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to be in the region around

  • 1 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Circa

  • 2 circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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  • 3 Asia

    Ā̆sĭa, ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = Asia.
    I.
    A.. Orig., a town in Lydia; afterwards the region around it; hence,
    B.
    Adj.: Ā̆sĭus, a, um, of Asia:

    palus,

    the marshy region on the river Cayster, Verg. A. 7, 701; cf. id. G. 1, 383, and Hom. Il. 2, 461;

    Asia,

    a nymph, Verg. G. 4, 343; cf. Hyg. Fab. prooem.—
    II.
    A.. In an extended signif., Asia Minor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 557; Sen. Troad. 6; Vulg. Act. 19, 26; 21, 27 al.—Hence also for Pergamos, Liv. 26, 24; Vell. 2, 4; and, as a Roman province, or Proconsular Asia, kat' exochên (hê idiôs kaloumenê Adia, Strabo, 17, p. 118), Asia comprehended Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia; cf.:

    Namque, ut opinor, Asia vestra constat ex Phrygiā, Cariā, Mysiā, Lydiā,

    Cic. Fl. 27; id. Imp. Pomp. 6; Vulg. Act. 2, 9; 6, 9; ib. 1 Cor. 16, 19 et saep.— Hence,
    B.
    Ā̆sĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. Asiaticus): villa, Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For Troas, Ov. M. 13, 484.—
    III.
    In a still wider sense, the whole of the quarter of the globe Asia (hence the distinction Asia Minor, Oros. 1, 2), Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 47 sqq.—A poet. form, Ā̆sis, īdis, Asia, Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. ††
    2.
    asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini, rye, in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.

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  • 4 asia

    Ā̆sĭa, ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = Asia.
    I.
    A.. Orig., a town in Lydia; afterwards the region around it; hence,
    B.
    Adj.: Ā̆sĭus, a, um, of Asia:

    palus,

    the marshy region on the river Cayster, Verg. A. 7, 701; cf. id. G. 1, 383, and Hom. Il. 2, 461;

    Asia,

    a nymph, Verg. G. 4, 343; cf. Hyg. Fab. prooem.—
    II.
    A.. In an extended signif., Asia Minor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 557; Sen. Troad. 6; Vulg. Act. 19, 26; 21, 27 al.—Hence also for Pergamos, Liv. 26, 24; Vell. 2, 4; and, as a Roman province, or Proconsular Asia, kat' exochên (hê idiôs kaloumenê Adia, Strabo, 17, p. 118), Asia comprehended Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia; cf.:

    Namque, ut opinor, Asia vestra constat ex Phrygiā, Cariā, Mysiā, Lydiā,

    Cic. Fl. 27; id. Imp. Pomp. 6; Vulg. Act. 2, 9; 6, 9; ib. 1 Cor. 16, 19 et saep.— Hence,
    B.
    Ā̆sĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. Asiaticus): villa, Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For Troas, Ov. M. 13, 484.—
    III.
    In a still wider sense, the whole of the quarter of the globe Asia (hence the distinction Asia Minor, Oros. 1, 2), Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 47 sqq.—A poet. form, Ā̆sis, īdis, Asia, Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. ††
    2.
    asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini, rye, in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.

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  • 5 circumcido

    circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture;

    syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

    gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,

    Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36:

    latera scrobis,

    id. 5, 9, 9:

    arbores ad medullam,

    Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191:

    aciem,

    Lucr. 3, 412:

    caespitem gladiis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

    ungues,

    Cels. 7, 26, 2:

    volnus,

    Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61:

    genitalia (Judaeorum),

    to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init. —
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose;

    syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138;

    so with amputo,

    id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

    sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,

    Liv. 32, 27, 4; so,

    impensam funeri,

    Phaedr. 4, 19, 25:

    circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

    Cels. 4, 25:

    circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,

    to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove:

    circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

    circumcidat, si quid redundabit,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.:

    (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,

    id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104:

    ineptas quaestiones,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,
    A.
    Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible:

    saxum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    collis ex omni parte circumcisus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —
    B.
    Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.):

    quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse:

    circumcisae orationes et breves,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf.

    supra,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27. — Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly:

    rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,

    Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.

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  • 6 Berenice

    Bĕrĕnīcē (in MSS. also Bĕrŏnīcē), ēs, f., = Berenikê.
    I.
    A female name.
    A.
    Daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoë, and wife of her own brother, Ptolemy Euergetes; her beautiful hair was placed as a constellation in heaven (Coma or Crinis Berenices), Hyg. Astr. 2, 24; cf.

    the poem of Catullus: de Coma Berenices, 66, 1 sqq. (Another constellation of the same name,

    Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178.)—Hence,
    2.
    Bĕrĕnīcēus, a, um, adj., of Berenice:

    vertex,

    Cat. 66, 8.—
    B.
    The daughter of the Jewish king Agrippa I., accused of incest, Juv. 6, 156 sqq.; Tac. H. 2, 2; 2, 81; Suet. Tit. 7;

    called uxor Titi,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 4; called Bernīcē, Vulg. Act. 25, 13.—
    II.
    The name of several towns.
    A.
    In Cyrenaica, earlier called Hesperis, now Benghazi, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sol. 27, 54; Amm. 22, 16, 4.—Hence,
    2.
    Bĕrĕnīcis, ĭdis, f., the region around Berenice:

    ardens,

    Luc. 9, 524:

    undosa,

    Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.—
    B.
    A town in Arabia, Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
    C.
    A town on the Red Sea, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 70; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
    D.
    A town on the frontier of Egypt, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 108; 6, 29, 33, § 168.

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  • 7 Bereniceus

    Bĕrĕnīcē (in MSS. also Bĕrŏnīcē), ēs, f., = Berenikê.
    I.
    A female name.
    A.
    Daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoë, and wife of her own brother, Ptolemy Euergetes; her beautiful hair was placed as a constellation in heaven (Coma or Crinis Berenices), Hyg. Astr. 2, 24; cf.

    the poem of Catullus: de Coma Berenices, 66, 1 sqq. (Another constellation of the same name,

    Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178.)—Hence,
    2.
    Bĕrĕnīcēus, a, um, adj., of Berenice:

    vertex,

    Cat. 66, 8.—
    B.
    The daughter of the Jewish king Agrippa I., accused of incest, Juv. 6, 156 sqq.; Tac. H. 2, 2; 2, 81; Suet. Tit. 7;

    called uxor Titi,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 4; called Bernīcē, Vulg. Act. 25, 13.—
    II.
    The name of several towns.
    A.
    In Cyrenaica, earlier called Hesperis, now Benghazi, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sol. 27, 54; Amm. 22, 16, 4.—Hence,
    2.
    Bĕrĕnīcis, ĭdis, f., the region around Berenice:

    ardens,

    Luc. 9, 524:

    undosa,

    Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.—
    B.
    A town in Arabia, Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
    C.
    A town on the Red Sea, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 70; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
    D.
    A town on the frontier of Egypt, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 108; 6, 29, 33, § 168.

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  • 8 Berenicis

    Bĕrĕnīcē (in MSS. also Bĕrŏnīcē), ēs, f., = Berenikê.
    I.
    A female name.
    A.
    Daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoë, and wife of her own brother, Ptolemy Euergetes; her beautiful hair was placed as a constellation in heaven (Coma or Crinis Berenices), Hyg. Astr. 2, 24; cf.

    the poem of Catullus: de Coma Berenices, 66, 1 sqq. (Another constellation of the same name,

    Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178.)—Hence,
    2.
    Bĕrĕnīcēus, a, um, adj., of Berenice:

    vertex,

    Cat. 66, 8.—
    B.
    The daughter of the Jewish king Agrippa I., accused of incest, Juv. 6, 156 sqq.; Tac. H. 2, 2; 2, 81; Suet. Tit. 7;

    called uxor Titi,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 4; called Bernīcē, Vulg. Act. 25, 13.—
    II.
    The name of several towns.
    A.
    In Cyrenaica, earlier called Hesperis, now Benghazi, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sol. 27, 54; Amm. 22, 16, 4.—Hence,
    2.
    Bĕrĕnīcis, ĭdis, f., the region around Berenice:

    ardens,

    Luc. 9, 524:

    undosa,

    Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.—
    B.
    A town in Arabia, Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
    C.
    A town on the Red Sea, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 70; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
    D.
    A town on the frontier of Egypt, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 108; 6, 29, 33, § 168.

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  • 9 Laestrygon

    Laestrygon ( Lestr-), ŏnis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrygŏnes, um, m., = Laistrugones, an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641. —In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.—Hence,
    II.
    Laestrygŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
    A.
    In Formiae:

    domus,

    i. e. Formiæ, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.:

    rupes,

    in Formiæ, Sil. 7, 276:

    amphora,

    i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.—
    B.
    In Sicily:

    campi,

    Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.

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  • 10 Laestrygones

    Laestrygon ( Lestr-), ŏnis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrygŏnes, um, m., = Laistrugones, an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641. —In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.—Hence,
    II.
    Laestrygŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
    A.
    In Formiae:

    domus,

    i. e. Formiæ, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.:

    rupes,

    in Formiæ, Sil. 7, 276:

    amphora,

    i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.—
    B.
    In Sicily:

    campi,

    Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.

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  • 11 Laestrygonius

    Laestrygon ( Lestr-), ŏnis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrygŏnes, um, m., = Laistrugones, an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641. —In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.—Hence,
    II.
    Laestrygŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
    A.
    In Formiae:

    domus,

    i. e. Formiæ, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.:

    rupes,

    in Formiæ, Sil. 7, 276:

    amphora,

    i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.—
    B.
    In Sicily:

    campi,

    Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.

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  • 12 Lestrygon

    Laestrygon ( Lestr-), ŏnis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrygŏnes, um, m., = Laistrugones, an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641. —In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.—Hence,
    II.
    Laestrygŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
    A.
    In Formiae:

    domus,

    i. e. Formiæ, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.:

    rupes,

    in Formiæ, Sil. 7, 276:

    amphora,

    i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.—
    B.
    In Sicily:

    campi,

    Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.

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  • 13 circumsecus

    circum-sĕcus, adv., round, round about, in the region around (only in App.):

    astantes,

    App. M. 2, p. 121, 11; 5, p. 166, 23; 11, p. 264, 33; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 74.

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  • 14 circā

        circā adv.    and praep., later for circum.    I. Adv, around, round about, all around, near: gramen erat circa, O.: ripae Responsant circa, V.: ex montibus qui circa sunt, which are around, L.: sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant, who were at hand, N.: multarum circa civitatum inritatis animis, the surrounding towns, L.: corpora multa virūm circa, V.: farre ex agris circa undique convecto, all around, L.: cum circa omnia hostium essent, L.—    II. Praep. with acc. (sometimes after or separated from the acc.). — In space, about, around, on the side of, surrounding, encompassing: quam (Hennam) circa sunt flores: ligna contulerunt circa casam, N.: aes triplex Circa pectus, H.: quem circa tigres iacent, O. — Around, about, among, through: Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit, L.: circa domos ire, L.: circa civitates miserat nuntios, L.—In the region of, near to, near by: urbīs circa Capuam occupare: circa Liternum posuit castra, in the neighborhood of, L. —In vague designations of a place, in, at, about: Circa virentīs campos, H.: cum amor Saeviet circa iecur, H.: quadriduum circa rupem consumptum, L.: circa unam rem ambitūs facere, L.—Of persons as attendants, around, with, attending, accompanying: canes quos circa se haberet: trecentos iuvenes circa se habebat, L. — In time, about: circa eandem horam, L.: Circa lustra decem, H. —In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost: circa quingentos Romanorum, L.—Fig., about, in respect to: circa adfectationem originis, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    around, all around; round about; near, in vicinity/company; on either side
    II
    around, on bounds of; about/near (space/time/numeral); concerning; with

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  • 15 regio

    rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [rego], a direction, line (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nullā regione viaï Declinare,

    Lucr. 2, 249; cf.:

    notā excedo regione viarum,

    Verg. A. 2, 737:

    de rectā regione deflecto,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 176:

    haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

    oppidi murus ab planitie rectā regione, si nullus anfractus intercederet, MCC. passus aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46; and:

    non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit,

    Liv. 21, 31:

    declinamus item motus nec tempore certo, nec regione loci certā,

    nor in a specified direction, Lucr. 2, 260; cf. id. 2, 293; Curt. 8, 9, 2:

    (Hercynia silva) rectā fluminis Danubii regione pertinet,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25; 7, 46;

    Curt 7, 7, 4: ubi primos superare regionem castrorum animum adverterunt,

    the line, Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

    eam esse naturam et religionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc.,

    i. e. the situation, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

    traicere amnem in regionem insulae,

    Curt. 8, 13, 23.—
    B.
    E regione, adverbially.
    a.
    In a straight line, directly:

    e regione moveri (opp. declinare),

    Cic. Fat. 9, 18;

    so of the rectilinear motion of atoms,

    id. ib. 20, 46:

    ferri, petere,

    id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

    ut cadat e regione loci, quā dirigit aestus,

    straight down, perpendicularly, Lucr. 6, 823; cf. id. 6, 833.—
    b.
    In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite; constr. with gen., dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    (luna) cum est e regione solis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    erat e regione oppidi collis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    castris positis e regione unius eorum pontium, quos, etc.,

    id. ib. 7, 35:

    praesidio e regione castrorum relicto,

    id. ib. 7, 61 fin.:

    rates duplices e regione molis collocabat,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    e regione turris,

    id. B. G. 7, 25.—
    (β).
    With dat.: dicitis, esse e regione nobis e contrariā parte terrae, qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    e regione castris castra ponere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    acie e regione instructā,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 3.—
    * c.
    Trop., on the other hand, on the contrary (late Lat.;

    syn.: e contra): Arabes camelorum lacte vivunt, e regione septentrionales, etc.,

    Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A. 1.
    Primarily in the lang. of augury:

    intra eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    nempe eo (sc. lituo) Romulus regiones direxit tum, cum urbem condidit... ab Attio Navio per lituum regionum facta descriptio,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

    lituus, quo regiones vincere terminavit,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

    regionibus ratis,

    id. Leg. 2, 8, 21.—
    2.
    In gen., a boundary-line, limit, boundary; usually in plur.
    a.
    Lit.:

    anteponatur omnibus Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes iisdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; cf.:

    caeli regionibus terminare,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 26:

    orbis terrae regiones,

    id. Arch. 10, 23. — Rare in sing.:

    quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt,

    Cic. Balb. 28, 64.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 45:

    animus si, quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes terminaret suas,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

    pars (quaestionum) circumscripta modicis regionibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

    vix facile sese regionibus officii continere,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 97. —
    3.
    A quarter, region of the heavens or the earth (mostly poet.):

    (Nilus) exoriens penitus mediā ab regione diei,

    Lucr. 6, 723; so id. 6, 732:

    etiam regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonaris, tum australis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    deinde subter mediam regionem sol obtinet,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erunt,

    Ov. Ib. 38; cf.

    vespertina,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 30;

    Vitr 4, 5, 1: caeli in regione serenā,

    Verg. A. 8, 528: regione occidentis, Liv 33, 17; Just. 18, 3, 10.—
    B.
    A portion (of the earth or heavens) of indefinite extent; a tract, territory, region (cf.: tractus, plaga).
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    in hac regione,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 42:

    locum delegit in regione pestilenti salubrem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    agri fertilissima regio,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

    quā te regione reliqui?

    Verg. A. 9, 390:

    regione portae Esquilinae,

    in the region, neighborhood, Liv. 3, 66 fin. Drak.; 25, 25; 30; 33, 17; cf. Oud. de Auct. B. Alex. 30, 7;

    for which: e regione castrorum,

    in the vicinity of the camp, Liv. 10, 43 Drak.:

    eā regione quā Sergius erat,

    id. 5, 8:

    tam vasta,

    Just. 13, 7, 3:

    acclivis,

    Col. 3, 13, 8:

    deserta siti regio,

    Verg. A. 4, 42. — Plur.:

    hi loci sunt atque hae regiones, quae mihi ab ero sunt demonstratae,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 1:

    cur in his ego te conspicor regionibus?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

    qui innumerabiles mundos infinitasque regiones mente peragravisset,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

    terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles,

    id. N. D. 1, 10, 24 et saep. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A portion of country of indefinite extent; a territory, province, district, region; esp. freq. in plur., lands, territories:

    at regione locoque alio terrisque remotis,

    Lucr. 2, 534:

    Trebonium ad eam regionem, quae Aduaticis adjacet, depopulandam mittit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 33:

    in ejusmodi regione atque provinciā, quae mari cincta esset,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    quae regio orave terrarum erat latior?

    id. Sest. 30, 66:

    regio Pedana,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

    quorum hominum regio,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 2:

    Sogdiana,

    Curt. 7, 10, 1:

    Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    quae regio totius Galliae media habetur,

    id. ib. 6, 13: Sida, quae extrema regio est provinciae meae, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5:

    ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 3:

    principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt,

    id. ib. 6, 23:

    alias regiones partesque peteret,

    id. ib. 6, 43 fin.; cf.

    so with partes,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    deinde in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam. Unam fore et primam partem, quod, etc.... Secundam fore regionem, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 45, 29:

    quod erant propinquae regiones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret,

    id. ib. 3, 44. — Sometimes a district with its people: tractus ille celeberrimus, tota denique nostra illa aspera et montuosa et felix et fautrix suorum regio, Cic. Planc. 9, 22.—
    (β).
    A principal division of the city of Rome, and of the territory around Rome, a quarter, ward, district, circle (of these, under Servius Tullius, there were in the city four, and in the Roman territory twenty-six; under Augustus, there were fourteen in the city), Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Varr. ap. Non. 43, 10; Suet. Aug. 30; Tac. A. 14, 12; 15, 40; Inscr. Orell. 4 sq. et saep.; cf.

    Niebuhr, Gesch. 1, p. 458 sq.: regio quaedam urbis aeternae,

    Amm. 22, 9, 3; 16, 10, 15.—

    Of other cities,

    Inscr. Orell. 6, 768.—Hence, A REGIONIBVS, a captain of a quarter, Inscr. Murat. 894, 8; 895, 4 and 5.—
    (γ).
    Of the provinces into which Italy was divided by Augustus, a province, division:

    descriptionem ab eo (Augusto) factum Italiae totius in regiones undecim,

    Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46; 3, 11, 16, § 99; 3, 12, 17, § 106 al.—
    2.
    Trop., a province, department, sphere:

    dum in regionem astutiarum mearum te induco, ut scias Juxta mecum mea consilia,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; 3, 3, 13:

    idque (consilium) situm mediā regione in pectoris haeret,

    Lucr. 3, 140: ceterae fere artes se ipsae per se tuentur singulae;

    benedicere autem non habet definitam aliquam regionem, cujus terminis saepta teneatur,

    has no determinate province, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

    compass and course, id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181. —
    3.
    The country, the field (late Lat.):

    herba regionis,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 5:

    ligna,

    id. Ezech. 17, 24;

    id. Joel, 1, 19: bestiae,

    id. Ezech. 31, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > regio

  • 16 Maeotae

    Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,
    A.
    Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

    palus,

    Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    glacies,

    Juv. 4, 42:

    pisces,

    Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—
    B.
    Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—
    C.
    Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

    ora,

    of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

    hiems,

    i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    ara,

    i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

    Penthesilea,

    from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

    also: Lacus Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

    Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

    tellus,

    Verg. A. 6, 799:

    unda,

    id. G. 3, 349:

    palus,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Maeotae

  • 17 Maeotici

    Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,
    A.
    Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

    palus,

    Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    glacies,

    Juv. 4, 42:

    pisces,

    Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—
    B.
    Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—
    C.
    Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

    ora,

    of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

    hiems,

    i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    ara,

    i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

    Penthesilea,

    from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

    also: Lacus Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

    Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

    tellus,

    Verg. A. 6, 799:

    unda,

    id. G. 3, 349:

    palus,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Maeotici

  • 18 Maeoticus

    Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,
    A.
    Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

    palus,

    Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    glacies,

    Juv. 4, 42:

    pisces,

    Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—
    B.
    Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—
    C.
    Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

    ora,

    of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

    hiems,

    i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    ara,

    i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

    Penthesilea,

    from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

    also: Lacus Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

    Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

    tellus,

    Verg. A. 6, 799:

    unda,

    id. G. 3, 349:

    palus,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Maeoticus

  • 19 Maeotidae

    Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,
    A.
    Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

    palus,

    Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    glacies,

    Juv. 4, 42:

    pisces,

    Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—
    B.
    Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—
    C.
    Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

    ora,

    of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

    hiems,

    i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    ara,

    i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

    Penthesilea,

    from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

    also: Lacus Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

    Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

    tellus,

    Verg. A. 6, 799:

    unda,

    id. G. 3, 349:

    palus,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Maeotidae

  • 20 Maeotis

    Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,
    A.
    Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

    palus,

    Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    glacies,

    Juv. 4, 42:

    pisces,

    Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—
    B.
    Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—
    C.
    Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

    ora,

    of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

    hiems,

    i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    ara,

    i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

    Penthesilea,

    from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

    also: Lacus Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

    Maeotis,

    id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

    tellus,

    Verg. A. 6, 799:

    unda,

    id. G. 3, 349:

    palus,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

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