made

cĭcūta, ae, f., the hemlock given to criminals as poison; prob. either Cicuta virosa or Conium maculatum, Linn.; Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 151; Cato, R. R. 27, 2; Lucr. 5, 897; Hor. S. 2, 1, 56 al.; plur., id. Ep. 2, 2, 53; drunk by Socrates;

hence: magister sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,

i. e. Socrates, Pers. 4, 1 sq. —To the extraordinary coldness produced by it, reference is made in Pers. 5, 145.—

Meton., a pipe or flute made from the stalks of the hemlock, a shepherd ' s pipe, Lucr. 5, 1382; Verg. E. 2, 36; 5, 85; Calp. Ecl. 7, 12.

Cĭcūta, ae, m., the name of a usurer in Hor. S. 2, 3, 69 and 175.

cĭcūta, ae, f., the hemlock given to criminals as poison; prob. either Cicuta virosa or Conium maculatum, Linn.; Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 151; Cato, R. R. 27, 2; Lucr. 5, 897; Hor. S. 2, 1, 56 al.; plur., id. Ep. 2, 2, 53; drunk by Socrates;

hence: magister sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,

i. e. Socrates, Pers. 4, 1 sq. —To the extraordinary coldness produced by it, reference is made in Pers. 5, 145.—

Meton., a pipe or flute made from the stalks of the hemlock, a shepherd ' s pipe, Lucr. 5, 1382; Verg. E. 2, 36; 5, 85; Calp. Ecl. 7, 12.

Cĭcūta, ae, m., the name of a usurer in Hor. S. 2, 3, 69 and 175.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

compăro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [compar], to couple together in the same relation, to connect in pairs, to pair, match, unite, join; constr. aliquid cum aliquā re, alicui rei, aliqua inter se, or absol.

Lit. (rare but class.).

In gen.:

ut inter ignem et terram aquam deus animamque poneret, eaque inter se compararet et proportione conjungeret, ut, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 5 med.:

comparari postremo,

id. ib. 5:

ambo cum simul aspicimus, non possumus non vereri, ne male comparati sitis,

Liv. 40, 46, 4:

L. Volumnius cum Ap. Claudio consul est factus, priore item consulatu inter se conparati,

id. 10, 15, 12:

labella cum labellis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: quin meum senium cum dolore tuo conjungam et comparem, Att. ap. Non. p. 255, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 90 Rib.).— Hence,

Esp. of combatants, for the usu. compono, to bring together to a contest, to match:

ut ego cum patrono disertissimo comparer,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

cum Aesernino Samnite Pacideianus comparatus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 257, 18:

Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum certamen comparati duces,

Liv. 30, 28, 8:

hunc Threci comparavit,

Suet. Calig. 35.—

Trop.

To count one object fully equal to another, to place on the same footing, put on an equality with (rare but class.): neminem tibi profecto hominem ex omnibus aut anteposuissem umquam aut etiam comparassem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 256, 4; cf. Nep. Iphic. 1, 1; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Cat. 61, 65 al.:

cum quibus (hominibus) comparari sordidum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; so id. Fam. 12, 30, 7:

et se mihi comparat Ajax?

Ov. M. 13, 338.—

In gen., to place together in comparison, to compare (the usu. signif. of the word in prose and poetry):

homo quod rationis est particeps similitudines comparat,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

majora, minora, paria,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 172; id. Top. 18, 68:

metaphora rei comparatur, quam volumus exprimere,

Quint. 8, 6, 8.—With dat.:

equi fortis et victoris senectuti, comparat suam,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

si regiae stirpi comparetur ignobilis,

Curt. 8, 4, 25:

restat ut copiae copiis conparentur vel numero vel, etc.,

Liv. 9, 19, 1:

se majori pauperiorum turbae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 112:

Periclem fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparat,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf. id. 12, 10, 65:

necesse est sibi nimium tribuat, qui se nemini comparat,

id. 1, 2, 18:

nec tantum inutilibus comparantur utilia, sed inter se quoque ipsa,

id. 3, 8, 33; cf id. 3, 6, 87.—With cum and abl.:

hominem cum homine et tempus cum tempore et rem cum re,

Cic. Dom. 51, 130; id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

cum illo... ceteris rebus nullo modo comparandus es,

id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

cum meum factum cum tuo comparo,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 2; 2, 6, 20:

corporis commoda cum externis et ipsa inter se corporis,

id. ib. 2, 25, 88:

longiorem orationem cum magnitudine utilitatis,

id. ib. 2, 6, 20:

victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo,

Nep. Them. 5, 3:

totam causam nostram cum tota adversarii causā,

Quint. 7, 2, 22; 12, 7, 3.—With ad:

nec comparandus hic quidem ad illum est,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14:

sed nihil comparandi causā loquar,

I will institute no comparison, Cic. Pis. 1, 3.— Hence,

With rel.-clause, to reflect, consider, judge; or to prove, show, by comparing (rare): id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, quo pacto magnam molem minuam, Att. ap. Non. p. 256, 20:

cum comparetur, utrum, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45:

comparando quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset irae plebis in patres, etc.,

Liv. 2, 32, 12; cf. Tac. A. 3, 5:

deinde comparat, quanto plures deleti sint homines, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16.—

Comparare inter se, t. t., of colleagues in office, to agree together in respect to the division of duties, to come to an agreement (freq. in Liv., esp. of the consuls, who made an arrangement between themselves in respect to their provinces):

inter se decemviri comparabant, quos ire ad bellum, quos praeesse exercitibus oporteret,

Liv. 3, 41, 7:

senatusconsultum factum est, ut consules inter se provincias Italiam et Macedoniam compararent sortirenturve,

id. 42, 31, 1; 8, 20, 3; 32, 8, 1; 33, 43, 2; 26, 8, 8;

41, 6, 1: (consules) comparant inter se ut, etc.,

id. 8, 6, 13; 10, 15, 12:

ut consules sortirentur conparerentve inter se, uter, etc.,

id. 24, 10, 2;

of the tribunes of the people,

id. 29, 20, 9;

of the proprætors,

id. 40, 47, 1.—

(In acc. with I. B.) Si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, opposes to this, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63.—Hence, * compărātē, adv., in or by comparison, comparatively:

quaerere (opp. simpliciter),

Cic. Top. 22, 84.

com-păro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.

To prepare something with zeal, care, etc., to make ready, to set in order, furnish, provide, etc. (class.)

Lit.:

magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42:

sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one ' s self ready, to prepare one ' s self, id. Mil. 10, 28:

se ad respondendum,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

se ad iter,

Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4:

se ad omnis casus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79:

insidias alicui per aliquem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.:

dolum ad capiendos eos,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

comparare et constituere accusationem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.:

comparare accusatorem filio suo,

id. Clu. 67, 191:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium [p. 387] ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10:

iter ad regem,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.:

vultum e vultu,

to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.—

In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum,

Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.:

arma, milites, classem,

Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.:

arma latroni,

Quint. 12, 1, 1.— Pass. in mid. force:

ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt,

made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—

Absol.:

ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

tempore ad comparandum dato,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—

With inf.:

urere tecta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 267:

an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,

place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—

Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.:

ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10:

more majorum comparatum est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.:

ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc.,

Liv. 39, 29, 5:

est ita natura comparatum ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5:

praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7:

jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 21, 57:

eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt,

Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons:

sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—

To procure what one does not yet possess or what is not yet in existence, to procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect.

Prop.:

negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2:

mihi quadraginta minas,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15:

pecudes carius,

Suet. Calig. 27:

merces,

Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.:

ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17:

Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3:

gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas,

Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—

Of abstract things:

amicitias,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

auctoritatem sibi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

laudes artibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tribunicium auxilium sibi,

Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—

Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

compăro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [compar], to couple together in the same relation, to connect in pairs, to pair, match, unite, join; constr. aliquid cum aliquā re, alicui rei, aliqua inter se, or absol.

Lit. (rare but class.).

In gen.:

ut inter ignem et terram aquam deus animamque poneret, eaque inter se compararet et proportione conjungeret, ut, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 5 med.:

comparari postremo,

id. ib. 5:

ambo cum simul aspicimus, non possumus non vereri, ne male comparati sitis,

Liv. 40, 46, 4:

L. Volumnius cum Ap. Claudio consul est factus, priore item consulatu inter se conparati,

id. 10, 15, 12:

labella cum labellis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: quin meum senium cum dolore tuo conjungam et comparem, Att. ap. Non. p. 255, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 90 Rib.).— Hence,

Esp. of combatants, for the usu. compono, to bring together to a contest, to match:

ut ego cum patrono disertissimo comparer,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

cum Aesernino Samnite Pacideianus comparatus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 257, 18:

Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum certamen comparati duces,

Liv. 30, 28, 8:

hunc Threci comparavit,

Suet. Calig. 35.—

Trop.

To count one object fully equal to another, to place on the same footing, put on an equality with (rare but class.): neminem tibi profecto hominem ex omnibus aut anteposuissem umquam aut etiam comparassem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 256, 4; cf. Nep. Iphic. 1, 1; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Cat. 61, 65 al.:

cum quibus (hominibus) comparari sordidum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; so id. Fam. 12, 30, 7:

et se mihi comparat Ajax?

Ov. M. 13, 338.—

In gen., to place together in comparison, to compare (the usu. signif. of the word in prose and poetry):

homo quod rationis est particeps similitudines comparat,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

majora, minora, paria,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 172; id. Top. 18, 68:

metaphora rei comparatur, quam volumus exprimere,

Quint. 8, 6, 8.—With dat.:

equi fortis et victoris senectuti, comparat suam,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

si regiae stirpi comparetur ignobilis,

Curt. 8, 4, 25:

restat ut copiae copiis conparentur vel numero vel, etc.,

Liv. 9, 19, 1:

se majori pauperiorum turbae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 112:

Periclem fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparat,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf. id. 12, 10, 65:

necesse est sibi nimium tribuat, qui se nemini comparat,

id. 1, 2, 18:

nec tantum inutilibus comparantur utilia, sed inter se quoque ipsa,

id. 3, 8, 33; cf id. 3, 6, 87.—With cum and abl.:

hominem cum homine et tempus cum tempore et rem cum re,

Cic. Dom. 51, 130; id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

cum illo... ceteris rebus nullo modo comparandus es,

id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

cum meum factum cum tuo comparo,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 2; 2, 6, 20:

corporis commoda cum externis et ipsa inter se corporis,

id. ib. 2, 25, 88:

longiorem orationem cum magnitudine utilitatis,

id. ib. 2, 6, 20:

victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo,

Nep. Them. 5, 3:

totam causam nostram cum tota adversarii causā,

Quint. 7, 2, 22; 12, 7, 3.—With ad:

nec comparandus hic quidem ad illum est,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14:

sed nihil comparandi causā loquar,

I will institute no comparison, Cic. Pis. 1, 3.— Hence,

With rel.-clause, to reflect, consider, judge; or to prove, show, by comparing (rare): id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, quo pacto magnam molem minuam, Att. ap. Non. p. 256, 20:

cum comparetur, utrum, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45:

comparando quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset irae plebis in patres, etc.,

Liv. 2, 32, 12; cf. Tac. A. 3, 5:

deinde comparat, quanto plures deleti sint homines, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16.—

Comparare inter se, t. t., of colleagues in office, to agree together in respect to the division of duties, to come to an agreement (freq. in Liv., esp. of the consuls, who made an arrangement between themselves in respect to their provinces):

inter se decemviri comparabant, quos ire ad bellum, quos praeesse exercitibus oporteret,

Liv. 3, 41, 7:

senatusconsultum factum est, ut consules inter se provincias Italiam et Macedoniam compararent sortirenturve,

id. 42, 31, 1; 8, 20, 3; 32, 8, 1; 33, 43, 2; 26, 8, 8;

41, 6, 1: (consules) comparant inter se ut, etc.,

id. 8, 6, 13; 10, 15, 12:

ut consules sortirentur conparerentve inter se, uter, etc.,

id. 24, 10, 2;

of the tribunes of the people,

id. 29, 20, 9;

of the proprætors,

id. 40, 47, 1.—

(In acc. with I. B.) Si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, opposes to this, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63.—Hence, * compărātē, adv., in or by comparison, comparatively:

quaerere (opp. simpliciter),

Cic. Top. 22, 84.

com-păro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.

To prepare something with zeal, care, etc., to make ready, to set in order, furnish, provide, etc. (class.)

Lit.:

magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42:

sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one ' s self ready, to prepare one ' s self, id. Mil. 10, 28:

se ad respondendum,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

se ad iter,

Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4:

se ad omnis casus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79:

insidias alicui per aliquem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.:

dolum ad capiendos eos,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

comparare et constituere accusationem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.:

comparare accusatorem filio suo,

id. Clu. 67, 191:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium [p. 387] ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10:

iter ad regem,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.:

vultum e vultu,

to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.—

In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum,

Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.:

arma, milites, classem,

Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.:

arma latroni,

Quint. 12, 1, 1.— Pass. in mid. force:

ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt,

made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—

Absol.:

ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

tempore ad comparandum dato,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—

With inf.:

urere tecta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 267:

an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,

place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—

Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.:

ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10:

more majorum comparatum est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.:

ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc.,

Liv. 39, 29, 5:

est ita natura comparatum ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5:

praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7:

jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 21, 57:

eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt,

Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons:

sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—

To procure what one does not yet possess or what is not yet in existence, to procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect.

Prop.:

negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2:

mihi quadraginta minas,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15:

pecudes carius,

Suet. Calig. 27:

merces,

Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.:

ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17:

Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3:

gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas,

Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—

Of abstract things:

amicitias,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

auctoritatem sibi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

laudes artibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tribunicium auxilium sibi,

Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—

Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

of a bullock,

Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

also of the constellation Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 80;

of the ram,

id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

of the he-goat,

Verg. E. 9, 25;

of kids,

id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—

Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.

That which is similar to horn in substance.

A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—

Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—

The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—

A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,

That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.

The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

cornu Indicum,

Mart. 1, 73, 4.—

The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—

The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—

The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—

The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—

The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

cornua cristae,

Verg. A. 12, 89:

alterum cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33, 2.—

The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —

The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—

The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —

The top or summit of a mountain:

cornua Parnasi,

Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —

The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—

The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—

Transf.:

cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—

The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —

The stiff hair of the Germans:

quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

Juv. 13, 165.—

Of objects made of horn.

A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—

A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—

The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—

A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—

An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—

A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—

Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

tunc pauper cornua sumit,

gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:

nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;

for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,

Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:

Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,

id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;

of a bullock,

Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;

also of the constellation Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 80;

of the ram,

id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;

of the he-goat,

Verg. E. 9, 25;

of kids,

id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—

Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.

That which is similar to horn in substance.

A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—

Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—

The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—

A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,

That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.

The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:

cornu Indicum,

Mart. 1, 73, 4.—

The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—

The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—

The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—

The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—

The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:

cornua cristae,

Verg. A. 12, 89:

alterum cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33, 2.—

The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —

The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—

The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —

The top or summit of a mountain:

cornua Parnasi,

Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —

The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—

The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—

Transf.:

cornua disputationis tuae commovere,

i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—

The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —

The stiff hair of the Germans:

quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?

Juv. 13, 165.—

Of objects made of horn.

A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—

A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—

The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—

A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—

An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—

A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—

Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):

ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,

Ov. Am. 3, 11,:

tunc pauper cornua sumit,

gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.

. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

Cūmae, ārum ( Cymē, Stat. S. 4, 3, 65; gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Kumê, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,

Cūmānus, a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.

Adj.:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

litora,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

linum,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§

10 and 11: caementum,

id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.:

fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,

i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48:

orbe patinae tortae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 43:

pulvere rubicunda testa,

Mart. 14, 114:

Apollo,

i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98:

vates,

i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—

Subst.

Cūmāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—

Cūmānum, i, n.

The Cumæan region:

in Cumano,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—

Cūmāna, ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—

Cūmaeus, a, um, adj., Cumæan ( poet.):

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 441:

antrum,

Sil. 13, 498:

Sibylla,

Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf.

of the same: virgo,

id. ib. 14, 135:

dux (sc. Aeneae),

id. ib. 14, 121:

vates,

Val. Fl. 1, 5:

carmen,

i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.

Cūmae, ārum ( Cymē, Stat. S. 4, 3, 65; gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Kumê, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,

Cūmānus, a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.

Adj.:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

litora,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

linum,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§

10 and 11: caementum,

id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.:

fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,

i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48:

orbe patinae tortae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 43:

pulvere rubicunda testa,

Mart. 14, 114:

Apollo,

i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98:

vates,

i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—

Subst.

Cūmāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—

Cūmānum, i, n.

The Cumæan region:

in Cumano,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—

Cūmāna, ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—

Cūmaeus, a, um, adj., Cumæan ( poet.):

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 441:

antrum,

Sil. 13, 498:

Sibylla,

Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf.

of the same: virgo,

id. ib. 14, 135:

dux (sc. Aeneae),

id. ib. 14, 121:

vates,

Val. Fl. 1, 5:

carmen,

i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.

Cūmae, ārum ( Cymē, Stat. S. 4, 3, 65; gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Kumê, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,

Cūmānus, a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.

Adj.:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

litora,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

linum,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§

10 and 11: caementum,

id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.:

fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,

i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48:

orbe patinae tortae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 43:

pulvere rubicunda testa,

Mart. 14, 114:

Apollo,

i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98:

vates,

i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—

Subst.

Cūmāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—

Cūmānum, i, n.

The Cumæan region:

in Cumano,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—

Cūmāna, ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—

Cūmaeus, a, um, adj., Cumæan ( poet.):

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 441:

antrum,

Sil. 13, 498:

Sibylla,

Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf.

of the same: virgo,

id. ib. 14, 135:

dux (sc. Aeneae),

id. ib. 14, 121:

vates,

Val. Fl. 1, 5:

carmen,

i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.

Cūmae, ārum ( Cymē, Stat. S. 4, 3, 65; gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Kumê, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,

Cūmānus, a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.

Adj.:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

litora,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

linum,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§

10 and 11: caementum,

id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.:

fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,

i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48:

orbe patinae tortae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 43:

pulvere rubicunda testa,

Mart. 14, 114:

Apollo,

i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98:

vates,

i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—

Subst.

Cūmāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—

Cūmānum, i, n.

The Cumæan region:

in Cumano,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—

Cūmāna, ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—

Cūmaeus, a, um, adj., Cumæan ( poet.):

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 441:

antrum,

Sil. 13, 498:

Sibylla,

Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf.

of the same: virgo,

id. ib. 14, 135:

dux (sc. Aeneae),

id. ib. 14, 121:

vates,

Val. Fl. 1, 5:

carmen,

i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.

Cūmae, ārum ( Cymē, Stat. S. 4, 3, 65; gen. Cymes, Sil. 13, 494), f., = Kumê, an ancient colony of the Chalcidians, in Campania, on the sea-coast, renowned on account of its Sibyl, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Lucr. 6, 748; Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; Verg. A. 6, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 11; Ov. M. 14, 104; Vell. 1, 4, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; Juv. 3, 2 et saep.— Hence,

Cūmānus, a, um, adj., of Cumæ, Cumæan.

Adj.:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

litora,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

linum,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, §§

10 and 11: caementum,

id. 35, 13, 47, § 166: calices, made in Cumæ, Varr. ap. Non. p. 146, 11; cf.:

fictaque Cumanā lubrica terra rotā,

i. e. Cumæan vessels, Tib. 2, 3, 48:

orbe patinae tortae,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 43:

pulvere rubicunda testa,

Mart. 14, 114:

Apollo,

i. e. who was worshipped at Cumæ, Flor. 2, 8, 3; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98:

vates,

i. e. the Sibyl, Luc. 5, 183.—

Subst.

Cūmāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cumæ, Liv. 40, 42, 13.—

Cūmānum, i, n.

The Cumæan region:

in Cumano,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

An estate of Cicero near Cumæ, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1; id. Att. 4, 10, 2; 14, 10, 3; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1.—

Cūmāna, ae, f., a vessel made of Cumæan clay, Apic. 4, 2; 6, 9.—

Cūmaeus, a, um, adj., Cumæan ( poet.):

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 441:

antrum,

Sil. 13, 498:

Sibylla,

Verg. A. 6, 98; Ov. M. 15, 712; cf.

of the same: virgo,

id. ib. 14, 135:

dux (sc. Aeneae),

id. ib. 14, 121:

vates,

Val. Fl. 1, 5:

carmen,

i. e. of the Sibyl, Verg. E. 4, 4: in annos Cumaeos vivant, i. e. very long (as the Sibyl was called longaeva sacerdos, Verg. A. 6, 321), Ov. P. 2, 8, 41; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 16.

ex-aspĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make rough, to roughen (not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

fauces,

Cels. 1, 3; cf.:

summam cutem,

id. 3, 27:

arterias,

Plin. 22, 23, 48, § 100:

corpus,

id. 31, 6, 34, § 67:

tussim,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

faucium vitio exasperatur vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 20:

undas,

to roughen, stir up, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 27:

mare fluctibus,

Liv. 37, 12 fin. (cf. aspero).— Poet.:

aegida innumeris signis,

i. e. to adorn with raised sculptures, Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 193:

ensem saxo,

to sharpen, whet, Sil. 4, 19.—

Trop., to irritate, provoke, exasperate:

durati (Gallograeci) tot malis exasperatique,

made savage, Liv. 38, 17, 17:

exasperavit animos ferocia nimia Harpali,

id. 42, 14; so,

animos,

id. 28, 25; 33, 39; Cels. 3, 5 fin.; cf.:

animum hoc criminum genere,

Liv. 40, 20 fin.:

Ligures exasperati,

id. 42, 26:

majorem civitatis partem,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

canes,

i. e. to incite, set on, App. M. 4, p. 143; cf.

apes,

Col. 9, 15, 4 et saep.:

rem verbis exasperavit,

exasperated, made worse, Quint. 4, 2, 75.

ferrum, i, n. [cf. Sanscr. dharti, firmness; Lat. firmus], iron.

Lit., Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138; Lucr. 1, 571; 5, 1241; 1286; Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; id. Leg. 2, 18, 45; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Hor. S. 1, 4, 20 et saep.:

mustum quod resipit ferrum,

has a taste of iron, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3.—

Poet.

As a fig. of hard-heartedness, unfeelingness, cruelty, etc.:

gerere ferrum in pectore,

Ov. M. 9, 614; cf.:

ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

id. ib. 7, 33:

durior ferro,

id. ib. 14, 712; hence for the iron age, id. ib. 1, 127; 15, 260; Hor. Epod. 16, 65.—

As an image of firmness, endurance, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 3.—

Transf., any thing made of iron, an iron implement, as a plough: glebas proscindere ferro, Lucil. ap. Non. 401, 19:

solum terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; cf.

also, campum,

Ov. M. 7, 119:

ferro scindimus aequor,

Verg. G. 1, 50; a hatchet:

ferro mitiget agrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186; an axe:

mordaci velut icta ferro Pinus,

id. C. 4, 6, 9; 4, 4, 60 (for which, shortly before, bipennis); cf. Lucr. 6, 168; a dart:

petita ferro belua,

Hor. Epod. 5, 10; the tip of an arrow:

exstabat ferrum de pectore aduncum,

Ov. M. 9, 128; the head (of a spear), Tac. G. 6; an iron stylus:

dextra tenet ferrum,

id. ib. 9, 522; hair-scissors:

solitus longos ferro resecare capillos,

id. ib. 11, 182; curling-irons:

crines vibratos calido ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 100 et saep.—Esp. freq. a sword:

Drusum ferro. Metellum veneno sustulerat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

in aliquem cum ferro invadere,

id. Caecin. 9, 25:

aut ferro aut fame interire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30 fin.:

uri virgis ferroque necari,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 58; cf.:

gladiator, ferrum recipere jussus,

the stroke of the sword, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41. So, ferrum et ignis, like our fire and sword, to denote devastation, utter destruction:

huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; cf.:

hostium urbes agrique ferro atque igni vastentur,

Liv. 31, 7, 13:

pontem ferro, igni, quacumque vi possent, interrumpant,

id. 2, 10, 4; 30, 6, 9; 1, 59, 1:

ecce ferunt Troës ferrumque ignemque Jovemque In Danaas classes,

Ov. M. 13, 91:

inque meos ferrum flammasque penates Impulit,

id. ib. 12, 551; so, conversely, igni ferroque, Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; Liv. 35, 21, 10; cf. Tac. A. 14, 38; Suet. Claud. 21:

flamma ferroque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78; Flor. 2, 17, 15; 3, 18, 14; Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 2: ferrum, i. q. arms, for battle, war, force of arms: ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus, utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, id. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3 (Ann. v. 220 ed. Vahl.): adnuit, sese mecum decernere ferro, id. ap. Prisc. p. 822 P. (Ann. v. 136 ed. Vahl.):

decernere ferro,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317; Liv. 40, 8 fin.; Verg. A. 7, 525; 11, 218:

cernere ferro,

id. ib. 12, 709:

ferro regna lacessere,

with war, id. ib. 12, 186; cf.:

atque omnis, Latio quae servit purpura ferro,

i. e. made subject by the force of arms, Luc. 7, 228.— Prov.: ferrum meum in igni est, i. q. mea nunc res agitur, Sen. Mort. Claud.

gemma, ae, f. [cf. Gr. gemô, to be full; Lat. gumia;

lit. a fulness, swelling. The ancients supposed the original meaning to be a precious stone,

Quint. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Or. 24, 81; id. de Or. 3, 38, 155], a bud, eye, or gem on a plant.

Lit.:

ineunte vere exsistit tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum ea, quae gemma dicitur,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

(pampinus) trudit gemmas et frondes explicat omnes,

Verg. G. 2, 335;

jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae,

id. E. 7, 48; Col. 4, 29, 4.—

Transf. (from the resemblance to buds in shape and color), a precious stone, esp. one already cut, a jewel, gem, the predom. signif. of the word (opp. lapillus, one that is opaque, v. Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 17; cf.

also: margarita, unio): nego in Sicilia tota... ullam gemmam aut margaritam, quicquam ex auro aut ebore factum... quin conquisierit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

pocula ex auro gemmis distincta clarissimis,

id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

62: vas vinarium ex una gemma pergrandi,

id. ib.:

Cyri ornatus Persicus multo auro multisque gemmis,

id. de Sen. 17, 59:

gemmas sunt qui non habeant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

cum virides gemmas collo circumdedit (mulier),

Juv. 6, 458:

non gemmis venale,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:

vitrea,

i. e. a false gem, Plin. 35, 6, 30, § 48;

also called facticia,

id. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

nec premit articulos lucida gemma meos,

Ov. H. 15, 74:

nec sufferre queat majoris pondera gemmae,

Juv. 1, 29: usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, Capitol. ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; Vulg. Exod. 25, 7 et saep. —

Transf.

A drinking-vessel, goblet or cup, made of a precious stone:

nec bibit e gemma divite nostra sitis,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 4; cf.:

ut gemmā bibat,

Verg. G. 2, 506:

gemmā ministrare,

Sen. Prov. 3 fin.; cf.

also: in gemma posuere merum,

Ov. M. 8, 572.—

A seal ring, signet:

protinus impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,

Ov. M. 9, 566; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3; 37, 5, 20, § 78: arguit ipsorum quos littera gemmaque, Juv. 13, 138; 1, 68.—Hence, comically: Pl. Opsecro parentis ne meos mihi prohibeas? Cu. Quid? ego sub gemmane apstrussos habeo tuam matrem et patrem? i. e. under lock and key, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 8.—

A pearl ( poet.): legitur rubris gemma sub aequoribus. Prop. 1, 14, 12:

cedet Erythraeis eruta gemma vadis,

Mart. 8, 28, 14. —

The eyes of the peacock's tail:

gemmis caudam stellantibus implet,

Ov. M. 1, 723; cf.:

gemmea cauda,

Phaedr. 3, 18, 8). —

Trop., like gem in English, ornament, beauty (post-Aug. and very rare):

multas in digitis, plures in carmine gemmas Invenies,

Mart. 5, 11, 3:

Hesperius gemma amicorum,

Sid. Ep. 4, 22.