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1 palus
1.pālus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form pālum, i, Varr. ap. Non. 219, 18) [for paglus (cf. dim. paxillus); root pag-; Sanscr. pācas, snare; Gr. pêgnumi, fasten; Lat. pango; cf.: pignus, pax], a stake, prop, stay, pale.I.Lit. (very freq. and class.;II.syn.: sudes, stipes): ut figam palum in parietem,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; id. Men. 2, 3, 53:damnati ad supplicium traditi, ad palum alligati,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:palis adjungere vitem,
Tib. 1, 8 (7), 33; Ov. F. 1, 665:palos et ridicas dolare,
Col. 11, 2, 11; Varr. 1. 1.—The Roman soldiers learned to fight by attacking a stake set in the ground, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23;hence, aut quis non vidit vulnera pali?
Juv. 6, 246.—And, transf.: exerceamur ad palum: et, ne imparatos fortuna deprehendat, fiat nobis paupertas familiaris, Sen. Ep. 18, 6.—In the lang. of gladiators, palus primus or palusprimus (called also machaera Herculeana, Capitol. Pert. 8), a gladiator's sword of wood, borne by the secutores, whence their leader was also called primus palus, Lampr. Commod. 15;Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 694.—Prov.: quasi palo pectus tundor, of one astonished, stunned,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 2.—Transf., = membrum virile, Hor. S. 1, 8, 5.2.pălus, ūdis ( nom. sing. pălŭs, Hor. A. P. 65;I.but usually pălūs,
Verg. A. 6, 107; v. infra; gen. plur. paludum, Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2 Oud.;rarely paludium,
Liv. 21, 54, 7 Drak.; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 174; Just. 44, 1, 10; Eum. Pan. Const. Aug. 12, 2), f. [= Gr. pêlos, mud; cf. Sanscr. palvala, pool; perh. -ud of the stem = hudôr, water], a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool (cf.: stagnum, lacus).Lit.:II.ille paludes siccare voluit,
Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7:paludes emere,
id. Agr. 2, 27, 71:palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9:propter paludes exercitui aditus non est,
id. ib. 2, 16:Cocyti tardāque palus inamabilis undā,
Verg. G. 4, 479:sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis,
Hor. A. P. 65:udae paludes intumuere aestu,
Ov. M. 1, 737:stagnata paludibus ument,
id. ib. 15, 269:nigra,
Tib. 3, 3, 37:exusta,
Verg. G. 3, 432:alta,
id. ib. 4, 48:putida,
Cat. 17, 10:nebulosa,
Sil. 8, 382:sordida,
Stat. S. 4, 3, 8.—Hence, Palus Maeotis, = Lacus Maeotis, now the Sea of Azof, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 1, 19.—Transf.A.A reed that grows in marshes:B.tomentum concisa palus Circense vocatur,
Mart. 14, 160, 1; 11, 32, 2.—Water:(cymba) multam accepit rimosa paludem,
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2 κρημνός
A v.l. for κρημνούς in Eus. Mynd.63:— overhanging bank, in Hom. (only Il.) of the bank of a river, edge of a trench, 12.54, 21.175, 234, 244, cf. Pi.O.3.22;κ. θαλάσσας Id.Fr. 201
;κ. μαλακοί Arist.HA 615b31
; later, beetling cliff, crag,ἀπὸ τοῦ κ. ὠθέειν Hdt.4.103
; ἀναθεῖναι ἐπὶ κρημνόν τιν' Ar.Pl.69; κατὰ τῶν κ. ἅλλεσθαι down from the cliffs of Epipolae, Th.7.45;κατὰ κ. ῥιφέντες Pl.Lg. 944a
; οἱ K., the Screes, on the Sea of Azof, Hdt.4.20, 110.2 in pl., edges of an ulcer, Hp.Loc.Hom.29.------------------------------------κρημνός (B),A v. κριμνός.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κρημνός
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3 Μαιώτης
Μαιῶται, [dialect] Ion. [full] Μαιῆται, οἱ, Maeotians, a Scythian tribe to the north of the Black Sea, Hdt.4.123, X.Mem.2.1.10.II as Adj. [full] Μαιώτης, ου, Maeotian, ποταμὸς M. the Tanais, Hdt.4.45:—fem. [full] Μαιῶτις λίμνη the Palus Maeotis, Sea of Azof, A.Pr. 418 (lyr.), etc.; ἡ λίμνη ἡ Μαιῆτις ([dialect] Ion.) Hdt.1.104, etc.: [full] μαιώτης, ου, ὁ,A a fish caught there, and in the Nile, Archipp.26, Ael.NA10.19.2 [full] Μαιωτικός, ή, όν, αὐλὼν M., i.e. the Cimmerian Bosporus, A.Pr. 731.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > Μαιώτης
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4 Bosforanus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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5 Bosforus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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6 Bosphoranus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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7 Bosphorus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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8 Bosporanus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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9 Bosporeus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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10 Bosporicus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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11 Bosporius
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
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12 Bosporus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,A.Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—B.Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—II.Derivv.A.Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:B.mare,
Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:C.mare,
Gell. 17, 8, 16.—Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:bellum,
Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.
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