the+foot

rādix, īcis ( gen. plur. radicium, Cassiod. H. E. 1, 1; Jul. Val. Itin. Alex. 32 (75)), f. [Gr. rhiza, a root; rhadix, a shoot or twig; cf. ramus], a root of a plant (cf. stirps).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly in plur.):

radices agere,

to strike root, Varr. R. R. 1, 37 fin.; Ov. R. Am. 106; id. M. 4, 254; Col. 5, 6, 8; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127; cf.

infra, II.: capere radices,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 133, 3; Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

penitus immittere radices,

Quint. 1, 3, 5:

emittere radices e capite, ex se,

Col. 3, 18, 6; 5, 10, 13:

descendunt radices,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 129:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 4:

herbas radice revellit,

Ov. M. 7, 226:

radicibus eruta pinus,

Verg. A. 5, 449:

segetem ab radicibus imis eruere,

id. G. 1, 319.— Sing.:

(arbos) quae, quantum vertice ad auras, tantum radice in Tartara tendit,

Verg. G. 2, 292; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; Ov. H. 5, 147. —

In partic., an edible root, Caes. B. C. 3, 48; esp. a radish:

Syriaca,

Col. 11, 3, 16; 59:

also simply radix,

Pall. 1, 35, 5; Hor. S. 2, 8, 8; Ov. M. 8, 666 al.:

dulcis,

licorice, Scrib. Comp. 170. —

Transf.

The root, i. e. the lower part of an object, the foot of a hill, mountain, etc.— In plur.:

in radicibus Caucasi natus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

in radicibus Amani,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 9:

sub ipsis radicibus montis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; 7, 51 fin.; 69; id. B. C. 1, 41; 3, 85, 1 et saep. — In sing.:

a Palatii radice,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180.—

That upon which any thing is fixed or rests (e. g. the tongue, a feather, a rock); a root, foundation ( poet.; used alike in sing. and plur.):

linguae,

Ov. M. 6, 557:

plumae,

id. ib. 2, 583:

saxi,

Lucr. 2, 102; Ov. M. 14, 713.—

Radix virilis = membrum virile, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 13.—

Trop., a root, ground, basis, foundation, origin, source (almost entirely in the plur.):

vera gloria radices agit atque etiam propagatur,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

virtus altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

audeamus non solum ramos amputare miseriarum, sed omnes radicum fibras evellere,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

facilitatis et patientiae,

id. Cael. 6, 14:

Pompeius eo robore vir, iis radicibus,

i. e. so deeply rooted, firmly established in the State, id. Att. 6, 6, 4:

illic radices, illic fundamenta sunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

a radicibus evertere domum,

from its foundation, utterly, Phaedr. 3, 10, 49:

ex iisdem, quibus nos, radicibus natum (C. Marium),

i. e. a native of the same city, Cic. Sest. 22, 50; Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1; cf. in sing.:

Apollinis se radice ortum,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 72:

ego sum radix David,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 16 et saep.—

Of words,

origin, derivation, Varr. L. L. 6, 5, 61; 7, 3, 88 al.

sŏlĕa, ae, f. [solum].

A slipper consisting of a sole fastened on by a strap across the instep, a sandal:

omnia ferme id genus, quibus plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur, cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt, soleas dixerunt, nonnumquam voce Graecā crepidulas,

Gell. 13, 21, 5 (worn by men in the house only: considered as a mark of effeminacy if worn out of doors): NEIVE QVIS IN POPLICO LVCI PRAETEXTAM NEIVE SOLEAS HABETO, Lex in Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 569; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 128; and v. soleatus: ut vendat soleam dimidiatam, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10; cf. Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 63; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26; Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 40; Ov. A. A. 2, 212; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31; Pers. 5, 169; Juv. 6, 612; Mart. 14, 65, 1.—These sandals were taken off on reclining at table, and resumed after the meal:

deme soleas: cedo, bibam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16:

cedo soleas mihi: auferte mensam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 12:

deponere soleas,

Mart. 3, 50, 3:

poscere soleas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 77; Sen. Contr. 4, 25 med.:

soleas festinare,

to put on in haste, Sall. H. 1, 105 Dietsch; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 130 sq.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A kind of fetter:

ligneae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—

A kind of shoe for animals (not nailed on, like our horseshoes, which were unknown to the ancients, but drawn on and taken off again when not needed), Cat. 17, 26; Col. 6, 12, 2; Veg. 4, 9, 2 and 4; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140.—

A kind of oil-press, Col. 12, 50, 6.—

A kind of fish, a sole: Pleuronectes solea, Linn.; Ov. Hal. 124; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 32, § 102.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. I., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59.—

A sill: solea, ut ait Verrius, est non solum ea, quae solo pedis subicitur sed etiam pro materiā robusteā, super quam paries craticius exstruitur, Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.—

The sole of the foot of animals, Veg. 1, 56, 31.

cŏlŭmella (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f. dim. [columna, columen], a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—

The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—

Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.

Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,

M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Bœtica, uncle of the following. —

L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry, in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades, and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

cŏlŭmella (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f. dim. [columna, columen], a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—

The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—

Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.

Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,

M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Bœtica, uncle of the following. —

L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry, in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades, and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

convĕna, ae, adj. comm. [convenio], coming together, meeting:

ego, qui amantis unā inter se facerem convenas,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 61:

aquae,

Amm. 23, 3, 8; 23, 6, 57; Sol. 37:

serpentes,

id. 47:

convenā undique multitudine,

Amm. 15, 5, 25.—Hence, subst. plur.: convĕnae, ārum, comm., a multitude collected together, assembled strangers, refugees, tramps, etc.: eodem convenae complures ex agro accessitavere, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

Romulus pastores et convenas congregasse videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch; Plin. 5, 17, 15, § 73; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2:

(Dionysius) quibusdam convenis et feris barbaris corporis custodiam committebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—

As nom. prop.: Convĕnae, ārum, m., the mixed people, the Refugees, a community gathered by Pompey at the foot of the Pyrenees, on the Garumna, now St. Bertrand des Comminges, Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 108; cf. Hier. adv. Vigil. IV. p. 282.

convĕna, ae, adj. comm. [convenio], coming together, meeting:

ego, qui amantis unā inter se facerem convenas,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 61:

aquae,

Amm. 23, 3, 8; 23, 6, 57; Sol. 37:

serpentes,

id. 47:

convenā undique multitudine,

Amm. 15, 5, 25.—Hence, subst. plur.: convĕnae, ārum, comm., a multitude collected together, assembled strangers, refugees, tramps, etc.: eodem convenae complures ex agro accessitavere, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

Romulus pastores et convenas congregasse videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch; Plin. 5, 17, 15, § 73; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2:

(Dionysius) quibusdam convenis et feris barbaris corporis custodiam committebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—

As nom. prop.: Convĕnae, ārum, m., the mixed people, the Refugees, a community gathered by Pompey at the foot of the Pyrenees, on the Garumna, now St. Bertrand des Comminges, Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 108; cf. Hier. adv. Vigil. IV. p. 282.

convĕna, ae, adj. comm. [convenio], coming together, meeting:

ego, qui amantis unā inter se facerem convenas,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 61:

aquae,

Amm. 23, 3, 8; 23, 6, 57; Sol. 37:

serpentes,

id. 47:

convenā undique multitudine,

Amm. 15, 5, 25.—Hence, subst. plur.: convĕnae, ārum, comm., a multitude collected together, assembled strangers, refugees, tramps, etc.: eodem convenae complures ex agro accessitavere, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

Romulus pastores et convenas congregasse videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch; Plin. 5, 17, 15, § 73; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2:

(Dionysius) quibusdam convenis et feris barbaris corporis custodiam committebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—

As nom. prop.: Convĕnae, ārum, m., the mixed people, the Refugees, a community gathered by Pompey at the foot of the Pyrenees, on the Garumna, now St. Bertrand des Comminges, Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 108; cf. Hier. adv. Vigil. IV. p. 282.

issus, a, um, adj., a childish form of ipse, used with little children as a term of endearment: ISSA HAVE, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.— Issa, the name of a pet slut, Mart. 1, 109.—Also dim.: ‡ issŭlus, a, um, Inscr. ap. Fabr. n. 254.

Issus or - os, i, f., = Issos, a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean ( the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —

Deriv. Issĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus:

sinus,

the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.

issus, a, um, adj., a childish form of ipse, used with little children as a term of endearment: ISSA HAVE, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.— Issa, the name of a pet slut, Mart. 1, 109.—Also dim.: ‡ issŭlus, a, um, Inscr. ap. Fabr. n. 254.

Issus or - os, i, f., = Issos, a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean ( the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —

Deriv. Issĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus:

sinus,

the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.

issus, a, um, adj., a childish form of ipse, used with little children as a term of endearment: ISSA HAVE, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.— Issa, the name of a pet slut, Mart. 1, 109.—Also dim.: ‡ issŭlus, a, um, Inscr. ap. Fabr. n. 254.

Issus or - os, i, f., = Issos, a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean ( the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —

Deriv. Issĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus:

sinus,

the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.

planta, ae, f. [for plancta; cf. plānus; root v. plango].

Any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species, a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting, Varr. R. R. 1, 55:

malleoli, plantae, sarmenta, viviradices, propagines,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Verg. G. 2, 23.—

A young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted, a set, slip, Ov. R. Am. 193:

plantas ex seminario transferre in aliud,

Plin. 17, 11, 14, § 75:

plantae sinapis primā hieme translatae,

Col. 11, 3, 29:

thymi novellas plantas disponere,

id. 11. 3, 40:

puteusque brevis... in tenuis plantas facile diffunditur haustu,

Juv. 3, 227:

planta, quam quis in solo nostro posuerit,

Gai. Inst. 2, 74 (but not used in the general sense of a plant, for which, in class. Lat.:

res quae gignitur e terrā, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13; v. Madv. ad loc., and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 890).—

A sole, sole of the foot:

ah! tibi ne teneras glacies secet aspera plantas,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

citae,

Ov. M. 10, 591:

cubitales,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24:

pedum plantae,

Verg. A. 8, 458:

mihi summa licet contingere sidera plantis,

Prop. 1, 8, 43:

plantā duci,

to be dragged by the heel, Juv. 5, 125:

tremulis insistere plantis,

id. 6, 96:

assequi plantā,

in the course, Sil. 13, 246:

certamina plantae,

a race, id. 16, 458:

quadrupedem planta fodiens, i. e. calcaribus,

id. 6, 212:

exsurgere in plantas,

Sen. Ep. 111, 3:

quid enim velocis gloria plantae Praestat,

Juv. 13, 98:

plantā magnā calcor,

id. 3, 247.—Prov.:

sutorem supra plantam ascendere vetuit (like ultra crepidam),

Val. Max. 8, 12 fin.

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Kullênê.

A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —

Hence,

Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

mons,

Mel. 2, 3, 5:

proles,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—

Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. [p. 507] A. 3, 725:

ignis,

the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—

Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

vertex,

Ov. M. 11, 304:

fides, i. e. lyra,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9;

as a constellation,

Cic. Arat. 627.—

Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury:

harpe,

possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176:

planta,

i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.—

Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—

A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—

A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Kullênê.

A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —

Hence,

Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

mons,

Mel. 2, 3, 5:

proles,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—

Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. [p. 507] A. 3, 725:

ignis,

the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—

Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

vertex,

Ov. M. 11, 304:

fides, i. e. lyra,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9;

as a constellation,

Cic. Arat. 627.—

Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury:

harpe,

possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176:

planta,

i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.—

Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—

A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—

A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Kullênê.

A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —

Hence,

Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

mons,

Mel. 2, 3, 5:

proles,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—

Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. [p. 507] A. 3, 725:

ignis,

the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—

Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

vertex,

Ov. M. 11, 304:

fides, i. e. lyra,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9;

as a constellation,

Cic. Arat. 627.—

Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury:

harpe,

possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176:

planta,

i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.—

Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—

A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—

A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Kullênê.

A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —

Hence,

Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

mons,

Mel. 2, 3, 5:

proles,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—

Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. [p. 507] A. 3, 725:

ignis,

the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—

Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

vertex,

Ov. M. 11, 304:

fides, i. e. lyra,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9;

as a constellation,

Cic. Arat. 627.—

Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury:

harpe,

possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176:

planta,

i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.—

Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—

A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—

A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Kullênê.

A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —

Hence,

Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

mons,

Mel. 2, 3, 5:

proles,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—

Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. [p. 507] A. 3, 725:

ignis,

the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—

Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

vertex,

Ov. M. 11, 304:

fides, i. e. lyra,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9;

as a constellation,

Cic. Arat. 627.—

Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury:

harpe,

possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176:

planta,

i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.—

Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—

A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—

A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.

Fălernus ăger, the Falernian territory, famed for its wines, in Campania, at the foot of Mount Massicus, Plin. 14. 6, 8, § 62; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.— Subst.:

in Faler no,

in Falernus, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

Derivv.: Fălernus, a, um, adj., of or from the Falernian territory, Falernian:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; cf.

vitis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 43; 1, 20, 10:

uvae,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

mustum,

id. S. 2, 4, 19:

praela,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73:

cellae,

Verg. G. 2, 96:

faex,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 et saep.:

mons, i. e. Massicus,

Flor. 1, [p. 721] 16; cf.

saltus,

id. 2, 6:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53: tribus, a tribus rustica in Campania, Liv. 9, 20, 6 (al. Falerina).—

Subst.: Fălernum, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Falernian wine, Falernian, Hor. C. 1, 27, 10; 2, 11, 19: id. S. 2, 3, 115; id. Ep. 1, 14, 34 al.; also as masc. (sc. cadi):

fumosi Falerni,

Tib. 2, 1, 27.—

(Sc. praedium.) The name of a country seat of Pompey, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Clu. 62, 175.

Fălernus ăger, the Falernian territory, famed for its wines, in Campania, at the foot of Mount Massicus, Plin. 14. 6, 8, § 62; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.— Subst.:

in Faler no,

in Falernus, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

Derivv.: Fălernus, a, um, adj., of or from the Falernian territory, Falernian:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; cf.

vitis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 43; 1, 20, 10:

uvae,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

mustum,

id. S. 2, 4, 19:

praela,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73:

cellae,

Verg. G. 2, 96:

faex,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 et saep.:

mons, i. e. Massicus,

Flor. 1, [p. 721] 16; cf.

saltus,

id. 2, 6:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53: tribus, a tribus rustica in Campania, Liv. 9, 20, 6 (al. Falerina).—

Subst.: Fălernum, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Falernian wine, Falernian, Hor. C. 1, 27, 10; 2, 11, 19: id. S. 2, 3, 115; id. Ep. 1, 14, 34 al.; also as masc. (sc. cadi):

fumosi Falerni,

Tib. 2, 1, 27.—

(Sc. praedium.) The name of a country seat of Pompey, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Clu. 62, 175.

Fălernus ăger, the Falernian territory, famed for its wines, in Campania, at the foot of Mount Massicus, Plin. 14. 6, 8, § 62; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.— Subst.:

in Faler no,

in Falernus, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

Derivv.: Fălernus, a, um, adj., of or from the Falernian territory, Falernian:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; cf.

vitis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 43; 1, 20, 10:

uvae,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

mustum,

id. S. 2, 4, 19:

praela,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73:

cellae,

Verg. G. 2, 96:

faex,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 et saep.:

mons, i. e. Massicus,

Flor. 1, [p. 721] 16; cf.

saltus,

id. 2, 6:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53: tribus, a tribus rustica in Campania, Liv. 9, 20, 6 (al. Falerina).—

Subst.: Fălernum, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Falernian wine, Falernian, Hor. C. 1, 27, 10; 2, 11, 19: id. S. 2, 3, 115; id. Ep. 1, 14, 34 al.; also as masc. (sc. cadi):

fumosi Falerni,

Tib. 2, 1, 27.—

(Sc. praedium.) The name of a country seat of Pompey, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Clu. 62, 175.