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1 carmen
carmen inis, n [1 CAS-], a song, poem, verse, oracular response, prophecy, form of incantation, tune, air, lay, strain, note, sound (vocal or instrumental): canentes carmina, L.: Carmine vocali clarus, O.: lyrae, Pr.: per me concordant carmina nervis, O.: ferale, V.: cygnorum, O.: citharā carmina divides, H.: barbaricum, O. — Esp., a composition in verse, poem, poetry, verse, song: cantūs et carmina, melodies and words: Maeonii carminis alite, H.: tragicum, H.: carmina Livi, H.: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, H.: famosum, abusive, H.: canere, to compose: pueris canto, H.: condere, H.: contexere: fingere, H.: docere, H.: ad umbilicum adducere, H. — Lyric poetry: Carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, H.: Carmina compono, hic elegos, H. — A poetic inscription: carminibus templorum aditūs exornare: tumulo superaddite carmen, V.—A passage from a poem, poetical extract: audiens tam grande carmen: Euripideum illud.—An oracular response, prophecy, prediction: Cumaeum, V.: in libris Sibyllinis, L.—A charm, incantation: Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi, V.: veneficae Scientioris, H.: Auxiliare, O.—A form of speech, ceremonial phrase, formula (in religious or legal observances): quae (verba) longo effata carmine, L.: diro quodam carmine iurare, L.: cruciatūs carmina: lex horrendi carminis erat, of a dreadful form, L.: Appii Caeci carmen, a proverbial saying: magistri, a school-task for the memory: sacrum, L.* * *Icard for wool/flaxIIsong/music; poem/play; charm; prayer, incantation, ritual/magic formula; oracle -
2 vāticinātiō
vāticinātiō ōnis, f [vaticinor], a foretelling, soothsaying, prophecy, prediction: vaticinationibus declarare, utrum, etc., Cs.: Sybillinae.* * *prophecy, prediction -
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4 carmen
1.carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).I.In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.II.also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),
Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,
Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.vocum,
id. ib. 12, 157:per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,
id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,
Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:cygnorum,
id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:citharae liquidum carmen,
Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:lyrae carmen,
Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:canere miserabile carmen,
Ov. M. 5, 118:harundineum,
id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:socialia carmina,
id. H. 12, 139:barbaricum,
id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.A.Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:B.perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,
Lucr. 5, 1444:Maeonii carminis alite,
Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:epicum carmen,
Quint. 10, 1, 62:heroici sublimitas,
id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:Iliacum,
Hor. A. P. 129:historia quodammodo carmen solutum,
Quint. 10, 1, 31:Pierium,
Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:tragicum,
Hor. A. P. 220:carmina Livi,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:Saliorum carmina,
Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:lyricorum carmina,
Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:Aeolium,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,
id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:carmen funebre proprie Naenia,
Quint. 8, 2, 8:carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:lascivum,
Quint. 9, 4, 108:obscena,
satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;the same: famosum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:malum,
id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:obliquum,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:probrosum,
Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,
Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:canere,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:cantare cui,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:cantitare,
Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:contexere,
Cic. Cael. 8, 18:disponere,
Lucr. 3, 420:pangere,
id. 1, 934; 4, 9:fingere,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:dicere,
id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:dictare,
id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:docere,
id. C. 2, 19, 1:ad umbilicum adducere,
id. Epod. 14, 7:deducere ad sua tempora,
Ov. M. 1, 4:fundere,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:componere ad lyram,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—Esp.1.In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:2. 3.carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:carmina compono, hic elegos,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,
Quint. 2, 4, 2.—A poetic inscription:4.et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,
Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:5.ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,
Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.6.Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,
Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,
Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:7.diro quodam carmine jurare,
Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:cruciatus carmina,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,
of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:rogationis carmen,
id. 3, 64, 10.—Moral sentences composed in verses:2.Appii Caeci carmen,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,
Gell. 11, 2, 2:ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:necessarium,
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5 casmen
1.carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).I.In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.II.also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),
Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,
Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.vocum,
id. ib. 12, 157:per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,
id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,
Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:cygnorum,
id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:citharae liquidum carmen,
Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:lyrae carmen,
Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:canere miserabile carmen,
Ov. M. 5, 118:harundineum,
id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:socialia carmina,
id. H. 12, 139:barbaricum,
id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.A.Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:B.perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,
Lucr. 5, 1444:Maeonii carminis alite,
Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:epicum carmen,
Quint. 10, 1, 62:heroici sublimitas,
id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:Iliacum,
Hor. A. P. 129:historia quodammodo carmen solutum,
Quint. 10, 1, 31:Pierium,
Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:tragicum,
Hor. A. P. 220:carmina Livi,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:Saliorum carmina,
Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:lyricorum carmina,
Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:Aeolium,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,
id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:carmen funebre proprie Naenia,
Quint. 8, 2, 8:carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:lascivum,
Quint. 9, 4, 108:obscena,
satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;the same: famosum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:malum,
id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:obliquum,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:probrosum,
Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,
Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:canere,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:cantare cui,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:cantitare,
Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:contexere,
Cic. Cael. 8, 18:disponere,
Lucr. 3, 420:pangere,
id. 1, 934; 4, 9:fingere,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:dicere,
id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:dictare,
id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:docere,
id. C. 2, 19, 1:ad umbilicum adducere,
id. Epod. 14, 7:deducere ad sua tempora,
Ov. M. 1, 4:fundere,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:componere ad lyram,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—Esp.1.In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:2. 3.carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:carmina compono, hic elegos,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,
Quint. 2, 4, 2.—A poetic inscription:4.et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,
Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:5.ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,
Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.6.Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,
Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,
Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:7.diro quodam carmine jurare,
Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:cruciatus carmina,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,
of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:rogationis carmen,
id. 3, 64, 10.—Moral sentences composed in verses:2.Appii Caeci carmen,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,
Gell. 11, 2, 2:ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:necessarium,
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6 Apollō
Apollō inis, m Apollo.—Poet.: nautis aperitur Apollo, i. e. the temple of Apollo, V.* * *Apollo; (Roman god of prophecy, music, poetry, archery, medicine) -
7 Carmentis
Carmentis is (V., O.), or Carmenta, ae (L.), f [1 CAS-], a goddess of prophecy, mother of Evander. -
8 dīvīnātiō
dīvīnātiō ōnis, f [divino], miraculous knowledge, prophetic inspiration, foresight, divination: ut nihil divinatione opus sit: quantae divinationis est, scire, etc.: si divinatio appellanda est bonitas, N. — In law, a proceeding to determine who shall conduct a prosecution.* * *predicting; divination; prophecy; prognostication -
9 ōrāculum or ōrāclum
ōrāculum or ōrāclum ī, n [oro], a divine announcement, oracle: oracla edere: quaerere, V.: consulere, O.: Delphis oracula cessant, Iu.—A prophetic declaration, prophecy: somnii et furoris oracula: nullum nefas oracula suadent, O.—A place where oracular responses were given, oracle: illud Delphis: angustae reserabo oracula mentis, O.—An oracular saying, oracle: physicorum oracula. -
10 praedicātiō
praedicātiō ōnis, f [1 praedico], a public proclamation, publication by a crier: luctuosa et acerba: tribuni, L.— A praising, praise, commendation: clementia omnium praedicatione decoranda.* * *announcement/statement; public proclaiming; praise/commendation/special mention; publication, public proclamation; prediction/prophecy/soothsaying; preaching -
11 praedictum
praedictum ī, n [P. neut. of 2 praedico], something previously said: velut ex predicto, as if by preconcert, L.— A foretelling, prediction, prophecy: Chaldaeorum praedicta: vatium.— An order, command: dictatoris, ne, etc., L.* * *prediction; forewarning; command -
12 sors
sors (old nom. sortis, T.), tis, abl. sorte or sortī, f [1 SER-], a lot: tot in hydriam sortes conicerentur: neque eorum sortes deiciuntur, Cs.: cum deiecta in id sors esset, lots were cast for it, L.: cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset: et cuiusque sors exciderat, L.: sortes suā sponte adtenuatas, L.— A casting of lots, drawing, decision by lot, lot: quaestor quem sors dedit: cui Sicilia provincia sorti evenisset, L.: Q. Caecilio sorti evenit, ut gereret, etc., L.: de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat, Cs.: iubet extra sortem Theomnastum renuntiari.— An oracular response, prophecy: ut sors ipsa ad sortīs referenda sit: Lyciae sortes, the oracles of the Lycian Apollo, V.: Faticinae, O.: edita oraculo, Cu.: responsa sortium, L.—In business, a capital, principal: de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser? T.: sorte caret: mergentibus semper sortem usuris, L.—Fig., a lot, share, duty assigned by lot: urbana peregrina (in the division of official duties), L.: comitia suae sortis esse, i. e. had been allotted to him, L.: numquam ex urbe afuit nisi sorte, i. e. on official duty.—A lot, fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition, share, part: futura, V.: Ferrea vitae, O.: iniqua, V.: iniquissima, L.: illā (sorte) Contentus, H.: inrequieta, O.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, to whose lot, V.: Saturni sors ego prima fui, i. e. the first child, O.: suae sortis oblitus, Cu.: puer in nullam sortem bonorum natus, to no share of the property, L.: praedae mala sors, O.— A sort, kind, sex, class: Non tuae sortis iuvenem, rank, H.: altera, sex, O.: nova pugnae, V.* * *lot, fate; oracular response -
13 Themis
Themis idis, acc. min, f the goddess of justice and of prophecy, O., Ct. -
14 Trōiugena
Trōiugena ae, m [Troia+GEN-], son of Troy, descendant of Trojans, Trojan: Romanus, L. (old prophecy), V.— Plur, the Romans, Iu.* * *born of Trojan stock, descendent of Trojans; Trojan; the Romans (pl.) -
15 adnuntiatio
annunciation/announcement, declaration; message; prediction/prophecy; preaching -
16 annuntiatio
annunciation/announcement, declaration; message; prediction/prophecy; preaching -
17 auraculum
oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim -
18 cojectura
conjecture/guess/inference/reasoning/interpretation/comparison; prophecy/forecas -
19 conjectura
conjecture/guess/inference/reasoning/interpretation/comparison; prophecy/forecas -
20 oraclum
oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim
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