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1 speciosus
spĕcĭōsus, a, um, adj. [species] (acc. to species, II. B. 3.), good-looking, showy, handsome, beautiful, splendid, brilliant (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: venustus, pulcher, formosus, spectabilis).A.Lit. (not so in Cic.):B.hunc speciosum pelle decorā,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45:femina,
Quint. 5, 10, 47:puer,
Petr. 41, 6:corpora,
Quint. 11, 3, 26:nec id speciosum fieri putabo,
id. 5, 12, 19:in certaminibus speciosa atque robusta,
id. 11, 3, 26:ministerium,
Vell. 2, 111, 3:familia,
id. 2, 59, 2.— Comp.:familiam nemo speciosiorem producit,
Sen. Ep. 87, 6:si plenior aliquis et speciosior et coloratior factus est,
Cels. 2, 2.— Sup.:homo (Alcibiades),
Quint. 8, 4, 23:corpus,
id. 2, 15, 9:filia,
Petr. 140, 2.—Trop.:1.reversionis has speciosas causas habes,
well-sounding, plausible, specious, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf.:specioso titulo uti vos, Romani, Graecarum civitatium liberandarum video,
Liv. 35, 16:dictu speciosa,
id. 1, 23:gerentis bellum Romanos speciosum Graeciae liberandae tulisse titulum,
id. 42, 52, 15; 36, 17, 13; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 8:magis necessarium quam speciosum, ministerium,
Liv. 4, 8, 6:dicere aliquod speciosum,
Quint. 1, 5, 3:speciosum dicendi genus,
id. 10, 1, 127:vocabula rerum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 116:miracula,
id. A. P. 144:speciosa locis morataque recte Fabula,
id. ib. 319:speciosa nomina culpae Imponis,
Ov. M. 7, 69:specioso eripe damno,
from this splendid misery, id. ib. 11, 133.— Comp.:cum speciosius quid dicendum est,
Quint. 11, 3, 84:speciosior rhetorice quam dialectice,
id. 2, 20, 7:speciosiore stili genere,
id. 7, 1, 54:gestarum rerum ordinem sequi speciosius fuit,
id. 3, 7, 15.— Sup.:longe speciosissimum genus orationis,
Quint. 8, 6, 49. — Adv.: spĕcĭōsē, showily, handsomely, splendidly.Lit.: vehi, i. e. in a painted or ornamented vessel, Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49. — Comp.:2.speciosius instratus equus quam uxor vestita,
Liv. 34, 7:tractet arma,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 52:quo speciosius ingrediantur sublimes,
Col. 2, 2, 22.— Sup.:contorta hasta (with optime emissa),
Quint. 9, 4, 8.—Trop.:dictum,
Quint. 9, 4, 14:translatum,
id. 2, 5, 9.— Sup.:usus est,
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2 rostratus
rostrātus, a, um, adj. [id.], having a beak, hook, or crooked point; beaked, curved at the end, rostrated:falces,
Col. 2, 20, 30:vectis,
Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171:navis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98; Suet. Caes. 63; Auct. B. Afr. 23; cf.prora,
Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; and:impetus liburnicarum,
id. 10, 23, 32, § 63: rostrata corona = navalis corona, a crown ornamented with small figures of beaks of ships, given to him who first boarded the enemy ' s vessel, Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7; 22, 3, 4, § 6.— Hence, in poet. transf.:(Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā,
Verg. A. 8, 684; so,too, Columna rostrata,
a column erected in the Forum, to commemorate the naval victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, which was adorned with the beaks of the conquered vessels, Liv. 42, 20, 1; Quint. 1, 7, 12 (cf. Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Sil. 6, 663);also in the order rostrata columna,
Suet. Galb. 23;v. the parts of the inscription on this column still extant (one of the oldest monuments of Latin literature), with modern restorations,
Inscr. Orell. 549.
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