separates

Ăchĕlōŭs, i, m., Achelôos.

A celebrated river of Middle Greece, which, rising in Pindus, separates Aetolia from Acarnania, and empties into the Ionian Sea, now the Aspropotamo, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2 al.—Hence,

The river-god Achelous, Ov. M. 8, 549 sq.; 10, 8 sq.; Prop. 2, 34, 33 al.

discrīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from discerimen à discerno; cf. crimen from cerno], lit., that which separates or divides two things from each other (for syn. cf.: differentia, discrepantia, diversitas, distantia); hence,

Lit., an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation:

cum (duo maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

minimum quos inter et hostem Discrimen murus clausaque porta facit,

Ov. Pont. 1, 8, 62:

aequo discrimine,

Lucr. 5, 690; Verg. A. 5, 154:

parvum leti,

Ov. M. 7, 426; Verg. A. 9, 143:

dare discrimina costis,

i. e. to separate them, id. ib. 10, 382:

quae (sc. littera F) inter discrimina dentium efflanda est,

Quint. 12, 10, 29:

agminum,

Curt. 4, 12 fin.:

ungulae,

Col. 6, 15 fin.:

comae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 302; and in like manner poet.: telluris pectitae, i. e. furrow, Col. Poët. 10, 94; Claud. Nupt. Honor. 103:

medium luci,

Grat. Cyneg. 486.—Hence, med. t. t., the dividing membrane, the midriff, diaphragm, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127; 5, 10, 124 al.—

Trop. (so most frequent).

In gen., a distinction, difference: amabat omnes, nam discrimen non facit, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 27:

iste, qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset omniumque rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:

officia tollebantur delectu omni et discrimine remoto,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

sit hoc discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, ut illi, etc.,

id. Balb. 21 fin.:

sine ullo sexus discrimine,

Suet. Calig. 8; cf.:

rapti per agros viatores sine discrimine liberi servique,

id. Aug. 32:

omisso sui alicuique discrimine,

Liv. 5, 55:

divinarum humanarumque rerum,

id. 5, 40:

recti pravique,

Quint. 12, 3, 7:

vocum,

id. 1, 5, 25; cf.

so of the different tones of the strings: septem discrimina vocum,

Verg. A. 6, 646 et saep.— Poet.:

tenues parvi discriminis umbrae,

i. e. of easy gradation, Ov. M. 6, 62. —

In partic.

With respect to disputed matters, which are to be distinguished between, and thus decided upon, the decisive point, turning-point, critical moment, determination, decision:

quoniam res in id discrimen adducta est, utrum ille poenas rei publicae luat, an nos serviamus,

to this point, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 29; cf.:

ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum... an, etc.,

id. Quint. 30, 92; Liv. 29, 17:

vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii majestas, quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent,

id. 8, 35, 4: haec et his similia haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, shall not regard as of great moment, id. praef. §

8: postquam adesse discrimen ultimum belli animadvertit,

id. 44, 23:

instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt,

abandon the most decisive points, Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.— Poet.:

experiar, deus hic, discrimine aperto, An sit mortalis,

the test, Ov. M. 1, 222.—

Transf., a dangerous, decisive moment, crisis, dangerous condition; risk, danger, hazard:

in ipso discrimine periculi aliquem destituere,

Liv. 6, 17; so,

periculi,

id. 8, 24: in summo rem esse discrimine, * Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2; cf.:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene discrimen,

Cic. Phil. 7, 1:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

in extremo discrimine ac dimicatione fortunae,

id. Sull. 28:

in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur,

id. Mur. 27, 55; cf.:

aliquem in discrimen capitis adducere,

id. Deiot. 1, 2; so,

capitis,

Quint. 11, 1, 49:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

rem publicam in discrimen committere,

Liv. 8, 32; 33, 7; cf.:

fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,

Vulg. Esth. 11, 8.

dī-vĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 ( perf. sync. divisse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169), v. a. [root vidh-, to part, split; Sanscr. vidhyati, to penetrate, whence vidhava; Lat. vidua].

To force asunder, part, separate, divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo, dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.: Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20; and id. N. D. 3, 10:

discludere mundum membraque dividere,

Lucr. 5, 440; cf.:

si omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12:

crassum aërem,

id. Tusc. 1, 19 fin. (with perrumpere); cf.

nubila,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

muros,

to break through, Verg. A. 2, 234:

marmor cuneis,

to split, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14; cf.:

hunc medium securi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

mediam frontem ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 751; also simply, insulam, for to divide into two parts, Liv. 24, 6.— Poet.:

vagam caelo volucrem,

i. e. to cleave, to shoot, Sil. 2, 90:

sol... in partes non aequas dividit orbem,

Lucr. 5, 683;

so Galliam in partes tres,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

vicum in duas partes flumine,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

civitatem Helvetiam in quatuor pagos,

id. ib. 1, 12, 4:

populum unum in duas partes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 5; id. B. C. 1, 35, 3:

divisi in factiones,

Suet. Ner. 20 et saep.—

Transf.

For distribuere, to divide among several, to distribute, apportion:

praedam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 72:

argentum,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 3:

pecudes et agros,

Lucr. 5, 1109; cf.

agros,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

agrum viritim,

id. Brut. 14, 57; cf.:

bona viritim,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

munera, vestem, aurum, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 7 et saep.:

nummos in viros,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 30:

Thracia in Rhoemetalcen inque liberos Cotyis dividitur,

Tac. A. 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 3, 38. So of distributing troops in any place:

equitatum in omnes partes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4:

exercitum omnem passim in civitates,

Liv. 28, 2; cf. id. 6, 3 fin.:

Romanos in custodiam civitatium,

id. 43, 19; cf. id. 37, 45 fin.; cf.

also: conjuratos municipatim,

Suet. Caes. 14:

agros viritim civibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14; so with dat. (most freq.):

agrum sordidissimo cuique,

Liv. 1, 47; cf. id. 34, 32; Suet. Caes. 20 et saep.:

tabellas toti Italiae,

Cic. Sull. 15:

praedam militibus,

Sall. J. 91, 6:

loca praefectis,

Liv. 25, 30:

duo praedia natis duobus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 169:

oscula nulli,

id. C. 1, 36, 6 et saep.; cf.

in double construction: divisit in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti,

Liv. 40, 59:

inter participes praedam,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 5; so,

inter se,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 30; Nep. Thras. 1 fin.:

per populum fumantia (liba),

Ov. F. 3, 672; so,

agros per veteranos,

Suet. Dom. 9:

dimidiam partem cum aliquo,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 37; so id. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Stich. 5, 4, 15:

praemia mecum,

Ov. F. 4, 887.— Absol.:

non divides (with dispertire),

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4; so Liv. 44, 45; Ov. M. 13, 102 al.—

In mercant. lang. like distrahere and divendere, to sell piecemeal, in parcels, to retail, Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 26.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4 Wagner; 7; cf. Petr. 11 Büch.—

Trop.

In gen.:

bona tripartito,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13 fin.:

annum ex aequo,

Ov. M. 5, 565:

horas (bucina),

Luc. 2, 689:

tempora curarum remissionumque,

Tac. Agr. 9:

dignitatem ordinum,

id. A. 13, 27:

et explanare ambigua,

Cic. Or. 32 fin.:

idem genus universum in species certas partietur et dividet,

id. ib. 33, 117; cf.

of logical or rhet. division,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; Quint. 3, 6, 37 et saep.: verba, to divide at the end of the line, Suet. Aug. 87:

nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures,

Cat. 62, 15; cf.:

animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,

Verg. A. 4, 285.—

In partic.

Sententiam, polit. t. t., to divide the question, i. e. to take the vote separately upon the several parts of a motion or proposition:

divisa sententia est postulante nescio quo,

Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Sen. Ep. 21; id. Vit. Beat. 3. The expression used in requiring this was DIVIDE, Ascon. Cic. Mil. 6, 14.—

(Acc. to A. 2. a.) To distribute, apportion:

sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 3:

haec temporibus,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 18;

Just. Praef. § 3: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 2.—

Pregn., to break up, dissolve, destroy = dissolvere:

nostrum concentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31:

ira fuit capitalis ut ultima divideret mors,

id. S. 1, 7, 13:

dividitur ferro regnum,

Luc. 1, 109; cf.:

dividimus muros, et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234.—

To accompany, i. e. to share upon an instrument a song sung by a voice:

grata feminis Imbelli cithara carmina divides,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15.

To divide, separate, part from; to remove from (class.).

Lit.:

flumen Rhenus agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit... flumen Rhodanus provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 3; 1, 8, 1; 5, 11, 9:

Macedoniam a Thessalia,

id. B. C. 3, 36, 3:

Gallos ab Aquitanis,

id. B. G. 1, 1, 2 al.:

tota cervice desecta, divisa a corpore capita,

Liv. 31, 34, 4:

populum distribuit in quinque classes, senioresque a junioribus divisit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22:

tam multa illa meo divisast milia lecto, Quantum, etc.,

Prop. 1, 12, 3; cf.:

dextras miseris complexibus,

Stat. Th. 3, 166:

tuis toto dividor orbe rogis,

Ov. Pont. 1, 9, 48:

dividor (sc.: ab uxore) haud aliter, quam si mea membra relinquam,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 73; cf. Prop. 1, 12, 10:

(Italiam) Longa procul longis via dividit invia terris,

separates, keeps distant, Verg. A. 3, 383; cf. id. ib. 12, 45:

discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos,

Tac. A. 1, 43 fin. —

Trop., to separate, distinguish:

legem bonam a mala,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

defensionem (opp. se comitem exitii promittebat),

Tac. A. 3, 15. —

Transf., for distinguere (II.), to distinguish, decorate, adorn (very rare):

qualis gemma micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum,

Verg. A. 10, 134:

scutulis dividere,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—Hence, dīvīsus, a, um, P. a., divided, separated:

divisior,

Lucr. 4, 962.— Adv.

dīvīse, distinctly, separately, Gell. 1, 22, 16; 7, 2 fin.; Tert. Carn. Chr. 13.—

dīvīsim, separately, Hier. Ep. 100, 14.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

praecordĭa, ōrum (sing. praecordium, Isid. 10, 102), n. [prae - cor].

Lit., the muscle which separates the heart and lungs from the abdomen, the midriff, diaphragm: exta homini ab inferiore viscerum parte separantur membrana, quae praecordia appellant, quia cordi praetenditur, quod Graeci appellaverunt phrenas, Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197:

(Plato) cupiditatem subter praecordia locavit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

unius praecordia pressit senis,

i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621.—

Transf.

The entrails, the stomach (syn.:

viscera, exta, ilia): praecordia vocamus uno nomine exta in homine,

Plin. 30, 5, 14, § 42; Cels. 4, 1:

ipse anulus in praecordiis piscis inventus est,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92: totis praecordiis stertens, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123; Plin. 26, 7, 19, § 35:

quid veneni saevit in praecordiis,

Hor. Epod. 3, 5:

mulso proluere,

id. S. 2, 4, 26.—

The breast, the heart (mostly poet.):

spiritu remanente in praecordiis,

Liv. 42, 16:

frigidus coit in praecordia sanguis,

Verg. A. 10, 452; Ov. M. 12, 140.—As the seat of the feelings and passions:

quondam etiam victis redit in praecordia virtus,

Verg. A. 2, 367:

meis inaestuat praecordiis Libera bilis,

Hor. Epod. 11, 15:

verax aperit praecordia Liber,

id. S. 1, 4, 89:

inquieta,

id. Epod. 5, 95:

flagrantia,

Juv. 13, 102; cf.:

tacita sudant praecordia culpa,

id. 1, 167:

mutare praecordia, i. e. sententiam,

Prop. 2, 3, 13 (2, 4, 31):

in praecordiis meis de mane vigilabo ad te,

Vulg. Isa. 26, 9.—Hence, even, praecordia mentis, the seat of the mind, for the mind, Ov. M. 11, 149.—

The body, bodies in gen.:

in terrā ponunt praecordia,

Ov. M. 7, 559.

taenĭa, ae ( abl. plur. taeniis;

dissyl.,

Verg. A. 5, 269), f., = tainia, a band, ribbon, fillet; a head-band, hair-band, bandeau (syn. vitta).

Lit. (only poet.):

taenias Graecam vocem sic interpretatur Verrius, ut dicat ornamentum esse laneum capitis honorati, ut sit apud Caecilium in Androgyno: sepulcrum plenum taeniarum, ita ut solet, et alias: dum taeniam, qui volnus vinciret, petit. Ennius in Alexandro: volans de caelo cum coronā et taeniis (Trag. Rel. v. 33 Rib.): Attius in Neoptolemo: (tumulum) decorare est satius quam urbem taeniis,

Fest. p. 360 Müll. (cf. Trag. Rel. v. 472 Rib.):

puniceis ibant evincti tempora taeniis,

Verg. A. 5, 269; 7, 352:

taenia ne madidos violet bombycina crines,

Mart. 14, 24, 1.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A tape-worm: Taenia solium and vulgaris, Linn.; Cato, R. R. 126; Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 113; 31, 9, 45, § 102; Ser. Samm. 30, 563.—

A kind of fish, the ribbon-fish: Cepola taenia, Linn.; Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76 (Jahn, thynnus).—

In archit., the fillet which separates the Doric frieze from the architrave, Vitr. 4, 3 med. —

A streak in paper, Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81 (Sillig).—

A row of projecting rocks in the sea, a reef, Plin. 3, prooem. § 4. — Hence the purple-fish found on these rocks are called taeniense genus purpurarum, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131.