of+a...+shape

āra, ae, f. (Osc. form aasa; Umbr. asa: PELLEX. ASAM. IVNONIS. NE. TAGITO., Lex Numae ap. Gell. 4, 3, 3; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 219; Macr. S. 3, 2) [perh. Sanscr. ās, Gr. hêmai, Dor. hêsmai = to sit, as the seat or resting-place of the victim or offering; v. Curt. p. 381 sq.], an altar.

Lit.: Jovis aram sanguine turpari, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85 (Trag. v. 125 Vahl.):

Inde ignem in aram, ut Ephesiae Dianae laeta laudes,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

omnīs accedere ad aras... aras sanguine multo Spargere,

Lucr. 5, 1199 sq.; so id. 1, 84:

turicremas aras,

id. 2, 353 (adopted by Verg. A. 4, 453);

2, 417: multo sanguine maesti Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis,

id. 4, 1237 al.:

ara Aio Loquenti consecrata,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

ara condita atque dicata,

Liv. 1, 7; cf. Suet. Claud. 2:

ara sacrata,

Liv. 40, 22; cf. Suet. Tib. 14:

exstruere,

id. Aug. 15; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 21, 4:

construere,

ib. 2 Par. 33, 3:

facere,

ib. ib. 33, 15:

erigere,

ib. Num. 23, 4:

aedificare,

ib. 3 Reg. 14, 23:

ponere,

ib. ib. 16, 32:

destruere,

ib. Exod. 34, 13, and ib. Jud. 6, 25:

subvertere,

ib. Deut. 7, 5:

dissipare,

ib. ib. 12, 3:

suffodere,

ib. Jud. 31, 32:

demolire,

ib. Ezech. 6, 4:

depopulari, ib. Osee, 10, 2: interibunt arae vestrae,

ib. Ezech. 6, 6 et saep.—Altars were erected not only in the temples, but also in the streets and highways, in the open air, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20.—Esp. were altars erected in the courts of houses (impluvia), for the family gods (Penates), while the household gods (Lares) received offerings upon a small hearth (focus) in the family hall (atrium); hence, arae et foci, meton. for home, or hearth and home, and pro aris et focis pugnare, to fight for altars and fires, for one's dearest possessions:

urbem, agrum, aras, focos seque dedere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 71:

te amicum Deiotari regis arae focique viderunt,

Cic. Deiot. 3:

de vestris conjugibus ac liberis, de aris ac focis, decernite,

id. Cat. 4, 11, 24; id. Sest. 42:

nos domicilia, sedesque populi Romani, Penates, aras, focos, sepulcra majorum defendimus,

id. Phil. 8, 3:

patriae, parentibus, aris atque focis bellum parare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis cernere,

id. ib. 59, 5:

sibi pro aris focisque et deūm templis ac solo, in quo nati essent, dimicandum fore,

Liv. 5, 30 et saep.—Criminals fled to the altars for protection, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 22:

interim hanc aram occupabo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 45:

Priamum cum in aram confugisset, hostilis manus interemit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

eo ille confugit in arāque consedit,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

Veneris sanctae considam vinctus ad aras: haec supplicibus favet,

Tib. 4, 13, 23.—Hence, trop., protection, refuge, shelter:

tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

ad aram legum confugere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3:

hic portus, haec ara sociorum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 48; Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 2; 5, 6, 14; id. H. 1, 110; id. P. 2, 8, 68.—One who took an oath was accustomed to lay hold of the altar, in confirmation of it, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 46:

qui si aram tenens juraret, crederet nemo,

Cic. Fl. 36, 90; Nep. Hann. 2, 4 (cf. Liv. 21, 1):

tango aras, medios ignes et numina testor,

Verg. A. 12, 201; 4, 219: ara sepulcri, a funeral pile, regarded as an altar, Verg. A. 6, 177; Sil. 15, 388.—

Meton.

The Altar, a constellation in the southern sky, Gr. Thutêrion (Arat. 403 al.): Aram, quam flatu permulcet spiritus austri, poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; so Cic. Arat. 202; 213 Orell.; Hyg. Astr. 2, 39, and id. ib. 3, 38:

pressa,

i. e. low in the south, Ov. M. 2, 139. —

Arae, The Altars.

Rocky cliffs in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily Sardinia and Africa, so called from their shape, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 108;

Quadrig. Ann. ib.: saxa vocant Itali, mediis quae in fluctibus, Aras,

Verg. A. 1, 109.—

Arae Philaenorum, v. Philaeni.—

Transf., in gen., a monument of stone:

ara virtutis,

Cic. Phil. 14, 13:

Lunensis ara,

of Lunensian marble, Suet. Ner. 50 fin. —Also [p. 150] a tombstone:

ARAM D. S. P. R. (de suā pecuniā restituit),

Inscr. Orell. 4521; so ib. 4522; 4826.

aspectus ( adsp-), a, um, Part. of aspicio

aspectus ( adsp-), ūs, m. ( gen. aspecti, Att. ap Non. p. 485, 21; cf. Prisc. p. 712 P.; Rudd. I. p. 103, n. 46; dat. sing. aspectu, like jussu, manu, etc., Verg. A. 6, 465; cf. Schneid Gr II. 332) [aspicio].

A.. Act., a seeing, looking at, a look, sight.

Absol.: intellegens dicendi existimator uno aspectu et praeteriens de oratore saepe judicat, Cic Brut. 54, 200:

e quibus (litteris tuis) primo aspectu voluptatem cepi, quod erant a te ipso scriptae,

id. Att. 7, 3, 1 hic primo aspectu inanimum quiddam se putat cernere, id. N. D 2, 35, 90:

urbs situ est praeclaro ad aspectum,

id. Verr 2, 4, 52 fin.:

voci tamen et aspectui pepercit,

Tac. A. 15, 61 et saep.—

With gen. of obj. or adj. for gen.:

carere aspectu civium,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

hominum aspectum lucemque vitare,

id. Sull. 26, 74:

aspectum civium gravari,

Tac. A. 3, 59:

se aspectu alicujus subtrahere,

Verg. A. 6, 465:

ab aspectu alicujus auferri,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 21:

aspectum alicujus fugere, Sen Hippol. 734: aspectum alicujus rei exuere,

Tac. A. 16, 28:

si te aspectus detinet urbis,

Verg. A. 4, 347:

in aspectu earum,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 38:

violare sacra aspectu virili, i. e. virorum,

Cic. Har Resp. 5, 8. in aspectu tuo gaudebit, Vulg. Tob. 11, 8.—In plur.:

sic orsus Apollo Mortales medio aspectus sermone reliquit, i. e. mortalium,

Verg. A. 9, 657.—

Physically, the sight, glance:

lubricos oculos fecit (natura) et mobiles, ut aspectum, quo vellent, facile converterent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: si contendemus per continuationem, acri aspectu utemur, Auct. ad Her. 3, 15, 27.—

The sense of sight: Sed mihi ne utiquam cor consentit cum oculorum aspectu, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52' quicquid sub aspectum oculorum cadit, Vulg. Lev. 13, 12:

caelum ita aptum est. ut sub aspectum et tactum cadat,

Cic. Tim. 5:

aspectum omnino amittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 357.—

Pass. (i. e. transferred to the object seen).

The visibility, appearance:

adspectu siderum,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172:

In sedecim partes caelum in eo adspectu divisere Tusci,

id. 2, 54, 55, § 143, where Jan reads spectu. —

The manner of appearance, appearance, look, aspect, presence, mien, countenance.

In gen.: quadrupes aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div 2, 64, 133:

Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans,

Lucr. 1, 65:

erat rotis horribilis aspectus,

Vulg. Ezech. 2, 18: pomorum [p. 174] jucundus aspectus, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; id. Phil. 2, 29:

erat aspectus ejus sicut fulgur,

Vulg. Matt. 28, 3:

aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach etc.,

ib. Dan. 3, 19:

fuit (Iphicrates) et animo magno et corpore imperatoriāque formā, ut ipso aspectu cuivis iniceret admirationem sui,

Nep. Iphicr. 3, 1:

Canidia et Sagana horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

apes horridae adspectu,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

(rex) erat terribilis aspectu,

Vulg. Esth. 15, 9:

lignum (erat) aspectu delectabile,

ib. Gen. 3, 6:

Bucephalus adspectu torvo,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

Oceanus cruento aspectu,

Tac. A. 14, 32 al. —Hence,

Of shape, the form, appearance:

herba adspectu roris marini,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 10, 39, 56, § 115:

super similitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis,

Vulg. Ezech. 1, 26: quasi aspectus equorum, ib. Joel, 2, 4.—

Of color, the color, appearance, look:

carbunculi adspectūs nigrioris,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 95:

discolor,

id. 31, 2, 20, § 30:

Cum color albus in cute fuerit et capillorum mutaverit aspectum,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 10; ib. Ezech. 1, 7; 1, 16.

auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].

Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, to ous, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8;

v. antestor.—In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium,

make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.—Hence (usu. plur., aures):

adhibere,

to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5:

arrigere,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152:

erigere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11:

admovere aurem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:

dare,

to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419:

dederet,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

applicare,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11;

40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures,

Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so,

inclinare aurem,

ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3:

auribus accipere,

i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.:

auribus percipite,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2:

te cupidā captat aure maritus,

Cat. 61, 54; so,

auribus aëra captat,

Verg. A. 3, 514:

auribus haurire,

Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309:

bibere aure,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.:

obtundere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:

tundere,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 25:

lacessere,

Lucr. 4, 597:

tergere,

id. 6, 119:

allicere,

id. 6, 183:

ferire,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

implere,

Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.—Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5:

ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition:

Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit,

i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so,

pervellere,

Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in [p. 208] utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Epamphoteran... mellei katheudêsein); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one ' s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.—

Meton.

The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse:

offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32:

Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,

Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.—

Hearers, auditors:

Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—

Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.

Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Berekuntos, a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—

Derivv., the adjj.

Bĕrĕcyntĭus ( Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Berekuntios.

Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian:

tractus,

Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300:

mater,

i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—

Of or pertaining to Cybele:

heros,

i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106:

Attis,

her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13:

furores,

the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian:

venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis),

Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Berekuntos, a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—

Derivv., the adjj.

Bĕrĕcyntĭus ( Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Berekuntios.

Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian:

tractus,

Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300:

mater,

i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—

Of or pertaining to Cybele:

heros,

i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106:

Attis,

her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13:

furores,

the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian:

venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis),

Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Berekuntos, a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—

Derivv., the adjj.

Bĕrĕcyntĭus ( Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Berekuntios.

Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian:

tractus,

Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300:

mater,

i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—

Of or pertaining to Cybele:

heros,

i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106:

Attis,

her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13:

furores,

the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian:

venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis),

Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Berekuntos, a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—

Derivv., the adjj.

Bĕrĕcyntĭus ( Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Berekuntios.

Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian:

tractus,

Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300:

mater,

i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—

Of or pertaining to Cybele:

heros,

i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106:

Attis,

her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13:

furores,

the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian:

venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis),

Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Berekuntos, a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—

Derivv., the adjj.

Bĕrĕcyntĭus ( Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Berekuntios.

Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian:

tractus,

Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300:

mater,

i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—

Of or pertaining to Cybele:

heros,

i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106:

Attis,

her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13:

furores,

the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian:

venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis),

Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Berekuntos, a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—

Derivv., the adjj.

Bĕrĕcyntĭus ( Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Berekuntios.

Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian:

tractus,

Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300:

mater,

i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—

Of or pertaining to Cybele:

heros,

i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106:

Attis,

her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13:

furores,

the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian:

venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis),

Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—

Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

būcrānĭum, ĭi, n., = boukranion, oxhead.

A place of sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2322.—

A plant like a bullock ' s head in shape, App. Herb. 86.

călăthus, i, m., = kalathos.

Lit., a wicker basket, a hand-basket (pure Lat. quasillum, made in the shape of a lily); acc. to diff. uses, a flower-basket, a wool-basket, a thread-basket or a fruit-basket, etc.; cf. Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23; Vitr. 4, 1, 9; Verg. E. 2, 46; Ov. F. 4, 435:

calathi Minervae,

Verg. A. 7, 805; Ov. A. A. 2, 219; id. H. 9, 73; 9, 76; Juv. 2, 54; Ov. A. A. 2, 264; id. M. 12, 475.—

Meton., any other vessel of similar form, of metal or wood.

For milke, etc., a milk-pail, bowl, Verg. G. 3, 402; Col. 10, 397; cf. id. 7, 8, 3.—

For wine, a wine-cup, Verg. E. 5, 71; so Mart. 9, 60, 15; 9, 14, 107.—

Transf., the cup or calix of a flower, Col. 10, 99 Schneid.; so id. 10, 240; Aus. Idyll. 14, 31; cf. Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23.

cănon, ŏnis, m. (acc. canona, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; acc. plur. canonas, Aus. Ep. 136; in Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1, used as a Greek word), = kanôn [kanna, kanê, a reed, cane].

A marking or measuring line; hence, a rule, canon, model (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under kanôn).—

Esp.

A wooden channel in hydraulic instruments, Vitr. 10, 13 Rod.—

Under the emperors, an annual tribute, established by law, in grain, gold, silver, clothing, etc., Spart. Sev. 8; Lampr. Elag. 27.—

In eccl. Lat., a catalogue of sacred writings, as admitted by the rule, the Canon, Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 8; Hier. Prol. Gal. Aug. Civ. 17, 24; 18, 38; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 15 and 16.—

Also in late Lat., from their shape, in plur.: cănŏnes, um, cannon: et illic figere gunnas suas, quas Galli canones vocant, quibus validius villam infestare posset, Thom. Walsingham in Henry V. p. 398.

cănon, ŏnis, m. (acc. canona, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; acc. plur. canonas, Aus. Ep. 136; in Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1, used as a Greek word), = kanôn [kanna, kanê, a reed, cane].

A marking or measuring line; hence, a rule, canon, model (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under kanôn).—

Esp.

A wooden channel in hydraulic instruments, Vitr. 10, 13 Rod.—

Under the emperors, an annual tribute, established by law, in grain, gold, silver, clothing, etc., Spart. Sev. 8; Lampr. Elag. 27.—

In eccl. Lat., a catalogue of sacred writings, as admitted by the rule, the Canon, Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 8; Hier. Prol. Gal. Aug. Civ. 17, 24; 18, 38; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 15 and 16.—

Also in late Lat., from their shape, in plur.: cănŏnes, um, cannon: et illic figere gunnas suas, quas Galli canones vocant, quibus validius villam infestare posset, Thom. Walsingham in Henry V. p. 398.

conformātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a symmetrical forming or fashioning, conformation, shape, form (freq. in the philos. and rhet. writings of Cic.; elsewhere rare).

Prop.:

lineamentorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47:

qualis sit (animus) in ipso corpore, quae conformatio, quae magnitudo, qui locus,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

membrorum,

id. N. D. 2, 33, 85:

quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

theatri,

Vitr. 5, 6.—

Trop.

In gen.:

vocis,

expression of voice, Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18:

verborum,

arrangement, id. ib. 1, 33, 151:

verborum et sententiarum,

id. ib. 3, 52, 201:

conformatio et moderatio continentiae et temperantiae,

conformation, id. Off. 3, 25, 96:

animi, i. q. notio,

an idea, notion, conception, id. N. D. 1, 38, 105.—Also without animi, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357; id. Top. 5, 27.—

Esp., in rhet., a figure of speech, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 9, 1, 4; 9, 2, 1.—

In later rhett. esp., a prosopopœia, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66; Prisc. p. 1340 P.

cultello, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [cultellus].

To make in the shape of a knife:

spinam dorsi,

Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 91; 32, 2, 5, § 13 Sillig N. cr. —

To level land by the coulter, Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.

dē-formis, e ( abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), adj. [forma; cf. 2. deformo].

Departing, either physically or (more freq.) morally, from the right shape, quality, etc.; misshapen, deformed, unsightly, ugly, odious, disgusting; disgraceful, base (for syn. cf.:

taeter, foedus, turpis—freq. and class.): longus an brevis, formosus an deformis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

deformem esse natum,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf.:

calvitio quoque deformis,

Suet. Dom. 18;

and, deformissima femina (opp. pulcherrima),

Gell. 5, 11, 11:

opus non deforme,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5:

nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34; cf.

patria,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

solum patriae belli malis,

Liv. 5, 49; cf. Suet. Vesp. 8:

agmen (sc. inerme),

Liv. 9, 6:

turba,

id. 41, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 35:

spectaculum,

Liv. 1, 26, 10; 31, 24; cf.

aspectus (opp. species honesta),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

motus statusve,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 35 et saep.:

oratio non tam honorifica audientibus quam sibi deformis,

Liv. 45, 44; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 15:

blanditiae,

id. 8, 3, 65:

convicia,

id. 6, 4, 10:

libido,

id. 8, 6, 40:

haesitatio,

id. 11, 2, 48:

obsequium,

servile, Tac. A. 4, 20:

aegrimonia,

Hor. Epod. 13, 18 et saep.:

deforme et servile est caedi discentes,

Quint. 1, 3, 14;

so with a subject-clause,

id. 9, 4, 72 (opp. foedissimum); id. 11, 3, 81 and 125; Tac. Or. 36 fin. al.; and in the comp., Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 2; id. ib. 8, 24 fin.; Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.— N. plur. as subst.:

deformia meditari,

shameful deeds, Tac. A. 14, 15.—

with gen.:

deformis leti,

Sil. 1, 166.— Adv. (post-Aug.): dēformĭ-ter.

Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.—

Inelegantly; disgracefully:

sonat junctura,

Quint. 8, 3, 45:

dicet multa,

id. 11, 1, 82:

vivo,

Suet. Ner. 49.— Comp.: deformius errasse, Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 6, 6. —

Shapeless:

animae,

Ov. M. 2, 554.

delphīnus, i, and in the pure Greek form ( poet.) delphīn, īnis (once also nom., delphis, = delphis, Avien. Arat. 699; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 162; Prisc. p. 689 P.), m., = delphin, a dolphin.

Form delphinus, Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20 sq.; Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 4 sq.; Gell. 7, 8; Cic. N. D. 27, 77; id. Div. 2, 70 fin.; Hor. A. P. 30; Juv. 6, 590; 10, 14.—

Form delphin (cf. Phoc. Ars, p. 1705 P.); nom. delphin, Poëta ap. Pers. 1, 94; acc. delphīna, Ov. M. 6, 120; id. F. 2, 114; 6, 471; abl. delphine, Ov. M. 11, 237; plur. nom. delphines, Verg. A. 8, 673; Ov. M. 1, 302; id. Tr. 3, 10, 43 al.; gen. delphinum, Prop. 3, 17, 25 (4, 16, 25 M.); Verg. A. 3, 428 al.; acc. delphinas, id. E. 8, 56.—

Meton.

The Dolphin, a constellation.

Nom. Delphinus, Col. 11, 2, 45; gen. delphini, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 13; Col. 11, 2, 57. —

Nom. delphin, Ov. F. 1, 457; 6, 720; acc. delphina, Ov. F. 2, 79; 6, 471.—

A water-organ shaped like a dolphin:

aerei,

Vitr. 10, 13.—

Certain showy articles of furniture, or perhaps mere ornaments on furniture, so called from their shape, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 147.

delphīnus, i, and in the pure Greek form ( poet.) delphīn, īnis (once also nom., delphis, = delphis, Avien. Arat. 699; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 162; Prisc. p. 689 P.), m., = delphin, a dolphin.

Form delphinus, Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20 sq.; Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 4 sq.; Gell. 7, 8; Cic. N. D. 27, 77; id. Div. 2, 70 fin.; Hor. A. P. 30; Juv. 6, 590; 10, 14.—

Form delphin (cf. Phoc. Ars, p. 1705 P.); nom. delphin, Poëta ap. Pers. 1, 94; acc. delphīna, Ov. M. 6, 120; id. F. 2, 114; 6, 471; abl. delphine, Ov. M. 11, 237; plur. nom. delphines, Verg. A. 8, 673; Ov. M. 1, 302; id. Tr. 3, 10, 43 al.; gen. delphinum, Prop. 3, 17, 25 (4, 16, 25 M.); Verg. A. 3, 428 al.; acc. delphinas, id. E. 8, 56.—

Meton.

The Dolphin, a constellation.

Nom. Delphinus, Col. 11, 2, 45; gen. delphini, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 13; Col. 11, 2, 57. —

Nom. delphin, Ov. F. 1, 457; 6, 720; acc. delphina, Ov. F. 2, 79; 6, 471.—

A water-organ shaped like a dolphin:

aerei,

Vitr. 10, 13.—

Certain showy articles of furniture, or perhaps mere ornaments on furniture, so called from their shape, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 147.

dē-torquĕo, si, tum (detorsum, v. infra no. 1. A. 2.), 2, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or bend aside, to turn off, turn away (class.).

In gen.

Lit.:

ponticulum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

cornua (antennarum),

Verg. A. 5, 832:

habenas,

id. ib. 11, 765:

lumen ab illā,

Ov. M. 6, 515 et saep.— Poet.:

vulnus,

Verg. A. 9, 746.—

With in or ad and acc., to turn in any direction, to direct towards:

(orbis partem) a latere in dextram partem,

Cic. Univ. 7 fin.; so,

caudam in dexterum, in laevum,

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207:

proram ad undas,

Verg. A. 5, 165:

cursus ad regem,

id. ib. 4, 196:

cervicem ad oscula,

Hor. Od. 2, 12, 25 et saep.—

Trop.:

voluptates animos a virtute,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37:

quae (sc. voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest,

id. Cael. 9 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 17.—Of etymolog. derivation: Marrucini vocantur, de Marso detorsum nomen, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.; so,

parce detorta,

Hor. A. P. 53.—With indication of the term. ad quem:

aliquem ad segnitiem luxumque,

Plin. Pan. 82, 6:

vividum animum in alia,

Tac. A. 13, 3; cf.:

te pravum alio (i. e. ad aliud vitium),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 55.—

In partic., to turn or twist out of shape, to distort.

Lit.:

partes corporis detortae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 17:

Vatinius corpore detorto,

Tac. A. 15, 34.—

Trop., to distort, misrepresent:

calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere,

Liv. 42, 42; cf.:

recte facta (with carpere),

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

sincera rectaque ingenia,

id. Pan. 70, 5; cf. Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

verbum aliquod in pejus,

Sen. Ep. 13 med.; cf.:

verba, voltus in crimen,

Tac. A. 1, 7:

sermonem in obscenum intellectum,

Quint. 8, 3, 44.—

Neutr., to turn or go in any direction:

in laevam,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.