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1 Cadmus
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
2 Cadmea
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
3 Cadmeius
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
4 Cadmeus
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
5 Echion
1.ĕchĭon, i, n., = echion, a medicament prepared from the ashes of adders, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119.2.Echīon, ŏnis, m.I.One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526.—B.Derivv.1. 2.Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban:II.hydrus,
i. e. killed by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 8, 343:dens,
id. 7, 554:aula,
id. 7, 301; cf.arces,
Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53:nomen,
Verg. A. 12, 515; cf.plebs,
Stat. Th. 1, 169:Bacchus,
Pall. Insit. 45.—A son of Mercury, an Argonaut, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,B. III.A celebrated Greek painter, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70. -
6 echion
1.ĕchĭon, i, n., = echion, a medicament prepared from the ashes of adders, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119.2.Echīon, ŏnis, m.I.One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526.—B.Derivv.1. 2.Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban:II.hydrus,
i. e. killed by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 8, 343:dens,
id. 7, 554:aula,
id. 7, 301; cf.arces,
Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53:nomen,
Verg. A. 12, 515; cf.plebs,
Stat. Th. 1, 169:Bacchus,
Pall. Insit. 45.—A son of Mercury, an Argonaut, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,B. III.A celebrated Greek painter, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70. -
7 Echionides
1.ĕchĭon, i, n., = echion, a medicament prepared from the ashes of adders, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119.2.Echīon, ŏnis, m.I.One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526.—B.Derivv.1. 2.Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban:II.hydrus,
i. e. killed by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 8, 343:dens,
id. 7, 554:aula,
id. 7, 301; cf.arces,
Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53:nomen,
Verg. A. 12, 515; cf.plebs,
Stat. Th. 1, 169:Bacchus,
Pall. Insit. 45.—A son of Mercury, an Argonaut, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,B. III.A celebrated Greek painter, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70. -
8 Echionius
1.ĕchĭon, i, n., = echion, a medicament prepared from the ashes of adders, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119.2.Echīon, ŏnis, m.I.One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526.—B.Derivv.1. 2.Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban:II.hydrus,
i. e. killed by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 8, 343:dens,
id. 7, 554:aula,
id. 7, 301; cf.arces,
Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53:nomen,
Verg. A. 12, 515; cf.plebs,
Stat. Th. 1, 169:Bacchus,
Pall. Insit. 45.—A son of Mercury, an Argonaut, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,B. III.A celebrated Greek painter, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70. -
9 Sparti
Sparti and Spartoe (dissyl.), ōrum, m., = Spartoi (the Sown, from speirô), the armed men who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, Hyg. Fab. 178; Amm. 19, 8, 11; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; Lact. 3, 4, 9. -
10 Spartoe
Sparti and Spartoe (dissyl.), ōrum, m., = Spartoi (the Sown, from speirô), the armed men who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, Hyg. Fab. 178; Amm. 19, 8, 11; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; Lact. 3, 4, 9. -
11 messis
messis, is ( acc. sing. messim, Cato, R. R. 134; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 5; id. Ep. 5, 2, 53; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 6; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 200), f. ( masc.: non magno messe, Lucil. ap. Non. 213 fin.) [id.], a reaping and ingathering of the fruits of the earth, a harvest (class.).I.Lit.:B.messis proprio nomine dicitur in iis, quae metuntur, maxime in frumento,
Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 8, 3, 8; Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249; Verg. G. 1, 219 al.:seges matura messi,
Liv. 2, 5:messem hordaceam facere, aream in messem creta praeparare,
to get in the harvest, Plin. 18, 30, 71, § 295:messe amissā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125:messis feria, Cod. 3, 10, 2.—Of the gathering of honey,
Verg. G. 4, 231.—Transf., concr., harvest.1.The harvested crops, the harvest:2.illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes,
Verg. G. 1, 49; id. ib. 1, 314; id. E. 8, 99; Just. 24, 7, 6: Cilicum et Arabum, the harvest of the Arabians, i. e. saffron and frankincense, Stat. S. 3, 3, 34:bellatura,
the men that sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 321. —The crops that are to be harvested, the standing crops, the harvest:3.messium incensores, vel vinearum olivarumve,
Paul. Sent. 5, 20, 5: messes suas urere, prov., like vineta sua caedere, i. e. to destroy one's own work (e. g. one's own pupils), Tib. 1, 2, 98: adhuc tua messis in herba est, your wheat is still in the blade, i. e. you are premature in your expectations, Ov. H. 17, 263.—The time of harvest, harvest-time:II.si frigus erit, si messis,
Verg. E. 5, 70.— Poet. transf. for a year:sexagesima messis,
Mart. 4, 79, 1. —Trop.:pro benefactis mali messem metere,
to receive evil for good, to reap ingratitude, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 53:uberem messem mali,
id. Rud. 3, 2, 23:(morum malorum) metere messem maxumam,
id. Trin. 1, 1, 11:si attigeris ostium, jam tibi hercle in ore fiet messis mergis pugneis,
id. Rud. 3, 4, 58: Sullani temporis messem, the harvest of the time of Sylla, when so many were killed, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46; (in eccl. Lat.) the time for winning souls to the truth:transiit messis, finita est aestas, et nos salvati non sumus,
Vulg. Jer. 8, 20.—Of the persons to be gathered into the church:messis quidem multa,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 2; cf. id. Johan. 4, 35. —Of the end of the world:sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem,
Vulg. Matt. 13, 30; cf. v. 39.
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