named from

Ŏlympus and - pos (anciently written Olĭmpus), i, m., = Olumpos.

The name of several mountains, the most celebrated of which is one on the borders of Macedonia and Thessaly (now Lacha), of great height, and consequently regarded as the seat of the gods, Mel. 2, 3, 2; 4, 8, 15: Musae quae pedibus magnum pulsatis Olimpum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.:

his diis Helicona atque Olympon attribuerunt homines,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7:

frondosus,

Verg. G. 1, 282:

opacus,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 52:

nubes excedit Olympus,

Luc. 2, 271.—

Transf., poet. for heaven:

caelum dicunt Graeci Olympum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 20; Verg. E. 6, 86:

longus Olympus,

the distant heavens, id. G. 3, 223:

annuit (Juppiter) et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,

id. A. 9, 106:

stelliger,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1907.—Hence, Ŏlympĭădes, um, f., the Muses (perh. only acc. to the foll. remark):

caelum dicunt Graeci Olympum montem in Macedoniā omnes, a quo potius puto Musas dictas Olympiadas,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 20.—

Of other mountains.

In Bithynia, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.—

In Mysia, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142.—

In Galatia, Liv. 38, 18, 15; 38, 20, 2.—

In Lycia, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31. —

In Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.—

In Peloponnesus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 352.

Ŏlympus, i, f., a city in Cilicia, named from a neighboring mountain, now the ruins of Deliktash:

Olympum cepit, urbem antiquam et omnibus rebus auctam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56 (Zumpt N. cr.); Flor. 3, 6, 5; Eutr. 6, 3.—

A city of Lycia, named from a neighboring mountain, Cic. Ac. 1, 21, 56.

Ŏlympus, 1, m., a famous fluteplayer, pupil of Marsyas, Ov. M. 6, 393; id. P. 3, 3, 42; Hyg. Fab. 165; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29.

Ŏlympus and - pos (anciently written Olĭmpus), i, m., = Olumpos.

The name of several mountains, the most celebrated of which is one on the borders of Macedonia and Thessaly (now Lacha), of great height, and consequently regarded as the seat of the gods, Mel. 2, 3, 2; 4, 8, 15: Musae quae pedibus magnum pulsatis Olimpum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.:

his diis Helicona atque Olympon attribuerunt homines,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7:

frondosus,

Verg. G. 1, 282:

opacus,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 52:

nubes excedit Olympus,

Luc. 2, 271.—

Transf., poet. for heaven:

caelum dicunt Graeci Olympum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 20; Verg. E. 6, 86:

longus Olympus,

the distant heavens, id. G. 3, 223:

annuit (Juppiter) et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,

id. A. 9, 106:

stelliger,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1907.—Hence, Ŏlympĭădes, um, f., the Muses (perh. only acc. to the foll. remark):

caelum dicunt Graeci Olympum montem in Macedoniā omnes, a quo potius puto Musas dictas Olympiadas,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 20.—

Of other mountains.

In Bithynia, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.—

In Mysia, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142.—

In Galatia, Liv. 38, 18, 15; 38, 20, 2.—

In Lycia, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31. —

In Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.—

In Peloponnesus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 352.

Ŏlympus, i, f., a city in Cilicia, named from a neighboring mountain, now the ruins of Deliktash:

Olympum cepit, urbem antiquam et omnibus rebus auctam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56 (Zumpt N. cr.); Flor. 3, 6, 5; Eutr. 6, 3.—

A city of Lycia, named from a neighboring mountain, Cic. Ac. 1, 21, 56.

Ŏlympus, 1, m., a famous fluteplayer, pupil of Marsyas, Ov. M. 6, 393; id. P. 3, 3, 42; Hyg. Fab. 165; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

căprĕŏlus, i, m. [as if from capreus, caprea].

A kind of wild goat, chamois, roebuck, Verg. E. 2, 41; Col. 9, 1, 1.—

Transf., named from the form of their horns,

An implement with two prongs for cutting up weeds, a weeding-hoe, Col. 11, 3, 46.—

In plur.:

capreoli, in mechanics,

short pieces of timber inclining to each other, which support something, supports, props, stays, Vitr. 4, 2; 5, 1; 10, 15; 10, 20; 10, 21; Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 11.—

Of vines, the small tendrils which support the branches, Col. 1, 31, 4; Paul. ex Fest. p. 57 Müll.; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208.

Hŏmŏlē, ēs, f., = Homolê, a high mountain in Thessaly, near Tempe, Verg. A. 7, 675.—At the foot of it was the city Hŏmŏlĭum, Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32; Liv. 42, 38, 10.—

Deriv. Hŏmŏlōĭ-des, um, f. (sc. portae), = Homolôides pulai, the Homoloian gate in Thebes (so named from the Cadmeans, who came from Mount Homole), Stat. Th. 7, 252.

Hŏmŏlē, ēs, f., = Homolê, a high mountain in Thessaly, near Tempe, Verg. A. 7, 675.—At the foot of it was the city Hŏmŏlĭum, Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32; Liv. 42, 38, 10.—

Deriv. Hŏmŏlōĭ-des, um, f. (sc. portae), = Homolôides pulai, the Homoloian gate in Thebes (so named from the Cadmeans, who came from Mount Homole), Stat. Th. 7, 252.

Hŏmŏlē, ēs, f., = Homolê, a high mountain in Thessaly, near Tempe, Verg. A. 7, 675.—At the foot of it was the city Hŏmŏlĭum, Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32; Liv. 42, 38, 10.—

Deriv. Hŏmŏlōĭ-des, um, f. (sc. portae), = Homolôides pulai, the Homoloian gate in Thebes (so named from the Cadmeans, who came from Mount Homole), Stat. Th. 7, 252.

ĭūlus, i, m., = ioulos, the down or woolly part of many plants, a catkin, Plin. 16, 29, 52, § 120.

Iūlus (trisyl.) ( Jūl-), i, m., = Ioulos.

The son of Ascanius and grandson of Æneas, whom the gens Julia regarded as their ancestor, Verg. A. 1, 288; Ov. M. 14, 583; Juv. 8, 42.— Hence,

Ĭūlēus, ( Jūl-), a, um, adj., named from Iulus, son of Æneas, Iulian:

mons,

i. e. Albanus, Mart. 13, 108, 2:

Iūlēi avi,

Ov. F. 4, 124.—

Relating to Cæsar and his family:

Iuleae Calendae,

the first of July, Ov. F. 6, 797:

Iulea carina,

the fleet of Augustus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 17. —

Imperial:

oliva,

the garland of olive boughs given by Domitian, Mart. 9, 36, 9:

habenae,

the imperial power, id. 9, 102, 15. —

Jūlus (dissyl.), prænomen of Antonius, son of the triumvir M. Antonius, Hor. C. 4, 2, 2.

ĭūlus, i, m., = ioulos, the down or woolly part of many plants, a catkin, Plin. 16, 29, 52, § 120.

Iūlus (trisyl.) ( Jūl-), i, m., = Ioulos.

The son of Ascanius and grandson of Æneas, whom the gens Julia regarded as their ancestor, Verg. A. 1, 288; Ov. M. 14, 583; Juv. 8, 42.— Hence,

Ĭūlēus, ( Jūl-), a, um, adj., named from Iulus, son of Æneas, Iulian:

mons,

i. e. Albanus, Mart. 13, 108, 2:

Iūlēi avi,

Ov. F. 4, 124.—

Relating to Cæsar and his family:

Iuleae Calendae,

the first of July, Ov. F. 6, 797:

Iulea carina,

the fleet of Augustus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 17. —

Imperial:

oliva,

the garland of olive boughs given by Domitian, Mart. 9, 36, 9:

habenae,

the imperial power, id. 9, 102, 15. —

Jūlus (dissyl.), prænomen of Antonius, son of the triumvir M. Antonius, Hor. C. 4, 2, 2.

prŏbus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. prabhus, prominent, strong, from pra (v. pro) and bhu = fio], good, proper, serviceable, excellent, superior, able; esp. in a moral point of view, upright, honest, honorable, excellent, virtuous, etc. (class.).

Of persons:

frugi et probum esse,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 53:

probum patrem esse oportet, qui gnatum suom esse probiorem, quam ipsus fuerit, postulat,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 23:

cantores probos,

skilful, excellent, fine, id. ib. 3, 132:

faber,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 93:

architectus,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 40:

artifex,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29:

lena,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 14:

amator,

id. ib. 20:

ad aliquam rem,

fit, id. Poen. 3, 3, 67. —

In partic., well-behaved, well-conducted:

quam cives vero rumificant probam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 46:

proba et modesta (mulier),

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7.—

Of things abstr. and concr.:

affer huc duas clavas, sed probas,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 20:

argentum,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 57:

nummi,

id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

materies,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 93:

occasio,

id. Cas. 5, 4, 2:

navigium,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

res,

id. Or. 51, 170:

ager,

Col. Arbor. 3, 6:

sapor,

id. ib. 3, 7?? color, id. ib. 8, 2.—Prov.:

proba merx facile emtorem reperit,

the best goods sell themselves, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; cf.: probae fruges suāpte naturā enitent, Acc. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—As subst.: prŏbus, i, a good, worthy, upright man:

poëta peccat, cum probi orationem adfingit improbo stultove sapienti,

Cic. Or. 22, 74.— Adv., in two forms.

Form prŏbē, rightly, well, properly, fitly, opportunely, excellently (class.):

milites armati atque animati probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 18:

aedes factae probe,

id. Most. 1, 2, 19?? probe lepideque concinnatus, id. Men. 3, 2, 1:

usque adhuc actum est probe,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 107:

probe curare aliquid,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 50:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56:

narras,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 6:

intellegere,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 30:

Antipater, quem tu probe meministi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

de aquaeductu probe fecisti,

id. Att. 13, 6, 1:

scire,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:

exercitus satis probe ornatus auxiliis,

id. ib. 2, 10, 2:

illud probe judicas,

id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

de Servio probe dicis,

id. Brut. 41, 151; id. Off. 1, 19, 62:

scire,

id. Brut. 2, 12; Liv. 22, 15.—

Transf., in gen., well, fitly, thoroughly, very, very much, greatly, finely, capitally, bravely (syn.:

plane, omnino, sine dubio): appotus probe,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 126:

percutere aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 1, v. 162:

decipere,

id. ib. 1, 1, v. 268:

errare,

id. ib. 3, 3, 20:

vide, ut sit acutus culter probe,

id. Mil. 5, 4:

tui similis est probe,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

perdocta est probe,

id. ib. 2, 3, 120. —In responses, as a token of applause, well done! good! bravo! unde agis te? Ca. Unde homo ebrius. Philo. Probe, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 28: miles concubinam intro abiit oratum suam, ab se ut abeat. Acr Eu, probe! id. Mil. 4, 4, 9:

probissime,

very well, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 65; id. Eun. 4, 7, 3.—

Form prŏbĭter, well, fitly, capitally (ante-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 510, 29; cf. Prisc. p. 1010.

Prŏbus, i, m., a Roman surname, Suet. Gram. 24.— Prŏbĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from a Probus:

purpura,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40.

prŏbus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. prabhus, prominent, strong, from pra (v. pro) and bhu = fio], good, proper, serviceable, excellent, superior, able; esp. in a moral point of view, upright, honest, honorable, excellent, virtuous, etc. (class.).

Of persons:

frugi et probum esse,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 53:

probum patrem esse oportet, qui gnatum suom esse probiorem, quam ipsus fuerit, postulat,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 23:

cantores probos,

skilful, excellent, fine, id. ib. 3, 132:

faber,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 93:

architectus,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 40:

artifex,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29:

lena,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 14:

amator,

id. ib. 20:

ad aliquam rem,

fit, id. Poen. 3, 3, 67. —

In partic., well-behaved, well-conducted:

quam cives vero rumificant probam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 46:

proba et modesta (mulier),

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7.—

Of things abstr. and concr.:

affer huc duas clavas, sed probas,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 20:

argentum,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 57:

nummi,

id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

materies,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 93:

occasio,

id. Cas. 5, 4, 2:

navigium,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

res,

id. Or. 51, 170:

ager,

Col. Arbor. 3, 6:

sapor,

id. ib. 3, 7?? color, id. ib. 8, 2.—Prov.:

proba merx facile emtorem reperit,

the best goods sell themselves, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; cf.: probae fruges suāpte naturā enitent, Acc. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—As subst.: prŏbus, i, a good, worthy, upright man:

poëta peccat, cum probi orationem adfingit improbo stultove sapienti,

Cic. Or. 22, 74.— Adv., in two forms.

Form prŏbē, rightly, well, properly, fitly, opportunely, excellently (class.):

milites armati atque animati probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 18:

aedes factae probe,

id. Most. 1, 2, 19?? probe lepideque concinnatus, id. Men. 3, 2, 1:

usque adhuc actum est probe,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 107:

probe curare aliquid,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 50:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56:

narras,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 6:

intellegere,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 30:

Antipater, quem tu probe meministi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

de aquaeductu probe fecisti,

id. Att. 13, 6, 1:

scire,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:

exercitus satis probe ornatus auxiliis,

id. ib. 2, 10, 2:

illud probe judicas,

id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

de Servio probe dicis,

id. Brut. 41, 151; id. Off. 1, 19, 62:

scire,

id. Brut. 2, 12; Liv. 22, 15.—

Transf., in gen., well, fitly, thoroughly, very, very much, greatly, finely, capitally, bravely (syn.:

plane, omnino, sine dubio): appotus probe,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 126:

percutere aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 1, v. 162:

decipere,

id. ib. 1, 1, v. 268:

errare,

id. ib. 3, 3, 20:

vide, ut sit acutus culter probe,

id. Mil. 5, 4:

tui similis est probe,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

perdocta est probe,

id. ib. 2, 3, 120. —In responses, as a token of applause, well done! good! bravo! unde agis te? Ca. Unde homo ebrius. Philo. Probe, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 28: miles concubinam intro abiit oratum suam, ab se ut abeat. Acr Eu, probe! id. Mil. 4, 4, 9:

probissime,

very well, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 65; id. Eun. 4, 7, 3.—

Form prŏbĭter, well, fitly, capitally (ante-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 510, 29; cf. Prisc. p. 1010.

Prŏbus, i, m., a Roman surname, Suet. Gram. 24.— Prŏbĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from a Probus:

purpura,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40.

querquētŭlānus, a, um, adj. [from querquetum, for quercetum], of or belonging to an oak-forest, named from an oakwood:

querquetulanae virae (i. e. virgines) putantur significari nymphae praesidentes querqueto virescenti: quod genus silvae judicant fuisse intra portam, quae ab eo dicta sit Querquetularia. Sed feminas antiqui, quas sciens (scitas?) dicimus, viras appellabant: unde adhuc permanent virgines et viragines,

Fest. p. 261 Müll.: mons, an earlier name of the Mons Caelius at Rome, Tac. A. 4, 65;

here was querquetulanum sacellum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; and: querquetulana porta, a gate in Rome between the Mons Caelius and Esquilinus, Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37. —

Plur.: Quer-quētŭlāni, ōrum, m., a people of Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69.

querquētŭlānus, a, um, adj. [from querquetum, for quercetum], of or belonging to an oak-forest, named from an oakwood:

querquetulanae virae (i. e. virgines) putantur significari nymphae praesidentes querqueto virescenti: quod genus silvae judicant fuisse intra portam, quae ab eo dicta sit Querquetularia. Sed feminas antiqui, quas sciens (scitas?) dicimus, viras appellabant: unde adhuc permanent virgines et viragines,

Fest. p. 261 Müll.: mons, an earlier name of the Mons Caelius at Rome, Tac. A. 4, 65;

here was querquetulanum sacellum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; and: querquetulana porta, a gate in Rome between the Mons Caelius and Esquilinus, Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37. —

Plur.: Quer-quētŭlāni, ōrum, m., a people of Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69.

Sīlānus, i, m., a Roman surname in the Julian gens, Liv. 23, 15; 25, 2.

D. Junius Silanus, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 50, 4; 51, 16. —

M. Silanus, Cic. Brut. 35, 135; id. Fan 10, 30. 1.—Hence, Sīlānĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from one Silanus:

senatusconsultum,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, §§ 7 and 21.

sīlānus, i, m., = silênos, Doric silanos, a fountain or jet of water (usually spirting from a head of Silenus). Lucr. 6, 1265; Cels. 3, 18 med.; Fest. s. v. tullios, p. 352 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 3321; Hyg. Fab. 169.

Sīlānus, v. Sila fin.