the seed

sēmentis, is (acc. sementim, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 B. and K.; Cato, R. R. 17, 2; 17, 27; 17, 30; 17, 61 fin. al.; Col. 11, 2, 81, with the var. lect. sementem, a form which appears also in Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23; Varr. L. L. 5, § 37; Cic. Att. 9, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 65, 281; Liv. 23, 48; Col. 2, 15, 1; 11, 2, 90; abl. semente, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125; Ov. F. 1, 667; Pall. Nov. 1, 1:

sementi,

Col. 2, 9, 15; 2, 10, 8; 2, 11, 1; 11, 2, 82; gen. plur. sementium, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33 dub.), f. [semen].

A seeding, sowing (freq. aud class.;

syn. satio): nemo tam sine mente vivit, ut, quid sit sementis ac messis, quid arborum putatio ac vitium, omnino nesciat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249; so (opp. messis) id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125:

sementim facito,

Cato, R. R. 27; so,

facere,

id. ib. 30; Col. 2, 16, 1; 11, 2, 81 sq.; Liv. 23, 48:

sementis tempus,

Flor. 1, 11, 13. — Plur.:

sementes quam maximas facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 223.—

Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes,

as you sow, so will you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261.—

Trop., a sowing:

a dis inmortalibus malorum sementem esse factam,

Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75; so,

proscriptionis,

id. Att. 9, 8, 1.—Comically:

hisce ego jam sementem in ore faciam pugnosque obseram,

i. e. will plant blows, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—

Transf.

Seed-time:

agro sicco per sementim,

Cato, R. R. 61 fin.; 17, 2:

mediā sementi,

Col. 2, 10, 8; cf.:

prima, novissima, ultima,

id. 2, 9, 2.—

Seed-corn, seed sown (very rare):

ubi venit imber, multorum dierum sementis uno die surgit,

Col. 2, 8, 4:

aqua perfuderit sementem,

Vulg. Lev. 11, 38; id. Marc. 4, 26.—Of the seed or semen of animals, Arn. 5, 163.—

Sementes, the growing crops, the young crops, young corn:

vos date perpetuos teneris sementibus auctus,

Ov. F. 1, 679:

tempestiviores sementes,

Gell. 2, 29, 5; Vulg. Job, 39, 12.

nātālis, e, adj. [natus, nascor], of or belonging to one's birth, birth-, natal:

hunc emortualem facere ex natali die,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 139:

nunc huic lenonist hodie natalis dies,

id. ib. 3, 1, 9:

natali die tuo scripsisti epistulam ad me,

Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1; cf.:

quem ego diem vere natalem hujus urbis aut certe salutarem appellare possum,

Cic. Fl. 40, 102:

natalis dies reditūs mei,

id. Att. 3, 20, 1:

scit genius natale comes qui, temperat astrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

tempus,

Ov. F. 6, 797:

lux,

id. Ib. 219:

hora,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19: humus. Ov. P. 2, 9, 78:

domus,

Val. Fl. 3, 321:

sterilitas,

native, Col. 3, 7: so,

natale decus,

Val. Fl. 6, 61.—

Subst.: nātālis, is (abl. natali;

rarely natale,

Luc. 7, 391; Inscr. Orell. 775; 2534; al. cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 228 sq.), m. (sc. dies).

Lit., a birthday:

ad urbem (veni) tertio Non. natali meo,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3:

natales grate numeras?

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

meus est natalis,

Verg. E. 3, 76:

sex mihi natales ierant,

Ov. H. 15, 61:

Brutorum et Cassi natalibus,

Juv. 5, 37:

debemus mehercule natales tuos perinde ac nostros celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 30, 1. On this day it was customary to make offerings, the men to their Genius, and the women to Juno, and to make presents to each other, Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 2; 5, 5, 1; Mart. 8, 64, 14.—

Transf., any anniversary, a commemorative festival.—Of the day of the foundation of Rome:

natali Urbis DCXXXII.,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55.—(In eccl. Lat.) Of a martyr's death: dies in quo, lege functi carneā, in superna regna nascuntur Dei. Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 171 sq. So of other anniversaries, Paul. Nol. Ep. 20, 3; Aug Serm. 15 de Sanct. init.; id. Serm. 310 in lemm. — Poet.:

natalem alicui eripere,

to prevent one's being born, Luc. 7, 390.—

In plur.: nātāles, ĭum, m., birth, origin, lineage, extraction, descent, family (postAug.):

natalium periti,

the casters of nativities, Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 7:

Cornelius Fuscus claris natalibus,

of distinguished birth, Tac. H. 2, 86; cf.:

natalium claritas,

id. ib. 1, 49:

mulier natalibus clara,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8:

quid, Catilina, tuis natalibus atque Cethegi Inveniet quisquam sublimius?

Juv. 8, 231:

dedecus natalium velare,

Tac. A. 11, 21: natalibus suis restitui or reddi, to be restored to one's birthright, i. e. to be [p. 1189] freed from slavery (because all men were regarded as originally free), Dig. 40, 11, 2:

libertus natalibus redditus,

ib. 38, 2, 3:

de restituendis natalibus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 73 (78). —

Transf., of things, birth, origin:

adamanti pallor argenti, et in auro non nisi excellentissimo natales,

i. e. is produced only in gold-mines, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

arborum,

the seed, id. 17, 10, 14, § 73:

natales impatientiae,

Tert. Pat. 5:

a Pentateucho natales agnitionis supputabuntur,

id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.—

nātāle, is, n.:

et Musis natale in nemore Heliconis adsignant,

the place of birth, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.

Nātālis, is, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Antonius Natalis, Tac. A. 15, 50, 54 sq.; 71.

nātālis, e, adj. [natus, nascor], of or belonging to one's birth, birth-, natal:

hunc emortualem facere ex natali die,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 139:

nunc huic lenonist hodie natalis dies,

id. ib. 3, 1, 9:

natali die tuo scripsisti epistulam ad me,

Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1; cf.:

quem ego diem vere natalem hujus urbis aut certe salutarem appellare possum,

Cic. Fl. 40, 102:

natalis dies reditūs mei,

id. Att. 3, 20, 1:

scit genius natale comes qui, temperat astrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

tempus,

Ov. F. 6, 797:

lux,

id. Ib. 219:

hora,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19: humus. Ov. P. 2, 9, 78:

domus,

Val. Fl. 3, 321:

sterilitas,

native, Col. 3, 7: so,

natale decus,

Val. Fl. 6, 61.—

Subst.: nātālis, is (abl. natali;

rarely natale,

Luc. 7, 391; Inscr. Orell. 775; 2534; al. cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 228 sq.), m. (sc. dies).

Lit., a birthday:

ad urbem (veni) tertio Non. natali meo,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3:

natales grate numeras?

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

meus est natalis,

Verg. E. 3, 76:

sex mihi natales ierant,

Ov. H. 15, 61:

Brutorum et Cassi natalibus,

Juv. 5, 37:

debemus mehercule natales tuos perinde ac nostros celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 30, 1. On this day it was customary to make offerings, the men to their Genius, and the women to Juno, and to make presents to each other, Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 2; 5, 5, 1; Mart. 8, 64, 14.—

Transf., any anniversary, a commemorative festival.—Of the day of the foundation of Rome:

natali Urbis DCXXXII.,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55.—(In eccl. Lat.) Of a martyr's death: dies in quo, lege functi carneā, in superna regna nascuntur Dei. Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 171 sq. So of other anniversaries, Paul. Nol. Ep. 20, 3; Aug Serm. 15 de Sanct. init.; id. Serm. 310 in lemm. — Poet.:

natalem alicui eripere,

to prevent one's being born, Luc. 7, 390.—

In plur.: nātāles, ĭum, m., birth, origin, lineage, extraction, descent, family (postAug.):

natalium periti,

the casters of nativities, Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 7:

Cornelius Fuscus claris natalibus,

of distinguished birth, Tac. H. 2, 86; cf.:

natalium claritas,

id. ib. 1, 49:

mulier natalibus clara,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8:

quid, Catilina, tuis natalibus atque Cethegi Inveniet quisquam sublimius?

Juv. 8, 231:

dedecus natalium velare,

Tac. A. 11, 21: natalibus suis restitui or reddi, to be restored to one's birthright, i. e. to be [p. 1189] freed from slavery (because all men were regarded as originally free), Dig. 40, 11, 2:

libertus natalibus redditus,

ib. 38, 2, 3:

de restituendis natalibus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 73 (78). —

Transf., of things, birth, origin:

adamanti pallor argenti, et in auro non nisi excellentissimo natales,

i. e. is produced only in gold-mines, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

arborum,

the seed, id. 17, 10, 14, § 73:

natales impatientiae,

Tert. Pat. 5:

a Pentateucho natales agnitionis supputabuntur,

id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.—

nātāle, is, n.:

et Musis natale in nemore Heliconis adsignant,

the place of birth, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.

Nātālis, is, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Antonius Natalis, Tac. A. 15, 50, 54 sq.; 71.

nātālis, e, adj. [natus, nascor], of or belonging to one's birth, birth-, natal:

hunc emortualem facere ex natali die,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 139:

nunc huic lenonist hodie natalis dies,

id. ib. 3, 1, 9:

natali die tuo scripsisti epistulam ad me,

Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1; cf.:

quem ego diem vere natalem hujus urbis aut certe salutarem appellare possum,

Cic. Fl. 40, 102:

natalis dies reditūs mei,

id. Att. 3, 20, 1:

scit genius natale comes qui, temperat astrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

tempus,

Ov. F. 6, 797:

lux,

id. Ib. 219:

hora,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19: humus. Ov. P. 2, 9, 78:

domus,

Val. Fl. 3, 321:

sterilitas,

native, Col. 3, 7: so,

natale decus,

Val. Fl. 6, 61.—

Subst.: nātālis, is (abl. natali;

rarely natale,

Luc. 7, 391; Inscr. Orell. 775; 2534; al. cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 228 sq.), m. (sc. dies).

Lit., a birthday:

ad urbem (veni) tertio Non. natali meo,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3:

natales grate numeras?

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

meus est natalis,

Verg. E. 3, 76:

sex mihi natales ierant,

Ov. H. 15, 61:

Brutorum et Cassi natalibus,

Juv. 5, 37:

debemus mehercule natales tuos perinde ac nostros celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 30, 1. On this day it was customary to make offerings, the men to their Genius, and the women to Juno, and to make presents to each other, Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 2; 5, 5, 1; Mart. 8, 64, 14.—

Transf., any anniversary, a commemorative festival.—Of the day of the foundation of Rome:

natali Urbis DCXXXII.,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55.—(In eccl. Lat.) Of a martyr's death: dies in quo, lege functi carneā, in superna regna nascuntur Dei. Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 171 sq. So of other anniversaries, Paul. Nol. Ep. 20, 3; Aug Serm. 15 de Sanct. init.; id. Serm. 310 in lemm. — Poet.:

natalem alicui eripere,

to prevent one's being born, Luc. 7, 390.—

In plur.: nātāles, ĭum, m., birth, origin, lineage, extraction, descent, family (postAug.):

natalium periti,

the casters of nativities, Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 7:

Cornelius Fuscus claris natalibus,

of distinguished birth, Tac. H. 2, 86; cf.:

natalium claritas,

id. ib. 1, 49:

mulier natalibus clara,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8:

quid, Catilina, tuis natalibus atque Cethegi Inveniet quisquam sublimius?

Juv. 8, 231:

dedecus natalium velare,

Tac. A. 11, 21: natalibus suis restitui or reddi, to be restored to one's birthright, i. e. to be [p. 1189] freed from slavery (because all men were regarded as originally free), Dig. 40, 11, 2:

libertus natalibus redditus,

ib. 38, 2, 3:

de restituendis natalibus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 73 (78). —

Transf., of things, birth, origin:

adamanti pallor argenti, et in auro non nisi excellentissimo natales,

i. e. is produced only in gold-mines, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

arborum,

the seed, id. 17, 10, 14, § 73:

natales impatientiae,

Tert. Pat. 5:

a Pentateucho natales agnitionis supputabuntur,

id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.—

nātāle, is, n.:

et Musis natale in nemore Heliconis adsignant,

the place of birth, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.

Nātālis, is, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Antonius Natalis, Tac. A. 15, 50, 54 sq.; 71.

nātālis, e, adj. [natus, nascor], of or belonging to one's birth, birth-, natal:

hunc emortualem facere ex natali die,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 139:

nunc huic lenonist hodie natalis dies,

id. ib. 3, 1, 9:

natali die tuo scripsisti epistulam ad me,

Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1; cf.:

quem ego diem vere natalem hujus urbis aut certe salutarem appellare possum,

Cic. Fl. 40, 102:

natalis dies reditūs mei,

id. Att. 3, 20, 1:

scit genius natale comes qui, temperat astrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

tempus,

Ov. F. 6, 797:

lux,

id. Ib. 219:

hora,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19: humus. Ov. P. 2, 9, 78:

domus,

Val. Fl. 3, 321:

sterilitas,

native, Col. 3, 7: so,

natale decus,

Val. Fl. 6, 61.—

Subst.: nātālis, is (abl. natali;

rarely natale,

Luc. 7, 391; Inscr. Orell. 775; 2534; al. cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 228 sq.), m. (sc. dies).

Lit., a birthday:

ad urbem (veni) tertio Non. natali meo,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3:

natales grate numeras?

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

meus est natalis,

Verg. E. 3, 76:

sex mihi natales ierant,

Ov. H. 15, 61:

Brutorum et Cassi natalibus,

Juv. 5, 37:

debemus mehercule natales tuos perinde ac nostros celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 30, 1. On this day it was customary to make offerings, the men to their Genius, and the women to Juno, and to make presents to each other, Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 2; 5, 5, 1; Mart. 8, 64, 14.—

Transf., any anniversary, a commemorative festival.—Of the day of the foundation of Rome:

natali Urbis DCXXXII.,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55.—(In eccl. Lat.) Of a martyr's death: dies in quo, lege functi carneā, in superna regna nascuntur Dei. Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 171 sq. So of other anniversaries, Paul. Nol. Ep. 20, 3; Aug Serm. 15 de Sanct. init.; id. Serm. 310 in lemm. — Poet.:

natalem alicui eripere,

to prevent one's being born, Luc. 7, 390.—

In plur.: nātāles, ĭum, m., birth, origin, lineage, extraction, descent, family (postAug.):

natalium periti,

the casters of nativities, Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 7:

Cornelius Fuscus claris natalibus,

of distinguished birth, Tac. H. 2, 86; cf.:

natalium claritas,

id. ib. 1, 49:

mulier natalibus clara,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8:

quid, Catilina, tuis natalibus atque Cethegi Inveniet quisquam sublimius?

Juv. 8, 231:

dedecus natalium velare,

Tac. A. 11, 21: natalibus suis restitui or reddi, to be restored to one's birthright, i. e. to be [p. 1189] freed from slavery (because all men were regarded as originally free), Dig. 40, 11, 2:

libertus natalibus redditus,

ib. 38, 2, 3:

de restituendis natalibus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 73 (78). —

Transf., of things, birth, origin:

adamanti pallor argenti, et in auro non nisi excellentissimo natales,

i. e. is produced only in gold-mines, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

arborum,

the seed, id. 17, 10, 14, § 73:

natales impatientiae,

Tert. Pat. 5:

a Pentateucho natales agnitionis supputabuntur,

id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.—

nātāle, is, n.:

et Musis natale in nemore Heliconis adsignant,

the place of birth, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.

Nātālis, is, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Antonius Natalis, Tac. A. 15, 50, 54 sq.; 71.

Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos (also Cnĭd-), i, f., = Knidos, a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles; now Cnido, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; 3, 28, 13; Ov. M. 10, 531; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 16.—

Deriv. Gnĭdĭus ( Cn-), a um, adj., of or belonging to Gnidus, Gnidian:

Venus,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23:

Gyges,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 20:

granum,

i. e. the seed of the mezereon, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114:

arundo,

i. e. Gnidian writingreed, Aus. Ep. 7, 50;

also called nodi,

id. ib. 4, 74.—In plur. subst.: Gnĭdii ( Cn-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnidus, Gnidians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.

faenus (less correctly fēn-, not foen-; cf. in the foll.), ŏris, n. [fe-, feo; cf.: faenum, femina, etc.; therefore, lit., what is produced; hence].

Prop., the proceeds of capital lent out, interest (cf.: usura, versura): faenerator, sicuti M. Varro in libro tertio de Sermone Latino scripsit, a faenore est nominatus. Faenus autem dictum a fetu, et quasi a fetura quadam pecuniae parientis atque increscentis, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 7 sq., and ap. Non. 54, 5 sq.; cf.: faenus et faeneratores et lex de credita pecunia fenebris a fetu dicta, quod crediti nummi alios pariant, ut apud Graecos eadem res tokos dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 86 Müll.: cf.: faenum (so it should read, instead of faenus) appellatur naturalis terrae fetus;

ob quam causam et nummorum fetus faenus est vocatum et de ea re leges fenebres,

id. p. 94:

idem pecunias his faenori dabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170:

pecuniam faenore accipere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §

169: Scaptius centesimis, renovato in singulos annos faenore, contentus non fuit,

id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

faenus ex triente Idib. Quint. factum erat bessibus,

id. ib. 4, 15, 7:

iniquissimo faenore versuram facere,

id. ib. 16, 15, 5:

Graeci solvent tolerabili faenore,

id. ib. 6, 1, 16:

pecuniam occupare grandi faenore,

id. Fl. 21, 51:

dives positis in faenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421:

faenore omni solutus,

id. Epod. 2, 4.—

Transf.

Capital lent on interest (very rare):

argenti faenus creditum,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 101:

faenus et impendium recusare,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.—

Meton., that lent to the soil, i. e. the seed:

quam bona fide terra creditum faenus reddit!

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 155.—

Gain, profit, advantage: terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium, nec unquam sine usura reddit quod accepit, sed alias minore, plerumque majore cum faenore, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

semina, quae magno faenore reddat ager,

Tib. 2, 6, 22; and:

cum quinquagesimo faenore messes reddit eximia fertilitas soli,

Plin. 18, 17, 47, § 162:

saepe venit magno faenore tardus amor,

Prop. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

at mihi, quod vivo detraxerit invida turba, Post obitum duplici faenore reddet Honos,

id. 3 (4), 1, 22.

faenus (less correctly fēn-, not foen-; cf. in the foll.), ŏris, n. [fe-, feo; cf.: faenum, femina, etc.; therefore, lit., what is produced; hence].

Prop., the proceeds of capital lent out, interest (cf.: usura, versura): faenerator, sicuti M. Varro in libro tertio de Sermone Latino scripsit, a faenore est nominatus. Faenus autem dictum a fetu, et quasi a fetura quadam pecuniae parientis atque increscentis, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 7 sq., and ap. Non. 54, 5 sq.; cf.: faenus et faeneratores et lex de credita pecunia fenebris a fetu dicta, quod crediti nummi alios pariant, ut apud Graecos eadem res tokos dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 86 Müll.: cf.: faenum (so it should read, instead of faenus) appellatur naturalis terrae fetus;

ob quam causam et nummorum fetus faenus est vocatum et de ea re leges fenebres,

id. p. 94:

idem pecunias his faenori dabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170:

pecuniam faenore accipere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §

169: Scaptius centesimis, renovato in singulos annos faenore, contentus non fuit,

id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

faenus ex triente Idib. Quint. factum erat bessibus,

id. ib. 4, 15, 7:

iniquissimo faenore versuram facere,

id. ib. 16, 15, 5:

Graeci solvent tolerabili faenore,

id. ib. 6, 1, 16:

pecuniam occupare grandi faenore,

id. Fl. 21, 51:

dives positis in faenore nummis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 13; id. A. P. 421:

faenore omni solutus,

id. Epod. 2, 4.—

Transf.

Capital lent on interest (very rare):

argenti faenus creditum,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 101:

faenus et impendium recusare,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.—

Meton., that lent to the soil, i. e. the seed:

quam bona fide terra creditum faenus reddit!

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 155.—

Gain, profit, advantage: terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium, nec unquam sine usura reddit quod accepit, sed alias minore, plerumque majore cum faenore, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

semina, quae magno faenore reddat ager,

Tib. 2, 6, 22; and:

cum quinquagesimo faenore messes reddit eximia fertilitas soli,

Plin. 18, 17, 47, § 162:

saepe venit magno faenore tardus amor,

Prop. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

at mihi, quod vivo detraxerit invida turba, Post obitum duplici faenore reddet Honos,

id. 3 (4), 1, 22.

Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos (also Cnĭd-), i, f., = Knidos, a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles; now Cnido, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; 3, 28, 13; Ov. M. 10, 531; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 16.—

Deriv. Gnĭdĭus ( Cn-), a um, adj., of or belonging to Gnidus, Gnidian:

Venus,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23:

Gyges,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 20:

granum,

i. e. the seed of the mezereon, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114:

arundo,

i. e. Gnidian writingreed, Aus. Ep. 7, 50;

also called nodi,

id. ib. 4, 74.—In plur. subst.: Gnĭdii ( Cn-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnidus, Gnidians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.

Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos (also Cnĭd-), i, f., = Knidos, a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles; now Cnido, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; 3, 28, 13; Ov. M. 10, 531; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 16.—

Deriv. Gnĭdĭus ( Cn-), a um, adj., of or belonging to Gnidus, Gnidian:

Venus,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23:

Gyges,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 20:

granum,

i. e. the seed of the mezereon, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114:

arundo,

i. e. Gnidian writingreed, Aus. Ep. 7, 50;

also called nodi,

id. ib. 4, 74.—In plur. subst.: Gnĭdii ( Cn-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnidus, Gnidians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.

Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos (also Cnĭd-), i, f., = Knidos, a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles; now Cnido, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; 3, 28, 13; Ov. M. 10, 531; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 16.—

Deriv. Gnĭdĭus ( Cn-), a um, adj., of or belonging to Gnidus, Gnidian:

Venus,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23:

Gyges,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 20:

granum,

i. e. the seed of the mezereon, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114:

arundo,

i. e. Gnidian writingreed, Aus. Ep. 7, 50;

also called nodi,

id. ib. 4, 74.—In plur. subst.: Gnĭdii ( Cn-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnidus, Gnidians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.

Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos (also Cnĭd-), i, f., = Knidos, a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles; now Cnido, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; 3, 28, 13; Ov. M. 10, 531; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 16.—

Deriv. Gnĭdĭus ( Cn-), a um, adj., of or belonging to Gnidus, Gnidian:

Venus,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23:

Gyges,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 20:

granum,

i. e. the seed of the mezereon, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114:

arundo,

i. e. Gnidian writingreed, Aus. Ep. 7, 50;

also called nodi,

id. ib. 4, 74.—In plur. subst.: Gnĭdii ( Cn-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnidus, Gnidians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.

Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos (also Cnĭd-), i, f., = Knidos, a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles; now Cnido, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; 3, 28, 13; Ov. M. 10, 531; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 16.—

Deriv. Gnĭdĭus ( Cn-), a um, adj., of or belonging to Gnidus, Gnidian:

Venus,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23:

Gyges,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 20:

granum,

i. e. the seed of the mezereon, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114:

arundo,

i. e. Gnidian writingreed, Aus. Ep. 7, 50;

also called nodi,

id. ib. 4, 74.—In plur. subst.: Gnĭdii ( Cn-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnidus, Gnidians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.

cărŏs, i, m., = karos, heavy sleep, torpor, sleep of death, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 5.—

The seed of the hypericon, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119.

volva or vulva, ae, f. [volvo], a wrapper, covering, integument.

In gen.:

fungorum,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

pomorum,

i. e. the seed-covering, Scrib. Comp. 104 fin. —

In partic., the womb, matrix of women and she-animals (syn. uterus), Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Cels. 4, 1; 4, 20; 5, 21; 5, 25 et saep.; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Juv. 6, 128; Mart. 11, 61, 11; Pers. 4, 35 al.— A sow's matrix, as a very favorite dish, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 210; Naev. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41; Mart. 13, 56, 2.