sea-

sea.

sea.

sea-green.

măre, is ( abl. sing. mare, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 45 and 111 P.; and in Prisc. p. 759 ib.; Lucr. 1, 161; Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20; id. P. 4, 6, 46; 198; Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 11; gen. plur. marum, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 770 P.), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (cf. hals marmareê, Il. 14, 273); Gr. marmaros; Lat. marmor; Sanscr. mīras, sea; Goth. marei; Angl. - Sax. mere; Germ. Meer. Curtius, however, refers these words to root mar-, die; cf. morior, marceo], the sea, opp. to dry land.

Lit.

In gen.: sol, qui Mare, terram, caelum contines tuo cum lumine, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 322 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ib.):

mare infidum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 13:

fluctuosum,

id. Rud. 4, 2, 5:

ventosum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

tumultuosum,

id. ib. 3, 1, 26:

tumidum,

Verg. A. 8, 671:

placidum,

id. E. 2, 26:

tranquillum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 4:

vastissimum,

Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

vastum atque apertum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

profundum et immensum,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

planum,

Juv. 12, 62:

numquam ingressus es mare,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 5:

mare pedibus ingredi,

Lact. 4, 15, 21:

remenso ire mari,

Verg. A. 3, 144: terrā marique, by sea and by land:

terra marique acquirenda,

i. e. at all hazards, Juv. 14, 222; v. terra.—In plur.: maria salsa, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 145 Vahl.):

quibus cavernis maria sustineantur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24 fin.:

in reliquis maribus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2.— Poet. as a figure for hard-heartedness:

te saevae progenuere ferae Aut mare, etc.,

Ov. H. 7, 39; cf. Cat. 64, 155; cf. also: Nam mare haud est mare; vos mare acerrumum;

nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 8 sq.: meretricem ego item esse reor mare ut est;

quod des devorat, numquam abundat,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 17 sq. —In apposition with Oceanus:

proximus mare Oceanum in Andibus hiemarat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; Tac. H. 4, 12; cf.

also: ecce maris magna claudit nos obice pontus,

the depths of the sea, Verg. A. 10, 377:

maria omnia caelo Miscere,

id. ib. 5, 790.—Prov.: mare caelo miscere, to mingle sea and sky, i. e. to raise a terrific storm, bluster:

clames licet, et mare caelo Confundas, homo sum,

Juv. 6, 282:

quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,

id. 2, 25: terrā marique aliquid quaerere or conquirere, to search for a thing by sea and land, i. e. everywhere, Plaut. Poen. prol. 105; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9; Sall. C. 13: maria et montes polliceri, to promise seas and mountains, i. e. more than one can perform, id. ib. 23, 2: his qui contentus non est, in mare fundat aquas, pour water into the sea, i. e. fill that which is already full, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—

In partic., of single seas:

mare nostrum,

i. e. the Mediterranean Sea, Caes. B. G. 5, 1; Sall. J. 17; Plin. 6, 28, 30, § 126; Luc. 8, 293:

mare superum,

the Upper Sea, the Adriatic, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41; 3, 5, 10 al.: mare inferum, the Etruscan Sea, Cic. l. l.; Att. 8, 3, 5; Mel. l. l.;

Plin. l. l. al.: mare Aegeum,

Juv. 13, 246: mare rubrum, v. ruber;

of a fresh - water lake: Galileae,

Vulg. Matt. 4, 18.—

Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Sea-water, salt-water:

Chium maris expers,

unmixed Chian wine, Hor. S. 2, 8, 15 (id est, sine aqua marina, Schol. Acr.); so,

vinum mari condire,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73.—

The color of the sea, sea-green:

smaragdi virens mare,

Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80. —

Of the air: mare aëris, the sea, i. e. expanse of air:

id omne Aëris in magnum fertur mare,

Lucr. 5, 276.—

A large vessel:

bases et mare aëneum,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 25, 13.

sălum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form, corresp. to the Gr. acc., undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24, or Trag. v. 226 Vahl.), = salos, the open sea, the high sea, the main, the deep; opp. to the sea near the coast or in a port (occurring only in sing., and mostly in the acc. and abl.).

Lit. (rare but class.), Cic. Caecin. 30, 88:

in salum nave evectus,

Liv. 29, 14:

paucas (naves) ante portum in salo habiturum,

id. 37, 10:

pars (classis) in salo ad ostium portūs in ancoris stetit,

id. 37, 13 (cf. the Gr. en salhô stênai, to lie at anchor in the open sea); so,

in salo stare,

id. 37, 16; 44, 12:

procul ab insulā in salo navem tenere ancoris,

Nep. Them. 8.—

Transf.

In gen., the sea ( poet.):

rapidum salum tulistis truculentaque pelagi,

Cat. 63, 16; Prop. 1, 6, 2; 1, 15, 12; 3, 7 (4, 6), 40; Verg. A. 1, 537; 2, 209; Hor. Epod. 17, 55; Ov. Am. 2, 11, 24 al.:

rubrum,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 6.—

Like salos, sea-sickness:

tirones salo nauseāque confecti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28.—

The stream, current of a river:

(amnis) saevit majore salo,

Stat. Th. 10, 867.—

The color of the sea, Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 16 and 17.—

Trop., a sea of thought, agitation, trouble, etc.:

tam aerumnoso navigare salo, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: cum in isto cogitationis salo fluctuarem,

App. M. 4 init.:

mentis (with dissensio cogitationum),

id. ib. 9, p. 225, 30.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]

Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).

Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

(zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

per caeli caerula,

Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

and without caeli,

id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

magni per caerula mundi,

Lucr. 5, 770;

and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

candor,

Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

splendor,

id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—

Of the sea:

ponti plaga caerula,

Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

pontus,

Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

aequora,

Cat. 64, 7; so,

campi = mare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

aquae,

Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

undae,

Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

vada,

Verg. A. 7, 198:

gurges,

Ov. M. 2, 528:

color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

Oceani amictus,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

caerula verrunt,

Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

di,

sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

of the same: Jovis frater,

Ov. M. 1, 275:

Triton,

id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46;

and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

Psamathe,

a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

currus (Neptuni),

Verg. A. 5, 819:

equi (Tritonis),

Ov. H. 7, 50:

Scylla (navis),

Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—

Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

caeruleus Thybris,

Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

crines,

Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—

Of other darkblue objects:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

olearum plaga,

Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

colla,

id. A. 2, 381:

serpens,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

guttae (serpentis),

id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

vexillum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

flos (heliotropi),

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

oculi (Germanorum),

Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—

Transf.

In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

imber,

id. ib. 3, 194;

5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

id. G. 1, 453; so,

equi (Plutonis),

Ov. F. 4, 446:

ratis fati,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

puppis (Charontis),

Verg. A. 6, 410:

mors,

Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

nox,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

umbra noctis,

id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

panis,

Juv. 14, 128:

baca (lauri),

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

bacis caerula tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98.—

Dark green, green, greenish:

cucumis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

coma,

Ov. M. 11, 158:

arbor Palladis,

id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

mărĭtĭmus ( mărĭtŭmus), a, um, adj. [mare], of or belonging to the sea, sea-, maritime (class.).

Lit.:

fluctus movi maritumos,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 69:

homines maritimi,

seamen, mariners, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; cf. absol.:

e barbaris ipsis nulli erant antea maritimi praeter Etruscos et Poenos,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

maritimus et navalis hostis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

loci maritimi, an remoti a mari,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

urbes,

on the seacoast, lying on the sea, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 6:

civitas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

portus,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 139:

agri,

Liv. 29, 28:

provincia,

id. 37, 2:

ora,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

cursus,

a voyage, Cic. Planc. 40:

res,

maritime affairs, id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70:

naves,

sea-going, Liv. 21, 63:

officium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

ecfugere a vita marituma,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:

bellum,

with the pirates, Sall. C. 39, 1:

portus, navibus ab maritima vi tutus,

Liv. 37, 16:

sal,

sea-salt, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8:

silvae,

on the sea-coast, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33: nuptiae, i. e. those of Peleus with Thetis (opp. terrenae nuptiae, i. e. with Musa), id. ib.:

usurae,

from maritime speculations, Dig. 22, 3, 6.— Subst.: mărĭtĭma, ōrum, n., maritime parts or places:

in maritimis sum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so with gen.:

maritima Aetoliae vastare,

Liv. 38, 7:

maritima Africae,

Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

Tarraconis,

Flor. 4, 12, 5.—

Transf., changeable, inconstant, like the sea:

mores,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11.

mărĭtĭmus ( mărĭtŭmus), a, um, adj. [mare], of or belonging to the sea, sea-, maritime (class.).

Lit.:

fluctus movi maritumos,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 69:

homines maritimi,

seamen, mariners, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; cf. absol.:

e barbaris ipsis nulli erant antea maritimi praeter Etruscos et Poenos,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

maritimus et navalis hostis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

loci maritimi, an remoti a mari,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

urbes,

on the seacoast, lying on the sea, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 6:

civitas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

portus,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 139:

agri,

Liv. 29, 28:

provincia,

id. 37, 2:

ora,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

cursus,

a voyage, Cic. Planc. 40:

res,

maritime affairs, id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70:

naves,

sea-going, Liv. 21, 63:

officium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

ecfugere a vita marituma,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:

bellum,

with the pirates, Sall. C. 39, 1:

portus, navibus ab maritima vi tutus,

Liv. 37, 16:

sal,

sea-salt, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8:

silvae,

on the sea-coast, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33: nuptiae, i. e. those of Peleus with Thetis (opp. terrenae nuptiae, i. e. with Musa), id. ib.:

usurae,

from maritime speculations, Dig. 22, 3, 6.— Subst.: mărĭtĭma, ōrum, n., maritime parts or places:

in maritimis sum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so with gen.:

maritima Aetoliae vastare,

Liv. 38, 7:

maritima Africae,

Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

Tarraconis,

Flor. 4, 12, 5.—

Transf., changeable, inconstant, like the sea:

mores,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11.

mărĭtĭmus ( mărĭtŭmus), a, um, adj. [mare], of or belonging to the sea, sea-, maritime (class.).

Lit.:

fluctus movi maritumos,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 69:

homines maritimi,

seamen, mariners, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; cf. absol.:

e barbaris ipsis nulli erant antea maritimi praeter Etruscos et Poenos,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

maritimus et navalis hostis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

loci maritimi, an remoti a mari,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

urbes,

on the seacoast, lying on the sea, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 6:

civitas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

portus,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 139:

agri,

Liv. 29, 28:

provincia,

id. 37, 2:

ora,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

cursus,

a voyage, Cic. Planc. 40:

res,

maritime affairs, id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70:

naves,

sea-going, Liv. 21, 63:

officium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

ecfugere a vita marituma,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:

bellum,

with the pirates, Sall. C. 39, 1:

portus, navibus ab maritima vi tutus,

Liv. 37, 16:

sal,

sea-salt, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8:

silvae,

on the sea-coast, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33: nuptiae, i. e. those of Peleus with Thetis (opp. terrenae nuptiae, i. e. with Musa), id. ib.:

usurae,

from maritime speculations, Dig. 22, 3, 6.— Subst.: mărĭtĭma, ōrum, n., maritime parts or places:

in maritimis sum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so with gen.:

maritima Aetoliae vastare,

Liv. 38, 7:

maritima Africae,

Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

Tarraconis,

Flor. 4, 12, 5.—

Transf., changeable, inconstant, like the sea:

mores,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11.

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pontus, i, m., = pontos.

Lit., the sea ( poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.):

placidus,

Lucr. 2, 559:

pontus Libyae,

Verg. A. 1, 556:

caelum undique et undique pontus,

id. ib. 3, 193 al.:

aequora ponti,

Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.:

freta ponti,

id. ib. 1, 356.—

Poet., transf.

The deep:

maris,

Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. pontos halos poliês, Il. 21, 59).—

A wave of the sea, sea-wave:

ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit,

Verg. A. 1, 114.

Pontus, i, m., = Pontos.

Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.—

Transf., the region about the Black Sea:

Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.—

In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.—Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic:

mare,

Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18:

terra,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94:

populi,

Mel. 1, 2, 6:

pinus,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 11:

absinthium,

Col. 12, 35:

nuces,

a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

mures,

ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200:

serpens,

the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114:

radix,

rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.;

also called Rha,

Amm. 22, 8, 28:

Ponticus genere,

Vulg. Act. 18, 2.— As subst.

Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.—

Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.