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  • 1 velitor

    velitari, velitatus sum V DEP
    skirmish; fight like light troops (velites)

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  • 2 ferentarius

    fĕrentārĭus, ii, m. [Sanscr. dhvar-, laedere, destruere, Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 178], a sort of light troops who fought with missile weapons (syn. rorarii).
    I.
    Prop.:

    ferentarii equites hi dicti, qui ea habebant arma, quae ferrentur, ut jaculum,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 57 Müll.; cf. id. ap. Non. 520, 11 sq.:

    erant inter pedites, qui dicebantur funditores et ferentarii, qui praecipue in cornibus locabantur et a quibus pugnandi sumebatur exordium: sed hi et velocissimi et exercitatissimi legebantur,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 20; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 85, 7; 93, 14;

    and 369, 5 Müll.: postquam eo ventum est, unde a ferentariis proelium committi posset,

    Sall. C. 60, 2.— Sing. collect.:

    ferentarius gravisque miles, illi telis adsultantes, hi conserto gradu,

    Tac. A. 12, 35.—
    * II.
    Transf., one who is active or ready:

    illum tibi Ferentarium esse amicum inventum intellego,

    a friend ready to assist, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 55.

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  • 3 velitor

    vēlĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [veles], to fight like the velites or light troops, to skirmish (ante- and post-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in eum lapidibus crebris,

    App. M. 9, p. 234, 25:

    equus postremis calcibus,

    id. ib. 7, p. 195, 12.—In mal. part.:

    primis Veneris proeliis,

    App. M. 5, p. 168, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    tunc saga illa primis adhuc armis disciplinae suae velitatur,

    i. e. makes the first attempt, essays, App. M. 9, p. 230:

    contra aliquem scurrilibus jocis,

    id. ib. 8, p. 213, 11:

    calumniis in aliquem,

    id. Mag. p. 274:

    nescio quid vos velitati estis inter vos duo,

    i. e. have wrangled, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 28:

    adversus impudentes et improbos in maledictis (with decertare convicio),

    Gell. 6, 11, 1:

    periculum alicui,

    to threaten with danger, App. M. 5, p. 164.

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  • 4 veles

    light-armed troops.

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  • 5 levis

    1.
    lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

    Lucr. 2, 227:

    aether,

    id. 5, 459:

    aura,

    id. 3, 196:

    levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    stipulae,

    Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

    levis armaturae Numidae,

    the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

    miles,

    a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

    of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

    Tac. G. 6:

    flebis in solo levis angiportu,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

    terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

    Tib. 2, 4, 50;

    esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

    the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

    virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

    lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

    leves malvae,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

    gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

    id. Epod. 2, 57).—
    2.
    Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

    agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

    a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

    leves venti,

    Ov. M. 15, 346:

    flatus,

    Sil. 15, 162:

    currus,

    light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

    levi deducens pollice filum,

    light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

    pollex,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    saltus,

    id. ib. 7, 767;

    3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1:

    Messapus levis cursu,

    Verg. A. 12, 489:

    leves Parthi,

    id. G. 4, 314:

    equus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 389:

    Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

    quaere modos leviore plectro,

    nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

    et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

    Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

    omnes ire leves,

    Sil. 16, 488:

    exsultare levis,

    id. 10, 605:

    levior discurrere,

    id. 4, 549:

    nullo levis terrore moveri,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

    hora,

    fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

    terra,

    light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

    et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

    so (opp graviora),

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

    tactus,

    a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

    strepitus,

    id. ib. 7, 840:

    stridor,

    id. ib. 4, 413.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

    nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

    grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

    leve et infirmum,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

    ad motum animi... leviora,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

    id. Planc. 26, 63:

    auditio,

    a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

    something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    dolor,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

    proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    periculum,

    id. B. C. 3, 26:

    in aliquem merita,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

    leviore de causa,

    id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

    praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

    Juv. 13, 182:

    effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

    Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

    in levi habitum,

    was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

    levia sed nimium queror,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

    quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

    no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

    quidquid levius putaris,

    easier, id. 10, 344.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

    homo levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    ne me leviorem erga te putes,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

    tu levior cortice,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

    quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

    id. ib. 17, 63:

    leves ac nummarii judices,

    id. Clu. 28, 75:

    sit precor illa levis,

    Tib. 1, 6, 56:

    levi brachio aliquid agere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

    quid levius aut turpius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

    auctor,

    Liv. 5, 15:

    leves amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

    spes,

    vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    leviores mores,

    Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
    2.
    Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

    quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

    levior reprehensio,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

    tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

    the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

    nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

    exsilium,

    mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

    light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

    leviter densae nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 248:

    inflexum bacillum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saucius,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    non leviter lucra liguriens,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    agnoscere aliquid,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

    eruditus,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

    quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

    so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    dolere,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

    ut levissime dicam,

    to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —
    b.
    Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

    id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

    sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

    id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

    levius torquetis Arachne,

    more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

    in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

    id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

    Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

    id. Univ. 6:

    pocula,

    smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

    pharetrae,

    id. ib. 5, 558:

    brassica,

    Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

    levissima corpora,

    Lucr. 4, 659:

    coma pectine levis,

    Ov. M. 12, 409:

    nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

    levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

    Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

    levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

    smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

    ora,

    Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

    crura,

    Juv. 8, 115:

    sponsus,

    id. 3, 111:

    caput,

    id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

    pectus,

    Verg. A. 11, 40:

    frons,

    id. E. 6, 51:

    umeri,

    id. A. 7, 815:

    colla,

    Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

    vir,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

    externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

    smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

    per leve,

    Pers. 1, 64:

    per levia,

    Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

    oratio (opp. aspera),

    Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

    levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

    levis et aspera (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    levis et quadrata compositio,

    id. 2, 5, 9:

    levia ac nitida,

    id. 5, 12, 18:

    (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

    id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

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  • 6 auxilia

    auxĭlĭum, ii, n. [augeo], help, aid, assistance, support, succor (syn.: adjumentum, opes, praesidium, subsidium).
    I.
    In gen.: Fer mi auxilium, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89: quo praesidio fretus, auxiliis quibus? Pac. ap. Non. p. 262, 32:

    auxilium argentarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1,1, 103; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14:

    non habeo ad auxilium copiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 20:

    navita indigus omni vitali auxilio,

    Lucr. 5, 224:

    venerunt ad auxilium,

    Vulg. Jud. 5, 23; ib. Isa. 10, 3 al.—Hence the phrases:

    auxilium esse alicui,

    to assist one, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 17; and more freq.: auxilio esse alicui, Enn. ap. Non. p. 111, 16; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 18; 5, 4, 107; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39; Nep. Milt. 5, 1; id. Att. 11, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 141; Ov. M. 12, 90 al.:

    auxilium ferre alicui,

    to bring assistance, to aid, succor, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; id. Ad. 2, 1, 1; Lucr. 3, 1064; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3;

    (contra aliquem),

    id. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13; Hor. Epod. 1, 21; Ov. M. 2, 580; 4, 693; 13, 71; Vulg. Jud. 20, 14; ib. Job, 30, 13 al.;

    once adferre,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    dare,

    Verg. A. 2, 691; Vulg. Psa. 59, 13; 107, 13:

    praebere,

    ib. Jud. 12, 2; ib. 1 Par. 12, 21:

    auxilium sibi adjungere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

    expetere,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 19 sq.:

    unde auxilium petam?

    id. Phorm. 5, 1, 2:

    petere ab aliquo,

    Cic. Or. 41, 141; Ov. M. 7, 507; 5, 178; 14, 461; Vulg. 1 Esdr. 8, 22; ib. Judith, 6, 21 et saep.—In plur.:

    cum (mare) tumet, auxiliis adsidet ille (navita) suis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 260:

    auxilia portare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5 Kritz:

    magna duo auxilia,

    sources of aid, Liv. 31, 33, 3:

    ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56 et saep.— Meton. (abstr. for concr.), a place of succor, refuge (eccl. Lat.):

    sex (oppida) erunt in fugitivorum auxilia separata,

    Vulg. Num. 35, 6. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In milit. lang. very freq., and commonly in plur.: auxĭlĭa, ōrum, auxiliary troops, auxiliaries (mostly composed of allies and light-armed troops;

    hence opp. to the legions): auxilium appellatum ab auctu, cum accesserant ei qui adjumento essent alienigenae,

    Varr. L L. 5, § 90 Müll.; Veg. 2, 2; cf.

    auxiliares, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.: quibus (copiis) rex Deiotarus imperatoribus nostris auxilia mitteret,

    Cic. Deiot. 8, 22; so Sall. J 7, 2; Liv. 5, 5, 8 al.:

    auxiliis in mediam aciem conjectis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24; so,

    dimittere,

    Sall. J. 8, 2:

    ab sociis et nomine Latino accersere,

    id. ib. 39, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 2:

    facere mercede,

    Tac. A. 6, 33; Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 52; ib. 2 Macc. 8, 15 et saep.—Opp to the legions:

    sex legiones et magna equitum ac peditum auxilia,

    Cic. Part. Or. 6, 1; so Suet. Aug. 23; 49; id. Tib. 16; 30; id. Calig. 43; 44; id. Galb. 10 al.—In sing.:

    Oroden auctus auxilio Pharasmanes vocare ad pugnam,

    Tac. A. 6, 34; Ov. M. 11, 387.—Borrowed from miht. lang.: Duodecim deis plus quam in caelo [p. 213] deorumst inmortalium Mihi nunc auxilio adjutores sunt, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 10 sq.:

    Auxilia ac socios jam pacto foedere habebant,

    Lucr. 5, 1443.—In gen.: auxilia, military force, power:

    Caesar confisus famā rerum gestarum, infirmis auxiliis proficisci non dubitaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 106; Flor. 2, 8, 15; Just. 1, 6.—
    B.
    In medic. lang., an antidote, remedy, in the most extended sense of the word:

    corporis,

    Cels. 2, 9; so id. 2, 11 fin.; 4, 22; 5, 26, n. 21 al.:

    adversae valetudinis,

    id. 1 praef.; Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.—
    C.
    Auxilium as a personified existence, like Fides. Salus, etc., in Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 6.

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  • 7 auxilium

    auxĭlĭum, ii, n. [augeo], help, aid, assistance, support, succor (syn.: adjumentum, opes, praesidium, subsidium).
    I.
    In gen.: Fer mi auxilium, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89: quo praesidio fretus, auxiliis quibus? Pac. ap. Non. p. 262, 32:

    auxilium argentarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1,1, 103; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14:

    non habeo ad auxilium copiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 20:

    navita indigus omni vitali auxilio,

    Lucr. 5, 224:

    venerunt ad auxilium,

    Vulg. Jud. 5, 23; ib. Isa. 10, 3 al.—Hence the phrases:

    auxilium esse alicui,

    to assist one, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 17; and more freq.: auxilio esse alicui, Enn. ap. Non. p. 111, 16; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 18; 5, 4, 107; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39; Nep. Milt. 5, 1; id. Att. 11, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 141; Ov. M. 12, 90 al.:

    auxilium ferre alicui,

    to bring assistance, to aid, succor, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; id. Ad. 2, 1, 1; Lucr. 3, 1064; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3;

    (contra aliquem),

    id. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13; Hor. Epod. 1, 21; Ov. M. 2, 580; 4, 693; 13, 71; Vulg. Jud. 20, 14; ib. Job, 30, 13 al.;

    once adferre,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    dare,

    Verg. A. 2, 691; Vulg. Psa. 59, 13; 107, 13:

    praebere,

    ib. Jud. 12, 2; ib. 1 Par. 12, 21:

    auxilium sibi adjungere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

    expetere,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 19 sq.:

    unde auxilium petam?

    id. Phorm. 5, 1, 2:

    petere ab aliquo,

    Cic. Or. 41, 141; Ov. M. 7, 507; 5, 178; 14, 461; Vulg. 1 Esdr. 8, 22; ib. Judith, 6, 21 et saep.—In plur.:

    cum (mare) tumet, auxiliis adsidet ille (navita) suis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 260:

    auxilia portare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5 Kritz:

    magna duo auxilia,

    sources of aid, Liv. 31, 33, 3:

    ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56 et saep.— Meton. (abstr. for concr.), a place of succor, refuge (eccl. Lat.):

    sex (oppida) erunt in fugitivorum auxilia separata,

    Vulg. Num. 35, 6. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In milit. lang. very freq., and commonly in plur.: auxĭlĭa, ōrum, auxiliary troops, auxiliaries (mostly composed of allies and light-armed troops;

    hence opp. to the legions): auxilium appellatum ab auctu, cum accesserant ei qui adjumento essent alienigenae,

    Varr. L L. 5, § 90 Müll.; Veg. 2, 2; cf.

    auxiliares, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.: quibus (copiis) rex Deiotarus imperatoribus nostris auxilia mitteret,

    Cic. Deiot. 8, 22; so Sall. J 7, 2; Liv. 5, 5, 8 al.:

    auxiliis in mediam aciem conjectis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24; so,

    dimittere,

    Sall. J. 8, 2:

    ab sociis et nomine Latino accersere,

    id. ib. 39, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 2:

    facere mercede,

    Tac. A. 6, 33; Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 52; ib. 2 Macc. 8, 15 et saep.—Opp to the legions:

    sex legiones et magna equitum ac peditum auxilia,

    Cic. Part. Or. 6, 1; so Suet. Aug. 23; 49; id. Tib. 16; 30; id. Calig. 43; 44; id. Galb. 10 al.—In sing.:

    Oroden auctus auxilio Pharasmanes vocare ad pugnam,

    Tac. A. 6, 34; Ov. M. 11, 387.—Borrowed from miht. lang.: Duodecim deis plus quam in caelo [p. 213] deorumst inmortalium Mihi nunc auxilio adjutores sunt, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 10 sq.:

    Auxilia ac socios jam pacto foedere habebant,

    Lucr. 5, 1443.—In gen.: auxilia, military force, power:

    Caesar confisus famā rerum gestarum, infirmis auxiliis proficisci non dubitaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 106; Flor. 2, 8, 15; Just. 1, 6.—
    B.
    In medic. lang., an antidote, remedy, in the most extended sense of the word:

    corporis,

    Cels. 2, 9; so id. 2, 11 fin.; 4, 22; 5, 26, n. 21 al.:

    adversae valetudinis,

    id. 1 praef.; Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.—
    C.
    Auxilium as a personified existence, like Fides. Salus, etc., in Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 6.

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  • 8 armātūra

        armātūra ae, f    [armo], armor, equipment: levis, Cs. — Meton., armed men, troops: levis, light infantry, C., Cs.
    * * *
    equipment, armor; troop (of gladiators)

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  • 9 ferentārius

        ferentārius ī, m     a class of light-armed troops. —Sing. collect., Ta.—Plur., S.
    * * *

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  • 10 vēles

        vēles itis, m    [2 VOL-], a light-armed soldier. —Usu. plur, guerrilla troops, irregular bands, skirmishers, L.: a te, ut scurram velitem, malis oneratus, i. e. as a clown among soldiers.
    * * *
    light-armed foot-soldier; guerrilla forces (pl.), irregular bands; skirmishers

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  • 11 armatura

    armātūra, ae, f. [armo], armor, equipment.
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    armatura varia peditatūs et equitatūs,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1:

    cohortes nostrā armaturā,

    id. Att. 6, 1:

    Numidae levis armaturae,

    of light armor, Caes. B. G. 2, 10:

    universi generis armatura,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 32, 5; ib. Ezech. 26, 9.—
    B.
    Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), armed soldiers; and in class. lang. always with the adj. levis, = velites, light-armed soldiers (opp. gravis armatus). Veg. first used armatura absol. for young troops:

    nostrae sunt legiones, nostra levis armatura,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 6 fin.:

    equites, pedites, levis armatura,

    id. Brut. 37, 139:

    adsequi cum levi armaturā,

    Liv. 27, 48; cf. id. 28, 14; Flor. 4, 2, 49:

    equitum triginta, levis armaturae centum milia,

    Suet. Caes. 66; Liv. 21, 55; 22, 18:

    manipuli levis armaturae,

    id. 27, 13:

    levis armaturae juvenes,

    id. 44, 2 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of discourse: haec fuerit nobis, tamquam levis armaturae, prima orationis excursio;

    nunc comminus agamus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26. —
    B.
    A kind of exercise in arms, Amm. 14, 11; Veg. 1, 13; 2, 23.—
    C.
    In a religious sense (eccl. Lat.):

    induite armaturam Dei,

    the armor of God, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 11; 6, 13. [p. 163]

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  • 12 dē-dūcō

        dē-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    （imper. deduc, C.; deduce, T.), to lead away, draw out, turn aside, divert, bring out, remove, drive off, draw down: atomos de viā: eum contionari conantem de rostris, drag down, Cs.: aliquem ex ultimis gentibus: summā vestem ab orā, O.: Cantando rigidas montibus ornos, V.: canendo cornua lunae, i. e. bring to light (from eclipse), O.: dominam Ditis thalamo, V.: tota carbasa malo, i. e. unfurl, O.: febrīs corpore, H.: molliunt clivos, ut elephanti deduci possent, L.: rivos, i. e. to clear out, V.: aqua Albana deducta ad utilitatem agri, conducted off: imbres deducunt Iovem, i. e. Jupiter descends in, etc., H.: crinīs pectine, to comb, O.: vela, O.: deductae est fallacia Lunae, Pr.: hunc ad militem, T.: suas vestīs umero ad pectora, O.: in mare undas, O.: alqm in conspectum (Caesaris), Cs.: ab augure deductus in arcem, L.: aliquem in carcerem, S.: mediā sulcum deducis harenā, i. e. are dragged to execution, Iu.—Of troops, to draw off, lead off, withdraw, lead, conduct, bring: nostros de valle, Cs.: ab opere legiones, Cs.: finibus Attali exercitum, L.: praesidia, Cs.: legionibus in hiberna deductis, Cs.: in aciem, L.: neque more militari vigiliae deducebantur, S.—Of colonists, to lead forth, conduct: coloni lege Iuliā Capuam deducti, Cs.: milites in colonias: triumvir coloniis deducendis, S.: illi qui initio deduxerant, the founders, N.—Of ships, to draw out (from the dock): ex navalibus eorum (navem), Cs.: Deducunt socii navīs, V.—To draw down, launch: celoces viginti, L.: neque multum abesse (navīs) ab eo, quin paucis diebus deduci possent, Cs.: navīs litore, V.: carinas, O.: deducendus in mare, set adrift, Iu. — To bring into port: navīs in portum, Cs.—In weaving, to draw out, spin out: pollice filum, O.: fila, Ct.: stamina colo, Tb.—Poet.: vetus in tela deducitur argumentum, is interwoven, O. — Of personal attendance, in gen., to lead, conduct, escort, accompany: te domum: me de domo: deducendi sui causā populum de foro abducere, L.: quem luna solet deducere, Iu.: deducam, will be his escort, H. — To conduct a young man to a public teacher: a patre deductus ad Scaevolam.—Of a bride, to lead, conduct (to her husband): uni nuptam, ad quem virgo deducta sit, L.: domum in cubiculum, to take home, T.: quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est, Cs.—To lead in procession, conduct, show: deduci superbo triumpho, H.—In law, to eject, exclude, put out of possession (a claimant of land): ut aut ipse Tullium deduceret aut ab eo deduceretur: de fundo deduci.—To expel, exclude: alqm ex possessione, L.—To summon, bring (as a witness): ad hoc iudicium.—To take away, subtract, withdraw, deduct, diminish: cibum, T.: addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat: de capite, quod usuris pernumeratum est, L.— Fig., to bring down, lead away, divert, withdraw, bring, lead, derive, deduce, reduce: alqm de animi lenitate: alqm de fide: me a verā accusatione: mos unde deductus, derived, H.: nomen ab Anco, O.: alqm ad fletum: rem ad arma, Cs.: ad humum maerore, bows, H.: ad sua flagra Quirites, subdue under, Iu.: in eum casum deduci, Cs.: rem in controversiam, Cs.: rem huc, ut, etc., Cs.: audi, quo rem deducam, what I have in view, H.: Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos, transfer, H.: in patriam deducere musas, V.—To mislead, seduce, entice, induce, bring, instigate: adulescentibus oratione deductis, Cs.: a quibus (inimicis) deductus, Cs.—To spin out, string out, compose (poet.): tenui deducta poëmata filo, H.: mille die versūs, H.: nihil expositum, Iu: carmen in actūs, H. — To remove, expel, cure: corpore febrīs, H.: haec (vitia) deducuntur de corpore, i. e. men try to remove.

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  • 13 rōrāriī

        rōrāriī ōrum, m    light-armed troops, who made the first attack and retired behind the triarii, skirmishers, L.

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  • 14 sagittārius

        sagittārius ī, m    [sagitta], an archer, bowman: sagittarios et funditores mittit, the light-armed troops, Cs.: barbari.—Fig.: de uno sagittario queri, one skirmisher.—The constellation Sagittarius, the Archer.
    * * *
    I
    archer, bowman; fletcher, maker of arrows; Archer (constellation/zodiac sign)
    II
    sagittaria, sagittarium ADJ
    armed with bow/arrows; used in/concerned with making/manufacturing arrows

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  • 15 rorarius

    light-armed troops (pl.), skirmishers

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  • 16 concursatio

    concursātĭo, ōnis, f. [concurso].
    I.
    A running together, a disorderly meeting:

    cum multā concursatione (populi),

    Cic. Brut. 69, 242; Tac. A. 6, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.: inventus est ordo in stellis... cedo tandem qui sit ordo aut quae concursatio somniorum? what coincidence? i. e. what concert of motion that can express a design? Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146.—
    II.
    A running upon, pushing against one another:

    concursatio in obscuro incidentium aliorum in alios incertum fecerat, an, etc.,

    Liv. 41, 2, 6.—
    III.
    A running about, going to and fro, etc.:

    quid ego hujus lacrimas et concursationes proferam?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75 Zumpt ad loc.:

    et in Albaniā et Seplasiā quae concursatio percunctantium, quid, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 34, 94:

    puerorum illa concursatio nocturna,

    id. Dom. 6, 14:

    Libonis et Hypsaei non obscura concursatio et contentio,

    id. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    (mulierum) concursatio incerta nunc hos nunc illos sequentium,

    Liv. 5, 40, 3; cf. id. 35, 49, 9:

    decemviralis,

    a travelling over the provinces, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

    concursationes ad divitias euntium sapiens securus laetusque ridebit,

    Sen. Ep. 17, 9.—
    2.
    In milit. lang., the skirmishing of light-armed troops, Liv. 30, 34, 2; Curt. 8, 14, 13.—
    B.
    Trop., an anxious, troubled restlessness, anxiety:

    exagitatae mentis,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 5.

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  • 17 rorarii

    rōrārĭi, ōrum, m. [ros] (sc. milites), a kind of light-armed Roman troops, who usually made the first attack and then retired, skirmishers (cf.:

    velites, ferentarii): rorarii dicti ab rore, qui bellum committebant ante, ideo quod ante rorat quam pluit,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 58 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 264 ib.; Non. 552 fin.; Liv. 8, 8, 8; 8, 9, 14; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. 1. 1.; cf. Becker, Antiq. III. 2, p. 275.—In sing., Lucil. ap. Non. 553, 2 sq.—Hence, ‡ rōrārĭ-us, a, um, adj., of or for the rorarii:

    rorarium vinum, quod rorariis dabatur,

    Fest. p. 267 Müll.

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  • 18 rorarius

    rōrārĭi, ōrum, m. [ros] (sc. milites), a kind of light-armed Roman troops, who usually made the first attack and then retired, skirmishers (cf.:

    velites, ferentarii): rorarii dicti ab rore, qui bellum committebant ante, ideo quod ante rorat quam pluit,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 58 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 264 ib.; Non. 552 fin.; Liv. 8, 8, 8; 8, 9, 14; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. 1. 1.; cf. Becker, Antiq. III. 2, p. 275.—In sing., Lucil. ap. Non. 553, 2 sq.—Hence, ‡ rōrārĭ-us, a, um, adj., of or for the rorarii:

    rorarium vinum, quod rorariis dabatur,

    Fest. p. 267 Müll.

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  • 19 sagittarii

    săgittārĭus, a, um, adj. [sagitta].
    I.
    Of or belonging to an arrow, arrow-:

    calamus,

    good for making arrows, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 166:

    certamen,

    with arrows, Dict. Cret. 4, 19.—
    II.
    Subst.: săgittārĭus, ii, m.
    A.
    An archer, bowman, a sort of light-armed troops, both foot and horse; usually in the plur., Caes. B. G. 2, 7; 2, 10; 2, 19; 7, 31; Sall. J. 46, 7; Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 18; id. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Amm. 29, 5, 22.—In sing., collect.:

    levis armatura cum equite sagittario,

    Tac. A. 2, 16 fin.; 13, 40.—
    B.
    săgittārii, ōrum, m., arrow-makers, arrow-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.—
    C.
    The constellation Sagittarius, or the Archer (otherwise called Arcitenens], Cic. Arat. 525; Hyg. Fab. 124; id. Astr. 2, 27; 3, 26; Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 215; 30, 11, 29, § 97.

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  • 20 sagittarius

    săgittārĭus, a, um, adj. [sagitta].
    I.
    Of or belonging to an arrow, arrow-:

    calamus,

    good for making arrows, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 166:

    certamen,

    with arrows, Dict. Cret. 4, 19.—
    II.
    Subst.: săgittārĭus, ii, m.
    A.
    An archer, bowman, a sort of light-armed troops, both foot and horse; usually in the plur., Caes. B. G. 2, 7; 2, 10; 2, 19; 7, 31; Sall. J. 46, 7; Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 18; id. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Amm. 29, 5, 22.—In sing., collect.:

    levis armatura cum equite sagittario,

    Tac. A. 2, 16 fin.; 13, 40.—
    B.
    săgittārii, ōrum, m., arrow-makers, arrow-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.—
    C.
    The constellation Sagittarius, or the Archer (otherwise called Arcitenens], Cic. Arat. 525; Hyg. Fab. 124; id. Astr. 2, 27; 3, 26; Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 215; 30, 11, 29, § 97.

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