the+dictator

dictātor, ōris, m. [dicto, qs. a commander].

A dictator, the chief magistrate in several Italian states, elected by the Romans in seasons of emergency for six months, and armed with absolute authority;

formerly called Magister populi, and also Praetor Maximus,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; id. Rep. 1, 40; Liv. 7, 3; Cic. Rep. 2, 32; Liv. 2, 18; Lydus de Magistr. 1, 36-38 et saep.; cf. Mommsen, Hist. Book I. ch. 2; 1, p. 330 N. Y. ed. Anthon's Smith's Antiq. p. 360; Kreuz. Excurs. XII. to Cic. Leg. p. 509.— The chief magistrate of other cities of Italy, Cic. Mil. 10; Liv. 1, 23; Spart. Hadr. 18; Inscr. Orell. 112; 2293; 3786 al.—

Transf., of Hannibal, as chief of the Carthaginians, Column. Rostr.; cf. Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 7.—

Qui dictat, one who dictates, Salv. Ep. 9 med.

măgister, tri (old orthog., ‡ magester, like ‡ leber, ‡ Menerva, for liber, Minerva, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), m. [a double comparative in form, from magis, and comparative ending -ter; cf.: minister, sinister], a master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor, etc.:

quibus praecipua cura rerum incumbit, et qui magis quam ceteri diligentiam et sollicitudinem rebus, quibus praesunt, debent, hi magistri appellantur,

Dig. 50, 16, 57.

Lit.

In gen., the dictator in the earliest times was called magister populi, the chief of the people:

in Magistro populi faciendo, qui vulgo dictator appellatur... qui primus Magister a populo creatus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. optima lex, p. 198 Müll.: (sapiens) rectius appellabitur rex quam Tarquinius, qui nec se nec suos regere potuit: rectius magister populi (is enim dictator est) quam Sulla, qui trium pestiferorum vitiorum, luxuriae, avaritiae, crudelitatis magister fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75; cf.

also below the passage,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 82 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

dictator quidem ab eo appellatur, quia dicitur: sed in nostris libris (sc. auguralibus) vides eum magistrum populi appellari,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 63 Creuz.; cf.

, with reference to this passage,

Sen. Ep. 108, 31:

Larcum moderatorem et magistrum consulibus appositum,

Liv. 2, 18, 5.—Magister equitum, the chief of the cavalry, appointed by the dictator:

magister equitum, quod summa potestas hujus in equites et accensos, ut est summa populi dictator, a quo is quoque magister populi appellatus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 82 Müll.:

dictator magistrum equitum dicit L. Tarquitium,

Liv. 3, 27; 7, 21 fin.;

23, 11: fumosi equitum magistri,

in a family tree, Juv. 8, 8.—So, magister peditum (analogous to magister equitum), chief of the infantry, Amm. 21, 12, 16. —The censor is called magister morum, master of morals, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

magister sacrorum,

the chief priest, Liv. 39, 18 fin.; v. Drak. ad loc.; so,

PVBLICVS SACRORVM (or SACERDOTVM),

Inscr. Orell. 2351:

FRATRVM ARVALIVM,

ib. 2426:

SALIORVM,

ib. 2247; 2419:

LARVM AVGVSTI,

ib. 1661 et saep.:

curiae,

the overseer of a curia, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 29: vici, the overseer of a quarter or ward, Suet. Aug. 30:

chori canentium,

a head-chorister, leader of a choir, Col. 12, 2:

officiorum and operarum,

a superintendent, bailiff, id. 1, 18:

scripturae and in scripturā,

a director of a company of farmers-general, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; cf.: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, i. e. has performed the functions of a magister, was vice-director, id. Att. 11, 10, 1:

quaesivi, qui per eos annos magistri illius societatis fuissent,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

P. Rupilius, qui est magister in ea societate,

id. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

maximarum societatum auctor, plurimarum magister,

id. Planc. 13, 32:

pecoris,

a chief herdsman, Varr. R. R. 2, 10; cf. Verg. G. 3, 445:

elephanti,

conductor, Sil. 4, 616:

auctionis,

the director, superintendent, conductor of an auction, Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

is quem putabant magistrum fore, si bona venirent,

id. Att. 1, 1, 3; 6, 1, 15; an officer charged with distributing money among the people, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 3.—Law t. t., an agent or assignee to dispose of a debtor's goods:

praetor jubet convenire creditores, et ex eo numero magistrum creari, id est eum per quem bona veneant,

Gai. Inst. 3, 79: convivii, the master or president of a feast, Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.; App. Mag. p. 336, 11: navis, the master or captain of a ship, Dig. 14, 1, 1; Gai. Inst. 4, 71;

so without navis,

Juv. 12, 79:

gubernatores et magistri navium,

Liv. 29, 25, 7; 45, 42, 3; the steersman, pilot:

ipse gubernaclo rector subit, ipse magister,

Verg. A. 5, 176; 1, 115; 6, 353; Val. Fl. 1, 18; 1, 382; Luc. 2, 696; Sil. 4, 719:

samnitium,

i. e. of the gladiators, a fencing-master, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86:

magistri tabernae,

innkeepers, Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 3.—In inscrr. are found also: fani, horreorum, collegii, memoriae, munerum, Augustalis, admissionum, epistolarum, libellorum, etc.; likewise: a bibliothecā, ab marmoribus, etc.—

In partic.

A teacher, instructor, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

pueri apud magistros exercentur,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

artium lberalium magistri,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.:

virtutis magistri,

id. Mur. 31, 65; id. N. D. 1, 26, 72:

rarum ac memorabile magni Gutturis exemplum conducendusque magister,

Juv. 2, 114.— Transf., of inanim. things:

magister mihi exercitor animus nunc est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 4; id. Curc. 2, 2, 8:

stilus optimus dicendi effector ac magister,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Pers. prol. 10:

timor, non diuturnus magister officii,

Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 90.—

An educator of children, a tutor, pedagogue:

senes me filiis relinquunt quasi magistrum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 21:

docendis publice juvenibus magister,

Gell. 19, 9, 2. —

A master, owner, keeper:

trepidumque magistrum In cavea magno fremitu leo tollet alumnus,

Juv. 14, 246.—

A master of his art, professor:

a tonsore magistro Pecteris,

Juv. 6, 26.—

Trop., an adviser, instigator, author of any thing (very rare):

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem improbum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 21:

magister ad despoliandum Dianae templum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—As adj.:

rituque magistro Plurima Niliacis tradant mendacia biblis,

Sedul. 1, 15.

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Sulla (less correctly Sylla), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,

L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.—Hence, Sullānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla:

tempus,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46:

ager,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

assignationes,

id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

proscriptio,

Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3:

saeculum,

id. ib. 1, 20, 4:

partes,

Nep. Att. 2:

tempora,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123. — Subst.: Sullāni, ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.—

L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.—

P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant. —

Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.—

An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.

Sulla (less correctly Sylla), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,

L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.—Hence, Sullānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla:

tempus,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46:

ager,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

assignationes,

id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

proscriptio,

Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3:

saeculum,

id. ib. 1, 20, 4:

partes,

Nep. Att. 2:

tempora,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123. — Subst.: Sullāni, ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.—

L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.—

P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant. —

Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.—

An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.

Sulla (less correctly Sylla), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,

L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.—Hence, Sullānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla:

tempus,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46:

ager,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

assignationes,

id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

proscriptio,

Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3:

saeculum,

id. ib. 1, 20, 4:

partes,

Nep. Att. 2:

tempora,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123. — Subst.: Sullāni, ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.—

L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.—

P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant. —

Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.—

An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.

lictor (pronounced līctor, Gell. 12, 3, 4), ōris, m. [1. ligo; cf. Gell. 12, 3, 1 sqq.], a lictor, i. e. an attendant granted to a magistrate, as a sign of official dignity. The Romans adopted this custom from the Etrurians:

Romulus cum cetero habitu se augustiorem tum maxime lictoribus duodecim sumptis (a finitima Etruria) fecit,

Liv. 1, 8. The lictors bore a bundle of rods, from which an axe projected. Their duty was to walk before the magistrate in a line, one after the other; to call out to the people to make way (submovere turbam);

and to remind them of paying their respects to him (animadvertere, v. h. v.). The foremost one was called primus lictor: apud quem primus quievit lictor,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21;

the last and nearest to the consul, proximus lictor,

Liv. 24, 44 fin. The lictors had also to execute sentences of judgment, to bind criminals to a stake, to scourge them, and to behead them, Liv. 1, 26; 8, 7; 38;

26, 16.—It was necessary that lictors should be freeborn: not till the time of Tacitus were freedmen also appointed to the office. They were united into a company, and formed the decuriae apparitorum (public servants). In Rome they wore the toga, in the field the sagum, in triumphal processions a purple mantle and fasces wreathed with laurel: togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt, quibus illi acceptis, sagula rejecerunt et catervam imperatori suo novam praebuerunt,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55. Only those magistrates who had potestatem cum imperio had lictors. In the earliest times the king had twelve; immediately after the expulsion of the kings, each of the two consuls had twelve;

but it was soon decreed that the consuls should be preceded for a month alternately by twelve lictors,

Liv. 2, 1;

a regulation which appears to have been afterwards, although not always, observed,

Liv. 22, 41;

Cæsar was the first who restored the old custom,

Suet. Caes. 20.—The decemvirs had, in their first year of office, twelve lictors each one day alternately, Liv. 3, 33;

in their second year each had twelve lictors to himself,

id. 3, 36.—

The military tribunes with consular power had also twelve lictors,

Liv. 4, 7;

and likewise the interrex,

id. 1, 17.—The dictator had twenty-four, Dio, 54, 1; Polyb. 3, 87; Plut. Fab. 4;

the magister equitum only six, Dio, 42, 27. The praetor urbanus had, in the earlier times, two lictors,

Censor. de Die Natal. 24: at enim unum a praetura tua, Epidice, abest. Ep. Quidnam? Th. Scies. Lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26; in the provinces he had six;

but in the later times the praetor had in the city, as well as in the province, six lictors, Polyb. 3, 40: cum praetor lictorem impellat et ire praecipitem jubeat,

Juv. 3, 128. The quaestor had lictors only in the province, when he, in consequence of the praetor's absence or death, performed the functions of propraetor, Sall. C. 19; Cic. Planc. 41, 98. Moreover, the flamen dialis, the vestals, and the magistri vicorum had lictors;

these, however, appear to have had no fasces, which was also the case with the thirty lictores curiati (who summoned the curiae to vote),

Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 81; Gell. 15, 27, 2; Inscr. Grut. 33, 4; 630, 9.—

Transf.:

lictorem feminae in publico unionem esse,

a lady's mark of distinction, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 114.

praetor, ōris, m. [for praeitor, from praeeo].

Prop., a leader, head, chief, president:

regio imperio duo sunto: iique praeeundo, judicando, consulendo, praetores, judices, consules appellantor,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8.—So, in gen., of the chief magistrates in colonies, as in Capua:

cum in ceteris coloniis duoviri appellentur, hi se praetores appellari volebant,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93; cf. the context.—Of the Roman consul as chief judge, Liv. 3, 55.—Of the dictator:

praetor maximus,

Liv. 7, 3: aerarii, president of the treasury, an office created by Augustus, Tac. A. 1, 75; id. H. 4, 9.—Of the suffetes in Carthage, Nep. Hann. 7, 4.—Of generals, commanders of foreign nations, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; id. Inv. 1, 33, 55; Nep. Milt. 4, 4 et saep.—

In partic., a prœtor, a Roman magistrate charged with the administration of justice; the office was first made distinct from the consulship A. U. C. 387. After the first Punic war, A. U. C. 490, there were two, praetor urbanus for Roman citizens, and praetor peregrinus for strangers, Cic. Lael. 25, 96; id. Mur. 20, 41: praetor primus centuriis cunctis renunciatus, i. e. appointed first, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2; id. Pis. 1, 2; Gai. lnst. 1, 6;

1, 78. The praetor had a tribunal where he sat on the sella curulis, with the judges on subsellia beside him. But he used to decide less important controversies wherever the parties found him: e plano,

Suet. Tib. 33:

in aequo quidem et plano loco,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 50:

Quid vis in jus me ire? tu's praetor mihi,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 66.—

Transf.

For propraetor, a proprœtor, an officer who, after the administration of the prœtorship, was sent as governor to a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 4, 25, § 56 al.—

For proconsul, q. v., Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125.

Maelĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, of which the most celebrated member is Sp. Maelius, who, under suspicion of aiming at kingly power, was slain, at the command of the dictator L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, by the magister equitum C. Servilius Ahala, Liv. 4, 13 sq.; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; cf. Aequimaelium.—Hence,

Maelĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mælius, Mælian: caedes, i. e. the murder of Sp. Maelius, Liv. 4, 16.— Subst.: Maelĭāni, ōrum, m., the partisans of Mælius, Mælians, Liv. 4, 14.

Maelĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, of which the most celebrated member is Sp. Maelius, who, under suspicion of aiming at kingly power, was slain, at the command of the dictator L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, by the magister equitum C. Servilius Ahala, Liv. 4, 13 sq.; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; cf. Aequimaelium.—Hence,

Maelĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mælius, Mælian: caedes, i. e. the murder of Sp. Maelius, Liv. 4, 16.— Subst.: Maelĭāni, ōrum, m., the partisans of Mælius, Mælians, Liv. 4, 14.

rēgillus, a, um, adj. dim. [regius], royal, regal, magnificent:

inducula,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 39: tunica, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 10; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.

Rēgillus, i, m.

A town of the Sabines, whence Appius Claudius emigrated to Rome, Liv. 2, 16 Drak.; also called Rēgilli, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 1.— Hence, Rēgillānus, a, um, and Rēgillensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Regillus:

Claudius Appius Regillanus,

Suet. Tib. 2:

Claudius Regillensis,

Liv. 8, 15.—

A small lake in Latium (the mod. Cornufelle), celebrated for the victory over the Latins gained there by the Romans under the dictator Postumius, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11;

called also lacus Regillus,

Liv. 2, 19; Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38;

and Regilli lacus,

Flor. 1, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 16.— Hence, Rēgillensis, surname of the Postumii:

M. Postumio Regillensi,

Liv. 4, 49, 7:

A. et L. Postumii Regillenses,

id. 6, 22, 5.—

A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 2:

M. Aemilius Regillus,

Liv. 24, 7 fin.; 8; 29, 11 fin.; 38.

rēgillus, a, um, adj. dim. [regius], royal, regal, magnificent:

inducula,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 39: tunica, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 10; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.

Rēgillus, i, m.

A town of the Sabines, whence Appius Claudius emigrated to Rome, Liv. 2, 16 Drak.; also called Rēgilli, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 1.— Hence, Rēgillānus, a, um, and Rēgillensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Regillus:

Claudius Appius Regillanus,

Suet. Tib. 2:

Claudius Regillensis,

Liv. 8, 15.—

A small lake in Latium (the mod. Cornufelle), celebrated for the victory over the Latins gained there by the Romans under the dictator Postumius, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11;

called also lacus Regillus,

Liv. 2, 19; Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38;

and Regilli lacus,

Flor. 1, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 16.— Hence, Rēgillensis, surname of the Postumii:

M. Postumio Regillensi,

Liv. 4, 49, 7:

A. et L. Postumii Regillenses,

id. 6, 22, 5.—

A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 2:

M. Aemilius Regillus,

Liv. 24, 7 fin.; 8; 29, 11 fin.; 38.

rēgillus, a, um, adj. dim. [regius], royal, regal, magnificent:

inducula,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 39: tunica, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 10; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.

Rēgillus, i, m.

A town of the Sabines, whence Appius Claudius emigrated to Rome, Liv. 2, 16 Drak.; also called Rēgilli, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 1.— Hence, Rēgillānus, a, um, and Rēgillensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Regillus:

Claudius Appius Regillanus,

Suet. Tib. 2:

Claudius Regillensis,

Liv. 8, 15.—

A small lake in Latium (the mod. Cornufelle), celebrated for the victory over the Latins gained there by the Romans under the dictator Postumius, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11;

called also lacus Regillus,

Liv. 2, 19; Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38;

and Regilli lacus,

Flor. 1, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 16.— Hence, Rēgillensis, surname of the Postumii:

M. Postumio Regillensi,

Liv. 4, 49, 7:

A. et L. Postumii Regillenses,

id. 6, 22, 5.—

A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 2:

M. Aemilius Regillus,

Liv. 24, 7 fin.; 8; 29, 11 fin.; 38.

rēgillus, a, um, adj. dim. [regius], royal, regal, magnificent:

inducula,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 39: tunica, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 10; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.

Rēgillus, i, m.

A town of the Sabines, whence Appius Claudius emigrated to Rome, Liv. 2, 16 Drak.; also called Rēgilli, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 1.— Hence, Rēgillānus, a, um, and Rēgillensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Regillus:

Claudius Appius Regillanus,

Suet. Tib. 2:

Claudius Regillensis,

Liv. 8, 15.—

A small lake in Latium (the mod. Cornufelle), celebrated for the victory over the Latins gained there by the Romans under the dictator Postumius, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11;

called also lacus Regillus,

Liv. 2, 19; Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38;

and Regilli lacus,

Flor. 1, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 16.— Hence, Rēgillensis, surname of the Postumii:

M. Postumio Regillensi,

Liv. 4, 49, 7:

A. et L. Postumii Regillenses,

id. 6, 22, 5.—

A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 2:

M. Aemilius Regillus,

Liv. 24, 7 fin.; 8; 29, 11 fin.; 38.

rēgillus, a, um, adj. dim. [regius], royal, regal, magnificent:

inducula,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 39: tunica, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 10; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.

Rēgillus, i, m.

A town of the Sabines, whence Appius Claudius emigrated to Rome, Liv. 2, 16 Drak.; also called Rēgilli, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 1.— Hence, Rēgillānus, a, um, and Rēgillensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Regillus:

Claudius Appius Regillanus,

Suet. Tib. 2:

Claudius Regillensis,

Liv. 8, 15.—

A small lake in Latium (the mod. Cornufelle), celebrated for the victory over the Latins gained there by the Romans under the dictator Postumius, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11;

called also lacus Regillus,

Liv. 2, 19; Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38;

and Regilli lacus,

Flor. 1, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 16.— Hence, Rēgillensis, surname of the Postumii:

M. Postumio Regillensi,

Liv. 4, 49, 7:

A. et L. Postumii Regillenses,

id. 6, 22, 5.—

A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 2:

M. Aemilius Regillus,

Liv. 24, 7 fin.; 8; 29, 11 fin.; 38.

Aequi, ōrum, m.

A warlike people of ancient Italy, in the neighborhood of the Latins and Volsci, on both sides of the Anio, whose cities were Alba, Tibur, Praeneste, Carseoli, etc. They were almost entirely destroyed by the dictator Cincinnatus, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; Liv. 1, 9; 4, 30 al.; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, 81.—Hence,

A.. Aequĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Æquian:

bellum,

with the Æqui, Liv. 3, 4, 3; 10, 1, 7.—

Ae-quīcŭlus, a, um, adj., Æquian:

gens,

Verg. A. 7, 747 rura, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, subst.: Aequīcŭlus, i, m., one of the Æqui:

asper,

Ov. F. 3, 93; so Suet. Vit. 1. —

Aequīcūlāni = Aequiculi, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.

Aequi, ōrum, m.

A warlike people of ancient Italy, in the neighborhood of the Latins and Volsci, on both sides of the Anio, whose cities were Alba, Tibur, Praeneste, Carseoli, etc. They were almost entirely destroyed by the dictator Cincinnatus, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; Liv. 1, 9; 4, 30 al.; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, 81.—Hence,

A.. Aequĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Æquian:

bellum,

with the Æqui, Liv. 3, 4, 3; 10, 1, 7.—

Ae-quīcŭlus, a, um, adj., Æquian:

gens,

Verg. A. 7, 747 rura, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, subst.: Aequīcŭlus, i, m., one of the Æqui:

asper,

Ov. F. 3, 93; so Suet. Vit. 1. —

Aequīcūlāni = Aequiculi, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.

Aequi, ōrum, m.

A warlike people of ancient Italy, in the neighborhood of the Latins and Volsci, on both sides of the Anio, whose cities were Alba, Tibur, Praeneste, Carseoli, etc. They were almost entirely destroyed by the dictator Cincinnatus, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; Liv. 1, 9; 4, 30 al.; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, 81.—Hence,

A.. Aequĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Æquian:

bellum,

with the Æqui, Liv. 3, 4, 3; 10, 1, 7.—

Ae-quīcŭlus, a, um, adj., Æquian:

gens,

Verg. A. 7, 747 rura, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, subst.: Aequīcŭlus, i, m., one of the Æqui:

asper,

Ov. F. 3, 93; so Suet. Vit. 1. —

Aequīcūlāni = Aequiculi, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.

hortensĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to a garden, garden-.

Adj.:

bulbi,

Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 105:

batis,

id. 26, 8, 50, § 82.—

Subst., in plur.: horten-sia, ōrum, n., garden-herbs, Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98; 19, 8, 39, § 131; 26, 4, 10, § 22.

Hortensĭus (HORTÉSIVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 235, n. 619), the name of a Roman gens; so,

in partic.: Q. Hortensius Hortalus,

a celebrated orator in the time of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 88, 301 sq.; Quint. 11, 3, 8; 12, 11, 27; Gell. 1, 5, 2; Tac. A. 2, 37. After him is named the treatise of Cicero entitled Hortensius, of which fragments remain (Bait. XI. 55 sqq.).— Hortensĭa, ae, f., his daughter, also celebrated for her skill in oratory, Val. Max. 8, 3, 3; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 6.—

Derivv.

Hortensĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Hortensius, Hortensian: lex, of the dictator Q. Hortensius, Gai. Inst. 1, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2; cf. Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37; Gell. 15, 27, 4.—Another lex Hortensia (ut nundinae essent fastae), perh. of the same Hortensius, Macr. S. 1, 16.—

Hortensĭānus, a, um, adj., Hortensian:

eloquentia,

Val. Max. 8, 3, 3: quod me admones, ut scribam illa Hortensiana, i. e. the treatise entitled Hortensius, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3:

in aedibus Hortensianis,

Suet. Aug. 72.