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pugilistic games in Amycla. Sil. Cano¬ 
pus, because Canopus, its founder, came 
from. Arnydie. Martial, venenum, and 
Ovid, alienum, k. c. a purple color or dye, 
used at Amyclte. — Also, Amyclmus, 
Spartan. SUius. -IT Hence, also, 
Amyclldes, te, m. son of Amyclas (ft. e. 
Hyacinthus), the reputed founder of Amy- 
clai. Ovid. -IT AMyCL/E, arum, f. is 
also a town of Latium, between Caieta and 
Tarracina, near Finidi. In this region 
was produced the famous Ciecuban wine. 
Virg. Tacitis Amyclis, so called, per¬ 
haps, because, on account of frequent fdlse 
alarms, it was forbidden by law to say any 
thing of the approach of an enemy; hence, 
when the enemy did actually come, all keep¬ 
ing silence, the city was taken and de¬ 
stroyed. -IT Hence, Amyclanus, a, 
um, pertaining to Amyelce. Plin. Sinus 
Amyclanus; which is also called Fun- 
danus, Formianus, and Cajetanus. - 
IT Amycle, es, f. is also read, as the 
name of both these cities. 
AMyCOS, i, m. ’'Apvxos, a son of Nep¬ 
tune and the nymph Melie, king of the Be- 
brycians, famous for his skill in the man¬ 
agement of the cestus, slain by Pollux. 
Val. Place. -IT Amyci portus, was in 
Bitliynia or Bebrycia, near the Thracian 
Bosphorus, famous for the death of Amy¬ 
ous. Plin. -IT Others are mentioned 
by Virg. and Ovid. 
AMyDoN (’A yvSwv), onis, f. a city of 
Paionia, in Macedonia, which sent auxil¬ 
iaries to the Trojans, according to Ho¬ 
mer. Juvenal. 
AMYGDALA (apvySdXy), tB, f. an almond; 
nux quae et Grieca et Thasia dicitur. 
Plin. -IT Also, the tree itself, the 
almond-tree. Plin. - IT Amygdalae 
fauciuin, kernels at thcroot of the tongue, 
■in the neck or throat, like almonds. Plin. 
-IT Hence, Amygdalaceus, a, um, 
adj. like the almond-tree. Plin. - 
IT Also, Anrygdaleus, a, um, adj. the 
same. Pallad. -if And Amygdali- 
nns, a, um, adj. relating to almonds, 
made of almonds, amygdaline. Plin. Ole¬ 
um amygdalinum, oil of almonds. Id. 
Amygdalina pruna, ft. e. which have been 
grafted on an almond-tree. 
AMYGDALITES (apvydaXirys), $, m. a 
plant of the spurge kind, so called from 
its leaf, which resembles the leaf of an al¬ 
mond-tree. Plin. -IT Amygdaloides, 
the same. Apulci. 
AMyGDALUM (apvytiaXov), same as 
amygdala. Pallad. and Columel. 
AMyGDALOS (apvySaXus), i, f. an al¬ 
mond-tree. Pallad. 
AMyLS (ainylum), as, a. 1. to mix up or 
3 thicken with frumenty. Apic. Amylare 
jus. 
AMyLUM ( dpvXov), and AMOLUM, i, n. 
a kind of food made of unground wheat, 
a sort of frumenty. Plin. 
AMyMoNe, es, f. a daughter of Danaus, 
the mother by Neptune of Nawplius, the 
father of Palamedes. Propert. -IT A 
fountain near Argos. Ovid.. 
AMyNTaS, ®, m. ’Apvvras, father of 
Philip, king of Macedonia. Curt. - 
IT Also, the name of a shepherd. Virg. 
-IT AmyntiAdes, te, m. son of Amyn- 
tas, h. e. Philip. Ovid. 
AMyNTOR, oris, m. king of the Dolnpians, 
father of Phoenix. Omd. -If Hence, 
Amyntorxdes, as, m. son of Amyntor. 
Ovid. 
AMySTIS (apvoTis), Tdis, f. a way of 
3 drinking practised amongst the Thracians, 
which was done without drawing the breath. 
Horat. Neu multi Damalis meri Bassum 
Threicia vincat amystide. 
AMYTHAON, Amythaonius. See Ami- 
thaon, &c. 
AN (3i/for Lav), adv. ei pi). Used in a sim¬ 
ple question. Terent. An abiit jam a 
milite ? is he gone1 Cic. An potest 
ulla esse excusatio? Id. An me cen- 
setis decreturumfuisse, ut, &c. ? do you 
think, then, that I, &c. ? Id. An Scythes 
Anacharsis potuit pro nihilo pecuniam 
ducere, nostratjes philosophi non pote- 
runt ? could, then, &c. ?-TT In the 
beginning of a sentence, it is elegantly 
joined with vero. Cic. An yero tibi 
Romulus ille aut pastores, et convenas 
congregasse, aut, &c. ? does it appear, 
then, to you, that Romulus, &.C. ?- 
TT It serves very frequently to express a 
doubt, and is sometimes repeated, but 
the first an is sometimes elegantly 
omitted. Cic. Nos hie te ad mensem 
Januarium expectamus, ex quodam ru- 
more, an ex litteris tuis ad alios missis, 
I know not whether from report, or from, 
&.C. Id. Paucis, antequam mortuus est, 
an diebus, an mensibus, am not sure 
whether days or months. Id. Q.ua:sivi, 
an apud Leccam fuisset, nec ne, 
whether he was staying, or no. Nepos. 
Iluic uni contigit, quod nescio an ulli, 
which perhaps never occurred to any one 
else. Tacit. Neque Senatus in eo cura 
erat, an imperii extrema dehonestaren- 
tur, whether they were disgraced, &c. 
Cic. Refert etiam qui audiant, Senatus, 
an populus, an judices ; frequentes, an 
pauci, an singuli, whether the Senate, or 
the people, &cc. Tacit. Ctesar de se nihil 
addidit, metu invidis, an ratus consci- 
entiam facti satis esse, whether it was 
because he feared it might make him dis¬ 
liked, or because he thought, that, &c. 
Id. Longum utriusque silentium, ne 
irriti suaderent; an eo descensum cre- 
debant, ut, &c., or because they thought 
that the matter was already brought to that 
pass, that, Sec. Id. Incertum metu, an 
per invidiam, uncertain whether it was 
from fear, or, &c.- IT Sometimes 
ne or utrum is put in the former place 
instead of an, either with or with¬ 
out an interrogation. Cic. Quassitum 
est, in totone circuitu orationis, an in 
principiis solum, an in extremis, an in 
utraque parte numerus tenendus sit. 
Id. Unurn illud nescio, gratulerne tibi, 
an timeam. Id. Romamne venio, an 
hie maneo, an Arpinum fugio ? Terent. 
Roga, velitne, an non uxorem, whether 
he will have her or not. Cic. Id utrum 
Romano more locutus sit, an quomo- 
do Stoici dicunt, postea videro. Liv. 
Utrum hostem, an vos, an fortunam 
utriusque populi ignoratis?-TT An 
is often joined to ne, so as to form one 
word, a line. Cic. Nam quid ego de 
consulatu loquar ? parto vis, anne ges- 
to? Id. Cum interrogetur, tria pauca 
sint, anne multa.-TT An non, which, 
too, are often united (armon) , are the 
same as nonne, in an urgent inquiry ; the 
same as neene, in a doubtful question 
Terent. An non dixi, hoc esse futurum ? 
did I not tell you that this would be the 
case ? Id. Pater ejus rediit, an non? 
is he returned or not I -IT An 1 for an 
non I Ovid. An fera indicere bella co- 
egit, &c. ?-TT An is often joined 
with the verbs nescio, dubito, and the 
like, and conveys a doubt, which, how¬ 
ever, inclines to affirmation. Cic. Est 
quidem id magnum, atque haud scio, 
an maximum, and perhaps of the very ut¬ 
most consequence. Nepos. Si per se vir- 
tus sine fortuna ponderanda sit, dubito 
an hunc primum omnium ponam, / am 
inclined to place him. -IT Also, though 
rarely, an is put for sive. Liv. Cum id 
modo constaret, jure, an injuria eripi- 
endos esse reos. Ovid. Unaque pasto- 
rem vidisset, an arva colentem Vox 
erat, hac gressus siqua puella tulit. 
ANA, and ANaS, te, m. GuadianafAvas, 
a river of Spain. Plin. 
AN A (avd), a medical word, when an equal 
3 measure or weight of different things is 
signified. Veget. 
ANABASIS (dvaftacris), is, f. a Greek 
3 word, signifying ascent; hence the 
name is given to a plant, in Latin called 
equisetum, which is a climbing plant; 
the herb horse-tail. Plin. 
ANABATHRUM (dva6aivto), i, n. a pul- 
13 pit, rostrum ; elevated seat at exhibitions, 
dvafiaSpov, pulpitum, pegma, tabula- 
tum, quod ascenditur ludorum spec- 
tandorum causa. Juvenal. 
ANACaMPSERoS (dvaxapipepws), otis, 
f. an herb which, on being touched , was 
supposed to have the power of producing 
reconciliation among friends, causing love 
to be reciprocated, &c. Plin. 
ANACEPIIALiEoSIS ( ava and xetpaXy), 
is, f. a repetition, or summing up, of what 
has been said, a recapitulation, dvaxepa- 
XaLoa i;. Q uintil. 
ANACES, m. plur. num. an epithet of the 
three gods who are called Aibaxovpoi, 
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that is, sons of Jupiter, Tritopatreus 
JEubulcus, and Dionysius, according to 
Cic. 3. denat. Deor. c. 21., where others 
read anactes, avakres, that is, kings. 
Others assign this epithet to Castor and 
Pollux, who are also called Aioaxovpoi. 
ANACHTTES ( dvaxirys), ffi, m. the dia¬ 
mond ; so called because it was considered 
as a remedy for heaviness and disquiet of 
mind. Plin. . 
ANACHoRETA (avaxcopeco, to retire), s, 
3 m. an anachorite or anchorite ; a hermit, 
recluse, dvax<opyryi. Sulp. Sever. 
ANACLINTERIUM (dvaxXlvoi), ii, n. 
3 a bolster, dvaxXivrypiov. Spartian. 
ANACCELIaSMOS (avaxviXiaapds), i, a 
purge, an opening medicine. Call. Au- 
relian.. 
ANXCREoN (’Avaxpecov), ontis, m. a 
Greek lync poet of Teas, in Ionia. -. 
IT Hence, Anacreonteus, Anatreontlus, 
and Anacreonticus, a, um, of or per¬ 
taining to Anacreon. Quintil 
ANACi'SRIUM ( dvaxrx'piov ), ii, n. the 
name of several plants the herb glader, 
or sioord-grass, a sort of sedge; also, 
mugwort or motherwort. Apulci. - 
TT Also, a town of Aeamania. Plaut. 
ANaCTQRIOS (Anactorium),a, um, adj. 
pertaining to Anactorium. SUius. 
ANADeMA (avaSypa), atis, n. a kind of 
3 ornament which women wore on their 
heads, like a garland: a coronet ,*r border, 
riband, fillet. Lucret. 
ANADIPLoSIS (dvadinXcoaif), is, f. o 
3 figure of rhetoric, in which the same word 
is repeated in the same period; anadiplosis, 
reduplication, conduplication, cqnduplica- 
tio. Martian. Capell. 
ANADyOMENe (’AvaSvoptvy), es, f. 
emerging; so Venus emerging from the 
sea is called, a picture painted by Apelles. 
Plin. 
ANAGALLIS (avayaXXis), idis, f. the 
herb pimpernel, or chickweed. Plin. 
ANAGLyPTA (dvdyXvnra), omm, neutr. 
plur. sc. vasa, vessels or plat.i chased or 
embossed. Plin. Others read tnuglyplia. 
ANAGNIA, aj, f. Anagni, a citi of Latium. 
Virg. - - TT Anagnlnus, a', um, adj. 
pertaining to the same. Cic. Muni.cipes 
Anagnini. Id. Anagninum, sc. prtedi- 
lim, a landed estate at or near Anagni. 
ANAGNoSTES (dvayiyvoocKO,; to read), 
te, m. a reader, person (usuilly a slave ) 
employed to read to another, d-iuyvojorris, 
lector. Cic. Puer festivus, nnagnostes 
noster. Nepos. In familia »<.ant pueri 
litteratissimi, anagnostie opUtai, et plu- 
rimi librarii. 
ANAGoGe (avdyco), es, f. « figure of 
speech called anagoge; religious exalta¬ 
tion ; mystical allusion to something higher 
than what is expressed, duaycoyri, subvec- 
tio, elatio.-II Among medical wri¬ 
ters, it means a raising of blood, as from 
the lungs, &c. Cod. Aurel. 
ANXGRaMMA (avaypdqno), ktis, n. ava- 
ypappa, and ANXGRaMMATISMOS, i, 
m. ai'aypappuTiapds,anagrammatism,the 
art or practice of making anagrams; also, 
an anagram, transmutatio, vei transposi- 
tio litterarum, ut Laudator, adulator; 
Galcnus, angelus-. 
ANAGyROS (avayvpos ), i, f. the herb beau- 
trefoil. Plin. 
ANALECTA (aoaXeyio), orum, n. plur. 
the fragments or crumbs that full from 
table; broken meat, offals, rgfuso, dvdXexga. 
Martial. 
ANALECTA (Id.), te, m. a slav* who gath¬ 
ered up the crumbs, offals, &c , that were 
left at table, dvaXexrys, servile mediasti- 
nus, qui reliquias, et purgamenta coena- 
rum humi inter coenandum projecta 
colligit. In Scnec. ep. 27. ut grainmati- 
cos haberet analectas, ft. c. collectors of 
the words which fell. 
XNXLeCTIDjES (dvaXeKTiSeg), um, f.pads 
or stuffing's with which girls were wont to 
correct their shape. Ovid. Conveniunt 
tenues scapulis analectides altis. Oth 
ers read analectrides . 
ANALEMMA (avaXyppa, edita structura), 
Atis, n. a lofty structure, or observatory, 
for the calculation of time by the increase 
or decrease of shadows, used before the in¬ 
vention of sun-dials. Vitruv .— Others un¬ 
derstand it, an instrument or figure for 
ascertaining the altitude of the pole and 
the meridian of a place. 
