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1 inventrīx
inventrīx īcis, f [inventor], she that finds out, a discoverer: omnium doctrinarum inventrices Athenae: legum: oleae Minerva, V.* * * -
2 Britomartis
Brĭtŏmartis, is, f., = Britomartis (Cretan, BPITU, rich in blessing, and MAPTIS, maiden, Sol. 11).I.A Cretan nymph, daughter of Jupiter and Carme, inventress of the hunting-net; when pursued by Minos, she cast herself into the sea, Verg. Cir. 285 sq.—II.An epithet of the Cretan Diana:ignea,
Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251:lucos Britomartis agit,
id. ib. 303. -
3 inventrix
inventrix, īcis, f. [inventor], she that finds out or invents, an inventress (class.):omnium doctrinarum inventrices Athenae,
Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 13:belli,
id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:carminis hujus,
Ov. F. 6, 709. -
4 machinatrix
māchĭnātrix, īcis, f. [machinator], an inventress:malorum facinorum,
Sen. Med. 266. -
5 Pallas
1.Pallăs, ădis and ădos, f., = Pallas.A.Surname of the Greek goddess Athene, and hence of the corresponding Minerva of the Romans, the goddess of war and wisdom; the inventress of working in wool, and of the cultivation of the olive, on which account the olive-tree was sacred to her:B.Pallas Minerva est dicta, quod Pallantem Gigantem interfecerit, vel, sicut putabant, quod in Pallante palude nata est,
Fest. p. 220 Müll.:Pallas... Proeliis audax,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 20; Ov. M. 5, 263:Palladis ales,
the owl, Ov. F. 2, 89:Pallados arbor,
the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518; cf.:rami Palladis,
Verg. A. 7, 154:iratā Pallade, i. q. invitā Minervā,
Ov. F. 3, 826.—Transf.1. 2.The olive-tree:3. 4.dat quoque baciferam Pallada rarus ager,
Ov. Am. 2, 16, 8.—The number seven, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.—5.For Vesta, because the Palladium stood in the temple of Vesta: Pallados ignes, Prop 4 (5), 4, 45.—II.Deriv.A.Pallădĭus, a, um, adj., = Palladios, of or belonging to Pallas, Palladian:B.numen Palladium,
i. e. Pallas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 12:aegis,
of Pallas, Luc. 7, 570:Palladiā gaudent silvā vivacis olivae,
Verg. G. 2, 181;latices,
oil, Ov. M. 8, 275:corona,
an olive-wreath, id. A. A. 1, 727:arx,
Troy, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 42:arces,
Athens, Ov. M. 7, 399:honores,
shown to Pallas, id. H. 17, 133: pinus, the Argo, because built under Minerva's direction, Val. Fl. 1, 475:metus,
inspired by Pallas, id. 6, 408: forum, the Roman forum, because there stood a temple of Minerva, Mart. 1, 3, 8:Palladia Alba, because Domitian caused the Quinquatria in honor of Pallas to be annually celebrated there,
id. 5, 1, 1; cf. Suet. Dom. 4:Palladia Tolosa, because the sciences flourished there,
Mart. 9, 100, 3:manus,
i. e. skilful, Stat. S. 1, 1, 5:ars,
Mart. 6, 13, 2:lotos,
the flute, id. 8, 51, 14.—Subst.: Pallădĭum, ii, n., the image or statue of Pallas, which, in the reign of Ilus, fell from heaven at Troy, and during the Trojan war was carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, because the fate of the city depended on the possession of this image. It afterwards came from Greece to Rome, where Metellus saved it from the temple of Vesta when the latter was burned down, Verg. A. 2, 166; Sil. 9, 531; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 29; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 227; Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24; id. Scaur. 2, 48; Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 141; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 1 sq.; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31.2.Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Pallas, the name of several mythic and historical personages.A.Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.—B.A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.—C.Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.—D.One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.—E.A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.—II.Derivv.A.Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241:2.apex,
of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644. —Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.a. b.The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.—B.Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.—C.Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.— Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.—D.Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian:Pallantius heros,
i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647. -
6 repertrix
rĕpertrix, īcis, f. [repertor], she that finds out, an inventress:artium (Minerva),
Hier. Ep. 46, 1:omnium artium paupertas,
App. Mag. p. 285, 35; absol.:Ecclesia,
Tert. Pudic. 7 fin.
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