phălēris

phălĕrae, ārum ( neutr. phalera posita, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18; Jan. phaleras), f., = ta phalara.

Lit.

A smooth, shining ornament for the breast, a metal disc or boss, worn by men, esp. as a military decoration:

phalerae sunt belli ornamenta,

Non. 554, 15 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29: phaleris et torque aliquem donare id. ib. 2, 3, 80:

phaleras deponere,

Liv. 9, 46; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18:

phaleris hic pectora fulget,

Sil. 15, 255.—As a military mark of distinction:

equites donati phaleris,

Liv. 39, 31; Verg. A. 9, 458 Heyn. and Wagn.; Juv. 16, 60.—Worn by women: matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis, P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55. —

A trapping for the forehead and breast of horses, Liv. 32, 52:

primus equum phaleris insignem victor habeto,

Verg. A. 5, 310; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 194; Juv. 11, 103.—As a trapping for elephants, Gell. 5, 5, 3.—

Trop., an external ornament or decoration ( poet. and in post-class. prose): ad populum phaleras! trappings for the people! who allow themselves to be deceived by externals, Pers. 3, 30.—Of rhetorical ornament, Mart. Cap. 3, § 221:

loquendi,

Symm. Ep. 83:

heroicorum,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9 fin.

phălăris ( phălēris), ĭdis, f., = phalaris or phalêris.

The plant canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis, Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 102, § 126.—

A water-hen, coot, Varr. R. R. 3, 11 fin.; Col. 8, 15; Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.

Phălăris, ĭdis (acc. Phalarin, Claud. B. Gild. 186), m., = Phalaris, a tyrant of Agrigentum, for whom Perillus made a brazen bull, in which those condemned by him were to be roasted alive. He caused Perillus to be the first to suffer by it (v. Perillus), but afterwards experienced the same punishment himself at the hands of his exasperated subjects, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26; id. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Juv. 8, 81; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 211; Amm. 28, 1, 26; Claud. B. Gild. 186.

phălăris ( phălēris), ĭdis, f., = phalaris or phalêris.

The plant canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis, Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 102, § 126.—

A water-hen, coot, Varr. R. R. 3, 11 fin.; Col. 8, 15; Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.

Phălăris, ĭdis (acc. Phalarin, Claud. B. Gild. 186), m., = Phalaris, a tyrant of Agrigentum, for whom Perillus made a brazen bull, in which those condemned by him were to be roasted alive. He caused Perillus to be the first to suffer by it (v. Perillus), but afterwards experienced the same punishment himself at the hands of his exasperated subjects, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26; id. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Juv. 8, 81; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 211; Amm. 28, 1, 26; Claud. B. Gild. 186.

cŭpĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 ( imperf. subj. cŭpīret, Lucr. 1, 72; quoted ap. Non. p. 506 fin., and ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.), v. a. [Sanscr kup, to be in active motion, to be angry; cf. recupero], to long for a thing, to desire, wish (designating a natural, involuntary inclination, or an unbridled or passionate desire, while volo indicates an energetic will, and opto a deliberate wish or choice, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; Sen. Ep. 116, 2; cf. Klotz in Jahn's Neues Jahrb. 1834, II. p. 119 sq.; freq. in every per. and species of composition); constr. with acc., inf., acc. and inf., acc. and part., ut, ne, the gen., or absol.

In gen.

Lit., of persons.

With acc.:

quid istuc tam cupide cupis?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 49:

nec bonum illud esse, quod cupias ardenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 12:

cupere eadem, eadem odisse,

Sall. J. 31, 14:

domum alius, alius agros,

id. C. 11. 4:

novas res,

id. J. 70, 1:

quanto plura parasti, Tanto plura cupis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148:

(magistratus, imperia, etc.) minime mihi hac tempestate cupienda videntur,

Sall. J. 3, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 66 et saep.—In part. perf.: corde cupitus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

cupitus atque exspectatus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 104:

Mars videt hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupitā,

Ov. F. 3, 21:

cupitus aetatis flos,

Lucr. 3, 770;

5, 847: cujus rei semper cupitae,

Liv. 26, 7, 3; Tac. A. 4, 3 et saep.:

tandem huic cupitum contigit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 116; so in neutr., Liv. 3, 37, 7; Tac. A. 6, 32; 14, 2 al.—

With inf. (so most freq.):

emori cupio,

Ter. Heant. 5, 2, 18:

vitam mutare,

Lucr. 5, 170; 1, 71:

te celare de phaleris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29:

audire cupio,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

diem consumere,

id. Att. 4, 2, 4:

operam navare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

proelium facere,

Sall. J. 57, 4 et saep.:

cum nostri quid sine imperatore efficere possent perspici cuperent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21.—

With acc. and inf.:

te tuā frui virtute cupimus,

Cic. Brut. 97, 331; id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: cupio me esse clementem;

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.

Haase ad Reisig, Lect. p. 790: (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

With acc. and part.: Cu. Quis nominat me? Ph. Qui te conventum cupit. Cu. Hau me magis cupis, quam te ego cupio, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25.—

With ut:

cupio ut impetret,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34:

quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut peccet, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

responsum est mihi cupere quidem universos ut a me rationes coloniae legerentur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 47 (56), 1. —

With ne:

cupio, ne... habeant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6; cf. Ov. H. 6, 6.—

With subj. alone:

cupio te quoque sub idem tempus Campania tua remittat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14 (15), 9.—

Absol.:

ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43:

qui cupit aut metuit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 51;

so with metuo,

id. ib. 1, 6, 12; 1, 16, 65; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185; 1, 1, 2:

cohortatus suos, omnibus cupientibus ad hostium castra contendit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; cf. id. ib. 3, 19 et saep.—

With gen.:

pol quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23 Brix ad loc.; cf. P. a. a infra. —With gen. pers.:

quae (puellae) cupiunt tui,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17; cf.:

jam dudum vestri cupiunt Lucrina tacita,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8 init. —

Transf., of things:

asperiora vina rigari utique cupiunt,

Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.—

Pregn., to be well disposed, be favorable or inclined to one, to favor, to wish well, to be interested for, etc.:

favere et cupere Helvetiis propter eam affinitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; cf.:

quid ego Fundanio non cupio?

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:

ipsi Glycerio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 2: cui maxime, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

cujus causā omnia cum cupio, tum mehercule etiam debeo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 1; cf.:

causam mihi tradidit, quem suā causā cupere ac debere intellegebat,

id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

vehementer ejus causā,

id. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

qui istius causā cupiunt omnia, qui ab eo benignissime tractati sunt, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21 Halm ad loc.—Hence the phrase cupio omnia quaevis, your wishes are mine; cf. the Engl., I am entirely at your service, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5.—Hence, cŭpĭens, entis, P. a., desiring, desirous, longing, eager for something (mostly ante- class. and post-Aug.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).

With gen.:

corporis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 7:

nuptiarum,

id. ib. 4, 4, 29:

tui (tua amica),

id. ib. 4, 2, 58:

liberorum,

Tac. A. 16, 6:

novarum rerum,

id. ib. 15, 46:

bonarum artium,

id. ib. 6, 46:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 14, 14:

erogandae pecuniae,

id. ib. 1, 75.— Comp., Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.— Sup.: cupientissimus legis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 291 P.—

Absol.:

ut quibusque bellum invitis aut cupientibus erat,

Tac. A. 1, 59.— Sup.:

Marius cupientissimā plebe consul factus,

Sall. J. 84, 1.— Adv.: cŭpĭenter, desirously, earnestly, eagerly, = cupide (only ante-class.): cupienter cupere, Enn. ap. Non. p. 91, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 337 Vahl.):

discerpere membra,

Att. ib. p. 91, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 543 Rib.):

petere,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 17.

pĕlăgĭum, ii, v. pelagius, II. B.

† pĕlăgĭus, a, um, adj., = pelagios, of or belonging to the sea, sea- (pure Lat. marinus):

pelagii greges piscium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10:

pelagiae conchae,

sea-mussels, Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 85:

cursus,

Phaedr. 4, 20, 7: matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis, i. e. with pearls and corals, P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55—

Subst.

pĕlăgĭa, ae, f., a kind of pearl-mussel, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131.—

pĕ-lăgĭum, ii, n., purple color, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134; 9, 40, 64, § 138.

pĕlăgĭum, ii, v. pelagius, II. B.

† pĕlăgĭus, a, um, adj., = pelagios, of or belonging to the sea, sea- (pure Lat. marinus):

pelagii greges piscium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10:

pelagiae conchae,

sea-mussels, Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 85:

cursus,

Phaedr. 4, 20, 7: matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis, i. e. with pearls and corals, P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55—

Subst.

pĕlăgĭa, ae, f., a kind of pearl-mussel, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131.—

pĕ-lăgĭum, ii, n., purple color, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134; 9, 40, 64, § 138.

prae-fulgĕo, si, 2, v. n., to beam or shine forth, to shine greatly, to glitter before or in front of (rare before the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

nitor smaragdi collo praefulget tuo (sc. pavonis),

Phaedr. 3, 18, 7:

equus praefulgens unguibus aureis,

Verg. A. 8, 553:

equitatus phaleris praefulgens,

Gell. 5, 5, 3.—

Trop.: ne splendore praefulgeant, shine or glitter too much, Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32:

militarium (rerum) praefulgent nomina,

Vell. 1, 14, 1:

praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus,

Tac. A. 3, 76:

Poppaeus Sabinus consulari decore praefulgens,

id. ib. 13, 45:

enituit et praefulsit decori et honesti dignitas,

Gell. 12, 5, 7.

torquis or torques (the first form, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; Liv. 44, 14, 2; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44;

the latter form,

Val. Fl. 2, 111; Stat. Th. 10, 517; cf. Charis. 1. 1.; acc. torquim, Phoc. de Nom. 1711 P.; abl. torqui, App. Flor. 2, 12), m. and f. [torqueo], a twisted neck-chain, necklace, collar.

Lit.:

T. Manlius, qui Galli torque detracto, Torquati cognomen invenit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. of the same: torquem detraxit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18:

Q. Rubrium coronā et phaleris et torque donasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 185:

aureus,

Liv. 44, 14, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 26, 1; Suet. Aug. 43 (al. aurea): aureae, Varr. ap. Non. 228, 2:

unca,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44:

adempta,

Ov. F. 1, 601:

adjecisse praedam Torquibus exiguis renidet,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 12.—

Transf.

A coupling-collar for oxen:

ipsis e torquibus aptos Junge pares,

Verg. G. 3, 168.—

A wreath, ring, in gen.:

avis torque miniato in cervice distincta,

Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117:

saepe deum nexis ornatae torquibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 276:

hinc vastis urgent immensi torquibus orbes (ceti natantis),

i. e. rings, circles, Manil. 5, 584.

torquis or torques (the first form, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; Liv. 44, 14, 2; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44;

the latter form,

Val. Fl. 2, 111; Stat. Th. 10, 517; cf. Charis. 1. 1.; acc. torquim, Phoc. de Nom. 1711 P.; abl. torqui, App. Flor. 2, 12), m. and f. [torqueo], a twisted neck-chain, necklace, collar.

Lit.:

T. Manlius, qui Galli torque detracto, Torquati cognomen invenit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. of the same: torquem detraxit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18:

Q. Rubrium coronā et phaleris et torque donasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 185:

aureus,

Liv. 44, 14, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 26, 1; Suet. Aug. 43 (al. aurea): aureae, Varr. ap. Non. 228, 2:

unca,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44:

adempta,

Ov. F. 1, 601:

adjecisse praedam Torquibus exiguis renidet,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 12.—

Transf.

A coupling-collar for oxen:

ipsis e torquibus aptos Junge pares,

Verg. G. 3, 168.—

A wreath, ring, in gen.:

avis torque miniato in cervice distincta,

Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117:

saepe deum nexis ornatae torquibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 276:

hinc vastis urgent immensi torquibus orbes (ceti natantis),

i. e. rings, circles, Manil. 5, 584.