voss

altārĭa, jum, n. (ante-class and class. only in plur.; later in sing., in three forms: altāre, is, n., Fest. s. v. adulescit, p. 5; Isid. Orig. 15, 4: altar, āris, n., Prud. steph.; Vincent. 2, 515, and 9, 212; and altārĭum, ii, n., Inscr. Orell. 2519; Hier. Ep. 69.— Abl. altari, Petr. 135, Vulg. Gen. 33, 20, ib. Matt. 23, 20 al.) [cf. adoleo, adolesco, as sacrificial terms, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll., or altus [p. 97] from its height, id. ib. p. 29; Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 66].

That which was placed upon the altar proper (ara) for the burning of the victim (altaria sunt, in quibus igne adoletur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll.; cf. id. ib. p. 29):

celeres urunt altaria flammae,

Tib. 4, 6, 17:

structae diris altaribus arae,

Luc. 3, 404:

aris altaria imponere,

Quint. Decl. 12, 26; Sol. 9.—Hence,

Poet. (pars pro toto), a high altar (built and ornamented with more splendor than the ara; cf. Voss ad Verg. E. 5, 66;

Hab. Syn. 129): Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis,

Lucr. 4, 1237: en quattuor aras;

Ecce duas tibi, Daphni, duas altaria Phoebo,

two high altars to Phœbus, Verg. E. 5, 66 (ubi v. Wagn. and Voss):

inter aras et altaria, i. e. in Capitolio,

Plin. Pan. 1, 5:

altaria thymiamatis,

Vulg. Exod. 30, 27; ib. Rom. 11, 3 al.— Sing. (eccl. Lat.):

aedificabit ibi altare Domino,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 7; ib. Psa. 25, 6; ib. Matt. 5, 23:

altare de terrā facere,

ib. Exod. 20, 24:

altare lapideum,

ib. ib. 20, 25:

altare aureum,

ib. Num. 4, 11; ib. Apoc. 8, 3 al. persaepe.—Also plur. of a single altar:

a cujus altaribus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9 fin.:

ab altaribus fugatus,

id. Har. Resp. 5:

amoveri ab altaribus juvenem jussisset,

Liv. 2, 12:

Hannibalem altaribus admotum,

id. 21, 1:

altaria et aram complexa,

Tac. A. 16, 31:

sumptis in manus altaribus,

Just. 24, 2; Suet. Aug. 94.

anguis (dissyl.), is (rare form an-guen, like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.— Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, or Trag. v. 51 Vahl.; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30; Ov. M. 4, 483 MS.; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; in Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66, suspected by Schneid. Gram. II. 227, on account of angue just before; angue also, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 11, 18, or Trag. v. 441 Vahl.; Varr. Atac. ap. Charis. p. 70; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65; Prop. 4, 4, 40; Ov. H. 9, 94; id. Am. 3, 6, 14; id. M. 10, 349; 15, 390; Sen. Herc. Fur. 793; Stat. Th. 4, 85; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 218), m. and f.; cf. Charis. p. 70 P.; Rudd. I. p. 25; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 [cf. enchelus; Lith. angis; old Germ. unc = adder; echis; echidna = adder; Sanscr. ahis; Germ. Aal = Engl. eel. Curtius], a serpent, a snake (syn.: serpens, coluber, draco).

Lit.: angues jugati, Naev. ap. Non. p. 191, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56:

emissio feminae anguis... maris anguis,

Cic. Div. 2, 29:

vertatur Cadmus in anguem,

Hor. A. P. 187 al. —As fem.: caerulea, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28:

angues volucres vento invectae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36: torta, Varr. Atac. ap. Non. p. 191, 22; Tac. A. 11, 11 al.— Masc.:

domi vectem circumjectus,

Cic. Div. 2, 28:

ater,

Prop. 3, 5, 40:

tortus,

Ov. M. 4, 483, and id. Ib. 4, 79; Stat. Th. 4, 485.—Sometimes serpent, snake, as a hateful, odious object:

odisse aliquem aeque atque angues,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 21:

cane pejus et angui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—

Transf.

In fable, an emblem.

Of terror;

hence the snaky head of Medusa,

Ov. M. 4, 803.—

Of rage;

hence the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone,

Ov. M. 4, 483 and 511;

her hair of snakes,

Tib. 1, 3, 69; Prop. 3, 5, 40.—

Of art and wisdom;

hence the serpent-team of Medea,

Ov. M. 7, 223, and of the inventive Ceres, id. ib. 5, 642; cf. Voss, Mythol. Br. 2, 55.—

As a constellation.

= draco, the Dragon, between the Great and the Little Bear, Hyg. Astr. 2, 3; 3, 2:

flexu sinuoso elabitur Anguis,

Verg. G. 1, 244:

neu te tortum declinet ad Anguem,

Ov. M. 2, 138.—

= hydra, the Hydra, water-serpent, which extends over the constellations Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, carries on its back the Crater, and on its tail the Corvus, Ov. F. 2, 243; Manil. 1, 422; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—

The Serpent, which Anguitenens (Ophiouchos) carries in his hand, Ov. M. 8, 182.—

Prov.: Latet anguis in herbā, there's a snake in the grass, of some concealed danger, Verg. E. 3, 93.

annus, i, m. [acc. to some, as Corssen, Beitr. 16, for am-nus, from 2. an- am-; or acc. to others, directly from 2. anus, a ring, and kindred to the form appearing, in enoautos, di-enos, tri-enos].

Lit., a circuit, circular course, periodical return: tempus a brumā ad brumam, dum sol redit, vocatur annus;

quod, ut parvi circuli anuli, sic magni dicebantur circites ani, unde annus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 8 Müll.; cf.

for the same idea: circum tribus actis annis,

Lucr. 5, 883:

anno, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,

Liv. 1, 19; 6, 1:

quae (stellae) volvunt magnos in magnis orbibus annos,

Lucr. 5, 644; so Verg. A. 1, 234:

multis solis redeuntibus annis,

Lucr. 1, 311; so Verg. A. 8, 47; cf. also Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 402; and the Heb. = month, from = to renew; hence, a year (consisting among the Rom. orig. of ten months, ending with Dec. and beginning with Mart., but from the time of Numa of twelve):

annos sexaginta natus,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 10:

principio circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

Lucr. 5, 881:

tempora mutare annorum,

the seasons, id. 2, 170:

anni tempus, Varr, R. R. 1, 46: nemo est tam senex, qui se annum non putet posse vivere,

Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

centum et septem complevit annos,

id. ib. 5, 13 et saep.:

anni fugaces,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 1:

anni mobiles,

id. A. P. 157:

annus piger,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 21:

anni breves,

id. C. 4, 13, 23:

per exactos annos,

id. ib. 3, 22, 6:

initio anni,

Liv. 2, 52:

principio anni,

id. 2, 48:

anno ineunte,

Suet. Calig. 42; id. Tib. 54:

anno exeunte,

Cic. Div. 1, 25:

extremo anno,

Liv. 2, 64:

extremo anni,

Tac. A. 6, 27:

anno circumacto,

Liv. 6, 1:

vertente anno,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 11, 1:

annus totus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 1:

annus solidus,

a full year, Liv. 1, 19.— Poet.:

pleno anno,

at the close of, Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 30; id. Men. 2, 1, 9:

nondum centum et decem anni sunt, cum lata est lex,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75: lex anno post quam lata sit abrogata, id. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 448.—

Adverb. phrases.

Anno.

A year ago, last year, perusi (for the most part anteclass.;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Am. prol. 91:

quattuor minis ego emi istanc anno,

id. Men. 1, 3, 22; id. Truc. 2, 4, 39: utrum anno an horno te abstuleris a viro, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 121, 8; so,

ab anno priore,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 8, 10; and:

ab anno praeterito,

ib. ib. 9, 2.—

A full or whole year, Liv. 3, 39 fin.:

corpus ejus matronae anno luxerunt,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 10 fin. (in Livy, instead of it, annum; v. 2. infra).—

In each year, yearly:

uno boum jugo conseri anno quadragena jugera, difficilis tricena justum est,

Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 173.—But in is freq. added when it is related how often a thing happened during the year, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8:

ter in anno,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46:

semel in anno,

Vulg. Heb. 9, 7 (cf.:

semel per annum,

ib. Ex. 30, 10) al. (but without in' ter et quater anno, Hor. C. 1, 31, 14:

bis anno,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 184).—

Annum, a year, during a whole year:

matronae annum eum luxerunt,

Liv. 2, 7.—

Ad annum, for the coming year, a year hence:

faciendum est ad annum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92:

quem ad annum tribunum plebis videbam fore,

id. Att. 5, 2.—

In annum.

For a year: prorogatum in annum im [p. 127] perium est, Liv. 37, 2, 11: si quid Est ( gnaws) animum, differs curandi tempus in annum? Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

provisae frugis in annum Copia,

id. ib. 1, 18, 109.—

In the next year, the next year:

quod stercoratione faciunt in annum segetes meliores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12.—

Per annos, year by year, yearly:

arva per annos mutant, et superest ager,

Tac. G. 26; so,

per omnes annos,

Vulg. Lev. 16, 34; ib. Luc. 2, 41.—

Omnibus annis, all the years, always, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 21.—

Transf.

Poet., a part of a year, a season of the year:

nunc frondent silvae, nunc formosissimus an-nus,

now the forest is clothed with verdure, now the year is most beautiful, Verg. E. 3, 57; so,

pomifer annus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 8:

hibernus annus,

id. Epod. 2, 29: Pisaeumque domus non aestuat annum, i. e. the summer (in which season of the year the Olympic games were celebrated at Pisa), Stat. S. 1, 3, 8.—

The produce of the year ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose; cf.

annona, I.),

Luc. 9, 437:

agricolae annum flevere,

id. 3, 452; 3, 70; Stat. Th. 4, 710; Val. Fl. 5, 424:

nec arare terram aut exspectare annum,

Tac. G. 14, ubi v. Rup.; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 29.—

Time of life ( poet.):

Dum vernat sanguis, dum rugis integer annus,

while your years are free from wrinkles, Prop. 5, 5, 59:

vitae longus et annus erit,

the years of life, id. 3, 7, 38.—

In polit. life, the age to which one must attain in order to be appointed to an office (cf. annalis, II.):

quod hoc honore me adfecistis primā petitione, quod anno meo,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2:

subito reliquit annum suum seseque in annum proximum transtulit,

id. Mil. 9, 24:

qui anno suo petierint,

id. ib. 9, 24; id. Att. 1, 1; id. Fam. 10, 25.—

In astronomy: annus magnus or mundanus, the period of time in which the constellations return to the same place; acc. to Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 11, 15,000 years; v. Cic. N. D. 2, 20; Tac. Or. 16; and Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102.

arctūrus, i, m., = arktouros.

As a star.

The brightest star in Bootes,, whose rising and setting was supposed to portend tempestuous weather (Plaut. Rud. prol. 71):

stella micans radiis, Arcturus,

Cic. Arat. 99; id. N. D. 2, 42, 110 (as a transl. of Arat. 95); cf. Hyg. Fab. 130; id. Astr. 2, 4; Verg. A. 1, 744; Vulg. Job, 9, 6; 37, 9; ib. Amos, 5, 8; introduced in Plaut. Rud. as Prologus.— Transf.

The whole constellation (syn.:

Bootes, Arctophylax),

Verg. G. 1, 204 Voss.—

The rising of Arcturus, Verg. G. 1, 68.—

A plant, v. arction.

ārĕa (in inscriptions freq. ARIA, Inscr. Orell. 4130, etc.), ae, f [some comp. eraze = on the ground; Germ. Erde; Engl. earth, hearth; others, as Varro and Festus, connected it with areo, as if pr. dry land, as terra may be connected with torreo; so Bopp and Curt.], a piece of level ground, a vacant place, esp. in the town (syn.:

planities, aequor): in urbe loca pura areae,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll: area proprie dicitur locus vacuus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.: locus sine aedificio in urbe area;

rure autem ager appellatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 211.

Lit., ground for a house, a building-spot:

si Ponendae domo quaerenda est area primum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 13. arearum electio, Vitr. 1, 7, 1:

pontifices si sustulerint religionem, aream praeclaram habebimus,

Cic. Att. 4, 1 fin.; Liv. 4, 16; 1, 55; Suet. Vesp. 8; Dig. 7, 4, 10 al.—

Transf.

A vacant space around or in a house, a court (syn. spatium):

resedimus in areā domŭs,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 4; so id. ib. 7, 27, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 22, 10; Dig. 43, 22, 1; 8, 2, 1 al.—

An open space for games, an open play-ground (syn.:

campus, curriculum),

Hor. C. 1, 9, 18.— Hence, in gen., a field for effort, etc. (syn.:

campus, locus, q. v.),

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 26, and trop.:

area scelerum,

i. e. where vices have full scope, Cic. Att. 9, 18.—Also, a raceground, Ov. F. 4, 10 (cf. id. ib. 2, 360); and trop., the course of life:

vitae tribus areis peractis (i. e. pueritiā, juventute, senectute),

Mart. 10, 24.—

A threshing floor (among the ancients, an open space in the vicinity of the house).

Lit.:

neque in segetibus neque in areis neque in horreis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8; Hor. C. 1, 1, 10; id. S. 1, 1, 45; Tib. 1, 5, 22; Vulg. Gen. 50, 10; ib. Isa. 21, 10. Its construction may be learned from Cato, R. R. 91 and 129; Varr. R. R. 1, 51; Verg. G. 1, 178 sqq. Voss; Col. 5, 1, 4; 5, 2, 20; and Pall. 1, 36 al.—

Trop., of the body of Christians, as subject to separation, judgment (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Matt. 3, 12; Aug. Ver. Rel. 5.—

The halo around the sun or moon: tales splendores Graeci areas (i. e. halônas) vocavere, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2.—

A bed or border in a garden, Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Col. 11, 3; Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; Pall. 1, 34.—

A fowling-floor, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 64: aedes nobis area est;

auceps sum ego,

id. ib. 1, 3, 67.—

A burying-ground, church-yard, Tert. ad Scap. 3. —

A bald spot upon the head, baldness, Cels. 6, 4; Mart. 5, 50.

aulaeum, i, n., = aulaia (Plut.), a splendidly wrought or embroidered stuff, tapestry, arras, esp. a covering, a curtain, hangings: aulaea genus vestis peregrinum, Varr. de Vita populi Rom. lib. III.; Non. p. 537 sq.:

aulaea dicta sunt ab aulā Attali, in quā primum inventa sunt vela ingentia,

Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 25.

A curtain, canopy:

suspensa aulaea,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 54; and so Prop. 3, 30, 12.—In partic., the curtain of a theatre; which, among the ancients, contrary to modern usage, was lowered from the ceiling to the floor at the beginning of a piece or act, and at the conclusion was drawn up; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.; hence the expression, aulaeum tollitur, is drawn up, at the end of a piece (act), Cic. Cael. 27, 65; Ov. M. 3, 111; on the contr. mittitur, is dropped, at the beginning, Phaedr. 5, 7, 23. Usually such curtains were wrought with the figures of gods or men, esp. of heroes, and in drawing up the curtain, the upper part of the figures would first become visible, then the lower parts in succession, appearing, as it were, themselves to draw up the curtain;

hence, utque Purpurea intexti tollant aulaea Britanni,

and how the Britons woven upon it lift the purple curtain, Verg. G. 3, 25 Voss; cf. also Ov. M. l. l. Bach.—

A covering for beds and sofas, tapestry:

aulaeis jam se regina superbis Aurea composuit spondā,

Verg. A. 1, 697:

Cenae sine aulaeis et ostro,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 15; Curt. 8, 5, 21; 8, 9, 15.—

The drapery of a heavy upper garment, pictae Sarrana ferentem Ex umeris aulaea togae, the folds of his embroidered toga, Juv. 10, 39.

auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].

Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, to ous, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8;

v. antestor.—In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium,

make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.—Hence (usu. plur., aures):

adhibere,

to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5:

arrigere,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152:

erigere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11:

admovere aurem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:

dare,

to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419:

dederet,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

applicare,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11;

40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures,

Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so,

inclinare aurem,

ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3:

auribus accipere,

i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.:

auribus percipite,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2:

te cupidā captat aure maritus,

Cat. 61, 54; so,

auribus aëra captat,

Verg. A. 3, 514:

auribus haurire,

Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309:

bibere aure,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.:

obtundere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:

tundere,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 25:

lacessere,

Lucr. 4, 597:

tergere,

id. 6, 119:

allicere,

id. 6, 183:

ferire,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

implere,

Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.—Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5:

ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition:

Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit,

i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so,

pervellere,

Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in [p. 208] utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Epamphoteran... mellei katheudêsein); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one ' s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.—

Meton.

The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse:

offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32:

Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,

Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.—

Hearers, auditors:

Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—

Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.

blatta, ae, f., an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99:

lucifuga,

Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.—On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.

blatta, ae, f.: blatta thrombos haimatos, a clot of blood, Gloss.—Hence,

(Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135;

late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica,

ib. 10, 20, 18:

blattam Tyrus defert,

Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2.

būris, is, m. ( būra, ae, f., Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 2) [acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 170 (cf. also Isid. Orig. 20, 14, 2), contr. from bous and oura, ox-tail], the curved hinder part of the plough of the ancients, the plough-beam, Varr. ap. Serv. l. l.— Acc. burim, Verg. G. 1, 170 Serv. and Voss.; Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 2.

Būris, is, f., a city of Achaia; acc. Burin, Ov. M. 15, 293.

būris, is, m. ( būra, ae, f., Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 2) [acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 170 (cf. also Isid. Orig. 20, 14, 2), contr. from bous and oura, ox-tail], the curved hinder part of the plough of the ancients, the plough-beam, Varr. ap. Serv. l. l.— Acc. burim, Verg. G. 1, 170 Serv. and Voss.; Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 2.

Būris, is, f., a city of Achaia; acc. Burin, Ov. M. 15, 293.

caespĕs (not cespes), ĭtis, m. [caesus, caedo].

A turf, sod as cut out: caespes est terra in modum lateris caesa cum herba, sive frutex recisus et truncus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.: caespes chortoplinthos, chortobôlos, plinthos, Gloss.: non esse arma caespites, neque glebas, * Cic. Caecin. 21, 60.—

Used for altars, mounds (of tombs), for covering cottages, huts, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 13; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 9; id. M. 4, 753; 7, 240; 15, 573; Verg. A. 3, 304; Tac. G. 27; id. A. 1, 62; Verg. E. 1, 69 Voss; Sen. Ep. 8, 5; Luc. 1, 512; 3, 387; Suet. Aug. 24.—

Meton.

A cot, hut, hovel, shed:

nec fortuitum spernere caespitem,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 17.—

An altar:

positusque carbo Caespite vivo,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 4; Juv. 12, 2; Tac. H. 4, 53; App. Flor. n. 1, —

Any object of similar form, a knot, knob, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 153.—

A clump, group of plants, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 43; Verg. G. 4, 273 Forbig. ad loc.—

In gen.

A grassy field, a green field, turf, Verg. A. 11, 566:

de caespite virgo se levat,

Ov. M. 2, 427; 4, 301; 10, 556;

13, 931: sedere in caespite nudo,

Suet. Tib. 18; Stat. Th. 12, 328; Petr. 120, 72; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; 17, 4, 3, § 26.—

Late Lat., the earth, ground, in gen., Avien. Perieg. 227; 388.

călumnĭātor ( kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. [calumnior]; mostly t. t., a contriver of tricks or artifices, a pettifogger, a perverter of law, a chicaner (sometimes, perhaps, branded on the forehead with the letter K = calumniator; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17;

Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, quia per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus,

Dig. 50, 16, 223:

scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere,

Cic. Caecil. 23, 65:

calumniatores apponere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

calumniatorem quaerere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22;

2, 2, 10, § 26: egens,

id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—

Trop.:

calumniator sui,

one who is too anxious in regard to his work, over-scrupulous, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. calumnia, III. B., and calumnior, II. B. [p. 273]

cănōrus, a, um, adj. [canor], of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).

Neutr.:

profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

flowing language and a melodious voice, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61:

voce suavi et canoră,

Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

vox Sirenum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning:

sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf.

cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,

Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18:

hinnitus edere canoros,

Suet. Ner. 46:

versus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking:

omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28.—

Of men:

canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,

Cic. Brut. 27, 105:

turba,

Ov. F. 6, 671:

ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,

in song and dance, Juv. 11, 162 Web.:

Triton,

Ov. M. 2, 8:

Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,

id. ib. 14, 102.—

Of animals:

cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

aves,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 15:

olor,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84:

Peneus canorus avium concentu,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

cicadae,

id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.—

Of instruments:

fides,

Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11:

aes, i. e. tubae,

Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704:

chelys,

Sen. Troad. 325:

fila lyrae,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously:

musice mundus et canore movetur,

App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.

cănōrus, a, um, adj. [canor], of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).

Neutr.:

profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

flowing language and a melodious voice, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61:

voce suavi et canoră,

Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

vox Sirenum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning:

sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf.

cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,

Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18:

hinnitus edere canoros,

Suet. Ner. 46:

versus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking:

omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28.—

Of men:

canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,

Cic. Brut. 27, 105:

turba,

Ov. F. 6, 671:

ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,

in song and dance, Juv. 11, 162 Web.:

Triton,

Ov. M. 2, 8:

Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,

id. ib. 14, 102.—

Of animals:

cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

aves,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 15:

olor,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84:

Peneus canorus avium concentu,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

cicadae,

id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.—

Of instruments:

fides,

Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11:

aes, i. e. tubae,

Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704:

chelys,

Sen. Troad. 325:

fila lyrae,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously:

musice mundus et canore movetur,

App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.