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INFERNI (-ORUM) (PL)

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infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.

Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

omni nocte dieque,

Juv. 3, 105:

de nocte,

by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

multā de nocte profectus est,

late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

vigilare de nocte,

id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sub noctem naves solvit,

id. B. C. 1, 28:

noctes et dies urgeri,

night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—

Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

hac noctu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

noctu hac,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

v. lux): in sereno noctu,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—

In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—

Transf.

That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—

Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

Stat. Th. 10, 219:

abrupere oculi noctem,

id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

nox vidua,

Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—

Death ( poet.):

omnes una manet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

Verg. A. 10, 746.—

Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

Lucr. 4, 172:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 3, 194:

venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

veteris sub nocte cupressi,

the shadow, id. 1, 774.—

Blindness:

perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —

The shades below, the infernal regions:

descendere nocti,

Sil. 13, 708:

noctis arbiter,

i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—

Trop.

Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

nox ingens scelerum,

Luc. 7, 571.—

Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

Ov. M. 6, 472.—

Obscurity, unintelligibility:

mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.

Form nocte (rare but class.):

luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

in campum nocte venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

nec nocte nec interdiu,

id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

Quint. 7 prol. 3.—

Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

Sall. J. 12, 4:

noctu profugere,

id. ib. 106, 2:

dum noctu stertit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

noctu litigare,

Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—

Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.

Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

omni nocte dieque,

Juv. 3, 105:

de nocte,

by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

multā de nocte profectus est,

late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

vigilare de nocte,

id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sub noctem naves solvit,

id. B. C. 1, 28:

noctes et dies urgeri,

night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—

Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

hac noctu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

noctu hac,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

v. lux): in sereno noctu,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—

In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—

Transf.

That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—

Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

Stat. Th. 10, 219:

abrupere oculi noctem,

id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

nox vidua,

Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—

Death ( poet.):

omnes una manet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

Verg. A. 10, 746.—

Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

Lucr. 4, 172:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 3, 194:

venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

veteris sub nocte cupressi,

the shadow, id. 1, 774.—

Blindness:

perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —

The shades below, the infernal regions:

descendere nocti,

Sil. 13, 708:

noctis arbiter,

i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—

Trop.

Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

nox ingens scelerum,

Luc. 7, 571.—

Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

Ov. M. 6, 472.—

Obscurity, unintelligibility:

mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.

Form nocte (rare but class.):

luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

in campum nocte venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

nec nocte nec interdiu,

id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

Quint. 7 prol. 3.—

Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

Sall. J. 12, 4:

noctu profugere,

id. ib. 106, 2:

dum noctu stertit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

noctu litigare,

Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—

Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.

Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

omni nocte dieque,

Juv. 3, 105:

de nocte,

by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

multā de nocte profectus est,

late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

vigilare de nocte,

id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sub noctem naves solvit,

id. B. C. 1, 28:

noctes et dies urgeri,

night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—

Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

hac noctu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

noctu hac,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

v. lux): in sereno noctu,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—

In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—

Transf.

That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—

Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

Stat. Th. 10, 219:

abrupere oculi noctem,

id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

nox vidua,

Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—

Death ( poet.):

omnes una manet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

Verg. A. 10, 746.—

Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

Lucr. 4, 172:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 3, 194:

venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

veteris sub nocte cupressi,

the shadow, id. 1, 774.—

Blindness:

perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —

The shades below, the infernal regions:

descendere nocti,

Sil. 13, 708:

noctis arbiter,

i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—

Trop.

Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

nox ingens scelerum,

Luc. 7, 571.—

Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

Ov. M. 6, 472.—

Obscurity, unintelligibility:

mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.

Form nocte (rare but class.):

luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

in campum nocte venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

nec nocte nec interdiu,

id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

Quint. 7 prol. 3.—

Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

Sall. J. 12, 4:

noctu profugere,

id. ib. 106, 2:

dum noctu stertit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

noctu litigare,

Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—

Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

χθών, ἡ, gen. χθονός,

A earth, esp. the surface of it (rarely soil,

χθονὸς τρίμοιρον χλαῖναν A.Ag. 872

): poet. word (Com. only in lyr. or paratrag.), very rare in Prose, LXX 3 Ki.14.15 (cod. Alex.), Supp.Epigr. 2.520 ([place name] Rome); seldom with Art. (only when an Adj. is added, v. infr. 11);

ἀπὸ χ. ὑψόσ' ἀερθείς Od.8.375

, cf. 10.149, Il.14.349;

ἐξ ἵππων ἀποβάντες ἐπὶ χθόνα 8.492

, cf. 11.619;

ἐπὶ χθονὶ κεῖτο τανυσθείς 20.483

;

κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ χθονί 6.473

, cf. 3.89;

χθονὶ φύλλα πελάσσαι 13.180

; ἐπὶ χ., opp. οὐρανῷ, 4.443;

ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88

;

ἐπὶ χ. σῖτον ἔδοντες Od.8.222

, etc.;

τοὶ ἐπὶ χ. ναιετάουσι 6.153

;

ἄριστον ἄνδρα τῶν ἐπὶ χ. S.Tr. 811

; χθόνα δύμεναι to go beneath the earth, i.e. to die, Il.6.411, Hes.Sc. 151; ἐτέθαπτο ὑπὸ

χθονός Od.11.52

; κεκευθὼς ὑπὸ χθονὸς buried, A.Th. 588;

κατὰ χθονὸς κρύψαι τινά S.Ant.24

, cf. OC 1546 ([voice] Pass.);

χθονὶ γυῖα καλύψαιμι Pi.N.8.38

;

κούφα σοι χ. ἐπάνωθε πέσοι E.Alc. 463

(lyr.); opp. θάλασσα, A.Ag. 576; ὑπὸ χθονός, of the nether world,

Τάρταρον.., ἧχι βάθιστον ὑπὸ χ. ἐστι βέρεθρον Il.8.14

;

κάτω μελαίνας χ. Alc.Supp.7.10

, cf. A.Eu.72; οἱ ὑπὸ χ. φίλοι, i.e. those in the shades below, Id.Ch. 833 (lyr.), cf. S.Ant.65; ὦ κατὰ χθονὸς θεαί, i.e. the Erinyes, A.Eu. 115; εἰς τοὺς ἔνερθε καὶ κάτω χ. τόπους ib. 1023.

2 earth, i.e. the world, Id.Pr. 139 (anap.), Ag. 528;

ἐπ' ἔσχατα χθονός S.Fr. 956

.

3 Earth, as a goddess, A.Pr. 207, Eu.6.

II land, country, once in Hom., εἴσατο δὲ χ., of Ithaca, Od. 13.352; πολύμηλος χ., of Libya, Pi.P.9.7; εὔκαρπος χ., of Sicily, Id.N.1.14; freq. in Trag., freq. without Art., χ. Ἀσιᾶτις, Φωκέων, A.Pers.61 (anap.), 485; with Art.,

πᾶσαν τὴν Μυκηναίων χθόνα S.El. 423

;

τῆς περιρρύτου χ. Αήμνου Id.Ph.1

;

τὴν Κορινθίαν χ. Id.OT 795

;

τὴν ἐμὴν χ. Id.Aj. 846

; τῆς Ἀθηναίων χ. (paratrag.) Ephipp. 14.13; even of a city,

τῆσδε δημοῦχοι χ. S.OC 1348

;

νόμους χθονός Id.Ant. 368

(lyr.), cf. OT 736, 939; Com.,

ὦ πόλι φίλη Κέκροπος,.. οὖθαρ ἀγαθῆς χθονός Ar.Fr. 110

(lyr.);

ξένης ἀπὸ χ. Eup.71

(paratrag.). (Cf. Skt. loc. k[ snull ] ámi 'on the ground', Hittite tegan 'ground', Tocharian tkan- 'place', Ir. dū 'place' (acc. don, dat. dun).)

* * *

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `press together, draw together, fence in' (Hom.)

Other forms: Ep. Delph. also εἴλομαι in εἰλόμενος, εἰλέσθω(ν), Dor. El. Ϝηλέω, Att. sometimes ἴλλω, εἴλλω (cf. below), aor. ἔλσαι, ἐέλσαι (Ep.), med.-pass. ἀλήμεναι, ἀλῆναι, ἀλείς, perf. med. ἔελμαι, - μένος (Ep.), perfect preterite ἐόλει? (Pi., s. below); from there the new εἰλῆσαι, εἰλήσω, εἴλημαι, εἰλήθην (Ion. Hell.)

Compounds: With prefix ἀπ(ο-), e. g. ἀπο-Ϝηλέω (El.), ἐξ-, e. g. ἐγ-Ϝηληθίωντι (Her.) = ἐξ-ειληθῶσι, κατ(α)-, e. g. κατα-Ϝελμένος (Cret.), προσ- ( προτι-), συν-ειλέω, -( ε)ίλλω etc. with diff. shades of meaning.

Derivatives: Of the derivatives most have become formally and semantically independent: ἁλής, ἀολλής, ἐξουλή, ἴλη ( εἴλη), οὑλαμός (s. vv.). Further: βήλημα κώλυμα, φράγμα ἐν ποταμῳ̃ H.; i. e. Ϝήλημα, Mess. ἤλημα, κατ-, συν-είλησις `pressing together, what is pressed' or `what is drawn together' (Epicur. or Ael.), εἰληθμός ( εἰδ- cod.) συστροφή, φυγή H., προσείλημα ( κεφαλῆς) `turban' (Kreon Hist.; to 2?). From (Ϝ)ίλλω prob. Ϝιλσιιος gen. `adversity' (Pamphyl. IV^a); unclear ἰλλάς `pressed together (?)' (S. Fr. 70, E. Fr. 837), cf. on 2. εἰλέω; lengthened ἰλλίζει, s. ib. S. also on εἶλαρ.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1138] *u̯el- `press together'

Etymology: As the basis of εἰλέω, Ϝηλέω, to which belongs also ἀπελλεῖν (?, cod. - ειν) ἀποκλείειν H. (Aeol.), one may posit a nasal present *Ϝελ-νέω, which may be a variant of εἴλω \< *Ϝέλ-νω (Schwyzer 720; cf. also 693 w. n. 11, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 130). Beside it there is a reduplicated ἴλλω \< *Ϝί-Ϝλ-ω (mostly to 2., like ἰλλόμενος A. R. 2, 27, s. on 2.). (For εἴλλω vowelprothesis was assumed \< *ἐ-Ϝέλ-νω ( ἐ-Ϝέλ-ιω?; so Solmsen, s. below) which is now no longer possible, if not simply through (graphical) influence of εἰλέω. - The non-present forms were oirginally, as is to be expected, primary: aor. (Ϝ)έλ-σαι, perf. *(Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ολα in ἐόλει `(op)pressed' (Pi. P. 4, 233; coni. Boeckh)?, med. with secondary full grade (Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ελ-μαι, intr. aor. with zero grade (Ϝ)αλῆ-ναι; these forms were replaced by the innovations εἰλῆσαι etc. From the many IE words with an element u̯el-, only some Balto-Slavic formations can be considered as cognates of 1. εἰλέω. Thus Russ. válom `in mass', the instrumental of a noun * valъ (IE *u̯ōlos) with many derivatives, e. g. zavál `stoppage, blocking' (cf. Ϝήλημα); on the maning cf. esp. (Ϝ)άλις. An other instrumental in OCS Russ. velьmí `μεγάλως, very', from * velь (IE *u̯eli-). From Baltic: Lith. su-valýti `collect (grain), reap (together)'; further perh. Lith. veliù, vélti (with Russ. valjátь) `to full'; but see also on 2. εἰλέω. It is not always possible to distinguish εἰλέω `press (together)' and εἰλέω `wind'. - On the group see Solmsen Unt. 224ff., 285ff.; s. also Burdach NJbb. 49, 254ff.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to put in order, to make ready, to equip, dress with weapons, clothes etc.; to prepare (for a journey), to dispatch'; also `to furl, take in the sails, to tie up, to constrain'; midd. esp. `to summon, to fetch, to prepare (for a journey), to set off' (also act. intr.). `to dress'.

Other forms: Aor. στεῖλαι, - ασθαι (Il.), Aeol. ἀπο-, ἐπι-στέλλαι, fut. στελ-έω (β 287 a.o.), -ῶ, - οῦμαι (Att.). Aor. pass. σταλ-ῆναι (Pi., IA.), - θῆναι (hell.), perf. pass. ἔσταλμαι (IA.), act. ἔσταλκα (Att.), ἔστολα (gramm.).

Compounds: Very often w. prefix with variaous shades of neaning, e.g. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, περι-, συν-, ὑπο-. As 2. member e.g. ἰδιό-στολος `having one's own equipment, equipped at one's own expense, making one's own journey' (Plu. a.o.), πυγο-στόλος adjunct of γυνή (Hes. Op. 373; on the debated meaning Martinazzoli Par. del Pass. 15, 203ff.); ναυ-στολ-έω `to send on a ship, to navigate, to steer (a ship)' (Pi., S., E., late prose; ναύ-στολος only A. Th. 858 [lyr.; doubted]; cf. ναυ-μαχέω, οἰνο-χοέω a.o. in Schwyzer 726); ἀκρο-στόλ-ιον n. `decorated end of the rostrum' (Callix., Str., D.S. etc.); ἀπόστολ-ος (: ἀπο-στέλλω) m. `envoys, fleet-expedition' (IA.), `apostle' (LXX, NT). As 2. member e.g. μελανό-στολος `with a black garment' (Plu.).

Derivatives: A. 1. στόλος m. `equipment (of a campaign), campaign by water and by land, fleet, army, troop, legion, march' (Pi., IA.); also `rostrum' (Pi., trag.)`outgrowth, stump, appendage' (Arist.); cf. below. 2. στολή (Aeol. σπόλα; cf. below) f. `armor', usu. `dress, garment' (IA.), `obstruction, pressure, constraint' (Epicur., medic.); ἀπο-, δια- ἐπι-στολή a.o. (: ἀπο-στέλλω) `sending resp. extension, mission or letter' (IA. etc.) with ἀποστολ-εύς m. `officials for equipping and dispatching the fleet' (Att.) a.o., s. Bosshardt 53 f. From this the dimin. στόλ-ιον n. (Delos II^a, AP a.o.); στολ-άς f. `jacket' (Ael.); στολ-ίς f. `dress', pl. `folds' (E., Arist. etc.) with - ίδιον, - ιδώδης, - ιδόομαι, - ίδωμα, - ιδωτός. - From στολή and στόλος: στολ-ίζω, also w. κατα-, συν-, ὑπο- `to place in order, to equip, to dress' (Hes. Op. 628, E., hell. a. late), - ισις, - ισμα, ισμός, - ιστής, - ιστήριον, - ιστεία; - άζομαι `to dress' in ἐστολάδαντο (metr. inscr. Marathon II<sup>p</sup>; cf. ἐρράδαται a.o. Schwyzer 672). -- 3. στολμός m. `equipment, clothing' (A., E.). -- B. στέλμα στέφος, στέμμα H. (correct?); στελμονίαι ζώματα H. (= X. Cyr. 6, 1); cf. ἁρ-μον-ία a.o., Scheller Oxytonierung 58f. -- C. 1. - σταλ-μα, only from the prefixed ἐπι-στέλλω etc.: ἐπί-, διά-, ἀπό-σταλμα n. `public mission etc.' (Thphr., pap.). 2. διασταλ-μός m. `assessment' (pap. VI^p). 3. στάλ-σις f. `obstruction' (Gal.), διά- στέλλω `destination, treaty' (LXX). 4. ἀνα-, δια-, περι- etc. - σταλτικός (late). --5. On στάλιξ s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1019] * stel- `put (up), stand'; also [985] * spel- `split'?

Etymology: The above forms form in spite of all semantic differentiation a well kept together formal system. Outside the wide semantic cadre are, however, στόλος in the sense of `ships beak a.o.', a meaning which seems difficult to connect with στέλλω `prepare, equip, send out', but which can without difficulty be connected with στελεά, στέλεχος, στήλη [which in my view do not belong to στέλλω]. When judging the etymology some seemingly Aeolic, mostly only lexically attested forms with σπ- (against inscr. ἀπο-, ἐπι-στέλλαι) must not be overlooked: σπελλάμεναι στειλάμεναι, σπολεῖσα σταλεῖσα, εὔσπολον εὑεί-μονα, εὑσταλέα, κασπέλλει (cod. - έλη) στορνύει (all H.); σπόλα = στολή (Sapph.), κασπολέω (- σπελ-?) ὑποστορέσω (Sapph., H.). So ΙΑ. στελ-, Aeol. σπελ- from IE skʷel- (lit. in Persson Beitr. 1, 422)? After Bechtel Dial. 1, 125f. (with Schulze; cf. on this Hamm Grammatik 15 w. n. 3) in IA. στέλλω IE * stel- `send' and skʷel- `equip' (from where Aeol. σπελ-) would have fallen together. The difficulty to find IE * skʷel- back in other languages, as well as the meagre documentation of the σπ-forms both arouse suspicion against such a supposition. For some of the relevant words ( σπόλα, εὔσπολος) one might sonsider a connection with IE * spel- `split' (s. σπολάς). -- Exact cognates outside Greek are missing. Nearest comes Arm. steɫc-anem, aor. steɫc-i `prepare, creare' with unclear c (ɫc from l + s with Pedersen KZ 39, 427 ?); beside it steɫn, pl. steɫun-k` `stem, stalk, twig' (cf. στέλεχος, στελεά). Also several other words go back on IE * stel-, but deviate semantically from στέλλω: Alb. shtiell `wind up, reel up, collect' (IE * stel-n-ō); Germ. nouns as OE stela m. `stalk of a plant', OWNo. stiolr m. `tail-bone', NNorw. stjøl `stalk, stem' (\< * stelu-; cf. στελεχος, στελεά). Here belong also the unclear OWNo. stallr m. `constitution, crib, stable', OHG stal m. `living, seat, stable' (to which stellen) from PGm. * stalla- or * staðla-(IE * stol-no- or * st(h)h₂-dhlo- [to st(h)ā- `stand'; s. ἵστημι]); Skt. sthálam n. `continent, earth-bottom', sthálā f. `raised earth' etc. (cf. on στήλη). -- Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 643ff., Pok. 1019f., W.-Hofmann s. locus; older lit. also in Bq. -- The evidence for IE origin is meagre; could the word be Pre-Greek?

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διαθήκη, ης, ἡ (Democr., Aristoph.+; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol, TestAbr, Test12Patr; ParJer 6:21; ApcEsdr, ApcMos; AssMos Fgm. a; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 14) apart from the simplex θήκη ‘case, chest’, for the mng. of this word one must begin with the mid. form of the verb διατίθεμαι, which is freq. used in legal and commercial discourse of disposition of things (s. L-S-J-M s.v. διατιθημι B), w. implication of promissory obligation. Disposition of one’s personal effects would naturally come under testamentary law, hence

① last will and testament (so exclusively in Hellenistic times, Eger [s. 3 below] 99 note; exx. e.g. in Riggenbach 292ff; Behm 10, 1; 2; Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr; loanw. in rabb.) Hb 9:16f; δ. κεκυρωμένη a will that has been ratified Gal 3:15; cp. 17, where δ. shades into mng. 2 (s. κυρόω 1, προκυρόω); s. also EBammel, below, and JSwetnam, CBQ 27, ’65, 373–90. On Jewish perspective s. RKatzoff, An Interpretation of PYadin 19—A Jewish Gift after Death: ProcXXCongPap 562–65.

② As a transl. of בְּרִית in LXX δ. retains the component of legal disposition of personal goods while omitting that of the anticipated death of a testator. A Hellenistic reader would experience no confusion, for it was a foregone conclusion that gods were immortal. Hence a δ. decreed by God cannot require the death of the testator to make it operative. Nevertheless, another essential characteristic of a testament is retained, namely that it is the declaration of one person’s initiative, not the result of an agreement betw. two parties, like a compact or a contract. This is beyond doubt one of the main reasons why the LXX rendered בְּרִית by δ. In the ‘covenants’ of God, it was God alone who set the conditions; hence covenant (s. OED s.v. ‘covenant’ sb. 7) can be used to trans. δ. only when this is kept in mind. So δ. acquires a mng. in LXX which cannot be paralleled w. certainty in extra-Biblical sources, namely ‘decree’, ‘declaration of purpose’, ‘set of regulations’, etc. Our lit., which is very strongly influenced by LXX in this area, seems as a rule to have understood the word in these senses (JHughes, NovT 21, ’79, 27–96 [also Hb 9:16–20; Gal 3:15–17]). God has issued a declaration of his purpose Ro 11:27 (Is 59:21); 1 Cl 15:4 (Ps 77:37); 35:7 (Ps 49:16), which God bears in mind (cp. Ps 104:8f; 105:45 al.) Lk 1:72; it goes back to ancestral days Ac 3:25 (PsSol 9:10; ParJer 6:21). God also issued an ordinance (of circumcision) 7:8 (cp. Gen 17:10ff). Since God’s holy will was set forth on more than one occasion (Gen 6:18; 9:9ff; 15:18; 17:2ff; Ex 19:5 and oft.), one may speak of διαθῆκαι decrees, assurances (cp. διαθῆκαι πατέρων Wsd 18:22; 2 Macc 8:15.—But the pl. is also used for a single testament: Diog. L. 4, 44; 5, 16. In quoting or referring to Theophr. sometimes the sing. [Diog. L. 5, 52; 56] is used, sometimes the pl. [5, 51; 57]) Ro 9:4; Eph 2:12. Much emphasis is laid on the δ. καινή, mentioned as early as Jer 38:31, which God planned for future disposition (Hb 8:8–10; 10:16). God’s decree or covenant directed toward the Christians is a καινὴ δ. (δ. δευτέρα Orig., C. Cels. 2, 75) Lk 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; 2 Cor 3:6; Hb 8:8; 9:15a; PtK 2 p. 15, 5, or δ. νέα Hb 12:24; PtK 2 p. 15, 6 which, as a δ. αἰώνιος (cp. Jer 39:40; En 99:2) Hb 13:20, far excels 7:22; 8:6 the παλαιὰ δ. 2 Cor 3:14, or πρώτη δ. Hb 9:15b, with which it is contrasted. Both are mentioned (Did., Gen. 46, 4; 235, 26) Gal 4:24; B 4:6ff (Ex 34:28; 31:18; Just., D. 67, 9). Blood was shed when the old covenant was proclaimed at Sinai Hb 9:20 (Ex 24:8); the same is true of the new covenant Hb 10:29. τὸ αἷμά μου τ. διαθήκης Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24 (ELohse, Märtyrer u. Gottesknecht², ’63, 122–29) is prob. to be understood in connection w. this blood (s. WWrede, ZNW 1, 1900, 69–74; TRobinson, My Blood of the Covenant: KMarti Festschr. 1925, 232–37; for a critique of this view s. GWalther, Jesus, D. Passalamm des Neuen Bundes, ’50, 22–27 and JJeremias TLZ, ’51, 547. For Syriac background JEmerton, JTS 13, ’62, 111–17; s. also ÉDelebrecque, Études grecques sur l’vangile de Luc ’76, 109–21).—The v.l. Lk 22:29 may be derived from Jer 39:40 or Is 55:3 LXX (for the cognate acc. s. Aristoph., Aves 440).—δ. may also be transl. decree in the Ep. of Barnabas (4:6ff; 6:19; 9:6; 13:1, 6; 14:1ff δ. δοῦναί τινι); but the freq. occurrence of the idea of inheritance (6:19; 13:1, 6; 14:4f), makes it likely that the ‘decree’ is to be thought of as part of a will.

③ The mng. compact, contract seems firmly established for Gr-Rom. times (FNorton, A Lexicographical and Historical Study of Διαθήκη, Chicago 1908, 31ff; EBruck, D. Schenkung auf d. Todesfall im griech. u. röm. Recht I 1909, 115ff; JWackernagel, D. Kultur d. Gegenw. I 8² 1907, 309). It remains doubtful whether this mng. has influenced our lit. here and there (exc. quite prob. Lk 22:29 v.l. with its administrative tenor; the phrase διατίθεμαι δ. as Aristoph., Av. 440 of a treaty agreement), but the usage of the term δ. in such sense would again serve as a bridge to LXX usage.—The expr. ἡ κιβωτὸς τ. διαθήκης covenant chest i.e. the sacred box (Eng. ‘ark’ as loanw. from Lat. arca) that symbolized God’s pledge of presence w. Israel (Ex 31:7; 39:14 al.) Hb 9:4; Rv 11:19 or αἱ πλάκες τ. διαθ. (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9, 11) Hb 9:4 would have required some acquaintance with Israelite tradition on the part of ancient readers.—ERiggenbach, D. Begriff d. Διαθήκη im Hb: Theol. Stud. f. TZahn 1908, 289ff, Hb² 1922, 205ff al.; ACarr, Covenant or Testament?: Exp. 7th ser., 7, 1909, 347ff; JBehm, D. Begriff D. im NT 1912; ELohmeyer, Diatheke 1913; WFerguson, Legal Terms Common to the Macedonian Inscr. and the NT, 1913, 42–46 (testamentary exhibits); HKennedy, Exp. 8th ser., 10, 1915, 385ff; GVos, Hebrews, the Epistle of the Diatheke: PTR 13, 1915, 587–632; 14, 1916, 1–61; OEger, ZNW 18, 1918, 84–108; EBurton, ICC Gal 1921, 496–505; LdaFonseca, Διαθήκη foedus an testamentum?: Biblica 8, 1927; 9, 1928; EBammel, Gottes διαθήκη (Gal 3:15–17) u. d. jüd. Rechtsdenken, NTS 6, ’60, 313–19; NDow, A Select Bibliography on the Concept of Covenant, Austin Seminary Bulletin 78, 6, ’63; CRoetzel, Biblica 51, ’70, 377–90 (Ro 9:4); DMcCarthy, Berit and Covenant (Deut.), ’72, 65–85; EChristiansen, The Covenant in Judaism and Paul ’95.—DELG s.v. θήκη. M-M. TW. Sv.

ὁμολογέω (ὁμόλογος ‘of one mind’) impf. ὡμολόγουν; fut. ὁμολογήσω; 1 aor. ὡμολόγησα. Pass.: aor. 3 sg. ὡμολογήθη (Just.); pf. ὡμολόγηται (Just.) (Soph., Hdt.+)

① to commit oneself to do someth. for someone, promise, assure (Hdt., Pla. et al.; IGR IV, 542, 6f [Phryg.] εὐχὴν …, ἣν ὡμολόγησεν ἐν Ῥώμη; Jos., Ant. 6, 40 ‘consent’) ἐπαγγελίας ἧς (by attr. of the rel. for ἥν) ὡμολόγησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ promise that God had made to Abraham Ac 7:17; μεθʼ ὅρκου ὁμ. w. aor. inf. foll. (B-D-F §350; Rob. 1031f) promise with an oath Mt 14:7. Solemnly promise, vow ὁ … ὁμολογήσας μὴ γῆμαι ἄγαμος διαμενέτω Agr 18.

② to share a common view or be of common mind about a matter, agree (Hdt. 2, 81 of similarity in cultic rites; Pla., Sym. 202b ὁμολογεῖταί γε παρὰ πάντων μέγας θεὸς εἶναι=there is general agreement that [Love] is a great god; prob. Cleanthes in his definition of τὸ ἀγαθόν: Coll. Alex. p. 229, no. 3, 7; 4 Macc 13:5 reach a conclusion together; pap; Sext. Emp., Adv. Eth. 218 agreement on a subject; Iren. 1, 26, 2 [Harv. I 212, 5] οἱ … Ἐβιωναῖοι ὁμ. μὲν τον κόσμον ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄντως θεοῦ γεγονέναι; Theoph. Ant. 2, 4 [p. 102, 10]) ὁμολογοῦσιν τὰ ἀμφότερα they agree (with one another) on all of them Ac 23:8 (but s. 3a below). This meaning readily shades into

③ to concede that something is factual or true, grant, admit, confess (Just., D. 80, 1 admission of someth. in an argument; sim. 110, 1)

ⓐ gener., to admit the truth of someth. (Pla., Prot. 317b ὁμολογῶ σοφιστὴς εἶναι; Jos., Ant. 3, 322 an admission of factuality by enemies; Just., D. 2, 5 ὡμολόγησα μὴ εἰδέναι admission of ignorance) agree, admit καθάπερ καὶ αὐτὸς ὡμολόγησας Dg 2:1. ὁμολογήσαντες ὅτι ξένοι εἰσίν admitting that they were (only) foreigners Hb 11:13. ὁμολογοῦμεν χάριν μὴ εἰληφέναι we admit that we have not received grace IMg 8:1. For Ac 23:8 s. 2 above.

ⓑ w. a judicial connotation: make a confession, confess abs. MPol 6:1; 9:2. τί τινι: ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι, ὅτι Ac 24:14. Foll. by acc. and inf. ὡμολόγησεν ἑαυτὸν Χριστιανὸν εἶναι MPol 12:1 (cp. w. inf. foll.: Just., A II, 13, 2 Χριστιανὸς εὑρεθῆναι … ὁμολογῶ; Theoph. Ant. 2, 8 [p. 118, 7] ὁμ. αὐτὰ τὰ πλάνα πνεύματα εἶναι δαίμονες). Cp. John the Baptist’s action in reply to questioning by the authorities καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι (dir. disc. follows) J 1:20 (cp. Plut., Mor. 509e in interrogation; the contrast ὁμ. and ἀρνεῖσθαι as Thu. 6, 60, 3; Phalaris, Ep. 147, 3 ὁμολογοῦμεν κ. οὐκ ἀρνησόμεθα; Aelian, NA 2, 43; Jos., Ant. 6, 151; cp. MPol 9:2 and many of the passages given below).

ⓒ w. focus on admission of wrongdoing (X., An. 1, 6, 7; Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 152 ὁμολογοῦντες ἃ ἐπιώρκησαν; Arrian, Anab. 7, 29, 2 [s. ἴασις 2]; Jos., Ant. 6, 151) ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν if we confess our sins 1J 1:9 (cp. Appian, Liby. 79 §369 ὁμολογοῦντες ἁμαρτεῖν; Sir 4:26; ApcSed 13:3 [abs.]; ὁμ. τὸ ἁμάρτημα Did., Gen. 93, 6; ins fr. Sardis: ὁμολογῶ τ[ὸ| ἁμάρτημ]α Μηνί=I confess my sin to Men, s. FSteinleitner, Die Beicht 1913, p. 46 no. 20, 4f=ILydiaKP p. 15, no. 25). S. ἐξομολογέω 2a.

④ to acknowledge someth., ordinarily in public, acknowledge, claim, profess, praise

ⓐ of a public declaration as such (Herodian. 4, 4, 5 [fr. Steinleitner, p. 109, s. 3c] expression of thanks) ὁμολογήσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι (w. dir. disc. foll.) I will say to them plainly Mt 7:23. W. inf. foll. (X., Mem. 2, 3, 9; Jos., Ant. 9, 254) θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι they claim to know God Tit 1:16 (opp. ἀρνεῖσθαι, s. 3b).

ⓑ of profession of allegiance (ὁμολογῶ εἶναι χριστιανός Theoph. Ant. 1, 1 [p. 58, 11])—Esp. of confessing Christ, or the teaching of his community/church; w. double acc. (B-D-F §157, 2; 416, 3; Rob. 480.—Jos., Ant. 5, 52; Just., A II, 5, 1 εἰ θεὸν ὡμολογοῦμεν βοηθόν, D. 35, 2 Ἰησοῦν ὁμολογεῖν καὶ κύριον καὶ χριστόν) ἐὰν ὁμολογήσῃς κύριον Ἰησοῦν if you confess Jesus as Lord Ro 10:9 (cp. τὸν Δία ὁμ. θεόν Orig., C. Cels. 5, 46, 7). αὐτὸν ὁμ. Χριστόν confess that he is the Messiah J 9:22. ὁμ. αὐτὸν σαρκοφόρον ISm 5:2. ὁμ. Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh 1J 4:2; cp. 2J 7. W. acc. and inf. (Isocr., Or. 4, 100, 61d; Aelian, VH 1, 27; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 41, 9) ὁμ. Ἰησοῦν Χρ. ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθέναι Pol 7:1a; 1J 4:2 v.l. ὁμ. τὴν εὐχαριστίαν σάρκα εἶναι τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰ. Χρ. ISm 7:1. W. ὅτι foll. (Isocr., Or. 11, 5, 222d, but w. mng. 2; Just., D. 39, 6) ὁμ. ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ 1J 4:15. ὁμ. ὅτι κύριον ἔχετε Hs 9, 28, 7 (opp. ἀρν.). W. a single acc. of the pers. whom one confesses, or whom one declares to be someth. that is revealed by the context (Just., D. 35, 1, 2 Ἰησοῦν … ὁμολογεῖν; Did., Gen. 176, 13 ὁ γὰρ ὁμολογῶν τὸν θεὸν ἐν Χριστῷ τοῦτο ποιεῖ; Theoph. Ant. 3, 9 [p. 222, 13] θεὸν ὁμ.): ὁμ. τὸν υἱόν 1J 2:23 (opp. ἀρν. as Mel., P. 73, 537 ἀπαρνήσω τὸν ὁμολογήσαντά σε). μὴ ὁμ. τὸν Ἰησοῦν 4:3 (s. λύω 4, end). Cp. 2 Cl 3:2a. τινὰ ἔν τινι someone by someth. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις 4:3; cp. 3:4. ἐὰν ὁμολογήσωμεν διʼ οὗ ἐσώθημεν if we confess him through whom we were saved 3:3. The acc. (αὐτόν) is supplied fr. the context J 12:42; cp. Hs 9, 28, 4.—W. acc. of thing ὁμ. τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ σταυροῦ Pol 7:1b. ὁμ. τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν 1 Ti 6:12 (ὁμ. ὁμολογίαν=‘make a promise’: Pla., Crito 52a; Jer 51:25; but = ‘bear testimony to a conviction’: Philo, Mut. Nom. 57, Abr. 203).—Instead of acc. of pers. we may have ἔν τινι confess someone, an Aramaism (s. Mlt-H. 463f; B-D-F §220, 2; EbNestle, ZNW 7,1906, 279f; 8, 1907, 241; 9, 1908, 253; FBurkitt, Earliest Sources for the Life of Jesus 1910, 19f). ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων whoever confesses me before people Mt 10:32a; sim. Lk 12:8a. But 2 Cl 3:2 uses the acc. when it quotes this saying (s. above.—In these last three pass. opp. ἀρν.). Jesus’ acknowledgment of the believer on judgment day complements this confession: ἐν αὐτῷ Mt 10:32b; Lk 12:8b. αὐτόν 2 Cl 3:2b (opp. ἀρν. in all these pass.—GBornkamm, D. Wort Jesu vom Bekennen [Mt 10:32]: Pastoraltheologie 34, ’39, 108–18). τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Rv 3:5.—Abs. pass. στόματι ὁμολογεῖται with the mouth confession is made Ro 10:10.

ⓒ praise w. dat. ( Dio Chrys. 10 [11], 147; B-D-F §187, 4; Rob. 541. In the LXX ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ θεῷ. S. ἐξομολογέω 4.) καρπὸς χειλέων ὁμολογούντων τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ the fruit of lips that praise his name Hb 13:15.—B. 1267. DELG s.v. ὁμό. M-M. TW. Sv.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `vessel, device', mostly pl. `house-, ship-equipment, weapon, armour, luggage' (IA.).

Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. σκευο-φόρος `carrying luggage, luggage-carrier' (IA.), σκευ-ωρός `luggage-watcher' (Cratin.) with - ωρέομαι, - ωρέω, - ωρία, - ώρημα `to look after, through the luggage, to instigate (slyly)' (D., Arist. etc.), later also σκαιωρέομαι etc. (after σκαιός); as 2. member in ἀ-σκευής `without equipment' (Hdt.).

Derivatives: σκευή f. `armour, clothing, wear' (IA.); as 2. member e.g. ὁμό-σκευος `with equal armour' (Th.); to this very often w. prefix: παρα-, κατα-, ἐπι-σκευή a.o. as backformations to παρα-σκευάζω etc. (cf. below). -- Diminut.: σκευ-άριον n. `small device' (Ar. a. o.), `simple wear' (Pl. Alc. 1, 113e), - ύφιον n. `small device' (Lyd.). -- Secondary formation: σκευ-άζω, - άζομαι, aor. σκευ-άσαι, - άσασθαι, very often w. prefix, παρα-, κατα-, ἐπι- etc. in diff. shades of meaning, `to equip, to arm, to dress, to prepare etc.' (IA. since h. Merc.); from there, mostly to the prefixcompp., σκεύ-ασις, - άσιμος, - ασία, - ασμα, - αστός, - αστής, - αστι-κός; also παρασκευ-ή etc. (s. above). Denominative ἐπι-, κατα-σκευ-όω (: ἐπι-, κατα-σκευή) = - ἀζω (Argos, Crete, Delphi a. o.), σκευοῦσθαι = ἑτοιμάζεσθαι H.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [950] * (s)keu- `prepare(?)'

Etymology: The nouns σκεῦος, -ή (for *σκεῦσος, - σά because of the retained ευ-diphthongs?; cf. Schwyzer 348 Zus. 4) look like primary formations and presuppose as such the former existence of a primary verb, approx. *σκεῦ[σ]-σαι, *σκεύ[σ]-ι̯ω, which must have been replaced by the second., denomin. or deverbat., σκευ-άζω. -- Expression of every-day language, prob. inherited, but without convincing etymology. Hypotheses by Prellwitz (to Lith. šáu-ju, -ti `shut, scove', Russ. sovátь `shove, sting, push', OHG sciozan `shut' a. o.; cf. Vasmer s. v.); by Zupitza Germ. Gutt. 122 (to OWNo. høyja, OE hēgan `carry out', Slav., e.g. OCS prě-kutiti `adorn'; cf. Vasmer s. kutítь). WP. 2, 546, Pok. 950f. Older lit. in Curtius 169.

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Not all English colour terms have a single exact equivalent in French: for instance, in some circumstances brown is marron, in others brun. If in doubt, look the word up in the dictionary.

= c’est de quelle couleur? or (more formally) de quelle couleur est-il?

= il est vert or elle est verte

= peindre qch en vert

= teindre qch en vert

= porter du vert

= habillé de vert

= j’aime le vert

= je préfère le bleu

= le rouge lui va bien

= c’est un joli jaune!

= est-ce que vous l’avez en blanc?

= un joli ton de bleu

= c’était un vert affreux

= une gamme de verts

= un manteau bleu

= une robe bleue

= des vêtements bleus

= une chaussure marron

= des nappes fpl orange

= des yeux mpl noisette

Other French words like this include: cerise ( cherry-red), chocolat ( chocolate-brown) and émeraude ( emerald-green).

Expressions like pale blue, dark green or light yellow are also invariable in French and show no agreement:

= une chemise bleu pâle

= des couvertures fpl vert foncé

= une cravate jaune clair

= des chaussettes fpl jaune vif

French can also use the colour nouns here: instead of une chemise bleu pâle you could say une chemise d’un bleu pâle ; and similarly des couvertures d’un vert foncé (etc). The nouns in French are normally used to translate English adjectives of this type ending in -er and -est:

= un bleu plus foncé

= la robe était d’un bleu plus foncé

= un bleu plus clair (etc.)

In the following examples, blue stands for most basic colour terms:

= bleu pâle

= bleu clair

= bleu vif

= bleu foncé

= bleu profond

= bleu soutenu

= une veste bleu marine

These compounds include: bleu ciel ( sky-blue), vert pomme ( apple-green), bleu nuit ( midnight-blue), rouge sang ( blood-red) etc. However, all English compounds do not translate directly into French. If in doubt, check in the dictionary.

= une étoffe bleu-noir

= une tasse bleu-vert

= une robe vert-jaune

English uses the ending -ish, or sometimes -y, to show that something is approximately a certain colour, e.g. a reddish hat or a greenish paint. The French equivalent is -âtre:

= bleuâtre

greenish or greeny

= verdâtre

= grisâtre

= rougeâtre

yellowish or yellowy

= jaunâtre

Other similar French words are rosâtre, noirâtre and blanchâtre. Note however that these words are often rather negative in French. It is better not to use them if you want to be complimentary about something. Use instead tirant sur le rouge/jaune etc.

To describe a special colour, English can add -coloured to a noun such as raspberry (framboise) or flesh (chair). Note how this is said in French, where the two-word compound with couleur is invariable, and, unlike English, never has a hyphen:

= une jupe couleur chocolat

= du tissu couleur framboise

= un collant couleur chair

English makes some colour verbs by adding -en (e.g. blacken). Similarly French has some verbs in -ir made from colour terms:

= noircir

= rougir

= blanchir

The other French colour terms that behave like this are: bleu (bleuir), jaune (jaunir), rose (rosir) and vert (verdir). It is always safe, however, to use devenir, thus:

= devenir violet

= avoir les cheveux noirs

= avoir les yeux bleus

Note the use of à in the following:

= une jeune fille aux yeux bleus

= l’homme aux cheveux noirs

Not all colours have direct equivalents in French. The following words are used for describing the colour of someone’s hair (note that les cheveux is plural in French):

= blond

= brun

blonde or blond

= blond

= châtain inv

= roux

= noir

= gris

= blanc

Check other terms such as yellow, ginger, auburn, mousey etc. in the dictionary.

= un blond

= une blonde

= un brun

= une brune

= bleu

= bleu clair inv

= marron clair inv

= marron inv

= noisette inv

= vert

= gris

= gris-vert inv

= noir

bottomless pit, pit, shades, hell, place below