monsters

monstrum, i, n. [moneo].

Orig. belonging to relig. lang., a divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent (syn.:

ostentum, prodigium, portentum): quia ostendunt, portendunt, monstrant, praedicunt, ostenta, portenta, monstra, prodigia dicuntur,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93; cf.: monstrum dictum velut monestrum, quod moneat aliquid futurum; prodigium velut praedicium, quod praedicat; portentum quod portendat; ostentum, quod ostendat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 and 138 Müll.; cf. id. ib. p. 157: hic est nullum (dubium) quin monstrum siet, Enn. ap. Non. 469, 6 (Trag. v. 326 Vahl.):

monstra deūm,

Verg. A. 3, 59; cf. Ov. M. 15, 571.—

Transf., a monster, monstrosity (whether a living being or an inanimate thing).

Ofliving beings:

monstrum hominis,

you monster of a man, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 29:

monstrum advenit,

id. ib. 5, 2, 21:

horrendum, of Polyphemus,

Verg. A. 3, 658.—Also with respect to character:

en monstrum mulieris,

that monster of a woman, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:

nulla jam pernicies a monstro illo atque prodigio comparabitur,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

fatale, of Cleopatra,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 21:

tune etiam, immanissimum ac foedissimum monstrum ausus es?

Cic. Pis. 14, 31:

hominum,

monsters of men, Gell. 17, 1, 1.—Of beasts:

succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris, i. e. canibus,

Verg. E. 6, 75:

quae plurima terrae monstra ferunt,

id. G. 1, 185.—

Of inanim. things, of the sea, Verg. A. 5, 849:

infelix, of the Trojan horse,

id. ib. 2, 245.—Of the ship Argo, Cat. 64, 15:

non mihi jam furtum, sed monstrum ac prodigium videbatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171: monstra narrare, dicere, to relate wonders, prodigies, marvels:

mera monstra narrabat,

Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1:

dicere,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 54:

ac portenta loqui,

Lucr. 590:

totaque jam sparsis exarserat insula monstris,

Val. Fl. 2, 248:

in vitā suā fecit monstra,

he did wonderful things, Vulg. Eccl. 48, 15; Sap. 19, 8.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

portendo, di, tum, 3 ( inf. pres. portendier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 4), v. a. [an archaic collat. form in relig. lang. of protendo, to stretch forth], to point out, indicate (future events, misfortunes, etc.), to foretell, predict, presage, portend (cf.:

ostendo, monstro): ea (auspicia) illis exeuntibus in aciem portendisse deos,

Liv. 30, 32, 9; cf.:

di immortales mihi sacrificanti... laeta omnia prosperaque portendere,

id. 31, 7 fin.:

magnitudinem imperii portendens prodigium,

id. 1, 55: populo commutationem rerum portendit fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

triginta annos Cyrum regnaturum esse portendi,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

quod portentum regni ruinam portendebat, of an earthquake,

Just. 17, 1, 3.— Pass., to be indicated (by a sign), to threaten, impend.

Usually of bad fortune, loss, injury, etc.:

nobis periculum magnum portenditur,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 27:

haruspices dudum dicebant mihi, malum damnumque maximum portendier,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 4; cf.:

malum quod in quiete tibi portentum est,

id. Curc. 2, 2, 22:

quod in extis nostris portentum est,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 35.—

Of good fortune, etc.:

salvos sum: libertas portenditur,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 38:

quid spei Latinis portendi?

Liv. 1, 50. —Hence, portentum, i, n., a sign, token, omen, portent (syn.: ostentum, prodigium).

Lit.:

ex quo illa ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. Fest. p. 245 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:

nam si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est, sapientem esse portentum est,

Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61: portentum inusitatum conflatum est recens, Poët. ap. Gell. 15, 4:

alii portenta atque prodigia nunciabant,

Sall. C. 30, 2:

ne quaere profecto, Quem casum portenta ferant,

Verg. A. 8, 533.—Of miracles, Vulg. Heb. 2, 4; id. Deut. 34, 11; cf. id. Marc. 13, 22.—

Transf.

A monster, monstrosity:

cetera de genere hoc quae sunt portenta perempta,

Lucr. 5, 37; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

quale portentum neque militaris Daunias latis alit aesculetis Nec, etc.,

id. C. 1, 22, 13:

quae virgineo portenta sub inguine latrant,

i. e. the dogs of Scylla, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 23:

praeter naturam hominum pecudumque portentis,

monstrous births, monsters, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf.: bovem quendam putari deum, multaque alia portenta apud eosdem, id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.— Trop., in a moral sense, a monster of depravity:

P. Clodius, fatale portentum prodigiumque rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 4, 9:

Gabinius et Piso, duo rei publicae portenta ac paene funera,

id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

qualia demens Aegyptus portenta colat,

Juv. 15, 2.—

A marvellous or extravagant fiction, a strange tale, a wonderful story:

cetera de genere hoc monstra et portenta locuntur,

Lucr. 4, 590:

poëtarum et pictorum portenta,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11:

portentum atque monstrum certissimum est, esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā, qui tantum immanitate bestias vicerit,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

portenta atque praestigias scribere,

Gell. 10, 12, 6.

vulgus ( volg-), i, n. ( masc., Att., Sisenn., and Varr. ap. Non. p. 230, 27 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 99; Phaedr. 4, 14; Liv. 6, 34, 5; 24, 32, 1; Lucr. 2, 920 et saep.) [Sanscr. várga, a group], the great mass, the multitude, the people, public (class.; cf.: plebs, turba).

In [p. 2016] gen.:

non est consilium in vulgo, non ratio, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 4, 9; Sall. J. 66, 2; Verg. A. 2, 39:

quod in vulgus gratum esse sentimus,

with the people, with the public, generally, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 3:

in vulgus notus,

id. ib. 9, 5, 2; Liv. 22, 3, 14; Tac. H. 1, 71; 2, 26 fin.;

2, 93 al.: apio gratia in vulgo est,

Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 112.—

In partic.

A mass, crowd, throng, multitude of persons or animals:

vulgus servorum,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 4:

mulierum,

id. Hec. 4, 2, 24:

patronorum,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

insipientium,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

densum (umbrarum),

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32:

inane (animarum),

Ov. F. 2, 554:

femineum,

Luc. 7, 39:

incautum (ovium),

Verg. G. 3, 469:

aequoreum,

of sea-monsters, Sen. Hippol. 957.—

With an accessory idea of contempt, the crowd, the vulgar, mob, rabble, populace:

sapientis judicium a judicio vulgi discrepat,

Cic. Brut. 53, 198:

ceteri omnes strenui, boni, nobiles atque ignobiles, vulgus fuimus sine gratiā, sine auctoritate,

Sall. C. 20, 7:

gratiam ad vulgum quaesierat,

Liv. 6, 34, 5:

quid oportet Nos facere, a vulgo longe lateque remotos?

Hor. S. 1, 6, 18:

odi profanum vulgus et arceo,

id. C. 3, 1, 1:

malignum Spernere vulgus,

id. ib. 2, 16, 40:

infidum,

id. ib. 1, 35, 25:

mobile,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 123: fani pulchritudo et vetustas Praenestinarum etiam nunc retinet sortium nomen: atque id in vulgus;

quis enim magistratus aut quis vir illustrior utitur sortibus?

among the common people, among the populace, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

spargere voces In volgum ambiguas,

Verg. A. 2, 99:

alio pane procerum, alio volgi,

Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53:

vulgus proceresque gemunt,

Ov. M. 8, 526.—

Militari gratiora vulgo, the common soldiery, Curt. 3, 6, 19:

vulgo militum acceptior,

id. 7, 2, 33.— Hence, vulgō ( volg-), abl. adv., prop. among the multitude; hence, in gen., before every body, before all the world, generally, universally, everywhere, all over, commonly, openly, publicly (syn.:

palam, publice, aperte): num locum ad spectandum dare? aut ad prandium invitare? Minime, sed vulgo, passim. Quid est vulgo? Universos,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

ejusmodi tempus erat, ut homines vulgo impune occiderentur,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

vulgo totis castris testamenta obsignabantur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

accidit, ut vulgo milites ab signis discederent,

id. ib. 5, 33:

vulgo nascetur amomum,

everywhere, Verg. E. 4, 25:

vituli volgo moriuntur in herbis,

id. G. 3, 494:

vulgo loquebantur, Antonium mansurum esse Casilini,

generally, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

aliquid vulgo ostendere ac proferre,

before all the world, openly, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

quas (litteras) vulgo ad te mitto,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet, Omnes, etc.,

usually, Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

ut vulgo uti solemus,

Quint. 9, 2, 8:

hoc quod vulgo sententias vocamus,

id. 12, 10, 48:

victum vulgo quaerere,

i. e. by prostitution, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38; so,

vulgo concepti,

Dig. 1, 5, 23.