the augural staff

băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.

bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

baculum agreste,

Ov. M. 15, 655:

pastorale,

Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:

baculi crassitudo,

Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:

in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,

i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:

baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,

Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:

corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,

Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:

summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,

Liv. 1, 54, 6:

baculorum subactiones,

blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—

In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:

an speras in baculo arundineo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:

baculum senectutis nostrae,

id. Tob. 10, 4.—

As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24.

băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.

bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

baculum agreste,

Ov. M. 15, 655:

pastorale,

Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:

baculi crassitudo,

Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:

in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,

i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:

baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,

Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:

corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,

Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:

summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,

Liv. 1, 54, 6:

baculorum subactiones,

blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—

In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:

an speras in baculo arundineo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:

baculum senectutis nostrae,

id. Tob. 10, 4.—

As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24.

lĭtŭus, i ( gen. plur. lituum, Luc. 1, 237; Val. Fl. 6, 166; Sil. 13, 146), m. [prob. Etruscan; prim. signif. crooked].

Lit.

The crooked staff borne by the augurs, an augur's crook or crosier, augural wand:

dextra manu baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellaverunt,

Liv. 1, 18, 7; cf.:

lituus iste vester, quod clarissimum est insigne auguratus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17. [p. 1073] 30;

Geh. 5, 7, 8: Quirinalis,

Verg. A. 7, 187:

lituo pulcher trabeaque Quirinus,

Ov. F. 6, 375.—

A crooked wind-instrument (used to give signals in war), a curved trumpet, cornet, clarion: lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 167:

jam lituus pugnae signa daturus erat,

Ov. F. 3, 216:

lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 23:

stridor lituum clangorque tubarum,

Luc. 1, 237:

cornua cum lituis audita,

Juv. 14, 200.—

Transf., a signal: de lituis, boôpidos, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.—

Trop., an instigator, author:

lituus meae profectionis,

Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1.