BAC 
BAC 
BAC 
C'c. Bene quam meritam esse autu¬ 
mns, dicis male mereri. Horat. Quern 
insanum Chrysippi porticus et grex au- 
tumat.-IT Also, to say, speak, aver, 
relate. Plaut. Vera autumas. 
aVuLSIo (avello), onis, f. a plucking off, 
S tearing away. Plin. 
AV0LS5R (Id.), oris, m. one who tears off, 
2 diroax'^oiv. Plin. 
aVuNCOLOS (diminut., from avus), i, m. 
a maternal uncle, mother's brother. Cic. 
.—- IT Avunculus magnus, and major, a 
grandmother's brother. Cic. and Sueton. 
— Tacit, also uses avunculus in the same 
sense for great uncle. Pandect. Avuncu¬ 
lus maximus, great grandmother's broth¬ 
er. -IT Also, the husband of a mater¬ 
nal aunt. Senec. 
XVilS (unc.), i, m. a father's or mother's 
fiither, grandfather, rramros. Cic. Et pro- 
avus et avus prretores fuerunt. Idorat. 
Avus maternus atque paternus. — IT Al¬ 
so, an ancestor. Ovid. Per innumeros 
avos, a long line of ancestors. Virgil. 
(of bees) Avi numerantur avorum. 
AUXILIaBuNDOS (auxilior), a, um, adj. 
3 aiding, helping. Apulei. 
AUXuAaRIS (auxilium), e, adj. assisting-, 
2 aiding, succoring, auxiliary. Ovid. De& 
auxiliaris. Lucan. Numen auxiliare. 
Plin. Oleum auxiliare lethargicis.- 
1 \ Auxiliares milites, and auxiliares, ab- 
sol., allies, auxiliaries. Coes. Auxiliari- 
bus non niultum confidebat. Liv. Aux- 
iliares terga dant repente. Tacit. 
Auxiliares cohortes. Id. Dux auxilia¬ 
ris. 
AUXILIaRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. aiding, 
helping. Plaut. Amicus auxiliarius.- 
IT Also, auxiliary. Liv. Auxiliarii milites. 
Cic. Cohors auxiliaria. Sallust. Aux¬ 
iliarii equites. 
AUXILIAT5R (auxilior), oris, m. one 
2 mho brings assistance, an assistant, aider, 
helper. Quintil. Litigantium auxilia- 
tor. Tacit. Tiberio auxiiiator. 
AUXILIaTRiX (auxiiiator), Icis, f. she 
or that which aids. Cassiodor. Auxilia- 
trix gratia. 
AUXILIaTOS (auxilior), us, m. help, aid. 
Lucrct. 
AUXILI5 (auxilium), as, a. 1. to assist. 
Vitruv. Vox ab imis auxiliata. 
AUXILIOR (Id.), aris, atus sum, dep. 
i 1. to assist, help, aid, succor, abet, 
/?or/S sco. Cic. Senatum auxiliari. 
Terent. Te aliis consilium dare, tibi 
non posse auxiliarier ? Cars. Eacultas 
R a mute, the second letter of the al- 
u ) phabet. It is often interchanged with 
y, and in composition is changed into u 
in aufero and aufugio ; c, as in occurro ; 
/, as in sufficio ; g, as in suggero ; m, as 
in summitto, &c. 
BXXL (Hebr.), the name of a Syrian god, 
3 signifying, in Hebrew, Lord. Prudent. 
BABAE {(jafiaV), 0! strange; wonderful! 
o rare! Plaut. 
BXByLoN, onis, f. Babylon, BafivXCov, a 
celebrated city of Babylonia, the capital of 
the Chaldeans, on the Euphrates, long since 
destroyed. Plin. — Hence, Babyloni&cus, 
Babylonicusj and Babylonlus, a, um, 
and Babyloniensis, e, Babylonian. Plaut. 
Babylonica peristromata, and, absol., 
Imcret. Babylonica (sc. aulcea), richly 
embroidered, because the Babylonians 
excelled in embroidery. Horat. Nec 
Babylonios tentaris numeros, tables of 
nativity, astrological tables, because the 
Chaldreans or Babylonians were noted 
astrologers.-II Babylonii, rum, in- 
_ habitants of Babylon, Chaldteans. Cic. 
,,Lo\f X. (Babylon), te, f. a part of 
Mesopotamia, of which Babylon was the 
capital. Plin. - IT Also, the city of 
t > .9f\d°n. Justin. 
aCCa, and BaCX, te, f. a berry; any 
small fruit of trees, as of the bay, olive, 
elder, and myrtle, k6kko j, dtepdfiovov. Cic. 
Agricola cum florem ole® videt, baccam 
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auxiliandi.-IT Also, to relieve, heal. 
Plin. Auxiliantur contra scorpionum 
ictus. Id. Ferulam quibusdam morbis 
auxiliari, dicunt medici. Ovid. Nec 
(■ medicina ) formidatis auxiliatur aquis. 
AUXILIUM (augeo), ii, n. assistance, 
help, succor. Virg. Dare auxilium. 
Cic. Ferre auxilium alicui. Id. Ju- 
vare aliquem auxilio laboris. JYcpos. 
Auxilio alicujusfacere aliquid. Id. Esse 
auxilio alicui. Id. Venire auxilio alicui. 
Id. Mittere aliquem auxilio alicui. Cats. 
Reperire auxilium alicui rei, to find a rem¬ 
edy. Sallust. Noctis auxilio integri abe- 
unt, favored by the darkness of the night. 
Sueton. Eripere alicui auxilium fug®, 
the power of flying ; means of escaping. 
Id. Emendicare pecuniam in auxilium 
reris alieni, h. e. to pay one’s debts. Liv. 
Civitas ultima experiens auxilia dictato- 
rem dixisset. Quintil. Auxilia libero- 
rum. Ovid. Auxilia navis, h. e. rud¬ 
der, and other instruments of navigation. 
- IT Also, medicine, remedy. Cels. 
Auxilia advers® valetudinis. Plin. Re- 
perta est auxilio herba Britannica.- 
IT Also, auxiliary troops, auxiliaries, <rvp- 
paxoi, rd eiriKOvpiKdv. Cic. Magna 
equitum, ac peditum auxilia. Sallust. 
Imperatoribus nostris auxilia mittere. 
Cats. Auxiliis in mediam aciem con- 
jectis. Sueton. Legiones et auxilia 
provinciatim distribuere. Ovid. Mit- 
tat ut auxilium sine se, precatur.- 
IT Horat. uses auxili for auxilii. 
AUXIM. See Augeo. 3 
AUXIMUM, i, n. a town of Italy, now 
Osimo. Cas. — Hence, Auximates, um, 
the inhabitants of Auximum. Plin. 
AXaMeNTA, or ASSaMeNTX, orum, 
verses sung by the Salii, in honor of par¬ 
ticular deities; also, poems written in 
praise of particular persons. Eest. 
aXENOS (a^suos), inhospitable. Ovid. 
Axenus Pontus, the most ancient name 
_ of the Euxine or Black sea. 
aXICIA, re, f. scissors to clip the hair with. 
Plaut. 
aXICOLOS (dimin. from axis), or aSSI- 
CCLOS, i, m. a small axlelree; a pin on 
which a pulley turns, a^cov. Vitruv. —— 
IT Also, a small beam; a bar; a lever or 
pole. Vitruv. -IT Also, a small board; 
_ a lath. Ammian. 
AXIL,LX, ffi, f. the arm-hole, or arm-pit, 
3 pacrxaXr/. Cic. - Ila, contracted from 
axilla, became the common form of 
speech. 
B. 
quoque se visurum putat. Cato. Bac- 
c® myrti. Virg. lauri. — Particularly, 
the olive. Ovid. Quot Sicyon baccas 
parit.--IT Also, any fruit of trees. Cic. 
In arborum baccis, terrreque frugibus.— 
IT Also, any round object like a berry. Horat. 
Onusta baccis, pearls. So, Virg. Indi 
conchea bacca maris. Ovid. Nitebant 
auribus in geminis baccte, pendents, ear¬ 
rings. Pallad. Caprini stercoris bacca, 
crotels. —IT Also, a link of a chain. Prudent. 
BaCCaLIX (bacca), re, f. a bay-tree, or 
laurel, bearing great store of berries. 
Plin._ 
BaCCaLIS (Id.), e, adject, bearing or 
2 abounding in berries. Plin. 
BaCCXR, &ris,n. andBACCXRIS (Ba/ryu- 
pts), is, f. a sweet-smelling herb, supposed 
to be good against enchantments, clown’s 
spikenard. Plin. Baccaris vocaturnardum 
rusticum. Virg. baccare frontem Cin- 
gite ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro. 
BaCCaTOS (bacca), a, um, adj. adorned 
with pearls, set with beads like berries. 
Virg. Monile baccatum. 
BACCHX(/?dx%) 7 ),®,and BACCHE,es,f.o 
woman who celebrated the orgies of Bacchus, 
which was done once in three years. Ovid. 
Celebrant repetita triennia Bacchre. Lu¬ 
can. Referunt trieterica Bacchre. Liv. 
Bacchis initiate aliquant, to initiate one in- 
to their rites, admit into their number. - 
IT Also, a furious, raving woman. Plaut. 
AXIM, for egerim, from Ago. 
aXiN6MaNTIX ( dlivopavrcia ), ®, f. a 
2 kind of divination, in which axes were 
_ used. Plin. 
aXIoMX (afico/ta),5Ltis, n. an axiom,prop- 
3 osition, maxim. Apul. 
AXIS (afcoi/), is, m . the axletrec on which 
a wheel turns. Virg. Nitens sub pon- 
dere faginus axis instrepat.-IT Also, 
a chariot, car, wagon. Ovid. Purpur&o 
movet axe diem. Propert. Spoliis onera- 
to axe. Ovid. Solis fessos excipit axes. 
—11 Also, the axis of the earth or heavens. 
Cic. Terra circum axem se convertit. 
Id. Mundus versatur circum axem creli. 
-IT Also, the pole. Lucan. Axis 
inocciduus. Id. Imus in adversos axes. 
Vitruv. Meridianus axis. — Sometimes, 
absol. the north pole. Cic. Ora quam 
nos incolimus, sub axe posita.-IT Al¬ 
so, the heavens. Virg. Axem torquet 
stellis ardentibus aptum. Ovid. YEtheri- 
us axis. Virg. Sub retheris axe, in the 
open air. -IT Also, clime, climate, re¬ 
gion. Plin. Exustus sideribus axis, 
h. c. the to-rrid lone. Ovid. Ilesperius 
axis, h. c. the west. Id. Axis Boreus. 
-IT Also, the hook on which a hinge 
turns. Stat. Venti axem enioto cardi- 
ne vellunt.-IT Also, a board, plank. 
See Assis. -IT Also, a valve, sucker 
of a pump. Vitruv. -IT Also, a small 
beam, pale, stake. Lucan. Stellatis axi- 
bus agger Erigitur.-IT Also, the crxis 
of a volute. Vitruv. Axes volutarum 
-IT Also, a wild animal, probably of 
_ the antelope 1 family. Plin. 
aXIOS, ii, m. a river of Macedonia, now 
_ the Varilar. Liv. 
aXoN (a£coj/), onis, m. a line drawn on a 
dial; the axis of a sun-dial. Vitruv. - 
IT Also, a part of a balista. Vitruv. - 
IT Also, axones, boards, or tablets, on which 
_ Solon's laws were written. Qcll. 
aXSNX, re, m. a river of Gaul, now the 
_ Aine. Auson. 
aXONGIX (axis & ungo), re, f. grease, 
with which the axletrees of wheels were 
rubbed. Plin. -IT Also, fat, or grease. 
Veget. 
AXOItUS. See Anxurus. 
aZaK, anis, in. a mountain in Arcadia, sa¬ 
cred to Cybcle. Stat. -IT An inhabit¬ 
ant of the same. Stat. 
AZANIyE, nuces pinew, a kind of pine- 
nuts. Plin. 
aZvMOS (a(vyos), a, um, adj. unleavened „ 
3 not fermented. Scribon. Larg. 
Non Bacchides, sed Bacchre sunt acer- 
riinre. 
Ba0C11 aB uND0S (bacchor), a, um, adj.. 
3 revelling, raving. Curt. -IT Also, wail¬ 
ing, hording. Apulei. 
RACCHyE US. Same as Baccheus. 
BaCCHaNXL (Bacchanalis), is, n. in pi¬ 
rn, ium and iorum, the place where the 
feasts of Bacchus were solemnized, the 
assembly of the Bacchants. Plaut. Ad- 
Bacchas veni in Bacchanal. Liv. Om¬ 
nia Bacchanalia Romre dirurere. - 
IT Also, the festival of Bacchus. Plaut. 
Bacchanal te exercuisse opportuit. — 
More commonly in the plural, the Bac¬ 
chanals, orgies of Bacchus. Liv. Via 
una corruptelre Bacchanalia erant. (Livy 
here speaks of certain private societies, in 
which the most revolting acts of licen¬ 
tiousness were committed.) Juvenal. Vi- 
vere Bacchanalia, to lead a debauched life. 
B aCCHaNaLIS (Bacchus), e, adj. relating 
3 to Bacchus or the feasts of Bacchus; Bac¬ 
chanalian. Macrob. festum. Valer. Max. 
Bacchanalium sacrorum mos. 
BaCCHaNS (bacchor), antis, raving,revel¬ 
ing. Plaut. Bacchre bacchanti adversari¬ 
es Cic. Furor Cethegi in vestra c®de 
bacchantis.-IT Bacchantes, um, the. 
votaries of Bacchus. Ovid. Cithreron can- 
tibus, et clara Bacchantum voce sona- 
bat. — IT Figur. Horat. Thracius ventus 
baccbars, h. c. raging, blowing furiously. 
