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  • 1 flāgitiōsus

        flāgitiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [flagitium], shameful, disgraceful, infamous, profligate, dissolute: homo flagitiosissimus: civitas flagitiosissima, S.: res: libidines: socordia flagitiosior, S.: fama flagitiosissima, Ta.: pro honestis flagitiosa exspectare, disgraceful acquisitions, Ta.
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    flagitiosa -um, flagitiosior -or -us, flagitiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    disgraceful, shameful; infamous, scandalous; profligate, dissolute

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  • 2 agrestis

        agrestis is （ gen plur., -tum, V., O.), m    a countryman, peasant, rustic: agrestīs in spem rapinarum impellere: conventus agrestium, assembly of the rural population: agrestibus in urbem acceptis, L.: agrestis imagine, in the form of a peasant, O.: numina agrestum, worshipped by, V.: agrestem confertum in arta tecta, the countryfolk crowded, etc., L.—Of a mouse: agrestem pellere, the rustic, H.—Praegn., wild, uncultivated: silva, O.: baculum, rude, O.—Rustic, rude, uncultivated, clownish, boorish, coarse, wild: homo: vita: exercitus conlectus... ex agresti luxuriā, i. e. profligate boors: Cyclops, H.: quas (causas) agrestioribus Musis reliquerunt (of the language of the bar): genus hominum, S.: voltus, brutish, O.: asperitas, H.: barbaria, uncivilized: Latium, H.
    * * *
    I
    countryman, peasant; rube, rustic, bumpkin
    II
    agrestis, agreste ADJ
    rustic, inhabiting countryside; rude, wild, savage; of/passing through fields

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  • 3 asōtus

        asōtus ī, m, ἄσωτοσ, a libertine.
    * * *
    I
    asota, asotum ADJ
    debauched, dissipated, profligate
    II
    debaucher, dissolute man

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  • 4 in-temperāns

        in-temperāns antis, adj.    with comp. and sup., without self-control, unrestrained, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate: intemperantis esse arbitror scribere, etc.: fui in te intemperantior, quam debui: in augendo eo intemperantior, L.: intemperantissimae perpotationes: viri, profligate: adulescentia: intemperantissima pecus.

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  • 5 perditus

        perditus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of perdo], lost, hopeless, desperate, ruined, past recovery: puer: aere alieno: rebus omnibus perditis: valetudo: Quanto perditior quisque est, H.— Morally lost, abandoned, corrupt, profligate, flagitious, incorrigible: adulescens luxu, T.: homines: consilia: floribus austrum Perditus inmisi, in my folly, V.: nihil fieri potest perditius: omnium mortalium perditissimus: mores, Cu.
    * * *
    I
    perdita -um, perditior -or -us, perditissimus -a -um ADJ
    ruined; broken/debilitated; bankrupt, financially ruined; lost, done for; degenerate, morally depraved, wild, abandoned; reckless; desperate/hopeless
    II
    ruination, ruin

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  • 6 prōflīgātus

        prōflīgātus adj. with sup.    [P. of profligo], wretched, vile, corrupt, abandoned: iudicia: tu omnium mortalium profligatissime: homines.
    * * *
    profligata, profligatum ADJ
    profligate, depraved

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  • 7 solūtus

        solūtus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of solvo], unbound, free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged: cum eos vinciret, te solu<*>um Romam mittebat?: nec quisquam solutus dicitur esse sectus, unbandaged: duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem iussit, L.: charta, open, O.—Fig., unbound, uncontrolled, unfettered, released, exempt, free: mens: ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania, L.: solutos qui captat risūs hominum, H.: ludunt risu soluto, unrestrained, V.: soluta (praedia) meliore in causā sunt quam obligata, unmortgaged: omni faenore, H.: (religione) solutus ac liber, L.— Free, unburdened, at leisure, at ease, unbent: sed paulo solutiore animo tamen: quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse posset: quam homines soluti ridere non desinant: Cum famulis operum solutis, H.— Free, unbiassed, unprejudiced, independent: iudicio senatūs soluto et libero: si essent omnia mihi solutissima: liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant, uncommitted. —Of a speaker, free, unembarrassed, fluent, ready: in explicandis sententiis: solutissimus in dicendo. —Of composition, free, unfettered, inartificial, irregular: Scribere verba soluta modis, without meter, O.: verbis solutis numeros adiungere, rhythm to prose: soluta oratio, prose: nec vero haec (verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris.— Free from liability, not accountable, exempt: illud tempus habere solutum ac liberum.— Unbridled, insolent, loose, wanton, arbitrary: amores: quo minus conspectus eo solutior erat, L.: quorum in regno libido solutior fuerat, L.: orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu, extravagant.—Undisciplined, disorderly, lax, remiss, careless: omnia soluta apud hostīs esse, L.: lenitas solutior.
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    soluta -um, solutior -or -us, solutissimus -a -um ADJ
    unbound, released; free, at large; unrestrained, profligate; lax, careless

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  • 8 dissolutus

    lax, weak, wanting in energy, dissolute, profligate.

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  • 9 flagitiosus

    flāgĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [flagitium], shameful, disgraceful, infamous, flagitious, profligate, dissolute (both of persons and things):

    flagitiosi sunt, qui venereas voluptates inflammato animo concupiscunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    homo flagitiosissimus, libidinosissimus nequissimusque,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

    civitas pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9:

    vitiosa et flagitiosa vita,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94:

    itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, flagitiosis modestos,

    id. Lacl. 13, 47:

    libidines,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: cf.:

    animus omni genere voluptatum,

    Quint. 12, 11, 18:

    emptio, possessio bonorum,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24:

    flagitiosissima facinora facere,

    Sall. J. 32, 2:

    socordia flagitiosior,

    id. ib. 85, 22:

    fama flagitiosissima,

    Tac. H. 2, 31:

    quod ea, quae re turpia non sunt, verbis flagitiosa ducamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    regem armis quam munificentia vinci, minus flagitiosum,

    Sall. J. 110, 5; cf.:

    flagitiosissimum existimo impune injuriam accepisse,

    id. ib. 31, 21:

    quod flagitiosius est,

    Tac. A. 3, 54.—Hence, adv.: flāgĭtĭōse, shamefully, basely, infamously, flagitiously (freq. in Cic.;

    elsewh. rare): impure et flagitiose vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    turpiter et flagitiose dicta,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

    facere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    judicia male et flagitiose tueri,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 44:

    sumus flagitiose imparati,

    id. Att. 7, 15, 3:

    desciscere ab aliquo,

    id. Fin. 5, 31, 94:

    obitae legationes,

    id. Font. 11, 24.— Comp., Arn. 4, 141.— Sup.:

    ut turpissime flagitiosissimeque discedat,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

    servire aliorum amori,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 8.

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  • 10 intemperans

    in-tempĕrans, antis, adj., intemper, ate, immoderate.
    I.
    Lit.:

    intemperans atque immoderata permixtio,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 11.— Comp., Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That cannot govern himself, without moderation, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate:

    intemperantis esse arbitror scribere, quod occultari velit,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1:

    fui paulo intemperantior fortasse, quam debui,

    i. e. I ought to have exhibited more moderation, id. Vatin. 1:

    intemperans sum in ejus rei cupiditate,

    id. Att. 13, 26:

    intemperans militaris in forti viro gloria,

    id. Tusc. 2, 17:

    in augendo eo non alius intemperantior est,

    Liv. 36, 38:

    avidi atque intemperantes animi,

    id. 24, 25:

    in voluptates,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 3:

    ad vescendum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 6.—
    B.
    Incontinent, profligate, debauched:

    inter impudicas mulieres, et intemperantes viros versari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

    libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,

    id. de Sen. 9, 29:

    impurissima atque intemperantissima pecus,

    id. Pis. 29.— Adv.: intempĕranter, immoderately, extravagantly, intemperately:

    nimis iracunde hoc quidem, et valde intemperanter,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5: intemperanter abuti et otio et litteris, [p. 975] id. Tusc. 1, 3:

    lacerare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

    ne intemperantius opibus suis utatur,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18:

    insequi,

    Liv. 31, 37:

    amare,

    Plin. Pan. 68: adesse adversus aliquem. Suet. Claud. 38.— Sup.:

    intemperantissime gloriari,

    App. Mag. p. 321, 33.

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  • 11 intemperanter

    in-tempĕrans, antis, adj., intemper, ate, immoderate.
    I.
    Lit.:

    intemperans atque immoderata permixtio,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 11.— Comp., Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That cannot govern himself, without moderation, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate:

    intemperantis esse arbitror scribere, quod occultari velit,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1:

    fui paulo intemperantior fortasse, quam debui,

    i. e. I ought to have exhibited more moderation, id. Vatin. 1:

    intemperans sum in ejus rei cupiditate,

    id. Att. 13, 26:

    intemperans militaris in forti viro gloria,

    id. Tusc. 2, 17:

    in augendo eo non alius intemperantior est,

    Liv. 36, 38:

    avidi atque intemperantes animi,

    id. 24, 25:

    in voluptates,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 3:

    ad vescendum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 6.—
    B.
    Incontinent, profligate, debauched:

    inter impudicas mulieres, et intemperantes viros versari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

    libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,

    id. de Sen. 9, 29:

    impurissima atque intemperantissima pecus,

    id. Pis. 29.— Adv.: intempĕranter, immoderately, extravagantly, intemperately:

    nimis iracunde hoc quidem, et valde intemperanter,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5: intemperanter abuti et otio et litteris, [p. 975] id. Tusc. 1, 3:

    lacerare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

    ne intemperantius opibus suis utatur,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18:

    insequi,

    Liv. 31, 37:

    amare,

    Plin. Pan. 68: adesse adversus aliquem. Suet. Claud. 38.— Sup.:

    intemperantissime gloriari,

    App. Mag. p. 321, 33.

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  • 12 Messalina

    I.
    The profligate wife of the emperor Claudius, daughter of M. Valerius Messalla Barbatus, Suet. Claud. 17; 26; Tac. A. 11, 1 sq.; Juv. 10, 333; cf. id. 6, 116 al.—
    II.
    The wife of the emperor Nero, Suet. Ner. 35; id. Oth. 10; Tac. A. 15, 68.

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  • 13 Messallina

    I.
    The profligate wife of the emperor Claudius, daughter of M. Valerius Messalla Barbatus, Suet. Claud. 17; 26; Tac. A. 11, 1 sq.; Juv. 10, 333; cf. id. 6, 116 al.—
    II.
    The wife of the emperor Nero, Suet. Ner. 35; id. Oth. 10; Tac. A. 15, 68.

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  • 14 perdo

    per-do, dĭdi, ditum, 3 (old form of the pres. subj. perduim, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6:

    perduis,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 215; id. Capt. 3, 5, 70:

    perduit,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 64; id. Poen. 3, 4, 29;

    but esp. freq., perduint,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Aul. 4, 10, 55; id. Curc. 5, 3, 41; id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Most. 3, 1, 138; id. Men. 2, 2, 34; 3, 1, 6; 5, 5, 31; id. Merc. 4, 3, 11; 4, 4, 53; id. Poen. 3, 2, 33; 4, 2, 41; id. Stich. 4, 2, 15; id. Truc. 2, 3, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 7; id. Hec. 3, 4, 27; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 73; Cic. Deiot. 7, 21; id. Att. 15, 4, 3.—As the pass. of perdo, only pereo, perditus, perire appear to be in good use.—The only classical example of a pass. form in the pres. is:

    perditur haec inter misero lux non sine votis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (K. and H. ad loc.), where Lachm., perh. needlessly, reads lux porgitur, the day seems too long for me. —In the pass. perdi, in late Lat.; v. infra), v. a., to make away with; to destroy, ruin; to squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, lose, etc. (class.; syn.: dissipo, perimo, deleo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aliquem perditum ire,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

    Juppiter fruges perdidit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

    funditus civitatem,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    se ipsum penitus,

    id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    perdere et affligere cives,

    id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

    perdere et pessundare aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 3:

    aliquem capitis,

    i. e. to charge with a capital offence, id. As. 1, 2, 6; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 86:

    sumat, consumat, perdat,

    squander, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; so,

    perde et peri,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 59:

    perdere et profundere,

    to waste, Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3:

    perdere tempus,

    id. de Or. 3, 36, 146:

    operam,

    id. Mur. 10, 23; cf.:

    oleum et operam,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    Decius amisit vitam: at non perdidit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:

    cur perdis adulescentem nobis? cur amat? Cur potat?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36.—In execrations (very common): di (deaeque omnes) te perduint, may the gods destroy you! See the passages with perduint cited init.—Pass. (late Lat.):

    verbis perderis ipse tuis, Prosp. Epigr.: impii de terrā perdentur,

    Vulg. Prov. 2, 22: quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, id. Job, 20, 7.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to lose utterly or irrecoverably:

    eos (liberos),

    Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 3:

    omnes fructus industriae et fortunae,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

    litem,

    to lose one's cause, id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:

    libertatem,

    id. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    dextram manum,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

    memoriam,

    Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

    causam,

    id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

    spem,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 3:

    vitam,

    Mart. Spect. 13, 2:

    perii hercle! nomen perdidi,

    i. e. I have quite forgotten the name, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 39.— Pass. (late Lat.):

    si principis vita perditur,

    Amm. 14, 5, 4; Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (v. supra).—Of loss at play:

    ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lusor,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 451; Juv. 1, 93.—Hence, perdĭtus, a, um, P. a., lost, i. e.,
    A.
    Hopeless, desperate, ruined, past recovery (class.;

    syn. profligatus): perditus sum, i. q. perii,

    I am lost! Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; id. Rud. 5, 1, 3:

    per fortunas vide, ne puerum perditum perdamus,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5:

    perditus aere alieno,

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

    lacrimis ac maerore perditus,

    id. Mur. 40, 86:

    tu omnium mortalium perditissime,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 64:

    rebus omnibus perditis,

    id. Caecin. 31, 90:

    senatoria judicia,

    id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

    valetudo,

    id. Tusc. 5, 10, 29.—
    2.
    In partic., desperately in love; lost, ruined by love ( poet.):

    amore haec perdita est,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 13:

    in puellā,

    Prop. 1, 13, 7:

    amor,

    Cat. 89, 2.—
    B.
    Lost in a moral sense, abandoned, corrupt, profligate, flagitious, incorrigible:

    adulescens perditus ac dissolutus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

    homo contaminatus, perditus, flagitiosus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

    abjecti homines et perditi,

    id. Mil. 18, 47; id. Cat. 1, 6, 9:

    homo perditā nequitiā,

    id. Clu. 13, 36:

    perdita atque dissoluta consilia,

    id. Agr. 2, 20, 55:

    luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae,

    Suet. Calig. 25:

    nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1; Cat. 42, 13.—Hence, sup.:

    omnium mortalium perditissimus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65; Just. 21, 5, 5.— Adv.: perdĭtē.
    1.
    In an abandoned manner, incorrigibly:

    se gerere,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.—
    2.
    Desperately, excessively:

    amare,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 32:

    conari,

    Quint. 2, 12, 5.

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  • 15 profligo

    1.
    prō-flīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).
    I.
    Lit.:

    inimicos profligare,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75:

    copias hostium,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37:

    classem hostium,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    hostes,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 8:

    proelia,

    i. e. the warriors, Tac. A. 14, 36:

    aciem virorum,

    Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To overthrow, ruin, destroy:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

    tantas opes,

    Nep. Pelop. 2, 3:

    undique se suosque profligante fortunā,

    Liv. 33, 19:

    valetudinem,

    Gell. 19, 5, 2.—
    B.
    To overwhelm, crush in spirit:

    quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.—
    C.
    To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch:

    bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,

    Liv. 21, 40, 11:

    profligato fere Samnitium bello,

    id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11:

    profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2:

    profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,

    id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

    omnia ad perniciem profligata,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

    sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,

    that it would be brought nearly to an end, Suet. Oth. 9:

    profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,

    Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2:

    profligatis in Africā rebus,

    Just. 22, 8, 1:

    victoriam,

    Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2:

    quantum profligatum sit,

    how far advanced, Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Wretched, miserable, vile (class.;

    syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.—
    B.
    In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.):

    tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65:

    homines,

    id. Arch. 6, 14:

    omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

    profligatissimus quisque,

    Suet. Tib. 35.—
    C.
    Of time, advanced (post-Aug.):

    profligatae aetatis (homo),

    Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.:

    in profligato esse,

    to be almost ended, Gell. 15, 5, 2.
    2.
    prō-flīgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to strike down, ruin, destroy (post-class.):

    proflictae res,

    cast down, ruined, Gell. 15, 5, 2.

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  • 16 Sameramis

    Sĕmīrămis ( Sămērămis, in good MSS. and Schol., Juv. 2, 108), is or ĭdis, f., = Semiramis, the celebrated queen of Assyria, consort and successor of Ninus, Just. 1, 1, 9; Curt. 5, 1, 24; Ov. M. 4, 58; Juv. 2, 108.— Acc. Semiramin, Curt. 7, 6, 20; Amm. 28, 4, 9.— Abl. Semirami, Just. 36, 2, 1:

    Semiramide,

    id. 1, 1, 10.—So Cicero sarcastically calls the profligate A. Gabinius, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9.—Hence, Sĕmīrămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semiramis, Semiramian:

    Semiramio sanguine cretus Polydaemon,

    Ov. M. 5, 85:

    acus,

    i.e. Babylonian, Mart. 8, 28, 18; so, turres, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 162.

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  • 17 Semiramis

    Sĕmīrămis ( Sămērămis, in good MSS. and Schol., Juv. 2, 108), is or ĭdis, f., = Semiramis, the celebrated queen of Assyria, consort and successor of Ninus, Just. 1, 1, 9; Curt. 5, 1, 24; Ov. M. 4, 58; Juv. 2, 108.— Acc. Semiramin, Curt. 7, 6, 20; Amm. 28, 4, 9.— Abl. Semirami, Just. 36, 2, 1:

    Semiramide,

    id. 1, 1, 10.—So Cicero sarcastically calls the profligate A. Gabinius, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9.—Hence, Sĕmīrămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semiramis, Semiramian:

    Semiramio sanguine cretus Polydaemon,

    Ov. M. 5, 85:

    acus,

    i.e. Babylonian, Mart. 8, 28, 18; so, turres, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 162.

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  • 18 Semiramius

    Sĕmīrămis ( Sămērămis, in good MSS. and Schol., Juv. 2, 108), is or ĭdis, f., = Semiramis, the celebrated queen of Assyria, consort and successor of Ninus, Just. 1, 1, 9; Curt. 5, 1, 24; Ov. M. 4, 58; Juv. 2, 108.— Acc. Semiramin, Curt. 7, 6, 20; Amm. 28, 4, 9.— Abl. Semirami, Just. 36, 2, 1:

    Semiramide,

    id. 1, 1, 10.—So Cicero sarcastically calls the profligate A. Gabinius, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9.—Hence, Sĕmīrămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semiramis, Semiramian:

    Semiramio sanguine cretus Polydaemon,

    Ov. M. 5, 85:

    acus,

    i.e. Babylonian, Mart. 8, 28, 18; so, turres, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 162.

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