the Crab

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cancer, cri ( gen. canceris, Lucr. 5, 616; Arn. 1, p. 30; acc. plur. canceres, Cato, R. R. 157, 3), m. ( neutr. Claudius, Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; Scrib. Comp. 206 and 240) [cf. karkinos; root kar-, to be hard; whence karuon, cornu], a crab, a river-crab, sea-crab.

Lit., Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97 sq.; 19, 10, 58, § 180; Pall. 1, 35, 7; Ov. M. 15, 369; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45; Verg. G. 4, 48; Col. 9, 5, 6:

cancer femina,

Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134; Pall. 1, 35, 7.—

Meton., hands that cling fast like the claws of crabs:

Orci cancri,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 26.—

As nom. propr., the Crab, the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is found at the time of the summer solstice, Lucr. 5, 616; Ov. M. 2, 83; 10, 127; id. F. 6, 727; Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Luc. 10, 259; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 23; Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.; acc. to the fable, as an animal hostile to Hercules in the contest with the Lernœan hydra; cf. Hyg. l. l. Hence, Lernaeus, Col. 10, 313.—

Poet. for the region of the south, the south, Ov. M. 4, 625.—

To designate great or violent heat, Ov. M. 10, 127.—

In medicine, a crawling, eating, suppurating ulcer, malignant tumor, a cancer, Cels. 5, 26, 31; 6, 18, 3:

malum immedicabile cancer,

Ov. M. 2, 825; Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Claud. Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P

cancer, cri, m. [root kar-, to bend, twist; whence corona, circus], a lattice, the radical form of cancelli, q. v., Paul. ex Fest. p. 46; cf.:

inter Orci cancros,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 25.

praesaepe ( praesēpe), is, n., and praesaepes or praesaepis, is, f.; also, praesaepĭa, ae, f., and praesaepĭum (each of these forms less correctly written praesēp-), ii, n. [praesaepio], prop. an enclosure of any kind; hence, a stable, stall, fold, pen (syn. stabulum).

Lit.:

praesaepis bubus hibernas,

Cato, R. R. 14:

si villa habebat praesaepias laxas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6 (al. praesaepes, al. praesaepis):

stabant ter centum (equi) nivei in praesaepibus altis,

Verg. A. 7, 275:

in praesaepibus ursi,

id. ib. 7, 17:

nocturna claudere praesaepia,

folds, Calp. Ecl. 1, 38:

qui bona donavit praesaepibus,

has expended his estate on his stables, Juv. 1, 59.— A crib, manger:

bonas praesaepis,

Cato, R. R. 4:

in praesaepiis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

accedit ad praesaepe,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 22:

non altius edita esse praesaepia convenit, quam, etc.,

Col. 1, 6:

praesaepium meum hordeo passim repleri jubet,

App. M. 7, p. 194, 3.—

Transf.

A hut, hovel; a dwelling, tavern:

quin reciperet se ad praesaepem suam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13.—Mostly plur.:

scit, si id impetret, futurum, quod amat, intra praesaepis suas,

i. e. in his own house, in his power, Plaut. Cas. prol. 56:

vocat me hic intra praesaepis meas,

into my house, id. Rud. 4, 3, 99: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives, Verg. G. 4, 168; id. A. 1, 435:

audis in praesaepibus,

in drinking-shops, Cic. Pis. 18, 42.—

A crib, com. for a table:

scurra vagus, non qui certum praesaepe teneret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 28.—

The space between the two stars called Aselli in the sign of the Crab, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.

praesaepe ( praesēpe), is, n., and praesaepes or praesaepis, is, f.; also, praesaepĭa, ae, f., and praesaepĭum (each of these forms less correctly written praesēp-), ii, n. [praesaepio], prop. an enclosure of any kind; hence, a stable, stall, fold, pen (syn. stabulum).

Lit.:

praesaepis bubus hibernas,

Cato, R. R. 14:

si villa habebat praesaepias laxas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6 (al. praesaepes, al. praesaepis):

stabant ter centum (equi) nivei in praesaepibus altis,

Verg. A. 7, 275:

in praesaepibus ursi,

id. ib. 7, 17:

nocturna claudere praesaepia,

folds, Calp. Ecl. 1, 38:

qui bona donavit praesaepibus,

has expended his estate on his stables, Juv. 1, 59.— A crib, manger:

bonas praesaepis,

Cato, R. R. 4:

in praesaepiis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

accedit ad praesaepe,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 22:

non altius edita esse praesaepia convenit, quam, etc.,

Col. 1, 6:

praesaepium meum hordeo passim repleri jubet,

App. M. 7, p. 194, 3.—

Transf.

A hut, hovel; a dwelling, tavern:

quin reciperet se ad praesaepem suam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13.—Mostly plur.:

scit, si id impetret, futurum, quod amat, intra praesaepis suas,

i. e. in his own house, in his power, Plaut. Cas. prol. 56:

vocat me hic intra praesaepis meas,

into my house, id. Rud. 4, 3, 99: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives, Verg. G. 4, 168; id. A. 1, 435:

audis in praesaepibus,

in drinking-shops, Cic. Pis. 18, 42.—

A crib, com. for a table:

scurra vagus, non qui certum praesaepe teneret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 28.—

The space between the two stars called Aselli in the sign of the Crab, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.

praesaepe ( praesēpe), is, n., and praesaepes or praesaepis, is, f.; also, praesaepĭa, ae, f., and praesaepĭum (each of these forms less correctly written praesēp-), ii, n. [praesaepio], prop. an enclosure of any kind; hence, a stable, stall, fold, pen (syn. stabulum).

Lit.:

praesaepis bubus hibernas,

Cato, R. R. 14:

si villa habebat praesaepias laxas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6 (al. praesaepes, al. praesaepis):

stabant ter centum (equi) nivei in praesaepibus altis,

Verg. A. 7, 275:

in praesaepibus ursi,

id. ib. 7, 17:

nocturna claudere praesaepia,

folds, Calp. Ecl. 1, 38:

qui bona donavit praesaepibus,

has expended his estate on his stables, Juv. 1, 59.— A crib, manger:

bonas praesaepis,

Cato, R. R. 4:

in praesaepiis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

accedit ad praesaepe,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 22:

non altius edita esse praesaepia convenit, quam, etc.,

Col. 1, 6:

praesaepium meum hordeo passim repleri jubet,

App. M. 7, p. 194, 3.—

Transf.

A hut, hovel; a dwelling, tavern:

quin reciperet se ad praesaepem suam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13.—Mostly plur.:

scit, si id impetret, futurum, quod amat, intra praesaepis suas,

i. e. in his own house, in his power, Plaut. Cas. prol. 56:

vocat me hic intra praesaepis meas,

into my house, id. Rud. 4, 3, 99: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives, Verg. G. 4, 168; id. A. 1, 435:

audis in praesaepibus,

in drinking-shops, Cic. Pis. 18, 42.—

A crib, com. for a table:

scurra vagus, non qui certum praesaepe teneret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 28.—

The space between the two stars called Aselli in the sign of the Crab, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.

praesaepe ( praesēpe), is, n., and praesaepes or praesaepis, is, f.; also, praesaepĭa, ae, f., and praesaepĭum (each of these forms less correctly written praesēp-), ii, n. [praesaepio], prop. an enclosure of any kind; hence, a stable, stall, fold, pen (syn. stabulum).

Lit.:

praesaepis bubus hibernas,

Cato, R. R. 14:

si villa habebat praesaepias laxas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6 (al. praesaepes, al. praesaepis):

stabant ter centum (equi) nivei in praesaepibus altis,

Verg. A. 7, 275:

in praesaepibus ursi,

id. ib. 7, 17:

nocturna claudere praesaepia,

folds, Calp. Ecl. 1, 38:

qui bona donavit praesaepibus,

has expended his estate on his stables, Juv. 1, 59.— A crib, manger:

bonas praesaepis,

Cato, R. R. 4:

in praesaepiis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

accedit ad praesaepe,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 22:

non altius edita esse praesaepia convenit, quam, etc.,

Col. 1, 6:

praesaepium meum hordeo passim repleri jubet,

App. M. 7, p. 194, 3.—

Transf.

A hut, hovel; a dwelling, tavern:

quin reciperet se ad praesaepem suam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13.—Mostly plur.:

scit, si id impetret, futurum, quod amat, intra praesaepis suas,

i. e. in his own house, in his power, Plaut. Cas. prol. 56:

vocat me hic intra praesaepis meas,

into my house, id. Rud. 4, 3, 99: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives, Verg. G. 4, 168; id. A. 1, 435:

audis in praesaepibus,

in drinking-shops, Cic. Pis. 18, 42.—

A crib, com. for a table:

scurra vagus, non qui certum praesaepe teneret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 28.—

The space between the two stars called Aselli in the sign of the Crab, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.

praesaepe ( praesēpe), is, n., and praesaepes or praesaepis, is, f.; also, praesaepĭa, ae, f., and praesaepĭum (each of these forms less correctly written praesēp-), ii, n. [praesaepio], prop. an enclosure of any kind; hence, a stable, stall, fold, pen (syn. stabulum).

Lit.:

praesaepis bubus hibernas,

Cato, R. R. 14:

si villa habebat praesaepias laxas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6 (al. praesaepes, al. praesaepis):

stabant ter centum (equi) nivei in praesaepibus altis,

Verg. A. 7, 275:

in praesaepibus ursi,

id. ib. 7, 17:

nocturna claudere praesaepia,

folds, Calp. Ecl. 1, 38:

qui bona donavit praesaepibus,

has expended his estate on his stables, Juv. 1, 59.— A crib, manger:

bonas praesaepis,

Cato, R. R. 4:

in praesaepiis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

accedit ad praesaepe,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 22:

non altius edita esse praesaepia convenit, quam, etc.,

Col. 1, 6:

praesaepium meum hordeo passim repleri jubet,

App. M. 7, p. 194, 3.—

Transf.

A hut, hovel; a dwelling, tavern:

quin reciperet se ad praesaepem suam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13.—Mostly plur.:

scit, si id impetret, futurum, quod amat, intra praesaepis suas,

i. e. in his own house, in his power, Plaut. Cas. prol. 56:

vocat me hic intra praesaepis meas,

into my house, id. Rud. 4, 3, 99: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives, Verg. G. 4, 168; id. A. 1, 435:

audis in praesaepibus,

in drinking-shops, Cic. Pis. 18, 42.—

A crib, com. for a table:

scurra vagus, non qui certum praesaepe teneret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 28.—

The space between the two stars called Aselli in the sign of the Crab, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.

crab / the direction south / heat of summer / disease of cancer.

furca, ae, f. [Sanscr. bhur-ig, shears; cf. Lat. forceps, forfex; also Gr. pharos, plough; Lat. forāre;

Engl. bore,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 299; but Corss. refers furca to root dhar-,=fero, as a prop. support; v. Ausspr. 1, 149], a two-pronged fork.

Lit.:

exacuunt alii vallos furcasque bicornes,

Verg. G. 1, 264:

valentes,

id. ib. 2, 359:

furcis detrudi,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2. —Prov.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24 (v. furcilla).—

Transf., of things shaped like a fork.

A forkshaped prop, pole, or stake, for carrying burdens on the back or shoulder, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 2;

for supporting the seats of a theatre,

Liv. 1, 35, 9;

for a vine,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32;

for fishing-nets,

id. 9, 8, 9, § 31;

for the gable of a house,

Ov. M. 8, 700; a frame on which meat was suspended in the chimney, id. ib. 8, 648.—

An instrument of punishment in the form of a fork (V or II), which was placed on the culprit's neck, while his hands were fastened to the two ends, a yoke (cf.: crux, gabalus, patibulum; hence, furcifer): To. Satis sumpsimus jam supplici. Do. Fateor, manus vobis do. To. Post dabis sub furcis, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 71:

canem et furcam ferre,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 37:

servus per circum, cum virgis caederetur, furcam ferens ductus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55:

servus sub furca caesus,

Liv. 2, 36, 1 Drak.; Val. Max. 1, 7, 4; Lact. 2, 7, 20:

sub furca vinctus inter verbera et cruciatus,

Liv. 1, 26, 10:

cervicem inserere furcae,

Suet. Ner. 49; Eutr. 7, 5; Prud. steph. 10, 851.—Hence poet. to designate the worst condition of slavery:

ibis sub furcam prudens,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 66.—

A fork-shaped gallows:

aliquem furcā figere,

Dig. 48, 19, 28 fin.:

furcae subicere,

ib. 9:

in furcam tollere,

ib. 38:

in furcam suspendere,

ib. 13, 6:

in furcam damnare,

ib. 49, 16, 3:

canes vivi in furca, sambucea arbore fixi,

Plin. 29. 4, 14, § 57.—

A fork-shaped yoke in which young bullocks were put to be tamed, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2.—

Furcae cancrorum, the claws of a crab, App. Mag. p. 297. —

Furcae Caudinae, the narrow pass of Caudium, the Caudine Forks, usually called Furculae Caudinae (v. furcula, II. and Caudium), Val. Max. 5, 1, 5 ext.; 7, 2, 17 ext.

lĕo, lēre, v. a. The root of deleo; cf. Prisc. l. 9 fin.

lĕo, ōnis, m. [Gr. leôn, lis], a lion.

Lit.:

validus,

Lucr. 5, 985:

fulvus,

Ov. H. 10, 85:

ferus,

id. M. 7, 373:

magnanimus,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 33:

leoni praecipua generositas,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

Gaetulus,

Verg. A. 5, 351:

Poenus,

id. E. 5, 27:

Phrygius,

id. A. 10, 157:

fulvus,

id. ib. 4, 159:

leonum animi index cauda,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

leo alumnus,

Juv. 14, 247:

pardus, tigris, leo— si quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius,

id. 8, 36: leo femina, a she-lion, lioness (for leaena), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63.—Without femina:

orbati leones,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 317.—

Transf.

A lion's skin, Val. Fl. 8, 126.—

The constellation Leo:

momenta Leonis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

cum sol in Leone est,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162:

in pectore Leonis,

id. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

A kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97.—

A plant, perhaps lion's-foot, Col. 10, 260; 98.—

To denote a courageous person:

in pace leones, in proelio cervi,

Tert. Coron. Mil. 1 med.; cf.:

in praetoriis leones, in castris lepores,

Sid. Ep. 5, 7 med.:

domi leones, foris vulpes,

Petr. 44, 4.

Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras:

Leones Mithrae,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.

lĕo, lēre, v. a. The root of deleo; cf. Prisc. l. 9 fin.

lĕo, ōnis, m. [Gr. leôn, lis], a lion.

Lit.:

validus,

Lucr. 5, 985:

fulvus,

Ov. H. 10, 85:

ferus,

id. M. 7, 373:

magnanimus,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 33:

leoni praecipua generositas,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

Gaetulus,

Verg. A. 5, 351:

Poenus,

id. E. 5, 27:

Phrygius,

id. A. 10, 157:

fulvus,

id. ib. 4, 159:

leonum animi index cauda,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

leo alumnus,

Juv. 14, 247:

pardus, tigris, leo— si quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius,

id. 8, 36: leo femina, a she-lion, lioness (for leaena), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63.—Without femina:

orbati leones,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 317.—

Transf.

A lion's skin, Val. Fl. 8, 126.—

The constellation Leo:

momenta Leonis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

cum sol in Leone est,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162:

in pectore Leonis,

id. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

A kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97.—

A plant, perhaps lion's-foot, Col. 10, 260; 98.—

To denote a courageous person:

in pace leones, in proelio cervi,

Tert. Coron. Mil. 1 med.; cf.:

in praetoriis leones, in castris lepores,

Sid. Ep. 5, 7 med.:

domi leones, foris vulpes,

Petr. 44, 4.

Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras:

Leones Mithrae,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.

lĕo, lēre, v. a. The root of deleo; cf. Prisc. l. 9 fin.

lĕo, ōnis, m. [Gr. leôn, lis], a lion.

Lit.:

validus,

Lucr. 5, 985:

fulvus,

Ov. H. 10, 85:

ferus,

id. M. 7, 373:

magnanimus,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 33:

leoni praecipua generositas,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

Gaetulus,

Verg. A. 5, 351:

Poenus,

id. E. 5, 27:

Phrygius,

id. A. 10, 157:

fulvus,

id. ib. 4, 159:

leonum animi index cauda,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42:

leo alumnus,

Juv. 14, 247:

pardus, tigris, leo— si quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius,

id. 8, 36: leo femina, a she-lion, lioness (for leaena), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63.—Without femina:

orbati leones,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 317.—

Transf.

A lion's skin, Val. Fl. 8, 126.—

The constellation Leo:

momenta Leonis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

cum sol in Leone est,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162:

in pectore Leonis,

id. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

A kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97.—

A plant, perhaps lion's-foot, Col. 10, 260; 98.—

To denote a courageous person:

in pace leones, in proelio cervi,

Tert. Coron. Mil. 1 med.; cf.:

in praetoriis leones, in castris lepores,

Sid. Ep. 5, 7 med.:

domi leones, foris vulpes,

Petr. 44, 4.

Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras:

Leones Mithrae,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.

maia, ae, f., = maia, a large kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; al. maea.

Māia, Māja (written by Cicero Majja, like ejjus, pejjus, etc.; v. the letter J), ae, f., = Maia.

Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and the mother of Mercury by Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

Majā genitum demittit ab alto,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 1, 297:

Maiā natus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; Ov. M. 11, 303; Macr. S. 1, 12, 19; acc. Majam, Ov. F. 4, 174.—As one of the Pleiades:

sanctissima Maja,

Cic. Arat. 270:

multi ante occasum Majae coepere,

Verg. G. 1, 225; Ov. F. 4, 174; 5, 85.—

A daughter of Faunus, Macr. S. 1, 12.

maia, ae, f., = maia, a large kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; al. maea.

Māia, Māja (written by Cicero Majja, like ejjus, pejjus, etc.; v. the letter J), ae, f., = Maia.

Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and the mother of Mercury by Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

Majā genitum demittit ab alto,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 1, 297:

Maiā natus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; Ov. M. 11, 303; Macr. S. 1, 12, 19; acc. Majam, Ov. F. 4, 174.—As one of the Pleiades:

sanctissima Maja,

Cic. Arat. 270:

multi ante occasum Majae coepere,

Verg. G. 1, 225; Ov. F. 4, 174; 5, 85.—

A daughter of Faunus, Macr. S. 1, 12.

maia, ae, f., = maia, a large kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; al. maea.

Māia, Māja (written by Cicero Majja, like ejjus, pejjus, etc.; v. the letter J), ae, f., = Maia.

Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and the mother of Mercury by Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

Majā genitum demittit ab alto,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 1, 297:

Maiā natus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; Ov. M. 11, 303; Macr. S. 1, 12, 19; acc. Majam, Ov. F. 4, 174.—As one of the Pleiades:

sanctissima Maja,

Cic. Arat. 270:

multi ante occasum Majae coepere,

Verg. G. 1, 225; Ov. F. 4, 174; 5, 85.—

A daughter of Faunus, Macr. S. 1, 12.

maia, ae, f., = maia, a large kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; al. maea.

Māia, Māja (written by Cicero Majja, like ejjus, pejjus, etc.; v. the letter J), ae, f., = Maia.

Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and the mother of Mercury by Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

Majā genitum demittit ab alto,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 1, 297:

Maiā natus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; Ov. M. 11, 303; Macr. S. 1, 12, 19; acc. Majam, Ov. F. 4, 174.—As one of the Pleiades:

sanctissima Maja,

Cic. Arat. 270:

multi ante occasum Majae coepere,

Verg. G. 1, 225; Ov. F. 4, 174; 5, 85.—

A daughter of Faunus, Macr. S. 1, 12.