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ALCITIIGE, es, f. ’AX/ciStfij, a Theban wo- [ 
man, daughter ofMinyas, changed by Bac- 
_ clius into a bat. Ovid. 
ALCXt/EG, and ALCM/EGN, onis, m. 
’ AXupaioiv, 6vo;, son of Amphiarausand 
Eriphyle, who, in obedience to his father’s 
command, slew his mother. After the per¬ 
petration of this act, he was tormented by 
Juries. Ovid. —Hence, Alcmffionius, a, 
uni, of or pertaining to Alcmaon. Pro- 
_ pert. furi®. 
aLCMaN, anis, m. ’AXupav, a very an¬ 
cient lyric poet. — Hence, Alcmanium 
inetrum, the Alcmanian measure, which 
was invented or much used by this 
_ poet. Plin. 
aLCMeNX, ®, and ALCMENE, es, and 
aLCOMENX, ®, f. ’AX/anjioj, the wife 
of Amphitryon, and mother of Hercules 
by Jupiter. Propert. 
ALC6N, onis, m. a skilful Cretan archer, 
the companion of Hercules, to whom, 
perhaps, Virg. Eel. 5, 11, refers. Serv. 
ad Virg. 
ALCyoN, and HALCyoN, onis, f. <IX- 
xviov, same as Alcedo and Alcyone, 
whicli see. Virg. 
aLCyGNe, or IIaLCyONe, es, f. 'AXkv- 
6vy, and ' AXkv6vt/, the daughter of JEo- 
lus and JEgiale, and wife oj Ceyx : from 
grief at the death of her husband, she threw 
herself into the sea. Both were changed 
into king-Jishers. Ovid. -IT Another 
Alcyone was one of the Pleiades, daughter 
of Atlas. Ooid. 
ALCyGNEUS, and HALCyONEUS, ei& 
eos [four syllab.], in. a giant who fought 
against the gods, and was slain by Hercu¬ 
les. Clauduin. 
ALCyGNEOS (Alcyone), and HALCyG- 
NeOS, a, ura, adject. 'A\kv6vcio<;, re¬ 
lating or pertaining to the liing-jisher. 
Columel. dies, Halcyon or quiet days. 
-IT Alcyoneummedicamen, or Alcy- 
oneum, i, a preparation or drug for remo¬ 
ving spots from the face. Ovid and Plin. 
ALCyGNIDeS dies, same as Alcyonei. 
Plin. 
ALEA (unc.), re, f. a game in which the 
tesser® or tali were thrown; any game 
of chance ; gaming or play of all sorts, 
kv6os. Cic. Alea ludere. Id. In alea 
aliquid perdere. Sueton. Indulgere 
ale®. Id. Prosperiore alea uti, to have 
fortune at command, be lucky. Sue¬ 
ton. Aleam ludere. Ulpian. Si quis 
eum, apud quem in alea lusum esse di- 
cetur, verberaverit, in eelebri editione 
Torrentini deest in. Paul. Itepetitio 
ejus, quod in alea lusum est. Juvenal. 
si luditur alea pernox. — This play 
was forbidden at Rome, at least for 
money, except during the Saturnalia. 
Cic. De alea condemnatus.-IT Pro¬ 
verbially. Sueton. Jacta est alea, the 
die is cast. -If Figur. risk, chance, 
hazard, luck, fortune. Cic. Non perspi- 
citis, aleam quandam inesse hostiis 
deiigendis? Liv. In dubiam imperii, 
servitiique aleam ire. Id. Alea bel¬ 
li. Id. Dare summam rerum in aleam 
non necessariam. Columel. Subire ale¬ 
am. Senec. Adire aleam. Horat. Pericu- 
Iosffi plenum opus ale®. Lucan. Alea 
fati, the decision of fate; fatality . Plin. 
M. Tullius extra omnem ingenii aleam 
positus, h. e. extra omnem dubitatio- 
nem, quin sit omnibus ingenio prsfe- 
rendus. - IT Emere aleam, to pur¬ 
chase any thing uncertain in its nature, 
such as the produce of the casting of a 
net, &c. Ulpian. Digest. -IT XleS. is 
also an epithet of Minerva. See Aleus. 
XLEARIOS (alea), a, um, adject. Amici- 
tia alearia, h. e. friendship formed at the 
gaming table. Ammian. 
ALEAtSr (Id.), oris, m. a dice-player, 
£ amcstcr. Cic. 
EATGRIOS (aleator), a, um, adject. 
of or pertaining to dice or gaining. Cic. 
Damna aleatoria, losses at play. Sueton. 
Forum aleatorium calfecimus, the dice- 
board. dell. Aleatorio ritu.-II Ale¬ 
atorium, absolutely, a dicing-room, gain¬ 
ing house, gaming ordinary. Sidon. 
XLeBaS, or XLEVaS, ffi, m. "AXii/Sas, a 
tyrant of LarilSa, in Thessaly, who was 
killed by his body-guards. Ovid.—lie nee, 
sanguis Aleb®, his son Scopas. Id. 
ALEBRIA, h. c. bene alentia. Fcstus. 3 
aLEC, or ALEX, and HaLeC (aXvicds, 
salted ; or uXtwlf, pickle, brine), ecis, 
n. and f. and sometimes m. a sort of 
pickle, brine, commonly made of small salt¬ 
ed fsh, or a pickle consisting of such Jish; 
for this pickle was prepared in different 
ways. Horat. -IT Also, perhaps, the 
Jish itself, from which the pickle was 
prepared, for example, a herring. Cato. 
ALECTo (a priv. and Xfiyio, to cease), us, 
f. ’AXipcro), ovs, Alecto, one of the three 
furies. Virg. 
XLeCTORIA (aXeuroip), ffi, f. sc. gemma, 
a stone found in the maw or gizzard of a 
cock, of the bigness of a bean, and of a 
crystal color. Plin. 
XLECTCRGLGPHOS (dXcKTcop and X<5- 
(pos ), i, the herb cock’s-comb, so called 
from its resemblance to the comb of a cock, 
liXcKroptiXoipos. Plin. 
ALECOLX, and aLLECOLX, and IIaLe- 
COLX, and HaLLECOLA (alec), ffi, f. 
same as alee. Columel. 
ALeIOS, contract. Aleus, a, um, adject. 
’AXiji'o?. Aleii cainpi, the Aldan plains, 
in Lycia, where Bellerophon was thrown 
down by the winged horse Pegasus. Cic. 
ALEMANNI, &c. See Alamanni. 
ALE5 (alea), onis, m. a dice-playcr, game¬ 
ster. Catull. Nisi impudicus, et vorax, 
et aleo. Alii leg. helluo. Sallust. Q.ui- 
cumque impudicus, adulter, ganeo, 
aleo, &c. Others omit aleo. Tcrtullian. 
Fures balnearum, et aleones et lenones. 
ALES (ala), alitis, m. and f. a bird, chief¬ 
ly of the larger kind, a fowl, bpvi<;. Virg. 
Jovis ales lapsa plaga AEtheria, h. e. the 
eagle. Id. ales exterrita pennis. So, 
Id. fulvus Jovis ales. Horat. ales addi- 
tus custos. Plin. Alites villatic®, h. e. 
hens, geese, pigeons, &c.-IT Some¬ 
times, ales canorus, or ales, absol. a 
sioan, used figur. for a poet. Horat. - 
IT Among the Latin augurs, alites are 
birds from whose flight omens were 
derived; oscines, from whose singing 
they were taken. Cic. Turn hue, turn 
illuc volent alites : turn a dextra, turn 
a sinistra parte canant oscines. Hence, 
Horat. Mala alite and Lugubri alite, 
h. e. with unlucky omens, at an unhappy 
time. -IT Often used by the poets as 
an adj. winged, flying. Ovid. Deus 
ales, h. e. Mercury. Id. Victor Aban- 
tiades alite fertur equo, h. e. the winged 
horse Pegasus. Claudian. Fama ales. 
-IT Figur. svflft, fleet, light, rapid, 
quick. Virg. tres ignis, et alitis Aus- 
tri. Ovid, passu volat alite virgo. Sil. 
alite plumbo, h. e. glande plumbea, 
qu® funda mittitur.-IT Aliti, in abl. 
Senec. Ego inter auras aliti curru vehar. 
-IT Ales, joined with a verb of the 
pi. num. in Ovid. Metam. 5. v. 298. 
Ales erant, numeroque novem sua fata 
querentes. 
ALESA. See Halesa. 
XLESC5 (alo, -is), is, n. 3. to grow, in- 
3 crease, av^dvio, same as cresco. Lucrct. 
Donicum alescendi summujn tetigere 
cacumen. 
ALETRIUM, and ALATRIUM, ii, n. 
’ AXdrpiov, Alatri, a city in Latium. 
Frontin. -IT Hence, Aletrlnas, atis, 
adj. of or pertaining to Aletrium. Cic. 
ALEVAS. See Alcbas. 
ALEOS (Alis, for Elis), a, um, adject, 
same as Eli us, pertaining to the city Elis. 
Plant. -IT Alea Minerva. See alea. 
-IT Campi Alei. See Aleius. 
ALEX. See Alec. 
ALEXANDER, dri, m. ’AXe^avSpos, the 
son of Philip, king of Macedonia, sur- 
named the Great. Curt. - IT There 
were several others of the same name. 
ALEXANDRIA, and ALEX aNDREX (Al¬ 
exander), ffi, f. ’ AXe\dvbpeia, the capital 
of Errypt, founded by Alexander the Great. 
Plinl - IT There are several other 
cities of the same name. -—- IT Hence, 
Alexandrlnus, a, um, Alexandrian, re¬ 
lating to Alexandria, particularly to the 
capital of Egypt. Sueton. 
XLeXETER (dXe!-<o), eris. m. aXel-irrrip, a 
defender. Alexeter, in Plin. 1. 34. c. 8. 
is the name of a statue made by Polycletus. 
Others read differently. 
XLEXICXCOS (aXrfco and kokos), i, m. 
dXt | t koko;, the rcgiover or averter of 
misfortunes; an epithet of Apollo, and 
also of Hrercules. Lactant. 
XLEXIPHARMACGN (dXffco and <j>dp- 
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paKov), i, n. an antidote or mediant 
against poison, enchantments, and witch¬ 
craft, dXelujtdppaKOv. Plin. 
ALGA (unc.), s, f. an herb or weed, grow¬ 
ing on the sea-shore, or in the sea; sea¬ 
weed, rcits ; a sort of sedge. Horat. Al¬ 
ga inutilis.-IT Often used for an in¬ 
significant or mean thing. Id. Vilior alga. 
-IT Also, a plant used in dyeing. Plin. 
ALGENS (algeo), tis, cold, chill, chilly; 
algidus. Plin. Vites meliores algenti- 
bus locis, quam calidis. Plin. Olusa- 
tri succus algentes calefacit potus. 
-IT Algentes togas, in Martial, cold, 
not keeping off the cold. 
ALGENSIS (alga), e, adject, nourished in 
seco-weed. Plin. 
ALGE5 (aXysco, I am in pain),ses, alsi,n. 
2. to be cold, to be chill, to starve with cold, 
quake or shudder with cold, ilsvxopat, 
patior frigus, frigidus sum ; of which 
sestuo is the opposite. Cic. Erudiunt 
juvfntutem venando, currendo, esuri- 
endo, sitiendo, algendo. sstuando, by 
accustoming them to the extremes of cold 
and heat. So, Horat. Multa tulitfecitque 
puer, sudavit, etalsit.-IT Figur. Ju¬ 
venal. Probitas laudatur, et alget, h. e. 
is neglected, starves. 
ALGESC8 (algeo), is, n. 3. to grow cold, or 
cool, algore corripior. Prudent, rabiem 
flammarum algescere cogit, to subside, 
die away, become extinguished. 
ALGIANA, a kind of olive-tree. Colum. 
ALGIDOS (algeo), a, um, adj. cold. Ca- 
3 tull. Algida Id® nive.-IT Used as 
a proper name, Algidus, sc. rnons, a 
mountain in Latium. Liv. and llor. So, 
Algidum, sc. oppidum, a town on this 
mountain. Flnr. So, Ovid. Algida ter¬ 
ra, h. e. the region of the city and moun¬ 
tain ; and Mart. Algidos secessus. - 
IT Algidensis, e, adj. produced or grow¬ 
ing on mount Algidus. Plin. 
ALGIFICOS (algus & facio), a, um, caus- 
3 ing cold. Gell. 
ALGGR (algeo), oris, m. great cold, cold, 
1 shivering, cliillness, ipvx°Si Kpbos. Sal¬ 
lust. Corpus patiens media, vigiliaj, al- 
goris. Plin. Corpus contra algores mu- 
nire.-IT Also, winter. Plin. Algore 
modo dempto, excepting the winter. 
ALGoSOS (alga), a, um, weedy, full of sea¬ 
weed, alga abundans. Plin. 
ALGOS (algeo), us & i, m. cold, starva- 
3 tion, same as algor. Lucrct. hiems se- 
quitur, crepitans ac dentibus algus. 
Alii leg. algor. Plaut. Tu vel suda, vel 
peri algu. 
ALIA, ®. See Allia. 
ALIA (alius), sc. via ; the abl. of alius, 
used absol. as an adv. by a different way. 
Plaut. Jupiter nos pergentes alinm alia 
disparat. Flor. Cum alia minitatus, 
alia irrepsisset. Liv. Equites sine duce 
relicti, alii alia in civitates suas dilapsi 
sunt, some one way and some another. 
AIAACMGN, onis, m. ’AXuiKpwv, a river 
of Macedonia, separating it from Thessaly. 
Cas. Written also Alyacmon, Aliag- 
mon, and llaliacmon. 
ALIAS (alius), in another way, after anoth¬ 
er fashion; at another time, on another 
occasion , whether past, future or indefi¬ 
nite. Cic. Alias saepe nobis multa 
quffisita sunt. Id. Sed plura scribemus 
alias. Id. Itaque et llli alias aliud de 
iisdem rebus sentiunt. Liv. Non alias 
ad ullum spectaculum tanta multitudo 
occurrit. - IT It is sometimes re¬ 
peated several times in the same sen¬ 
tence, sometimes — sometimes, now — now, 
one while—another while. Cic. Nec potest 
quisquam alias beatus esse, alias miser, 
sometimes happy, sometimes wretched. Id. 
Alias transire, alias referre, alias qu®re- 
re, alias facere, &c. Sometimes, other 
particles, such as interdum, plcrumque, 
aliquando, &c., supply the place of one 
alias. Cic. Habeat interdum vim, lepo- 
rem alias.-IT With quam following, 
otherwise, in a different manner. Curt. 
Non alias, quam simulatione mortis, 
tutiorem. - IT It signifies, also, in 
other respects, otherwise. _ Tacit. Ne 
reges Numidarum, et alias infensi, cu- 
pidine auri ad helium accenderentur. 
-IT Also, sometimes. Plin. Profes- 
sus abstinentiam cibi, alias vini. — 
IT Also, as for the rest. Apulei. Dolio, 
quod erat semiobrutum, sed alias vacu 
