order to procure for his people a victory over the Spartans, C. 3, 19, 2. Coelius, Yi, m., a Roman robber. Colchicus, a, um, adj., of Colchis, Colchian.

Colchis, Idis, f., a woman of Colchis, i. e. Medea.

Colchus, a, um, adj., Colchian, of Colchis, a district of Asia, east of the Pontus Euxinus, noted for the golden fleece and the sorceress Medea. Subst. Colchus, i, m., a Colchian, and in plur. Colchi, orum, m., the Colchians, inhabitants of Colchis.

Colophon, ōnis, m., a town of Ionia,

north-west of Ephesus, near the seacoast, famous for its cavalry, Ep. 1, 11, 3.

Concănus, i, m., one of the Concăni, a savage tribe of Hispania Tarraconensis, said to have drunk horse's blood.

Copia, ae, f., the goddess of plenty. Corānus, i, m., a rich Roman. Corinthus, i, f., the celebrated Greek town on the isthmus, taken and destroyed by Mummius, in B. C. 146. C. 1, 7, 2; Ep. 1, 17, 36; Ep. 2, 1, 193. Corvinus, see Messalla.

Cōrýcius, a, um, adj., Corycian, of Cory

cus, a promontory and town of Cilicia, with excellent saffron.

Cotiso, onis, m., a king of the Dacians. Cõus, a, um, adj., Coan, of Cos, an island of the Aegean Sea, famous for wine and purple vestments; hence subst. Coum, i, n., Coan wine, S. 2, 4, 29. Crăgus, i, m., a famous mountain of Lycia, the birth-place or abode of the Chimaera.

Crantor, oris, m., a celebrated philoso

pher of the ancient Academy. Crassus, i, m., the celebrated triumvir

with Julius Caesar and Pompey, who fell in the war with the Parthians.

Crēticus, a, um, adj., Cretan, of Crete (see the prec. art.)

Crispīnus, i, m., a ridiculous Stoic phi

losopher in the time of Horace, S. 1, 1, 120.

Croesus, i, m., the celebrated rich king of Lydia, Ep. 1, 11, 2.

Cūmae, arum, f., a very ancient town on the coast of Campania, a colony of Chalcis in Asia Minor, Ep. 1, 15, 11. Cupido, inis, m., the god of love, Cupid; in the plur., Cupidines, um, m., Genii of love.

Curius, Yi, m., M'. Curius Dentatus, the conqueror of the Samnites and of Pyrrhus, famous for his simplicity and moderation, C. 1, 12, 41; Ep. 1, 1, 64. Curtillus, i, m., an unknown Roman, S. 2, 8, 52.

Cybele, Dindymene, C. 1, 16, 5. Cyclades, um, f., the Cyclades, a group of islands in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of the Peloponnesus and encircling Delos.

Cyclops, ōpis, pl. Cyclopes, um, m., the

Cyclopes, a wild gigantic people, said to have but one eye, in the middle of the forehead, the workmen of Vulcanus, C. 1, 4, 7; S. 1, 5, 63. Cydōnius, a, um, adj., prop. of Cydonia, a

town of Crete, hence poet. for Cretan. Cyllēnēus, a, um, adi., Cyllenean, of Cyllene: C. fides, i. e. the lyre of Hercules, who is said to have been born on the mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Epod. 13, 9.

Cynthius, a, um, adj., Cynthian, of Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and Diana; hence poet. Cynthius, Ĭi, m., for Apollo, and Cynthia, ae, f., for Diana.

Cyprius, a, um, adj., Cyprian, of Cyprus (see the foll. art.)

Cyprus, i, f., the island Cyprus, celebrated for the worship of Venus.

cian, S. 2, 3, 161.

Crătīnus, i, m., a Greek writer of comedies in the time of Aristophanes. Creon, ontis, m., king of Corinth, whose daughter Creusa married Jason. Cressus, a, um, adj., Cretan, of Creta: Cressa nota, a mark of Cretan clay or chalk, i. e. 'a white mark,' C. 1, 36, 10.

Crēta, ae, f., Crete, now Candia.

the Persian empire, C. 2, 2, 17; 3, 29, 27. II. A Roman youth, C. 1, 17, 25; C. 1, 33, 6. Cytherea, ae, f., epithet of Venus, from Cythera, an island of the Aegean Sea, where she was worshipped.

D.

Daci, orum, m., the Dacians, inhabitants of Dacia, a country of Europe,

the modern Transylvania, Moldavia, and Wallachia. In sing. Dacus, i, collectively for Daci, C. 1, 35, 9; 2, 20, 18.

Daedaleus, a, um, of Daedalus (see the foll. art.), C. 2, 20, 13; C. 4, 2, 2. Daedalus, i, m., the celebrated Greek artist, father of Icarus, builder of the Cretan labyrinth, C. 1, 3, 34. Dalmaticus (also written Delm.), a, um, Dalmatian, of the Dalmati, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. Dāma, ae, m., the name of a Roman

slave, used for a slave in general. Dămălis, is, f., a woman's name. Dămăsippus, i, m., an antiquarian in the time of Cicero and Horace. Dănăë, ēs, f., daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, and mother of Perseus by Jupiter, C. 3, 16. 1.

Dănăus, i, m., son of Belus, brother of Aegyptus, and father of fifty daughters, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, killed their husbands at his command, C. 2, 14, 18; C. 3, 11, 23.

Dänŭbĭus, li, m., the river Danube, so

called towards its source, but Ister towards its mouth, C. 4, 15, 21. Dardanus, a, um, adj., prop. of Dardanus, founder of the town Dardania in Troas, hence poetic. for Trojan.

Daunias, ădis, f., the country of the Daunii, in Apulia, hence poet. for Apulia, C. 1, 22, 14.

Daunius, a, um, adj., prop. Daunian, of Daunus, king of a part of Apulia (see the foll. art. No I.), hence poet. (per Synecdochen) for Roman, Latin. Daunus, i, m., I. King of a part of Apulia (called hence Apulia Daunia), C. 4, 14, 26. II. An inhabitant of Daunia in Apulia, Daunian, Apulian, C. 3, 30, 11.

Dāvus, the name of a slave, often occurring in Roman comedies. Děcember, bris, m. (sc. mensis), the month December, C. 3, 18, 10; Epod. 11, 5; S. 2, 7, 4; Ep. 1, 20, 27. Děcius, li, m., a Roman, S. 1, 6, 20. Deiphobus, i, m., son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Helen after the death of Paris, C. 4, 9, 22.

Delius, a, um, the Delian, prop. of Delos, hence poetic. Dēlius, ii, m., for

Apollo, and Delia, ae, f., for Diana,
C. 3, 4, 64, C, 4, 6, 33.

Dellius, li, m., a Roman, friend of Horace, who addressed to him Od. 2, 3. Dēlos, i, f., a famous island in the Aegean Sea, birth-place of Apollo and Diana.

Delphi, ōrum, m., the celebrated town of Phocis, with an oracle of Apollo, on the southern declivity of mount Parnassus.

Delphicus, a, um, Delphic, of Delphi (see the prec. art.)

Dēmētrius, Ii, m., I. A Roman per

former, S. 1, 10, 19, 79 and 90. II. A Roman slave, Ep. 1, 7, 52. Democritus, i, m., a famous Eleatic philosopher of Abdera, contemporary of Socrates, said to have laughed and mocked at all things, Ep. 1, 12, 12; Ep. 2, 1, 194; A. P. 297.

Diāna, ae, f., daughter of Jupiter and Latona, sister of Apollo, born at Delos, the goddess of the moon (Luna), and of the chase, protectress of virginity, and tutelar deity of mothers in childbirth (Lucina).

Diespiter, tris, m., another name for Jupiter.

Digentia, ae, f., a small brook near the

Sabine villa of Horace, now Licenza, Ep. 1, 16, 12; Ep. 1, 18, 104. Diomēdes, is, m., son of Tydeus, king of Aetolia, one of the Greek heroes before Troy, after the destruction of which he went to Apulia and founded Argyripa (Arpi).

Diōnaeus, a, um, adj., Dionean, of Dione, the mother of Venus: D. antrum, i. e. sacred to Venus, C. 2, 1, 39. Dionýsius, li, m., the name of a slave, S. 1, 6, 38.

Dircaeus, a, um, adj., Dircaean, of Dirce, a famous fountain near the Boeotian Thebes, hence poetic. Dircaeus cycnus of the poet Pindar, who was a native of Thebes, C. 4, 2, 25. Dolichos, i, m., a gladiator. Dōrius, a, um, adj., Dorian, of the Dorians, Epod. 9, 6.

Dossennus, i, m., a writer of Atellan plays (or a comic character in the Atellan farces), Ep. 2, 1, 173. Drusus, i, m., Nero, son of Tiberius Nero and Livia, step-son of the Emperor Augustus, conqueror of the

Phaeti and Vindelici, C. 4, 4, 18; C. 4, 14, 10.

E.

Echionius, a, um, adj., Echionian, of Echion, one of the armed men who sprung from the teeth of the dragon, which were sown by Cadmus in building Thebes.

Ēdōni, ōrum, m., prop. a wild tribe in southern part of Thrace, on the banks of the Strymon, hence poetic, for Thracians in general, C. 2, 7, 27. Electra, ae, f., daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister of Orestes. Ēlēus, a, um, adj., prop. Elean, of Elis, where was Olympia, hence poetic. for Olympian, C. 4, 2, 17. Empedocles, is, m., a celebrated natural philosopher of Agrigentum in Sicily, who flourished about B. C. 450, Ep. 1, 12, 20; A. P. 465.

Enceladus, i, m., one of the giants who warred against Jupiter, who struck him down with his thunderbolt and hurled mount Aetna on him, C, 3, 4,

56.

Ennius, Yi, m., Q. Ennius, the most celebrated Roman poet of the ante-classic period, the father of the Roman epic, born at Rudiae in Calabria, B.C. 239, died 169, C. 4, 8, 20; S. 1, 10, 54; Ep. 1, 19, 7; Ep. 2, 1, 50; A. P. 56; A. P. 259.

Ēōus, a, um, adj., prop. of the morn

ing ('Eos, 'Hús), hence poetic. for
Eastern.

Ephesos, i, f., a celebrated town of
Ionia, with a temple of Diana, C. 1,
7, 2.
Ěpicharmus, i, m., a Pythagorean phi-

losopher and writer of comedies, a
native of the island Cos, but chiefly
resident at Syracuse, hence called
Siculus, Ep. 2, 1, 58.

Epicurus, i, m., a famous philosopher of Gargettus in Attica. founder of a philosophy which regarded pleasure as the summum bonum, or chief good, Ep. 1, 4, 16 Epidaurius, a, um, adj., Epidaurran, of Epidaurus, a town of Argolis, with a celebrated temple of Hercules, to whom serpents were sacred. Erycina, ae, f., epithet of Venus. from Eryx, a high mountain on the west

ern coast of Sicily, near Drepanum, with a celebrated temple of this goddess, C. 1, 2, 33. Brýmanthus, i, m., a mountain of Arcadia, on the borders of Elis, where Hercules killed the wild boar, C. 1, 21, 7.

Esquiliae, see Exquiliae.

Etruscus, a, um, adj., Etruscan, Tuscan. Eumenides, um, f. (the Gracious Ones),

euphemistic name for the Furies. Eupolis, Idis, m., an Athenian poet of the Old comedy in the time of Aristophanes, S. 1, 4, 1; S. 2, 3, 12. Europe, es, f., Europe, C. 3, 3, 47. Eurus, i, m., the south-east wind (called also Vulturnus).

Euterpe, es, f., the Muse of music or harmony, C. 1, 1, 33.

Eutrăpělus, i, m., (Evτpáteλos, 'the rallier'), nickname of P. Volumnius, friend of M. Antonius.

Evander, dri, m., king of Arcadia, who settled in Italy, sixty years before the Trojan war, hence poetic. for one of very ancient time. Ēvias, ǎdis, f., a Bacchanal. Ēvius, Ii, m., a surname of Bacchus. Exquiliae (also Esquiliae), ārum, f., one of the seven hills of Rome.

F.

Făbia, ae, f. (sc. tribus), one of the rural tribes.

Făbius, Yi, m., a loquacious Roman

philosopher, of the Stoic sect, contemporary of Horace.

1. Fabricius, Yi, m., a Roman general against Pyrrhus, celebrated for his great moderation and noble conduct, C. 1, 12, 40.

2. Fabricius, a, um, adj., of a Fabricius: F. pons, a bridge over the Tiber, built by L. Fabricius. now Ponte di quattro capi.

Fălernum. i. n. (sc. vinum), an excellent wine grown on the Falernian plain in Campania. Fannius. Yi, m.. Quadrātus. a bad poet,

enemy and calumniator of Horace, S. 1. 4, 21; S. 1. 10, 80. Faunus, 1, m., the tutelary god of husbandry, son of Picus, grandson of Saturn. In plur. Fauni in general for rural deities. C. 1, 4, 11: C. 1. 17,

2; C. 2, 17, 28; C. 3, 18, 1; Ep. 1, 19, 4; A. P. 244.

Făvōnius, li, m., the west-wind, C. 1, 4, 1; C. 3, 7, 2.

Ferentinum, i, m., a small town of the

Hernici in Latium, still called Feren

tino, Ep. 1, 17, 8.

Fěrōnia, ae, f., an ancient Italian deity, the guardian of plants and of freedmen, S. 1, 5, 24.

Fescenninus, a, um, adj., of Fescennia,

a town of Etruria, where a peculiar kind of facetious and satirical verses was invented, Ep. 2, 1, 145.

Fīdēnae, ārum, f., an ancient town of the Sabini in Latium, on the Tiber, now Castro Giubileo, Ep. 1, 11, 8. Flavius, fi, m., a schoolmaster at Venusia, S. 1, 6, 72.

Florus, i, m., Julius, one of the suite of Tiberius, when he was sent at the head of an army into Dalmatia, in B.C. 23. Ep. 1, 3, 1; Ep. 2, 2, 1. Förentum, i, m., a small town of Apulia, still called Forenza, C. 3, 4, 16. Formiae, ārum, f., an ancient town of Latium, on the borders of Campania, now Mola di Gaëta, C. 3, 17, 6; S. 1, 5, 37.

Formiānus, a, um, adj., Formian, of Formiae (see the prec. art.), C. 1, 20.

11.

Fors, rtis, f., personified the goddess of
Chance; comp. the foll. art., C. 1, 19,
14.
Fortuna, ae, f., personified the goddess

of Chance, C. 1, 34, 15; C. 1, 35, 1; C. 2, 1, 3; C. 3, 29, 49; C. 4, 14, 37; Epod. 4, 6; S. 2, 2, 126; S. 2, 6, 49; S. 2, 8, 61; Ep. 1, 1, 68; Ep. 1, 11, 20. Forum Appii, a small market-town of Latium, on the Via Appia, called also Tres Tabernae; now S. Donato. Fufius, Yi, m., a dramatic performer, S. 2, 3, 60.

Fulvius, li, m., a famous gladiator, S. 2, 7, 96.

Fundānius, Yi, m., a writer of comedies,

friend of Maecenas, S. 1, 10, 42. Fundi, ōrum, m., a town on the coast of Latium, near the Via Appia, between Formiae and Tarracina, now Fondi, S. 1, 5, 34.

Furiae, ārum, f., the three goddesses of revenge, Allecto, Megaera and Tisiphone. In sing. Furia, one of them,

C. 1, 28, 17; S. 1, 8, 45; S. 2, 3, 135 and 141.

Furius, Yi, m., M. Furius Bibaculus, a

Roman poet of Cremona, a contemporary of Cicero.

Furnius, li, m., Gajus, a Roman historian, S. 1, 10, 86.

Fuscus, i, v. Aristius, C. 1, 22, 4; S. 1, 9, 64; S. 1, 10, 83; Ep. 1, 10.

G.

Găbii, ōrum, m., a town of Latium, near the modern Lago di Castiglione, Ep. 1, 11, 7; Ep. 1, 15, 9; Ep. 2, 1, 25; Ep. 2, 2, 3.

Gādes, Yum, f., a celebrated ancient

town in Hispania Baetica, founded by the Phoenicians, now Cadiz, C. 2, 2, 11; C. 2, 6, 1. Gaetulus, a. um, adj., Gaetulian, of the Gaetuli, a people in the north-west of Africa (in the modern Morocco), C. 1, 23, 10; C. 2, 20, 15; C. 3, 20, 2; Ep. 2, 2, 181.

Gălaesus, i, m., a river of Magna Grae

cia, near Tarentum: now Galaso, C. 2, 6, 10.

Galli, ōrum, m. I. The Gauls, S. 2, 1, 14. II. = Gallograeci or Galatae, the Gallic people who migrated to Phrygia, Epod. 9, 18.

Gallia, ae, f., the country of the Gauls, C. 4, 14, 49.

Gallicus, a, um, adj., Gallic, of the Gauls, C. 1, 8, 6; C. 3, 16, 35.

Gallina, ae, m., a gladiator, S. 2, 6, 44. Gănýmēdes, is, m., son of Laomedon,

carried off by the eagle of Jupiter to be his cup-bearer, C. 3, 20, 16; C. 4, 4, 4.

1. Gargānus, i, m., a ridge of mountains in Apulia, now Monte Gargano. Hence Ep. 2, 1, 202.

2. Gargānus, a, um, adj., of Garganus. (see the prec. art.)

Gargilius, li, m., a Roman, Ep. 1, 6, 58. Gargōnius, li, m., a Roman, S. 1, 2, 27; S. 1, 4, 92.

Gělōni, ōrum, m., a Scythian people on the Borysthenes, in the modern Ukraine, C. 2, 9, 23; C. 2, 20, 19; C. 3, 4,35. Gěnauni, Ŏrum, m., a tribe in Raetia, neighbours of the Breuni, in the modern Valle di Non (the Tyrol), C. 4,

14, 10.

Genius, li, m., the tutelary deity or Genius, C. 3, 17, 14; Ep. 1, 7, 94; Ep. 2, 1, 144; Ep. 2, 2, 187; A. P. 210. Germania, ae, f., Germany, C. 4, 5, 26; Epod. 16, 7.

Gērýon, Ŏnis, m., a mythical king of Spain, with three bodies, C. 2, 14, 8. Gětae, arum, m., a Thracian people on the banks of the Danube, C. 3, 24, 11; C. 4, 15, 22.

Gigantes, um, m., the Giants, sons of Tartarus and Terra, represented with serpents instead of feet. On attempting to storm the heavens, they were struck by Jupiter with thunderbolts, and buried under mount Aetna, C. 2, 19, 22; C. 3, 4, 43. Glaucus, i, m., the chief of the Lycians in the Trojan war, S. 1, 7, 17. Glycera, ae, f., I. A female friend of the poet Tibullus, C. 1, 33, 2. II. A friend of Horace, C. 1, 19, 5; C. 1, 30, 3; C. 3, 19, 28.

Glycon, ōnis, m., a famous gladiator in the time of Horace, Ep. 1, 1, 30. Gnātia, ae, f., more usually Egnatia, a small town on the coast of Apulia, near Barium, now Fasano, or Torre d'Anazzo, according to others, Monopoli, S. 1, 5, 97.

Gnidius, a, um, adj., Gnidian, of Gnidos,

see the foll. art.

Gnidos, i, f., a Doric town of Caria, famous for the statue of Venus by Praxiteles; now Cnido, C. 1, 30, 1. Gnōsius, a, um, adj., prop. Gnosian, of Gnosus, the ancient capital of Crete; hence poetic. for Cretan, C. 1, 15, 17. Gracchus, i, m., Tib, the celebrated Roman statesman and orator, Ep. 2, 2, 89.

Graecia, ae, f., Greece, C. 1, 15, 6; C. 4,

5, 35; Ep. 1, 2, 7; Ep. 2, 1, 93 and 156. Graecus, a, um, adj., Greek, Grecian,

C. 1, 20, 2; C. 3, 24, 57 ; S. 1, 5, 3; S. 1, 7,32; S. 1, 10, 20 and 31, and 35 and 66; S. 2, 3, 100; Ep. 2, 1, 28, and 90 and 161; Ep 2, 2, 7; A. P. 53, and 268 and 286.

Grājus, a, um, adj., Greek, Grecian.

Subst. Graji, orum, m., the Greeks,
C. 2, 4, 12; C. 2, 16, 38; C. 4, 8, 4;
Epod. 10, 12; Ep. 2, 1, 19; Ep. 2, 2,
42; A. P. 323.

Grosphus, i, m., Pompejus, a Roman, friend of Horace, C. 2, 16, 7; Ep. 1, 12, 22.

Gyas, m., one of the hundred-handed Giants, C. 2, 17, 14; 3, 4, 69.

H.

Hadria, ae, m., the Adriatic Sea, C. 1, 3, 15; C. 1, 33, 15; C. 2, 11, 2; C. 2, 14, 14; C. 3, 3, 5; C. 3, 9; 23; C. 3, 27, 19; Ep. 1, 18, 63.

Hadrianus, a, um, adj., Adriatic, of the

Adriatic Sea, C. 1, 16, 4.

Haedus, i, m., more usually in plur. Haedi, ōrum, the Kids, two stars in the constellation Auriga, C. 3, 1, 28. Haemonia, ae, f., the poetical name of

Thessaly (from king Haemon, father of Thessalus), C. 1, 37, 20. Haemus, i, m., the high ridge of mountains in Thrace, now the Great Balkan, C. 1, 12, 6.

Hagna, ae, f., name of a female slave or freedwoman, S. 1, 3, 40. Hannibal, ǎlis, m., the celebrated Carthaginian general in the second Punic war, C. 2, 12, 2; C. 3, 6, 36; C. 4, 4, 42 and 49; C. 4, 8, 16; Epod. 16, 8.

Harpyiae (trisyll.), ārum, f., the Harpies, a kind of rapacious monsters, half birds, half women, S. 2, 2, 40. Hasdrubal, ǎlis, m., the brother of Han

nibal, defeated by C. Claudius Nero on the river Metaurus, in B.C. 207, C. 4, 4, 38 and 72.

Hēbrus, i, m., a river of Thrace, rising in mount Haemus, and falling into the Aegean Sea; now Maritza, C. 1, 25, 20; C. 3, 25, 10; Ep. 1, 3, 3; Ep. 1, 16, 13.

Hector, oris, m., the celebrated Trojan hero, son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, C. 2, 4, 10; C. 4, 9, 22; Epod. 17, 12; S. 1, 7, 12. Hectorěus, a, um, adj., Hectorean, of

Hector (see the prec. art.), C, 3, 3, 28. Hělěna, ae, f., Helen, the celebrated cause of the Trojan war, daughter of Jupiter and Leda, wife of Menelaus, and carried off by Paris to Troy, C. 1, 3, 2; C. 1, 15, 2; C. 3, 3, 20 and 25; C. 4, 9, 16; Epod. 14, 13; Epod. 17, 42; S. 1, 3, 107.

tiae, arum, f., the Graces.

tain of Boeotia, sacred to Apollo and