the eagle

• The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)

ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.

Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

aquilis velociores,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—

Transf.

The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—

In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—

The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—

A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—

Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.

Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.

L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—

Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—

Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—

Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.

Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

aquilis velociores,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—

Transf.

The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—

In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—

The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—

A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—

Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.

Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.

L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—

Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—

Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—

Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

ālĕs, ālĭtĭs (abl. aliti, Sen. Med. 1014; gen. plur. alitum, Mart. 13, 6, and lengthened alituum, Lucr. 2, 928; 5, 801; 1039; 1078; 6, 1216; Verg. A. 8, 27; Stat. S. 1, 2, 184; Manil. 5, 370; Amm. 19, 2) [ala-ire, as comes, eques, etc., acc. to some; but cf. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 209], adj. and subst. ( poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Adj., winged: angues, Pac. ap. Cic. Inv. 1, 19; cf. Mos. Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

ales avis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 44 (as transl. of the Gr. aiolos ornis, Arat. Phaen. 275):

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 24:

deus,

Mercury, id. M. 2, 714; so also Stat. Th. 4, 605:

currus,

Sen. Med. 1024:

fama,

Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 408.—And with a trope common in all languages, quick, fleet, rapid, swift:

rutili tris ignis et alitis Austri,

Verg. A. 8, 430:

passus,

Ov. M. 10, 587:

harundo,

the swift arrow, Prud. Psych. 323.—

Subst. com. gen., a fowl, a bird (only of large birds, while volucris includes also insects that fly).

Com. gen.:

pennis delata,

Lucr. 6, 822:

exterrita pennis,

id. 5, 506:

argentea,

i. e. the raven before its metamorphosis, Ov. M. 2, 536:

superba,

the peacock, Mart. 14, 67; 9, 56:

longaeva,

the phœnix, Claud. 35, 83:

famelica,

the pigeon-hawk, Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28.—On the contr., masc.:

Phoebeïus,

the raven, Ov. M. 2, 544:

albus,

the swan, Hor. C. 2, 20, 10:

cristatus,

the cock, Ov. F. 1, 455 al. —

Fem., as referring to a female bird:

Daulias ales = philomela,

Ov. H. 15, 154:

exterrita = columba,

Verg. A. 5, 505. But ales, i.e. aquila, as the bird of Jove, is sometimes masc.:

fulvus Jovis ales,

the eagle, id. ib. 12, 247;

called also: minister fulminis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:

flammiger,

Stat. Th. 8, 675. —Also fem.:

aetheriā lapsa plagā Jovis ales,

Verg. A. 1, 394:

regia ales,

Ov. M. 4, 362:

ales digna Jove,

Manil. 1, 443.—

For a deity as winged, masc.:

Cyllenius ales,

i.e. Mercury, Claud. 33, 77;

or even for men: aureus ales,

Perseus, Stat. Th. 1, 544.—

Ales canorus, a swan, for a poet, Hor. C. 2, 20, 15. —Also absol. ales: Maeonii carminis ales, of the singer of a Mæonian (Homeric) song, [p. 83] Hor. C. 1, 6, 2 Jahn. (In Ov. M. 5, 298, if ales erant is read, ales is collect.; cf. Schneid. Gr. 2, 240; but the sing. seems to be more in accordance with the preceding hominem putat locutum, she supposing that she heard a man, but it was a bird, and Merkel here reads Ales erat.)—

In the lang. of augury, alites are birds that gave omens by their flight, as the buteo, sanqualis, aquila, etc. (but oscines, by their voice, as the corvus, cornix, and noctua), Fest. p. 193 (cf. id. p. 3); Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160:

tum huc, tum illuc volent alites: tum a dextrā, tum a sinistrā parte canant oscines,

id. Div. 1, 53, 120; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 6, 6, p. 394; Plin. 10, 19, 22, § 43; Arn. adv. G. 7, 59.—Hence, poet.: ales, augury, omen, sign:

cum bonā nubit alite,

Cat. 61, 20:

malā soluta navis exit alite,

Hor. Epod. 10, 1:

secundā alite,

id. ib. 16, 23.

rēgĭus, a, um, adj. [rex], of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.

Lit.:

cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

potestas,

id. ib. 2, 9, 15; 2, 23, 43;

2, 32, 56: nomen,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

2, 28, 51: civitas,

id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

insignia,

id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

apparatus,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

exercitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 104:

praefectus,

id. ib. 3, 104 et saep.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome), Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; 2, 30, 53:

auctio,

i. e. of royal property, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

ales,

i. e. the eagle, Ov. M. 4, 362:

genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

very much resembling regal power, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

bellum,

with a king, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

regios nutus tueri,

purposes, id. Fam 12, 1, 1:

regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis,

befitting kings, Ov. P. 2, 9, 11; cf.:

regia res scelus est,

id. F. 6, 595:

sponsus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 10:

genus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

sanguis,

id. ib. 3, 27, 65:

stirps,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

virgo,

princess, Ov. M. 2, 570; 13, 523:

puer,

Verg. A. 1, 677:

conjux,

id. ib. 2, 783:

parens,

Ov. M. 13, 484:

legatio,

Liv. 35, 32:

imperium,

Sen. Med. 189:

cohors,

Curt. 10, 7, 16:

interitus regii,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: superbum [p. 1551] istud et regium, nisi, etc., Plin. Pan. 7, 6.—Hence, esp.:

lex regia,

a law investing the emperor with all the power and authority of the Roman people, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6 Sandars ad loc.—As subst.

Rē-gĭi, ōrum, m.

(Sc. milites.) The royal troops, the king ' s soldiers, Nep. Dat. 1, 4.—

The satraps of the king, the nobles of the royal court, Nep. Ages. 8, 3.—

rēgĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. domus.) A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, the court (cf.:

aula, palatium): in regia regem ipsum quasi productum esse ad dignitatem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

in vestibulo regiae,

Liv. 1, 40:

exaedificata,

id. 35, 31:

regiam occupare,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 6; Ov. F. 4, 599:

opulenta,

Cat. 62, 44:

Polycratis regia,

Suet. Calig. 21.—

In partic., the royal castle of Numa, situated on the Sacra Via, close by the temple of Vesta, used subsequently for priestly purposes (for appointed sacrifices, for meetings of the priests, as a residence of the Pontifex, etc.): haec est a sacris quae via nomen habet; Hic locus est Vestae, qui Pallada servat et ignem;

Hic fuit antiqui regia parva Numae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. F. 6, 264; Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.; Fest. p. 178 ib.; Macr. S. 1, 15; 16; S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 363; Cic. Mil. 14, 37 Ascon.; id. Att. 10, 3, a, 1; Plin. 34, 8, 18, § 48 al.— Hence, atrium regium, the hall of this regia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

Transf.

The royal tent in a camp, Liv. 2, 12, 10; cf.:

armatus exercitus regiam obsedit,

Curt. 9, 5, 30; 6, 2, 9:

vestibulum regiae,

id. 7, 1, 4. —

The court, i. e. the royal family, the king and his courtiers (cf. aula;

first under Aug.): tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

Liv. 1, 46:

quicunque propinquitate regiam contigisset,

id. 24, 22 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 34:

Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus,

id. ib. 11, 29; cf. id. ib. 14, 13; Petr. poët. 5, 4; Curt. 6, 6, 2.—

Poet., like aula, a court for the cattle, cattle-yard:

gregis regia,

Val. Fl. 5, 67.—

(Sc. urbs.) A royal city, residence, capital ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

Croesi regia Sardes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum,

Verg. A. 9, 737:

Caesarea, Jubae regia,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—

A pure Lat. name for basilica, a colonnade, portico, hall (not ante-Aug.): dum lectica ex regiā domum redeo, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76:

theatri,

Suet. Aug. 31 fin.; Ascon. ap. Cic. Aem. Scaur. § 45 (p. 27 Orell.); cf. Vitr. 5, 7 fin.; Stat. S. 1, 1, 30. —

A pure Lat. name for the plant basilisca (v. h. v.), App. Herb. 128. —

Trop., royal, regal, princely, splendid, magnificent, distinguished (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. regalis):

forma,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 10:

moles,

splendid edifices, Hor. C. 2, 15, 1:

vestis,

Vulg. Act. 12, 21.—

As an epithet of any remarkable production of nature or art: olea,

Col. 5, 8, 3; 12, 49, 2; 7:

pira,

id. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56;

laurus,

id. 15, 30, 39, § 129:

charta,

Cat. 22, 6 et saep.: regius morbus, the jaundice (because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies, by exciting to cheerfulness, etc.), Cels. 3, 24; Varr. ap. Plin. 22, 24, 53, § 114; Ser. Samm. 58, 1033; Hor. A. P. 453: regia stella, a large star in the constellation Leo, now called Regulus, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235. — Hence, adv.: rēgĭē, royally, regally, splendidly, sumptuously, magnificently; imperiously, despotically:

accubabo regie,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10:

quae regie seu potius tyrannice statuit in aratores Apronius,

imperiously, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

crudeliter et regie factum,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.

rēgĭus, a, um, adj. [rex], of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.

Lit.:

cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

potestas,

id. ib. 2, 9, 15; 2, 23, 43;

2, 32, 56: nomen,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

2, 28, 51: civitas,

id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

insignia,

id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

apparatus,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

exercitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 104:

praefectus,

id. ib. 3, 104 et saep.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome), Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; 2, 30, 53:

auctio,

i. e. of royal property, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

ales,

i. e. the eagle, Ov. M. 4, 362:

genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

very much resembling regal power, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

bellum,

with a king, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

regios nutus tueri,

purposes, id. Fam 12, 1, 1:

regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis,

befitting kings, Ov. P. 2, 9, 11; cf.:

regia res scelus est,

id. F. 6, 595:

sponsus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 10:

genus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

sanguis,

id. ib. 3, 27, 65:

stirps,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

virgo,

princess, Ov. M. 2, 570; 13, 523:

puer,

Verg. A. 1, 677:

conjux,

id. ib. 2, 783:

parens,

Ov. M. 13, 484:

legatio,

Liv. 35, 32:

imperium,

Sen. Med. 189:

cohors,

Curt. 10, 7, 16:

interitus regii,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: superbum [p. 1551] istud et regium, nisi, etc., Plin. Pan. 7, 6.—Hence, esp.:

lex regia,

a law investing the emperor with all the power and authority of the Roman people, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6 Sandars ad loc.—As subst.

Rē-gĭi, ōrum, m.

(Sc. milites.) The royal troops, the king ' s soldiers, Nep. Dat. 1, 4.—

The satraps of the king, the nobles of the royal court, Nep. Ages. 8, 3.—

rēgĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. domus.) A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, the court (cf.:

aula, palatium): in regia regem ipsum quasi productum esse ad dignitatem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

in vestibulo regiae,

Liv. 1, 40:

exaedificata,

id. 35, 31:

regiam occupare,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 6; Ov. F. 4, 599:

opulenta,

Cat. 62, 44:

Polycratis regia,

Suet. Calig. 21.—

In partic., the royal castle of Numa, situated on the Sacra Via, close by the temple of Vesta, used subsequently for priestly purposes (for appointed sacrifices, for meetings of the priests, as a residence of the Pontifex, etc.): haec est a sacris quae via nomen habet; Hic locus est Vestae, qui Pallada servat et ignem;

Hic fuit antiqui regia parva Numae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. F. 6, 264; Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.; Fest. p. 178 ib.; Macr. S. 1, 15; 16; S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 363; Cic. Mil. 14, 37 Ascon.; id. Att. 10, 3, a, 1; Plin. 34, 8, 18, § 48 al.— Hence, atrium regium, the hall of this regia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

Transf.

The royal tent in a camp, Liv. 2, 12, 10; cf.:

armatus exercitus regiam obsedit,

Curt. 9, 5, 30; 6, 2, 9:

vestibulum regiae,

id. 7, 1, 4. —

The court, i. e. the royal family, the king and his courtiers (cf. aula;

first under Aug.): tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

Liv. 1, 46:

quicunque propinquitate regiam contigisset,

id. 24, 22 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 34:

Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus,

id. ib. 11, 29; cf. id. ib. 14, 13; Petr. poët. 5, 4; Curt. 6, 6, 2.—

Poet., like aula, a court for the cattle, cattle-yard:

gregis regia,

Val. Fl. 5, 67.—

(Sc. urbs.) A royal city, residence, capital ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

Croesi regia Sardes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum,

Verg. A. 9, 737:

Caesarea, Jubae regia,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—

A pure Lat. name for basilica, a colonnade, portico, hall (not ante-Aug.): dum lectica ex regiā domum redeo, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76:

theatri,

Suet. Aug. 31 fin.; Ascon. ap. Cic. Aem. Scaur. § 45 (p. 27 Orell.); cf. Vitr. 5, 7 fin.; Stat. S. 1, 1, 30. —

A pure Lat. name for the plant basilisca (v. h. v.), App. Herb. 128. —

Trop., royal, regal, princely, splendid, magnificent, distinguished (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. regalis):

forma,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 10:

moles,

splendid edifices, Hor. C. 2, 15, 1:

vestis,

Vulg. Act. 12, 21.—

As an epithet of any remarkable production of nature or art: olea,

Col. 5, 8, 3; 12, 49, 2; 7:

pira,

id. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56;

laurus,

id. 15, 30, 39, § 129:

charta,

Cat. 22, 6 et saep.: regius morbus, the jaundice (because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies, by exciting to cheerfulness, etc.), Cels. 3, 24; Varr. ap. Plin. 22, 24, 53, § 114; Ser. Samm. 58, 1033; Hor. A. P. 453: regia stella, a large star in the constellation Leo, now called Regulus, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235. — Hence, adv.: rēgĭē, royally, regally, splendidly, sumptuously, magnificently; imperiously, despotically:

accubabo regie,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10:

quae regie seu potius tyrannice statuit in aratores Apronius,

imperiously, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

crudeliter et regie factum,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.

rex, rēgis ( gen. plur regerum, Gell. ap. Charis p. 40 P.), m. [rego], a ruler of a country, a king.

Lit.:

omnis res publica, quae ut dixi populi res est, consilio quodam regenda est, ut diuturna sit. Id autem consilium aut uni tribuendum est aut delectis quibusdam, etc. Cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus et regnum ejus rei publicae statum, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

1, 42, 65: simulatque se inflexit hic rex in dominatum injustiorem, fit continuo tyrannus,

id. ib. 2, 26, 49: rex Albai Longaï, Enn. ap. Fortun. p. 2691 P. (Ann. v. 34 Vahl.); Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

regum sapientia,

id. ib. 2, 6, 11:

rex Ancus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 5:

Anco regi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 35:

regem deligere,

id. ib. 2, 12, 24:

creare,

id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

constituere,

id. ib. 2, 18, 33;

20: reges, nam in terris nomen imperi id primum fuit,

Sall. C. 2, 1:

regibus boni quam mali suspectiores sunt,

id. ib. 7, 2:

monumenta regis,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 15:

reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere,

Tac. A. 1, 1:

post reges exactos,

Liv. 2, 8.— A very odious name in the time of the Republic, i. q. tyrant, despot:

pulso Tarquinio nomen regis audire non poterat (populus Romanus),

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 53; cf.:

hoc nomen (sc. tyranni) Graeci regis injusti esse voluerunt: nostri quidem omnes reges vocitaverunt, qui soli in populos perpetuam potestatem haberent. Itaque et Spurius Cassius et M. Manlius et Spurius Maelius regnum occupare voluisse dicti sunt, et modo (Ti. Gracchus),

id. ib. 2, 27, 50 Mos.:

rex populi Romani,

i. e. Cæsar, id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf. id. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

decem reges aerarii,

id. Agr. 2, 6, 14;

v. also regnum, regno, and dominus, with tetrarcha,

id. Mil. 28, 76; Hor. S. 1, 3, 12; Sall. C. 20, 7; v. Fabri ad h. l.— In ancient Rome the king had also priestly dignities and duties; hence, after the kings were expelled, the name rex (like basileus) continued to be given in relig. lang. to the priest who performed these duties; hence, rex sacrificulus, sacrificus, sacrorum; v. sacrificulus; and rex Nemorensis, i. e. priest of Diana Aricina, Suet. Calig. 35.—

Poet., as adj., ruling, that rules or sways:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21.—

kat exochên, acc. to the Gr. basileus, the king of Persia, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 65; id. Eun. 3, 1, 7 and 11; Nep. Milt. 7, 5; id. Them. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Paus. 1, 2 al.; cf of the king of the Parthi: regum rex (the Gr. basileus basileôn), Suet. Calig. 5; Amm. 17, 5, 3. —

Transf.

Of Jupiter, as king of gods and men:

quem (sc. Jovem) unum omnium deorum et hominum regem esse omnes doctrinā expoliti consentiunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56; cf.

of the same: summi deum regis,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 3, 2; and:

divom pater atque hominum rex,

Verg. A. 1, 65; 2, 648; 10 2, 743 (with this cf.:

o qui res hominumque deumque Aeternis regis imperiis,

id. ib. 1, 229):

Olympi magnus rex,

id. ib. 5, 533; Hor. C. 4, 4, 2; id. Epod. 16, 56.—Sometimes also of other deities, as rulers of the realms assigned to them:

aquarum,

i. e. Neptune, Ov. M. 10, 606; so,

aequoreus,

id. ib. 8, 603:

umbrarum,

i.e. Pluto, id. ib. 7, 249; so,

silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

rex infernus,

Verg. A. 6, 106:

tertiae sortis,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 833:

Stygius,

Verg. A. 6, 252:

antiqui poli, mundique prioris,

i.e. Saturn, Mart. 12, 62.—Of Æolus, Verg. A. 1, 52 et saep.—

In gen., head, chief, leader, master, etc. (mostly poet.); of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 544; 575; 6, 55; 7, 220;

of lions,

Phaedr. 4, 13, 4;

of the bull, as leader of the herd,

Stat. Th. 5, 333; 11, 28;

of the queen-bee,

Verg. G. 4, 106;

of the eagle,

Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 203;

of the Eridanus, as the first river of Italy,

Verg. G. 1, 482;

of Phanæan wine,

id. ib. 2, 98 et saep.; also, of the master of a feast, like the Greek basileus:

mensae,

Macr. S. 2, 1; so absol. (sc. convivii), Prud. Cath. 9, 30 (cf. regnum and dominus); of a governor, preceptor of youth:

actae pueritiae,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 8; of the leader, king in children's games, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 59:

rex inter ludentes delectus,

Just. 1, 5, 1; of the protector, patron of parasites, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Capt. 1, 1, 24; id. Stich. 3, 2, 2; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 24:

coram rege suā de paupertate tacentes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 43; Mart. 2, 18, 5; Juv. 1, 136 et saep.; of the son of a king or chieftain, a prince, Verg. A. 9, 223; Val. Fl. 1, 174, Stat. Achill. 1, 156; Flor. 4, 9, 7 Duk. (cf. regulus and regina); of a powerful, rich, or fortunate person, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 26; id. Poen. 3, 3, 58:

sive reges Sive inopes,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 11; 2, 18, 34:

regibus hic mos est,

id. S. 1, 2, 86; 2, 2, 45; id. A. P. 434. — Reges sometimes signifies the king and queen, Liv. 1, 39 init., 27, 4; sometimes the whole royal family, id. 2, 2, 11; 2, 3, 5; 45, 43, 9.— Poet., rex sometimes denotes the character, sentiments, or feelings of a king:

rex patrem (i.e. paternum animum) vicit,

Ov. M. 12, 30:

in rege pater est,

id. ib. 13, 187.

Rex, rēgis, m., a surname in the gens Marcia, e. g. Q. Marcius Rex, consul A. U. C. 686, Sall. C. 30, 3:

Q. (Marcius) Rex,

brotherin-law of Clodius, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 10 (in a lusus verbb. with rex, a tyrant, despot); cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 35:

P. Marcius Rex,

Liv. 43, 1 al.; cf. Suet. Caes. 6.

rex, rēgis ( gen. plur regerum, Gell. ap. Charis p. 40 P.), m. [rego], a ruler of a country, a king.

Lit.:

omnis res publica, quae ut dixi populi res est, consilio quodam regenda est, ut diuturna sit. Id autem consilium aut uni tribuendum est aut delectis quibusdam, etc. Cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus et regnum ejus rei publicae statum, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

1, 42, 65: simulatque se inflexit hic rex in dominatum injustiorem, fit continuo tyrannus,

id. ib. 2, 26, 49: rex Albai Longaï, Enn. ap. Fortun. p. 2691 P. (Ann. v. 34 Vahl.); Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

regum sapientia,

id. ib. 2, 6, 11:

rex Ancus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 5:

Anco regi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 35:

regem deligere,

id. ib. 2, 12, 24:

creare,

id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

constituere,

id. ib. 2, 18, 33;

20: reges, nam in terris nomen imperi id primum fuit,

Sall. C. 2, 1:

regibus boni quam mali suspectiores sunt,

id. ib. 7, 2:

monumenta regis,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 15:

reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere,

Tac. A. 1, 1:

post reges exactos,

Liv. 2, 8.— A very odious name in the time of the Republic, i. q. tyrant, despot:

pulso Tarquinio nomen regis audire non poterat (populus Romanus),

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 53; cf.:

hoc nomen (sc. tyranni) Graeci regis injusti esse voluerunt: nostri quidem omnes reges vocitaverunt, qui soli in populos perpetuam potestatem haberent. Itaque et Spurius Cassius et M. Manlius et Spurius Maelius regnum occupare voluisse dicti sunt, et modo (Ti. Gracchus),

id. ib. 2, 27, 50 Mos.:

rex populi Romani,

i. e. Cæsar, id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf. id. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

decem reges aerarii,

id. Agr. 2, 6, 14;

v. also regnum, regno, and dominus, with tetrarcha,

id. Mil. 28, 76; Hor. S. 1, 3, 12; Sall. C. 20, 7; v. Fabri ad h. l.— In ancient Rome the king had also priestly dignities and duties; hence, after the kings were expelled, the name rex (like basileus) continued to be given in relig. lang. to the priest who performed these duties; hence, rex sacrificulus, sacrificus, sacrorum; v. sacrificulus; and rex Nemorensis, i. e. priest of Diana Aricina, Suet. Calig. 35.—

Poet., as adj., ruling, that rules or sways:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21.—

kat exochên, acc. to the Gr. basileus, the king of Persia, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 65; id. Eun. 3, 1, 7 and 11; Nep. Milt. 7, 5; id. Them. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Paus. 1, 2 al.; cf of the king of the Parthi: regum rex (the Gr. basileus basileôn), Suet. Calig. 5; Amm. 17, 5, 3. —

Transf.

Of Jupiter, as king of gods and men:

quem (sc. Jovem) unum omnium deorum et hominum regem esse omnes doctrinā expoliti consentiunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56; cf.

of the same: summi deum regis,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 3, 2; and:

divom pater atque hominum rex,

Verg. A. 1, 65; 2, 648; 10 2, 743 (with this cf.:

o qui res hominumque deumque Aeternis regis imperiis,

id. ib. 1, 229):

Olympi magnus rex,

id. ib. 5, 533; Hor. C. 4, 4, 2; id. Epod. 16, 56.—Sometimes also of other deities, as rulers of the realms assigned to them:

aquarum,

i. e. Neptune, Ov. M. 10, 606; so,

aequoreus,

id. ib. 8, 603:

umbrarum,

i.e. Pluto, id. ib. 7, 249; so,

silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

rex infernus,

Verg. A. 6, 106:

tertiae sortis,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 833:

Stygius,

Verg. A. 6, 252:

antiqui poli, mundique prioris,

i.e. Saturn, Mart. 12, 62.—Of Æolus, Verg. A. 1, 52 et saep.—

In gen., head, chief, leader, master, etc. (mostly poet.); of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 544; 575; 6, 55; 7, 220;

of lions,

Phaedr. 4, 13, 4;

of the bull, as leader of the herd,

Stat. Th. 5, 333; 11, 28;

of the queen-bee,

Verg. G. 4, 106;

of the eagle,

Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 203;

of the Eridanus, as the first river of Italy,

Verg. G. 1, 482;

of Phanæan wine,

id. ib. 2, 98 et saep.; also, of the master of a feast, like the Greek basileus:

mensae,

Macr. S. 2, 1; so absol. (sc. convivii), Prud. Cath. 9, 30 (cf. regnum and dominus); of a governor, preceptor of youth:

actae pueritiae,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 8; of the leader, king in children's games, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 59:

rex inter ludentes delectus,

Just. 1, 5, 1; of the protector, patron of parasites, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Capt. 1, 1, 24; id. Stich. 3, 2, 2; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 24:

coram rege suā de paupertate tacentes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 43; Mart. 2, 18, 5; Juv. 1, 136 et saep.; of the son of a king or chieftain, a prince, Verg. A. 9, 223; Val. Fl. 1, 174, Stat. Achill. 1, 156; Flor. 4, 9, 7 Duk. (cf. regulus and regina); of a powerful, rich, or fortunate person, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 26; id. Poen. 3, 3, 58:

sive reges Sive inopes,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 11; 2, 18, 34:

regibus hic mos est,

id. S. 1, 2, 86; 2, 2, 45; id. A. P. 434. — Reges sometimes signifies the king and queen, Liv. 1, 39 init., 27, 4; sometimes the whole royal family, id. 2, 2, 11; 2, 3, 5; 45, 43, 9.— Poet., rex sometimes denotes the character, sentiments, or feelings of a king:

rex patrem (i.e. paternum animum) vicit,

Ov. M. 12, 30:

in rege pater est,

id. ib. 13, 187.

Rex, rēgis, m., a surname in the gens Marcia, e. g. Q. Marcius Rex, consul A. U. C. 686, Sall. C. 30, 3:

Q. (Marcius) Rex,

brotherin-law of Clodius, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 10 (in a lusus verbb. with rex, a tyrant, despot); cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 35:

P. Marcius Rex,

Liv. 43, 1 al.; cf. Suet. Caes. 6.

Jūppĭter ( Jūpĭter; in all good MSS. double p; v. Wagner, Orthogr. Vergl. s. h. v.), Jŏvis (nom. Jovis, Enn. ap. App. de Deo Socr. p. 42; Ann. v. 64 Vahl.), m. [Jovis-pater; Jovis for Djovis, kindred to Sanscr. dyō, splendere; Gr. Zeus; cf. Bopp. Gloss. p. 177, a], Jupiter or Jove, a son of Saturn, brother and husband of Juno, the chief god among the Romans; corresp. to the Gr. Zeus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 89; Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 64; 3, 21, 53: Juppiter pater, old formula ap. Liv. 1, 18 ext.:

Jovis satelles,

the eagle, Cic. Div. 1, 47, 106; so,

Jovis ales,

Ov. A. A. 3, 420.—As the god of omens, etc.:

te prodigiali Iovi conprecatam oportuit,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 108.—Prov.: Jovem lapidem jurare, said of one who swore by Jupiter (holding in one hand a knife with which he pierced the sacrificial sow, and in the other hand a stone);

of gossips: sciunt quod Juno fabulata'st cum Jove,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 171; Paul. ex Fest. s v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; Gell. 1, 21, 4.—In plur.:

Varro trecentos Joves (sive Juppiteres dicendum) introducit,

Tert. Apol. 14;

and, trop.: repente ut emoriantur humani Joves,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 26:

Joves quoque plures in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42.—

Transf.

As the god of heaven, his name is freq. used by the poets as i. q. Heaven, sky, air: aspice hoc sublimen candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65:

Chrysippus disputat, aethera esse eum, quem homines Jovem appellarent,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 40:

sub Jove frigido,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

malus,

id. ib. 1, 22, 20:

metuendus, i. e. pluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 419:

hibernus,

Stat. Th. 3, 26:

sub Jove pars durat,

in the open air, Ov. F. 3, 527:

loci,

the temperature, id. M. 13, 707.—

Juppiter Stygius, i. e. Pluto, Verg. A. 4, 638; cf.

terrestris,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 20; of the planet Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 2, 20; Luc. 10, 207.—

As an exclamation of surprise, i. q. our My heavens! good heavens! Juppiter! estne illic Charinus? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 24.

Jūppĭter ( Jūpĭter; in all good MSS. double p; v. Wagner, Orthogr. Vergl. s. h. v.), Jŏvis (nom. Jovis, Enn. ap. App. de Deo Socr. p. 42; Ann. v. 64 Vahl.), m. [Jovis-pater; Jovis for Djovis, kindred to Sanscr. dyō, splendere; Gr. Zeus; cf. Bopp. Gloss. p. 177, a], Jupiter or Jove, a son of Saturn, brother and husband of Juno, the chief god among the Romans; corresp. to the Gr. Zeus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 89; Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 64; 3, 21, 53: Juppiter pater, old formula ap. Liv. 1, 18 ext.:

Jovis satelles,

the eagle, Cic. Div. 1, 47, 106; so,

Jovis ales,

Ov. A. A. 3, 420.—As the god of omens, etc.:

te prodigiali Iovi conprecatam oportuit,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 108.—Prov.: Jovem lapidem jurare, said of one who swore by Jupiter (holding in one hand a knife with which he pierced the sacrificial sow, and in the other hand a stone);

of gossips: sciunt quod Juno fabulata'st cum Jove,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 171; Paul. ex Fest. s v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; Gell. 1, 21, 4.—In plur.:

Varro trecentos Joves (sive Juppiteres dicendum) introducit,

Tert. Apol. 14;

and, trop.: repente ut emoriantur humani Joves,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 26:

Joves quoque plures in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42.—

Transf.

As the god of heaven, his name is freq. used by the poets as i. q. Heaven, sky, air: aspice hoc sublimen candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65:

Chrysippus disputat, aethera esse eum, quem homines Jovem appellarent,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 40:

sub Jove frigido,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

malus,

id. ib. 1, 22, 20:

metuendus, i. e. pluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 419:

hibernus,

Stat. Th. 3, 26:

sub Jove pars durat,

in the open air, Ov. F. 3, 527:

loci,

the temperature, id. M. 13, 707.—

Juppiter Stygius, i. e. Pluto, Verg. A. 4, 638; cf.

terrestris,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 20; of the planet Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 2, 20; Luc. 10, 207.—

As an exclamation of surprise, i. q. our My heavens! good heavens! Juppiter! estne illic Charinus? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 24.

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mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. ( gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. ter-os; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114:

minister Grex,

Sil. 11, 274:

ardor,

Lucr. 5, 297:

ministro baculo,

with the aid of a staff, Ov. Ib. 261.—

Subst.

mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:

centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,

Verg. A. 1, 705:

Phrygius,

the cup-bearer Ganymede, Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7:

Falerni,

a cup -bearer, Cat. 27, 1:

ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43:

hostia Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros,

Verg. G. 3, 488:

ministri imperii tui,

inferior officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3:

regni,

an assistant in the regal government, a minister, Just. 16, 1, 3:

infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus,

i. e. inform the orators what the law is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146:

legum,

a minister, administrator, id. Clu. 53, 198:

sermonum,

a mediator, negotiator, Tac. H. 2, 99:

consiliorum suorum,

Vell. 2, 129, 3:

Tiberius Alexander... minister bello datus,

Tac. A. 15, 28:

ministri ac servi seditionum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

ministri ac satellites cupiditatum,

id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so,

furoris alieni,

agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11:

libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum atque ministri,

Lucr. 3, 61:

Calchante ministro,

with the help of Calchas, Verg. A. 2, 100:

ministrum esse in maleficio,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

minister fulminis ales,

i. e. the eagle, Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:

calidae gelidaeque (aquae) minister,

one who serves, Juv. 5, 63:

me nemo ministro fur erit,

by my aid, id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ:

ut sim minister Christi,

Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7:

fidelis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

Dei,

id. 2 Cor. 6, 4:

optimus,

Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of inanimate things:

sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,

Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4:

taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,

Lucr. 5, 297.—

mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

una ministrarum,

Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705:

accipiat missas apta ministra notas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 470:

ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,

i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also among Christians:

ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,

i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—

Trop., a servant, handmaid; in a bad sense, an aider, accessory, abettor:

ministra et famula corporis res familiaris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

voluptatum satellites et ministrae,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

Camilla delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras,

Verg. A. 11, 658.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

vŏlŭcer, ūcris, ūcre ( gen. plur. volucrium, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 119 P.; masc. volucris, Tib. 4, 1, 209; Sil. 10, 471; fem. volucer fama, Petr. poët. 123, 210; cf. acer; on the quantity of the u in volucris, v. Quint. 1, 5, 28), adj. [cf. 2. volo], flying, winged (class.; syn.: ales, volatilis).

Lit.

Adj.:

bestiae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38; id. Lael. 21, 81:

angues,

id. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

dracones,

Ov. M. 7, 218:

Cupido,

id. ib. 9, 482:

natus,

i. e. Cupid, id. ib. 5, 364:

deus,

i. e. Mercury, Stat. Th. 2, 55; cf.

pes (Mercurii),

Ov. F. 5, 88; and:

o nuntium volucrem!

Cic. Quint. 25, 80.—

Subst.: vŏlū̆cris, is, f. (sc. avis, once masc., sc. ales:

teneros volucres, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64),

a bird, a flying creature, Lucr. 1, 12; 2, 145; 2, 344; Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81:

marinae,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 35; id. H. 10, 123:

Junonis,

i. e. the peacock, id. M. 15, 385; cf.

Junonia,

id. Med. Fac. 33; of the cock: volucres cecinere diem, Coripp. 1, 199; cf. Sil. 14, 22;

the eagle,

Luc. 6, 129:

obscenae,

Verg. A. 3, 241:

Tityi volucres,

vultures, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 31; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6;

of the sirens,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 87; Quint. 10, 3, 24; 12, 11, 13; Suet. Aug. 13:

pictae,

Verg. A. 4, 525; Ov. M. 1, 308:

volucris parvula,

the fly, Phaedr. 5, 3, 3.—

Transf., of any thing that moves rapidly, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid (mostly poet.;

syn. velox): lumen,

Lucr. 6, 173; cf.:

ritu flammarum,

id. 1, 1102:

fumi,

Verg. G. 2, 217:

aurae,

id. A. 11, 795; Ov. M. 13, 807:

nebulae,

id. ib. 1, 602:

procellae,

id. Am. 2, 11, 33:

sagitta,

Verg. A. 5, 242; Ov. M. 9, 102;

called also ferrum,

id. Tr. 3, 10, 64:

harundo,

Verg. A. 5, 544:

equi,

Ov. M. 2, 153; 2, 234; 4, 245:

currus,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 8:

volucri freta classe pererrat,

Ov. M. 7, 460:

jam volucrem sequor Te per gramina Martii Campi,

speeding, running, Hor. C. 4, 1, 38 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., fleet, swift, rapid:

nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum,

Cic. Planc. 23, 57:

aliud genus (dicendi) est... verbis volucre atque incitatum,

id. Brut. 95, 325:

volucri spe et cogitatione rapiuntur a domo longius,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

somnus,

Verg. A. 2, 794:

fatum,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 24.—

In partic., passing quickly by, fleeting, transient, transitory:

o volucrem fortunam,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

dies,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 6; 4, 13, 16:

fama,

Ov. H. 17, 207; Petr. 123:

gaudium,

Tac. Or. 9.— Adv.: vŏlŭcrĭter, swiftly, rapidly (post-class.):

congregati,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

perurgebat nocentes innocentesque,

id. 29, 1, 18.

sătellĕs, ĭtis, comm., an attendant upon a distinguished person, esp. a prince, a lifeguard; in plur., attendants, escort, train, retinue (class.; syn.: stipator, apparitor, accensus).

Lit.:

regii satellites,

Liv. 2, 12; 34, 36 fin.; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 54:

administri et satellites Sex. Naevii,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80 (cf. infra, II.):

habet sectatores vel potius satellites, qui, etc.,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

contumeliosum foret, si equites Romani satellites Numidae traderentur,

Sall. J. 65, 2:

Sullae,

id. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; cf. Liv. 34, 41:

sequimini satellites,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 78:

aurum per medios ire satellites... amat,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 9:

ne posset adire, Cursus equi fecit circumfususque satelles,

Ov. M. 14, 354:

Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 45:

Sejani,

id. ib. 6, 3 et saep.:

Hannibalis,

followers, satellites, Liv. 23, 12; 25, 28.—

Transf. (mostly poet.), of attendants analog. to the preceding: Jovis pinnata satelles, i. e. the eagle, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106; id. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: Noctis, i. e. the evening-star, id. poët. ap. Non. 65, 10:

Orci,

i. e. Charon, Hor. C. 2, 18, 34: Neptuni, storms, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14.—Of the attendants of the queen-bee, Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 53.—Of Orion, as Diana's attendant, Ov. F. 5, 538. —

Trop., an assistant, attendant:

hominem natura non solum celeritate mentis ornavit, sed etiam sensus tamquam satellites attribuit ac nuncios,

Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

virtutis verae custos rigidusque satelles,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 17.—In Cicero more freq. in a bad sense, an assistant in crime, an accomplice, partner, abettor, etc.:

stipatores corporis constituit, eosdem ministros et satellites potestatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

satellites scelerum, ministros cupiditatum,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

C. Mallium, audaciae satellitem atque administrum tuae,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:

voluptatum satellites et ministras,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; cf.

(opp. dominatrix),

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.

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