; id. A. 1, 177; 1, 701; Hor. C. 3, 24, 13; id. Epod. 16, 43; Ov. M. 3, 437; 8, 292; 11, 112 al.—Prov.:

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).

Lit.:

oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

arva longis ligonibus,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

domum muribus,

Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

fossas,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

proprios leniter ungues cultello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

pisces,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

segetes,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

levi sarculo purgare,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

purgor in amni,

wash, Sil. 8, 125.—

In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

Cels. 2, 12:

qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302:

se helleboro,

Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

se per inferna aut vomitione,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

Transf.

To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—

To clear away, remove:

rudera,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vermes clavo aëneo,

Pall. 4, 10, 4:

lapides,

id. 3, 6:

sordes,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—

In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

purgatum te illius morbi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

pituitas,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

fastidium lauri folio,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

suppurationes,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

tarditatem aurium,

id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—

Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).

In gen.:

pectora,

Lucr. 6, 24:

urbem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

Suet. Vesp. 9:

rationes,

to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—

To clear away, remove:

metum doloris,

Quint. 12, 2, 3.—

In partic.

To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

ut me purgarem tibi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

cui se purgat,

id. Or. 29, 230:

ego me tibi purgo,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

si parum vobis essem purgatus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

factum,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

facinus,

Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

crimina,

to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

probra,

Tac. A. 4, 42:

adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

innocentiam suam,

to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

suspicionem,

to remove, id. 28, 43:

ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

to refute, id. 8, 23:

purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

Sil. 7, 510:

aliquem alicujus rei,

Liv. 37, 28:

se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

Suet. Caes. 55:

illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

Liv. 42, 14:

qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

id. 41, 19.—

To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

Tib. 2, 1, 17:

populos,

Ov. F. 4, 640:

myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

pontifices purgantes moenia,

Luc. 1, 593:

domus purgantur lustranturque,

Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

crimen gladio,

Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.

Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

auris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

somnia pituitā purgatissima,

Pers. 2, 57:

purgatioris auri vena,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—

Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—

Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

pietas,

id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

Non. 60, 5.