the testicles

corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).

Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).

In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:

tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,

Lucr. 1, 305:

animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,

id. Marcell. 9, 28:

parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,

Lucr. 1, 617:

ignea rerum,

id. 1, 680:

terraï,

id. 5, 236:

acerbum Neptuni,

id. 2, 472:

aquae,

id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:

nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,

Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—

In partic.

The flesh of animal bodies:

ossa subjecta corpori,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;

12, 10, 5: amittere,

to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:

abiit corpusque colorque,

Ov. H. 3, 141;

and the opp. facere,

to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:

quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:

inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,

Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—

Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:

nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,

the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:

corpus eloquentiae facere,

the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:

corpus orationis enervatur,

Petr. 2.—

A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—

As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—

In mal. part., the body, person:

usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108:

illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:

corpore quaestum facere,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;

v. quaestus.— Hence also,

the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—

Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;

also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,

Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:

lectissima matrum,

id. ib. 9, 272:

quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,

id. ib. 7, 650;

11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,

Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:

sororum,

Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:

conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,

Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:

uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:

qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,

id. 3, 56, 8; so,

liberum,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:

seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,

id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:

pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,

Curt. 4, 11, 6.—

Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;

of ships,

the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:

totum corpus coronā militum cingere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:

Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,

Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:

alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:

nullum civitatis,

a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:

totum corpus Macedoniae,

id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:

sui corporis regem creari,

id. 1, 17, 2:

corpus mercatorum,

guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:

corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),

Liv. 5, 46, 5:

oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,

id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:

fabrorum et naviculariorum,

Dig. 50, 6, 5:

utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:

corpus omnis Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 34, 7;

hence, Corpus Juris,

title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:

rationum,

Dig. 40, 5, 37:

patrimonii,

ib. 4, 2, 20:

omnia maternae hereditatis,

ib. 4, 31, 79.

viscus, ĕris, and more freq. in the plur.: viscĕra, um, n. [prop. the soft parts; cf.: viscum, viscidus], the inner parts of the animal body, the internal organs, the inwards, viscera (the nobler parts, the heart, lungs, liver, as well as the ignobler, the stomach, entrails, etc.; cf.: ilia, intestina, exta).

Sing.: mortui praecordia et viscus omne, Cels. praef. med.; Lucr. 1, 837; 3, 719; Tib. 1, 3, 76; Ov. M. 6, 290; 15, 365; Luc. 3, 658; Quint. Decl. 1, 14; Nemes. Cyn. 139.—

Plur. (only so in class. prose), Cels. 4, 11; 7, 9, 2; Lucr. 2, 669; 3, 249; 3, 375 al.; Ov. M. 7, 601; 8, 846; 12, 390; 15, 314; id. F. 4, 205 al.—Of the uterus, Quint. 10, 3, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 8.—Of the testicles, Petr. 119; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142.—

Transf.

The flesh, as lying under the skin:

cum Herculi Dejanira sanguine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset, inhaesissetque ea visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ut multus e visceribus sanguis exeat, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi!

Ov. M. 15, 88:

boum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

taurorum,

Verg. A. 6, 253; 8, 180.—

The fruit of the womb, offspring, child ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

(Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum,

Ov. M. 6, 651; 8, 478; 10, 465; id. H. 11, 118; cf. Curt. 4, 14, 22:

viscera sua flammis inicere,

i. e. one's own writings, Quint. 6, praef. § 3 Spald.—

Trop., like our bowels, for the interior, inward or inmost part:

itum est in viscera terrae,

Ov. M. 1, 138:

montis (Aetnae),

Verg. A. 3, 575:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

in venis atque in visceribus rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

haec in dicendo non extrinsecus alicunde quaerenda, sed ex ipsis visceribus causae sumenda sunt,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 318: quae (enkeleusmata) mihi in visceribus haerent, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

neu patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,

i. e. her own citizens, Verg. A. 6, 833:

de visceribus tuis,

i. e. from your means, property, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; so,

aerarii,

id. Dom. 47 fin.: magnarum domuum, the heart, i. e. the favorite, Juv. 3, 72.

viscus, i, v. viscum init.

viscus, ĕris, and more freq. in the plur.: viscĕra, um, n. [prop. the soft parts; cf.: viscum, viscidus], the inner parts of the animal body, the internal organs, the inwards, viscera (the nobler parts, the heart, lungs, liver, as well as the ignobler, the stomach, entrails, etc.; cf.: ilia, intestina, exta).

Sing.: mortui praecordia et viscus omne, Cels. praef. med.; Lucr. 1, 837; 3, 719; Tib. 1, 3, 76; Ov. M. 6, 290; 15, 365; Luc. 3, 658; Quint. Decl. 1, 14; Nemes. Cyn. 139.—

Plur. (only so in class. prose), Cels. 4, 11; 7, 9, 2; Lucr. 2, 669; 3, 249; 3, 375 al.; Ov. M. 7, 601; 8, 846; 12, 390; 15, 314; id. F. 4, 205 al.—Of the uterus, Quint. 10, 3, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 8.—Of the testicles, Petr. 119; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142.—

Transf.

The flesh, as lying under the skin:

cum Herculi Dejanira sanguine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset, inhaesissetque ea visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ut multus e visceribus sanguis exeat, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi!

Ov. M. 15, 88:

boum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

taurorum,

Verg. A. 6, 253; 8, 180.—

The fruit of the womb, offspring, child ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

(Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum,

Ov. M. 6, 651; 8, 478; 10, 465; id. H. 11, 118; cf. Curt. 4, 14, 22:

viscera sua flammis inicere,

i. e. one's own writings, Quint. 6, praef. § 3 Spald.—

Trop., like our bowels, for the interior, inward or inmost part:

itum est in viscera terrae,

Ov. M. 1, 138:

montis (Aetnae),

Verg. A. 3, 575:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

in venis atque in visceribus rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

haec in dicendo non extrinsecus alicunde quaerenda, sed ex ipsis visceribus causae sumenda sunt,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 318: quae (enkeleusmata) mihi in visceribus haerent, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

neu patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,

i. e. her own citizens, Verg. A. 6, 833:

de visceribus tuis,

i. e. from your means, property, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; so,

aerarii,

id. Dom. 47 fin.: magnarum domuum, the heart, i. e. the favorite, Juv. 3, 72.

viscus, i, v. viscum init.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

prōles, is ( gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles].

Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.;

but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). — Poet.:

propagando procudere prolem,

to bring forth, produce children, Lucr. 5, 856:

prolem est enixa gemellam,

Ov. M. 9, 452:

laudantur simili prole puerperae,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19:

di Romulae genti date remque prolemque,

id. ib. 47:

et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem,

Verg. A. 1, 75:

felix prole parens,

Val. Fl. 5, 384:

tua postuma proles,

Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

aënea,

Ov. M. 1, 125:

argentea,

id. ib. 1, 114:

proles Ausonia,

the Ausonian race, Verg. A. 4, 236:

dic mihi, Teucrorum proles,

Juv. 8, 56.—In prose:

praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

proles illa futurorum hominum,

race, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ( poet.):

Ulixi,

i. e. Telemachus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40:

proles tertia Phorcus,

Ov. M. 7, 477:

Clymeneïa,

i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19:

Apollinea,

i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533:

deūm certissima proles,

Verg. A. 6, 322:

egomet Neptunia proles,

Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities:

Saturni altera proles,

Verg. A. 12, 830:

Bacchi rustica proles,

i. e. Priapus, Tib. 1, 4, 7:

Cyllenia proles,

Verg. A. 4, 268:

fulminis,

i. e. Bacchus, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25:

Jovis,

Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals:

hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit,

Lucr. 1, 259:

duellica equorum,

id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65:

jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum,

id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. — Poet., of plants:

et prolem tarde crescentis olivae,

i. e. the fruit, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—

Transf.

Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

sternitur Arcadiae proles,

Verg. A. 10, 429.—

The testicles (post-class.):

polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.

pŏlīmen, ĭnis, n. [1. polio].

Polish, brightness (post-class.). baltei polimina, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 30.—

poli-mina, um, n., the testicles, Arn. 7, 230.

pŏlīmen, ĭnis, n. [1. polio].

Polish, brightness (post-class.). baltei polimina, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 30.—

poli-mina, um, n., the testicles, Arn. 7, 230.

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