scaep-trum

scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = skêptron, a royal staff, a sceptre.

Lit.:

(rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94:

Augusti,

id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247:

dextrā sceptrum gerebat,

id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847;

5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,

Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne:

exitiale,

Stat. Th. 1, 34;

of a triumphant general,

Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43.— Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.:

celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,

Verg. A. 1, 57;

and of Juno,

Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.—

Transf.

A teacher ' s rod (humorously):

ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,

Mart. 10, 62, 10.—

A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110.—

= membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.—

Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140:

tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,

Verg. A. 1, 78:

sic nos in sceptra reponis?

id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422;

9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,

id. ib. 10, 852:

sceptra Asiae tenere,

Ov. H. 16, 175:

potiri perenni sceptro,

id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677:

Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1038.

scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = skêptron, a royal staff, a sceptre.

Lit.:

(rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94:

Augusti,

id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247:

dextrā sceptrum gerebat,

id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847;

5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,

Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne:

exitiale,

Stat. Th. 1, 34;

of a triumphant general,

Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43.— Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.:

celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,

Verg. A. 1, 57;

and of Juno,

Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.—

Transf.

A teacher ' s rod (humorously):

ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,

Mart. 10, 62, 10.—

A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110.—

= membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.—

Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140:

tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,

Verg. A. 1, 78:

sic nos in sceptra reponis?

id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422;

9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,

id. ib. 10, 852:

sceptra Asiae tenere,

Ov. H. 16, 175:

potiri perenni sceptro,

id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677:

Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1038.