orae+pm

cŭbĭtum, i, n. ( cŭbĭtus, i, m., Cels. 8, 1; 8, 16; Non. p. 201, 16) [id.], the elbow (serving for leaning upon).

Prop., Cels. 1. 1.; Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 13; Verg. A. 4, 690; Ov. M. 7, 343; Hor. C. 1, 27, 8; id. S. 2, 4, 39; Quint. 11, 3, 93 al.—

Meton.

The bending, curvature of a shore:

orae,

Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111. —

As a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, an ell, a cubit, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 201, 18; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 15; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Att. 13, 12, 3; Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; Suet. Aug. 43 al.—Prov.:

assiduo cursu cubitum nullum procedere,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3; cf.:

cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi,

Suet. Tib. 38.—Hence, Ital. cubito; Fr. coude.

dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

desitis seminibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.

dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:

deseritur a suis Varus,

id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:

pignus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:

te amantem non deseram,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:

cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,

id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:

Avaricum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:

cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,

id. ib. 2, 29:

fratrem ne desere frater,

Verg. A. 10, 600:

thalamos ne desere pactos,

id. ib. 10, 649:

bellum,

Just. 5, 2, 10:

victoriam,

id. 14, 3, 6:

milites insepultos,

Curt. 5, 13, 3:

metu locum,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—

Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—

Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:

Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:

suum jus,

Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:

desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

causam,

id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:

desertam ac proditam causam queri,

Liv. 2, 54:

ullam officii partem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.

officium (with praetermittere defensionem),

id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

vitam,

Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:

deditionem,

Sall. J. 70, 1:

studia sapientiae,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

viam virtutis,

Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:

vestigia Graeca,

id. A. P. 287:

fastidiosam copiam,

id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—

Esp., leg. t. t.:

vadimonia deserere,

to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:

deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,

Quint. 3, 6, 78.—

Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:

genua hunc cursorem deserunt,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

aliquem corpus, vires,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

donec te deseret aetas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

me lucerna,

Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:

fama Curium Fabricium,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:

nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,

Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:

mensa deserit toros,

is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:

deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:

a tribunitia voce,

id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:

deseror conjuge,

Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:

desertus viribus leo,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.

suis,

Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:

deserta natorum,

Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.

Adj. (cf.:

vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:

urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

deserta via et inculta,

id. Cael. 18:

frequens an desertus locus,

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

terra,

Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:

stipes,

Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):

arbores,

Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:

multi filii desertae,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:

reditus desertior,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

nihil turpius ac desertius,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:

orae desertissimae,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

solitudo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —

Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:

Libyae deserta,

Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):

in deserto,

Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.

dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

desitis seminibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.

dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:

deseritur a suis Varus,

id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:

pignus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:

te amantem non deseram,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:

cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,

id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:

Avaricum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:

cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,

id. ib. 2, 29:

fratrem ne desere frater,

Verg. A. 10, 600:

thalamos ne desere pactos,

id. ib. 10, 649:

bellum,

Just. 5, 2, 10:

victoriam,

id. 14, 3, 6:

milites insepultos,

Curt. 5, 13, 3:

metu locum,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—

Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—

Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:

Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:

suum jus,

Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:

desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

causam,

id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:

desertam ac proditam causam queri,

Liv. 2, 54:

ullam officii partem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.

officium (with praetermittere defensionem),

id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

vitam,

Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:

deditionem,

Sall. J. 70, 1:

studia sapientiae,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

viam virtutis,

Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:

vestigia Graeca,

id. A. P. 287:

fastidiosam copiam,

id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—

Esp., leg. t. t.:

vadimonia deserere,

to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:

deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,

Quint. 3, 6, 78.—

Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:

genua hunc cursorem deserunt,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

aliquem corpus, vires,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

donec te deseret aetas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

me lucerna,

Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:

fama Curium Fabricium,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:

nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,

Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:

mensa deserit toros,

is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:

deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:

a tribunitia voce,

id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:

deseror conjuge,

Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:

desertus viribus leo,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.

suis,

Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:

deserta natorum,

Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.

Adj. (cf.:

vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:

urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

deserta via et inculta,

id. Cael. 18:

frequens an desertus locus,

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

terra,

Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:

stipes,

Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):

arbores,

Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:

multi filii desertae,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:

reditus desertior,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

nihil turpius ac desertius,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:

orae desertissimae,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

solitudo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —

Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:

Libyae deserta,

Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):

in deserto,

Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.

di-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.— Poet.:

(canum) rabies districta,

i. e. showing the teeth, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.:

acies dentium,

Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.),

(Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage:

Romanum a tergo,

Flor. 2, 13, 1:

urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,

id. 4, 1, 2:

distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,

Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239:

distringor officio,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5:

(Jovem) votis,

to molest, importune, Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of:

Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,

Liv. 35, 18 fin.:

copias regias populatione maritimae orae,

id. 44, 35; cf.:

Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,

Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.—

To puzzle, confound:

ut distrinxi hominem,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).—

Transf., of abstract objects:

ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,

would be hindered, disturbed, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr. —Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.

(Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.):

districtior accusator,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.:

feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

censura,

id. 2, 9, 6:

districtissimi defensores,

Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.—

Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating:

districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.—

More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy:

judicio districtus atque obligatus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf.

(vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.:

ancipiti contentione,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

labore vita districta,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.:

imperium circa mala sua,

Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.:

numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.— Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.

districte ( des-):

minatus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4:

deneganda,

Dig. 3, 3, 13.—

districtim:

innocens,

Sen. Contr. 7.—

Comp.:

districtius: repercutere,

Tert. Idol. 5:

vivere,

Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.— Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.

Erȳ̆thras, ae, m., = Eruthras, a fabulous king of southern Asia (Arabia or Persia), after whom the Red Sea, or the Arabian and Persian Gulfs, were named, Mel. 3, 8, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 28, § 107; Curt. 8, 9. —Deriv.,

Erȳ̆thraeus, a, um, adj., Erythraean: mare, the Red Sea (pure Lat. Mare rubrum), Mel., Plin., and Curt. l. l.:

alga,

i. e. in the Persian Gulf, Mart. 10, 16:

lapilli,

pearls, fished up in the Persian Gulf, id. 5, 37; cf. Stat. S. 4, 6, 18.— Poet., in a wider sense, Indian:

orae,

Stat. Th. 7, 566:

dens,

i. e. ivory, Mart. 13, 100:

triumphi,

i. e. of Bacchus in India, id. 8, 26.

Euboea, ae, f., = Euboia, an island in the Aegean Sea, separated from Boeotia by Euripus, now Negroponte, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Ov. M. 13, 660 al.—

Derivv.

Eubŏĭcus, a, um, adj., Euboean:

litus,

Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); cf.

cautes,

i. e. the promontory Caphareus, Verg. A. 11, 260:

sinus,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 114:

undae,

Ov. M. 9, 218:

Anthedon,

in Boeotia, opposite Euboea, id. 7, 232; 13, 905; cf.:

cultor aquarum,

i. e. Glaucus, from Anthedon, id. ib. 14, 4:

urbs,

i. e. Cumae, as a colony of Euboean Chalcidians, id. ib. 14, 155; cf.:

orae Cumarum,

Verg. A. 6, 2;

hence, Sibylla,

the Cumaean Sibyl, Mart. 9, 30:

carmen,

of the Cumaean Sibyl, Ov. F. 4, 257:

pulveris anni,

the great age of the Sibyl, Stat. S. 1, 4, 126; cf. Ov. M. 14, 136: talentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 78, 14 Müll.—

Euboeüs, a, um, adj., Euboean:

plebes,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 137.—

Eubŏïs, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

ora,

Stat. Ach. 1, 414:

tellus,

i. e. the region about Cumae, id. S. 1, 2, 263.

Euboea, ae, f., = Euboia, an island in the Aegean Sea, separated from Boeotia by Euripus, now Negroponte, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Ov. M. 13, 660 al.—

Derivv.

Eubŏĭcus, a, um, adj., Euboean:

litus,

Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); cf.

cautes,

i. e. the promontory Caphareus, Verg. A. 11, 260:

sinus,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 114:

undae,

Ov. M. 9, 218:

Anthedon,

in Boeotia, opposite Euboea, id. 7, 232; 13, 905; cf.:

cultor aquarum,

i. e. Glaucus, from Anthedon, id. ib. 14, 4:

urbs,

i. e. Cumae, as a colony of Euboean Chalcidians, id. ib. 14, 155; cf.:

orae Cumarum,

Verg. A. 6, 2;

hence, Sibylla,

the Cumaean Sibyl, Mart. 9, 30:

carmen,

of the Cumaean Sibyl, Ov. F. 4, 257:

pulveris anni,

the great age of the Sibyl, Stat. S. 1, 4, 126; cf. Ov. M. 14, 136: talentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 78, 14 Müll.—

Euboeüs, a, um, adj., Euboean:

plebes,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 137.—

Eubŏïs, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

ora,

Stat. Ach. 1, 414:

tellus,

i. e. the region about Cumae, id. S. 1, 2, 263.

Euboea, ae, f., = Euboia, an island in the Aegean Sea, separated from Boeotia by Euripus, now Negroponte, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Ov. M. 13, 660 al.—

Derivv.

Eubŏĭcus, a, um, adj., Euboean:

litus,

Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); cf.

cautes,

i. e. the promontory Caphareus, Verg. A. 11, 260:

sinus,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 114:

undae,

Ov. M. 9, 218:

Anthedon,

in Boeotia, opposite Euboea, id. 7, 232; 13, 905; cf.:

cultor aquarum,

i. e. Glaucus, from Anthedon, id. ib. 14, 4:

urbs,

i. e. Cumae, as a colony of Euboean Chalcidians, id. ib. 14, 155; cf.:

orae Cumarum,

Verg. A. 6, 2;

hence, Sibylla,

the Cumaean Sibyl, Mart. 9, 30:

carmen,

of the Cumaean Sibyl, Ov. F. 4, 257:

pulveris anni,

the great age of the Sibyl, Stat. S. 1, 4, 126; cf. Ov. M. 14, 136: talentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 78, 14 Müll.—

Euboeüs, a, um, adj., Euboean:

plebes,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 137.—

Eubŏïs, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

ora,

Stat. Ach. 1, 414:

tellus,

i. e. the region about Cumae, id. S. 1, 2, 263.

Euboea, ae, f., = Euboia, an island in the Aegean Sea, separated from Boeotia by Euripus, now Negroponte, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Ov. M. 13, 660 al.—

Derivv.

Eubŏĭcus, a, um, adj., Euboean:

litus,

Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); cf.

cautes,

i. e. the promontory Caphareus, Verg. A. 11, 260:

sinus,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 114:

undae,

Ov. M. 9, 218:

Anthedon,

in Boeotia, opposite Euboea, id. 7, 232; 13, 905; cf.:

cultor aquarum,

i. e. Glaucus, from Anthedon, id. ib. 14, 4:

urbs,

i. e. Cumae, as a colony of Euboean Chalcidians, id. ib. 14, 155; cf.:

orae Cumarum,

Verg. A. 6, 2;

hence, Sibylla,

the Cumaean Sibyl, Mart. 9, 30:

carmen,

of the Cumaean Sibyl, Ov. F. 4, 257:

pulveris anni,

the great age of the Sibyl, Stat. S. 1, 4, 126; cf. Ov. M. 14, 136: talentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 78, 14 Müll.—

Euboeüs, a, um, adj., Euboean:

plebes,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 137.—

Eubŏïs, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:

ora,

Stat. Ach. 1, 414:

tellus,

i. e. the region about Cumae, id. S. 1, 2, 263.

glūtĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gluten], to glue, glue together.

Lit.:

chartas,

Plin. 22, 25, 60, § 127:

fragmenta vitri,

id. 29, 3, 11, § 51.—

Transf., in medic., to close up, join an opening, esp. a wound:

glutinantia medicamenta,

Cels. 7, 4:

cicatricibus glutinandis,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 105:

praecisos nervos,

id. 25, 5, 19, § 43; Cels. 7, 28; cf.:

si orae vulneris se glutinarunt,

id. 7, 27 fin.

hăbĭtābĭlis, e, adj. [habito], habitable.

Lit. (class.):

regiones,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

cinguli (terrae),

id. Rep. 6, 20:

media plaga (terrae),

Ov. M. 1, 49:

orae,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 5:

caelum,

Ov. F. 4, 611:

non habitabile frigus,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 51.—

Poet. transf., inhabited:

Tarpeiae rupes Superisque habitabile saxum,

Sil. 1, 541.

hostis (also fos-), is, comm. [Sanscr. root ghas-, to eat, consume, destroy; Germ. Gast; cf. also hasta], a stranger, foreigner; afterwards transf., an enemy (cf.:

adversarius, inimicus, perduellis): equidem etiam illud animadverto, quod qui proprio nomine perduellis esset, is hostis vocaretur, lenitate verbi rei tristitiam mitigatam. Hostis enim apud majores nostros is dicebatur, quem nunc peregrinum dicimus... quamquam id nomen durius effecit jam vetustas: a peregrino enim recessit et proprie in eo qui arma contra ferret remansit,

Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.: hostis apud antiquos peregrinus dicebatur, et qui nunc hostis perduellio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 P.—

An enemy in arms or of one's country (opp. inimicus, a private enemy, or one who is inimically disposed).

Lit.:

qui (Pompeius) saepius cum hoste conflixit quam quisquam cum inimico concertavit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf.:

omnes nos statuit ille quidem non inimicos sed hostes,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 3;

opp. inimicus,

Curt. 7, 10 (v. also the foll.):

debent oratori sic esse adversariorum nota consilia, ut hostium imperatori,

Quint. 12, 1, 35:

legiones hostium,

Plaut. Am. prol. 136:

hostes nefarios prostravit,

Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27:

(bellum) compellere intra hostium moenia,

id. Rep. 1, 1:

vita ex hostium telis servata,

id. ib. 1, 3:

adventus hostium,

id. ib. 2, 3:

ut eam (probitatem) vel in eis quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligamus,

id. Lael. 9, 29:

hostem rapinis prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 4:

quando hostis alienigena terrae Italiae bellum intulisset,

Liv. 29, 10, 5:

servit Hispanae vetus hostis orae Cantaber sera domitus catena,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 21:

terra marique victus hostis,

id. Epod. 9, 27 et saep.:

inimicis quoque et hostibus ea indigna videri,

Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 105; cf.:

inimicus, hostis esset, tanta contumelia accepta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 24, § 58:

sibi inimicus atque hostis,

id. Fin. 5, 10, 29:

horum omnium communis hostis praedoque,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

tam dis hominibusque hostis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; id. Att. 15, 21, 1:

Cn. Pompeius auctor et dux mei reditus, illius (Clodii) hostis,

id. Mil. 15, 39:

acer Bupalo hostis (Hipponax),

Hor. Epod. 6, 14:

fas est et ab hoste doceri,

Ov. M. 4, 428:

di meliora piis erroremque hostibus illum!

Verg. G. 3, 513; cf. Ov. H. 16, 219; id. Am. 2, 10, 16; id. F. 3, 494; id. P. 4, 6, 35:

quam (aquam) hostis hosti commodat,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 21.— In fem.:

hostis est uxor, invita quae ad virum nuptum datur,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83:

nupta meretrici hostis est,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 23:

ut, quo die captam hostem vidisset, eodem matrimonio junctam acciperet,

Liv. 30, 14, 2:

cum certa videbitur hostis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 461; id. H. 6, 82; Prop. 1, 4, 18:

ille uxorem, tu hostem luges,

Curt. 4, 11, 4.—

Transf., of animals or things ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

qualem ministrum fulminis alitem... in ovilia Demisit hostem vividus impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 10; Ov. F. 1, 359:

rhinoceros genitus hostis elephanto,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71.—Of a chessman:

unus cum gemino calculus hoste perit,

Ov. A. A. 3, 358:

fac, pereat vitreo miles ab hoste tuus,

id. ib. 2, 208:

rerum ipsa natura non parens sed noverca fuerit, si facultatem dicendi sociam scelerum, adversam innocentiae, hostem veritatis invenit,

Quint. 12, 1, 2:

illa vero vitiosissima, quae jam humanitas vocatur, studiorum perniciosissima hostis,

id. 2, 2, 10 —

Of an adversary in a suit, in a parody of the law of the Twelve Tables:

si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 5; cf. also Gell. 16, 4, 4.

Hyperbŏrĕi, ōrum, m., = Huperboreoi (-eioi), a fabulous people living at the extreme north, the Hyperboreans, Mel. 1, 2, 4 sq.; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57.—

Derivv.

Hyper-bŏrĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyperboreans, Hyperborean, poet., also i. q. northern:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 16:

orae,

Verg. G. 3, 196:

glacies,

id. ib. 4, 517; cf.

pruinae,

Val. Fl. 8, 210:

ursa,

Luc. 5, 23:

septentrio,

Verg. G. 3, 381:

Pallene,

Ov. M. 15, 356:

triumphus (gained over the Catti and Dacii),

Mart. 8, 78, 3.—

Hyper-bŏrĕānus, a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ap. Chron. Euseb. ad Ann. 1560.

Hyperbŏrĕi, ōrum, m., = Huperboreoi (-eioi), a fabulous people living at the extreme north, the Hyperboreans, Mel. 1, 2, 4 sq.; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57.—

Derivv.

Hyper-bŏrĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyperboreans, Hyperborean, poet., also i. q. northern:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 16:

orae,

Verg. G. 3, 196:

glacies,

id. ib. 4, 517; cf.

pruinae,

Val. Fl. 8, 210:

ursa,

Luc. 5, 23:

septentrio,

Verg. G. 3, 381:

Pallene,

Ov. M. 15, 356:

triumphus (gained over the Catti and Dacii),

Mart. 8, 78, 3.—

Hyper-bŏrĕānus, a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ap. Chron. Euseb. ad Ann. 1560.

Hyperbŏrĕi, ōrum, m., = Huperboreoi (-eioi), a fabulous people living at the extreme north, the Hyperboreans, Mel. 1, 2, 4 sq.; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57.—

Derivv.

Hyper-bŏrĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyperboreans, Hyperborean, poet., also i. q. northern:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 16:

orae,

Verg. G. 3, 196:

glacies,

id. ib. 4, 517; cf.

pruinae,

Val. Fl. 8, 210:

ursa,

Luc. 5, 23:

septentrio,

Verg. G. 3, 381:

Pallene,

Ov. M. 15, 356:

triumphus (gained over the Catti and Dacii),

Mart. 8, 78, 3.—

Hyper-bŏrĕānus, a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ap. Chron. Euseb. ad Ann. 1560.