to be transported

* * *

* * *

cymba ( cumba), ae, f., = kumbê, a boat, skiff, first used by the Phœnicians, Plin. 7, 55, 57, § 208; Afran. in Non. p. 535, 31; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59; Ov. M. 1, 293; id. F. 6, 777 al.—In partic., the boat of Charon which transported the dead, Verg. A. 6, 303; Hor. C. 2, 3, 28; Prop. 3 (4), 18, 24; Stat. S. 2, 1, 186.—

Trop.:

non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,

i. e. meddle not with themes above your powers, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 26; Quint. 12, 10, 37.

ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ex navi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

argentum ad aliquem,

id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

machaeram huc,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

puerum extra aedes usquam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

cistellam domo,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

cibaria sibi quemque domo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

frumentum ab Ilerda,

id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

piscem de custodia,

Col. 8, 17 fin.:

litteras,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

mucronem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

pedem aedibus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

pedem portā,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

pedem quoquam,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

se hinc (ignis),

Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

se vallo (equus),

Tac. A. 15, 7:

Furium longius extulit cursus,

Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

id. 4, 29.—

In partic.

Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—

Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—

Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

id, quod agri efferant,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—

Transf.:

ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

(Italia) genus acre virum,

Verg. G. 2, 169.—

Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

aliquem in murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

corvus e conspectu elatus,

Liv. 7, 26:

pulvis elatus,

id. 4, 33:

elata super capita scuta,

Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

Hor. Epod. 2, 18.

Trop.

To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

clamorem,

to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

vocem ejus in vulgus,

Tac. A. 12, 21:

tuum peccatum foras,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

hoc foras,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

clandestina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

rem,

id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

has meas ineptias,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

divinitus dicta,

id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—

In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—

In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

studio,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

cupiditate,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

vi naturae atque ingenii,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

laetitia,

id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

id. Fam. 2, 10):

incredibili gaudio,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

id. Calig. 54:

popularitate,

id. Ner. 53.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

pretia alicujus rei,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

aliquem supra leges,

Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

aliquem pecunia aut honore,

Sall. J. 49, 4:

patriam demersam extuli,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

aliquem maximis laudibus,

id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

aliquid maximis laudibus,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

aliquem laudibus,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

aliquem verbis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

aliquid versibus,

id. Rep. 1, 14;

and simply aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

aliquem in summum odium,

id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

rem in summam invidiam,

Quint. 8, 4, 19.—

In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

id. Brut. 7, 26:

volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

id. de Or. 2, 21.—

In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

Liv. 30, 30:

quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

se altius et incivilius,

Flor. 1, 26, 8:

sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

hic me magnifice effero,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

(fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

se efferre in potestate,

to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

recenti victoria,

id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

spe celeris victoriae,

id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

gloria,

id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

elatus et inflatus his rebus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

Curt. 3, 19, 10;

but also: ad justam fiduciam,

Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —

Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).

Lit.:

modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 10:

elatissimae lucernae,

Tert. Apol. 53.—

Trop.:

animus magnus elatusque,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

verba,

high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

hoc casu elatior Julianus,

Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

insula opibus,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

dicere (opp. summisse),

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

se gerere,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

Gell. 9, 15, 4.

ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).

Physically:

terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

speciem oris,

Liv. 2, 23; cf.

vultum,

Suet. Calig. 50:

efferantia sese ulcera,

becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

Mars efferat aurum,

i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—

Mentally:

gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

militem dux ipse efferavit,

Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

animos,

id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

ingenia,

Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

vultus,

Petr. 82, 1:

animi,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

mores ritusque,

Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

effectus,

Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

canes in homines,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

saevire,

Lact. 5, 20, 10.

gestĭo, ōnis, f. [gero].

A managing, doing, performing (perh. only in the foll. passages;

syn.: actio, administratio): in gestione autem negotii, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 38; cf. id. ib. 2, 12, 39.—

A behaving, acting in any manner, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 8.

gestĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic imperf. gestibat, Gell. 15, 2, 1:

gestibant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 49), v. n. [2. gestus, I.], to use passionate gestures, to throw one's self about (espec. for joy), to be transported, to exult, to be joyful, cheerful (cf.: exsilio, exsulto): gestit, qui subitā felicitate exhilaratus nimio corporis motu praeter consuetudinem exsultat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 387 (freq. and class.).

Lit.; constr. with abl. or absol.

With abl.:

quorum alter laetitiā gestiat, alter dolore crucietur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

voluptate nimiā gestire,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

inani laetitia exsultans et temere gestiens,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

Veliterni coloni gestientes otio,

Liv. 6, 36, 1:

cur non gestiret taurus equae contrectatione, equus vaccae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; Col. 8, 15, 4:

secundis rebus,

Liv. 45, 19, 7.—

Absol.:

quid est, quod sic gestis?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 10; cf. ib. 7:

hac (eloquentiā) deducimus perterritos a timore, hac gestientes comprimimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

tum gestit aper, cum sese Martia tigris Abstulit,

Val. Fl. 3, 634:

cum laetitia, ut adepta jam aliquid concupitum, efferatur et gestiat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 12; cf. id. ib. § 13.—

Trop., in speaking, to enlarge at will, to digress:

quapropter historiae nonnumquam ubertas in aliqua exercendi stili parte ponenda, et dialogorum libertate gestiendum,

Quint. 10, 5, 15.—

Transf., to desire eagerly or passionately, to long for; constr. usually with inf., rarely with abl. or absol.

With inf.:

roga, obsecro hercle, gestio promittere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 11:

machaera, quae gestit stragem facere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 8:

moecho abdomen adimere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5:

gestio scire ista omnia,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

Antonius senatum delere gestit,

id. Phil. 6, 14:

nihil erat, quod Zeno mutare gestiret,

id. Fin. 4, 4, 8:

transfuga divitum Partes linquere gestio,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 24:

fuge, quo descendere gestis,

id. Ep. 1, 20, 5:

quod gestiat animus aliquid agere in re publica,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 4.—With pass. inf.:

equidem illam moveri gestio,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 43:

ipsum gestio dari mihi in conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 39, 2; Gell. 16, 13, 4.—

With abl.:

(cygnos) nunc currere in undas, Et studio incassum videas gestire lavandi,

Verg. G. 1, 387.—

Absol.: gestiunt pugni mihi. my fists itch to be at you, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 167:

dudum scapulae gestibant mihi,

i. e. were longing for the whip, id. As. 2, 2, 49:

inridere ne videare et gestire admodum,

id. Most. 3, 2, 126. [p. 814]

laetĭtĭa, ae, f. [id.], joy, esp. unrestrained joyfulness, gladness, pleasure, delight (cf.: gaudium, hilaritas).

Lit.:

laetitia opinio recens boni praesentis, in quo efferri rectum esse videatur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

laetitia dicitur exsultatio quaedam animi gaudio efferventior eventu rerum expetitarum,

Gell. 2, 27, 3:

judicium plenum laetitiae,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243:

percipere laetitiam ex re,

id. ib. 1, 44, 197:

prae laetitia lacrumae prosuliunt mihi,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 13:

ut mea laetitia laetus promiscam siet,

id. Ps. 4, 5, 11:

totus in laetitiam effusus,

wholly dissolved in pleasure, Just. 12, 13, 7:

diem perpetuum in laetitia degere,

to spend joyfully, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 6:

ne me in laetitiam frustra conicias,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 51:

laetitiae dator,

i. e. Bacchus, Verg. A. 1, 734:

efferri laetitiā,

to be transported with joy, Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

exsultare,

id. Att. 14, 6, 2:

perfrui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

afficere aliquem,

id. Mil. 28, 77:

comitia me laetitiā extulerunt,

have rejoiced me exceedingly, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1:

laetitiam capere oculis,

to enjoy, id. Att. 14, 14, 1:

dare alicui,

to give delight to, id. Planc. 42, 103:

et altera traditur circensis turbae non minus similis veri laetitia,

another outbreak of joy, Liv. 45, 1, 6:

ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus ei obicerem domi,

this cause of joy, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12; cf.:

offerre laetitiam alicui,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 18.—Esp. of success in love, Prop. 1, 10, 12; 2, 6, 32.— Plur.:

quaero quoi ter trinas triplicis tribus demeritas artibus Dem laetitias,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 14: incessi omnibus laetitiis laetus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2.—

Transf., pleasing appearance, beauty, grace:

membrorum,

Stat. Th. 6, 571.— Luxuriance, fertility, of plants:

trunci,

Col. 4, 24, 12:

pabuli,

plenty, abundance, Just. 44, 4, 14.—Of a fruitful soil:

loci,

Col. 4, 21, 2.—Of speech, sweetness, grace:

laetitia et pulcritudo orationis,

Tac. Or. 20.

nāvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [navisago], to sail, set sail.

Lit.

Neutr.:

cum per anni tempus navigare poteris, ad nos veni,

Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

ex Asiā in Macedoniam,

id. Fl. 14, 32:

Syracusas,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

in alto,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 153:

plenissimis velis,

id. Dom. 10, 24:

nactus idoneam tempestatem ad navigandum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

e portu,

to set sail, Quint. 4, 2, 42:

quo tempore ceteri praetores consueverunt navigare,

to go by sea, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80:

neve naviges, nisi explorate,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.—Of ships:

utrum ista classis navigārit,

Cic. Fl. 14, 32:

decrevimus, ut classis in Italiam navigaret,

id. ib. 13, 30; Ov. A. A. 2, 10.—Of goods or freight:

interest utrum ipsae merces periculo creditoris navigent,

go, are transported by ship, Dig. 22, 2, 1.—Prov.:

navigare in portu,

i. e. to be in safety, Ter. And. 3, 1, 22.—

Act., to sail over, navigate:

cum Xerxes maria ambulavisset, terramque navigāsset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

Tyrrhenum aequor,

Verg. A. 1, 67:

aequor Ionium,

Ov. M. 15, 50:

Oceanum septentrionalem,

Suet. Claud. 1: quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent, all their achievements in navigation, etc., Sall. C. 2, 7.—

Pass.:

totus hodie navigatur occidens: septentrionalis vero Oceanus magnā ex parte navigatus est,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; 36, 15, 24, § 104; Tac. G. 34; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 28. —

Impers.:

iis enim ventis istim navigatur,

Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

si valebis, cum recte navigari poterit, tum naviges,

id. ib. 16, 12, 6; Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 126.—

Transf.

To sail, remove, proceed:

quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

in Africam navigabat bellum,

Flor. 2, 2, 17; 2, 8, 1.—

To swim, Ov. H. 19, 47. —

To flow:

in ipso rapidum mare navigat ore,

Manil. 5, 583.

Nĭŏba, ae, and Nĭŏbē, ēs, f., = Niobê.

The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were slain by Apollo and Diana, because, on the strength of her numerous progeny, she triumphed over Latona. Niobe herself was changed into a stone, which was transported in a whirlwind to the top of Sipylus, and has ever since remained wet with tears; form Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 146 sq.;

form Nioba: Nioba fingitur lapidea, propter aeternum credo in luctu silentium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Sen. Ep. 63, 2; Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 7; Petr. 52, 2; Hyg. Fab. 9 and 145.—Hence,

Nĭŏbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Niobe:

proles,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 1.—

Nĭŏbĭdes, ae, m., a son of Niobe, Hyg. Fab. 11 in lemm. —

The daughter of Phoroneus, king of Argos, who bore Argus to Jupiter, Hyg. Fab. 145.

Nĭŏba, ae, and Nĭŏbē, ēs, f., = Niobê.

The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were slain by Apollo and Diana, because, on the strength of her numerous progeny, she triumphed over Latona. Niobe herself was changed into a stone, which was transported in a whirlwind to the top of Sipylus, and has ever since remained wet with tears; form Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 146 sq.;

form Nioba: Nioba fingitur lapidea, propter aeternum credo in luctu silentium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Sen. Ep. 63, 2; Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 7; Petr. 52, 2; Hyg. Fab. 9 and 145.—Hence,

Nĭŏbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Niobe:

proles,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 1.—

Nĭŏbĭdes, ae, m., a son of Niobe, Hyg. Fab. 11 in lemm. —

The daughter of Phoroneus, king of Argos, who bore Argus to Jupiter, Hyg. Fab. 145.

Nĭŏba, ae, and Nĭŏbē, ēs, f., = Niobê.

The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were slain by Apollo and Diana, because, on the strength of her numerous progeny, she triumphed over Latona. Niobe herself was changed into a stone, which was transported in a whirlwind to the top of Sipylus, and has ever since remained wet with tears; form Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 146 sq.;

form Nioba: Nioba fingitur lapidea, propter aeternum credo in luctu silentium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Sen. Ep. 63, 2; Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 7; Petr. 52, 2; Hyg. Fab. 9 and 145.—Hence,

Nĭŏbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Niobe:

proles,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 1.—

Nĭŏbĭdes, ae, m., a son of Niobe, Hyg. Fab. 11 in lemm. —

The daughter of Phoroneus, king of Argos, who bore Argus to Jupiter, Hyg. Fab. 145.

Nĭŏba, ae, and Nĭŏbē, ēs, f., = Niobê.

The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were slain by Apollo and Diana, because, on the strength of her numerous progeny, she triumphed over Latona. Niobe herself was changed into a stone, which was transported in a whirlwind to the top of Sipylus, and has ever since remained wet with tears; form Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 146 sq.;

form Nioba: Nioba fingitur lapidea, propter aeternum credo in luctu silentium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Sen. Ep. 63, 2; Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 7; Petr. 52, 2; Hyg. Fab. 9 and 145.—Hence,

Nĭŏbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Niobe:

proles,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 1.—

Nĭŏbĭdes, ae, m., a son of Niobe, Hyg. Fab. 11 in lemm. —

The daughter of Phoroneus, king of Argos, who bore Argus to Jupiter, Hyg. Fab. 145.