natal

ENG Natal red rock hare, (Natal red rock rabbit)

NLD Natal-konijn, natalkonijn, (Natalse rotshaas)

GER Natal-Wollschwanzhase, (Natal-Rothase)

FRA lievre a grosse queue d'Afrique du sud, (lievre roux du Natal)

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ENG red duiker, Natal duiker

NLD rode duiker

GER Rotducker, Natalducker

FRA cephalophe du Natal, cephalophe rouge

ENG African pygmy-kingfisher, (Natal kingfisher)

NLD dwergijsvogel

GER Zwergkonigsfischer

FRA martin-pecheur de Natal

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gĕnĕsis, is, f., = genesis, generation, birth, creation.

Lit.:

in basi (statuae Minervae) quod caelatum est, Pandoras genesin appellavit (Phidias),

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 19. —

Genesis, the name of the first book of Moses (the history of the creation), Tert. de Or. 6.—

Transf., the star that is rising at one's birth, a natal-star, nativity, horoscope:

inspecta genesi,

Juv. 6, 579:

nota mathematicis genesis tua,

id. 14, 248:

quod vulgo crederetur (Mettius) genesim habere imperatoriam,

Suet. Vesp. 14; id. Dom. 10.

gĕnethlĭăcus, a, um, adj., = genethliakos, of or belonging to one's natal hour or nativity, genethliacal.

adj.:

ratio,

the art of calculating nativities, Arn. 2, 116; cf. in the foll.—

Subst.

gene-thliacus, i, m., a calculator of nativities, Gell. 14, 1, 1.—

genethliace, ēs, f., the art of calculating nativities, genethliacs, Mart. Cap. 3, § 228; 9, § 894.—

Gene-thliacon, i, n., a birth-day poem, the title of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 2, 7.

gĕnethlĭăcus, a, um, adj., = genethliakos, of or belonging to one's natal hour or nativity, genethliacal.

adj.:

ratio,

the art of calculating nativities, Arn. 2, 116; cf. in the foll.—

Subst.

gene-thliacus, i, m., a calculator of nativities, Gell. 14, 1, 1.—

genethliace, ēs, f., the art of calculating nativities, genethliacs, Mart. Cap. 3, § 228; 9, § 894.—

Gene-thliacon, i, n., a birth-day poem, the title of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 2, 7.

gĕnethlĭăcus, a, um, adj., = genethliakos, of or belonging to one's natal hour or nativity, genethliacal.

adj.:

ratio,

the art of calculating nativities, Arn. 2, 116; cf. in the foll.—

Subst.

gene-thliacus, i, m., a calculator of nativities, Gell. 14, 1, 1.—

genethliace, ēs, f., the art of calculating nativities, genethliacs, Mart. Cap. 3, § 228; 9, § 894.—

Gene-thliacon, i, n., a birth-day poem, the title of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 2, 7.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtūra, ae, f. [root GEN, gigno], a begetting, bearing, birth, generation (postAug.).

Lit.:

in alitum quadrupedumque genitura esse quosdam ad conceptum impetus et terrae,

Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 202; cf.:

origo atque genitura conchae,

id. 9, 35, 54, § 107.—

Transf.

Seed of generation:

profluvia geniturae (virorum),

Plin. 22, 22, 40, § 83.—

That which is generated or created, a creature (eccl. Lat.):

spirantes (i. e. serpentes),

Arn. 1, 8:

incredula,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 23.—

In astrology, one's natal star or constellation, nativity:

reticere ipse genituram suam perseverabat,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 57; id. Ner. 6; id. Vit. 3; Eutr. 7, 20; Amm. 29, 1 al.

hōra, ae (archaic gen. sing. horāï, Lucr. 1, 1016.—In abl. plur. HORABVS, Inscr. Orell. 4601), f. [kindred with hôra; Zend yare, year; ayara, day; orig. for Wosara, from Wear, ver], (lit., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, as in Greek).

Lit. (among the Romans, of varying length, according to the time of year, from sunrise to sunset being reckoned as twelve hours; cf.:

aetas, aevum, tempus, dies): aestiva,

Mart. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

viginti milia passuum horis quinque duntaxat aestivis conficienda sunt,

Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

īdem eadem possunt horam durare probantes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82:

ternas epistolas in hora dare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

in hora saepe ducentos versus dictabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 9:

horas tres dicere,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

primum dormiit ad horas tres,

id. ib. 10, 13, 1:

quatuor horarum spatio antecedens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 fin.:

quatuor aut plures aulaea premuntur in horas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 189:

non amplius quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

haec (cogitatio) paucis admodum horis magnas etiam causas complectitur,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

paucissimarum horarum consulatus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181:

hora quota est?

what o'clock is it? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

nuntiare horas,

to tell the time of day, Juv. 10, 216; cf.:

cum a puero quaesisset horas,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182; Suet. Dom. 16:

si te grata quies et primam somnus in horam Delectat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 6:

hora secunda postridie,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

cum ad te quinta fere hora venissem,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

ea res acta est, cum hora sexta vix Pompeius perorasset, usque ad horam octavam,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

hora fere nona,

id. ib.:

hora diei decima fere,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,

id. Mil. 10, 29: prima salutantes atque altera continet hora;

Exercet raucos tertia causidicos: In quintam varios extendit Roma labores: Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit, etc.,

Mart. 4, 8:

post horam primam noctis.... decem horis nocturnis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

prima noctis,

Suet. Aug. 76:

tribus nocturnis,

id. Calig. 50:

id quidem in horam diei quintam vel octavam spectare maluerint, i. e.,

towards that part of the heavens where the sun is at the fifth or eighth hour, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 6, 32, 37, § 202:

hic tu fortasse eris diligens, ne quam ego horam de meis legitimis horis remittam,

of the hours allowed to an orator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

hora partūs,

the hour of one's birth, natal hour, Suet. Aug. 94:

hora natalis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19:

mortis,

Suet. Dom. 14:

cenae,

id. Claud. 8:

pugnae,

id. Aug. 16:

somni,

id. Dom. 21 et saep.:

ad horam venire,

at the hour, punctually, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

clavum mutare in horas,

every hour, hourly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 10; id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. A. P. 160; Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3.—

Prov.

In horam vivere, to care only for the passing hour, to live from hand to mouth, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.—

Omnium horarum homo (amicus, etc.), ready, active, well disposed at all times, Quint. 6, 3, 110 Spald.; Suet. Tib. 42 (for which:

C. Publicium solitum dicere, P. Mummium cuivis tempori hominem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 271).—

Transf., in plur.: hōrae, ārum, a horologe, dial, clock:

cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Petr. 71; cf.:

videt oscitantem judicem, mittentem ad horas,

to look at the clock, Cic. Brut. 54, 200.—

Poet., in gen., time, time of year, season:

tu quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, Grata sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

id. C. 2, 16, 31:

neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41:

extremo veniet mollior hora die,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 16:

numquam te crastina fallet Hora,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302;

so of spring: genitalis anni,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:

(hae latebrae) Incolumem tibi me praestant Septembribus horis,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 16:

arbor ipsa omnibus horis pomifera est,

at all seasons, all the year round, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15.—

Personified: Hōrae, ārum, f., like the Gr. Hôrai, the Hours, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, goddesses that presided over the changes of the seasons and kept watch at the gates of heaven, Ov. M. 2, 26; 118; Val. Fl. 4, 92; Stat. Th. 3, 410; Ov. F. 1, 125; 5, 217; Hyg. Fab. 183.

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady], the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.):

Hora Quirini,

Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.:

pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat,

Ov. M. 14, 851.

hōra, ae (archaic gen. sing. horāï, Lucr. 1, 1016.—In abl. plur. HORABVS, Inscr. Orell. 4601), f. [kindred with hôra; Zend yare, year; ayara, day; orig. for Wosara, from Wear, ver], (lit., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, as in Greek).

Lit. (among the Romans, of varying length, according to the time of year, from sunrise to sunset being reckoned as twelve hours; cf.:

aetas, aevum, tempus, dies): aestiva,

Mart. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

viginti milia passuum horis quinque duntaxat aestivis conficienda sunt,

Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

īdem eadem possunt horam durare probantes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82:

ternas epistolas in hora dare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

in hora saepe ducentos versus dictabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 9:

horas tres dicere,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

primum dormiit ad horas tres,

id. ib. 10, 13, 1:

quatuor horarum spatio antecedens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 fin.:

quatuor aut plures aulaea premuntur in horas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 189:

non amplius quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

haec (cogitatio) paucis admodum horis magnas etiam causas complectitur,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

paucissimarum horarum consulatus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181:

hora quota est?

what o'clock is it? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

nuntiare horas,

to tell the time of day, Juv. 10, 216; cf.:

cum a puero quaesisset horas,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182; Suet. Dom. 16:

si te grata quies et primam somnus in horam Delectat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 6:

hora secunda postridie,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

cum ad te quinta fere hora venissem,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

ea res acta est, cum hora sexta vix Pompeius perorasset, usque ad horam octavam,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

hora fere nona,

id. ib.:

hora diei decima fere,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,

id. Mil. 10, 29: prima salutantes atque altera continet hora;

Exercet raucos tertia causidicos: In quintam varios extendit Roma labores: Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit, etc.,

Mart. 4, 8:

post horam primam noctis.... decem horis nocturnis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

prima noctis,

Suet. Aug. 76:

tribus nocturnis,

id. Calig. 50:

id quidem in horam diei quintam vel octavam spectare maluerint, i. e.,

towards that part of the heavens where the sun is at the fifth or eighth hour, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 6, 32, 37, § 202:

hic tu fortasse eris diligens, ne quam ego horam de meis legitimis horis remittam,

of the hours allowed to an orator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

hora partūs,

the hour of one's birth, natal hour, Suet. Aug. 94:

hora natalis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19:

mortis,

Suet. Dom. 14:

cenae,

id. Claud. 8:

pugnae,

id. Aug. 16:

somni,

id. Dom. 21 et saep.:

ad horam venire,

at the hour, punctually, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

clavum mutare in horas,

every hour, hourly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 10; id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. A. P. 160; Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3.—

Prov.

In horam vivere, to care only for the passing hour, to live from hand to mouth, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.—

Omnium horarum homo (amicus, etc.), ready, active, well disposed at all times, Quint. 6, 3, 110 Spald.; Suet. Tib. 42 (for which:

C. Publicium solitum dicere, P. Mummium cuivis tempori hominem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 271).—

Transf., in plur.: hōrae, ārum, a horologe, dial, clock:

cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Petr. 71; cf.:

videt oscitantem judicem, mittentem ad horas,

to look at the clock, Cic. Brut. 54, 200.—

Poet., in gen., time, time of year, season:

tu quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, Grata sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

id. C. 2, 16, 31:

neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41:

extremo veniet mollior hora die,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 16:

numquam te crastina fallet Hora,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302;

so of spring: genitalis anni,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:

(hae latebrae) Incolumem tibi me praestant Septembribus horis,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 16:

arbor ipsa omnibus horis pomifera est,

at all seasons, all the year round, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15.—

Personified: Hōrae, ārum, f., like the Gr. Hôrai, the Hours, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, goddesses that presided over the changes of the seasons and kept watch at the gates of heaven, Ov. M. 2, 26; 118; Val. Fl. 4, 92; Stat. Th. 3, 410; Ov. F. 1, 125; 5, 217; Hyg. Fab. 183.

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady], the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.):

Hora Quirini,

Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.:

pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat,

Ov. M. 14, 851.

hōra, ae (archaic gen. sing. horāï, Lucr. 1, 1016.—In abl. plur. HORABVS, Inscr. Orell. 4601), f. [kindred with hôra; Zend yare, year; ayara, day; orig. for Wosara, from Wear, ver], (lit., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, as in Greek).

Lit. (among the Romans, of varying length, according to the time of year, from sunrise to sunset being reckoned as twelve hours; cf.:

aetas, aevum, tempus, dies): aestiva,

Mart. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

viginti milia passuum horis quinque duntaxat aestivis conficienda sunt,

Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

īdem eadem possunt horam durare probantes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82:

ternas epistolas in hora dare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

in hora saepe ducentos versus dictabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 9:

horas tres dicere,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

primum dormiit ad horas tres,

id. ib. 10, 13, 1:

quatuor horarum spatio antecedens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 fin.:

quatuor aut plures aulaea premuntur in horas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 189:

non amplius quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

haec (cogitatio) paucis admodum horis magnas etiam causas complectitur,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

paucissimarum horarum consulatus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181:

hora quota est?

what o'clock is it? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

nuntiare horas,

to tell the time of day, Juv. 10, 216; cf.:

cum a puero quaesisset horas,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182; Suet. Dom. 16:

si te grata quies et primam somnus in horam Delectat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 6:

hora secunda postridie,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

cum ad te quinta fere hora venissem,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

ea res acta est, cum hora sexta vix Pompeius perorasset, usque ad horam octavam,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

hora fere nona,

id. ib.:

hora diei decima fere,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,

id. Mil. 10, 29: prima salutantes atque altera continet hora;

Exercet raucos tertia causidicos: In quintam varios extendit Roma labores: Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit, etc.,

Mart. 4, 8:

post horam primam noctis.... decem horis nocturnis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

prima noctis,

Suet. Aug. 76:

tribus nocturnis,

id. Calig. 50:

id quidem in horam diei quintam vel octavam spectare maluerint, i. e.,

towards that part of the heavens where the sun is at the fifth or eighth hour, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 6, 32, 37, § 202:

hic tu fortasse eris diligens, ne quam ego horam de meis legitimis horis remittam,

of the hours allowed to an orator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

hora partūs,

the hour of one's birth, natal hour, Suet. Aug. 94:

hora natalis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19:

mortis,

Suet. Dom. 14:

cenae,

id. Claud. 8:

pugnae,

id. Aug. 16:

somni,

id. Dom. 21 et saep.:

ad horam venire,

at the hour, punctually, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

clavum mutare in horas,

every hour, hourly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 10; id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. A. P. 160; Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3.—

Prov.

In horam vivere, to care only for the passing hour, to live from hand to mouth, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.—

Omnium horarum homo (amicus, etc.), ready, active, well disposed at all times, Quint. 6, 3, 110 Spald.; Suet. Tib. 42 (for which:

C. Publicium solitum dicere, P. Mummium cuivis tempori hominem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 271).—

Transf., in plur.: hōrae, ārum, a horologe, dial, clock:

cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Petr. 71; cf.:

videt oscitantem judicem, mittentem ad horas,

to look at the clock, Cic. Brut. 54, 200.—

Poet., in gen., time, time of year, season:

tu quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, Grata sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

id. C. 2, 16, 31:

neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41:

extremo veniet mollior hora die,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 16:

numquam te crastina fallet Hora,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302;

so of spring: genitalis anni,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:

(hae latebrae) Incolumem tibi me praestant Septembribus horis,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 16:

arbor ipsa omnibus horis pomifera est,

at all seasons, all the year round, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15.—

Personified: Hōrae, ārum, f., like the Gr. Hôrai, the Hours, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, goddesses that presided over the changes of the seasons and kept watch at the gates of heaven, Ov. M. 2, 26; 118; Val. Fl. 4, 92; Stat. Th. 3, 410; Ov. F. 1, 125; 5, 217; Hyg. Fab. 183.

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady], the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.):

Hora Quirini,

Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.:

pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat,

Ov. M. 14, 851.