vine-dresser

vine-dresser (a man who prunes grape vines).

agrĭcŏla, ae, m. (Lucr. has gen. plur. agricolūm in 4, 586, but reg. form in 2, 1161; 6, 1260) [ager-colo], a cultivator of land, in the widest sense, a husbandman, agriculturist (including even the vine-dresser, gardener; also one who takes pleasure in agriculture, etc.); or in a more limited sense, a farmer, ploughman, countryman, boor, peasant.

Prop.:

bonum agricolam laudabant,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

agricolae assidui,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16:

(Deiotarus) optimus paterfamilias et diligentissimus agricola et pecuarius,

devoted to agriculture and cattlebreeding, id. Deiot. 9:

sed venio ad agricolas,

the farmers, id. Sen. 16:

agricolam laudat juris peritus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 9:

invisum agricolis sidus,

id. ib. 1, 7, 26:

sollers,

Nep. Cat. 3:

peritissimus,

Col. R. R. 1, 11, 1:

fortunati,

Verg. G. 2, 468:

indomiti,

id. A. 7, 521:

parvo beati,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 139:

negotiosi,

Col. R. R. 9, 2, 5:

severi,

Lucr. 5, 1356:

miseri,

Verg. A. 12, 292; Vulg. Gen. 4, 2; ib. Jacob. 5, 7.—Of the vine-dresser, keeper of a vineyard:

locavit eam (vineam) agricolis,

Vulg. Matt. 21, 33; ib. Joan. 15, 1.— Hence,

Meton., of the gods, patrons, tutelary deities of agriculture, as Ceres, Bacchus, Faunus, etc.:

agricolarum duces di,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,

Tib. 2, 1, 36.

Agrĭcŏla, ae, m., a Roman proper name: Cn. Julius, a celebrated Roman commander, father-in-law of Tacitus, who wrote his life, v. Tac. Agr.

agrĭcŏla, ae, m. (Lucr. has gen. plur. agricolūm in 4, 586, but reg. form in 2, 1161; 6, 1260) [ager-colo], a cultivator of land, in the widest sense, a husbandman, agriculturist (including even the vine-dresser, gardener; also one who takes pleasure in agriculture, etc.); or in a more limited sense, a farmer, ploughman, countryman, boor, peasant.

Prop.:

bonum agricolam laudabant,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

agricolae assidui,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16:

(Deiotarus) optimus paterfamilias et diligentissimus agricola et pecuarius,

devoted to agriculture and cattlebreeding, id. Deiot. 9:

sed venio ad agricolas,

the farmers, id. Sen. 16:

agricolam laudat juris peritus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 9:

invisum agricolis sidus,

id. ib. 1, 7, 26:

sollers,

Nep. Cat. 3:

peritissimus,

Col. R. R. 1, 11, 1:

fortunati,

Verg. G. 2, 468:

indomiti,

id. A. 7, 521:

parvo beati,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 139:

negotiosi,

Col. R. R. 9, 2, 5:

severi,

Lucr. 5, 1356:

miseri,

Verg. A. 12, 292; Vulg. Gen. 4, 2; ib. Jacob. 5, 7.—Of the vine-dresser, keeper of a vineyard:

locavit eam (vineam) agricolis,

Vulg. Matt. 21, 33; ib. Joan. 15, 1.— Hence,

Meton., of the gods, patrons, tutelary deities of agriculture, as Ceres, Bacchus, Faunus, etc.:

agricolarum duces di,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,

Tib. 2, 1, 36.

Agrĭcŏla, ae, m., a Roman proper name: Cn. Julius, a celebrated Roman commander, father-in-law of Tacitus, who wrote his life, v. Tac. Agr.

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cultor, ōris, m. [id.].

Prop., one who bestows care or labor upon a thing, an elaborator, cultivator, etc.:

agrorum,

Liv. 2, 34, 11; 4, 25, 4:

agri,

id. 40, 29, 3; cf.

agricultor: virentis agelli,

Hor. A. P. 117:

terrae,

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

vitis,

a vine-dresser, id. Fin. 5, 14, 40:

alveorum,

a bee-master, apiarist, Col. 9, 3, 1.— Poet., of a bullock:

pauperis agri,

Ov. F. 5, 515.—

Absol., a cultivator or tiller of land, a husbandman, planter, Sall. J. 46, 5; Liv. 21, 34, 1; 28, 11, 9; Quint. 2, 19, 2; Verg. A. 8, 8; Ov. M. 1, 425:

cultores (opp. oppidani),

countrymen, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. H. 2, 87.—

Meton. (acc. to colo, I. B.), an inhabitant, a dweller:

ejus terrae,

Sall. J. 17, 7:

collis ejus (sc. Janiculi),

Liv. 24, 10, 12; cf.:

collis Heliconii,

Cat. 61, 1:

Cupua Tuscis veteribus cultoribus adempta,

Liv. 28, 28, 6: nemorum, Verg. G. 1, 14; 2, 114; cf.:

antiqui (Capuae),

Liv. 7, 38, 5:

(insularum),

id. 22, 31, 3:

caeli (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 13:

Euboicus tumidarum aquarum,

Ov. M. 14, 4. —

Trop. (acc. to colo, II. A. and B.).

A fosterer, supporter:

bonorum (with fautor),

Liv. 9, 46, 13:

fidissimus imperii Romani (Hiero),

id. 26, 32, 4:

juvenum,

a tutor, teacher, Pers. 5, 63:

veritatis, fraudis inimici,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf.

aequi,

Ov. M. 5, 100:

juris et aequarum legum,

Mart. 10, 37, 1:

amicitiae,

Liv. 25, 28, 8; Mart. 9, 84, 4.—

A worshipper, reverencer:

deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 1:

numinis,

Ov. M. 1, 327:

diligentissimus religionum,

Liv. 5, 50, 1.—Also absol., Verg. A. 11, 788.—Hence, in later relig. lang., a priest of some deity:

deūm matris,

a priest of Cybele, Suet. Oth. 8; cf. Inscr. Orell. 938; 1578.

rōstrum, i, n. [rodo], the bill or beak of a bird; the snout, muzzle, mouth of animals (cf. proboscis).

Lit.:

cibum arripere aduncitate rostrorum,

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

aves corneo proceroque rostro,

id. ib. 1, 36, 101; Liv. 41, 13; Ov. M. 2, 376; 5, 545; 6, 673 et saep. al.:

arietes tortis cornibus pronis ad rostrum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4;

of goats,

id. ib. 2, 3, 2;

of swine,

Cic. Div. 1, [p. 1601] 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; Ov. M. 8, 371; 10, 713; 14, 282;

of dogs,

id. ib. 1, 536; 3, 249;

of wolves,

Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157;

of stags,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 112;

of a dolphin,

id. 9, 8, 7, § 20;

of tortoises,

id. 9, 10, 12, § 37;

of bees,

id. 11, 10, 10, § 21 et saep.—

In familiar or contemptuous lang., like our muzzle, snout, of persons, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, p. 329 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13; Lucil., Nov., and Varr. ap. Non. 455, 10 sq.; Petr. 75, 10; so,

too, of human statues,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin. —

Transf.

In gen., of objects having a similar shape, the curved point of a vine-dresser's billhook, Col. 4, 25, 1;

of a plough,

Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171;

of hammers,

id. 34, 14, 41, § 144;

of lamps,

id. 28, 11, 46, § 163;

of an island,

id. 10, 33, 49, § 137.—

Esp. freq., the curved end of a ship ' s prow, a ship ' s beak; sing.:

neque his (navibus) nostrae rostro nocere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so id. ib. 3, 14; id. B. C. 2, 6; Liv. 28, 30; 37, 30; Verg. A. 10, 157; 301:

navis, cui argenteum aut aureum rostrum est,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Ov. M. 4, 705 al. — Plur., Auct. B. Alex. 44, 3;

46, 2.—Sometimes of a triple form: convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 688:

rostrum trifidum,

Sil. 6, 358.—Hence,

Rostra, the Rostra, a stage or platform for speakers in the Forum, so called from being adorned with the beaks of ships taken from the Antians A.U.C. 416, Liv. 8, 14; Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Ascon. Mil. p. 43 Orell.; cf. Becker, Antiq. I. p. 279 sq. and p. 290; and, in gen., the place from which the assembled people were addressed, the orator ' s pulpit, or platform:

ut semper in rostris curiam, in senatu populum defenderim,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

ut in rostris prius quam in senatu litterae recitarentur,

Liv. 27, 50 fin.:

in rostra escendere,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Liv. 30, 17:

descendere ad rostra,

Suet. Vit. 15:

procedere in rostra,

Plin. Pan. 65, 3:

cum Vettius descendisset de rostris,

Cic. Vatin. 11, 26; cf.:

aliquem de rostris deducere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

rem a subselliis ad rostra detulit,

Cic. Clu. 40, 111:

caput Sulpicii erectum et ostentatum pro rostris,

Vell. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

aliquem defunctum laudare e more pro rostris (v. pro, II. 2.),

Suet. Caes. 6; so,

pro rostris,

id. ib. 17; 20; 79; 84; id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 6; id. Calig. 10; id. Claud. 22; id. Ner. 47; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 3; Tac. A. 3, 5; 76; 4, 12; 5, 1;

for which: laudavit ipse apud rostra formam ejus,

id. ib. 16, 6:

frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.— Sing.:

tenere rostrum,

Luc. 1, 275:

rostrum forumque optare,

id. 7, 65.— Poet.:

campumque et rostra movebat,

i. e. the assembled people, Luc. 8, 685.

sĕcūris, is (acc. securim, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Men. 5, 2, 105; Cic. Mur. 24, 48; id. Planc. 29, 70; Verg. A. 2, 224; 11, 656; 696; Ov. M. 8, 397; Liv. 1, 40, 7; 3, 36, 4; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 6:

securem,

Liv. 3, 36, 4; 8, 7, 20; 9, 16, 17; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; Varr. ap. Non. p. 79; Val. Max. 1, 3, ext. 3; 3, 2, ext. 1; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Lact. Mort. Pers. 31, 2; Amm. 30, 8, 5; cf. Prisc. 758; abl. securi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7; 2, 1, 5, § 12; 2, 4, 64, § 144; 2, 5, 50, § 133; Verg. A. 6, 824; 7, 510; Cat. 17, 19; Ov. H. 16, 105; Liv. 2, 5, 8 et saep.:

secure,

App. M. 8, p. 216, 1; Tert. Pud. 16), f. [seco], an axe or hatchet with a broad edge (cf. bipennis).

In gen., as a domestic utensil, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 31:

rustica,

Cat. 19, 3 al. —For felling trees, Cat. 17, 19; Verg. A. 6, 180; Ov. F. 4, 649; id. M. 9, 374; Hor. S. 1, 7, 27; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188.—For hewing stones in the quarries, Stat. S. 2, 2, 87. —For fighting, a battle-axe, Verg. A. 11, 656; 11, 696; 12, 306; 7, 184; 7, 627; Hor. C. 4, 4, 20 al.:

anceps,

a two-edged axe, Ov. M. 8, 397 (just before, bipennifer).—For slaying animals for sacrifice, Hor. C. 3, 23, 12; Verg. A. 2, 224; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; id. M. 12, 249.—As the cutting edge of a vine-dresser's bill, Col. 4, 25, 4 et saep.—

In partic.

Lit., an executioner ' s axe, for beheading criminals [p. 1656] (borne by the lictors in the fasces;

v. fascis): missi lictores ad sumendum supplicium nudatos virgis caedunt securique feriunt,

i. e. behead them, Liv. 2. 5; so,

securi ferire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75; Hirt. B. G. 8, 38 fin.:

percutere,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84; Sen. Ira, 2, 5, 5; Flor. 1, 9, 5:

strictae in principum colla secures,

id. 2, 5, 4:

necare,

Liv. 10, 9:

securibus cervices subicere,

Cic. Pis. 34, 83 (cf. infra, B.); id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:

Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 55; cf. Lucr. 3, 996; 5, 1234:

nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis aurae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 20:

saevumque securi Aspice Torquatum (as having caused his own son to be executed),

Verg. A. 6, 824.—Comically, in a double sense, acc. to I.:

te, cum securi, caudicali praeficio provinciae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

securis Tenedia,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 9 init.; v. Tenedos.—

Trop.

A blow, death-blow, etc.:

graviorem rei publicae infligere securim,

to give a death-blow, Cic. Planc. 29, 70; cf.:

quam te securim putas injecisse petitioni tuae, cum? etc. (just before: plaga est injecta petitioni tuae),

id. Mur. 24, 48.—

With reference to the axe in the fasces, authority, dominion, sovereignty.

Usu. in plur.: Gallia securibus subjecta, perpetuā premitur servitute, i. e. to Roman supremacy, * Caes. B. G. 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

vacui a securibus et tributis,

Tac. A. 12, 34:

consulis inperium hic primus saevasque secures Accipiet,

Verg. A. 6, 819: Medus Albanas timet secures, i. e. the Roman authority or dominion, Hor. C. S. 54:

ostendam multa securibus recidenda,

Sen. Ep. 88, 38.—

In sing. ( poet.):

Germania colla Romanae praebens animosa securi,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 45.