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1 Vesta
Vesta, ae, f. [Sanscr. root vas, to burn; vasaras, day; whence also Gr. Estia].I.Another name for Ops, Cybele, Terra, the wife of Cœlus and mother of Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; Ov. F. 6, 267.—II.Her granddaughter, daughter of Saturn, the goddess of flocks and herds, and of the household in general, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; id. Leg. 2, 12, 29; id. Div. 1, 45, 101; id. Fam. 14, 2, 2; id. de Or. 3, 3, 10;B.in her temple the holy fire burned perpetually, attended by the Vestal virgins,
id. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; Liv. 28, 11; 4, 52: Vestae sacerdos, i. e. the Pontifex maximus, of Cœsar, Ov. F. 5, 573; id. M. 15, 778.—Poet., transf.1.The temple of Vesta: quo tempore Vesta Arsit [p. 1981] Ov. F. 6, 437; cf. id. ib. 6, 234; 6, 713.—2.Fire:B.ter liquido ardentem perfudit nectare Vestam,
Verg. G. 4, 384; Sil. 6, 76.— Hence, Vestālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Vesta, Vestal:festi,
Ov. F. 6, 395:ara,
Luc. 1, 549:foci,
id. 1, 199:virgines,
priestesses of Vesta, Vestal virgins, Vestals, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; 3, 10, 17; Liv. 4, 44 fin.—Sing., Gell. 1, 12, 9:sacerdos,
id. 1, 12, 14 al. —Substt.1.Ve-stālis, is, f. (virgo), a priestess of Vesta, a Vestal, Liv. 1, 3 sq.; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39; Ov. F. 2, 383 al.—Hence, as adj.:2.Vestales oculi,
of the Vestals, Ov. Tr. 2, 311.—Ve-stālĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Vesta, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 17. -
2 Vestalia
Vesta, ae, f. [Sanscr. root vas, to burn; vasaras, day; whence also Gr. Estia].I.Another name for Ops, Cybele, Terra, the wife of Cœlus and mother of Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; Ov. F. 6, 267.—II.Her granddaughter, daughter of Saturn, the goddess of flocks and herds, and of the household in general, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; id. Leg. 2, 12, 29; id. Div. 1, 45, 101; id. Fam. 14, 2, 2; id. de Or. 3, 3, 10;B.in her temple the holy fire burned perpetually, attended by the Vestal virgins,
id. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; Liv. 28, 11; 4, 52: Vestae sacerdos, i. e. the Pontifex maximus, of Cœsar, Ov. F. 5, 573; id. M. 15, 778.—Poet., transf.1.The temple of Vesta: quo tempore Vesta Arsit [p. 1981] Ov. F. 6, 437; cf. id. ib. 6, 234; 6, 713.—2.Fire:B.ter liquido ardentem perfudit nectare Vestam,
Verg. G. 4, 384; Sil. 6, 76.— Hence, Vestālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Vesta, Vestal:festi,
Ov. F. 6, 395:ara,
Luc. 1, 549:foci,
id. 1, 199:virgines,
priestesses of Vesta, Vestal virgins, Vestals, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; 3, 10, 17; Liv. 4, 44 fin.—Sing., Gell. 1, 12, 9:sacerdos,
id. 1, 12, 14 al. —Substt.1.Ve-stālis, is, f. (virgo), a priestess of Vesta, a Vestal, Liv. 1, 3 sq.; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39; Ov. F. 2, 383 al.—Hence, as adj.:2.Vestales oculi,
of the Vestals, Ov. Tr. 2, 311.—Ve-stālĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Vesta, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 17. -
3 Vestalis
Vesta, ae, f. [Sanscr. root vas, to burn; vasaras, day; whence also Gr. Estia].I.Another name for Ops, Cybele, Terra, the wife of Cœlus and mother of Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; Ov. F. 6, 267.—II.Her granddaughter, daughter of Saturn, the goddess of flocks and herds, and of the household in general, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; id. Leg. 2, 12, 29; id. Div. 1, 45, 101; id. Fam. 14, 2, 2; id. de Or. 3, 3, 10;B.in her temple the holy fire burned perpetually, attended by the Vestal virgins,
id. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; Liv. 28, 11; 4, 52: Vestae sacerdos, i. e. the Pontifex maximus, of Cœsar, Ov. F. 5, 573; id. M. 15, 778.—Poet., transf.1.The temple of Vesta: quo tempore Vesta Arsit [p. 1981] Ov. F. 6, 437; cf. id. ib. 6, 234; 6, 713.—2.Fire:B.ter liquido ardentem perfudit nectare Vestam,
Verg. G. 4, 384; Sil. 6, 76.— Hence, Vestālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Vesta, Vestal:festi,
Ov. F. 6, 395:ara,
Luc. 1, 549:foci,
id. 1, 199:virgines,
priestesses of Vesta, Vestal virgins, Vestals, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; 3, 10, 17; Liv. 4, 44 fin.—Sing., Gell. 1, 12, 9:sacerdos,
id. 1, 12, 14 al. —Substt.1.Ve-stālis, is, f. (virgo), a priestess of Vesta, a Vestal, Liv. 1, 3 sq.; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39; Ov. F. 2, 383 al.—Hence, as adj.:2.Vestales oculi,
of the Vestals, Ov. Tr. 2, 311.—Ve-stālĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Vesta, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 17. -
4 virgō
virgō inis, f [VERG-], a maid, maiden, virgin: illa Vestalis: bellica, i. e. Pallas, O.: Saturnia, i. e. Vesta, O.: virgo filia: dea, i. e. Diana, O.: notae Virginum poenae, i. e. of the Danaides, H.: Virginum absolutio, i. e. of the Vestals: Virgines sanctae, the Vestals, H.: Iam redit et Virgo, i. e. Astrœa, V.—A young female, young woman, girl: infelix V.: Virgines nuptae, H., O.—A constellation, the Virgin, Virgo, C.—In the phrase, Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct in Rome, now Fontana Trevi: artūs Virgine tinguit aquā, O.; cf. gelidissima Virgo, O.* * *maiden, young woman, girl of marriagable age; virgin, woman sexually intact -
5 lictor
lictor (pronounced līctor, Gell. 12, 3, 4), ōris, m. [1. ligo; cf. Gell. 12, 3, 1 sqq.], a lictor, i. e. an attendant granted to a magistrate, as a sign of official dignity. The Romans adopted this custom from the Etrurians:II.Romulus cum cetero habitu se augustiorem tum maxime lictoribus duodecim sumptis (a finitima Etruria) fecit,
Liv. 1, 8. The lictors bore a bundle of rods, from which an axe projected. Their duty was to walk before the magistrate in a line, one after the other; to call out to the people to make way (submovere turbam);and to remind them of paying their respects to him (animadvertere, v. h. v.). The foremost one was called primus lictor: apud quem primus quievit lictor,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21;the last and nearest to the consul, proximus lictor,
Liv. 24, 44 fin. The lictors had also to execute sentences of judgment, to bind criminals to a stake, to scourge them, and to behead them, Liv. 1, 26; 8, 7; 38;26, 16.—It was necessary that lictors should be freeborn: not till the time of Tacitus were freedmen also appointed to the office. They were united into a company, and formed the decuriae apparitorum (public servants). In Rome they wore the toga, in the field the sagum, in triumphal processions a purple mantle and fasces wreathed with laurel: togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt, quibus illi acceptis, sagula rejecerunt et catervam imperatori suo novam praebuerunt,
Cic. Pis. 23, 55. Only those magistrates who had potestatem cum imperio had lictors. In the earliest times the king had twelve; immediately after the expulsion of the kings, each of the two consuls had twelve;but it was soon decreed that the consuls should be preceded for a month alternately by twelve lictors,
Liv. 2, 1;a regulation which appears to have been afterwards, although not always, observed,
Liv. 22, 41;Cæsar was the first who restored the old custom,
Suet. Caes. 20.—The decemvirs had, in their first year of office, twelve lictors each one day alternately, Liv. 3, 33;in their second year each had twelve lictors to himself,
id. 3, 36.—The military tribunes with consular power had also twelve lictors,
Liv. 4, 7;and likewise the interrex,
id. 1, 17.—The dictator had twenty-four, Dio, 54, 1; Polyb. 3, 87; Plut. Fab. 4;the magister equitum only six, Dio, 42, 27. The praetor urbanus had, in the earlier times, two lictors,
Censor. de Die Natal. 24: at enim unum a praetura tua, Epidice, abest. Ep. Quidnam? Th. Scies. Lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26; in the provinces he had six;but in the later times the praetor had in the city, as well as in the province, six lictors, Polyb. 3, 40: cum praetor lictorem impellat et ire praecipitem jubeat,
Juv. 3, 128. The quaestor had lictors only in the province, when he, in consequence of the praetor's absence or death, performed the functions of propraetor, Sall. C. 19; Cic. Planc. 41, 98. Moreover, the flamen dialis, the vestals, and the magistri vicorum had lictors;these, however, appear to have had no fasces, which was also the case with the thirty lictores curiati (who summoned the curiae to vote),
Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 81; Gell. 15, 27, 2; Inscr. Grut. 33, 4; 630, 9.—Transf.:lictorem feminae in publico unionem esse,
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6 virgineus
virgĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [virgo], of or belonging to a maiden or virgin, maidenly, virgin ( poet. for virginalis):figura,
Tib. 3, 4, 89:forma,
Ov. M. 3, 607:vultus,
id. ib. 5, 563;10, 631: facies,
id. ib. 8, 323:comptus,
Lucr. 1, 87:pudor,
Tib. 1, 4, 14:rubor,
Verg. G. 1, 430:decor,
Sen. Med. 75:sacra,
offered by a maiden, Petr. 134:favilla,
i. e. a virgin's funeral pile, Ov. M. 13, 697:gymnasium,
of the Spartan virgins, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 2:focus,
i. e. of Vesta, id. 4 (5), 4, 44; so,too, ara,
Ov. F. 4, 731; cf.domus,
of the Vestals, Mart. 1, 71, 4:virginea domitus sagittā,
i. e. of Diana, Hor. C. 3, 4, 72:umbrae,
of the Danaides, Prop. 2, 1, 67:bellum,
of the Amazons, Val. Fl. 5, 134:Helicon, as the seat of the Muses,
Ov. M. 2, 219:aurum,
the golden crown received by the victor at the festival of Minerva, Mart. 9, 23, 1:volucres,
i. e. the Harpies, Ov. M. 7, 4; cf.vultus,
Verg. A. 3, 216: aqua, the aqueduct called Aqua Virgo (v. virgo, D.), Ov. F. 1, 464;called also virgineus liquor,
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7 virgo
virgo, ĭnis, f. [root varg-; Sanscr. ūrg, strength, ūrga-jami, nourish; Gr. orgaô, to swell, orgê, impulse], a maid, maiden, virgin (cf. puella).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12:(oratio philosophorum) casta, verecunda, virgo incorrupta,
id. Or. 19, 64:bellica,
i. e. Pallas, Ov. M. 4, 754; Sil. 7, 459:Saturnia,
i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383:Vestalis,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26; 3, 10, 17.—In apposition:virgo filia,
Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63: dea, the virgin goddess, i. e. Diana, Ov. M. 12, 28; Mart. 10, 92, 8.— Transf., of female animals that have not coupled, Plin. 28, 9, 41, § 147:lea,
Stat. Th. 12, 357:porca,
Mart. 13, 56, 1.—Adject.:carnes,
Plin. 28, 4, 10, § 43; cf.equa,
Pall. 1, 35 fin.:buculae,
Arn. 7, 224.—In partic., of particular virgins.—Of a Vestal:II.qui esset decimus annus post Virginum absolutionem,
Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9; Hor. C. 3, 30, 9:virgines sanctae,
the Vestals, id. ib. 1, 2, 27.— Of Diana, Hor. C. 1, 12, 22; 3, 22, 1.—Of the Danaides, Hor. C. 3, 11, 26.—Of Astrœa, Verg. E. 4, 6.—Transf.A.In gen., of young females, a young woman, girl, Ov. H. 6, 133; Sil. 3, 435; Just. 1, 3, 2; Curt. 5, 1, 38; Verg. E. 6, 47; 6, 52; Hor. C. 2, 8, 23; 3, 14, 9.—B.In the eccl. fathers, of males, Tert. Virg. Vel. 8; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 4; id. Ep. 22, 21; Paul. Nol. Carm. 22, 2. —C.The constellation Virgo in the zodiac, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110; Hyg. Astr. 2, 25; 3, 24.—D.Aqua Virgo, or simply Virgo, a stream of cold water brought to Rome in an aqueduct constructed by M. Agrippa (so called because a young girl discovered its source), now Fontana Trevi, Front. Aquaed. 10; Plin. 31, 3, 25, § 42; Sen. Ep. 83, 5; Cassiod. Var. 7, 6; Ov. A. A. 3, 385; id. Tr. 3, 12, 22; Mart. 6, 42, 18; 11, 47, 6; 14, 163, 2 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 703 sq.—E.Of things; as an adjectival appellative for unwedded, pure, unused (mostly post-class.):senecta,
i. e. unmarried, Tert. adv. Valent. 5:saliva,
fasting, id. Jejun. 6:terra,
untilled, Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52: charta, i. e. that has not been read or published, Mart. 1, 67, 7:EMIT ET COMPARAVIT LOCVM VIRGINEM,
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8 Vestālis
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9 scelero
scĕlĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pollute, defile, contaminate, desecrate (in the verb. finit. rare, and only poet.;A.syn.: temero, polluo): impia non verita est divos scelerare parentes,
Cat. 64, 405; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 663:sanguine fauces,
id. ib. 8, 761:parce pias scelerare manus,
Verg. A. 3, 42:Cererem,
Juv. 9, 25:animum,
Sil. 16, 122; cf.:dextram sanguine,
Stat. Th. 9, 666. —Hence, scĕlĕrātus, a, um, P. a., polluted, profaned by crime.Lit. (appellatively;2.only in the poets): terra,
Verg. A. 3, 60:terrae,
Ov. P. 1, 6, 29:limina Thracum,
id. M. 13, 628.—In partic., as an adj. prop., denoting places where crimes had been committed or criminals punished. So,a.Sceleratus Vicus, that part of the Vicus Cyprius, on the Esquiline, in which Tullia, daughter of Servius Tullius, drove over her father ' s corpse, Liv. 1, 48; Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.; Ov. F. 6, 609; Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll.—b.Sceleratus Campus, under the city will hard by the porta Collina, where unchaste Vestals were buried alive, Liv. 8, 15; Fest. l. l.; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 206.—c.Scelerata sedes, the place of punishment for the wicked in Tartarus, Tib. 1, 3, 67; Ov. M. 4, 455;B.also called Sceleratum limen,
Verg. A. 6, 563.—For Scelerata Porta and Castra, v. infra, B. 2. b.—Transf.1.Subjectively, bad, impious, wicked, ac-cursed, infamous, vicious, flagitious; in the masc. subst., a bad, impious, or vicious person; a wretch, miscreant (the predom. signif.; freq. with nefarius, impious, etc.; cf. consceleratus);2.of persons: virum sceleratum, facinorosum, nefarium,
Cic. Rep. 3, 17, 27:deliberantium genus totum sceleratum et impium,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37; id. Mur. 30, 62 (with nefarius); id. Att. 9, 15, 5 (with impurus); Caes. B. G. 6, 13 (with impius); Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 4; Ter. And. 1, 1, 132; id. Ad. 4, 2, 14; Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Sall. C. 52, 36:facto plus et sceleratus eodem,
Ov. M. 3, 5:puella,
id. R. Am. 299; Liv. 1, 59; 31, 31; Suet. Ner. 46; Hor. S. 2, 3, 71; 2, 3, 221 al.— Comp.:homo sceleratior,
Ov. M. 11, 781.— Sup.:refertam esse Graeciam sceleratissimorum hominum,
Cic. Planc. 41, 98; Sall. J. 14, 2; 31, 12; Liv. 4, 32 et saep.—Of things:sceleratas ejus preces et nefaria vota cognovimus,
Cic. Clu. 68, 194:contra patriam scelerata arma capere,
id. Phil. 11, 1, 1; Ov. M. 5, 102:conjuratio,
Liv. 2, 6:insania belli,
Verg. A. 7, 461:caput,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:vox (with inhumana),
Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:consilia,
Vell. 2, 130, 3:amor habendi,
Ov. M. 1, 131:munera,
id. ib. 8, 94:ignes,
id. F. 6, 439.— Comp.:a sceleratiore hastā,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 29:causa parricidii,
Just. 10, 2, 1. — Sup.:res,
Quint. 3, 8, 45:fraus humani ingenii,
Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.— Poet.:subit ira sceleratas sumere poenas,
i.e. to take satisfaction for her crimes, Verg. A. 2, 576. —(As a result of viciousness or criminality; cf. scelus, II. C.) Hurtful, harmful, noxious, pernicious, unhappy, unfortunate, calamitous, etc. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):b. c.teritur sinapis scelerata: qui terunt, oculi ut exstillent, facit,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 28:herba,
App. Herb. 8.— Sup.:sceleratissimis serpentium haemorrhoidi et presteri,
Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 117:frigus,
Verg. G. 2, 256:lues,
Mart. 1, 102, 6:poëmata,
id. 3, 50, 9 et saep.: MATER, Inscr. Rein. cl. 12, 122; so Inscr. Fabr. p. 237, 631:PARENTES,
Inscr. Murat. 1187, 2.—As an adj. prop.(α).Scelerata Porta, the gate (also called Porta Carmentalis) through which the three hundred Fabii marched on their fatal expedition, Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 337; Flor. 1, 12, 2.—(β).Scelerata Castra, the camp in which D. Drusus died, Suet. Claud. 1.—Hence, adv.: scĕlĕrātē (acc. to B. 1.), impiously, wickedly, nefariously (Ciceronian):peccavi scelerateque feci,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2:facere (with audacter),
id. Sull. 24, 67:dicere (opp. pie),
id. Mil. 38, 103:susceptum bellum,
id. Cat. 1, 10, 27.— Comp.:sceleratius,
Vulg. Ezech. 16, 52. — Sup.:sceleratissime machinatus omnes insidias,
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10 Matrona
1.mātrōna, ae, f. [id.], a married woman, wife, matron (whether she was in manu or not; consequently more general in its application than mater familias, which always denoted one who was in manu).I.In gen.: matronam dictam esse proprie, quae in matrimonium cum viro convenisset, quoad in eo matrimonio maneret, etiamsi liberi nondum nati forent: dictamque esse ita a matris nomine non adepto jam sed cum spe et omine mox adipiscendi: unde ipsum quoque matrimonium dicitur;II.matrem autem familias appellatam esse eam solam, quae in mariti manu mancipioque, aut in ejus, in cujus maritus, manu mancipicque esset: quoniam non in matrimonium tantum, sed in familiam quoque mariti, et in sui heredis locum venisset,
Gell. 18, 6, 8 and 9:convocatis plebeis matronis,
Liv. 10, 23, 6.—Only rarely of a married woman, woman in general:ut matronarum hic facta pernovit probe,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:quae (dea) quia partus matronarum tueatur,
Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; cf.: et fetus matrona dabit, * Tib. 2, 5, 91:cum prole matronisque nostris,
Hor. C. 4, 15, 27:tyranni,
id. ib. 3, 2, 7: matronae muros complent, Enn. ap. Serv ad Verg. G. 1, 18 (Ann. v 376 Vahl.): tum muros variā cinxere coronā Matronae, * Verg. A. 11, 476: matronae tacitae spectent, tacitae rideant Plaut. Poen. prol. 32 [p. 1120] Suet. Ner. 27:matronas prostratae pudicitiae,
id. Tib. 35:dilectae adulter matronae,
Juv. 10, 319.—Esp.A.The word very early acquired the accessory idea of (moral or social) dignity, rank. Matronae is thus used even by Ennius of women of quality, ladies: matronae opulentae, optimates, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.); cf.B., in like manner, in Plautus: ubi istas videas summo genere natas Summates matronas,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 26;so Cicero applies to the noble women carried off from the Sabines the term matronae,
Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:matrona laris,
the lady of the house, Juv. 3, 110.—With the accessory idea of estimable, virtuous, chaste, etc.: nominis matronae sanctitudinem, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 9:C.eam hic ornatam adducas ad matronarum modum,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 196 Brix ad loc.; cf.:matronarum sanctitas,
Cic. Cael. 13, 32:VETERIS SANCTITATIS MATRONA,
Inscr. Orell. 2739. So opp. meretrix, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 33; id. Cas. 3, 3, 22:ut matrona meretrici dispar erit atque Discolor,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 3; Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 48:matronae praeter faciem nil cernere possis, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 94:capitis matrona pudici,
Juv. 6, 49.—Hence, an appellation of Juno:2.hinc matrona Juno (stetit),
Hor. C. 3, 4, 59:MATRONIS IVNONIBVS,
Inscr. Orell. 2085;and of other protecting goddesses of places,
ib. 2081 sq. (But not of vestals; v. Drak. ad Liv. 29, 14, 12.)Matrŏna, ae, m. (f., Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Pan. 812), a river in Gaul, now the Marne, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; Amm. 15, 11, 3; Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Carm. 5, 208. -
11 matrona
1.mātrōna, ae, f. [id.], a married woman, wife, matron (whether she was in manu or not; consequently more general in its application than mater familias, which always denoted one who was in manu).I.In gen.: matronam dictam esse proprie, quae in matrimonium cum viro convenisset, quoad in eo matrimonio maneret, etiamsi liberi nondum nati forent: dictamque esse ita a matris nomine non adepto jam sed cum spe et omine mox adipiscendi: unde ipsum quoque matrimonium dicitur;II.matrem autem familias appellatam esse eam solam, quae in mariti manu mancipioque, aut in ejus, in cujus maritus, manu mancipicque esset: quoniam non in matrimonium tantum, sed in familiam quoque mariti, et in sui heredis locum venisset,
Gell. 18, 6, 8 and 9:convocatis plebeis matronis,
Liv. 10, 23, 6.—Only rarely of a married woman, woman in general:ut matronarum hic facta pernovit probe,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:quae (dea) quia partus matronarum tueatur,
Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; cf.: et fetus matrona dabit, * Tib. 2, 5, 91:cum prole matronisque nostris,
Hor. C. 4, 15, 27:tyranni,
id. ib. 3, 2, 7: matronae muros complent, Enn. ap. Serv ad Verg. G. 1, 18 (Ann. v 376 Vahl.): tum muros variā cinxere coronā Matronae, * Verg. A. 11, 476: matronae tacitae spectent, tacitae rideant Plaut. Poen. prol. 32 [p. 1120] Suet. Ner. 27:matronas prostratae pudicitiae,
id. Tib. 35:dilectae adulter matronae,
Juv. 10, 319.—Esp.A.The word very early acquired the accessory idea of (moral or social) dignity, rank. Matronae is thus used even by Ennius of women of quality, ladies: matronae opulentae, optimates, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.); cf.B., in like manner, in Plautus: ubi istas videas summo genere natas Summates matronas,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 26;so Cicero applies to the noble women carried off from the Sabines the term matronae,
Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:matrona laris,
the lady of the house, Juv. 3, 110.—With the accessory idea of estimable, virtuous, chaste, etc.: nominis matronae sanctitudinem, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 9:C.eam hic ornatam adducas ad matronarum modum,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 196 Brix ad loc.; cf.:matronarum sanctitas,
Cic. Cael. 13, 32:VETERIS SANCTITATIS MATRONA,
Inscr. Orell. 2739. So opp. meretrix, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 33; id. Cas. 3, 3, 22:ut matrona meretrici dispar erit atque Discolor,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 3; Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 48:matronae praeter faciem nil cernere possis, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 94:capitis matrona pudici,
Juv. 6, 49.—Hence, an appellation of Juno:2.hinc matrona Juno (stetit),
Hor. C. 3, 4, 59:MATRONIS IVNONIBVS,
Inscr. Orell. 2085;and of other protecting goddesses of places,
ib. 2081 sq. (But not of vestals; v. Drak. ad Liv. 29, 14, 12.)Matrŏna, ae, m. (f., Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Pan. 812), a river in Gaul, now the Marne, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; Amm. 15, 11, 3; Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Carm. 5, 208.
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