thyrsus

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thyrsus, i, m., = thursos, a stalk, stem of a plant.

Lit., Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 129; 25, 8, 41, § 81; 26, 8, 33, § 51; Suet. Aug. 77; Col. 10, 370.—

Transf.

A staff twined round with ivy and vine-shoots, borne by Bacchus and the Bacchantes; the Bacchic staff, thyrsus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 8; Ov. M. 3, 542; 3, 712; 4, 7; 9, 641; 11, 28; Stat. Th. 9, 614; Sen. Herc. Fur. 904; id. Oedip. 628 al. — Hence, poet. transf.,

A thorn, goad:

acri Percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor,

Lucr. 1, 923; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 43.

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Bacchus, i, m., = Bakchos, son of Jupiter and a Theban woman, Semele, Tib. 3, 4, 45; Ov. F. 6, 485:

bis genitus (since, as Semele died before his birth, he was carried about by Jupiter in his hip until the time of his maturity),

Curt. 8, 10, 12, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 26; cf. id. M. 3, 310, and bimatris, id. ib. 4, 12; v. also Cic. Fl. 26, 60; Verg. G. 4, 521; the god of wine (as such also called Liber, the deliverer, Lyæus (luein), the care-dispeller; cf. Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P., or Trag. Rel. v. 149 Vahl.; cf Hor. Epod. 9, 38; as intoxicating and inspiring, he is god of poets, esp. of the highly inspired, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 23; 3, 15, 17; id. Tr. 5, 3, 33 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 19, 1; Juv. 7, 64;

who wore crowns of ivy, which was consecrated to him,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 15: Bacchica verba (poëtae), id ib. 1, 7, 2.—He was worshipped esp. in Thrace and Macedonia, and particularly upon Mount Edon, Hor. C. 2, 7, 27;

hence, the Bacchæ are called matres Edonides,

Ov. M. 11, 69; id. Tr. 4, 1, 42; v. also Liber.—Bacchus, in the most ancient times, is represented as a god of nature by a Phallic Herma (v. such a statue in O. Müll. Denkm. 4); in the class. per. in the form of a beautiful youth (Tib. 1, 4, 37; Ov. F. 3, 773), with a crown of vine leaves or ivy upon his head, and sometimes with small horns upon his forehead (id. ib. 3, 481; 3, 767; 6, 483);

hence, corymbifer,

Ov. F. 1, 393; Tib. 2, 1, 3; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cornua, p. 37 Müll.;

his soft hair fell in long ringlets upon his shoulders (depexus crinibus,

Ov. F. 3, 465; cf. id. M. 3, 421); with the exception of a fawn's skin (nebris) thrown around him, he was usually represented naked, but with high and beautiful buskins, the Dionysian cothurni, upon his feet; in his hand he, as well as his attendants (a satyr, Silenus, and the Bacchæ), carried the thyrsus (id. F. 3, 764; cf. id. M. 4, 7 sq.); cf. O. Müll. Arch. § 383.—

Meton.

The cry or invocation to Bacchus, lo Bacche! audito Baccho, Verg. A. 4, 302.—

The vine:

apertos Bacchus amat colles,

Verg. G. 2, 113; Manil. 5, 238; Luc. 9, 433; Col. 10, 38; cf.

fertilis,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 19.—

Wine:

Bacchi quom flos evanuit,

Lucr. 3, 222:

madeant generoso pocula Baccho,

Tib. 3, 6, 5:

et multo in primis hilarans convivia Baccho,

Verg. E. 5, 69; so id. G. 1, 344; 4, 279; id. A. 5, 77; Hor. C. 3, 16, 34; Ov. M. 4, 765; 6, 488; 7, 246; 7, 450; 13, 639; cf.: Bacchi Massicus umor. Verg. G. 2, 143.—

Hence, derivv.

Bac-chĭcus, a, um, adj., = Bakchikos, of Bacchus, Bacchic:

serta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 2; Mart. 7, 62:

buxus,

Stat. Th. 9, 479:

Naxos,

id. Achill. 2, 4:

ritus,

Macr. S. 1, 18:

metrum,

Diom. p. 513 P.—

Bacchĭus, a, um, adj., = Bakchios, of Bacchus:

sacra,

Ov. M. 3, 518.—

Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Bakcheios, Bacchic:

ululatus,

Ov. M. 11, 17:

sacra,

the feast of Bacchus, id. ib. 3, 691:

cornua,

Stat. Th. 9, 435.—

Bacchēĭ-us, a, um, the same:

dona,

i. e. wine, Verg. G. 2, 454 (prob. a spurious verse; v. Forbig. ad loc.).—

Bacchīus, a, um, adj., Bacchic: pes, a metrical foot, a Bacchius, ¯¯˘

(e. g. Rōmānŭs),

Ter. Maur. p. 2414 P., although others reverse this order; v. Quint. 9, 4, 82; Ascon. Div. in Caecil. 7; Don. p. 1739 P.

Bacchus, i, m., a sea-fish, also called myxon, Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61; 32, 7, 25, § 77; 32, 11, 53, § 145.

fons, fontis, m. [root in Gr. cheWô, cheusô, to pour, chuma, choê, etc.; Lat. fundo, futtilis. Fons, i. e. stem font, for fovont = cheWont-; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 84], a spring, fountain, well-source (syn.: scaturigo, puteus).

Lit.:

late parvus aquaï Prata riget fons,

Lucr. 5, 603:

fons dulcis aquaï,

id. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis, cui nomen Arethusa est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

rivorum a fonte deductio,

id. Top. 8, 33:

est apud Hammonis fanum fons luce diurna Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 848 sq.; cf. ib. 873: eunt ad fontem, nitidant (i. e. abluunt) corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v. 166 ed. Vahl.); Caes. B. C. 2, 24 fin.; 3, 49, 5:

(Romulus) locum delegit fontibus abundantem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

fontium qui celat origines, Nilus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 45; id. Ep. 1, 16, 12; id. Epod. 2, 27:

fontes Alandri,

Liv. 38, 15, 15:

Padi fons diebus aestivis aret,

Plin. 2, 102, 105, § 229:

vestris amicum fontibus et choris,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 25: fas pervicaces est mihi Thyiadas Vinique fontem lactis et uberes Cantare rivos, the fountains or streams of wine drawn from the earth by the stroke of the thyrsus, id. ib. 2, 19, 10:

cum tui fontes vel inimicis tuis pateant,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.—

Esp.

A mineral spring, healing waters, = aquae, frigidi medicatique fontes, Cels. 4, 5; cf.:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus Clusinis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

fons calidus medicae salubritatis,

Plin. 5, 15, 16, § 72:

medicatorum fontium vis,

id. 2, 93, 95, § 207.—

Transf., spring-water, water ( poet.):

utrum fontine an Libero imperium te inhibere mavis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 26:

alii fontemque ignemque ferebant,

Verg. A. 12, 119; Luc. 5, 337. —

Trop., a fountain-head, source, origin, cause:

meos amicos...ad Graecos ire jubeo, ut ea a fontibus potius potius hauriant, quam rivulos consectentur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8;

so opp. rivuli,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 117; id. Cael. 8, 19:

fons maledicti,

id. Planc. 23, 57:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309; cf.:

Cilicia origo et fons belli,

Flor. 3, 6:

ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

quorum (philosophorum) fons ipse Socrates,

Quint. 1, 10, 13; cf.:

atqui rerum caput hoc erat et fons,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 45:

oratorum partus atque fontes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 49:

haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 19, 48: omnes omnium rerum, quae ad dicendum pertinerent, fontes animo ac memoria continere, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

philosophiae fontes aperire,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

totos eloquentiae aperire,

Quint. 6, 1, 51:

dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

id. 12, 2, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 19:

fontes ut adire remotos Atque haurire queam vitae praecepta beate,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 94:

ex iis fontibus unde omnia ornamenta dicendi sumuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Rep. 5, 3:

causa atque fons maeroris,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 67:

benevolentia, qui est amicitiae fons a natura constitutus,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

is fons mali hujusce fuit,

Liv. 39, 15, 9:

fons vitii et perjurii,

thou source of all iniquity, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 51; cf. Petr. 24.—

Fons, personified as a deity, with a chapel, Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52.

fons, fontis, m. [root in Gr. cheWô, cheusô, to pour, chuma, choê, etc.; Lat. fundo, futtilis. Fons, i. e. stem font, for fovont = cheWont-; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 84], a spring, fountain, well-source (syn.: scaturigo, puteus).

Lit.:

late parvus aquaï Prata riget fons,

Lucr. 5, 603:

fons dulcis aquaï,

id. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis, cui nomen Arethusa est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

rivorum a fonte deductio,

id. Top. 8, 33:

est apud Hammonis fanum fons luce diurna Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 848 sq.; cf. ib. 873: eunt ad fontem, nitidant (i. e. abluunt) corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v. 166 ed. Vahl.); Caes. B. C. 2, 24 fin.; 3, 49, 5:

(Romulus) locum delegit fontibus abundantem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

fontium qui celat origines, Nilus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 45; id. Ep. 1, 16, 12; id. Epod. 2, 27:

fontes Alandri,

Liv. 38, 15, 15:

Padi fons diebus aestivis aret,

Plin. 2, 102, 105, § 229:

vestris amicum fontibus et choris,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 25: fas pervicaces est mihi Thyiadas Vinique fontem lactis et uberes Cantare rivos, the fountains or streams of wine drawn from the earth by the stroke of the thyrsus, id. ib. 2, 19, 10:

cum tui fontes vel inimicis tuis pateant,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.—

Esp.

A mineral spring, healing waters, = aquae, frigidi medicatique fontes, Cels. 4, 5; cf.:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus Clusinis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

fons calidus medicae salubritatis,

Plin. 5, 15, 16, § 72:

medicatorum fontium vis,

id. 2, 93, 95, § 207.—

Transf., spring-water, water ( poet.):

utrum fontine an Libero imperium te inhibere mavis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 26:

alii fontemque ignemque ferebant,

Verg. A. 12, 119; Luc. 5, 337. —

Trop., a fountain-head, source, origin, cause:

meos amicos...ad Graecos ire jubeo, ut ea a fontibus potius potius hauriant, quam rivulos consectentur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8;

so opp. rivuli,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 117; id. Cael. 8, 19:

fons maledicti,

id. Planc. 23, 57:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309; cf.:

Cilicia origo et fons belli,

Flor. 3, 6:

ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

quorum (philosophorum) fons ipse Socrates,

Quint. 1, 10, 13; cf.:

atqui rerum caput hoc erat et fons,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 45:

oratorum partus atque fontes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 49:

haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 19, 48: omnes omnium rerum, quae ad dicendum pertinerent, fontes animo ac memoria continere, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

philosophiae fontes aperire,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

totos eloquentiae aperire,

Quint. 6, 1, 51:

dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

id. 12, 2, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 19:

fontes ut adire remotos Atque haurire queam vitae praecepta beate,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 94:

ex iis fontibus unde omnia ornamenta dicendi sumuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Rep. 5, 3:

causa atque fons maeroris,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 67:

benevolentia, qui est amicitiae fons a natura constitutus,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

is fons mali hujusce fuit,

Liv. 39, 15, 9:

fons vitii et perjurii,

thou source of all iniquity, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 51; cf. Petr. 24.—

Fons, personified as a deity, with a chapel, Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52.

laurĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of laurel, laurel-.

Adj.:

vectes laurei,

Cato, R. R. 31:

folia,

id. ib. 76:

corona,

Liv. 23, 11:

in nitidā laurea serta comā,

Ov. Tr. 2, 172:

oleum,

laurel-oil, Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 137:

ramus,

id. 15, 30, 40, § 136:

ramulus,

Suet. Caes. 81:

pira,

i. e. that smell like laurel, Col. 12, 10:

cerasa,

grafted on laurel, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:

nemus,

Mart. 10, 92, 11.—

Subst.: laurĕa, ae, f.

(Sc. arbor.) The laurel-tree:

laurea in puppi navis longae enata,

Liv. 32, 1:

tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 9:

factis modo laurea ramis annuit,

Ov. M. 1, 566:

ex Pannonia,

Plin. Pan. 8, 3.—

(Sc. corona.) A laurel crown or garland, laurel branch, as the ornament of Apollo, of poets, of ancestral images, of generals enjoying a triumph, and of letters containing news of a victory:

te precor, o vates, assit tua laurea nobis,

Ov. R. Am. 75:

laureā donandus Apollinari,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 9:

cedant arma togae, concedat laurea linguae, Cic. poët. Off. 1, 22, 77: quam lauream cum tua laudatione conferam,

id. Fam. 15, 6, 1. Sometimes victorious generals, instead of a triumphal procession, contented themselves with carrying a laurel branch to the Capitol:

de Cattis Dacisque duplicem triumphum egit: de Sarmatis lauream modo Capitolino Jovi retulit,

Suet. Dom. 6:

urbem praetextatus et laurea coronatus intravit,

id. Tib. 17; id. Ner. 13; Plin. Pan. 8:

thyrsus enim vobis, gestata est laurea nobis,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 67:

bellorum laureas victori tradens,

Just. 14, 4, 17.—

Trop., a victory, triumph:

primus in toga triumphum linguaeque lauream merite,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; cf.:

parite laudem et lauream,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 53.

rĕdĭmĭo, ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. redimibat, Verg. A. 10, 538; Aus. Epigr. 94), v. a. [etym. dub.], to bind round, wreathe round, encircle, gird, crown, etc. (mostly poet.; syn.: cingo, circumdo).

In the verb finit.:

caput atque umeros plexis redimire coronis,

Lucr. 5, 1399:

cui tempora vittā,

Verg. A. 10, 538:

mitrā capillos,

Ov. H. 9, 63:

crinem corymbis,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 16:

chelyn,

id. ib. 4, 8, 38:

frontem coronā,

Mart. 8, 70, 5 al.:

sertis redimiri jubebis et rosā?

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:

lauro tabellas,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25; cf.:

fastigium aedis tintinnabulis,

Suet. Aug. 91: hortum floribus, Col. poët. 10, 286. — Poet.:

nec sic innumeros arcu mutante colores Incipiens redimitur hiems,

is girt round, environed, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 99.—

In part. perf.:

sertis redimiti,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

redimitus coronis,

id. Rep. 4, 5, 10:

anguineo redimita capillo Frons,

Cat. 64, 193:

frons corymbis,

Tib. 1, 7, 45:

frons regium in morem,

Flor. 3, 19, 10; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; cf.:

domus floridis corollis,

Cat. 63, 66:

navigia variarum coronarum genere,

Suet. Vit. 10; Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 87; v. Sillig ad h. l.: loca silvis, girt round, surrounded, Cat. 63, 3; cf.:

Naxos Aegaeo ponto,

Sen. Oedip. 487.— Absol.:

missile,

the wreathed thyrsus, Stat. Achill. 1, 612:

cervix,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 246.— In a poet. construction:

redimitus tempora lauro, quercu, mitrā, etc.,

Tib. 3, 4, 23; Verg. G. 1, 349; Ov. M. 14, 654; 9, 3; id. F. 3, 269; 669; 4, 661; cf.:

caput harundine redimitus,

Vell. 2, 83, 2 al.