their capital city

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

urbs, urbis (dat. VRBEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 206), f. [Sanscr. vardh-, to make strong; cf. Pers. vard-ana, city], a walled town, a city.

Lit.

In gen.:

hi coetus sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: quam cum locis manuque sepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, delubris distinctam spatiisque communibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf.:

post ea qui fiebat orbis, urbis principium,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: urbs dicitur ab orbe, quod antiquae civitates in orbem flebant, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 12:

interea Aeneas urbem designat aratro,

Verg. A. 5, 755 Serv.:

veni Syracusas, quod ab eā urbe... quae tamen urbs, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): arce et urbe sum orba, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ib.):

urbes magnae et imperiosae,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

urbs illa praeclara (Syracusae),

id. ib. 3, 31, 43:

duabus urbibus eversis inimicissimis huic imperio,

id. Lael. 3, 11.— Rarely, and mostly poet., with the name of the city in gen.:

urbs Patavi, Buthroti,

Verg. A. 1, 247; 3, 293:

Cassius in oppido Antiochiae cum omni exercitu,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—With adj. prop.: urbs Romana = Roma, Liv. 9, 41, 16; 22, 37, 12; 40, 36, 14; Flor. 1, 13, 21.—Of other cities (rare and post-class.):

Lampsacenae urbis salus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 4: in urbe Aquilejensi, Paul. v. S. Ambros. 32:

urbs urbium,

a metropolis, Flor. 2, 6, 35.—

In partic., the city of Rome (like astu, of Athens):

postquam Urbis appellationem, etiamsi nomen proprium non adiceretur, Romam tamen accipi sit receptum,

Quint. 6, 3, 103; cf. id. 8, 2, 8; 8, 5, 9:

hujus urbis condendae principium profectum a Romulo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 47, 71; 1, 1, 1;

1, 37, 58: (Caesar) maturat ab urbe proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

de urbe augendā quid sit promulgatum, non intellexi,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 1:

conditor urbis (Romulus),

Ov. F. 1, 27:

(pater) Dextera sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 4:

minatus urbi vincla,

id. Epod. 9, 9;

called also urbs aeterna,

Amm. 14, 6, 1.— Ad urbem esse, to stop at or near Rome; in publicists' lang., of returning generals, who had to remain outside of the city till the Senate decreed them the right of entrance;

or of provincial magistrates who were preparing for departure to their provinces,

Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 Ascon.; 2, 2, 6, § 17; Sall. C. 30, 4; Caes. B. C. 6, 1.—

Transf., as in Engl.

The city, for the citizens (rare; cf.

civitas): invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam,

Verg. A. 2, 265:

maesta attonitaque,

Juv. 11, 198: bene moratae, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 24.—

The capital city, metropolis (post-class.):

si tam vicinum urbi municipium sit, ut, etc.,

Dig. 39, 2, 4 fin.; Cod. Th. 14, 1, 3.—

Trop.:

urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defenditis,

i. e. the main point, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Lăcō̆ or Lăcon, ōnis, m., = Lakôn, a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan:

flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 11:

Laconis illud dictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.:

Laconis illa vox,

id. ib. 1, 46, 111:

a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset,

i. e. Agesilaüs, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance:

Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus,

Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.— Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda:

Ledaei Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11:

sidus Laconum,

id. Spect. 26:

quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas,

Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations:

nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

Hence,

Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Lakônikê, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Lakônikos, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 8:

classis,

id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf.

Guhl & Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 7:

canes,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177:

brevitas,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Lakônis, Laconian, Lacedæmonian:

matre Laconide nati,

Ov. M. 3, 223.— Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Suessa, ae, f., = Suessa.

A city of Latium, five miles south of the Liris and eight from the sea, founded B. C. 337 by the [p. 1791] Aurunci, and afterwards made their capital. It was often called Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Liv. 8, 15; 9, 28; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. 27, 9; 29, 15; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10; 4, 2, 4; 13, 8, 18; it was the birthplace of the satiric poet Lucilius, cf. Juv. 1, 20; Aus. Ep. 15, 9.—

A very ancient city of Latium, a colony of Alba, conquered by Tarquinius Superbus, usually called Suessa Pometia. It was destroyed by Spurius Cassius, B. C. 502, and its site is unknown, Liv. 1, 41; 1, 53; 2, 16 sq.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 775; Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Sil. 8, 400; Aus. Ep. 15, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; 7, 16, 15, § 69. — Hence, Suessānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Suessa, Suessan:

in Suessano,

in the Suessan territories, Cato, R. R. 22, 3.— Plur.: Suessā-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessa (Aurunca), Inscr. Grut. 151, 3; 262, 7.

Suessa, ae, f., = Suessa.

A city of Latium, five miles south of the Liris and eight from the sea, founded B. C. 337 by the [p. 1791] Aurunci, and afterwards made their capital. It was often called Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Liv. 8, 15; 9, 28; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. 27, 9; 29, 15; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10; 4, 2, 4; 13, 8, 18; it was the birthplace of the satiric poet Lucilius, cf. Juv. 1, 20; Aus. Ep. 15, 9.—

A very ancient city of Latium, a colony of Alba, conquered by Tarquinius Superbus, usually called Suessa Pometia. It was destroyed by Spurius Cassius, B. C. 502, and its site is unknown, Liv. 1, 41; 1, 53; 2, 16 sq.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 775; Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Sil. 8, 400; Aus. Ep. 15, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; 7, 16, 15, § 69. — Hence, Suessānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Suessa, Suessan:

in Suessano,

in the Suessan territories, Cato, R. R. 22, 3.— Plur.: Suessā-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessa (Aurunca), Inscr. Grut. 151, 3; 262, 7.