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  • 1 orbis

    orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. — Abl. regul. orbe;

    but orbi,

    Lucr. 5, 74:

    ex orbi,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so,

    orbi terrarum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in orbem torquere,

    Cic. Univ. 7:

    curvare aliquid in orbem,

    Ov. M. 2, 715:

    certumque equitavit in orbem,

    id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring:

    et digitum justo commodus orbe teras,

    fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6:

    unionum,

    roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men:

    ut in orbem consisterent,

    place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    orbem volventes suos increpans,

    Liv. 4, 28:

    in orbem pugnare,

    id. 28, 22, 15:

    in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere,

    id. 28, 33, 15: stella (phaethôn) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:

    lacteus,

    the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body:

    sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils:

    immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago,

    Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk:

    orbis mensae,

    a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus:

    ictus ab orbe,

    Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance:

    instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe,

    Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror:

    addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem,

    Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield:

    illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici... Transiit,

    Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces [p. 1276] of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel:

    rotarum orbes circumacti,

    Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself:

    undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes,

    Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye:

    inanem luminis orbem,

    Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself:

    gemino lumen ab orbe venit,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16:

    ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit,

    Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb:

    lucidus orbis,

    Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb:

    quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,

    Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe:

    Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem,

    Ov. F. 1, 85:

    renatus,

    the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk):

    permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33:

    ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66:

    cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis?

    Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.):

    hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae,

    Ov. F. 5, 93:

    unus,

    Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148:

    universus,

    Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory:

    Eoo dives ab orbe redit,

    the East, Ov. F. 3, 466:

    Assyrius,

    Juv. 2, 108:

    noster,

    Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., a circle.
    A.
    Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit:

    ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur,

    Liv. 3, 10:

    insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret,

    in rotation, id. 3, 36:

    orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

    the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci enkuklion paideian vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—
    C.
    Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity:

    circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

    orationis,

    id. Or. 71, 234:

    historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129.—
    D.
    A circle or cycle of thought:

    sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.:

    circa vilem patulumque orbem,

    Hor. A. P. 132.—
    E.
    Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around:

    quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant,

    in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.

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  • 2 Phaethentis

    Phăĕthon (dissyl.: fulmine Phaethon, Varr. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18), ontis, m., = Phaethôn (the shining one).
    I.
    Son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun's chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Jupiter, to prevent his setting the earth on fire, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. N. D. 3, 31, 76; cf.:

    Phaëthontem orbi terrarum educare,

    Suet. Calig. 11; Ov. M. 2, 47 sq.; Verg. A. 10, 189.—
    B.
    An epithet of the sun ( poet.), Verg. A. 5, 105; Sil. 6, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    Phăĕ-thontēus, a, um, adj., = Phaethonteios, of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean ( poet.):

    ignes,

    Ov. M. 4, 246:

    Padus (because Phaëthon is said to have fallen into the Padus),

    Mart. 10, 12, 2:

    favilla, i. e. fulmen,

    Stat. Th. 1, 221: umbra, i. e. of the poplar (because the sisters of Phaëthon were changed into poplars), Mart. 6, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Phăĕthontĭas, ădis, f., = Phaethontias, a Phaëthontiad, i. e. a sister of Phaëthon. They wept for their brother, and were changed into poplars (acc. to others, into alders), while their tears were converted into amber:

    Phaëthontiadum silva sororum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 185; Verg. E. 6, 62; cf. Ov. M. 2, 340 sqq.—
    C.
    Phăĕthentis, ĭdis, f., = Phaethontis, subst., i. q. Phaëthontias, a Phaëthontiad, a sister of Phaëthon ( poet.), Avien. Arat. 792.—As adj., of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian: gutta, amber (into which the tears of Phaëthon's sisters were said to be converted), Mart. 4, 32, 1.—
    D.
    Phăĕthontĭus, a, um, adj., = Phaethontios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian:

    fabula,

    Stat. S. 2, 4, 9:

    amnis, i.e. Padus (v. Phaëthonteus),

    Sil. 7, 149. —
    2.
    Of or belonging to the sun:

    ora,

    the sun's disk, Sil. 10, 110.

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  • 3 Phaethon

    Phăĕthon (dissyl.: fulmine Phaethon, Varr. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18), ontis, m., = Phaethôn (the shining one).
    I.
    Son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun's chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Jupiter, to prevent his setting the earth on fire, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. N. D. 3, 31, 76; cf.:

    Phaëthontem orbi terrarum educare,

    Suet. Calig. 11; Ov. M. 2, 47 sq.; Verg. A. 10, 189.—
    B.
    An epithet of the sun ( poet.), Verg. A. 5, 105; Sil. 6, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    Phăĕ-thontēus, a, um, adj., = Phaethonteios, of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean ( poet.):

    ignes,

    Ov. M. 4, 246:

    Padus (because Phaëthon is said to have fallen into the Padus),

    Mart. 10, 12, 2:

    favilla, i. e. fulmen,

    Stat. Th. 1, 221: umbra, i. e. of the poplar (because the sisters of Phaëthon were changed into poplars), Mart. 6, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Phăĕthontĭas, ădis, f., = Phaethontias, a Phaëthontiad, i. e. a sister of Phaëthon. They wept for their brother, and were changed into poplars (acc. to others, into alders), while their tears were converted into amber:

    Phaëthontiadum silva sororum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 185; Verg. E. 6, 62; cf. Ov. M. 2, 340 sqq.—
    C.
    Phăĕthentis, ĭdis, f., = Phaethontis, subst., i. q. Phaëthontias, a Phaëthontiad, a sister of Phaëthon ( poet.), Avien. Arat. 792.—As adj., of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian: gutta, amber (into which the tears of Phaëthon's sisters were said to be converted), Mart. 4, 32, 1.—
    D.
    Phăĕthontĭus, a, um, adj., = Phaethontios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian:

    fabula,

    Stat. S. 2, 4, 9:

    amnis, i.e. Padus (v. Phaëthonteus),

    Sil. 7, 149. —
    2.
    Of or belonging to the sun:

    ora,

    the sun's disk, Sil. 10, 110.

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  • 4 Phaethonteus

    Phăĕthon (dissyl.: fulmine Phaethon, Varr. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18), ontis, m., = Phaethôn (the shining one).
    I.
    Son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun's chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Jupiter, to prevent his setting the earth on fire, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. N. D. 3, 31, 76; cf.:

    Phaëthontem orbi terrarum educare,

    Suet. Calig. 11; Ov. M. 2, 47 sq.; Verg. A. 10, 189.—
    B.
    An epithet of the sun ( poet.), Verg. A. 5, 105; Sil. 6, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    Phăĕ-thontēus, a, um, adj., = Phaethonteios, of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean ( poet.):

    ignes,

    Ov. M. 4, 246:

    Padus (because Phaëthon is said to have fallen into the Padus),

    Mart. 10, 12, 2:

    favilla, i. e. fulmen,

    Stat. Th. 1, 221: umbra, i. e. of the poplar (because the sisters of Phaëthon were changed into poplars), Mart. 6, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Phăĕthontĭas, ădis, f., = Phaethontias, a Phaëthontiad, i. e. a sister of Phaëthon. They wept for their brother, and were changed into poplars (acc. to others, into alders), while their tears were converted into amber:

    Phaëthontiadum silva sororum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 185; Verg. E. 6, 62; cf. Ov. M. 2, 340 sqq.—
    C.
    Phăĕthentis, ĭdis, f., = Phaethontis, subst., i. q. Phaëthontias, a Phaëthontiad, a sister of Phaëthon ( poet.), Avien. Arat. 792.—As adj., of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian: gutta, amber (into which the tears of Phaëthon's sisters were said to be converted), Mart. 4, 32, 1.—
    D.
    Phăĕthontĭus, a, um, adj., = Phaethontios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian:

    fabula,

    Stat. S. 2, 4, 9:

    amnis, i.e. Padus (v. Phaëthonteus),

    Sil. 7, 149. —
    2.
    Of or belonging to the sun:

    ora,

    the sun's disk, Sil. 10, 110.

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  • 5 Phaethontias

    Phăĕthon (dissyl.: fulmine Phaethon, Varr. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18), ontis, m., = Phaethôn (the shining one).
    I.
    Son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun's chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Jupiter, to prevent his setting the earth on fire, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. N. D. 3, 31, 76; cf.:

    Phaëthontem orbi terrarum educare,

    Suet. Calig. 11; Ov. M. 2, 47 sq.; Verg. A. 10, 189.—
    B.
    An epithet of the sun ( poet.), Verg. A. 5, 105; Sil. 6, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    Phăĕ-thontēus, a, um, adj., = Phaethonteios, of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean ( poet.):

    ignes,

    Ov. M. 4, 246:

    Padus (because Phaëthon is said to have fallen into the Padus),

    Mart. 10, 12, 2:

    favilla, i. e. fulmen,

    Stat. Th. 1, 221: umbra, i. e. of the poplar (because the sisters of Phaëthon were changed into poplars), Mart. 6, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Phăĕthontĭas, ădis, f., = Phaethontias, a Phaëthontiad, i. e. a sister of Phaëthon. They wept for their brother, and were changed into poplars (acc. to others, into alders), while their tears were converted into amber:

    Phaëthontiadum silva sororum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 185; Verg. E. 6, 62; cf. Ov. M. 2, 340 sqq.—
    C.
    Phăĕthentis, ĭdis, f., = Phaethontis, subst., i. q. Phaëthontias, a Phaëthontiad, a sister of Phaëthon ( poet.), Avien. Arat. 792.—As adj., of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian: gutta, amber (into which the tears of Phaëthon's sisters were said to be converted), Mart. 4, 32, 1.—
    D.
    Phăĕthontĭus, a, um, adj., = Phaethontios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian:

    fabula,

    Stat. S. 2, 4, 9:

    amnis, i.e. Padus (v. Phaëthonteus),

    Sil. 7, 149. —
    2.
    Of or belonging to the sun:

    ora,

    the sun's disk, Sil. 10, 110.

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  • 6 Phaethontius

    Phăĕthon (dissyl.: fulmine Phaethon, Varr. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18), ontis, m., = Phaethôn (the shining one).
    I.
    Son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun's chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Jupiter, to prevent his setting the earth on fire, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. N. D. 3, 31, 76; cf.:

    Phaëthontem orbi terrarum educare,

    Suet. Calig. 11; Ov. M. 2, 47 sq.; Verg. A. 10, 189.—
    B.
    An epithet of the sun ( poet.), Verg. A. 5, 105; Sil. 6, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    Phăĕ-thontēus, a, um, adj., = Phaethonteios, of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean ( poet.):

    ignes,

    Ov. M. 4, 246:

    Padus (because Phaëthon is said to have fallen into the Padus),

    Mart. 10, 12, 2:

    favilla, i. e. fulmen,

    Stat. Th. 1, 221: umbra, i. e. of the poplar (because the sisters of Phaëthon were changed into poplars), Mart. 6, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Phăĕthontĭas, ădis, f., = Phaethontias, a Phaëthontiad, i. e. a sister of Phaëthon. They wept for their brother, and were changed into poplars (acc. to others, into alders), while their tears were converted into amber:

    Phaëthontiadum silva sororum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 185; Verg. E. 6, 62; cf. Ov. M. 2, 340 sqq.—
    C.
    Phăĕthentis, ĭdis, f., = Phaethontis, subst., i. q. Phaëthontias, a Phaëthontiad, a sister of Phaëthon ( poet.), Avien. Arat. 792.—As adj., of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian: gutta, amber (into which the tears of Phaëthon's sisters were said to be converted), Mart. 4, 32, 1.—
    D.
    Phăĕthontĭus, a, um, adj., = Phaethontios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontian:

    fabula,

    Stat. S. 2, 4, 9:

    amnis, i.e. Padus (v. Phaëthonteus),

    Sil. 7, 149. —
    2.
    Of or belonging to the sun:

    ora,

    the sun's disk, Sil. 10, 110.

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  • 7 clipeus (clup-)

        clipeus (clup-) ī, m, or clipeum, ī, n    [CLEP-], a round shield of metal: speciem inclusit in clupeo: maximis clipeis uti, N.: clipeos ad tela sinistris obicere, V.—Prov.: clipeum post volnera sumere, i. e. to act too late, O.—Poet.: dei (Phoebi) clipeus, i. e. the sun's disk, O.—A metallic tablet for a relief, medallion: argenteum, L.

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  • 8 orbis

        orbis is, abl. orbe (rarely -bī, C.), m    a ring, circle, re-entering way, circular path, hoop, orbit: in orbem intorquere: in orbem curvat (iter) eun<*> dem, O.: digitum iusto commodus orbe teras, a ring, O.: ut in orbem consisterent, form a circle, Cs.: orbe facto se defendere, a hollow square, Cs.: orbem volventes suos increpans, L.: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, L.: duodecim signorum orbis, zodiac: lacteus, Milky Way: sidera suos orbes conficiunt, orbits: inmensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, coils, V.—A round surface, disk, circle: mensae, round top, O.: de tot pulchris orbibus comedunt, round tables, Iu.: lucidus, disk (of the sun), V.: ictus ab orbe, quoit, O.: (hasta) per orbem cavum Transit, shield, V.—A mosaic pavement, Iu.—One side of a balance: alterno orbe, Tb.—A wheel: Unda ferratos sustinet orbes, V.: Fortunae stantis in orbe Numen, her wheel, O.—An eye-socket, eye: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, eye, O.: oculorum orbes, V.—With terrae or terrarum, the circle of the world, earth, world, universe: orbis terrae, S., C.: terrarum orbis, V.—The earth, world, universe (sc. terrae): Iuppiter totum cum spectet in orbem, O.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: Roma orbis caput, O.—A country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, O.: Assyrius, Iu.—Fig., a circle, rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, L.: orbis hic in re p. est conversus, the circle of political change: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, in rotation, L.—In time, a cycle, round, period: Annuus, V.: Triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbīs explebit, years, V. —Of speech, a rounding off, period, cycle: quasi orbem verborum conficere: orationis.—A cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem incidere non possunt: circa vilem patulumque orbem, the trite and obvious path, H.
    * * *
    circle; territory/region; sphere

    orbis terrarum -- world/(circle of lands)

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  • 9 rota

    rŏta, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. ratha, chariot, and Germ. Rad (cf.rotundus), wheel], a wheel.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pro rotā me uti licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 9; cf.:

    vorsutior es quam rota figularis,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 35:

    orbes rotarum,

    Lucr. 6, 551; Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

    axes rotarum,

    id. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

    radiata,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15:

    aurea curvatura summae rotae, Ov M. 2, 108: aquaria,

    Cato, R. R. 11, 3: ne currente rotā funis eat retro, while the wheel (in a hoisting machine) hurries forward, Hor. C. 3, 10, 10 et saep.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    A potter ' s wheel (cf. supra, figularis):

    amphora coepit Institui: currente rotā cur urceus exit?

    Hor. A. P. 22; so,

    Cumana,

    Tib. 2, 3, 48:

    Aristarchus invenit rotam figuli, cujus circuitu vasa formantur,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 31.—
    b.
    A wheel for torture (trochos, among the Greeks):

    in rotam beatam vitam non escendere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    cervicem circumactu rotae frangere,

    Sen. Ep. 70, 23; App. M. 3, p. 133; 10, p. 243; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1011.— Ixion ' s wheel, Tib. 1, 3, 74; Verg. G. 4, 484; id. A. 6, 616; Sen. Herc. Fur. 750 et saep.—
    c.
    A roller:

    aliquid subjectis rotis traicere,

    Front. 1, 5, 7:

    propellere,

    Tac. H. 4, 23; Vitr. 10, 13, 2.—
    B.
    Poet., transf.
    1.
    (Pars pro toto.) A car, chariot: si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam, Ov.A. A. 2,230; cf. (opp. pedibus) id. M. 1, 448; so Prop. 1, 2, 20; 2, 25 (3, 20), 26;

    4 (5), 10, 42: subdiderat rotas,

    Verg. A. 12, 675; Ov. M. 2, 139; 312; 3, 150. —Of the span of horses:

    Cynthia fraternis afflata rotis,

    Sil. 4, 483.—
    2.
    Of things in the shape of a wheel or disk.
    a.
    The disk of the sun:

    solis rota,

    Lucr. 5, 432; 564; cf.:

    flammea Phoebi,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1022; and simply rota, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 36 fin.; Val. Fl. 3, 559.—
    b.
    A kind of sea-fish, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; 32, 11, 53, § 144.—
    II.
    Trop., a wheel:

    fortunae rotam pertimescere,

    i. e. fickleness, inconstancy, Cic. Pis. 10, 22; cf.:

    versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

    Tib. 1, 5, 70; Prop. 2, 8, 8 (10); Tac. Or. 23; Amm. 26, 8, 13.— Poet.:

    imparibus vecta Thalia rotis,

    i. e. in elegiac metre, Ov. A. A. 1, 264; so,

    disparibus (elegorum) rotis,

    id. P. 3, 4, 86: jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor, vorsor in amoris rotā miser, on the rack of love (cf. I. A. 2. b. supra), Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4.

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  • 10 clipeus

    clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].
    I.
    The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:

    clipeum post vulnera sumere,

    i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —
    B.
    Trop., a shield, protection, defence, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 433.—
    II.
    Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *
    A.
    The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—
    * B.
    The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—
    C.
    A round meteor:

    clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,
    D.
    A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):

    scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,

    Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —
    E.
    Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664).

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  • 11 clypeus

    clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].
    I.
    The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:

    clipeum post vulnera sumere,

    i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —
    B.
    Trop., a shield, protection, defence, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 433.—
    II.
    Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *
    A.
    The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—
    * B.
    The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—
    C.
    A round meteor:

    clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,
    D.
    A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):

    scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,

    Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —
    E.
    Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664).

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