singing

cantātrix, īcis, f. adj. [cantator] (postclass.).

Musical, singing:

choreae,

Claud. B. Gild. 448.— Subst.: cantātrix, īcis, f., a female singer, Vulg. 2 Reg. 19, 35; cf. Prisc. p. 1225 P.—

Using enchantments:

anus,

App. M. 2, p. 128, 1:

aniculae,

id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.

cantĭcum, i, n. [cantus].

Lit., a song in the Roman comedy, sung by one person, and accompanied by music and dancing; a monody, solo:

nosti canticum (in Demiurgo Turpilii), meministi Roscium,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

agere,

Liv. 7, 2, 9:

desaltare,

Suet. Calig. 54:

histrio in cantico quodam,

id. Ner. 39:

Neroniana,

id. Vit. 11:

Atellanis notissimum canticum exorsis,

id. Galb. 13.—

A song, in gen.:

chorus canticum Insonuit,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 25:

canticum repetere,

id. 5, 7, 31:

omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit,

Quint. 1, 2, 8; 1, 10, 23; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 1, 12, 14; 9, 2, 35; 11, 3, 13.—

Esp. Canticum Canticorum, the Song of Songs, the Canticles, Vulg.—Hence,

A singing tone in the delivery of an orator, Cic. Or. 18, 57; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 13; cf. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 3, 13.—

A lampoon, a libellous song, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15; cf. App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8.—

A magic formula, incantation, App. Mag. p. 301, 12.

cantĭo, ōnis, f. [cano, lit. a singing, playing; hence meton. abstr. pro concr.].

A song (rare;

mostly ante-class.),

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 25; 5, 5, 19; 5, 6, 8; Suet. Ner. 25;

of birds,

App. Flor. 2, p. 349, 11; Fronto ad Ver. 1 (cf. cantatio).—

An incantation, charm, spell, Cato, R. R. 160:

subito totam causam oblitus est, idque veneficiis et cantionibus Titiniae factum dicebat,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217; App. M. 1, 10, p. 106, 27.

cĭthăroedus, i, m., = kitharôidos, one who plays on the cithara, accompanying it with the voice (diff. from citharista by the accompanying singing), Cic. Mur. 13, 29; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; * Hor. A. P. 355; Quint 1, 12, 3; 4, 1, 2; 11, 3, 88; Suet. Ner. 20, 21; 20, 22; 20, 41; id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4 al.—In fem.:

CITHAROEDA, ae,

she who plays on and sings to the cithara, Inscr. Orell. 2611.—

Prov.:

non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.

, = kitharos, a fish of the sole kind, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.

cĭthăroedus, i, m., = kitharôidos, one who plays on the cithara, accompanying it with the voice (diff. from citharista by the accompanying singing), Cic. Mur. 13, 29; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; * Hor. A. P. 355; Quint 1, 12, 3; 4, 1, 2; 11, 3, 88; Suet. Ner. 20, 21; 20, 22; 20, 41; id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4 al.—In fem.:

CITHAROEDA, ae,

she who plays on and sings to the cithara, Inscr. Orell. 2611.—

Prov.:

non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.

, = kitharos, a fish of the sole kind, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.

concentus, ūs, m. [concino], sounds blending harmoniously together, symphony, harmony, harmonious music (class.).

Prop.

In gen.:

ille sonus...qui acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

concentum servare,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

vocis lyraeque,

Ov. M. 11, 11:

avium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21; Verg. G. 1, 422 (quoted in Quint. 5, 9, 16); cf.:

et tepidum volucres concentibus aëra mulcent,

Ov. F. 1, 155:

tubarum ac cornuum,

Liv. 9, 41, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 14; cf.

signorum,

id. 9, 4, 11 (al. congestu, id. 10, 7, 16;

v. Spald., Wolf, and Zumpt, dub.): rauci,

Stat. Th. 6, 227.—

Meton., of a choir singing in harmony, Cic. de Or. 3, 80, 196.—

In partic., a concordant acclamation of people in a theatre, Plin. Pan. 2, 6; 46, 2.—

Trop., concord, agreement, harmony, unanimity (also class.): quā ex conjunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam sumpatheian Graeci vocant, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf.

actionum,

id. Off. 1, 40, 145; and:

omnium doctrinarum,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 21:

virtutis,

Tac. G. 3:

omnium laudum,

Plin. Pan. 4, 6: nunc age, quid nostrum concentnm dividat audi, * Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31.—Of the harmony of colors, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 91; and of the blending of sweet odors, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86 (Sillig, conceptum).

concordĭa, ae, f. [concors], an agreeing together, union, harmony, concord (opp. discordia, Sall. J. 10, 6; Sen. Ep. 94, 46;

opp. bellum,

Lucr. 1, 457;

opp. repugnantia,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61; freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Of persons:

redigere aliquem in antiquam concordiam alicujus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

redire in concordiam,

id. ib. 3, 3, 7:

conjunctio atque concordia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23: conspiratio atque concordia omnium ordinum ad defendendam libertatem, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3:

equites concordiā conjunctissimi,

Cic. Clu. 55, 152:

de equestri concordiā, de consensione Italiae,

id. Att. 1, 14, 4; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

quorum perpetuam vitae concordiam mors quoque miscuit,

id. 40, 8, 15:

de reconciliandā concordiā agere,

id. 41, 25, 2:

concordiam confirmare cum aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

ut (dissensiones) non reconciliatione concordiae, sed internicione civium dijudicatae sint,

id. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

agi deinde de concordiā coeptum,

Liv. 2, 33, 1: aliquos in pristinam concordiam reducere, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 1:

ad concordiam hortare,

Quint. 6, 1, 50; cf.:

concordiam suadere,

Suet. Oth. 8:

ordinum concordiam disjunxit,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3:

si Caesar ejus aspernaretur concordiam,

his friendship, alliance, Vell. 2, 65, 1:

Temporis angusti mansit concordia discors,

i. e. feigned friendship, Luc. 1, 98; cf. II. infra.—

Poet., meton. (abstr. pro concr.), an intimate friend:

et cum Pirithoo, felix concordia, Theseus,

Ov. M. 8, 303.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

vocum,

Col. 12, 2, 4 (acc. to Cic. Oecon.); cf.:

concordia sociata nervorum,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

concordia quam magnes cum ferro habet,

Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 147: illa dissimilium concordia, quam vocant harmonian, Quint. 1, 10, 12; cf. thus discors (rerum), neikos kai philia, Ov. M. 1, 433; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 19:

poëtae discordiā concordiā mundum constare dixerunt,

Lact. 2, 9, 17:

rerum agendarum ordo et, ut ita dicam, concordia,

Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 21:

quia (temperantia) pacem animis adferat et eos quasi concordiā quādam placet ac leniat,

by a certain equanimity, id. ib. 1, 14, 47:

Sirenum,

the harmonious singing, Petr. 127 al.

Concordĭa, ae, nom. propr.

The goddess of Concord, Gr. Homonoia, to whom several temples were dedicated at Rome, usually after civil strife; the oldest was founded by Camillus, A. U. C. 386, and renewed by Tiberius and Livia, A. U. C. 762, Ov. F. 1, 639 sqq.; Suet. Tib. 20; a second was consecrated by Cn. Flavius after the Samnite war, Liv. 9, 46, 6; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; cf. Liv. 40, 19, 2; a third by Opimius after the disturbances led by the Gracchi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 25;

the Senate frequently met in one of these, probably the first,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 19; Sall. C. 46, 4; cf. also Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 3, 18, 47; Liv. 9, 46, 6; 22, 33, 7; Ov. F. 2, 631; 3, 881; 6, 91; Tac. H. 3, 68 al.—

Of persons.

A surname of the emperor Vitellius, Suet. Vit. 15 fin. —

The name of a female slave, Dig. 40, 5, 40 init. —

The name of several towns, esp.,

A Roman colony in the Venetian territory, now Concordia, Mel. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Aur. Vict. Epit. 16, 5.—

A town in Lusitania, now La Guarda, whose inhabitants are called Concordĭenses, ĭum, m., Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 118.—

A town in Gallia Belgica, near the modern Weissenburg, Amm. 16, 12, 58 al.

concordĭa, ae, f. [concors], an agreeing together, union, harmony, concord (opp. discordia, Sall. J. 10, 6; Sen. Ep. 94, 46;

opp. bellum,

Lucr. 1, 457;

opp. repugnantia,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61; freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Of persons:

redigere aliquem in antiquam concordiam alicujus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

redire in concordiam,

id. ib. 3, 3, 7:

conjunctio atque concordia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23: conspiratio atque concordia omnium ordinum ad defendendam libertatem, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3:

equites concordiā conjunctissimi,

Cic. Clu. 55, 152:

de equestri concordiā, de consensione Italiae,

id. Att. 1, 14, 4; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

quorum perpetuam vitae concordiam mors quoque miscuit,

id. 40, 8, 15:

de reconciliandā concordiā agere,

id. 41, 25, 2:

concordiam confirmare cum aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

ut (dissensiones) non reconciliatione concordiae, sed internicione civium dijudicatae sint,

id. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

agi deinde de concordiā coeptum,

Liv. 2, 33, 1: aliquos in pristinam concordiam reducere, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 1:

ad concordiam hortare,

Quint. 6, 1, 50; cf.:

concordiam suadere,

Suet. Oth. 8:

ordinum concordiam disjunxit,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3:

si Caesar ejus aspernaretur concordiam,

his friendship, alliance, Vell. 2, 65, 1:

Temporis angusti mansit concordia discors,

i. e. feigned friendship, Luc. 1, 98; cf. II. infra.—

Poet., meton. (abstr. pro concr.), an intimate friend:

et cum Pirithoo, felix concordia, Theseus,

Ov. M. 8, 303.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

vocum,

Col. 12, 2, 4 (acc. to Cic. Oecon.); cf.:

concordia sociata nervorum,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

concordia quam magnes cum ferro habet,

Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 147: illa dissimilium concordia, quam vocant harmonian, Quint. 1, 10, 12; cf. thus discors (rerum), neikos kai philia, Ov. M. 1, 433; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 19:

poëtae discordiā concordiā mundum constare dixerunt,

Lact. 2, 9, 17:

rerum agendarum ordo et, ut ita dicam, concordia,

Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 21:

quia (temperantia) pacem animis adferat et eos quasi concordiā quādam placet ac leniat,

by a certain equanimity, id. ib. 1, 14, 47:

Sirenum,

the harmonious singing, Petr. 127 al.

Concordĭa, ae, nom. propr.

The goddess of Concord, Gr. Homonoia, to whom several temples were dedicated at Rome, usually after civil strife; the oldest was founded by Camillus, A. U. C. 386, and renewed by Tiberius and Livia, A. U. C. 762, Ov. F. 1, 639 sqq.; Suet. Tib. 20; a second was consecrated by Cn. Flavius after the Samnite war, Liv. 9, 46, 6; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; cf. Liv. 40, 19, 2; a third by Opimius after the disturbances led by the Gracchi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 25;

the Senate frequently met in one of these, probably the first,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 19; Sall. C. 46, 4; cf. also Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 3, 18, 47; Liv. 9, 46, 6; 22, 33, 7; Ov. F. 2, 631; 3, 881; 6, 91; Tac. H. 3, 68 al.—

Of persons.

A surname of the emperor Vitellius, Suet. Vit. 15 fin. —

The name of a female slave, Dig. 40, 5, 40 init. —

The name of several towns, esp.,

A Roman colony in the Venetian territory, now Concordia, Mel. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Aur. Vict. Epit. 16, 5.—

A town in Lusitania, now La Guarda, whose inhabitants are called Concordĭenses, ĭum, m., Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 118.—

A town in Gallia Belgica, near the modern Weissenburg, Amm. 16, 12, 58 al.

concordĭa, ae, f. [concors], an agreeing together, union, harmony, concord (opp. discordia, Sall. J. 10, 6; Sen. Ep. 94, 46;

opp. bellum,

Lucr. 1, 457;

opp. repugnantia,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61; freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Of persons:

redigere aliquem in antiquam concordiam alicujus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

redire in concordiam,

id. ib. 3, 3, 7:

conjunctio atque concordia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23: conspiratio atque concordia omnium ordinum ad defendendam libertatem, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3:

equites concordiā conjunctissimi,

Cic. Clu. 55, 152:

de equestri concordiā, de consensione Italiae,

id. Att. 1, 14, 4; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

quorum perpetuam vitae concordiam mors quoque miscuit,

id. 40, 8, 15:

de reconciliandā concordiā agere,

id. 41, 25, 2:

concordiam confirmare cum aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

ut (dissensiones) non reconciliatione concordiae, sed internicione civium dijudicatae sint,

id. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

agi deinde de concordiā coeptum,

Liv. 2, 33, 1: aliquos in pristinam concordiam reducere, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 1:

ad concordiam hortare,

Quint. 6, 1, 50; cf.:

concordiam suadere,

Suet. Oth. 8:

ordinum concordiam disjunxit,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3:

si Caesar ejus aspernaretur concordiam,

his friendship, alliance, Vell. 2, 65, 1:

Temporis angusti mansit concordia discors,

i. e. feigned friendship, Luc. 1, 98; cf. II. infra.—

Poet., meton. (abstr. pro concr.), an intimate friend:

et cum Pirithoo, felix concordia, Theseus,

Ov. M. 8, 303.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

vocum,

Col. 12, 2, 4 (acc. to Cic. Oecon.); cf.:

concordia sociata nervorum,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

concordia quam magnes cum ferro habet,

Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 147: illa dissimilium concordia, quam vocant harmonian, Quint. 1, 10, 12; cf. thus discors (rerum), neikos kai philia, Ov. M. 1, 433; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 19:

poëtae discordiā concordiā mundum constare dixerunt,

Lact. 2, 9, 17:

rerum agendarum ordo et, ut ita dicam, concordia,

Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 21:

quia (temperantia) pacem animis adferat et eos quasi concordiā quādam placet ac leniat,

by a certain equanimity, id. ib. 1, 14, 47:

Sirenum,

the harmonious singing, Petr. 127 al.

Concordĭa, ae, nom. propr.

The goddess of Concord, Gr. Homonoia, to whom several temples were dedicated at Rome, usually after civil strife; the oldest was founded by Camillus, A. U. C. 386, and renewed by Tiberius and Livia, A. U. C. 762, Ov. F. 1, 639 sqq.; Suet. Tib. 20; a second was consecrated by Cn. Flavius after the Samnite war, Liv. 9, 46, 6; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; cf. Liv. 40, 19, 2; a third by Opimius after the disturbances led by the Gracchi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 25;

the Senate frequently met in one of these, probably the first,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 19; Sall. C. 46, 4; cf. also Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 3, 18, 47; Liv. 9, 46, 6; 22, 33, 7; Ov. F. 2, 631; 3, 881; 6, 91; Tac. H. 3, 68 al.—

Of persons.

A surname of the emperor Vitellius, Suet. Vit. 15 fin. —

The name of a female slave, Dig. 40, 5, 40 init. —

The name of several towns, esp.,

A Roman colony in the Venetian territory, now Concordia, Mel. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Aur. Vict. Epit. 16, 5.—

A town in Lusitania, now La Guarda, whose inhabitants are called Concordĭenses, ĭum, m., Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 118.—

A town in Gallia Belgica, near the modern Weissenburg, Amm. 16, 12, 58 al.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.