the imperial seat on the

pulvīnar ( polv-), āris, n. [pulvinus], a couch made of cushions, and spread over with a splendid covering, for the gods and persons who received divine honors; a couch or cushioned seat of the gods (in the lectisternium, placed for the gods before their statues and altars):

nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 3; Liv. 5, 52, 6:

aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicare,

Cic. Dom. 53, 136:

quem Caesar majorem honorem consecutus erat, quam ut haberet pulvinar, simulacrum, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf. Suet. Caes. 76;

so of Romulus,

Ov. M. 14, 827;

of Augustus,

Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4: ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, before all the seats of the gods, i. e. in all the temples, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23; so,

decretum, uti supplicatio per triduum ad omnia pulvinaria haberetur,

Liv. 22, 1, 15; cf. id. 30, 21; Tac. A. 14, 12:

spectabat e pulvinari,

the cushioned seat in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45: deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt, i. e. at the lectisternia or feasts of the gods, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.— Poet.: macellum pingue pulvinarium, i. e. rich store of beasts for sacrifice, Prud. steph. 10, 1056:

templa deformantur, pulvinaria proteruntur,

App. M. 4, p. 155, 39.—

In gen., a sofa, cushioned seat, seat of honor, easy couch; of the couch or marriage-bed of Livia, Ov. P. 2, 2, 71;

of Messalina,

Juv. 6, 31; cf.

geniale,

Cat. 64, 47; of the imperial seat on the spina in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4; Juv. 6, 31; Suet. Dom. 13:

in summo pulvinaris locatus cenā poculisque inauguratur,

App. M. 7, p. 191.

pulvīnar ( polv-), āris, n. [pulvinus], a couch made of cushions, and spread over with a splendid covering, for the gods and persons who received divine honors; a couch or cushioned seat of the gods (in the lectisternium, placed for the gods before their statues and altars):

nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 3; Liv. 5, 52, 6:

aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicare,

Cic. Dom. 53, 136:

quem Caesar majorem honorem consecutus erat, quam ut haberet pulvinar, simulacrum, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf. Suet. Caes. 76;

so of Romulus,

Ov. M. 14, 827;

of Augustus,

Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4: ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, before all the seats of the gods, i. e. in all the temples, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23; so,

decretum, uti supplicatio per triduum ad omnia pulvinaria haberetur,

Liv. 22, 1, 15; cf. id. 30, 21; Tac. A. 14, 12:

spectabat e pulvinari,

the cushioned seat in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45: deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt, i. e. at the lectisternia or feasts of the gods, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.— Poet.: macellum pingue pulvinarium, i. e. rich store of beasts for sacrifice, Prud. steph. 10, 1056:

templa deformantur, pulvinaria proteruntur,

App. M. 4, p. 155, 39.—

In gen., a sofa, cushioned seat, seat of honor, easy couch; of the couch or marriage-bed of Livia, Ov. P. 2, 2, 71;

of Messalina,

Juv. 6, 31; cf.

geniale,

Cat. 64, 47; of the imperial seat on the spina in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4; Juv. 6, 31; Suet. Dom. 13:

in summo pulvinaris locatus cenā poculisque inauguratur,

App. M. 7, p. 191.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

Pălātĭum ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Palation, Pallantion [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. ai-polos oio-polos;

Lat. pasco],

one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent;

alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.—Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,

Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace:

palatia fulgent,

Ov. A. A. 3, 119:

secreta palatia matris,

the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.—

Deriv. Pălātīnus ( Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine:

pastores,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.:

Evander,

Verg. A. 9, 9:

colles,

Ov. M. 15, 560:

aves,

the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152:

Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29:

dei,

Mart. 5, 19, 4:

ludi,

which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56:

colossus,

the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu' Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu' bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28:

C. Claudius C. F. Palatina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.— Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial:

palatina laurus,

which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953:

atriensis,

Suet. Calig. 57:

domus,

id. Aug. 29:

cubile,

Juv. 6, 117:

officia,

offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.—As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian's chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28:

Tonans,

i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

quaestor (old orthogr., QVAISTOR, Epit. of the Scipios, et saep.), ōris, m. [contr. from quaesitor, from quaero], a quætor, the title of a class of Roman magistrates, some of whom had charge of the pecuniary affairs of the State, while others conducted certain criminal trials (but only, it would seem, as delegates or commissioners of the people):

quaestores a quaerendo, qui conquirerent publicas pecunias et maleficia, quae triumviri capitales nunc conquirunt: ab his postea, qui quaestionum judicia exercent, quaestores dicti,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Müll.:

et quia de capite civis Romani injussu populi non erat lege permissum consulibus jus dicere, propterea quaestores constituebantur a populo, qui capitalibus rebus praeessent: hique appellabantur quaestores parricidii, quorum etiam meminit lex duodecim tabularum,

Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 23; cf.: parricidii quaestores appellabantur, qui solebant creari causā rerum capitalium quaerendarum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 221 Müll. (cf. Fest. p. 258, 31). But they were commonly called simply quaestores, Liv. 2, 41, 11; 3, 24, 3; Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60.— As a standing magistracy, the quæstors were treasurers of State, treasurers. They distributed their duties among themselves by lot, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34; id. Mur. 8, 18. Of these the quaestor urbanus or aerarii, who remained at Rome, took charge of the treasury, of the [p. 1503] public revenues and expenditures, of the standards deposited in the aerarium, etc., Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 2; Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 43; id. Verr. 1, 4, 11; Liv. 7, 23; 26, 47; Val. Max. 5, 1, 1; Tac. A. 13, 28. The quæstors appointed as assistants to the consuls or prætors for the provinces, called quaestores provinciales or militares, provided for the payment and provisioning of the troops, collected the imposts, and, in the absence of the governor, acted in his stead, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Sen. 10, 32; Liv. 26, 47. Service in the higher offices of State began with the quæstorship, the lowest of them which conferred a seat in the Senate, to which no one was legally eligible before the age of twenty-five, Tac. A. 11, 22. Augustus instituted a new sort of quæstors, quaestores candidati or principis (Caesaris), who conveyed the imperial messages to the Senate, Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 2; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 3:

oratio principis per quaestorem ejus audita est,

Tac. A. 16, 27; Dig. 1, 13, 1; cf. candidatus, 2. The emperor Constantine appointed quaestores palatii or chancellors, Cod. Th. 1, 8; 6, 9; 7, 62, 32; Cassiod. Var. 6, 5;

called QVAESTOR INTRA PALATIVM,

Inscr. Orell. 1188.—

Trop.:

quaestor non imperii, sed doloris mei,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 14, 35 (bracketed as dub. by B. and K.).

praetōrĭum, ii, n. [praetor].

A general's tent, Liv. 10, 33:

dictatoris,

id. 7, 12:

imperatoris Aequorum,

id. 3, 25; Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—

Transf.

A council of war (because held in the general's tent):

praetorio dimisso,

Liv. 30, 5; 37, 5:

missum,

id. 21, 54, 3.—

The official residence of the governor in a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 65:

curritur ad praetorium,

id. ib. 2, 5, 35, § 92; Vulg. Matt. 27, 27.—

A palace (post-Aug.):

sedet ad praetoria regis,

Juv. 10, 161:

Herodis,

Vulg. Act. 23, 35; id. Phil. 1, 13.—

In gen., a magnificent building, a splendid country-seat (post-Aug.):

ampla et operosa praetoria,

Suet. Aug. 72:

in exstructionibus praetoriorum atque villarum,

id. Calig. 37; id. Tib. 39:

alternas servant praetoria ripas,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 25; Juv. 1, 75; Dig. 31, 1, 35; 50, 16, 198.—

Of other dwelling - places, the cell of the queen-bee:

et circa regem atque ipsa ad praetoria, densae Miscentur,

Verg. G. 4, 75. —Of Diogenes's tub:

utcumque sol se inclinaverat, Diogenis simul praetorium vertebatur,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 14.—

The imperial body - guard, the guards, whose commander was called praefectus praetorio or praetorii:

in praetorium accepti,

Tac. H. 4, 26 fin.:

meruit in praetorio Augusti centurio,

Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82:

militare in praetorio,

id. 25, 2, 6, § 17:

ascriptis veteranis e praetorio,

Suet. Ner. 9:

praetorii praefectus,

Tac. H. 1, 19.

ōrācŭlum (sync. oraclum: ex oraclo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42, or Trag. v. 65 Vahl.; plur, oracla, Att. ap. Non. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 185 Rib.; Ov. M. 1, 321), i, n. [oro], a divine announcement, an oracle (class.).

Lit.:

oracula ex eo ipso appellata sunt, quod inest in his deorum oratio,

Cic. Top. 20, 77:

quid est enim oraculum? nempe voluntas divina hominis ore enuntiata,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

edere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

petere a Dodonā,

id. Div. 1, 43, 95:

quaerere,

Verg. G. 4, 449:

poscere,

id. A. 3, 456:

consulere,

Ov. M. 3, 8:

Delphis oracula cessant,

Juv. 6, 555.—

Transf.

In gen., a prophetic declaration, a prophecy:

exposui somnii et furoris oracula,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 70; 1, 50, 115.—

A place where oracular responses were given, an oracle:

illud oraculum Delphis tam celebre,

Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37:

Hammonis,

Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107:

Delphicum,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the mercy-seat, the place in the tabernacle in which the presence of God was manifest, Vulg. Exod. 25, 18; 40, 18:

oraculum templi, sanctum sanctorum,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 6.—

An oracular saying, oracle pronounced by a man:

haec ego nunc physicorum oracula fundo,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

inde illa reliqua oracula: nequam agricolam esse, etc.,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40.—

An imperial rescript, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 11.