the Serpent

anguis (dissyl.), is (rare form an-guen, like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.— Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, or Trag. v. 51 Vahl.; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30; Ov. M. 4, 483 MS.; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; in Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66, suspected by Schneid. Gram. II. 227, on account of angue just before; angue also, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 11, 18, or Trag. v. 441 Vahl.; Varr. Atac. ap. Charis. p. 70; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65; Prop. 4, 4, 40; Ov. H. 9, 94; id. Am. 3, 6, 14; id. M. 10, 349; 15, 390; Sen. Herc. Fur. 793; Stat. Th. 4, 85; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 218), m. and f.; cf. Charis. p. 70 P.; Rudd. I. p. 25; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 [cf. enchelus; Lith. angis; old Germ. unc = adder; echis; echidna = adder; Sanscr. ahis; Germ. Aal = Engl. eel. Curtius], a serpent, a snake (syn.: serpens, coluber, draco).

Lit.: angues jugati, Naev. ap. Non. p. 191, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56:

emissio feminae anguis... maris anguis,

Cic. Div. 2, 29:

vertatur Cadmus in anguem,

Hor. A. P. 187 al. —As fem.: caerulea, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28:

angues volucres vento invectae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36: torta, Varr. Atac. ap. Non. p. 191, 22; Tac. A. 11, 11 al.— Masc.:

domi vectem circumjectus,

Cic. Div. 2, 28:

ater,

Prop. 3, 5, 40:

tortus,

Ov. M. 4, 483, and id. Ib. 4, 79; Stat. Th. 4, 485.—Sometimes serpent, snake, as a hateful, odious object:

odisse aliquem aeque atque angues,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 21:

cane pejus et angui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—

Transf.

In fable, an emblem.

Of terror;

hence the snaky head of Medusa,

Ov. M. 4, 803.—

Of rage;

hence the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone,

Ov. M. 4, 483 and 511;

her hair of snakes,

Tib. 1, 3, 69; Prop. 3, 5, 40.—

Of art and wisdom;

hence the serpent-team of Medea,

Ov. M. 7, 223, and of the inventive Ceres, id. ib. 5, 642; cf. Voss, Mythol. Br. 2, 55.—

As a constellation.

= draco, the Dragon, between the Great and the Little Bear, Hyg. Astr. 2, 3; 3, 2:

flexu sinuoso elabitur Anguis,

Verg. G. 1, 244:

neu te tortum declinet ad Anguem,

Ov. M. 2, 138.—

= hydra, the Hydra, water-serpent, which extends over the constellations Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, carries on its back the Crater, and on its tail the Corvus, Ov. F. 2, 243; Manil. 1, 422; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—

The Serpent, which Anguitenens (Ophiouchos) carries in his hand, Ov. M. 8, 182.—

Prov.: Latet anguis in herbā, there's a snake in the grass, of some concealed danger, Verg. E. 3, 93.

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drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

anguĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [anguis], less freq. than the foll.

Of or pertaining to the serpent, snaky:

Gorgonis comae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.—

Similar to a serpent in form, serpent-like:

cucumis,

Col. 2, 9, 10; 7, 10, 5.

serpo, psi, ptum, 3 (serpsit antiqui pro serpserit usi sunt, Fest. p. 348 Müll.), v. n. [root serp, kindr. with herpô, repo], to creep, crawl (freq. and class.).

Lit. (only of animals; while repo is also used of persons who creep or go slowly;

v. repo, I.): serpere anguiculos, nare anaticulas, evolare merulas, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

alia animalia gradiendo, alia serpendo ad pastum accedunt,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

serpentes quasdam (bestias), quasdam esse gradientes,

id. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

(anguis) per humum,

Ov. M. 15, 689:

vipera imā humo,

id. P. 3, 3, 102:

draco In platanum,

id. M. 12, 13:

serpentia secla ferarum,

i. e. the serpents, Lucr. 6, 766.—In late Lat. pass.:

cum terra nullo serpatur angue,

was crawled over, Sol. 22, 10.—

Transf., of things, to move slowly or imperceptibly, to creep along, proceed gradually, etc. (mostly poet.):

has (stellas) inter, torvus Draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: sol serpens,

Lucr. 5, 690.—

Of streams: an te, Cydne, canam, qui leniter... placidis per vada serpis aquis,

creepest, windest along, Tib. 1, 7, 14:

in freta vicina Numicius,

Ov. M. 14, 598: Ister tectis [p. 1681] in mare serpit aquis, id. Tr. 3, 10, 30:

in sicco serpentem pulvere rivum,

Luc. 9, 974:

lacrimae serpunt per vulnera,

Stat. Th. 11, 608:

exsistit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens,

slowly spreading, Lucr. 6, 660; so,

flamma per continua,

Liv. 30, 6:

aestus aetheris,

Lucr. 5, 523; 6, 1120 (with repere):

fallacem patriae serpere dixit equum (Trojanum),

was creeping along, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 64.—Of plants:

vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf.:

lithospermos (herba) jacet atque serpit humi,

Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 99; so,

chamaeleon,

id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; cf.:

liber per colla,

Ov. M. 9, 389:

caules per terram,

Plin. 21, 16, 59, § 99:

rami in terram,

id. 27, 9, 58, § 82:

radices inter se,

id. 17, 20, 33, § 144:

sine tempora circum Inter victrices hederam tibi serpere lauros,

Verg. E. 8, 13; Laber. ap Macr. S. 2, 7; Col. 10, 119.—Of the growth of the hair:

per tua lanugo cum serpere coeperit ora,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 641.—Of fire:

dein per continua serpens (flamma) omnia incendio hausit,

Liv. 30, 6:

sive ipsi (ignes) serpere possunt quo cibus vocat,

Lucr. 5, 523; cf. id. 6, 660.—Of disease, etc.:

si ulcus latius atque altius serpit,

gradually spreads, Cels. 6, 18, 2 med.:

dira contagia per vulgus,

Verg. G. 3, 469:

cancer,

Ov. M. 2, 826:

carcinoma,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37:

atra lues in vultus,

Mart. 1, 79, 2 al.:

per membra senectus,

Lucr. 1, 415:

quies,

Verg. A. 2, 269:

somnus,

Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90.—

Trop., to creep, crawl; to extend gradually or imperceptibly; to spread abroad, increase, prevail (a favorite trope of Cic.):

neque enim serpit, sed volat in optimum statum res publica,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33:

serpere occulte coepisti nihil dum aliis suspicantibus,

id. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

(hoc malum) obscure serpens multas jam provincias occupavit,

id. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

malum longius,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 15; id. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; id. de Or. 3, 24, 94:

serpit deinde res,

id. Lael. 12, 41; cf.:

ne latius serperet res,

Liv. 28, 15 fin.; so,

latius,

id. 40, 19 fin.; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 4, 3:

serpit nescio quo modo per omnium vitas amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

si semel suscipimus genus hoc argumenti, attende quo serpat,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 98; 3, 20, 52:

quam facile serpat injuria et peccandi consuetudo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68:

serpit hic rumor,

id. Mur. 21, 45:

fama per coloniam,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 5:

per agmina murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 239:

murmura plebis,

Stat. Th. 1, 168:

cura altius,

Plin. 14, 11, 13, § 87:

serpente latius bello,

Flor. 2, 2, 15; 2, 9, 4.—Of a low, grovelling poetic style:

(poëta) Serpit humi tutus,

crawls along the earth, Hor. A. P. 28 (cf.:

sermones Repentes per humum,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 251).—Hence, serpens, entis ( gen. plur. serpentium, Vitr. 8, 4; 9, 6; Nep. Hann. 11, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 20; Cels. 5, 27, 3; but also, mostly poet. and later, serpentum, Verg. A. 8, 436; 12, 848; Ov. M. 7, 534; Luc. 9, 608 al.), f. (sc. bestia); less freq. and mostly poet. and eccl. Lat., m. (sc. draco), a creeping thing, a creeper, crawler (cf. reptilis).

Kat exochên, i. e. a snake, serpent (syn.: anguis, coluber); fem.:

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Lucr. 4, 60; 4, 638; Ov. M. 1, 447; 1, 454; 2, 652; id. Am. 2, 13, 13; Hor. C. 1, 37, 27; Luc. 9, 397; Nep. Hann. 10, 4 al.— Masc., Lucr. 5, 33; Verg. A. 2, 214; 5, 273; 11, 753; Ov. M. 3, 38; 3, 325; 4, 570; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27; Luc. 9, 324; cf. Sall. J. 89, 5, and Quint. 2, 4, 19:

igniti,

Vulg. Num. 21, 6.—

In apposition with draco,

Suet. Tib. 72.— Also neutr. plur. serpentia, Vulg. Act. 10, 12. —

Transf., the Serpent, as a constellation.

Between the Great and the Little Bear, = anguis and draco, Ov. M. 2, 173; Hyg. Astr. 3, 1.—

In the hand of Ophiuchus (Anguitenens, Anguifer), = anguis, Vitr. 9, 6; Hyg. Astr. 2, 14; 3, 13; cf. Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93.—

A creeping insect on the human body, a louse, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172; App. Flor. p. 354, 4.

bestĭa, ae, f. [perh. akin to fera and to belua], a beast (as a being without reason; opp. to man; while animal, = aliving being, includes man; bestia includes both fera, the beast as distinguished by fierceness, and belua, as distinguished by its size or ferocity; cf. Doed. Syn. 4, p. 290 sq.).

Lit.

In gen. (in the classical per. mostly in prose;

esp. freq. in Cic., who uses it in its most extended signif., of every kind of living creature excepting man): disserens, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestiā,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 11, 31; id. Agr. 2, 4, 9:

quod si hoc apparet in bestiis volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris... quanto id magis in homine fit natura, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 81; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124.—So of the serpent, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75.—Of the crocodile and other amphibious animals, Cic. l. l.—Of the dog, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56. —Of the elephant (for the more usual belua), Liv. 33, 9, 7.—Of the ass, Suet. Aug. 96.—Of a caterpillar, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 62.—

Of the ostrich: sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene bestiarum generis struthiocameli,

Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; cf. Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; 9, 1, 1, § 10.—With muta, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; Liv. 7, 4, 6 (cf. mutae pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8, 24).—And for the designation of a wild animal, with fera:

vinctum ante se Thyum agebat, ut si feram bestiam captam duceret,

Nep. Dat. 3, 2 Dähne; Liv. 26, 13, 12; 26, 27, 12; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; Just. Inst. 2, 1, 12 sq.—

As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast):

mala tu es bestia,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And, humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Cat. 69, 8.—

Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, Liv. 44, 9, 4), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals (v. bestiarius;

usually lions, tigers, panthers, etc.).—Hence, ad bestias mittere aliquem,

to send one to fight with wild beasts, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; so, bestiis obioere aliquem, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

condemnare aliquem ad bestias,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 14:

dare aliquem ad bestias,

Dig. 48, 8, 11; Gell. 5, 14, 27:

ad pugnam bestiarum datus, Gell. l. l. § 10: tradere aliquem ad bestias depugnandas, Dig. l. l.: bestiarum damnatio,

the condemnation to fight with wild beasts, ib. 48, 13, 6 al. —Hence the expl.:

bestiarum vocabulum proprie convenit leonibus, pardis et lupis, tigribus et vulpibus, canibus et simiis ac ceteris, quae vel ore vel unguibus saeviunt, exceptis serpentibus,

Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 1 (but cf. supra, 1.).—

Transf., as a constellation, the wotf, Vitr. 9, 4 (7) (called by Cic. Arat. 211 or 455, Quadrupes vasta).

Bestĭa, ae, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian family.

The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia, Sall. J. 27, 4 al.; Flor. 3, 1, 7.—

The tribune of the people L. Bestia, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. de Or. 2, 70, 283.—

Another tribune of the people, L. Bestia, a confederate of Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; 43, 1.

bestĭa, ae, f. [perh. akin to fera and to belua], a beast (as a being without reason; opp. to man; while animal, = aliving being, includes man; bestia includes both fera, the beast as distinguished by fierceness, and belua, as distinguished by its size or ferocity; cf. Doed. Syn. 4, p. 290 sq.).

Lit.

In gen. (in the classical per. mostly in prose;

esp. freq. in Cic., who uses it in its most extended signif., of every kind of living creature excepting man): disserens, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestiā,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 11, 31; id. Agr. 2, 4, 9:

quod si hoc apparet in bestiis volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris... quanto id magis in homine fit natura, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 81; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124.—So of the serpent, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75.—Of the crocodile and other amphibious animals, Cic. l. l.—Of the dog, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56. —Of the elephant (for the more usual belua), Liv. 33, 9, 7.—Of the ass, Suet. Aug. 96.—Of a caterpillar, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 62.—

Of the ostrich: sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene bestiarum generis struthiocameli,

Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; cf. Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; 9, 1, 1, § 10.—With muta, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; Liv. 7, 4, 6 (cf. mutae pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8, 24).—And for the designation of a wild animal, with fera:

vinctum ante se Thyum agebat, ut si feram bestiam captam duceret,

Nep. Dat. 3, 2 Dähne; Liv. 26, 13, 12; 26, 27, 12; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; Just. Inst. 2, 1, 12 sq.—

As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast):

mala tu es bestia,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And, humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Cat. 69, 8.—

Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, Liv. 44, 9, 4), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals (v. bestiarius;

usually lions, tigers, panthers, etc.).—Hence, ad bestias mittere aliquem,

to send one to fight with wild beasts, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; so, bestiis obioere aliquem, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

condemnare aliquem ad bestias,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 14:

dare aliquem ad bestias,

Dig. 48, 8, 11; Gell. 5, 14, 27:

ad pugnam bestiarum datus, Gell. l. l. § 10: tradere aliquem ad bestias depugnandas, Dig. l. l.: bestiarum damnatio,

the condemnation to fight with wild beasts, ib. 48, 13, 6 al. —Hence the expl.:

bestiarum vocabulum proprie convenit leonibus, pardis et lupis, tigribus et vulpibus, canibus et simiis ac ceteris, quae vel ore vel unguibus saeviunt, exceptis serpentibus,

Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 1 (but cf. supra, 1.).—

Transf., as a constellation, the wotf, Vitr. 9, 4 (7) (called by Cic. Arat. 211 or 455, Quadrupes vasta).

Bestĭa, ae, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian family.

The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia, Sall. J. 27, 4 al.; Flor. 3, 1, 7.—

The tribune of the people L. Bestia, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. de Or. 2, 70, 283.—

Another tribune of the people, L. Bestia, a confederate of Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; 43, 1.

sănĭes, em, e, f. [a weakened form of sanguis].

Diseased or corrupted blood, bloody matter, sanies (cf.:

pus, tabes): ex his (vulneribus ulceribusque) exit sanguis, sanies, pus. Sanguis omnibus notus est: sanies est tenuior hoc, varie crassa et glutinosa et colorata: pus crassissimum albidissimumque, glutinosius et sanguine et sanie, etc.,

Cels. 5, 26, 20: saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine atro, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. ap. Cic. Pis. 19 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.); Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.);

(with tabo),

Verg. A. 8, 487; 3, 618; 3, 625; 3, 632; id. G. 3, 493:

saniem conjecto emittite ferro,

Ov. M. 7, 338; Tac. A. 4, 49 al.—

Transf., of similar fluids ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): (Laocoon) Perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno, venomous slaver of the serpent, Verg. A. 2, 221; cf.:

nullā sanie polluta veneni,

Luc. 6, 457; so,

colubrae saniem vomunt,

Ov. M. 4, 493:

serpentis,

Sil. 6, 276; 6, 678; 12, 10.—Of Cerberus, Hor. C. 3, 11, 19.—Of matter flowing from the ear, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 50.—Of the humor of spiders, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—Of the liquor of the purple-fish, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134; 35, 6, 26, § 44.—Of the watery part of olives, Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 9; cf.

amurcae,

Col. 1, 6 fin. —Of pickle, brine, Manil. 5, 671:

auri, i. e. chrysocolla,

mountain-green, Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4.

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