the thunderbolts

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus:

quasi Titani cum dis belligerem?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.— Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.— Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.— Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian:

pubes, Fulmine dejecti,

i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580:

bella,

i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725:

antra,

Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic:

pugna,

of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132:

Circe, as daughter of Sol,

Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

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mănŭbĭae, ārum (in sing., v. infra, II.), f. [1. manus].

In milit. and legal lang.

Lit.: money obtained from the sale of booty (opp. praeda, the booty itself). Of this money, one part was put into the ærarium, one was given to the soldiers, and the remainder to the general; this last part was usually expended by the general on public buildings: aliud omnino praeda est, ut in libris rerum verborumque veterum scriptum est, aliud manubiae. Nam praeda dicitur corpora ipsa rerum, quae capta sunt: manubiae vero appellatae sunt pecunia a quaestore ex venditione praedae redacta, etc.... Est tamen nonnusquam invenire, ita scripsisse quosdam non ignobiles scriptores, ut aut temere aut incuriose praedam pro manubiis et manubias pro praeda posuerint, etc.... Sed enim, qui proprie atque signate locuti sunt, manubias pecuni [p. 1111] am dixerunt, Favorin. ap. Gell. 13, 24, 25 sq.; Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2 Mai.:

qua ex praeda aut manubiis haec abs te donatio constituta est?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 186;

so with praeda,

id. Agr. 1, 4, 13; 2, 22, 59; id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 13, 24, 6:

qui manubias sibi tantas ex L. Metelli manubiis fecerit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154:

manubias alicui concedere,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108:

quae (rostra) censor imperatoriis manubiis ornarat,

id. de Or. 3, 3, 10:

(Tullus Hostilius) sepsit de manubiis comitium et curiam,

id. Rep. 2, 17, 31:

aedem Fortis Fortunae de manubiis faciendam locavit,

Liv. 10, 46:

de manubiis captarum urbium templum erexit,

Flor. 1, 7, 8:

delubrum Minervae ex manubiis dicavit,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97:

sacratas ab Augusto manubias,

i. e. the temple of Apollo, near Actium, Tac. A. 2, 53; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—

Transf., in gen.

Booty, spoils taken from the enemy (ante-class. and post-Aug.; cf. above the passage from Gell. 13, 24, 25), Naev. ap. Non. 138, 17:

partiri manubias,

Petr. 79 fin.:

contenti armorum manubiis,

Flor. 2, 18, 6. —(The reading manubia machaera, Plaut. Truc. 5, 35, is doubtless corrupt.)—

Unlawful gain, plunder:

ad manubias et rapinas compulsus,

Suet. Vesp. 16; id. Calig. 41.—

In the lang. of augurs, kinds of flashes or strokes of lightning, thunderbolts:

tres manubias... prima... secunda.. tertiam manubiam, etc.,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 41, 1:

fatales,

Amm. 17, 7, 3:

Minervales,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 259:

fulminis,

id. ib. 8, 429; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 129, 16; p. 214, 25 Müll.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 896.

Aetna, ae (in Gr. form Aetnē, ēs, in good MSS. of Ov.), f., = Aitnê [aithô, to burn].

The celebrated volcano of Sicily, now Mongibello or Ætna, in the interior of which, acc. to fable, was the forge of Vulcan, where the Cyclopes forged thunderbolts for Jupiter, and under which the latter buried the monster Typhōeus.—Form Aetna, Cic. Div. 2, 19; Ov. F. 4, 596; id. Tr. 5, 275.—Form Aetne, Ov. F. 4, 491 Riese.—

A nymph in Sicily, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 584.—

A town at the foot of Mt. Ætna, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 44.

Aetna, ae (in Gr. form Aetnē, ēs, in good MSS. of Ov.), f., = Aitnê [aithô, to burn].

The celebrated volcano of Sicily, now Mongibello or Ætna, in the interior of which, acc. to fable, was the forge of Vulcan, where the Cyclopes forged thunderbolts for Jupiter, and under which the latter buried the monster Typhōeus.—Form Aetna, Cic. Div. 2, 19; Ov. F. 4, 596; id. Tr. 5, 275.—Form Aetne, Ov. F. 4, 491 Riese.—

A nymph in Sicily, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 584.—

A town at the foot of Mt. Ætna, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 44.

fulmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from fulgimen, v. fulgeo], lightning that strikes or sets on fire, a thunderbolt (opp. fulgur, lightning).

Lit.:

placet Stoicis, eos anhelitus terrae cum se in nubem induerint ejusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque dirumpere, tum et fulgores et tonitrua exsistere: si autem nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

non enim te puto esse eum, qui Jovi fulmen fabricatos esse Cyclopas in Aetna putes,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43:

inter fulmina et tonitrua,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15; cf.

under II.: Phaëthon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf.:

Romulus lactens fulmine ictus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 47 (for which more usually:

e caelo ictus,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16):

fulmine tactus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 144:

fulminis ictu concidere,

id. ib. 2, 20, 45:

fulmine percussus,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 35, 84:

fulmina emittere... fulmen jacere,

id. ib. 2, 19, 44 sq.:

fulminis ictus evadere,

Juv. 12, 17:

fulmine justo ruere,

id. 8, 92:

ideo plurima aestate fiunt fulmina, qua plurimum calidi est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 2:

validum,

Lucr. 6, 228:

igniferum,

id. 6, 379:

caducum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

qualem ministrum fulminis alitem, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 4, 1:

quem (Periclem) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf.

fulgeo, I. B.: ipse Pater corusca fulmina molitur dextra,

Verg. G. 1, 330:

fulmen erat, Genitor quae plurima caelo deicit,

id. A. 8, 427:

fulmina pauper creditur atque deos,

Juv. 3, 145.—Respecting the nature of lightnings, and their religious interpretation [p. 791] among the Etruscans and Romans, cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 12 sq.; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 43; 230.—

Trop., a thunderbolt, i. q. destructive power, crushing calamity:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus ac paene fulminibus ipsis obvium ferre conservandorum civium causa,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4 (so we should read, and not fluminibus; cf. the passage quoted above from Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; besides, if the figure were that of waves, it would be expressed not by fluminibus, but by fluctibus; v. fluctus, II. B.); cf.:

fulmina fortunae contemnere,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66:

juro per mea mala, has me in illo (puero) vidisse virtutes ingenii, ut prorsus posset hinc esse tanti fulminis (i. e. mortis pueri) metus, quod observatum fere est, celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,

Quint. 6 praef. § 10; cf. Liv. 45, 41, 1:

quam fulmine justo Et Capito et Numitor ruerint, damnante senatu,

Juv. 8, 92; cf. Liv. 6, 39, 7.—Of oratory:

ain' tandem? insanire tibi videris (Paetus), quod imitere verborum meorum, ut scribis, fulmina? etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

(stilus) nec acumine posteriorum nec fulmine utens superiorum (al. flumine),

id. Or. 6, 21.— Poet.:

fulmen habent acres in aduncis dentibus apri,

i. e. destructive power, Ov. M. 10, 550; cf. id. ib. 1, 305:

(aper) Erectus setis et aduncae fulmine malae,

Stat. Th. 2, 470; see fulmineus, II.: tune illum (Hannibalem), cum frons propior lumenque corusco Igne micat, tune illa viri, quae vertice fundit, Fulmina pertuleris, fiery flashings (of the eye), Sil. 11, 342.—Applied to the Scipios, as heroes and conquerors of the Carthaginians:

Scipiades, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034;

imitated: duo fulmina belli Scipiadae,

Verg. A. 6, 843:

ubi nunc sunt fulmina gentis Scipiadae?

Sil. 7, 106:

duo fulmina nostri imperii, Cn. et P. Scipiones,

these two thunderbolts of our empire, Cic. Balb. 15, 34.—Prov.:

Fulmen est, ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia,

Pub. Syr. 184 Rib.