mīsēnus

1. spēcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. spes), die kleine Hoffnung, der Strahl (Schimmer) von Hoffnung, ecquid in te speculaest? Plaut. Pers. 310 Sch.: specula etiam in sortitust mihi, Plaut. Cas. 306 Sch.: qui aliquid ex eius sermone speculae degustarat, Cic. Clu. 72: in communibus miseriis hāc tamen oblectabar speculā Dolabellam meum fore ab iis molestiis, quas liberalitate suā contraxerat, liberum, Cic. ep. 2, 16, 5: cassae speculae renuntias fortiter, Apul met. 6, 5: tenui speculā sclabar clades ultimas, Apul. met. 10, 29.

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2. specula, ae, f. (specio), I) eine Anhöhe zum Umsehen, zum Spähen, die Warte, velut in aliqua sublimi specula constitutus, Lact.: speculas per promunturia omnia ponere, Liv.: dat signum specula Misenus ab alta, Verg.: has naves per altum ferri, cum ex specula signum datum Antenori esset, Liv.: contemplatus regium agmen ex specula quadam, Liv.: multo ante tamquam ex aliqua, specula prospexi tempestatem futuram, Cic. – bildl., homines in speculis sunt (sind od. stehen auf der Lauer), observant, Cic.: u. so regem in speculis fuisse semper, Cic.: u. diem unum in speculis fuit, Liv.: u. in speculis omnis Abydos erat, Ov.: ab illo in speculis (auf der Lauer) atque insidiis relictus, Cic.: restitit in speculis fati, Claud. – II) übtr.: a) übh. die Anhöhe, alta, Verg.: montis, Höhe, Gipfel, Verg.: e speculis clamorem tollunt, von der Stadtmauer, Verg. – b) meton., das Ausspähen, Auslugen, turris, quam speculae causā elatissimam aedificaverat, Vopisc. Prob. 21, 3.

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cănōrus, a, um, adj. [canor], of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).

Neutr.:

profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

flowing language and a melodious voice, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61:

voce suavi et canoră,

Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

vox Sirenum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning:

sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf.

cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,

Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18:

hinnitus edere canoros,

Suet. Ner. 46:

versus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking:

omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28.—

Of men:

canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,

Cic. Brut. 27, 105:

turba,

Ov. F. 6, 671:

ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,

in song and dance, Juv. 11, 162 Web.:

Triton,

Ov. M. 2, 8:

Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,

id. ib. 14, 102.—

Of animals:

cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

aves,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 15:

olor,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84:

Peneus canorus avium concentu,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

cicadae,

id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.—

Of instruments:

fides,

Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11:

aes, i. e. tubae,

Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704:

chelys,

Sen. Troad. 325:

fila lyrae,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously:

musice mundus et canore movetur,

App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.

cănōrus, a, um, adj. [canor], of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).

Neutr.:

profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

flowing language and a melodious voice, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61:

voce suavi et canoră,

Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

vox Sirenum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning:

sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf.

cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,

Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18:

hinnitus edere canoros,

Suet. Ner. 46:

versus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking:

omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28.—

Of men:

canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,

Cic. Brut. 27, 105:

turba,

Ov. F. 6, 671:

ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,

in song and dance, Juv. 11, 162 Web.:

Triton,

Ov. M. 2, 8:

Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,

id. ib. 14, 102.—

Of animals:

cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

aves,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 15:

olor,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84:

Peneus canorus avium concentu,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

cicadae,

id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.—

Of instruments:

fides,

Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11:

aes, i. e. tubae,

Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704:

chelys,

Sen. Troad. 325:

fila lyrae,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously:

musice mundus et canore movetur,

App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.

concha, ae, f., = konchê.

A bivālve shell-fish, mussel, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; 2, 1, 15; Lucr. 2, 374; Verg. G. 2, 348; Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102:

legere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Suet. Calig. 46:

cavae,

Ov. M. 4, 725:

marinae,

id. ib. 15, 264:

viles,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 28:

unionum,

Suet. Ner. 31.—

In partic.

A pearl-oyster, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 sq.— Hence,

Meton., a pearl:

lucida,

Tib. 2, 4, 30; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 13, 6; Ov. M. 10, 260; id. Am. 2, 11, 13.—

The purple-fish, Lucr. 2, 501; Ov. M. 10, 267.—

A mussel-shell, Lucr. 4, 937; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

ostrea in conchis suis,

Ov. F. 6, 174.—Hence,

Meton.

A snail-shell, Col. poët. 10, 324.—

The Triton's trumpet, in form like a snail-shell, Verg. A. 10, 209; Ov. M. 1, 333; Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 9; the trumpet of Misenus, Verg. A. 6, 171.—

Of objects in the form of a mussel-shell.

A vessel for holding oil, unguents, salt, etc., Cato, R. R. 13, 2; Col. 12, 50, 8; Hor. C. 2, 7, 23; id. S. 1, 3, 14 al.—

= cunnus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 42; Fulg. Myth. 2, 4.

hospĭtālis, e, adj. [hospes], of or relating to a guest or host, hospitable, xenios, xenikos.

Lit.

Adj. (class.):

illam ipsam sedem hospitalem, in quam erit deductus, publicam populi Romani esse dicet,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 46:

deversorium,

Liv. 21, 63 fin.:

cubiculum,

guest-chamber, id. 1, 58:

beneficia,

id. 2, 14 fin.:

aves,

set before a guest, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

cena Augusti,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

umbra,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 10:

tessera,

which guests gave to the host, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87 sq.; cf. ib. 5, 1, 25:

Juppiter,

the patron of hospitality, Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 3 al.; cf.

deus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 25:

non dubitavit illud insigne Penatium hospitaliumque deorum ex hospitali mensa tollere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48: fulmina, of Jupiter hospitalis, Sen. Q. N. 2, 49:

caedes,

the murder of a guest, Liv. 25, 18, 7:

TABVLA,

i. e. a municipal decree for the reception of a guest, Inscr. Grut. 456, 1:

Theophrastus scribit, Cimonem Athenis etiam in suos curiales Laciadas hospitalem fuisse,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64; cf.:

homo qui semper hospitalissimus amicissimusque nostrorum hominum existimatus esset (shortly before: cum suae partes essent hospitum recipiendorum),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65:

tua illa Venus,

id. Cael. 21, 52:

tibi hospitale pectus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 49:

nihil hospitalius mari (Campaniae): hospitalem hostem appellare,

Liv. 25, 18, 8:

hinc illi nobiles portus Cajeta, Misenus, etc.,

Flor. 1, 16:

appulsus litorum,

Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118.—

Subst.

hospĭtālis, is, m., a guest: injuriae potestatum in hospitales ad visendum venientium, Hipponenses in necem ejus (delphini) compulerunt, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 26.—

hospĭtālia, ium, n.

Apartments for guests, guest-chambers, Vitr. 6, 10.—

On the stage, the two entrances on the right and left for strangers, Vitr. 5, 7.—

(Sc. jura.) The dues of hospitality, Liv. 42, 24 fin. —

Transf., of things: ut in Fucino lacu invectus amnis, in Lario Addua, etc.... in Lemanno Rhodanus: hic trans Alpes superiores in Italia multorum milium transitu hospitales suas tantum nec largiores quam intulere aquas evehentes, foreign, i. e. that flow through without mingling, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 17, 10, 14, § 69. —Hence, adv.: hospĭtālĭter, hospitably, as a guest:

invitati hospitaliter per domos,

Liv. 1, 9, 9:

vocare (opp. hostiliter),

id. 6, 26, 3:

excipere aliquem,

Curt. 7, 6 med.:

ingredi ad deos Penates,

Just. 8, 3.

hospĭtālis, e, adj. [hospes], of or relating to a guest or host, hospitable, xenios, xenikos.

Lit.

Adj. (class.):

illam ipsam sedem hospitalem, in quam erit deductus, publicam populi Romani esse dicet,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 46:

deversorium,

Liv. 21, 63 fin.:

cubiculum,

guest-chamber, id. 1, 58:

beneficia,

id. 2, 14 fin.:

aves,

set before a guest, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

cena Augusti,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

umbra,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 10:

tessera,

which guests gave to the host, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87 sq.; cf. ib. 5, 1, 25:

Juppiter,

the patron of hospitality, Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 3 al.; cf.

deus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 25:

non dubitavit illud insigne Penatium hospitaliumque deorum ex hospitali mensa tollere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48: fulmina, of Jupiter hospitalis, Sen. Q. N. 2, 49:

caedes,

the murder of a guest, Liv. 25, 18, 7:

TABVLA,

i. e. a municipal decree for the reception of a guest, Inscr. Grut. 456, 1:

Theophrastus scribit, Cimonem Athenis etiam in suos curiales Laciadas hospitalem fuisse,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64; cf.:

homo qui semper hospitalissimus amicissimusque nostrorum hominum existimatus esset (shortly before: cum suae partes essent hospitum recipiendorum),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65:

tua illa Venus,

id. Cael. 21, 52:

tibi hospitale pectus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 49:

nihil hospitalius mari (Campaniae): hospitalem hostem appellare,

Liv. 25, 18, 8:

hinc illi nobiles portus Cajeta, Misenus, etc.,

Flor. 1, 16:

appulsus litorum,

Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118.—

Subst.

hospĭtālis, is, m., a guest: injuriae potestatum in hospitales ad visendum venientium, Hipponenses in necem ejus (delphini) compulerunt, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 26.—

hospĭtālia, ium, n.

Apartments for guests, guest-chambers, Vitr. 6, 10.—

On the stage, the two entrances on the right and left for strangers, Vitr. 5, 7.—

(Sc. jura.) The dues of hospitality, Liv. 42, 24 fin. —

Transf., of things: ut in Fucino lacu invectus amnis, in Lario Addua, etc.... in Lemanno Rhodanus: hic trans Alpes superiores in Italia multorum milium transitu hospitales suas tantum nec largiores quam intulere aquas evehentes, foreign, i. e. that flow through without mingling, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 17, 10, 14, § 69. —Hence, adv.: hospĭtālĭter, hospitably, as a guest:

invitati hospitaliter per domos,

Liv. 1, 9, 9:

vocare (opp. hostiliter),

id. 6, 26, 3:

excipere aliquem,

Curt. 7, 6 med.:

ingredi ad deos Penates,

Just. 8, 3.

Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ilion, a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.—Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ilios, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.—Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.—

Derivv.

Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan:

tellus,

Verg. A. 9, 285:

res,

id. ib. 1, 268:

matres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 11:

turmae,

id. Carm. Sec. 37.— Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.—

Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

orae,

Verg. A. 2, 117:

classis,

id. ib. 5, 607:

fata,

id. ib. 3, 182:

Penates,

id. ib. 3, 603:

cineres,

id. ib. 2, 431:

amores,

i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9:

hospes Didus,

i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50:

Vesta,

worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227;

hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped,

Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer's Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.:

Macer,

a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6:

dextra,

i. e. Ganymede's, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11:

mons,

i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27:

Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo,

i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387;

hence, also, cuspis,

of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.—Prov.:

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.—

Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.—

Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.—

Īlĭas, ădis, f.

The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.—In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.—

The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414. —On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.:

tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14.

ilium, v. ile.

Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ilion, a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.—Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ilios, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.—Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.—

Derivv.

Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan:

tellus,

Verg. A. 9, 285:

res,

id. ib. 1, 268:

matres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 11:

turmae,

id. Carm. Sec. 37.— Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.—

Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

orae,

Verg. A. 2, 117:

classis,

id. ib. 5, 607:

fata,

id. ib. 3, 182:

Penates,

id. ib. 3, 603:

cineres,

id. ib. 2, 431:

amores,

i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9:

hospes Didus,

i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50:

Vesta,

worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227;

hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped,

Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer's Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.:

Macer,

a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6:

dextra,

i. e. Ganymede's, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11:

mons,

i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27:

Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo,

i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387;

hence, also, cuspis,

of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.—Prov.:

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.—

Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.—

Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.—

Īlĭas, ădis, f.

The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.—In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.—

The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414. —On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.:

tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14.

ilium, v. ile.