the boys in a

paedăgōgīum, ii, n., = paidagôgeion, the place where boys of servile birth intended for pages were educated, the pages' hall (not ante-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—

Transf.

In gen., the boys in a paedagogium:

paedagogium pretiosā veste succingitur,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 17, 2; id. Ep. 123, 7.—

In partic., boys reared for vice:

ingenuae conditionis paedagogia,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.

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flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; cf. phlasmos; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.

Lit.:

suaves flores,

Lucr. 1, 8:

juvat novos decerpere flores,

id. 1, 928:

novi,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 32:

recentes,

id. ib. 3, 27, 44:

verni,

id. ib. 2, 11, 9:

florum omnium varietas,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 54:

suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,

id. ib. 17, 59:

laetissimi flores,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

ninguntque rosarum Floribus,

Lucr. 2, 628:

flores rosae, rosarum,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4:

piabunt floribus et vino Genium,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.:

fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,

id. C. 3, 13, 2:

nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79:

carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,

puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

legere,

Ov. M. 4, 315.—

Transf.

The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees:

rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—

In gen., like the Gr. anthos, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).—

The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so,

vini (Bacchi),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.— The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—

The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.— Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562:

ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,

Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—

In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.

Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).

In gen.:

ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

(Ennius) flos delibatus populi... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,

id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.):

flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61:

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

id. Or. 10, 34; cf.:

quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,

Liv. 37, 12, 7:

ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,

id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8:

provincia Galliae... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

flos dignitatis,

id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.:

ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,

splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12:

in ipso Graeciae flore,

in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82:

flos aetatis,

the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.:

non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

viridissimo flore puella,

Cat. 17, 14:

in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5:

in flore virium se credens esse,

Liv. 42, 15, 2:

primus flos animi,

youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625;

but also: flos animi,

ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26:

videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,

i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—

Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity:

(virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,

Cat. 62, 46:

Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4:

florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,

Suet. Caes. 49.—

In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament:

ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

flos aut lumen eloquentiae,

id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.:

nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),

id. ib. 66, 233:

florem et colorem defuisse,

id. ib. 87, 298:

alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,

Quint. 8, 3, 87:

male audire... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,

id. 12, 10, 13.

nāvālis, e, adj. [navis], of or belonging to ships, ship-, naval:

pedestres navalesve pugnae,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13; Liv. 26, 51, 6:

bellum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

apparatus,

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

disciplina et gloria navalis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

fuga,

by sea, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148:

proelium,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

castra,

to protect the ships drawn up on land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22:

in classe acieque navali esse,

Liv. 26, 51, 8 Weissenb.:

forma,

the shape of a ship, Ov. F. 1, 229: corona, a naval crown, as the reward of a naval victory, Verg. A. 8, 684; cf.: navali coronā solet donari, qui primus in hostium navem armatus transilierit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; so,

navali cinctus honore caput,

Ov. A. A. 3, 392:

navali surgentes aere columnae,

made of the brass from the beaks of captured ships, Verg. G. 3, 29:

arbor,

fit for ship-building, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

stagnum,

a basin in which to exhibit mock sea-fights, Tac. A. 4, 15:

navalis Phoebus, so called because hegranted the victory at Actium,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 3; v. Actius and Actiacus: socii, sailors, seamen (chosen from the freedmen of the colonists and allies, and also from those of the colonists and allies themselves who had been in slavery; they were bound to a longer period of service and were of lower rank than the land troops; cf. Liv. 36, 2; 40, 18; 21, 50):

postero die militibus navalibusque sociis convocatis,

id. 26, 48; 26, 17; 32, 23; 26, 35;

24, 11.—Sometimes the socii navales are distinguished from the seamen,

Liv. 37, 10:

navales pedes, contemptuously,

galley-slaves, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75. (Others understand by this expression ship-servants, cabin-boys. Non. 381, 393, calls the oars themselves navales pedes).—

Duumviri navales,

two commissaries who were charged with the repairing and fitting out of a fleet, Liv. 9, 30; 40, 18; 26: navalis scriba, a ship's scribe or secretary, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.—

Subst.: nāvā-le, is, n. (in sing. only poet.), and nāvā-lĭa, ium, n. ( gen. plur. navaliorum, Vitr. 5, 127; Inscr. Orell. 3627).

A place where ships were built and repaired, a dock, dockyard (cf.:

statio, portus): navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

de navalium opere,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 62:

deripientque rates alii navalibus,

Verg. A. 4, 593; Ov. M. 11, 455.—In sing., haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret (puppis), Ov. M. 3, 661; id. H. 18, 207.—Esp. of the place in Rome, across the Tiber, where the dock-yards were situated, Liv. 3, 26; 8, 14, 12; 40, 51 et saep.—Near them was the Navalis porta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—

The requisites for fitting out a ship, [p. 1192] tackling, rigging, Liv. 45, 23, 5; Verg. A. 11, 329; Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52.

nāvālis, e, adj. [navis], of or belonging to ships, ship-, naval:

pedestres navalesve pugnae,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13; Liv. 26, 51, 6:

bellum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

apparatus,

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

disciplina et gloria navalis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

fuga,

by sea, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148:

proelium,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

castra,

to protect the ships drawn up on land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22:

in classe acieque navali esse,

Liv. 26, 51, 8 Weissenb.:

forma,

the shape of a ship, Ov. F. 1, 229: corona, a naval crown, as the reward of a naval victory, Verg. A. 8, 684; cf.: navali coronā solet donari, qui primus in hostium navem armatus transilierit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; so,

navali cinctus honore caput,

Ov. A. A. 3, 392:

navali surgentes aere columnae,

made of the brass from the beaks of captured ships, Verg. G. 3, 29:

arbor,

fit for ship-building, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

stagnum,

a basin in which to exhibit mock sea-fights, Tac. A. 4, 15:

navalis Phoebus, so called because hegranted the victory at Actium,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 3; v. Actius and Actiacus: socii, sailors, seamen (chosen from the freedmen of the colonists and allies, and also from those of the colonists and allies themselves who had been in slavery; they were bound to a longer period of service and were of lower rank than the land troops; cf. Liv. 36, 2; 40, 18; 21, 50):

postero die militibus navalibusque sociis convocatis,

id. 26, 48; 26, 17; 32, 23; 26, 35;

24, 11.—Sometimes the socii navales are distinguished from the seamen,

Liv. 37, 10:

navales pedes, contemptuously,

galley-slaves, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75. (Others understand by this expression ship-servants, cabin-boys. Non. 381, 393, calls the oars themselves navales pedes).—

Duumviri navales,

two commissaries who were charged with the repairing and fitting out of a fleet, Liv. 9, 30; 40, 18; 26: navalis scriba, a ship's scribe or secretary, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.—

Subst.: nāvā-le, is, n. (in sing. only poet.), and nāvā-lĭa, ium, n. ( gen. plur. navaliorum, Vitr. 5, 127; Inscr. Orell. 3627).

A place where ships were built and repaired, a dock, dockyard (cf.:

statio, portus): navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

de navalium opere,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 62:

deripientque rates alii navalibus,

Verg. A. 4, 593; Ov. M. 11, 455.—In sing., haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret (puppis), Ov. M. 3, 661; id. H. 18, 207.—Esp. of the place in Rome, across the Tiber, where the dock-yards were situated, Liv. 3, 26; 8, 14, 12; 40, 51 et saep.—Near them was the Navalis porta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—

The requisites for fitting out a ship, [p. 1192] tackling, rigging, Liv. 45, 23, 5; Verg. A. 11, 329; Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52.

nundĭnus, a, um, adj. [novem-dies], of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.

Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.—

nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.:

Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,

Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34:

annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,

Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum panêguris, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1:

illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13:

farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,

id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.—

Trop., trade, traffic, sale:

totius rei publicae nundinae,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.:

vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 35.—

nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28:

quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,

Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32:

postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,

on the third market-day, Liv. 3, 35:

rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,

Cic. Dom. 16, 41:

primo nundino,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

nundĭnus, a, um, adj. [novem-dies], of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.

Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.—

nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.:

Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,

Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34:

annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,

Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum panêguris, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1:

illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13:

farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,

id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.—

Trop., trade, traffic, sale:

totius rei publicae nundinae,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.:

vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 35.—

nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28:

quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,

Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32:

postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,

on the third market-day, Liv. 3, 35:

rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,

Cic. Dom. 16, 41:

primo nundino,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

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cŏm-ĕs, ĭtis, comm. [con and 1. eo] (lit. one who goes with another), a companion, an associate, comrade, partaker, sharer, partner, etc. (whether male or female; class. and freq.).

In gen.

Masc.:

age, age, argentum numera, ne comites morer,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 25:

confugere domum sine comite,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25:

comes meus fuit, et omnium itinerum meorum socius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 71:

erat comes ejus Rubrius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64:

cui tu me comitem putas esse,

id. Att. 8, 7, 1:

ibimus, o socii comitesque,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 26; Lucr. 3, 1037; 4, 575:

Catulli,

Cat. 11, 1:

Pisonis,

id. 28, 1; Nep. Ages. 6, 3:

quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet Romulus,

Verg. A. 6, 778; cf.:

comes ire alicui,

id. ib. 6, 159:

comitem aliquem mittere alicui,

id. ib. 2, 86:

comes esse alicui,

Ov. H. 14, 54 et saep. —

With gen. or dat. of thing:

cum se victoriae Pompeji comitem esse mallet quam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80:

comitem illius furoris,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

me tuarum actionum, sententiarum, etc., socium comitemque habebis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 22:

mortis et funeris atri,

Lucr. 2, 581:

tantae virtutis,

Liv. 22, 60, 12:

exsilii,

Mart. 12, 25:

fugae,

Vell. 2, 53; Liv. 1, 3, 2; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 6:

me habuisti comitem consiliis tuis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—With in:

comes in ulciscendis quibusdam,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 2.—

Fem., Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 54; Lucr. 5, 741:

data sum comes inculpata Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 588; cf. id. H. 3, 10:

me tibi venturam comitem,

id. ib. 13, 163; Verg. A. 4, 677; 6, 448.—

Transf. to inanimate objects:

malis erat angor Assidue comes,

Lucr. 6, 1159:

comes formidinis, aura,

id. 3, 290:

ploratus mortis comites,

id. 2, 580:

tunc vitae socia virtus, mortis comes gloria fuisset,

Cic. Font. 21, 49 (17, 39):

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

pacis est comes, otiique socia eloquentia,

id. Brut. 12, 45; cf.

an idea (perh. intentionally) opp. to this,

Tac. Or. 40:

non ut ullam artem doctrinamve contemneres, sed ut omnis comites ac ministratrices oratoris esse diceres,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 75:

cui ipsi casus eventusque rerum non duces sed comites consiliorum fuerunt,

id. Balb. 4, 9:

exanimatio. quas comes pavoris,

id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

(grammatice) dulcis secretorum comes,

Quint. 1, 4, 5:

(cura) comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

culpam poena premit comes,

id. C. 4, 5, 24:

nec (fides) comitem abnegat,

id. ib. 1, 35, 22: comitemque [p. 374] aeris alieni atque litis esse miseriam, Orac. ap. Plin. 7, 32, 32, § 119.—

In partic.

An overseer, tutor, teacher, etc., of young persons (rare;

not ante-Aug.),

Verg. A. 2, 86; 5, 546; Suet. Tib. 12; Stat. S. 5, 2, 60.— Esp. = paedagogus, a slave who accompanied boys as a protector, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Claud. 35.—Far more freq.,

The suite, retinue of friends, relatives, scholars, noble youth, etc., which accompanied magistrates into the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 27 sq; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Ner. 5; id. Gram. 10.—

The attendants of distinguished private individuals, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 76; 1, 17, 52; id. S. 1, 6, 102; Suet. Caes. 4.— Trop.: (Cicero) in libris de Republica Platonis se comitem profitetur, Plin. praef. § 22.—

After the time of the emperors, the imperial train, the courtiers, court, Suet. Aug. 16; 98; id. Tib. 46; id. Calig. 45; id. Vit. 11; id. Vesp. 4; Inscr. Orell. 723; 750 al.—Hence,

In late Lat., a designation for the occupant of any state office, as, comes scholarum, rei militaris, aerarii utriusque, commerciorum (hence, Ital. conte; Fr. comte).

brācātus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Wearing trowsers or breeches.

A gen. epithet for foreign, barbarian, effeminate:

sic existimatis eos hic sagatos bracatosque versari,

Cic. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

nationes,

id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

miles,

Prop. 3 (4), 4, 17:

turba Getarum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 47 Jahn:

Medi,

Pers. 3, 53.—

As a geog. designation of the land and the people beyond the Alps, = transalpinus, in distinction from togatus (q. v.):

Gallia Bracata, afterwards called Gallia Narbonensis,

Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 31; cf.:

bracatis et Transalpinis nationibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—Hence, sarcastically:

O bracatae cognationis dedecus (kindr. with the people of Gallia Bracata, through his maternal grandfather, Calventius),

Cic. Pis. 23, 53: bracatorum pueri, boys from Gallia Narbonensis, Juv. 8, 234.—

In gen., wearing broad garments:

Satarchae totum bracati corpus,

Mel. 2, 1, 10.

pullārĭus, a, um, adj. [1, pullus].

Of or belonging to young animals:

collectio,

Veg. Vet. 1, 29; 2, 25, 1.— Facete: feles, a kidnapper of boys, qs. boy-mouser, catchboy, Aus. Ep. 70, 5.—

Subst.

pul-lārĭus, ĭi, m.

A man who fed the sacred chickens, the chicken-keeper, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3; Liv. 8, 30; 9, 14; 10, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2456; 3509. —In this signif. as adj.: DECVRIA PVLLARIA, i. e. of the pullarii, Inscr. Orell. 5010.—

In mal. part.: paiderastês, pullarius, Gloss. Philox.—

Pullariam Plautus dixit manum dextram, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll. —

An island in the Adriatic near Istria, Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151.

capsārĭus, ii, m. [capsa].

A slave who carried the satchels of boys going to school, Suet. Ner. 36; Dig. 40, 2, 13.—

The maker of satchels, Dig. 50, 6, 6.—

A slave who took care of the clothes in baths, Dig. 1, 15, 3, § 5; Edict. Dom. p. 22.

Ē̆trūrĭa ( Het-), ae, f., a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,

Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 35:

juga,

Verg. A. 8, 480:

duces,

id. ib. 11, 598:

manus Porsenae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 4:

disciplina,

the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf.

haruspices,

Gell. 4, 5, 5:

litterae,

Liv. 9, 36:

coronae,

made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.— Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13:

aurum,

a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.— Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.

Ē̆trūrĭa ( Het-), ae, f., a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,

Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 35:

juga,

Verg. A. 8, 480:

duces,

id. ib. 11, 598:

manus Porsenae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 4:

disciplina,

the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf.

haruspices,

Gell. 4, 5, 5:

litterae,

Liv. 9, 36:

coronae,

made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.— Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13:

aurum,

a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.— Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.

Ē̆trūrĭa ( Het-), ae, f., a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,

Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 35:

juga,

Verg. A. 8, 480:

duces,

id. ib. 11, 598:

manus Porsenae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 4:

disciplina,

the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf.

haruspices,

Gell. 4, 5, 5:

litterae,

Liv. 9, 36:

coronae,

made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.— Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13:

aurum,

a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.— Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

Charis. p. 162 P.