the Saturnian verse

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).

In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.

also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),

Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:

carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,

Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.

vocum,

id. ib. 12, 157:

per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,

id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;

5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,

Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:

cygnorum,

id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:

citharae liquidum carmen,

Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:

lyrae carmen,

Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:

canere miserabile carmen,

Ov. M. 5, 118:

harundineum,

id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:

socialia carmina,

id. H. 12, 139:

barbaricum,

id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:

hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—

Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.

Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:

perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:

carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,

Lucr. 5, 1444:

Maeonii carminis alite,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:

epicum carmen,

Quint. 10, 1, 62:

heroici sublimitas,

id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:

Iliacum,

Hor. A. P. 129:

historia quodammodo carmen solutum,

Quint. 10, 1, 31:

Pierium,

Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:

tragicum,

Hor. A. P. 220:

carmina Livi,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:

Saliorum carmina,

Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

lyricorum carmina,

Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:

Aeolium,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:

Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,

id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:

carmen funebre proprie Naenia,

Quint. 8, 2, 8:

carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:

lascivum,

Quint. 9, 4, 108:

obscena,

satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;

the same: famosum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:

malum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:

obliquum,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:

probrosum,

Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:

si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,

Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:

canere,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

cantare cui,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

cantitare,

Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:

contexere,

Cic. Cael. 8, 18:

disponere,

Lucr. 3, 420:

pangere,

id. 1, 934; 4, 9:

fingere,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:

dicere,

id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:

dictare,

id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

docere,

id. C. 2, 19, 1:

ad umbilicum adducere,

id. Epod. 14, 7:

deducere ad sua tempora,

Ov. M. 1, 4:

fundere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

componere ad lyram,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—

Esp.

In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:

carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:

carmina compono, hic elegos,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:

fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,

Quint. 2, 4, 2.—

A part of a great epic poem, a book, canto:

in primo carmine,

Lucr. 6, 937. —

A poetic inscription:

et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,

Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—

A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:

ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,

Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—

A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.

Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;

Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,

Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—

On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:

diro quodam carmine jurare,

Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:

cruciatus carmina,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:

lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,

of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:

rogationis carmen,

id. 3, 64, 10.—

Moral sentences composed in verses:

Appii Caeci carmen,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:

liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,

Gell. 11, 2, 2:

ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

necessarium,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.

carmen, ĭnis, n. [1. caro], a card, for wool or flax, Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5.

carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).

In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.

also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),

Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:

carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,

Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.

vocum,

id. ib. 12, 157:

per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,

id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;

5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,

Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:

cygnorum,

id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:

citharae liquidum carmen,

Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:

lyrae carmen,

Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:

canere miserabile carmen,

Ov. M. 5, 118:

harundineum,

id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:

socialia carmina,

id. H. 12, 139:

barbaricum,

id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:

hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—

Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.

Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:

perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:

carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,

Lucr. 5, 1444:

Maeonii carminis alite,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:

epicum carmen,

Quint. 10, 1, 62:

heroici sublimitas,

id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:

Iliacum,

Hor. A. P. 129:

historia quodammodo carmen solutum,

Quint. 10, 1, 31:

Pierium,

Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:

tragicum,

Hor. A. P. 220:

carmina Livi,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:

Saliorum carmina,

Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

lyricorum carmina,

Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:

Aeolium,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:

Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,

id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:

carmen funebre proprie Naenia,

Quint. 8, 2, 8:

carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:

lascivum,

Quint. 9, 4, 108:

obscena,

satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;

the same: famosum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:

malum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:

obliquum,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:

probrosum,

Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:

si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,

Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:

canere,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

cantare cui,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

cantitare,

Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:

contexere,

Cic. Cael. 8, 18:

disponere,

Lucr. 3, 420:

pangere,

id. 1, 934; 4, 9:

fingere,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:

dicere,

id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:

dictare,

id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

docere,

id. C. 2, 19, 1:

ad umbilicum adducere,

id. Epod. 14, 7:

deducere ad sua tempora,

Ov. M. 1, 4:

fundere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

componere ad lyram,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—

Esp.

In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:

carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:

carmina compono, hic elegos,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:

fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,

Quint. 2, 4, 2.—

A part of a great epic poem, a book, canto:

in primo carmine,

Lucr. 6, 937. —

A poetic inscription:

et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,

Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—

A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:

ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,

Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—

A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.

Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;

Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,

Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—

On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:

diro quodam carmine jurare,

Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:

cruciatus carmina,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:

lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,

of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:

rogationis carmen,

id. 3, 64, 10.—

Moral sentences composed in verses:

Appii Caeci carmen,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:

liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,

Gell. 11, 2, 2:

ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

necessarium,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.

carmen, ĭnis, n. [1. caro], a card, for wool or flax, Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5.