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1 disceus
discĕus, i, m., = diskos (a quoit), a sort of comet shaped like a quoit, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89. -
2 Discus
1.discus, i, m., = diskos.I.A quoit, an implement for exercise in ancient gymnastics, Stat. Th. 6, 646 sq.; Prop. 3, 14, 10 (4, 13, 10 M.); Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 2, 13; id. A. P. 380; Ov. M. 10, 177 al.—b.Prov.:II.qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt,
i. e. who prefer trifles to serious things, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.—A dish, so called because shaped like a quoit, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Matt. 14, 8.—III.The disc of a dial, a sundial, Vitr. 9, 9, 1.2.Discus, i, m., the name of a freedman, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 60. -
3 discus
1.discus, i, m., = diskos.I.A quoit, an implement for exercise in ancient gymnastics, Stat. Th. 6, 646 sq.; Prop. 3, 14, 10 (4, 13, 10 M.); Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 2, 13; id. A. P. 380; Ov. M. 10, 177 al.—b.Prov.:II.qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt,
i. e. who prefer trifles to serious things, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.—A dish, so called because shaped like a quoit, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Matt. 14, 8.—III.The disc of a dial, a sundial, Vitr. 9, 9, 1.2.Discus, i, m., the name of a freedman, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 60. -
4 pentathlos
pentathlos or - us, i, m., = pentathlos, one who practised the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-Aug.), Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57; so id. 34, 8, 19, §§ 68 and 72.‡ † pentathlum, i, n., = pentathlon, the contest of the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-class.): pentathlum antiqui quinquartium dixerunt. Id autem genus exercitationis ex his quinque artibus constat, jactu disci, cursu, saltu, jaculatione, luctatione, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll. -
5 pentathlum
pentathlos or - us, i, m., = pentathlos, one who practised the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-Aug.), Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57; so id. 34, 8, 19, §§ 68 and 72.‡ † pentathlum, i, n., = pentathlon, the contest of the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-class.): pentathlum antiqui quinquartium dixerunt. Id autem genus exercitationis ex his quinque artibus constat, jactu disci, cursu, saltu, jaculatione, luctatione, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll. -
6 pentathlus
pentathlos or - us, i, m., = pentathlos, one who practised the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-Aug.), Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57; so id. 34, 8, 19, §§ 68 and 72.‡ † pentathlum, i, n., = pentathlon, the contest of the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-class.): pentathlum antiqui quinquartium dixerunt. Id autem genus exercitationis ex his quinque artibus constat, jactu disci, cursu, saltu, jaculatione, luctatione, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll. -
7 discus
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8 orbis
orbis is, abl. orbe (rarely -bī, C.), m a ring, circle, re-entering way, circular path, hoop, orbit: in orbem intorquere: in orbem curvat (iter) eun<*> dem, O.: digitum iusto commodus orbe teras, a ring, O.: ut in orbem consisterent, form a circle, Cs.: orbe facto se defendere, a hollow square, Cs.: orbem volventes suos increpans, L.: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, L.: duodecim signorum orbis, zodiac: lacteus, Milky Way: sidera suos orbes conficiunt, orbits: inmensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, coils, V.—A round surface, disk, circle: mensae, round top, O.: de tot pulchris orbibus comedunt, round tables, Iu.: lucidus, disk (of the sun), V.: ictus ab orbe, quoit, O.: (hasta) per orbem cavum Transit, shield, V.—A mosaic pavement, Iu.—One side of a balance: alterno orbe, Tb.—A wheel: Unda ferratos sustinet orbes, V.: Fortunae stantis in orbe Numen, her wheel, O.—An eye-socket, eye: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, eye, O.: oculorum orbes, V.—With terrae or terrarum, the circle of the world, earth, world, universe: orbis terrae, S., C.: terrarum orbis, V.—The earth, world, universe (sc. terrae): Iuppiter totum cum spectet in orbem, O.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: Roma orbis caput, O.—A country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, O.: Assyrius, Iu.—Fig., a circle, rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, L.: orbis hic in re p. est conversus, the circle of political change: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, in rotation, L.—In time, a cycle, round, period: Annuus, V.: Triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbīs explebit, years, V. —Of speech, a rounding off, period, cycle: quasi orbem verborum conficere: orationis.—A cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem incidere non possunt: circa vilem patulumque orbem, the trite and obvious path, H.* * *circle; territory/region; sphereorbis terrarum -- world/(circle of lands)
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9 discobolus
discŏbŏlus, i, m., = diskobolos, the thrower of the discus or quoit, a famous piece of sculpture by Myron, Quint. 2, 13, 10; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57; also by Naucydes, Plin. ib. § 80;and a painting by Tauriscus,
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10 discoides
discŏï̅des, is, adj., = diskoeidês, quoit-shaped:figura,
Theod. Prisc. 4, 2. -
11 Hyacinthos
Hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., = Huakinthos, a beautiful Spartan youth, son of Œbalus, beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name, marked with the exclamation AI, Ov. M. 10, 162 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 272; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Serv. Verg. E. 3, 63.— Plur.: sed gladiator erat;B.facit hoc illos Hyacinthos,
i. e. as beautiful as Hyacinthus, Juv. 6, 110.—Hyăcinthĭa, ōrum, n., the festival in honor of Hyacinthus, in Sparta, Ov. M. 10, 219.—II.Hence, hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., the hyacinth, not, however, our hyacinth, but either the blue iris or fleur-delis, Iris Germanica, Linn.; the corn-flag or gladiolus, Gladiolus communis, Linn.; or the rocket larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Verg. E. 3, 63; 6, 53; id. G. 4, 183; id. A. 11, 69; Col. poët. 10,100.—Hence,B.Transf., f., a precious stone of the color of a hyacinth (perh. our sapphire or a dark-colored amethyst), Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 sq.; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2510. -
12 hyacinthos
Hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., = Huakinthos, a beautiful Spartan youth, son of Œbalus, beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name, marked with the exclamation AI, Ov. M. 10, 162 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 272; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Serv. Verg. E. 3, 63.— Plur.: sed gladiator erat;B.facit hoc illos Hyacinthos,
i. e. as beautiful as Hyacinthus, Juv. 6, 110.—Hyăcinthĭa, ōrum, n., the festival in honor of Hyacinthus, in Sparta, Ov. M. 10, 219.—II.Hence, hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., the hyacinth, not, however, our hyacinth, but either the blue iris or fleur-delis, Iris Germanica, Linn.; the corn-flag or gladiolus, Gladiolus communis, Linn.; or the rocket larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Verg. E. 3, 63; 6, 53; id. G. 4, 183; id. A. 11, 69; Col. poët. 10,100.—Hence,B.Transf., f., a precious stone of the color of a hyacinth (perh. our sapphire or a dark-colored amethyst), Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 sq.; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2510. -
13 Hyacinthus
Hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., = Huakinthos, a beautiful Spartan youth, son of Œbalus, beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name, marked with the exclamation AI, Ov. M. 10, 162 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 272; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Serv. Verg. E. 3, 63.— Plur.: sed gladiator erat;B.facit hoc illos Hyacinthos,
i. e. as beautiful as Hyacinthus, Juv. 6, 110.—Hyăcinthĭa, ōrum, n., the festival in honor of Hyacinthus, in Sparta, Ov. M. 10, 219.—II.Hence, hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., the hyacinth, not, however, our hyacinth, but either the blue iris or fleur-delis, Iris Germanica, Linn.; the corn-flag or gladiolus, Gladiolus communis, Linn.; or the rocket larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Verg. E. 3, 63; 6, 53; id. G. 4, 183; id. A. 11, 69; Col. poët. 10,100.—Hence,B.Transf., f., a precious stone of the color of a hyacinth (perh. our sapphire or a dark-colored amethyst), Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 sq.; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2510. -
14 hyacinthus
Hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., = Huakinthos, a beautiful Spartan youth, son of Œbalus, beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name, marked with the exclamation AI, Ov. M. 10, 162 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 272; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Serv. Verg. E. 3, 63.— Plur.: sed gladiator erat;B.facit hoc illos Hyacinthos,
i. e. as beautiful as Hyacinthus, Juv. 6, 110.—Hyăcinthĭa, ōrum, n., the festival in honor of Hyacinthus, in Sparta, Ov. M. 10, 219.—II.Hence, hyăcinthus or - os, i, m., the hyacinth, not, however, our hyacinth, but either the blue iris or fleur-delis, Iris Germanica, Linn.; the corn-flag or gladiolus, Gladiolus communis, Linn.; or the rocket larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Verg. E. 3, 63; 6, 53; id. G. 4, 183; id. A. 11, 69; Col. poët. 10,100.—Hence,B.Transf., f., a precious stone of the color of a hyacinth (perh. our sapphire or a dark-colored amethyst), Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 sq.; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2510. -
15 orbis
orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. — Abl. regul. orbe;I.but orbi,
Lucr. 5, 74:ex orbi,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so,orbi terrarum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).Lit.:II.in orbem torquere,
Cic. Univ. 7:curvare aliquid in orbem,
Ov. M. 2, 715:certumque equitavit in orbem,
id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring:et digitum justo commodus orbe teras,
fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6:unionum,
roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men:ut in orbem consisterent,
place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent,
id. ib. 4, 37:orbem volventes suos increpans,
Liv. 4, 28:in orbem pugnare,
id. 28, 22, 15:in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere,
id. 28, 33, 15: stella (phaethôn) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:lacteus,
the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body:sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt,
Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils:immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago,
Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk:orbis mensae,
a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus:ictus ab orbe,
Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance:instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe,
Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror:addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem,
Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield:illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici... Transiit,
Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces [p. 1276] of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel:rotarum orbes circumacti,
Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself:undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes,
Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye:inanem luminis orbem,
Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself:gemino lumen ab orbe venit,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16:ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit,
Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb:lucidus orbis,
Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb:quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,
Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe:Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem,
Ov. F. 1, 85:renatus,
the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk):permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33:ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66:cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis?
Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.):hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae,
Ov. F. 5, 93:unus,
Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148:universus,
Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory:Eoo dives ab orbe redit,
the East, Ov. F. 3, 466:Assyrius,
Juv. 2, 108:noster,
Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—Trop., a circle.A.Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit:B.ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur,
Liv. 3, 10:insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret,
in rotation, id. 3, 36:orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,
the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci enkuklion paideian vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—C.Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity:D.circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere,
Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198:orationis,
id. Or. 71, 234:historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat,
Quint. 9, 4, 129.—A circle or cycle of thought:E.sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.:circa vilem patulumque orbem,
Hor. A. P. 132.—Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around:quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant,
in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.
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