splendid

caelestis ( coel-), e ( gen. sing. CAELESTAE, Inscr. Neapol. 2602; abl. sing. regularly, caelesti:

caeleste,

Ov. H. 16, 277; id. M. 15, 743; cf.: bimestris, cognominis, perennis, patruelis, etc.; gen. plur. caelestum, but caelestium, Enn. Epigr. v. 9 Vahl.; Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68, or id. Trag. Rel. v. 209 Rib.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 1274; Cat. 64, 191; 64, 205; Verg. A. 7, 432; Ov. M. 1, 150), adj. [caelum], pertaining to heaven or to the heavens, found in heaven, coming from heaven, etc., heavenly, celestial (class. and very freq.):

ignis fulminis,

Lucr. 2, 384; cf.:

turbine correptus et igni,

id. 6, 395:

flammae,

id. 5, 1093:

urbes igne caelesti flagrasse,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

arcus,

the rainbow, Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 37; Suet. Aug. 95:

nubes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 237:

aqua,

rain, Hor. C. 3, 10, 20; cf.

aquae,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; Col. 3, 12, 2; 7, 4, 8; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; Dig. 39, 3, 1:

imbres,

Col. 3, 13, 7:

templa,

Lucr. 5, 1203; 6, 388; 6, 671:

solum,

Ov. M. 1, 73:

plagae,

id. ib. 12, 40 al.:

astra,

id. ib. 15, 846:

aërii mellis dona,

Verg. G. 4, 1:

prodigia,

Liv. 1, 34, 9; cf.

minae,

Tac. H. 1, 18: caelestia auguria vocant cum fulminat aut tonat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 8 Müll.:

fragor,

Quint. 12, 10, 4:

orbes, quorum unus est caelestis,

Cic. Rep 6, 17, 17.— Subst.: caelestĭa, ĭum, n., the heavenly bodies:

cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra, ut exigua et minima, contemnimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127; Tac. H. 5, 4; id. A. 4, 58.—

Meton.

Divine; and subst., the deity (most freq. like caeles in plur.), the gods.

Adj., numen, Cat. 66, 7; Tib. 3, 4, 53; Ov. M. 1, 367:

animi,

Verg. A. 1, 11: aula, Ov F 1, 139: irae. Liv. 2, 36, 6:

ira,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 441:

origo,

Verg. A. 6, 730:

ortus,

Quint. 3, 7, 5:

stirps,

Ov. M. 1, 760; cf.

species,

id. ib. 15, 743:

nectar,

id. ib. 4, 252; cf.

pabula,

id. ib. 4, 217:

sapientia,

Hor. Ep 1, 3, 27:

auxilium,

of the gods, Ov. M. 15, 630:

dona,

id. ib. 13, 289 al.:

cognitio caelestium et mortalium,

Quint. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 10, 1, 86.—

* Comp neutr.:

nihil est caelesti caelestius,

Sen. Ep. 66, 11 —

Subst.: caelestis, is, m., a deity: quicumque dedit formam caelestis avarae, Tib 2, 4, 35.—Mostly plur., the gods:

divos et eos qui caelestes semper habiti colunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

caelestum templa,

Lucr. 6, 1273:

in concilio caelestium,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 25; so id. Phil. 4, 4, 10; Liv. 1, 16, 7; 9, 1, 3; Tac. G. 9; id. H. 4, 84; Cat. 64, 191; 64, 205; 68, 76; Tib. 1, 9, 5; Verg. A. 1, 387; 7, 432; Ov. M. 1, 150; 4, 594; 6, 72, 6, 171.—

Caelestis, is, f., a female divinity in Carthage, Tert. Apol. 24, Capitol. Pert. 4, 2; Macrin. 3, 1; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 29, 1.—

caelestĭa, ĭum, n., heavenly objects, divine things:

haec caelelestia semper spectato, illa humana con-t emnito,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

sapientem non modo cognitione caelestium vel mortalium putant instruendum,

Quint. 1, 10, 5; Tac. H. 5, 5.—

As in most languages, an epithet of any thing splendid or excellent, celestial, divine, god-like, magnificent, preeminent, etc. (so most freq. since the Aug. per., esp. as a complimentary term applied to eminent persons and their qualities;

in Cic. only once): caelestes divinaeque legiones,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

quem prope caelestem fecerint,

Liv. 6, 17, 5:

ingenium,

Ov. A. A. 1, 185:

mens,

id. F. 1, 534:

in dicendo vir (sc. Cicero),

Quint. 10, 2, 18; cf.:

caelestissimum os (Ciceronis),

Vell. 2, 66, 3:

ju dicia,

Quint. 4, prooem. §

2 Spald.: praecepta,

Vell. 2, 94, 2:

anima,

id. 2, 123:

animus,

id. 2, 60, 2:

caelestissimorum ejus operum,

id. 2, 104, 3: quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes, glorified, like the gods, Hor C. 4, 2, 18.— Adv. not in use.

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

Cēa or Cīa, ae, f.

Gr. Keôs Kia, Ptol.), the Lat. name of the Greek Ceos (cf. Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62), one of the most important of the Cyclades, over against the promontory Sunium, the birthplace of the poet Simonides, also celebrated for its splendid female clothing, now Zia, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; Varr. ib.; Verg. G. 1, 14; Ov. H. 20, 222 Heins.; id. M. 7, 368; Col. 9, 2, 4; nom. Ceos, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; abl. Ceo, id. 4, 12, 22, § 65; acc. Ceo, Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1.—Hence,

Adj.: Cēus (or Cīus; cf. Lucr. 2, p. 269 Lachm.), a, um, of Cea:

gens,

Ov. M. 10, 120:

Simonides,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351 Orell. N. cr. —And with reference to the same:

Camenae,

his poems, Hor. C. 4, 9, 8:

naeniae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 38.—In plur.: Cēï, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ceos, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130.—

= Cos, q. v.

Cēa or Cīa, ae, f.

Gr. Keôs Kia, Ptol.), the Lat. name of the Greek Ceos (cf. Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62), one of the most important of the Cyclades, over against the promontory Sunium, the birthplace of the poet Simonides, also celebrated for its splendid female clothing, now Zia, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; Varr. ib.; Verg. G. 1, 14; Ov. H. 20, 222 Heins.; id. M. 7, 368; Col. 9, 2, 4; nom. Ceos, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; abl. Ceo, id. 4, 12, 22, § 65; acc. Ceo, Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1.—Hence,

Adj.: Cēus (or Cīus; cf. Lucr. 2, p. 269 Lachm.), a, um, of Cea:

gens,

Ov. M. 10, 120:

Simonides,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351 Orell. N. cr. —And with reference to the same:

Camenae,

his poems, Hor. C. 4, 9, 8:

naeniae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 38.—In plur.: Cēï, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ceos, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130.—

= Cos, q. v.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

chŏrāgĭum, ii, n., = chorêgion.

The place where the chorus was trained and practised, Vitr. 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3209.—

( = chorêgia; cf.

Lidd. and Scott),

the preparing and bringing out of a chorus, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61; App. Mag. p. 282, 1; cf. Fest. p. 52; in plur., Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.— Hence,

Transf., of any other splendid preparation or equipment, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115:

nuptiarum,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 35:

funebre,

id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.— Trop.:

gloriae,

means of acquiring, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.—

In mechanics, a spring, Vitr. 10, 8, 4.

Cēa or Cīa, ae, f.

Gr. Keôs Kia, Ptol.), the Lat. name of the Greek Ceos (cf. Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62), one of the most important of the Cyclades, over against the promontory Sunium, the birthplace of the poet Simonides, also celebrated for its splendid female clothing, now Zia, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; Varr. ib.; Verg. G. 1, 14; Ov. H. 20, 222 Heins.; id. M. 7, 368; Col. 9, 2, 4; nom. Ceos, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; abl. Ceo, id. 4, 12, 22, § 65; acc. Ceo, Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1.—Hence,

Adj.: Cēus (or Cīus; cf. Lucr. 2, p. 269 Lachm.), a, um, of Cea:

gens,

Ov. M. 10, 120:

Simonides,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351 Orell. N. cr. —And with reference to the same:

Camenae,

his poems, Hor. C. 4, 9, 8:

naeniae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 38.—In plur.: Cēï, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ceos, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130.—

= Cos, q. v.

caelestis ( coel-), e ( gen. sing. CAELESTAE, Inscr. Neapol. 2602; abl. sing. regularly, caelesti:

caeleste,

Ov. H. 16, 277; id. M. 15, 743; cf.: bimestris, cognominis, perennis, patruelis, etc.; gen. plur. caelestum, but caelestium, Enn. Epigr. v. 9 Vahl.; Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68, or id. Trag. Rel. v. 209 Rib.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 1274; Cat. 64, 191; 64, 205; Verg. A. 7, 432; Ov. M. 1, 150), adj. [caelum], pertaining to heaven or to the heavens, found in heaven, coming from heaven, etc., heavenly, celestial (class. and very freq.):

ignis fulminis,

Lucr. 2, 384; cf.:

turbine correptus et igni,

id. 6, 395:

flammae,

id. 5, 1093:

urbes igne caelesti flagrasse,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

arcus,

the rainbow, Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 37; Suet. Aug. 95:

nubes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 237:

aqua,

rain, Hor. C. 3, 10, 20; cf.

aquae,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; Col. 3, 12, 2; 7, 4, 8; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; Dig. 39, 3, 1:

imbres,

Col. 3, 13, 7:

templa,

Lucr. 5, 1203; 6, 388; 6, 671:

solum,

Ov. M. 1, 73:

plagae,

id. ib. 12, 40 al.:

astra,

id. ib. 15, 846:

aërii mellis dona,

Verg. G. 4, 1:

prodigia,

Liv. 1, 34, 9; cf.

minae,

Tac. H. 1, 18: caelestia auguria vocant cum fulminat aut tonat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 8 Müll.:

fragor,

Quint. 12, 10, 4:

orbes, quorum unus est caelestis,

Cic. Rep 6, 17, 17.— Subst.: caelestĭa, ĭum, n., the heavenly bodies:

cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra, ut exigua et minima, contemnimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127; Tac. H. 5, 4; id. A. 4, 58.—

Meton.

Divine; and subst., the deity (most freq. like caeles in plur.), the gods.

Adj., numen, Cat. 66, 7; Tib. 3, 4, 53; Ov. M. 1, 367:

animi,

Verg. A. 1, 11: aula, Ov F 1, 139: irae. Liv. 2, 36, 6:

ira,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 441:

origo,

Verg. A. 6, 730:

ortus,

Quint. 3, 7, 5:

stirps,

Ov. M. 1, 760; cf.

species,

id. ib. 15, 743:

nectar,

id. ib. 4, 252; cf.

pabula,

id. ib. 4, 217:

sapientia,

Hor. Ep 1, 3, 27:

auxilium,

of the gods, Ov. M. 15, 630:

dona,

id. ib. 13, 289 al.:

cognitio caelestium et mortalium,

Quint. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 10, 1, 86.—

* Comp neutr.:

nihil est caelesti caelestius,

Sen. Ep. 66, 11 —

Subst.: caelestis, is, m., a deity: quicumque dedit formam caelestis avarae, Tib 2, 4, 35.—Mostly plur., the gods:

divos et eos qui caelestes semper habiti colunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

caelestum templa,

Lucr. 6, 1273:

in concilio caelestium,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 25; so id. Phil. 4, 4, 10; Liv. 1, 16, 7; 9, 1, 3; Tac. G. 9; id. H. 4, 84; Cat. 64, 191; 64, 205; 68, 76; Tib. 1, 9, 5; Verg. A. 1, 387; 7, 432; Ov. M. 1, 150; 4, 594; 6, 72, 6, 171.—

Caelestis, is, f., a female divinity in Carthage, Tert. Apol. 24, Capitol. Pert. 4, 2; Macrin. 3, 1; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 29, 1.—

caelestĭa, ĭum, n., heavenly objects, divine things:

haec caelelestia semper spectato, illa humana con-t emnito,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

sapientem non modo cognitione caelestium vel mortalium putant instruendum,

Quint. 1, 10, 5; Tac. H. 5, 5.—

As in most languages, an epithet of any thing splendid or excellent, celestial, divine, god-like, magnificent, preeminent, etc. (so most freq. since the Aug. per., esp. as a complimentary term applied to eminent persons and their qualities;

in Cic. only once): caelestes divinaeque legiones,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

quem prope caelestem fecerint,

Liv. 6, 17, 5:

ingenium,

Ov. A. A. 1, 185:

mens,

id. F. 1, 534:

in dicendo vir (sc. Cicero),

Quint. 10, 2, 18; cf.:

caelestissimum os (Ciceronis),

Vell. 2, 66, 3:

ju dicia,

Quint. 4, prooem. §

2 Spald.: praecepta,

Vell. 2, 94, 2:

anima,

id. 2, 123:

animus,

id. 2, 60, 2:

caelestissimorum ejus operum,

id. 2, 104, 3: quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes, glorified, like the gods, Hor C. 4, 2, 18.— Adv. not in use.

cultus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. colo.

cultus, ūs, m. [1. colo].

Prop., a laboring at, labor, care, cultivation, culture (rare):

quod est tam asperum saxetum, in quo agricolarum cultus non elaboret?

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

agricolae,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 1:

agrorum,

Liv. 4, 12, 7; Quint. prooem. § 26; cf. id. 8, 3, 75:

(oves) neque sustentari neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum et curatione possent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; cf.:

cultus et curatio corporis,

id. ib. 1, 34, 94:

omnis cultus fructusque Cereris in iis locis interisse,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114.—

Trop.

In gen. (also rare), training, education, culture:

malo cultu corruptus,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 91:

animi,

mental discipline, id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; cf.:

recti cultus pectora roborant,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 34; id. Ep. 2, 2, 123:

litterarum,

Just. 9, 8, 18; Gell. 14, 6, 1:

quos (barbaros reges) nulla eruditio, nullus litterarum cultus imbuerat,

Sen. Ira, 3, 17, 1:

quid tam dignum cultu atque labore ducamus (sc. quam vocem)?

Quint. 2, 16, 17.—

In partic.

An honoring, reverence, adoration, veneration:

philosophia nos primum ad deorum cultum erudivit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Inv. 2, 53, 161; Ov. M. 2, 425:

exquisitus religionis cultus,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 1; 4, 4, 4.— In plur.:

justis ac piis,

Lact. 4, 3:

de adventu regis et cultu sui,

Tac. A. 2, 58.— Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,

Care directed to the refinement of life (opp. to a state of nature), i. e. arrangements for living, style, manner of life, culture, cultivation, elegance, polish, civilization, refinement, etc.:

homines a ferā agrestique vitā ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 33; cf.: eadem mediocritas ad omnem usum cultumque vitae transferenda est. id. Off. 1, 39, 140: [p. 489] (Belgae) a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; Verg. A. 5, 730; and in plur.:

cultusque artesque virorum,

Ov. M. 7, 58:

liberalis,

Liv. 45, 28, 11:

humilis,

id. 1, 39, 3:

agrestis et rusticus,

id. 7, 4, 6; cf.

feri,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 2:

multas (artes) ad animorum corporumque cultum... invexit,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

regio victu atque cultu aetatem agere,

Sall. C. 37, 6;

so with victus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 24; Nep. Alcib. 11, 4 al.; cf. of improvement, cultivation of mind:

animi cultus ille erat ei quasi quidam humanitatis cibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

non mores patrios solum, sed etiam cultum vestitumque mutavit,

Nep. Paus. 3, 1. —In a bad sense, luxury, voluptuousness, wantonness:

libido stupri, ganeae ceterique cultūs non minor incesserat,

sensual indulgences, Sall. C. 13, 3; cf.:

cultus ac desidia imperatoris,

Liv. 29, 21, 13.—

Transf., of ornaments of style:

in verbis effusiorem, ut ipsi vocant, cultum adfectaverunt,

Quint. 3, 8, 58; so id. 2, 5, 23; 10, 1, 124 al.—

Style of dress, external appearance, clothing, dress, garb, apparel, attire; esp. ornament, decoration, splendid dress, splendor (so most freq.):

aequato omnium cultu,

Liv. 34, 4, 12:

pastoralis,

Vell. 1, 2:

quam maxime miserabilis,

Sall. J. 33, 1; Tert. Hab. Mul. 3:

regius,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

militaris,

Liv. 29, 19, 11:

incinctus Gabino cultu,

id. 10, 7, 3:

justo mundior,

id. 8, 15, 7:

amoenior,

id. 4, 44, 11 et saep.; Vell. 2, 40; Quint. 8, prooem. § 20; Suet. Caes. 44 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16; 4, 9, 15; Ov. M. 3, 609 et saep.

dīves, ĭtis, and dīs, dīte (v. seq. b), adj. [perh. root div-, gleam; Gr. dios; Lat. divus, dies], rich (cf.: pecuniosus, beatus, locuples, opulens, opulentus).

dīves (class. and freq.; the nom. and acc. of the neutr. plur. do not occur; cf. Neue Formenl. 2, 51, v.

infra; abl. sing. usually divite, e. g. Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 2, 2, 31; id. A. P. 409; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 53; id. M. 5, 49; Quint. 4, 2, 95; 7, 4, 23 et saep.:

diviti,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 7, 29, 30, § 108):

ubi dives blande appellat pauperem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 7;

opp. pauper,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; 49; id. Cist. 2, 1, 56; id. Men. 4, 2, 9; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13 et saep.:

quem intelligimus divitem? etc.,

Cic. Par. 6, 1:

solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi, divites,

id. Mur. 29 fin.;

so opp. mendici,

id. Phil. 8, 3, 9 et saep.: Crassus, cum cognomine dives tum copiis, id. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

Fufidius Dives agris, dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421; so with abl.:

pecore et multa tellure,

id. Epod. 15, 19:

antiquo censu,

id. S. 2, 3, 169:

Lare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

amico Hercule,

id. ib. 2, 6, 12:

auro,

Curt. 8, 5, 3; Just. 44, 3, 5; 44, 1, 7; cf.

Liv. Praef. § 11: bubus,

Ov. M. 15, 12:

dote,

id. H. 11, 100 et saep.:

dives pecoris nivei,

Verg. E. 2, 20; so with gen.:

opum,

id. G. 2, 468; id. A. 1, 14; 2, 22; Ov. F. 3, 570:

armenti,

id. H. 9, 91:

equum pictae vestis et auri,

Verg. A. 9, 26:

artium,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5 et saep.:

dives ab omni armento,

Val. Fl. 6, 204.—

Transf., of things.

Rich, sumptuous, costly, splendid, precious:

animus hominis dives, non arca appellari solet,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 44:

Capua,

Verg. G. 2, 224:

Anagnia,

id. ib. 7, 684:

Achaia,

Ov. M. 8, 268:

ager,

Verg. A. 7, 262:

ramus,

id. ib. 6, 195:

mensae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 87:

lingua,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

vena,

id. A. P. 409 et saep.:

templum donis dives,

Liv. 45, 28:

Africa triumphis,

Verg. A. 4, 38: Mantua avis, id. id. 10, 201:

terra amomo,

Ov. M. 10, 307 et saep.:

dives opis natura suae,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 74.—

Abundant, plentiful ( poet.):

dives copia fiendi,

Ov. Trist. 3, 1, 102; cf.

stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43, 9.

dīs, neutr. dite (mostly poet.;

in prose very rare before the Aug. per.): dis quidem esses,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 8:

dite solum,

Val. Fl. 2, 296:

hujus ditis aedes,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 42; so,

ditis domus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 65:

diti placitura magistro,

Tib. 2, 5, 35:

ditem hostem,

Liv. 9, 40:

ditem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 48; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 48; Suet. Galb. 3:

diti de pectore,

Lucr. 1, 414:

in diti domo,

Liv. 42, 34, 3:

patre diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

quam estis maxume potentes, dites, fortunati, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 57; so,

dites,

Tib. 1, 1, 78; 3, 6, 13; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9; Sil. 3, 673:

Persarum campi,

Curt. 3, 25, 10:

terrae,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

delubra ditia donis,

Ov. M. 2, 77; so,

opulenta ac ditia stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43:

pectora ditum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 649;

for which: regem ditium Mycenarum,

Aus. Grat. Act. 59:

ditibus indulgent epulis,

Stat. Th. 5, 187:

ditibus promissis,

Sil. 3, 512.—

dīvĭtior (most freq. in prose and poetry, except Hor., v. seq. b), Plaut. Aul. 5, 2; id. Ps. 5, 2, 24; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 1114; Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28; 1, 32; id. Lael. 16, 58; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Ov. H. 16, 34; id. M. 6, 452 al.—

dītior, Liv. Praef. § 11; Hor. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 91; 1, 9, 51; 2, 7, 52; Sil. 13, 684; Stat. Th. 3, 481; Gell. 4, 1, 1.—

dīvĭtissimus (good prose), Cic. Off. 2, 17; id. Div. 1, 36; id. Par. 6, 2, 48; Nep. Alcib. 2; id. Phoc. 1, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 24.—

dītissimus (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 2, 136; id. A. 1, 343; 7, 537; 9, 360; 10, 563; Ov. M. 5, 129; Val. Fl. 5, 123; Sil. 3, 397; Aus. Epigr. 54 (twice); * Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 1; Nep. Alcib. 2, 1; Liv. 9, 31; 17, 14; 10, 46; Suet. Ner. 9. — Adv.: dītĭus, more richly or splendidly (post-Aug. and very rare):

ditius habitare,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 31.— Sup.:

ditissime domos exornare,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14.

dīves, ĭtis, and dīs, dīte (v. seq. b), adj. [perh. root div-, gleam; Gr. dios; Lat. divus, dies], rich (cf.: pecuniosus, beatus, locuples, opulens, opulentus).

dīves (class. and freq.; the nom. and acc. of the neutr. plur. do not occur; cf. Neue Formenl. 2, 51, v.

infra; abl. sing. usually divite, e. g. Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 2, 2, 31; id. A. P. 409; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 53; id. M. 5, 49; Quint. 4, 2, 95; 7, 4, 23 et saep.:

diviti,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 7, 29, 30, § 108):

ubi dives blande appellat pauperem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 7;

opp. pauper,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; 49; id. Cist. 2, 1, 56; id. Men. 4, 2, 9; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13 et saep.:

quem intelligimus divitem? etc.,

Cic. Par. 6, 1:

solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi, divites,

id. Mur. 29 fin.;

so opp. mendici,

id. Phil. 8, 3, 9 et saep.: Crassus, cum cognomine dives tum copiis, id. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

Fufidius Dives agris, dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421; so with abl.:

pecore et multa tellure,

id. Epod. 15, 19:

antiquo censu,

id. S. 2, 3, 169:

Lare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

amico Hercule,

id. ib. 2, 6, 12:

auro,

Curt. 8, 5, 3; Just. 44, 3, 5; 44, 1, 7; cf.

Liv. Praef. § 11: bubus,

Ov. M. 15, 12:

dote,

id. H. 11, 100 et saep.:

dives pecoris nivei,

Verg. E. 2, 20; so with gen.:

opum,

id. G. 2, 468; id. A. 1, 14; 2, 22; Ov. F. 3, 570:

armenti,

id. H. 9, 91:

equum pictae vestis et auri,

Verg. A. 9, 26:

artium,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5 et saep.:

dives ab omni armento,

Val. Fl. 6, 204.—

Transf., of things.

Rich, sumptuous, costly, splendid, precious:

animus hominis dives, non arca appellari solet,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 44:

Capua,

Verg. G. 2, 224:

Anagnia,

id. ib. 7, 684:

Achaia,

Ov. M. 8, 268:

ager,

Verg. A. 7, 262:

ramus,

id. ib. 6, 195:

mensae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 87:

lingua,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

vena,

id. A. P. 409 et saep.:

templum donis dives,

Liv. 45, 28:

Africa triumphis,

Verg. A. 4, 38: Mantua avis, id. id. 10, 201:

terra amomo,

Ov. M. 10, 307 et saep.:

dives opis natura suae,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 74.—

Abundant, plentiful ( poet.):

dives copia fiendi,

Ov. Trist. 3, 1, 102; cf.

stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43, 9.

dīs, neutr. dite (mostly poet.;

in prose very rare before the Aug. per.): dis quidem esses,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 8:

dite solum,

Val. Fl. 2, 296:

hujus ditis aedes,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 42; so,

ditis domus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 65:

diti placitura magistro,

Tib. 2, 5, 35:

ditem hostem,

Liv. 9, 40:

ditem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 48; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 48; Suet. Galb. 3:

diti de pectore,

Lucr. 1, 414:

in diti domo,

Liv. 42, 34, 3:

patre diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

quam estis maxume potentes, dites, fortunati, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 57; so,

dites,

Tib. 1, 1, 78; 3, 6, 13; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9; Sil. 3, 673:

Persarum campi,

Curt. 3, 25, 10:

terrae,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

delubra ditia donis,

Ov. M. 2, 77; so,

opulenta ac ditia stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43:

pectora ditum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 649;

for which: regem ditium Mycenarum,

Aus. Grat. Act. 59:

ditibus indulgent epulis,

Stat. Th. 5, 187:

ditibus promissis,

Sil. 3, 512.—

dīvĭtior (most freq. in prose and poetry, except Hor., v. seq. b), Plaut. Aul. 5, 2; id. Ps. 5, 2, 24; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 1114; Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28; 1, 32; id. Lael. 16, 58; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Ov. H. 16, 34; id. M. 6, 452 al.—

dītior, Liv. Praef. § 11; Hor. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 91; 1, 9, 51; 2, 7, 52; Sil. 13, 684; Stat. Th. 3, 481; Gell. 4, 1, 1.—

dīvĭtissimus (good prose), Cic. Off. 2, 17; id. Div. 1, 36; id. Par. 6, 2, 48; Nep. Alcib. 2; id. Phoc. 1, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 24.—

dītissimus (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 2, 136; id. A. 1, 343; 7, 537; 9, 360; 10, 563; Ov. M. 5, 129; Val. Fl. 5, 123; Sil. 3, 397; Aus. Epigr. 54 (twice); * Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 1; Nep. Alcib. 2, 1; Liv. 9, 31; 17, 14; 10, 46; Suet. Ner. 9. — Adv.: dītĭus, more richly or splendidly (post-Aug. and very rare):

ditius habitare,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 31.— Sup.:

ditissime domos exornare,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14.

dīves, ĭtis, and dīs, dīte (v. seq. b), adj. [perh. root div-, gleam; Gr. dios; Lat. divus, dies], rich (cf.: pecuniosus, beatus, locuples, opulens, opulentus).

dīves (class. and freq.; the nom. and acc. of the neutr. plur. do not occur; cf. Neue Formenl. 2, 51, v.

infra; abl. sing. usually divite, e. g. Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 2, 2, 31; id. A. P. 409; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 53; id. M. 5, 49; Quint. 4, 2, 95; 7, 4, 23 et saep.:

diviti,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 7, 29, 30, § 108):

ubi dives blande appellat pauperem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 7;

opp. pauper,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; 49; id. Cist. 2, 1, 56; id. Men. 4, 2, 9; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13 et saep.:

quem intelligimus divitem? etc.,

Cic. Par. 6, 1:

solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi, divites,

id. Mur. 29 fin.;

so opp. mendici,

id. Phil. 8, 3, 9 et saep.: Crassus, cum cognomine dives tum copiis, id. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

Fufidius Dives agris, dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421; so with abl.:

pecore et multa tellure,

id. Epod. 15, 19:

antiquo censu,

id. S. 2, 3, 169:

Lare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

amico Hercule,

id. ib. 2, 6, 12:

auro,

Curt. 8, 5, 3; Just. 44, 3, 5; 44, 1, 7; cf.

Liv. Praef. § 11: bubus,

Ov. M. 15, 12:

dote,

id. H. 11, 100 et saep.:

dives pecoris nivei,

Verg. E. 2, 20; so with gen.:

opum,

id. G. 2, 468; id. A. 1, 14; 2, 22; Ov. F. 3, 570:

armenti,

id. H. 9, 91:

equum pictae vestis et auri,

Verg. A. 9, 26:

artium,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5 et saep.:

dives ab omni armento,

Val. Fl. 6, 204.—

Transf., of things.

Rich, sumptuous, costly, splendid, precious:

animus hominis dives, non arca appellari solet,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 44:

Capua,

Verg. G. 2, 224:

Anagnia,

id. ib. 7, 684:

Achaia,

Ov. M. 8, 268:

ager,

Verg. A. 7, 262:

ramus,

id. ib. 6, 195:

mensae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 87:

lingua,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

vena,

id. A. P. 409 et saep.:

templum donis dives,

Liv. 45, 28:

Africa triumphis,

Verg. A. 4, 38: Mantua avis, id. id. 10, 201:

terra amomo,

Ov. M. 10, 307 et saep.:

dives opis natura suae,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 74.—

Abundant, plentiful ( poet.):

dives copia fiendi,

Ov. Trist. 3, 1, 102; cf.

stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43, 9.

dīs, neutr. dite (mostly poet.;

in prose very rare before the Aug. per.): dis quidem esses,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 8:

dite solum,

Val. Fl. 2, 296:

hujus ditis aedes,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 42; so,

ditis domus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 65:

diti placitura magistro,

Tib. 2, 5, 35:

ditem hostem,

Liv. 9, 40:

ditem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 48; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 48; Suet. Galb. 3:

diti de pectore,

Lucr. 1, 414:

in diti domo,

Liv. 42, 34, 3:

patre diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

quam estis maxume potentes, dites, fortunati, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 57; so,

dites,

Tib. 1, 1, 78; 3, 6, 13; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9; Sil. 3, 673:

Persarum campi,

Curt. 3, 25, 10:

terrae,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

delubra ditia donis,

Ov. M. 2, 77; so,

opulenta ac ditia stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43:

pectora ditum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 649;

for which: regem ditium Mycenarum,

Aus. Grat. Act. 59:

ditibus indulgent epulis,

Stat. Th. 5, 187:

ditibus promissis,

Sil. 3, 512.—

dīvĭtior (most freq. in prose and poetry, except Hor., v. seq. b), Plaut. Aul. 5, 2; id. Ps. 5, 2, 24; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 1114; Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28; 1, 32; id. Lael. 16, 58; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Ov. H. 16, 34; id. M. 6, 452 al.—

dītior, Liv. Praef. § 11; Hor. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 91; 1, 9, 51; 2, 7, 52; Sil. 13, 684; Stat. Th. 3, 481; Gell. 4, 1, 1.—

dīvĭtissimus (good prose), Cic. Off. 2, 17; id. Div. 1, 36; id. Par. 6, 2, 48; Nep. Alcib. 2; id. Phoc. 1, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 24.—

dītissimus (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 2, 136; id. A. 1, 343; 7, 537; 9, 360; 10, 563; Ov. M. 5, 129; Val. Fl. 5, 123; Sil. 3, 397; Aus. Epigr. 54 (twice); * Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 1; Nep. Alcib. 2, 1; Liv. 9, 31; 17, 14; 10, 46; Suet. Ner. 9. — Adv.: dītĭus, more richly or splendidly (post-Aug. and very rare):

ditius habitare,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 31.— Sup.:

ditissime domos exornare,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14.

dīves, ĭtis, and dīs, dīte (v. seq. b), adj. [perh. root div-, gleam; Gr. dios; Lat. divus, dies], rich (cf.: pecuniosus, beatus, locuples, opulens, opulentus).

dīves (class. and freq.; the nom. and acc. of the neutr. plur. do not occur; cf. Neue Formenl. 2, 51, v.

infra; abl. sing. usually divite, e. g. Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 2, 2, 31; id. A. P. 409; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 53; id. M. 5, 49; Quint. 4, 2, 95; 7, 4, 23 et saep.:

diviti,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 7, 29, 30, § 108):

ubi dives blande appellat pauperem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 7;

opp. pauper,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; 49; id. Cist. 2, 1, 56; id. Men. 4, 2, 9; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13 et saep.:

quem intelligimus divitem? etc.,

Cic. Par. 6, 1:

solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi, divites,

id. Mur. 29 fin.;

so opp. mendici,

id. Phil. 8, 3, 9 et saep.: Crassus, cum cognomine dives tum copiis, id. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

Fufidius Dives agris, dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421; so with abl.:

pecore et multa tellure,

id. Epod. 15, 19:

antiquo censu,

id. S. 2, 3, 169:

Lare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

amico Hercule,

id. ib. 2, 6, 12:

auro,

Curt. 8, 5, 3; Just. 44, 3, 5; 44, 1, 7; cf.

Liv. Praef. § 11: bubus,

Ov. M. 15, 12:

dote,

id. H. 11, 100 et saep.:

dives pecoris nivei,

Verg. E. 2, 20; so with gen.:

opum,

id. G. 2, 468; id. A. 1, 14; 2, 22; Ov. F. 3, 570:

armenti,

id. H. 9, 91:

equum pictae vestis et auri,

Verg. A. 9, 26:

artium,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5 et saep.:

dives ab omni armento,

Val. Fl. 6, 204.—

Transf., of things.

Rich, sumptuous, costly, splendid, precious:

animus hominis dives, non arca appellari solet,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 44:

Capua,

Verg. G. 2, 224:

Anagnia,

id. ib. 7, 684:

Achaia,

Ov. M. 8, 268:

ager,

Verg. A. 7, 262:

ramus,

id. ib. 6, 195:

mensae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 87:

lingua,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

vena,

id. A. P. 409 et saep.:

templum donis dives,

Liv. 45, 28:

Africa triumphis,

Verg. A. 4, 38: Mantua avis, id. id. 10, 201:

terra amomo,

Ov. M. 10, 307 et saep.:

dives opis natura suae,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 74.—

Abundant, plentiful ( poet.):

dives copia fiendi,

Ov. Trist. 3, 1, 102; cf.

stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43, 9.

dīs, neutr. dite (mostly poet.;

in prose very rare before the Aug. per.): dis quidem esses,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 8:

dite solum,

Val. Fl. 2, 296:

hujus ditis aedes,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 42; so,

ditis domus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 65:

diti placitura magistro,

Tib. 2, 5, 35:

ditem hostem,

Liv. 9, 40:

ditem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 48; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 48; Suet. Galb. 3:

diti de pectore,

Lucr. 1, 414:

in diti domo,

Liv. 42, 34, 3:

patre diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

quam estis maxume potentes, dites, fortunati, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 57; so,

dites,

Tib. 1, 1, 78; 3, 6, 13; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9; Sil. 3, 673:

Persarum campi,

Curt. 3, 25, 10:

terrae,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

delubra ditia donis,

Ov. M. 2, 77; so,

opulenta ac ditia stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43:

pectora ditum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 649;

for which: regem ditium Mycenarum,

Aus. Grat. Act. 59:

ditibus indulgent epulis,

Stat. Th. 5, 187:

ditibus promissis,

Sil. 3, 512.—

dīvĭtior (most freq. in prose and poetry, except Hor., v. seq. b), Plaut. Aul. 5, 2; id. Ps. 5, 2, 24; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 1114; Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28; 1, 32; id. Lael. 16, 58; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Ov. H. 16, 34; id. M. 6, 452 al.—

dītior, Liv. Praef. § 11; Hor. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 91; 1, 9, 51; 2, 7, 52; Sil. 13, 684; Stat. Th. 3, 481; Gell. 4, 1, 1.—

dīvĭtissimus (good prose), Cic. Off. 2, 17; id. Div. 1, 36; id. Par. 6, 2, 48; Nep. Alcib. 2; id. Phoc. 1, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 24.—

dītissimus (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 2, 136; id. A. 1, 343; 7, 537; 9, 360; 10, 563; Ov. M. 5, 129; Val. Fl. 5, 123; Sil. 3, 397; Aus. Epigr. 54 (twice); * Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 1; Nep. Alcib. 2, 1; Liv. 9, 31; 17, 14; 10, 46; Suet. Ner. 9. — Adv.: dītĭus, more richly or splendidly (post-Aug. and very rare):

ditius habitare,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 31.— Sup.:

ditissime domos exornare,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14.

dīves, ĭtis, and dīs, dīte (v. seq. b), adj. [perh. root div-, gleam; Gr. dios; Lat. divus, dies], rich (cf.: pecuniosus, beatus, locuples, opulens, opulentus).

dīves (class. and freq.; the nom. and acc. of the neutr. plur. do not occur; cf. Neue Formenl. 2, 51, v.

infra; abl. sing. usually divite, e. g. Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 2, 2, 31; id. A. P. 409; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 53; id. M. 5, 49; Quint. 4, 2, 95; 7, 4, 23 et saep.:

diviti,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 7, 29, 30, § 108):

ubi dives blande appellat pauperem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 7;

opp. pauper,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; 49; id. Cist. 2, 1, 56; id. Men. 4, 2, 9; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13 et saep.:

quem intelligimus divitem? etc.,

Cic. Par. 6, 1:

solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi, divites,

id. Mur. 29 fin.;

so opp. mendici,

id. Phil. 8, 3, 9 et saep.: Crassus, cum cognomine dives tum copiis, id. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

Fufidius Dives agris, dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421; so with abl.:

pecore et multa tellure,

id. Epod. 15, 19:

antiquo censu,

id. S. 2, 3, 169:

Lare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

amico Hercule,

id. ib. 2, 6, 12:

auro,

Curt. 8, 5, 3; Just. 44, 3, 5; 44, 1, 7; cf.

Liv. Praef. § 11: bubus,

Ov. M. 15, 12:

dote,

id. H. 11, 100 et saep.:

dives pecoris nivei,

Verg. E. 2, 20; so with gen.:

opum,

id. G. 2, 468; id. A. 1, 14; 2, 22; Ov. F. 3, 570:

armenti,

id. H. 9, 91:

equum pictae vestis et auri,

Verg. A. 9, 26:

artium,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5 et saep.:

dives ab omni armento,

Val. Fl. 6, 204.—

Transf., of things.

Rich, sumptuous, costly, splendid, precious:

animus hominis dives, non arca appellari solet,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 44:

Capua,

Verg. G. 2, 224:

Anagnia,

id. ib. 7, 684:

Achaia,

Ov. M. 8, 268:

ager,

Verg. A. 7, 262:

ramus,

id. ib. 6, 195:

mensae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 87:

lingua,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

vena,

id. A. P. 409 et saep.:

templum donis dives,

Liv. 45, 28:

Africa triumphis,

Verg. A. 4, 38: Mantua avis, id. id. 10, 201:

terra amomo,

Ov. M. 10, 307 et saep.:

dives opis natura suae,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 74.—

Abundant, plentiful ( poet.):

dives copia fiendi,

Ov. Trist. 3, 1, 102; cf.

stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43, 9.

dīs, neutr. dite (mostly poet.;

in prose very rare before the Aug. per.): dis quidem esses,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 8:

dite solum,

Val. Fl. 2, 296:

hujus ditis aedes,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 42; so,

ditis domus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 65:

diti placitura magistro,

Tib. 2, 5, 35:

ditem hostem,

Liv. 9, 40:

ditem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 48; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 48; Suet. Galb. 3:

diti de pectore,

Lucr. 1, 414:

in diti domo,

Liv. 42, 34, 3:

patre diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

quam estis maxume potentes, dites, fortunati, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 57; so,

dites,

Tib. 1, 1, 78; 3, 6, 13; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9; Sil. 3, 673:

Persarum campi,

Curt. 3, 25, 10:

terrae,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

delubra ditia donis,

Ov. M. 2, 77; so,

opulenta ac ditia stipendia,

Liv. 21, 43:

pectora ditum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 649;

for which: regem ditium Mycenarum,

Aus. Grat. Act. 59:

ditibus indulgent epulis,

Stat. Th. 5, 187:

ditibus promissis,

Sil. 3, 512.—

dīvĭtior (most freq. in prose and poetry, except Hor., v. seq. b), Plaut. Aul. 5, 2; id. Ps. 5, 2, 24; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 1114; Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28; 1, 32; id. Lael. 16, 58; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Ov. H. 16, 34; id. M. 6, 452 al.—

dītior, Liv. Praef. § 11; Hor. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 91; 1, 9, 51; 2, 7, 52; Sil. 13, 684; Stat. Th. 3, 481; Gell. 4, 1, 1.—

dīvĭtissimus (good prose), Cic. Off. 2, 17; id. Div. 1, 36; id. Par. 6, 2, 48; Nep. Alcib. 2; id. Phoc. 1, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 24.—

dītissimus (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 2, 136; id. A. 1, 343; 7, 537; 9, 360; 10, 563; Ov. M. 5, 129; Val. Fl. 5, 123; Sil. 3, 397; Aus. Epigr. 54 (twice); * Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 1; Nep. Alcib. 2, 1; Liv. 9, 31; 17, 14; 10, 46; Suet. Ner. 9. — Adv.: dītĭus, more richly or splendidly (post-Aug. and very rare):

ditius habitare,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 31.— Sup.:

ditissime domos exornare,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14.

fulmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [fulmen], of or belonging to lightning ( poet.).

Lit.:

ignis,

Lucr. 2, 382; Ov. M. 11, 524; id. P. 2, 2, 118:

ictus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618:

fragor,

Val. Fl. 2, 501.—

Trop.

Sparkling, splendid, brilliant: Mnestheus (i. e. with sparkling arms), Verg. A. 9, 812 (cf. ib. 733):

fulminea in casside,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 194.—

(Acc. to fulmen, II.) Destructive, murderous, killing:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 167:

os (apri),

Ov. F. 2, 232; cf.:

dentes (apri),

Phaedr. 1, 21, 5:

rictus lupi,

Ov. M. 11, 36:

ensis,

Verg. A. 4, 580; 9, 442:

ira,

Sil. 11, 99:

iter,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 200.