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Tătĭus, ii, m., T., a king of the Sabines, who afterwards reigned jointly with Romulus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 947 P. (Ann. v. 113 Vahl.); Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; Liv. 1, 10 sq.; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 52. — Hence,

Tătĭus, a, um, adj., of Tatius:

turma,

Prop. 4, 4, 31. —

Tătĭenses (sometimes also called, after his praenomen Titus, Titienses), ĭum, m., one of the three Roman centuries of cavalry, Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 17; Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 36; Liv. 1, 13; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2; Ov. F. 3, 131.

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căballus, i, m., = kaballês [perh. Celtic; hence Ital. cavallo, Fr. cheval, Engl. cavalry, cavalier, etc.; cf. cob, Germ. Gaul], an inferior riding- or pack-horse, a nag ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tardus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 86, 15;

Varr. ib.: mediā de nocte caballum Arripit,

his nag, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 88; so id. S. 1, 6, 59; 1, 6, 103; id. Ep. 1, 18, 36; Juv. 10, 60; 11, 195; Sen. Ep. 87, 8; Petr. 117, 12; Dig. 33, 7, 15:

Gorgoneus, jestingly for Pegasus,

Juv. 3, 118.—

Prov.

Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus, i.e. no one is content with his own condition, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 43.—

Tamquam caballus in clivo, for one who walks wearily, Petr. 134, 2 (cf. Ov. R. Am. 394: principio clivi noster anhelat equus).

Căballus, i, m., a Roman cognomen, in the pun:

qui Galbam salibus tuis, et ipsum Possis vincere Sextium Caballum. Non cuicumque datum est habere nasum. Ludit qui stolidā procacitate, non est Sextius ille, sed caballus,

Mart. 1, 42 fin.

căballus, i, m., = kaballês [perh. Celtic; hence Ital. cavallo, Fr. cheval, Engl. cavalry, cavalier, etc.; cf. cob, Germ. Gaul], an inferior riding- or pack-horse, a nag ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tardus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 86, 15;

Varr. ib.: mediā de nocte caballum Arripit,

his nag, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 88; so id. S. 1, 6, 59; 1, 6, 103; id. Ep. 1, 18, 36; Juv. 10, 60; 11, 195; Sen. Ep. 87, 8; Petr. 117, 12; Dig. 33, 7, 15:

Gorgoneus, jestingly for Pegasus,

Juv. 3, 118.—

Prov.

Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus, i.e. no one is content with his own condition, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 43.—

Tamquam caballus in clivo, for one who walks wearily, Petr. 134, 2 (cf. Ov. R. Am. 394: principio clivi noster anhelat equus).

Căballus, i, m., a Roman cognomen, in the pun:

qui Galbam salibus tuis, et ipsum Possis vincere Sextium Caballum. Non cuicumque datum est habere nasum. Ludit qui stolidā procacitate, non est Sextius ille, sed caballus,

Mart. 1, 42 fin.

firmus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. dhar-, dharā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, thrê-sasthai, to sit down, thrênus, thronos; cf.: frētus, frēnum], firm (in opp. to frail, destructible), steadfast, stable, strong, powerful (freq. and class.; esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: constans, stabilis, solidus).

Lit.:

nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor: Quae tulit Aesoniden, firma carina fuit,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 35:

robora,

Verg. A. 2, 481:

arbor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 652:

vincula,

id. F. 1, 370:

janua,

i. e. shut fast, id. Am. 2, 12, 3; cf.

sera,

id. P. 1, 2, 24:

solum,

Curt. 5, 1:

firmioris testae murices,

Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102: sunt et Amineae vites, firmissima vina. Verg. G. 2, 97:

firmo cibo pasta pecus,

strengthening, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2:

firmius est triticum quam milium: id ipsum quam hordeum: ex tritico firmissima siligo,

Cels. 2, 18:

effice ut valeas, et ut ad nos firmus ac valens quam primum venias,

Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1 and 2; cf.:

mihi placebat, si firmior esses, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 5, 1:

nondum satis firmo corpore,

id. ib. 11, 27, 1:

hinc remiges firmissimi, illinc inopia affectissimi,

Vell. 2, 84, 2.—With dat.:

area firma templis sustinendis,

Liv. 2, 5, 4:

testa in structura oneri ferendo firma,

Vitr. 2, 8, 19:

adversis,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.

Trop., firm in strength or durability, also in opinion, affection, etc., fast, constant, steadfast, immovable, powerful, strong, true, faithful:

quae enim domus tam stabilis, quae tam firma civitas est, quae non odiis et discidiis funditus possit everti?

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

res publica firma atque robusta,

id. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf.:

civitas imprimis firma,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 2:

Trinobantes prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,

id. ib. 5, 20, 1; cf.

also: Mutina firmissima et splendidissima colonia,

Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 24:

tres potentissimi ac firmissimi populi,

id. ib. 1, 3 fin.; and:

evocatorum firma manus,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 3: Antonius ab equitatu firmus esse dicebatur, strong in cavalry, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 2.— With ad and acc.: satis firmus ad castra facienda, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 1:

Chrysippi consolatio ad veritatem firmissima est,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 79:

exercitus satis firmus ad tantum bellum,

Liv. 23, 25, 6; cf.:

cohortes minime firmae ad dimicandum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 2; Sall. H. 4, 62, 16.— With contra: Jugurtha nihil satis firmum contra Metellum putat, Sall. J. 80, 1.—With adversus:

firmus adversus militarem largitionem,

Tac. H. 2, 82:

firmior adversus fortuita,

id. ib. 4, 51:

adversus convicia malosque rumores,

Suet. Tib. 28.— Absol.:

cum neque magnas copias neque firmas haberet,

Nep. Eum. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 8; Sall. J. 56, 2:

concordi populo nihil esse immutabilius, nihil firmius,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32:

praesidia firmissima,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 35:

fundamenta defensionis firmissima,

id. Cael. 2, 7:

firmior fortuna,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

constitutio Romuli,

id. ib. 2, 31 (ap. Non. 526, 10):

illud ratum, firmum, fixum fuisse vis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141:

officii praecepta firma, stabilia,

id. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

opinio, firma et stabilis,

id. Brut. 30, 114:

firma et constans assensio,

id. Ac. 1, 11, 42:

ne in maximis quidem rebus quicquam adhuc inveni firmius,

id. Or. 71, 237:

spem firmissimam habere,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 4; cf.

, transf.: firmior candidatus,

i. e. who has stronger, greater hopes of being elected, id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

litterae,

i. e. containing news that may be relied upon, id. ib. 7, 25; cf. id. ib. 16, 5:

senatum sua sponte bene firmum firmiorem vestra auctoritate fecistis,

id. Phil. 6, 7, 18; cf.:

vir in suscepta causa firmissimus,

id. Mil. 33, 91:

accusator firmus verusque,

id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29;

with this cf.: vir pro veritate firmissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19:

sunt fortasse in sententia firmiores,

id. Balb. 27, 61:

firmus in hoc,

Tib. 3, 2, 5:

non firmus rectum defendis et haeres,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 26:

firmus proposito,

Vell. 2, 63 fin.; so,

firmissimus irā,

Ov. M. 7, 457: firmo id constantique animo facias licet, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2:

nunc opus pectore firmo,

Verg. A. 6, 261:

firmi amici sunt (opp.: amici collabascunt),

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 16:

firmi et stabiles et constantes (amici),

Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

ex infidelissimis sociis firmissimos reddere,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

non brevis et suffragatoria, sed firma et perpetua amicitia,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 26:

firmissimae amicitiae,

Quint. 1, 2, 20:

fides firma nobis,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 6.—

Poet. with inf.:

fundus nec vendibilis nec pascere firmus,

able, capable, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 47. —Hence, adv., firmly, steadily, lastingly, powerfully; in two (equally common) forms: firme and firmĭter.

Form firme, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 24; id. Trin. 2, 2, 54:

insistere,

Suet. Calig. 26:

firme graviterque aliquid comprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; cf.:

satis firme aliquid concipere animo,

id. ib. 2, 2, 6:

continere multa,

Quint. 11, 2, 2:

sustinere assensus suos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 31:

graviter et firme respondere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 13, 3.—

Form firmiter: firmiter hoc tuo sit pectore fixum, Lucil. ap. Non. 512, 20:

nisi suffulcis firmiter,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

insistere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26, 1:

in suo gradu collocari,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45 fin.: stabilita matrimonia, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 512, 23 (Rep. 6, 2 ed. Mos.):

promisisse,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2 111:

meminisse,

Gell. 13, 8, 2.—

Comp.:

firmius durare,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 165:

firmius coire,

Ov. H. 19, 67.—

Sup.:

asseverare,

Cic. Att. 10, 14 fin.:

pulvinus quam firmissime statuatur,

Vitr. 5, 12.

trĭbŭlus ( trĭbŏl-), i, m., = tribolos, an instrument resting on three of its iron prongs, while a fourth projected upward, thrown on the ground to impede an enemy's cavalry, a caltrop.

Lit.:

tribulos abjecerunt,

Veg. Mil. 3, 24.—

Transf., from its resemblance in form.

A kind of thorn or thistle, land-caltrops: Tribulus terrestris, Linn.; Verg. G. 1, 153; Ov. M. 13, 803; Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91:

spinae et tribuli,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 18.—

A kind of water-plant bearing a prickly nut of a triangular form, water - chestnut, water - caltrops: Trapa natans, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 58, § 98.

trĭbŭlus ( trĭbŏl-), i, m., = tribolos, an instrument resting on three of its iron prongs, while a fourth projected upward, thrown on the ground to impede an enemy's cavalry, a caltrop.

Lit.:

tribulos abjecerunt,

Veg. Mil. 3, 24.—

Transf., from its resemblance in form.

A kind of thorn or thistle, land-caltrops: Tribulus terrestris, Linn.; Verg. G. 1, 153; Ov. M. 13, 803; Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91:

spinae et tribuli,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 18.—

A kind of water-plant bearing a prickly nut of a triangular form, water - chestnut, water - caltrops: Trapa natans, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 58, § 98.

vexillātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

A body of the vexillarii; acc. to others, a body of soldiers united under one flag (vexillum), a corps, battalion, Suet. Galb. 20; Inscr. Orell. 845; 2009 sq. al.—

A division of cavalry, a troop, squadron, Veg. Mil. 2, 1; Amm. 25, 1, 9; App. M. 7, p. 191, 3.