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1 dorsum
dorsum ī, n, or (old) dorsus, ī, m the back (of a beast of burden): Impositi dorso, on horseback, V.: gravius dorso onus, H.: tauri, O.—A back, ridge: dorsum esse eius iugi aequum... silvestrem, Cs.: in dorso (montis) urbs, L.: praerupti nemoris, slope, H.: speluncae, i. e. rock, V.: Saxa... Dorsum inmane, cliff, V.: duplici aptantur dentalia dorso, projecting irons, V.* * *Idown, downwards, beneath, below; (motion/direction/order); in lower situationIIback, range, ridge; slope of a hill -
2 columen
cŏlŭmen, ĭnis, n., and contr. cul-men, mis, n. [root cel- of excello; cf.: celsus, culmus, calamus, collis], lit., that which rises in height, is prominent, projects; hence the point, top, summit, ridge.I.Form columen, inis, n. (only this form is used by Plautus, v. Ritschl, prol. ad Plaut. p. 65).A.An elevated object, a pillar, column: ego vitam agam sub altis Phrygiae columinibus, the lofty buildings, or perh. the mountain-heights, Cat. 63, 71 Ellis ad loc.; and of a pillar of fire: Phoebi fax, tristis nunt a belli, quae magnum ad columen flammato ardore volabat, like an ascending column, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—B.The highest part or top of an object, e. g. of a wall; the coping; Fr. le chaperon, Cato, R. R. 15, 1; of a building, a ridge, a roof, a gable:2.in turribus et columinibus villae,
Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1:aulae,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1000; id. Thyest. 54 Gron.; so of the Capitol, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20, and of the culmination of heavenly bodies: oritur Canicula cum Cancro, in columen venit cum Geminis, Nigid. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 218. —Trop., the top, crown, summit, first, chief, the height, etc.:G.columen amicorum Antonii, Cotyla Varius,
Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26:pars haec vitae jam pridem pervenit ad columen,
Plin. 15, 15, 17, § 57; Col. 3, 4, 3:audaciae,
the crown of impudence, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211.—An elevated object that supports, sustains something; in archit., the top of a gable-end, a gable pillar, a prop, Vitr. 4, 2, 1; 4, 7, 5.—Esp. freq.,2.Trop., a support, prop, stay:II.familiae,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176:senati, praesidium popli,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 6; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 7:rei publicae,
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; Curt. 9, 6, 8:imperii Romani, Div 38, 51, 3: regni Ausonii,
Sil. 15, 385:Asiae,
Sen. Troad. 6:rerum mearum (Maecenas),
Hor. C. 2, 17, 4:doctrinarum, artium (Varro et Nigidius),
Gell. 19, 14, 1; Col. 3, 4, 3.—culmen, ĭnis, n. (in Cic. only once; cf. the foll. B.; not in Cat., Lucr., or Hor.; in gen. first freq. since the Aug. per.).* A.Any thing high; poet., of the stalk of a bean, Ov. F. 4, 734.—B.The top, summit, e. g. of a building, a roof, gable, cupola, etc.:2.columen in summo fastigio culminis,
Vitr. 4, 2, 1; Ov. M. 1, 295; 1, 289; Verg. E. 1, 69:tecta domorum,
id. A. 2, 446; 2, 458; 4, 186:culmina hominum, deorum,
i. e. of houses and temples, id. ib. 4, 671; Liv. 27, 4, 11; 42, 3, 7.—Of the dome of heaven, * Cic. Arat. 26. —Of mountain summits:Alpium,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:Tarpeium,
Suet. Dom. 23.—Of the crown of the head of men, Liv. 1, 34, 9.—Of the top of the prow of a ship, Luc. 3, 709.—Trop., the summit, acme, height, point of culmination (perh. not ante-Aug.):a summo culmine fortunae ad ultimum finem,
Liv. 45, 9, 7:principium culmenque (columenque, Sillig) omnium rerum pretii margaritae tenent,
Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106:ruit alta a culmine Troja,
Verg. A. 2, 290 (Hom. Il. 13, 772: kat akrês); cf. id. ib. 2, 603:de summo culmine lapsus,
Luc. 8, 8:regale,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 64. pastorale, id. B. Get. 355:honoris,
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3 corona
cŏrō̆na (in the ante-Aug. per. sometimes written chorona, acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ae, f., = korônê, a garland, chaplet, wreath.I.Lit., of natural or artificial flowers, etc. (very freq. used for personal adornment at festivals, when sacrificing, or as a gift for friends, etc., for ornamenting the images of the gods, edifices, victims, the dead, etc.), Lucr. 5, 1399; Lex XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5, § 7; Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 16; Cic. Fl. 31, 75; id. Leg. 2, 24, 60; Liv. 23, 11, 5; 38, 14, 5; Curt. 4, 2, 2; 4, 4, 5; Hor. C. 1, 26, 8; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; Tac. A. 2, 57; 15, 12; 16, 4; id. H. 2, 55 et saep.:2.coronas bibere,
i. e. to throw into the cup leaves plucked from the garlands, Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12. Vid. the artt. sacerdotalis, funebris, sepulchralis, convivialis, nuptialis, natalitia, Etrusca, pactilis, plectilis, sutilis, tonsa or tonsilis, radiata, and pampinea.— Poet.:perenni fronde corona,
i. e. immortal, poetic renown, Lucr. 1, 119.—As emblem of royalty, a crown:regni corona = diadema,
Verg. A. 8, 505. —Concerning the different kinds of garlands or crowns given to soldiers as a prize of bravery (castrensis or vallaris, civica, muralis, navalis or rostrata, obsidionalis, triumphalis, oleagina, etc.), v. Gell. 5, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; and the artt. castrensis, civicus, muralis, etc.—Esp.: corona fidei, the crown of martyrdom (eccl. Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 58; 60; Lact. Epit. 72, 23;B.and corona alone,
Lact. 4, 25, 10; id. Mort. Pers. 16, 11.—Sub coronā vendere, t. t. of the lang. of business, to sell captives as slaves (since they were crowned with chaplets; cf. Caelius Sabinus ap. Gell. 7, 4, 3;C.and corono, I.),
Caes. B. G. 3, 16; Liv. 42, 63, 12; so,sub coronā venire,
id. 9, 42, 8; 38, 29, 11; 41, 11, 8:sub coronā venundari,
Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 1, 68:sub coronā emere,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 4.—As a constellation.1.The northern crown (according to the fable, the crown of Ariadne transferred to heaven;* 2.v. Ariadna),
Cic. Arat. 351 sq.; Caes. German. Arat. 71;called Gnosia stella Coronae,
Verg. G. 1, 222:Cressa Corona,
Ov. A. A. 1, 558:Ariadnea Corona,
Manil. 5, 21; cf. also Ov. M. 8, 181; Plin. 18, 26, 60, § 224 al.—The southern crown, Caes. German. Arat. 391.—II.Meton., of objects in the form of a crown.A.Most freq., a circle of men, an assembly, crowd, multitude (esp. of judicial assemblies), Cic. Fl. 28, 69; id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; id. Mil. 1, 1; id. Fin. 2, 22, 74; Quint. 12, 10, 74; Suet. Aug. 93 al.; Cat. 53, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53; Ov. M. 13, 1 al.—Hence,2.Milit. t. t., the besiegers round a hostile place, the line of siege or circumvallation, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Liv. 10, 43, 1; 23, 44, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 10 al.—Also, a circle of men for the defence of a place, Liv. 4, 19, 8.—B.In arch., the cornice, Vitr. 5, 2; Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 183.—C.In the agrimensores, an elevated ridge of land as a boundary line, Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Front. Col. 114 and 131 Goes.—D.The hairy crown over the horse's hoof, Col. 6, 29, 3; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 13, 1.—E.Montium, a circular ridge of mountains, Plin. 6, 20, 23, [p. 472] § 73.—F.The halo round the sun (for the Gr. halôs), Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 1. -
4 collum
collum ī, n the neck: in collum invasit, fell upon the neck: collo dare bracchia circum, V.: maternum, O.: complecti lacertis, O.: poenam collo sustinere: colla fovet, i. e. rests, V.: in laqueum inserere: laqueo pressisse, H.: aptare vincula collo, O.: colla servitio adsuescere, V.: caput et collum petere, to strike at vital parts: cameli adiuvantur proceritate collorum: sibila colla attollens (serpens), V. — Fig.: eripe turpi Colla iugo, H.: obtorto collo ad subsellia reducere: alcui collum torquere, drag to prison, L.: posuit collum in Pulvere Teucro, i. e. fell, H.—The neck (of a flask or bottle), Ph.; (of the poppy), V.* * *neck; throat; head and neck; severed head; upper stem (flower); mountain ridge -
5 columen
columen inis, n [2 CEL-], a pillar, column: fax, quae magnum ad columen volabat, like an ascending column: excelsum, a pedestal: Phrygiae columina (of mountains), Ct. — Fig., of persons, the crown, summit, first, chief: amicorum.—A support, prop, stay: familiae: rerum mearum, H.* * *height, peak, summit, zenith; roof, gable, ridge-pole; head, chief; "keystone" -
6 culmen
culmen inis, n [for columen], the top, summit, roof, gable: mersae culmina villae, O.: tuguri, V.: aedis, L.: culmina hominum, deorum, i. e. of houses and temples, V.: Alpium, Cs.: summum hominis, the crown of the head, L.: inane fabae, the leafless stalk, O.—Fig., the summit, height, point of culmination: fortunae, L.: ruit a culmine Troia, V.* * *height/peak/top/summit/zenith; roof, gable, ridge-pole; head, chief; "keystone" -
7 iugum
iugum ī, n [IV-], a yoke, collar: in iugo insistere, Cs.: bestiis iuga imponimus: (bos) iuga detractans, V.: iuga demere Bobus, H.—A yoke, pair, team: ut minus multis iugis ararent: inmissa iuga, pair of horses, V.: curtum temone iugum, Iu.— A yoke (of spears, the symbol of defeat): legionibus nostris sub iugum missis: sub iugum abire, L.: Hesperiam sub iuga mittant, subjugate, V.— The constellation Libra: in iugo cum esset luna.— The beam of a weaver's loom: tela iugo vincta est, O.— A bench in a ship (for passengers): per iuga longa sedere, V.—A height, summit, ridge, chain of mountains: in inmensis iugis, O.: montis, V.: iugis pervenire, Cs.: separatis in iugis, H.: suspectum iugum Cumis, Iu.— Fig., a pair: iugum impiorum nefarium.—A yoke, bonds, burden, fetters: cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant: aëneum, H.: exuere, shake off, Ta.: ferre iugum, the yoke of marriage, H.: iactare iugum, i. e. to be restive, Iu. -
8 supercilium
supercilium ī, n [2 CAL-], an eyebrow: supercilia abrasa: superiora superciliis obducta: duris torva superciliis, O.: Hirsutum, V.: Deme supercilio nubem, H.— A brow, ridge, summit: clivosi tramitis, V.: infimo stare supercilio, at the bottom of the projection, L.—Fig., a nod, will: Cuncta supercilio movens, H.— Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, superciliousness, gloom: supercilium ac regius spiritus: aetas digna supercilio, Iu.: supercilii matrona severi, O.* * *eyebrow; frown; arrogance -
9 collus
neck; throat; head and neck; severed head; upper stem (flower); mountain ridge -
10 jugum
yoke; team, pair (of horses); ridge (mountain), summit, chain -
11 terg
back (animal, meat); ridge, raised surface; far side; covering (animal/organ) -
12 iugum
I.crossbar, beam of scales / crest, ridge.II.yoke / a team of oxen, a pair / bond, union / slavery -
13 promontorium
peak, mountain crest, ridge, promontory. -
14 Ceraunia
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
15 Ceraunii
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
16 ceraunium
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
17 ceraunius
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
18 Ceraunum saxum
cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = keraunios (pertaining to thunder or lightning).I.Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510:II.gemma,
Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.—Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1:III.uvae,
Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.—Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.A.(Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; [p. 318] Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Keraunia orê, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10:B.a Cerauniis montibus,
Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:Cerauniorum saxa,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4;C.called Ceraunius mons,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.—Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10. -
19 dorsum
dorsum, i, n. ( masc. dorsus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44; quoted ap. Non. 203, 6) [cf. Gr. deirê, derê, neck], the back (in class. prose, only of beasts of burden; poet. and later also of men; cf.: tergum, tergus).I.Prop., Plaut. l. l.; id. Ep. 1, 1, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 93; Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; Verg. G. 3, 116; Hor. S. 1, 9, 21.—Prov.:II.dorsus prurit,
i. e. I begin to take, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44.—Transf., of things analogous in form or position: jugi, i. e. the ridge, summit of a hill, * Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Liv. 44, 4:montis,
id. 1, 3; 41, 18; Tac. A. 4, 47:Apennini,
Suet. Caes. 44:praerupti nemoris,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 91; cf.nemoris,
Verg. G. 3, 436:speluncae,
i. e. the rock, id. A. 8, 234; cf. of a cliff, id. ib. 1, 110; 10, 303 Serv.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17; 9, 7, 4:viae,
the raised part of it, Stat. S. 4, 3, 44:duplex dentalium,
the projecting irons, Verg. G. 1, 172. -
20 dorsus
dorsum, i, n. ( masc. dorsus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44; quoted ap. Non. 203, 6) [cf. Gr. deirê, derê, neck], the back (in class. prose, only of beasts of burden; poet. and later also of men; cf.: tergum, tergus).I.Prop., Plaut. l. l.; id. Ep. 1, 1, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 93; Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; Verg. G. 3, 116; Hor. S. 1, 9, 21.—Prov.:II.dorsus prurit,
i. e. I begin to take, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44.—Transf., of things analogous in form or position: jugi, i. e. the ridge, summit of a hill, * Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Liv. 44, 4:montis,
id. 1, 3; 41, 18; Tac. A. 4, 47:Apennini,
Suet. Caes. 44:praerupti nemoris,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 91; cf.nemoris,
Verg. G. 3, 436:speluncae,
i. e. the rock, id. A. 8, 234; cf. of a cliff, id. ib. 1, 110; 10, 303 Serv.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17; 9, 7, 4:viae,
the raised part of it, Stat. S. 4, 3, 44:duplex dentalium,
the projecting irons, Verg. G. 1, 172.
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