purple color

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purpŭra, ae, f. [porphura].

Lit., the purple-fish (cf.:

bucinum, murex, ostrum),

Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125 sq. —

Transf., purple color, purple, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 130:

violae sublucet purpura nigrae,

Verg. G. 4, 274:

certantem uvam purpurae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 20; Dig. 32, 68 fin.; also, a spurious purple color, prepared from berries (cf. Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140), Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 77.—Like aurum, gemmae, etc., to designate any valuable object, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 128; Lucr. 5, 1423; Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:

purpuram marinam,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 4, 23.—

The purple, i. e. purple cloth, a purple garment:

purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19: usque ad talos demissa purpura, i. e. the praetexta, id. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 1, 2, 6:

lectus eburneus, auro ac purpurā stratus,

Suet. Caes. 84.—Esp., of the purple garments worn by kings and magistrates:

purpura Pompeium summi velabit honoris,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 25:

regum,

Verg. G. 2, 495.—Cf. in plur.:

purpurae Laconicae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 8; Quint. 8, 5, 28.—Hence,

Transf., a lofty station, high dignity:

omnis Latio quae servit purpura ferro,

i. e. all kings, Luc. 7, 228:

purpuram sumere,

i. e. the sovereignty, Eutr. 9, 8; Capitol. Max. 14:

adorare purpuram,

i. e. the emperor, Amm. 21, 9, 8; Cod. Th. 6, 24, 3; Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6; 12:

septima purpura,

the seventh consulate, Flor. 3, 21, 17:

tertia Latios renovārat purpura fasces,

Sil. 11, 112:

jamque novi praeëunt fasces, nova purpura fulget,

Ov. F. 1, 81.—

Of wine:

purpura potabilis,

Cassiod. Var. 12, 4.

conchylĭum, ii, n., = konchulion.

A shell-fish, a testaceous animal, in gen., Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33.—

Specif.

An oyster, Cic. Pis. 27, 67; Hor. Epod. 2, 49; id. S. 2, 2, 74; 2, 4, 30; 2, 8, 27; Cels. 2, 18.—

A kind of purple shell-fish:

color conchyli,

Lucr. 6, 1074; Cat. 64, 49 Sillig N. cr.; Col. 8, 17, 9; Vitr. 7, 13.—

Meton.

Purple color, purple, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127 sq.—

Purple garments, purple, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Juv. 3, 81; 8, 101 al.

Tyrus or - ŏs, i, f., = Turos (Heb.).

Lit., Tyre, a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phœnicians, especially celebrated for its purple, now the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Tyre, Tyrian:

purpura,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

murex,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166:

fucus,

id. ib. 6, 222:

colores,

id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18:

vestes,

id. S. 2, 4, 84:

chlamys,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

puella,

i. e. Europa, Ov. F. 5, 605;

also called Tyria paelex,

id. M. 3, 258; cf.

taurus (that carried her),

Mart. 10, 51, 1:

Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet,

Fest. p. 355 Müll.—

Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phœnician, Cadmus):

montes,

in the neighborhood of Thebes, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693:

agri,

id. ib. 9, 406:

ductor,

i. e. Eteocles, id. ib. 11, 205:

exsul,

i. e. Polynices, id. ib. 3, 406:

plectrum,

i. e. of Amphion, id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf.

chelys,

id. Th. 8, 232.—

Carthaginian:

arces,

Verg. A. 1, 20:

virgines,

id. ib. 1, 336:

urbs,

id. ib. 1, 388:

doli,

Sil. 7, 268:

patres,

id. 2, 24:

ductor,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 10, 171; cf.

miles,

the army of Hannibal, id. 8, 13.—

Purple, of a purple color:

torus,

Tib. 1, 2, 75:

sinus,

id. 1, 9, 70:

vestes,

id. 1, 7, 47:

palla,

id. 4, 2, 11:

subtemen,

id. 4, 1, 121:

amictus, Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.— Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a purple color:

Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre, the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.— Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—

Transf., poet., purple, Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.

Tyrus or - ŏs, i, f., = Turos (Heb.).

Lit., Tyre, a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phœnicians, especially celebrated for its purple, now the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Tyre, Tyrian:

purpura,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

murex,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166:

fucus,

id. ib. 6, 222:

colores,

id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18:

vestes,

id. S. 2, 4, 84:

chlamys,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

puella,

i. e. Europa, Ov. F. 5, 605;

also called Tyria paelex,

id. M. 3, 258; cf.

taurus (that carried her),

Mart. 10, 51, 1:

Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet,

Fest. p. 355 Müll.—

Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phœnician, Cadmus):

montes,

in the neighborhood of Thebes, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693:

agri,

id. ib. 9, 406:

ductor,

i. e. Eteocles, id. ib. 11, 205:

exsul,

i. e. Polynices, id. ib. 3, 406:

plectrum,

i. e. of Amphion, id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf.

chelys,

id. Th. 8, 232.—

Carthaginian:

arces,

Verg. A. 1, 20:

virgines,

id. ib. 1, 336:

urbs,

id. ib. 1, 388:

doli,

Sil. 7, 268:

patres,

id. 2, 24:

ductor,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 10, 171; cf.

miles,

the army of Hannibal, id. 8, 13.—

Purple, of a purple color:

torus,

Tib. 1, 2, 75:

sinus,

id. 1, 9, 70:

vestes,

id. 1, 7, 47:

palla,

id. 4, 2, 11:

subtemen,

id. 4, 1, 121:

amictus, Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.— Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a purple color:

Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre, the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.— Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—

Transf., poet., purple, Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.

Tyrus or - ŏs, i, f., = Turos (Heb.).

Lit., Tyre, a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phœnicians, especially celebrated for its purple, now the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Tyre, Tyrian:

purpura,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

murex,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166:

fucus,

id. ib. 6, 222:

colores,

id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18:

vestes,

id. S. 2, 4, 84:

chlamys,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

puella,

i. e. Europa, Ov. F. 5, 605;

also called Tyria paelex,

id. M. 3, 258; cf.

taurus (that carried her),

Mart. 10, 51, 1:

Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet,

Fest. p. 355 Müll.—

Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phœnician, Cadmus):

montes,

in the neighborhood of Thebes, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693:

agri,

id. ib. 9, 406:

ductor,

i. e. Eteocles, id. ib. 11, 205:

exsul,

i. e. Polynices, id. ib. 3, 406:

plectrum,

i. e. of Amphion, id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf.

chelys,

id. Th. 8, 232.—

Carthaginian:

arces,

Verg. A. 1, 20:

virgines,

id. ib. 1, 336:

urbs,

id. ib. 1, 388:

doli,

Sil. 7, 268:

patres,

id. 2, 24:

ductor,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 10, 171; cf.

miles,

the army of Hannibal, id. 8, 13.—

Purple, of a purple color:

torus,

Tib. 1, 2, 75:

sinus,

id. 1, 9, 70:

vestes,

id. 1, 7, 47:

palla,

id. 4, 2, 11:

subtemen,

id. 4, 1, 121:

amictus, Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.— Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a purple color:

Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre, the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.— Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—

Transf., poet., purple, Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.

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Poeni, ōrum, m., the Phœnicians, i. e. the Carthaginians (descended from the Phœnicians): Poeni stipendia pendunt, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll. (Ann. v. 269 Vahl.); id. ap. Fest. p. 249 ib. (Ann. v. 278 Vahl.); Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

Poeni foedifragi,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

Poenorum crudelitas,

id. N. D. 3, 32, 80:

ponuntque ferocia Poeni Corda,

Verg. A. 1, 302.— Gen. plur.:

Poenūm,

Sil. 7, 714; 17, 311.—In sing.: Poenus, i, m., a Carthaginian: Poenus plane est, he is a true Carthaginian, i. e. full of cunning, trickish, Plaut. Poen. prol. 113.—Pregn., for Hannibal, Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 77.—Collectively:

si uterque Poenus Serviat uni,

i.e. Carthaginians in Africa and Spain, Hor. C. 2, 2, 11.—Hence,

Poenus, a, um, adj., Punic, Carthaginian ( poet.):

leones,

Verg. E. 5, 27:

columnae,

Prop. 2, 23 (3, 29), 3:

sermo,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 45:

vis saeva,

Sil. 6, 338:

miles,

Juv. 10, 155.— Comp.:

est nullus me hodie Poenus Poenior,

better versed in the Carthaginian tongue, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 31.—

Pūnĭ-cus ( Poen-), a, um, adj., Punic, Carthaginian (the classical form):

CLASEIS. POENICAS OM(nes devicit), Inscr. Column. Rostr.: regna,

Verg. A. 1, 338:

lingua,

Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120:

litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

laterna,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30: bellum primum, secundum, tertium, Cic. [p. 1391] Off. 1, 13, 39; id. Brut. 14, 57; id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73: fides, i. e. bad faith, perfidy, treachery (because the Romans considered the Carthaginians perfidious), Sall. J. 108, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 4 fin.; 42, 47; Flor. 2, 2, 6 and 17; Val. Max. 7, 4, ext. 4; so,

ars,

Liv. 25, 39: Punicum malum, or simply Punicum, i, n., a pomegranate, Plin. 13, 19, 34, § 112; 15, 11, 11, § 39; 15, 28, 34, § 112 et saep.: arbos, i. e. a pomegranate-tree, Col. poët. 10, 243:

cera,

exceedingly white, Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 83.—

Poet., transf., of the Phœnician color, purple color, purple-red:

punicarum rostra columbarum,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32:

rostra psittaci,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 22: punico Lugubre mutavit sagum, Hor Epod. 9, 27.—Hence, adv.: Pūnĭcē ( Poen-), in the Punic or Carthaginian manner or language:

adibo hosce atque appellabo Punice,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 22:

loqui,

in Punic, id. ib. 5, 2, 23:

salutare,

id. ib. 5, 2, 40.

fūcōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], painted, colored, beautified, counterfeit, spurious (Ciceron.):

visae merces, fallaces quidem et fucosae, chartis et linteis et vitro delatae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40:

vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,

id. Planc. 7, 22:

ambitiosae fucosaeque amicitiae,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2.

† fūcus, i, m., = phukos, rock-lichen, orchil, used as a red dye for woollen goods, Lichen roccella, Linn., Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 103 sq.:

ut lana tincta fuco citra purpuras placet,

Quint. 12, 10, 75.—

Transf., red or purple color.

In gen.:

infici vestes scimus admirabili fuco,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; Hor. C. 3, 5, 28; id. Ep. 1, 10, 27 Orell. ad loc.; Ov. M. 6, 222 al.—

In partic.

Rouge, paint for the complexion:

vetulae, quae vitia corporis fuco occulunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco tinxerit,

Prop. 2, 18, 31 (3, 11, 10 M.):

mangones colorem fuco, et rerum robur inani sagina mentiantur,

Quint. 2, 15, 25.—

Dross, alloy, adulteration:

adulteratur (sal) rubrica aut testa trita, qui fucus aqua deprehenditur diluente,

Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—

For propolis (q. v.), the reddish juice with which bees stop up the entrances to their hive, bee-glue, Verg. G. 4, 39. —

Trop., pretence, disguise, deceit, dissimulation:

his tribus figuris insidere quidam venustatis non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus debet color,

Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199; cf.:

sententiae tam verae, tam novae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

id. ib. 2, 45, 188:

fuco ementitus color,

Quint. 8, 3, 6:

in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

mercem sine fucis gestat,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

nec sycophantiis nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

sine fuco ac fallaciis,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: deum sese in hominem convertisse... fucum factum mulieri, i. e. to deceive, impose upon (vulg.), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 41:

si eum, qui tibi promiserit, audieris fucum, ut dicitur, facere velle aut senseris,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35.

conchylĭātus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of a purple color:

peristromata,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67:

vestis,

Plin. 9, 39, 64, § 138; Suet. Caes. 43:

lana,

Petr. 54, 4; Marc. Emp. 9.—

Clothed in purple:

relictis conchyliatis cum illo seminudo loquor,

Sen. Ep. 62, 3.

Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,

Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]

Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.

ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).

Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:

ahënis in scaphiis,

id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;

lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,

id. ib. 2, 470:

crateres,

id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:

litore aëna locant,

Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—

Trop.

Firm, invincible (cf. adamantinus):

manus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 18.—

Hard, rigorous, inexorable:

corda,

Stat. Th. 3, 380.

Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,

Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]

Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.

ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).

Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:

ahënis in scaphiis,

id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;

lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,

id. ib. 2, 470:

crateres,

id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:

litore aëna locant,

Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—

Trop.

Firm, invincible (cf. adamantinus):

manus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 18.—

Hard, rigorous, inexorable:

corda,

Stat. Th. 3, 380.

Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,

Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]

Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.

ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).

Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:

ahënis in scaphiis,

id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;

lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,

id. ib. 2, 470:

crateres,

id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:

litore aëna locant,

Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—

Trop.

Firm, invincible (cf. adamantinus):

manus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 18.—

Hard, rigorous, inexorable:

corda,

Stat. Th. 3, 380.

Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,

Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]

Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.

ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).

Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:

ahënis in scaphiis,

id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;

lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,

id. ib. 2, 470:

crateres,

id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:

litore aëna locant,

Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—

Trop.

Firm, invincible (cf. adamantinus):

manus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 18.—

Hard, rigorous, inexorable:

corda,

Stat. Th. 3, 380.

Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,

Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]

Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.

ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).

Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:

ahënis in scaphiis,

id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;

lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,

id. ib. 2, 470:

crateres,

id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:

litore aëna locant,

Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—

Trop.

Firm, invincible (cf. adamantinus):

manus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 18.—

Hard, rigorous, inexorable:

corda,

Stat. Th. 3, 380.