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Caedicus, i, m., Caedicus, an Etruscan | Caesar, aris, m., a surname of the

chief, 9, 362.

caedō, cecīdī, caesus, 3, a. (rel. to
scindo), to. cut, freq.; cut down, slay,
2, 266; sacrifice, 5, 96; strike, 10,
404.
caelestis, e, adj. (caelum), belonging
to the sky; celestial, 1, 11; heaven-
sent, divine, 6, 379; subst., cae-
lestēs, ium or um, c., the gods of
heaven, 1, 387.

caelicola, ae, c. (caelum and colō),
an inhabitant of heaven; a god, 2,
641, et al.

caelifer, era, erum, adj. (caelum and
ferō), heaven-bearing, sky-bearing,
6, 796.

caelō, āvī, ātus, I, a. (caelum, à chisel),
to cut in relief; carve, engrave,
chase, emboss, 1, 640.
caelum, i, n. (pl., caeli, ōrum, m.),

Julian gens, esp. Gaius Iulius Caesar, dictator and founder of the Roman Empire. His name was inherited by his nephew and adopted son Octavius and his successors; Augustus Caesar, 1, 286; 6, 792. caesariēs, ēī, f., the hair of the head, I, 590, et al.

caespes, itis, f. (caedō), turf, sod, 3, 304. caestus, ūs, m. (caedō), a gauntlet

for boxing; thongs or straps loaded
with lead, and bound round the
hand and arm, 5, 69.

caesus, a, um, p. of caedō.
caetra, ae, f., a short Spanish shield;
buckler, target, 7, 732.

Caīcus, i, m., Caicus, commander of one
of the ships of Aeneas, 1, 183.
Caiēta, ae, f. 1. The nurse of Aeneas,
7, 2. 2. A town and haven of Latium,
named after the nurse of Aeneas (now
Gaëta), 6, 900.

calamus, i, m., a reed or cane; an

arrow, 10, 140.

basket, 7, 805.

the sky, the firmament, the heavens; heaven, 1, 225; region, 1, 331; air, weather, 5, 18; the upper world or abode of living men, as distinguished from Hades, 6, 896; personif., Cae- | calathus, i, m., a wicker basket; worklus, ī, m., the god Caelus, father of Saturn, 7, 140. Caeneus (dissyl.), eos, m. 1. A Thessalian girl, formerly named Caenis, transformed by Neptune into a boy, 6, 448. 2. A follower of Aeneas, 9, 573.

caenum, ī, n., dirt, mud, mire, slime,
6, 296.

Caere, n., indeclin. (gen. Caeritis, f.,
abl. Caerete, f.), Caere or Agylla,
in the southern part of Etruria,
now Cervetri, 8, 597; 10, 183.
caerula, see caerulus.
caerulus, a, um, adj., dark blue, 2, 381;
sea-colored, azure, 5, 819; dark;
black, 3, 64; subst., caerula, ōrum,
n., the dark blue waters; the sea, 3,
208.

calcar, āris, n. (calx), a spur, 6, 881. Calchās, antis, m., Calchas, a priest

and prophet of the Greeks, at Troy,

2, 100.

calcō, āvī, ātus, I, a. (calx), to put
under the heel; trample upon; mix
by trampling, 12, 340.
calefacio, fēcī, factus, 3, a.; pass.,

calefiō, factus sum, fieri (caleō
and faciō); to make hot, glowing,

12, 66; fig., excite, arouse, 12, 269. caleō, ui, 2, n., to be warm; to glow, I, 417.

Calēs, ium, f., a town of Campania,

7, 728.

calidus, a, um, adj. (caleō), warm, hot, 6, 218; reeking, 10, 486; of the spirit or disposition, hot, fiery.

1. cālīgō, inis, f., mist, fog, 3, 203; | misty, obscurity; darkness, dimness, obscurity, 6, 267; smoke, 11, 187; cloud of dust, 9, 36; blinding dust, 12, 466.

2. cālīgō, āre, I, a. and n. (1, cālīgō), to be dark, darken, 2, 606. Calliopē, es, and Calliopea, ae, f., chief of the Muses, and mother of Orpheus, 9, 525.

candeō, ui, 2, n., to be of pure white

ness; p., candēns, entis, white, 4, 61; at white heat; glowing, 3, 573; 12, 91. candidus, a, um, adj. (candeō), pure white; snow-white; white, 6, 708; fair, 5, 571.

candor, ōris, m. (candeō), shining, brilliant whiteness; whiteness, 3, 538. 1. cānēns, entis, p. of cāneō. 2. canēns, entis, p. of canō.

callis, is, m., a narrow, uneven foot- cāneō, uī, 2, n. (cānus), to be white or

path; path, 4, 405.

calor, ōris, m. (caleō), warmth, heat,

vital heat, 4, 705.

calx, calcis, f., and rarely m., the heel, 5, 324; the hoof of a horse, the fore foot, or hoof, 10, 892; a spur, 11, 714. Calybē, ēs, f., an aged priestess of

Juno, 7, 419.

Calydon, ōnis, f., a town of Aetolia,

the abode of Meleager, 7, 306. Camarina, ae, f., a Syracusan colony on the southwest coast of Sicily, 3, 701.

Camers, ertis, m., Camertes or Camers,

a follower of Turnus, 10, 562. Camilla, ae, f., a Volscian heroine, ally of Turnus, 7, 803, et al. Camillus, i, m., M. Furius Camillus,

the conqueror of Veii, who expelled the Gauls from Rome after the capture of the city, B.C. 390, 6, 825. caminus, i, m., a furnace; forge, 6, 630; crevice, cavity, 3, 580. Campānus, a, um, adj. (Campānia), of Compania, the country lying on the bay of Naples; Campanian, 10, 145.

campus, ī, m., a plain, field, 5, 128,

et al.; a race-course, 5, 144; a field of combat, 12, 116; fig., of the surface of the sea, plain, 6, 724; Mavortis Campus, the Campus Martius, or Field of Mars, on the left bank of the Tiber at Rome, 6, 873.

gray, to whiten, 5, 416; canēns, entis, white, hoary, 10, 192. canis, is, c., a dog, freq. canistra, ōrum, n. pl., a basket; baskets, 1, 701.

cānitēs, ēī, f. (cānus), hoaryness, grayness; gray hair, 6, 300; gray hairs, old age, 10, 549.

canō, cecinī, 3, n. and a., to make musical and rhythmical sounds with voice or instrument; to make melody, play, or sing, to sing, rehearse, celebrate in song or verse, I, 1; to speak in measure or rhythm; to proclaim, as prophet or priest, 2, 176; reveal, 3, 155; foretell, 2, 124; rehearse, narrate, 4, 14; explain, interpret, 5, 524; warn, 12, 28; fore

bode, croak, 11, 399; sound, 7, 513. canōrus, a, um, adj. (canō), tuneful, harmonious, 6, 120; resounding, 9,

503.

cantus, ūs, m. (canō), a singing or playing; melody; song, 1, 398; strain, sound, 6, 165; incantation, charm, 7, 754.

cānus, a, um, adj., white, of the hair and beard; whitened, hoary, of frost and cold; of the sea, foaming, hoary, 8, 672; gray-haired, venerable; hoary, I, 292.

Capēnus, a, um, adj. (Capēna), of

Capena, a town in the southern part of Tuscany, 7, 697.

caper, prī, m., a he-goat; a goat, capessō, īvi or ii, ītus, 3, intens. a. (capiō), to seize, 3, 234; fig., lay hold of, assume, 8, 507; seek to reach, hasten to, 4, 346; undertake,

achieve, perform, 1, 77. Caphēreus, ei, m., Caphareus, a promontory on the southern coast of Euboea, 11, 260.

capiō, cēpī, captus, 3, a., to take with the hand, freq.; seize, 2, 314; fig., conquer, 9, 267; occupy, I, 396; catch, captivate, deceive, charm, allure, receive, accept, 3, 488; enter upon, celebrate, 7, 403; contain, 7, 466; confine, 9, 644; p., subst., captus, ī, m., a prisoner, captive, 2, 64.

Capitōlium, iī, n. (caput), the Capital, or national temple on the Capitoline hill at Rome, containing the shrines of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, 6, 836; pl., the Capitoline places, or buildings; the Capitoline, 8, 653. capra, ae, f. (caper), a she-goat; a goat.

caprea, ae, f. (caper), a kind of wild goat; a roe.

Capreae, ārum, f. (caper), Capreae, now Capri, an island in the Bay of Naples, 7, 735. caprigenus, a, um, adj. (caper and root gen-), pertaining to goats; of the goat kind, of goats, 3, 221. captīvus, a, um, adj. (capiō), taken in war; captured, captive, 2, 765; of a captive or of captives, 10, 520; subst., captivus, i, m., a captive, 9, 273.

captō, āvī, ātus, 1, freq. a. (capiō), to lay hold upon vigorously, of the air, 3, 514.

captus, a, um, p. of capiō. capulus, ī, m. (capiō), the handle;

hilt, 2, 553

caput, itis, n., the head of men or animals, freq.; by synecdoche, the person, being, life, 2, 751, et al.; living body, life, 4, 699; personal interest, welfare, fortune, life, 4, 354; of plants, the head or flower, 9, 437; of other objects, a captain, leader, chief, 11, 399, et al.; author, instigator, source, cause, 11, 361; chief town, capital, sovereign city, 10, 203; a peak or summit, 6, 360; point, end, of a bow, 11, 861; of rivers, etc., fountain-head, source, spring; pl., capita, in enumerating animals, head, 3, 391; in caput, headlong, 1, 116; supra caput, overhead, above, 3, 194; hoc caput, this person, myself, me, 8, 570. Capys, yos or yis, m. I. The commander of one of the ships of Aeneas, I, 183. 2. The eighth king of Alba, 6, 768.

Car, Caris, see Cārēs.

carbaseus, a, um, adj. (carbasus), of linen, lawn-, linen-, 11, 776. carbasus, i, f. (pl. carbasa, ōrum, n.), linen, cloth or web of lawn, 8, 34; canvas; a sail, 3, 357.

carcer, eris, m., a dungeon, hold, prison, I, 54; carcer, or pl., carcerēs, the stalls; the starting place or barrier in the circus or race-course, 5, 145. carchēsium, ii, n., a large drinking vessel with two handles; bowl, beaker,

5, 77.

cardō, inis, m., a hinge, pivot, 1, 449; the socket in which the pivot plays, 2, 493; fig., a turning point, crisis, emergency, 1, 672. carentum, for carentium, gen. pl. of carēns, p. of careō.

careō, ui, itus, 2, n., to be without, to be free from, 2, 44; to be deprived of, 4, 432.

Cārēs, ium, Gr. acc., as (sing., Car, Cāris), m. (Cāria), the Carians, of Caria in the southwestern part of Asia Minor, 8, 725.

carīna, ae, f., the keel of a ship, ship, 4, 398; a boat, 6, 391; frame, timber, 5, 682.

Carinae, ārum, f., the Carinae, a quarter of Rome between the Caelian and Esquiline, 8, 361.

carmen, inis, n., a song, hymn, ode or poem, freq.; a line or verse, 3, 287; a response, prophecy, 3, 445; an incantation, charm, spell, 4, 487; cry, тоап, 4, 462.

Carmentālis, e, adj. (Carmentis), of

Carmentis, 8, 338.

Carmentis, is, f. (carmen), Carmentis, a prophetess, mother of King Evander, 8, 336.

Carpathius, a, um, adj., of Carpathus, an island northeast of Crete; subst., Carpathium, ii, n., the Carpathian Sea, 5, 595.

carpo, carpsī, carptus, 3, a., to pluck or pull, crop, browse upon, eat, graze; cause to graze, pasture; gather, 6, 146; fig., catch, breathe, enjoy, 1, 388; ; consume, 4, 2; devour, waste, 4, 32; carpere prāta, etc., to course

over.

cārus, a, um, adj., dear, 4, 91, et al.; poet., active, loving, fond, 1, 677; affectionate, tender, 11, 215. Casmilla, ae, f., the mother of Camilla, II, 543.

Casperia, ae, f., a town of the Sabines,

7, 714.

Caspius, a, um, adj., of the Caspian

Sea, Caspian; Asiatic, 6, 798. Cassandra, ae, f., a daughter of Priam, beloved of Apollo, and inspired by him with prophecy; but because she did not requite his love, condemned to foretell the destruction of Troy

without being believed by her country

men, 2, 246.

cassida, ae, and cassis, idis, f., a helmet (of metal), 11, 775.

cassus, a, um, adj., void; deprived of, 2, 85; fruitless, vain, 12, 780. castellum, i, n. (castrum), a fortress, stronghold, castle, 5, 440.

castīgō, āvī, ātus, I, a. (castus and agō), to chastise, punish; chide, reprove, rebuke, 5, 387.

Castor, oris, m., a Trojan warrior,

IO, 124.

castra, ōrum, n. (sing., castrum, ī, n., castle, fort), a camp, 2, 462; fleet, 4, 604; naval camp, station, 3, 519; hive, 12, 589.

1. Castrum Inui, a town in Latium near Antium and Ardea, 6, 775. 2. castrum, ī, n., see castra. castus, a, um, adj., pure, 6, 563; pious, 3, 409; sacred, holy, 6, 661. cāsus, ūs, m. (cadō), a falling; close; fall, destruction, 2, 507; fortune, chance, fate, 1, 615; event, 8, 533; hardship, misfortune, 1, 599; danger, peril, 2, 563; juncture, crisis, 4, 560; fate, death, 5, 869. catēia, ae, f., a slender javelin, 7, 741. catēna, ae, f., a chain, fetter, 6, 558. caterva, ae, f., a troop, squadron, band, 2, 370; crowd, throng, multitude, 2, 40; flock, 11, 456. Catilina, ae, m., L. Sergius Catiline, the conspirator, 8, 668. Catillus, ī, m., Catillus, with his brother, Tiburtus, founder of Tibur, 7, 672.

Catō, ōnis, m., a family name in the

Porcian gens. 1. M. Porcius Cato,

called the Censor and also Senex, 6, 841. 2. M. Porcius Cato the younger, who perished by his own hand at Utica; hence, called Uticensis, 8, 670.

catulus, ī, m., a young dog; a whelp, the young of wild animals; a cub, whelp, 2, 357.

Caucasus, i, m., the Caucasus; the Caucasian Mountains, between the Caspian and Euxine, 4, 367. cauda, ae, f., the tail, 3, 428, et al. caulae, ārum, f., an opening, a passage; sheep fold, 9, 60.

caulis, is, m., a stalk, 12, 413. Caulōn, ōnis, m., Caulon, or Caulonia, a town on the east coast of Bruttium, 3, 553.

causa, ae, f., a cause, reason, 1, 25;

cause, occasion, 2, 285; pretext, excuse, occasion, 4, 51; a reason, an argument, 8, 395; a cause (judicial), 6, 849; with infin., 10, 90. cautēs, is, f., a craggy or pointed rock,

or cliff; rock, crag, 3, 534. cautius, adv., comp. of cautē; more cautiously, 11, 153.

from, 9, 620; give way, 7, 636; abate, 9, 126; draw back, 5, 445; submit, yield, 2, 704; fall to, come into one's possession, 3, 297; to come behind, 3, 484; result, turn out; turn out well, prosper, 12, 148. cedrus, i, f., the cedar, 11, 137; cedar wood, 7, 178.

Celaenō, ūs, f., one of the Harpies, 3,

2II.

celebrō, āvī, ātus, I, a. (celeber, frequented), to attend or be present in great numbers; to attend, honor, 1, 735; celebrate, 5, 58; observe, 8, 268. Celemna, ae, f., a town of Campania, 7, 739.

celer, eris, ere, adj., fleet, rapid, active,

nimble, swift, 4, 180, et al; in a predicate, swiftly, 6, 425.

celerō, āvī, ātus, I, a. (celer), to speed, hasten, 1, 357, et al.

cella, ae, f., a storeroom, granary, wine-cellar; cell of the honeycomb, I, 433; shrine, of a temple.

cavea, ae, f. (cavus), a hollow place; that part of the theater or circus which was occupied by the spectators, | cēlō, āvī, ātus, I, a., to hide, conceal,

8, 636; a theater; natural amphitheater, 5, 340.

caveō, cāvi, cautus, 2, n. and a., to be

on one's guard; to beware, w. subst, II, 293.

caverna, ae, f. (cavus), a hollow; cav

ern, 2, 53, et al.

cavō, āvī, ātus, I, a. (cavus), to hollow

or scoop out; p., cavātus, a, um, hollowed out; vaulted, 1, 310. cavus, a, um, adj., hollow, 1, 81; concave, 8, 599; arching, vaulted, 2, 487; cavae manūs, the palms of the hands, 12, 86.

Cecropidēs, ae, m., a son or descend

ant of Cecrops; pl., the Athenians, 6, 21. cēdō, cessī, cessus, 3, a. and n., to go, freq., go away, depart, 6, 460; retire, withdraw, recede, 3, 496; desist|

I, 351, et al. celsus, a, um, adj. (cellō, rise), high, lofty, 1, 56, et al.

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Centaurus, ī, m. 1. A Centaur, a lous monster, with a human head and neck and the body of a horse, 6, 286. 2. The name of a ship in the fleet of Aeneas (fem.), 5, 122. centēnus, a, um, distr. num. adj. (cen

tum); pl., a hundred each, 9, 162; sing. (after the analogy of multus, many a), a unit repeated the hundredth time, render by the plural, a hundred, 10, 207; as cardinal, a hundred, 10, 566.

centum, indecl. num. adj., hundred, 6, 625. centumgeminus, a, um, adj., hundredfold; of the hundred- (or many-) handed Briareus, 6, 287.

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