the seats of the knights in the theatre

ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. [eques], belonging to a horseman, equestrian.

In gen. (very rare):

equestres statuae inauratae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2:

equi,

riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

Of or belonging to cavalry:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.:

equestris pugna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55):

tumultus,

Liv. 27, 1, 11:

terror,

id. 27, 42:

procella,

id. 10, 5:

copiae (opp. pedestres),

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

arma,

Liv. 35, 23; cf.

scuta,

id. 43, 6:

militia,

Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.—

Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:

ordo,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.:

equestri loco natus, ortus, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.:

equestri genere natus,

Vell. 2, 88:

census,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383:

anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order),

Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32:

statuae,

id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.:

dignitas,

Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24:

familia,

id. Caes. 1 et saep. —

Subst.

equester = eques, Tac. A. 12, 60; 13, 10 fin.—Plur.:

apud equestres,

id. ib. 12, 60.—

equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.

ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. [eques], belonging to a horseman, equestrian.

In gen. (very rare):

equestres statuae inauratae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2:

equi,

riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

Of or belonging to cavalry:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.:

equestris pugna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55):

tumultus,

Liv. 27, 1, 11:

terror,

id. 27, 42:

procella,

id. 10, 5:

copiae (opp. pedestres),

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

arma,

Liv. 35, 23; cf.

scuta,

id. 43, 6:

militia,

Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.—

Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:

ordo,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.:

equestri loco natus, ortus, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.:

equestri genere natus,

Vell. 2, 88:

census,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383:

anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order),

Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32:

statuae,

id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.:

dignitas,

Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24:

familia,

id. Caes. 1 et saep. —

Subst.

equester = eques, Tac. A. 12, 60; 13, 10 fin.—Plur.:

apud equestres,

id. ib. 12, 60.—

equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.

sĕnātus, ūs ( gen. senati, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 6; id. Ep. 2, 2, 5; Sisenn. ap. Non. 484, 18; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19; also cited ap. Charis. p. 116 P.; Sall. C. 30, 3; 36, 5; 53, 1. acc. to Non. 484, 15; Charis. p. 10 P.; Don. Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 21; Prisc. p. 712 P.; id. Fragm. ap. Don. Ter. And. 2, 2, 28; also Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 4, acc. to the pr. man. of the Cod. Medic.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 27.—Another form of the gen. senatuis, C. Fann. ap. Charis. p. 116 P.; Sisenn. ap. Non. 484, 19; also,

as it seems,

Varr. ib. 484, 19, yet the passage itself is wanting.—In old orthog. SENATVOS, S. C. de Bacch.; dat. senato, Quint. 1, 6, 27), m. [senex; like gerousia from gerôn; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51; id. Sen. 6, 19], the council of the elders, the Senate, the supreme council in Rome, concerning whose origin, constitution, powers, etc., v. senator; cf. Momms. Hist. of Rome, 1, 113 sqq.; 1, 406 sqq. Am. ed.; Becker, Antiq. 2, 1, p. 339 sq.; 2, 2, p. 385 sq.; 2, 3, p. 210 sq.;

and the authors there cited: quae (consilium, ratio, sententia) nisi essent in senibus, non summum consilium majores nostri appellassent senatum. Apud Lacedaemonios quidem ii, qui amplissimum magistratum gerunt, ut sunt sic etiam nominantur senes,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19:

Romuli senatus, qui constabat ex optimatibus,

id. Rep. 2, 12, 23:

(Majores nostri) senatum rei publicae custodem collo caverunt,

id. Sest. 65, 137:

senatus rem pu blicam tenuit, ut pleraque senatūs auctori tate gererentur,

id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur,

id. ib. 2, 34, 59:

cum potestas in populo, auctoritas in senatu sit,

id. Leg. 3, 12, 28:

nec per senatum solvi hac lege possumus,

id. Rep. 3, 22, 33.—Freq. in the phrase: senatus populusque Romanus (often written S. P. Q. R.), the Senate and people of Rome, i.e. the State, the republic, Cic. Planc. 37, 90; id. Phil. 6, 2, 4;

very rarely in reverse order: populus et senatus Romanus,

Sall. J. 41, 2:

populi Romani senatusque verbis,

Liv. 7, 31, 10; 24, 37, 7; Vitr. praef. 1, 1: senatus (senati, senatuis, v. supra) consultum, a decree of the Senate (v. consulo, P. a. III.); senatūs auctoritas, the same (v. auctoritas, 4.): censuit senatus, the Senate resolved; v. censeo, 3. b. (cf. also decerno, I. A., and decretum, s. v. decerno fin.):

senatum convocare,

Cic. Sull. 23, 65; id. Cat. 2, 6, 12: senatus [p. 1669] est continuo convocatus frequensque convenit, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3; cf.:

senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit,

id. de Or. 3, 1, 2:

vocare senatum,

Liv. 3, 38:

cito cogere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Suet. Caes. 16; id. Tib. 23:

habere senatum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 3; Suet. Aug. 29:

agere,

id. Caes. 88; id. Aug. 35:

eo die non fuit senatus neque postero,

no session of the Senate, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 1:

eodem die Tyriis (legatis) est senatus datus frequens,

i. e. gave audience, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2 sq.; so,

dare senatum (legatis),

Sall. J. 13, 9; Nep. Hann. 7, 6; Liv. 41, 6 et saep.:

senatu dimisso,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

dimittere senatum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146:

mittere,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

multa ejus (Catonis) et in senatu et in foro vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter ferebantur,

in the meetings of the Senate, id. Lael. 2, 6; cf.:

(Catilina) etiam in senatum venit,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 2: ad senatum adduci, in senatu poni, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ad senatum in Capitolio stare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 137: in senatu sedere, to sit among the senators, on the senatorial seats (in the theatre), Suet. Claud. 25 fin.; cf.:

in orchestram senatumque descendit,

id. Ner. 12:

in senatum venire,

to become a senator, Cic. Fl. 18, 42:

de senatu cooptando,

nominating, electing, id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122; Liv. 23, 3:

de senatu movere,

Cic. Clu. 43, 122:

senatu movere,

Sall. C. 23, 1 Dietsch; and:

senatu emovere,

Liv. 45, 15, 8:

ex or de senatu eicere,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Clu. 42, 119; 48, 135; Liv. 40, 51; 41, 27; 43, 15 al. (v. 1. lego and eicio): seminarium senatus, i. e. the order of Knights, from which new senators were elected, Liv. 42, 61, 5.—Also of the Senate of other nations: senatus (Gaditanus), Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2:

Aeduorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 6:

Venetorum,

id. ib. 3, 16 fin. et saep.:

Judaeorum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 27.—

Trop., a council, i. e. consultation (mostly ante-class.):

de re argentariā senatum convocare in corde consiliarium,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 56:

sibi senatum consili in cor convocare,

id. Most. 3, 1, 158; 5, 1, 8; id. Mil. 2, 6, 111:

deūm,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 582.

Ŏtho, ōnis, m., = Othôn, a Roman surname.

L. Roscius Otho, a knight, a friend of Cicero, and author of the law that the knights should occupy the first fourteen seats in the theatre next to the orchestra, Cic. Mur. 19, 40; cf. Ascon. ad Cornel. p. 79 Orell.—Hence, sic libitum vano, qui nos distinxit, Othoni, Juv. 3, 159.—

M. Salvius Otho, a Roman emperor, whose biography is given by Suetonius:

mollis Otho,

Mart. 6, 32, 2; Juv. 2, 99.—Hence,

Ŏthōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Otho, Othonian:

Othoniani duces,

of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 2, 24:

partes,

id. ib. 2, 33.

Ŏtho, ōnis, m., = Othôn, a Roman surname.

L. Roscius Otho, a knight, a friend of Cicero, and author of the law that the knights should occupy the first fourteen seats in the theatre next to the orchestra, Cic. Mur. 19, 40; cf. Ascon. ad Cornel. p. 79 Orell.—Hence, sic libitum vano, qui nos distinxit, Othoni, Juv. 3, 159.—

M. Salvius Otho, a Roman emperor, whose biography is given by Suetonius:

mollis Otho,

Mart. 6, 32, 2; Juv. 2, 99.—Hence,

Ŏthōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Otho, Othonian:

Othoniani duces,

of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 2, 24:

partes,

id. ib. 2, 33.

Roscĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

L. Roscius, a Roman ambassador, slain in a revolt at Fidenæ, Liv. 4, 17, 2.—

L. Roscius Otho, a friend of Cicero, who, when tribune of the people, A. U.C. 686, carried through a law that fourteen rows of seats in the theatre next to those of the senators should be appropriated to the knights, Cic. Mur. 19, 40; Liv. Epit. 99; Ascon. ap. Cornel. p. 784; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; Juv. 14, 324. The law just referred to was called Lex Roscia, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62; Tac. A. 15, 32.—

Q. Roscius Gallus, a freedman from Lanuvium, a very celebrated actor, the intimate friend of Cicero, who defended him in an oration still extant. His excellence soon became proverbial:

videtisne, quam nihil ab eo (sc. Roscio) nisi perfecte, nihil nisi cum summā venustate flat, etc.... Itaque hoc jam diu est consecutus, ut in quo quisque artificio excelleret, is in suo genere Roscius diceretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130; 59, 251; id. Arch. 8, 17; cf. id. Brut. 84, 290; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 82. — Hence,

Roscĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Roscian: imitatio senis, Roscius ' s, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242.—

Sex. Roscius, of Ameria, defended by Cicero, A. U. C. 674, in an oration still extant, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; id. Brut. 90, 312.—

Lucius Roscius, who commanded a legion under Cæsar, Caes. B. G. 7, 53; id. B. C. 1, 10.