twelve

Bŏvillae ( Bŏbellae, Tab. Peut.; Bŏbillae, Gromat. Vet. p. 231, 11), ārum, f. ( Bŏvilla, ae, f., Front. Colon. p. 103).

A small but very ancient town in Latium, a colony from Alba Longa, about twelve miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and, until some time in the Middle Ages, the first station on it;

it contained the Sacrarium of the Julian gens,

Tac. A. 2, 41; 15, 23; id. H. 4, 2; 4, 46; Suet. Aug. 100; Flor. 1, 11, 6; Schol. Pers. 6, 55 al.; Vell. 2, 47, 4:

suburbanae,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 33; Ov. F. 3, 667; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Inscr. Orell. 2625.—At an inn in this town Clodius, previously attacked and wounded in the Temple of Bona Dea, was murdered by Milo, Ascon. Cic. Mil. Argum. (4).—

Derivv.

Bŏvil-lānus, a, um, adj., of Bovillœ:

vicinitas,

Cic. Planc. 9, 23:

pugna, i.e. the killing of Clodius (with a play on the word bovillus),

id. Att. 5, 13, 1 B. and K.—

Bŏvillen-ses, ium, m., inhabitants of Bovillœ, Inscr. Fabr. p. 456, n. 74; so Fratr. Arval. Marin. p. 654.—

Bovillanus fundus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3, is referred to another place of the same name in the territory of the Arpini, otherwise unknown.

Bŏvillae ( Bŏbellae, Tab. Peut.; Bŏbillae, Gromat. Vet. p. 231, 11), ārum, f. ( Bŏvilla, ae, f., Front. Colon. p. 103).

A small but very ancient town in Latium, a colony from Alba Longa, about twelve miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and, until some time in the Middle Ages, the first station on it;

it contained the Sacrarium of the Julian gens,

Tac. A. 2, 41; 15, 23; id. H. 4, 2; 4, 46; Suet. Aug. 100; Flor. 1, 11, 6; Schol. Pers. 6, 55 al.; Vell. 2, 47, 4:

suburbanae,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 33; Ov. F. 3, 667; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Inscr. Orell. 2625.—At an inn in this town Clodius, previously attacked and wounded in the Temple of Bona Dea, was murdered by Milo, Ascon. Cic. Mil. Argum. (4).—

Derivv.

Bŏvil-lānus, a, um, adj., of Bovillœ:

vicinitas,

Cic. Planc. 9, 23:

pugna, i.e. the killing of Clodius (with a play on the word bovillus),

id. Att. 5, 13, 1 B. and K.—

Bŏvillen-ses, ium, m., inhabitants of Bovillœ, Inscr. Fabr. p. 456, n. 74; so Fratr. Arval. Marin. p. 654.—

Bovillanus fundus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3, is referred to another place of the same name in the territory of the Arpini, otherwise unknown.

Bŏvillae ( Bŏbellae, Tab. Peut.; Bŏbillae, Gromat. Vet. p. 231, 11), ārum, f. ( Bŏvilla, ae, f., Front. Colon. p. 103).

A small but very ancient town in Latium, a colony from Alba Longa, about twelve miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and, until some time in the Middle Ages, the first station on it;

it contained the Sacrarium of the Julian gens,

Tac. A. 2, 41; 15, 23; id. H. 4, 2; 4, 46; Suet. Aug. 100; Flor. 1, 11, 6; Schol. Pers. 6, 55 al.; Vell. 2, 47, 4:

suburbanae,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 33; Ov. F. 3, 667; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Inscr. Orell. 2625.—At an inn in this town Clodius, previously attacked and wounded in the Temple of Bona Dea, was murdered by Milo, Ascon. Cic. Mil. Argum. (4).—

Derivv.

Bŏvil-lānus, a, um, adj., of Bovillœ:

vicinitas,

Cic. Planc. 9, 23:

pugna, i.e. the killing of Clodius (with a play on the word bovillus),

id. Att. 5, 13, 1 B. and K.—

Bŏvillen-ses, ium, m., inhabitants of Bovillœ, Inscr. Fabr. p. 456, n. 74; so Fratr. Arval. Marin. p. 654.—

Bovillanus fundus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3, is referred to another place of the same name in the territory of the Arpini, otherwise unknown.

Caere, n. indecl. ( gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Kairê Steph., Kairea Strab., a very ancient city of Etruria, one of the twelve; previously called Agylla, now Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—

Derivv.

Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic:

populus,

Liv. 7, 19, 6:

aquae,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In plur.: Caerĭtes ( Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In consequence of assisting the Romans in the Gallic war, they received the privilege of Roman citizenship, but without the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of such quasi-citizens were called tabulae Caerites or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in consequence of disfranchisement inflicted by the censor, were enrolled in these, being deprived of the right of voting;

hence the odious access. idea of the expression in tabulas Caerites (um) referri,

to be degraded. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence:

Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni,

Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—

Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.

Cae-rētānum, i, n., a country-seat near Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—

Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), wine from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—

Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.

Caere, n. indecl. ( gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Kairê Steph., Kairea Strab., a very ancient city of Etruria, one of the twelve; previously called Agylla, now Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—

Derivv.

Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic:

populus,

Liv. 7, 19, 6:

aquae,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In plur.: Caerĭtes ( Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In consequence of assisting the Romans in the Gallic war, they received the privilege of Roman citizenship, but without the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of such quasi-citizens were called tabulae Caerites or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in consequence of disfranchisement inflicted by the censor, were enrolled in these, being deprived of the right of voting;

hence the odious access. idea of the expression in tabulas Caerites (um) referri,

to be degraded. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence:

Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni,

Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—

Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.

Cae-rētānum, i, n., a country-seat near Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—

Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), wine from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—

Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.

Caere, n. indecl. ( gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Kairê Steph., Kairea Strab., a very ancient city of Etruria, one of the twelve; previously called Agylla, now Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—

Derivv.

Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic:

populus,

Liv. 7, 19, 6:

aquae,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In plur.: Caerĭtes ( Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In consequence of assisting the Romans in the Gallic war, they received the privilege of Roman citizenship, but without the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of such quasi-citizens were called tabulae Caerites or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in consequence of disfranchisement inflicted by the censor, were enrolled in these, being deprived of the right of voting;

hence the odious access. idea of the expression in tabulas Caerites (um) referri,

to be degraded. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence:

Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni,

Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—

Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.

Cae-rētānum, i, n., a country-seat near Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—

Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), wine from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—

Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.

Caere, n. indecl. ( gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Kairê Steph., Kairea Strab., a very ancient city of Etruria, one of the twelve; previously called Agylla, now Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—

Derivv.

Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic:

populus,

Liv. 7, 19, 6:

aquae,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In plur.: Caerĭtes ( Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In consequence of assisting the Romans in the Gallic war, they received the privilege of Roman citizenship, but without the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of such quasi-citizens were called tabulae Caerites or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in consequence of disfranchisement inflicted by the censor, were enrolled in these, being deprived of the right of voting;

hence the odious access. idea of the expression in tabulas Caerites (um) referri,

to be degraded. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence:

Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni,

Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—

Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.

Cae-rētānum, i, n., a country-seat near Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—

Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), wine from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—

Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.

Caere, n. indecl. ( gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Kairê Steph., Kairea Strab., a very ancient city of Etruria, one of the twelve; previously called Agylla, now Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—

Derivv.

Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic:

populus,

Liv. 7, 19, 6:

aquae,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In plur.: Caerĭtes ( Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In consequence of assisting the Romans in the Gallic war, they received the privilege of Roman citizenship, but without the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of such quasi-citizens were called tabulae Caerites or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in consequence of disfranchisement inflicted by the censor, were enrolled in these, being deprived of the right of voting;

hence the odious access. idea of the expression in tabulas Caerites (um) referri,

to be degraded. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence:

Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni,

Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—

Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.

Cae-rētānum, i, n., a country-seat near Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—

Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), wine from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—

Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.

Caere, n. indecl. ( gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Kairê Steph., Kairea Strab., a very ancient city of Etruria, one of the twelve; previously called Agylla, now Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—

Derivv.

Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic:

populus,

Liv. 7, 19, 6:

aquae,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In plur.: Caerĭtes ( Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In consequence of assisting the Romans in the Gallic war, they received the privilege of Roman citizenship, but without the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of such quasi-citizens were called tabulae Caerites or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in consequence of disfranchisement inflicted by the censor, were enrolled in these, being deprived of the right of voting;

hence the odious access. idea of the expression in tabulas Caerites (um) referri,

to be degraded. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence:

Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni,

Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—

Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.

Cae-rētānum, i, n., a country-seat near Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—

Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), wine from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—

Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.

carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].

Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).

In gen.:

(flos) tenui carptus ungui,

Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

ab arbore flores,

id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

infra, II.: rosam, poma,

Verg. G. 4, 134:

violas et papavera,

id. E. 2, 47:

violas, lilia,

Ov. M. 5, 392:

frondes uncis manibus,

id. G. 2, 366:

plenis pomaria ramis,

Ov. H. 4, 29:

vindemiam de palmite,

Verg. G. 2, 90:

fructus,

id. ib. 2, 501:

frumenta manu,

id. ib. 3, 176.—

Esp.

Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

carpunt gramen equi,

Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

herbam,

Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

pabula,

id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

alimenta,

id. M. 15, 478:

apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

apis carpens thyma,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

Ov. M. 2, 792:

nec carpsere jecur volucres,

id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

carpe cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —

Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

vellera,

Verg. G. 4, 335:

pensa,

id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

lana carpta,

carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

ex collo furtim coronas,

to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

crinem genasque,

to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

Sen. Thyest. 1061.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

basia,

Mart. 5, 46, 1:

gaudia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

dulcia,

Pers. 5, 151:

regni commoda carpe mei,

Ov. F. 3, 622:

fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

delicias,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—

Esp.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

flore aetatis frui,

Liv. 21, 3, 4):

illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

diem,

Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

honores virtutis,

Val. Fl. 1, 177:

auras vitales,

Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

sub dio somnos,

Verg. G. 3, 435:

quietem,

id. A. 7, 414:

soporem,

id. ib. 4, 522:

noctes securas,

Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—

In a bad sense.

To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

Liv. 45, 35, 5:

imperatorem,

id. 44, 38, 2:

quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

Quint. 11, 1, 24:

maligno sermone,

Suet. Aug. 27:

obliquis orationibus,

id. Dom. 2:

nonnihil vocibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

aliquem sermonibus,

Liv. 7, 12, 12:

sinistris sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

Ciceronem in his,

Quint. 9, 4, 64:

te ficto quaestu,

Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

et detorquere recte facta,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

famam vitamque,

id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—

To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

vires,

Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

id. 34, 3, 2;

esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

Verg. A. 4, 32:

curā carpitur ista mei,

Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,

In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

agmen adversariorum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

novissimum agmen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

novissimos,

Liv. 8, 38, 6:

extrema agminis,

id. 6, 32, 11. —

To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

Liv. 26, 38, 2:

summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

id. 3, 61, 13:

Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning

supra:

si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

id. ib. —

Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

viam,

Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

iter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

supremum iter = mori,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

gyrum,

to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

fugam,

to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

prata fugā,

Verg. G. 3, 142:

pede viam,

Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

pede iter,

id. F. 3, 604:

pedibus terras, pontum remis,

Prop. 1, 6, 33:

pede campos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

mare,

id. M. 11, 752:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196;

15, 507: aëra alis,

id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

aethera,

Ov. M. 8, 219:

carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

id. ib. 10, 53.

circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].

A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

circus lacteus,

the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—

Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

Circus Magnus,

Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

hence, Circus fallax,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

Circus clamosus,

Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

called only Circus,

Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—

Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

ludicrum, the same,

Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

committere,

id. Claud. 21:

spectare,

id. Aug. 45:

Circensium die,

id. Dom. 4:

plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

id. Tib. 26.—

Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—

Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].

A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

circus lacteus,

the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—

Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

Circus Magnus,

Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

hence, Circus fallax,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

Circus clamosus,

Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

called only Circus,

Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—

Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

ludicrum, the same,

Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

committere,

id. Claud. 21:

spectare,

id. Aug. 45:

Circensium die,

id. Dom. 4:

plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

id. Tib. 26.—

Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—

Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

Cŏlŏphon, ōnis (acc. -nem, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33;

-na,

Vell. 1, 4, 3; Tac. A. 2, 54), m., = Kolophôn, one of the twelve Ionian towns in Lydia, situated near the sea, and renowned for its cavalry, now perh. Zille or Altobosco, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 26, 5 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 3. —

Hence,

Cŏlŏphōnĭus, a, um, adj., Colophonian:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 (also absol.:

Colophonia,

Scrib. Comp. 137 sq.):

Idmon,

Ov. M. 6, 8.—In plur.: Cŏlŏphōnii, ōrum, m., the Colophonians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19.—

Cŏlŏphōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: Homerus (since the inhabitants of Colophon considered him as their countryman;

v. Cic. Arch. l. l.),

Verg. Cir. 64; Cels. 5, 19, 11; 5, 19, 17.

cŏlŏphōn, ōnos, m.: colophon dixerunt, cum aliquid finitum significaretur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 14 Müll. [ = kolophôn, the summit, the top; cf. in Gr. kolophôna epitheinai, v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. kolophôn].

Cŏlŏphon, ōnis (acc. -nem, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33;

-na,

Vell. 1, 4, 3; Tac. A. 2, 54), m., = Kolophôn, one of the twelve Ionian towns in Lydia, situated near the sea, and renowned for its cavalry, now perh. Zille or Altobosco, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 26, 5 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 3. —

Hence,

Cŏlŏphōnĭus, a, um, adj., Colophonian:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 (also absol.:

Colophonia,

Scrib. Comp. 137 sq.):

Idmon,

Ov. M. 6, 8.—In plur.: Cŏlŏphōnii, ōrum, m., the Colophonians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19.—

Cŏlŏphōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: Homerus (since the inhabitants of Colophon considered him as their countryman;

v. Cic. Arch. l. l.),

Verg. Cir. 64; Cels. 5, 19, 11; 5, 19, 17.

cŏlŏphōn, ōnos, m.: colophon dixerunt, cum aliquid finitum significaretur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 14 Müll. [ = kolophôn, the summit, the top; cf. in Gr. kolophôna epitheinai, v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. kolophôn].

Cŏlŏphon, ōnis (acc. -nem, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33;

-na,

Vell. 1, 4, 3; Tac. A. 2, 54), m., = Kolophôn, one of the twelve Ionian towns in Lydia, situated near the sea, and renowned for its cavalry, now perh. Zille or Altobosco, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 26, 5 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 3. —

Hence,

Cŏlŏphōnĭus, a, um, adj., Colophonian:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 (also absol.:

Colophonia,

Scrib. Comp. 137 sq.):

Idmon,

Ov. M. 6, 8.—In plur.: Cŏlŏphōnii, ōrum, m., the Colophonians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19.—

Cŏlŏphōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: Homerus (since the inhabitants of Colophon considered him as their countryman;

v. Cic. Arch. l. l.),

Verg. Cir. 64; Cels. 5, 19, 11; 5, 19, 17.

cŏlŏphōn, ōnos, m.: colophon dixerunt, cum aliquid finitum significaretur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 14 Müll. [ = kolophôn, the summit, the top; cf. in Gr. kolophôna epitheinai, v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. kolophôn].

Cŏlŏphon, ōnis (acc. -nem, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33;

-na,

Vell. 1, 4, 3; Tac. A. 2, 54), m., = Kolophôn, one of the twelve Ionian towns in Lydia, situated near the sea, and renowned for its cavalry, now perh. Zille or Altobosco, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 26, 5 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 3. —

Hence,

Cŏlŏphōnĭus, a, um, adj., Colophonian:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 (also absol.:

Colophonia,

Scrib. Comp. 137 sq.):

Idmon,

Ov. M. 6, 8.—In plur.: Cŏlŏphōnii, ōrum, m., the Colophonians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19.—

Cŏlŏphōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: Homerus (since the inhabitants of Colophon considered him as their countryman;

v. Cic. Arch. l. l.),

Verg. Cir. 64; Cels. 5, 19, 11; 5, 19, 17.

cŏlŏphōn, ōnos, m.: colophon dixerunt, cum aliquid finitum significaretur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 14 Müll. [ = kolophôn, the summit, the top; cf. in Gr. kolophôna epitheinai, v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. kolophôn].

Cŏlŏphon, ōnis (acc. -nem, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33;

-na,

Vell. 1, 4, 3; Tac. A. 2, 54), m., = Kolophôn, one of the twelve Ionian towns in Lydia, situated near the sea, and renowned for its cavalry, now perh. Zille or Altobosco, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 26, 5 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 3. —

Hence,

Cŏlŏphōnĭus, a, um, adj., Colophonian:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 (also absol.:

Colophonia,

Scrib. Comp. 137 sq.):

Idmon,

Ov. M. 6, 8.—In plur.: Cŏlŏphōnii, ōrum, m., the Colophonians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19.—

Cŏlŏphōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: Homerus (since the inhabitants of Colophon considered him as their countryman;

v. Cic. Arch. l. l.),

Verg. Cir. 64; Cels. 5, 19, 11; 5, 19, 17.

cŏlŏphōn, ōnos, m.: colophon dixerunt, cum aliquid finitum significaretur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 14 Müll. [ = kolophôn, the summit, the top; cf. in Gr. kolophôna epitheinai, v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. kolophôn].

Daedălus, i, m. ( acc. Gr. Daedalon, Ov. M. 8, 261; Mart. 4, 49), Daidalos.

The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 159; 183; id. Tr. 3, 4, 21; Verg. A. 6, 14 Serv.; Mel. 2, 7, 12: Plin. 7, 56, 57; Hyg. Fab. 39; Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Hor. Od. 1, 3, 34; Mart. 4, 49, 5; Sil. 12, 89 sq., et saep.—

Hence,

Daedălē̆us, a, um, adj., Daedalian, relating to Daedalus:

Daedălēo Icaro, Hor. Od. 2, 20, 13:

Ope Daedălēa,

id. ib. 4, 2, 2.—

Daedalĕum iter (i. e. through the labyrinth), Prop. 2, 14, 8 (3, 6, 8 M.).—

Daedălĭcus, a, um, adj., skilful: manus, Venant. 10, 11, 17.—

A later sculptor of Sicyon, son and pupil of Patrocles:

et ipse inter fictores laudatus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76.

† daemon, ŏnis, m., = daimôn, a spirit, genius, lar (post-class.).

In gen.: App. de Deo Socr. p. 49, 5: bonus = agathodaimôn, in astrology, the last but one of the twelve celestial signs, Firm. Math. 2, 19: melior, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 1, 27.—

In eccl. writers: kat exochên, an evil spirit, demon, Lact. 2, 14; Vulg. Levit. 17, 7; id. Jacob. 2, 19; Tert. Apol. 22 init., et saep.