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1 vertex
vertex ( vortex; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 25 The archaic form vortex was already disused in Cicero's time; cf. Ribbeck, Prol. Verg. 436 sq.; id. G. 1, 481 n. Wagn. The grammarian Caper distinguishes thus: vortex fluminis est, vertex capitis; but this distinction was unknown in the class. per.; v. Charis. p. 68), ĭcis, m. [verto].I.A whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex: secundo modo dicitur proprium inter plura, quae sunt ejusdem nominis, id, unde cetera ducta sunt: ut vertex est contorta in se aqua vel quicquid aliud similiter vertitur: inde propter flexum capillorum pars summa capitis;B.ex hoc id, quod in montibus eminentissimum. Recte dixeris haec omnia vertices, proprie tamen, unde initium est,
Quint. 8, 2, 7:ut aquae circumlatae in se sorbeantur et vorticem efficiant,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 2:torto vertice torrens,
Verg. A. 7, 567:illam... rapidus vorat aequore vertex,
id. ib. 1, 117:(flumen) minores volvere vertices,
Hor. C. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 5, 587; 8, 556; 9, 106; id. F. 6, 502; Sil. 4, 230:citatior solito amnis transverso vertice dolia inpulit ad ripam,
Liv. 23, 19, 11; 28, 30, 11; Curt. 6, 13, 16.—Trop.:II.amoris,
Cat. 68, 107:officiorum,
Sen. Ep. 82, 2:quā medius pugnae vocat agmina vertex,
Sil. 4, 230.—An eddy of wind or flame, a whirlwind, coil of flame:III. A.(venti) interdum vertice torto Corripiunt rapideque rotanti turbine portant,
Lucr. 1, 293; 6, 444; Liv. 21, 58, 3:extemplo cadit igneus ille Vertex,
Lucr. 6, 298; Verg. A. 12, 673; cf.:ventus saepius in se volutatur, similemque illis, quas diximus converti aquas, facit vorticem,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 2. —Lit.:B.ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 48, § 132; Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; Ov. M. 12, 288; 2, 712; id. P. 3, 8, 12; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 1, 11, 10.—Transf.1.The head ( poet.) Cat. 64, 63; 64, 310:2.toto vertice supra est,
Verg. A. 7, 784:nudus,
id. ib. 11, 642:moribundus,
Ov. M. 5, 84:intonsus,
Stat. Th. 6, 607; Val. Fl. 4, 307.—The pole of the heavens, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; id. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Verg. G. 1, 242. —3.The highest point, top, peak, summit of a mountain, house, tree, etc.:b.ignes, qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Quint. 8, 3, 48; Lucr. 6, 467; Tib. 1, 7, 15; Ov. M. 1. 316; 13, 911; Petr. poët. 122; 134 fin.; Curt. 8, 3, 26:in Erycino vertice,
Verg. A. 5, 759; Val. Fl. 1, 700:arcis,
Lucr. 6, 750:domus,
Mart. 8, 36, 11; cf. Hor. C. 4, 11, 12:theatri,
Mart. 10, 19, 7:quercūs,
Verg. A. 3, 679:pinūs,
Ov. M. 10, 103.—Hence, a vertice, from above, down from above, Verg. G. 2, 310; id. A. 1, 114; 5, 444.—Trop., the highest, uttermost, greatest ( poet.):dolorum anxiferi vertices, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: principiorum,
the highest officers, Amm. 15, 5, 16:Alexandria enim vertex omnium est civitatum,
id. 22, 16, 7. -
2 vertex
whirlpool, eddy, vortex; crown of the head; peak, top, summit; the pole -
3 vertex (vortex)
vertex (vortex) icis, m [VERT-], a whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex: torto vertice torrens, V.: (flumen) minores volvere vertices, H.: sine vertice aquae euntes, O.: amnis transverso vertice dolia inpulit ad ripam, L.— A whirlwind: contra (ventum) enitentes vertice intorti adfligebantur, L.— Of flame, a coil, whorl: flammis inter tabulata volutus Ad caelum undabat vertex, V.—The highest point, top, peak, summit: ignes, qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt: flammae rotantes Vertice fumum, H.: a vertice, from above, V.—Of the head, the top, crown: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum: talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, H.: toto vertice supra est, by the head, V.: moribundus, O.— The pole: caeli vertices ipsi: Hic vertex nobis semper sublimis, V.—The highest, greatest (poet.): dolorum vertices. -
4 cardō
cardō inis, m [CARD-], a hinge, pivot and socket (of door or gate): postīs a cardine vellit, V.: (ianua) movebat Cardines, H.: facili patuerunt cardine valvae, Iu.: versato cardine Egreditur, opening the door, O. — In astron., a pole: Extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, C., O.—A boundary, limit: intra eum cardinem (imperii), i. e. Mount Taurus, L.—Fig., a turning-point, crisis (poet.): tantus rerum, V.* * *hinge; pole, axis; chief point/circumstance; crisis; tenon/mortise; area; limit -
5 cōnspicuus
cōnspicuus adj. [com- + SPEC-], in view, visible, apparent, obvious: res, O.: late vertex, H.: signum in proeliis, Ph.—Striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable, eminent: ambo, O.: duces, Ta.: monstrum, Iu.: Romanis conspicuum eum facere, L.: clipeo gladioque, O.: fide, O.: equi formā, Ta.* * *conspicua, conspicuum ADJvisible, clearly seen, in sight/full view; illustrious/notable/famous/striking -
6 convexus
convexus adj. [conveho], vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave: caelum, O.: trames silvae, V.: foramina terrae, O.—As subst n., a vault, arch, hollow: in convexo nemorum, V.: caeli convexa, the vaulted arch, V.: ut convexa revisant, return to the air, V.—Inclined, sloping, steep: vertex ad aequora, O.: iter, O.* * *convexa, convexum ADJarching/arched, vaulted, convex; well-rounded; inclined, sloping downwards; concave -
7 excelsus
excelsus adj. with comp. and sup. [P. of excello], elevated, lofty, high: locus, T.: mons, Cs.: vertex montis, V.: signum: in excelsiore loco: cornu excelsius, Cs.: mons excelsissimus, Cs.—As subst n., a height: simulacrum in excelso conlocare: ab excelso, O.—Fig., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble: te natura excelsum genuit: animus: gloria, Ta.: orator quodam modo excelsior: excelsissima sedes dignitatis.—As subst n., an elevated station: in excelso aetatem agere, S.: excelsa sperare, L.* * *Iexcelsa -um, excelsior -or -us, excelsissimus -a -um ADJlofty/high; tall; exalted; elevated; noble; of high position/rank/reputationIIexcelsa, excelsum ADJhigh pitched (sound/note) -
8 famulus
famulus adj. [2 FAC-], serving, serviceable: aquae, O.: vertex, O.—As subst m., a servant, attendant: parare famulos: famuli operum soluti, H.: Idaeae matris famuli: sacrorum, O.: famulūm manus, V.: parentis, i. e. a demon attendant, V.: redemptor cum famulis, workmen, H.* * *Ifamula, famulum ADJserving; serviceable; servile; subjectIIslave (male), servant; attendant -
9 moribundus
moribundus adj. [morior], dying, at the point of death, moribund: iacentem moribundumque vidistis: moribundus procubuit, L.: vertex, O.: Dextera pependit, in death, V.: membra, mortal, V.: sedes, i. e. fatal, Ct.* * *moribunda, moribundum ADJ -
10 nivālis
nivālis e, adj. [nix], of snow, snowy, snow-: dies, L.: vertex, covered with snow, V.: Hebrus nivali compede vinctus, H.— Snow-like, snowy: equi candore nivali, V.* * *nivalis, nivale ADJsnowy, snow-covered; snow-like -
11 sublīmis
sublīmis e, adj. with comp. [2 LAC-], uplifted, high, lofty, exalted, elevated: vertex, V.: montis cacumen, O.: portae, V.: Os, uplifted (opp. pronus), O.: dum sublimis versūs ructatur, gazing upwards, H.: flagellum, uplifted, H.: currus, L.: quanto sublimior Atlas sit montibus, etc., Iu.— Plur n. as subst: Antiquique memor metuit sublimia casūs, lofty flights, O.— Borne aloft, uplifted, elevated, raised: Syrum Sublimen medium adripere, T. (al. sublimem): campi armis sublimibus ardent, raised high, V.: Sublimes in equis redeunt, V.: (Venus) Paphum sublimis abit, through the sky, V.: sublimis abit, L.— On high, lofty, in a high position: iuvenem sublimem stramine ponunt, V.: Tyrio iaceat sublimis in ostro, O.— Fig., lofty, exalted, eminent, distinguished: Mens, O.: Sublimis, cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix, aspiring, H.: tuis natalibus Inveniet quisquam sublimius? Iu.—Of style, lofty, elevated, sublime: carmina, Iu.; cf. natura, H.* * *sublime, sublimior -or -us, sublimissimus -a -um ADJhigh, lofty; eminent, exalted, elevated; raised on high; in high position -
12 verticōsus (vort-)
verticōsus (vort-) adj. [vertex], full of whirlpools, eddying: amnis, L. -
13 vorō
vorō āvī, ātus, āre [* vorus; GVOR-], to swallow whole, swallow up, eat greedily, devour: animalium alia vorant, alia mandunt.—To swallow up, overwhelm, destroy: vorat haec (Charybdis) carinas, O.: (navem) rapidus vorat aequore vertex, V.—Fig., to devour, pursue passionately, study eagerly: litteras cum homine mirifico: viam, i. e. hasten, Ct.— To practice unnatural lust, Ct.* * *vorare, voravi, voratus Vswallow, devour -
14 altitudo
I. A.Lit.:B.altitudinem temperato,
Cato, R. R. 22, 23:altitudo aedium,
Cic. Off. 3, 16:montium,
id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:in hac immensitate altitudinum,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20:navis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 25:muri,
Nep. Them. 6, 5:moenium,
Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.:fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),
heights, Liv. 27, 18.—Trop., height, loftiness:II.elatio atque altitudo orationis,
Cic. Brut. 17:fortunae et gloriae,
id. Rab. Post. 16:animi,
greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).A.Lit.:B.spelunca infinitā altitudine,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43:fluminis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17:maris,
id. ib. 4, 25:terrae,
Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5:plagae,
Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.):O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,
Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr bathutês: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.:ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,
Sall. J. 95, 3:per illos dies egit altitudine animi,
Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86:altitudines Satanae,
deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24. -
15 apex
ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,I.Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,II.Transf.A.(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:B.QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,
Liv. 6, 41:apex e capite prolapsus,
Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—Any hat or helmet, a crown:C.ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,
Cic. Leg. 1, 1:regum apices,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:ardet apex capiti,
Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—A projecting point or summit.1.Lit., of trees:2.lauri,
Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:sublimis,
Juv. 12, 72:montis apex,
Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:D.apex est senectutis auctoritas,
Cic. Sen. 17, 60:hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;2.Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,
Arn. 3 init. —The forms or outlines of the letters:E.litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),A letter or any other writing:F.apicum oblator,
Sid. Ep. 6, 8:Augusti apices,
i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,
Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17. -
16 austrifer
austrĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [1.austerfero], bringing the south wind:vertex,
Sil. 12, 2. -
17 austrina
austrīnus, a, um, adj. [1. auster, II.], southern ( poet.; also freq. in post-Aug. prose; esp. in Pliny;syn.: australis, meridianus): calores,
Verg. G. 2, 271:dies,
on which the south wind blows, Col. 11, 2. 37; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12:piscis (a constellation),
Col. 11, 2, 63:caelum,
Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109:flatus,
id. 17, 2, 2, § 11:tempus,
id. 2, 47, 47, § 123:vertex,
the south pole, id. 2, 68, 68, § 172 al.—Also subst.: austrīna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the southern regions of a country:Austrina Cypri,
Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 213:Sardiniae,
id. 6, 34, 39, § 214:Cappadociae,
id. 6, 34, 39, § 215. -
18 austrinus
austrīnus, a, um, adj. [1. auster, II.], southern ( poet.; also freq. in post-Aug. prose; esp. in Pliny;syn.: australis, meridianus): calores,
Verg. G. 2, 271:dies,
on which the south wind blows, Col. 11, 2. 37; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12:piscis (a constellation),
Col. 11, 2, 63:caelum,
Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109:flatus,
id. 17, 2, 2, § 11:tempus,
id. 2, 47, 47, § 123:vertex,
the south pole, id. 2, 68, 68, § 172 al.—Also subst.: austrīna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the southern regions of a country:Austrina Cypri,
Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 213:Sardiniae,
id. 6, 34, 39, § 214:Cappadociae,
id. 6, 34, 39, § 215. -
19 Berenice
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.2. B.the poem of Catullus: de Coma Berenices, 66, 1 sqq. (Another constellation of the same name,
Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178.)—Hence,The daughter of the Jewish king Agrippa I., accused of incest, Juv. 6, 156 sqq.; Tac. H. 2, 2; 2, 81; Suet. Tit. 7;II.called uxor Titi,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 4; called Bernīcē, Vulg. Act. 25, 13.—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:B.ardens,
Luc. 9, 524:undosa,
Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.—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. -
20 Bereniceus
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.2. B.the poem of Catullus: de Coma Berenices, 66, 1 sqq. (Another constellation of the same name,
Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178.)—Hence,The daughter of the Jewish king Agrippa I., accused of incest, Juv. 6, 156 sqq.; Tac. H. 2, 2; 2, 81; Suet. Tit. 7;II.called uxor Titi,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 4; called Bernīcē, Vulg. Act. 25, 13.—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:B.ardens,
Luc. 9, 524:undosa,
Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.—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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