pertaining to war

bellĭcus ( duellĭcus), a, um, adj. [bellum], of or pertaining to war, war-, military.

In gen.

Lit.:

ars duellica,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

jus,

id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

virtus,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

laus,

military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

laudes,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

gloria,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

caerimoniae,

Liv. 1, 32, 5:

certamina,

Flor. 4, 12, 58:

ignis,

proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8:

tubicen,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

rostra,

Tib. 2, 3, 40:

navis,

Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

turba,

id. 3 (4), 14, 13:

parma,

id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1:

nubes,

the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6:

simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit,

causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—

Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse:

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum,

sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39:

non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —

Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war:

Pallas,

Ov. M. 5, 46:

dea,

id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814:

virgo,

id. M. 4, 754:

Mars,

id. F. 3, 1:

deus,

i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478:

civitas,

devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

bellĭcus ( duellĭcus), a, um, adj. [bellum], of or pertaining to war, war-, military.

In gen.

Lit.:

ars duellica,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

jus,

id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

virtus,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

laus,

military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

laudes,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

gloria,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

caerimoniae,

Liv. 1, 32, 5:

certamina,

Flor. 4, 12, 58:

ignis,

proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8:

tubicen,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

rostra,

Tib. 2, 3, 40:

navis,

Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

turba,

id. 3 (4), 14, 13:

parma,

id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1:

nubes,

the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6:

simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit,

causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—

Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse:

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum,

sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39:

non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —

Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war:

Pallas,

Ov. M. 5, 46:

dea,

id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814:

virgo,

id. M. 4, 754:

Mars,

id. F. 3, 1:

deus,

i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478:

civitas,

devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

bellĭcus ( duellĭcus), a, um, adj. [bellum], of or pertaining to war, war-, military.

In gen.

Lit.:

ars duellica,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

jus,

id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

virtus,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

laus,

military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

laudes,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

gloria,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

caerimoniae,

Liv. 1, 32, 5:

certamina,

Flor. 4, 12, 58:

ignis,

proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8:

tubicen,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

rostra,

Tib. 2, 3, 40:

navis,

Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

turba,

id. 3 (4), 14, 13:

parma,

id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1:

nubes,

the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6:

simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit,

causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—

Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse:

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum,

sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39:

non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —

Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war:

Pallas,

Ov. M. 5, 46:

dea,

id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814:

virgo,

id. M. 4, 754:

Mars,

id. F. 3, 1:

deus,

i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478:

civitas,

devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

Attĭus or Accĭus (both forms are equally attested; Attius predominated under the empire, and the Greeks always wrote Attios. Teuffel), ii, m., = Attios, a Roman proper name.

L. Attius, a distinguished Roman poet of the ante-class. per., younger than Pacuvius, and his rival in tragedy and comedy. Of his poems a considerable number of fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 44 and 45; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 49, and Schmid ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 56.—Hence,

Attĭānus ( Acc-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius:

versus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:

Attianum illud: nihil credo auguribus,

Gell. 14, 1, 34.—

Attius Navius, a soothsayer, who, in the presence and at the bidding of Tarquinius Priscus, cut in pieces a stone with a razor, Liv. 1, 36; Val. Max. 1, 4, n. 1; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31 sqq.; 2, 38, 80.—

P. Attius Varus, a prœtor in Africa at the time of the civil war between Cœsar and Pompey, Caes. B. C. 1, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 13.—Hence,

Attĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius:

milites,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

legiones,

Cic. Att. 7, 15 and 20.—

T. Attius, an orator of Pisaurum, in the time of Cicero, Cic. Clu. 23.

cīvĭcus, a, um, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic, citizens (more rare than the class. civilis, and, except in the phrase civica corona, mostly poet.):

jura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23:

motus,

id. C. 2, 1, 1:

rabies,

id. ib. 3, 24, 26; Flor. 3, 21, 5; cf.

furor,

id. 4, 2, 75:

bella,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 126:

invidia,

Sil. 8, 21:

arma pro trepidis reis,

i. e. defence before a tribunal, Ov. F. 1, 22.—

Esp. corona civica, the civic crown, made of oak leaves (hence, civilis quercus, Verg. A. 6, 772, and querna corona. Ov. F. 1, 614; id. Tr. 3, 1, 36), the crown of highest distinction, except the corona obsidionalis, and bestowed upon him who had saved the life of a fellow-citizen in war;

its inscription was: OB CIVEM (CIVES) SERVATVM (SERVATOS),

Liv. 6, 20, 7; Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7 sq.; Gell. 5, 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Planc. 30, 72; id. Pis. 3, 6; Liv 10, 46, 3, Dict. of Antiq. p 310. —Also subst.: cīvĭca, ae, f.:

civicam mereri,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 5:

aliquem civicā donare,

Quint. 6, 3, 79:

servati civis decus,

Tac. A. 12, 31 fin. —

Of or pertaining to a town or city: errare intra muros civicos, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (in Liv. 1, 40, 2, vicinae, not civicae, is the true reading).—No comp. or sup.

cīvĭcus, a, um, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic, citizens (more rare than the class. civilis, and, except in the phrase civica corona, mostly poet.):

jura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23:

motus,

id. C. 2, 1, 1:

rabies,

id. ib. 3, 24, 26; Flor. 3, 21, 5; cf.

furor,

id. 4, 2, 75:

bella,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 126:

invidia,

Sil. 8, 21:

arma pro trepidis reis,

i. e. defence before a tribunal, Ov. F. 1, 22.—

Esp. corona civica, the civic crown, made of oak leaves (hence, civilis quercus, Verg. A. 6, 772, and querna corona. Ov. F. 1, 614; id. Tr. 3, 1, 36), the crown of highest distinction, except the corona obsidionalis, and bestowed upon him who had saved the life of a fellow-citizen in war;

its inscription was: OB CIVEM (CIVES) SERVATVM (SERVATOS),

Liv. 6, 20, 7; Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7 sq.; Gell. 5, 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Planc. 30, 72; id. Pis. 3, 6; Liv 10, 46, 3, Dict. of Antiq. p 310. —Also subst.: cīvĭca, ae, f.:

civicam mereri,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 5:

aliquem civicā donare,

Quint. 6, 3, 79:

servati civis decus,

Tac. A. 12, 31 fin. —

Of or pertaining to a town or city: errare intra muros civicos, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (in Liv. 1, 40, 2, vicinae, not civicae, is the true reading).—No comp. or sup.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Alcĭbĭădes, is, m. ( gen. Alcibiadi, Arn. adv. Gent. 6, p. 198; voc. Gr. Alcibiadē, Liv. 39, 36), = Alkibiadês.

An Athenian general in the time of the Peloponnesian war, distinguished for his beauty, wealth, and natural endowments, as well as for his changing fortunes and want of fixed principle, Cic. de Or. 2, 22; id. Tusc. 3, 22 (his life, v. in Plut., Nep., and Just.).—Hence, * Alcĭbĭădēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to him, Arn. 6, p. 198.—

The name of a later Greek in the time of the war with the Romans, Liv. 39, 36.

Alcĭbĭădes, is, m. ( gen. Alcibiadi, Arn. adv. Gent. 6, p. 198; voc. Gr. Alcibiadē, Liv. 39, 36), = Alkibiadês.

An Athenian general in the time of the Peloponnesian war, distinguished for his beauty, wealth, and natural endowments, as well as for his changing fortunes and want of fixed principle, Cic. de Or. 2, 22; id. Tusc. 3, 22 (his life, v. in Plut., Nep., and Just.).—Hence, * Alcĭbĭădēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to him, Arn. 6, p. 198.—

The name of a later Greek in the time of the war with the Romans, Liv. 39, 36.

Ăchilles, is, m., = Achilleus ( poet., after the manner of the Gr. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.— Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14;

and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.— Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.— Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.— Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (muktêres) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—

As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Achilleios, of or pertaining to Achilles:

stirpis Achilleae fastus,

Verg. A. 3, 326:

manes,

Ov. M. 13, 448:

statuae,

statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama):

Achilleo conponere verba cothurno,

Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

Ăchilles, is, m., = Achilleus ( poet., after the manner of the Gr. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.— Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14;

and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.— Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.— Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.— Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (muktêres) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—

As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Achilleios, of or pertaining to Achilles:

stirpis Achilleae fastus,

Verg. A. 3, 326:

manes,

Ov. M. 13, 448:

statuae,

statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama):

Achilleo conponere verba cothurno,

Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

Ăchilles, is, m., = Achilleus ( poet., after the manner of the Gr. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.— Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14;

and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.— Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.— Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.— Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (muktêres) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—

As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Achilleios, of or pertaining to Achilles:

stirpis Achilleae fastus,

Verg. A. 3, 326:

manes,

Ov. M. 13, 448:

statuae,

statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama):

Achilleo conponere verba cothurno,

Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

aerārĭus, a, um, adj. [aes].

That pertains to or is made of copper, bronze, etc.:

aerarium metallum,

a copper-mine, Vitr. 7, 9; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86;

fornaces,

smelting-furnaces, id. 11, 36, 42, § 119:

fabrica,

the preparation of copper, id. 7, 56, 57, § 197 faber, a coppersmith, id. 34, 8, 19, 6, § 61 (also aerarius alone; v. below).—

Of or pertaining to money:

propter aerariam rationem non satis erat in tabulis inspexisse quantum deberetur,

on account of the standard of coin, Cic. Quint. 4:

hinc dicuntur milites aerarii, ab aere quod stipendia facerent,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.: tribunus, who superintended disbursements of the public treasury: aerarii tribuni a tribuendo aere sunt appellati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.;

or, acc. to Varr.: ab eo, quibus attributa erat pecunia, ut militi reddant, tribuni aerarii dicti,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.; v. tribunus.—Hence, subst.: aerārĭus, i, m.

(Sc. faber.) One who works in copper, etc., a coppersmith:

in aerariorum officinis,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23:

aerariorum marculi,

Mart. 12, 57, 6; so Inscr. Orell. 4140.—

(Sc. civis.) A citizen of the lowest class, who paid only a poll-tax (aera pendebat), and had no right of voting. Other citizens, upon the commission of great crimes, were degraded by the censors into this class, and deprived of all previous dignities. (Cf. Gell. 4, 12 and 29; Drak. ad Liv. 24, 18, 6;

Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 63 and 452.) Referre aliquem in aerarios,

Cic. Clu. 43. eximere aliquem ex aerariis, id. de Or. 2, 66 ext.; Liv. 24, 18:

omnes, quos senatu moverunt, quibusque equos ademerunt (censores) aerarios fecerunt et tribu moverunt,

id. 42, 10 al. —

aerārĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. fodina, like argentaria and ferraria, Liv. 34, 21:

auraria,

Tac. A. 6, 19 al.) A mine:

multis locis apud eos (sc. Aquitanos) aerariae structuraeque sunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21 Herz. —

(Sc. officina.) A smelting or refining house, Varr. L. L. 8, 33.—

(Sc. fornax.) A smelting-furnace, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 128.—

aerārĭum, i, n. (sc. stabulum), the place in the temple of Saturn at Rome, where the public treasure was kept, the treasury: to tamieion, to koinon: Aerarium sane populus Romanus in aede Saturni habuit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.; cf. Plin. Pan. 92:

referre pecuniam in aerarium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 27 (for which deferre is often used in Liv. q.v.):

dare alicui pecuniam ex aerario,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70.—Also for the public treasure or finances:

C. Gracchus, cum largitiones maximas fecisset et effudisset aerarium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 48, Nep. Arist. 3, 1; id. Att. 8.—In the time of the emperors the aerarium (public treasure) was distinguished from fiscus (the wealth of the emperor):

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fisco cogerentur,

Tac. A. 6, 2; Plin. Pan. 36, Suet. Vesp. 16;

v. fiscus. In the treasury the public archives were kept: factum senatus consultum, ne decreta patrum ante diem decimum ad aerarium deferrentur,

Tac. A. 3, 51; cf. id. ib. 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 28;

and also the standards: signa ex aerario prompta,

Liv. 4, 22.—The Quaestores aerarii (under Augustus and his immediate successors the Praetores) presided over the aerarium, with whom the Tribuni aerarii were associated as assistants; cf.

Quaestor and Tribunus.—The aerarium contained also a fund, established after the invasion of Gaul, and augmented by the immense booty acquired in the wars with Carthage, Macedonia, Corinth, etc., as well as by the tribute of the manumissi, which could be used only in cases of extreme public necessity, hence with the epithet sanctius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24:

aurum vicesimarium, quod in sanctiore aerario ad ultimos casus servaretur, promi placuit,

Liv. 27, 10; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 21; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63 (of the Syracusans). Hence trop., Quint. 10, 3, 3:

aerarium militare, destined by Aug. for defraying the expenses of war,

Tac. A. 1, 78; Suet. Aug. 49; Plin. Pan. 92, 1.

Ăgăthō̆cles, is, m., = Agathoklês.

A king of Sicily, son of a potter, celebrated for his war with the Carthaginians for the possession of the island; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; Val. Max. 7, 4, 1 ext.; and esp. Just. 22, 1 sq.—Hence, Ăgăthō̆clēus, a, um, adj., = Agathokleios, of or pertaining to King Agathocles:

tropaea,

Sil. 14, 652.—

The author of a history of Cyzicus, Cic. Div. 1, 24.

Ăgăthō̆cles, is, m., = Agathoklês.

A king of Sicily, son of a potter, celebrated for his war with the Carthaginians for the possession of the island; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; Val. Max. 7, 4, 1 ext.; and esp. Just. 22, 1 sq.—Hence, Ăgăthō̆clēus, a, um, adj., = Agathokleios, of or pertaining to King Agathocles:

tropaea,

Sil. 14, 652.—

The author of a history of Cyzicus, Cic. Div. 1, 24.