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THE 
THE 
drapery, clothes. Lucrel. picture. Cic. 
(e Sophocle) Ipse illigatus peste interi- 
mor text'li, h. e. poisoned, garment. — 
Hence, subst Textile, sc. opus, some- 
Ihinir woven, a stuff, cloth, linen, v 60 s, 
vebaapa. Cic. Textile ne operosius, 
quam muliens opus menstruum. Liv. 
Navis ornata spoliis non insignium tan- 
tum armorum, sed etiam regiorum tex- 
tilium.- IT Also, intertwined, inter¬ 
laced, interwoven, plaited, braided. Mar¬ 
tial. serta, h. e. chaplets or festoons of 
roses. Id. umbra, formed by branches in¬ 
terlaced, &c. — Hence, subst. Textile, 
something plaited, braided, &c. ; a mat or 
the like. 
TEXT 6 R (Id.), oris, m. a weaver, vifav- 
3 rr/f. Plant, and Horat. 
TkXToRTOS (textor), a, um, adj. of or 
2 pertaining to a weaver or weaving, such 
as weavers use, i(j>avru< 6 s. Colum. Al- 
vearia opere textorio salicibus connec- 
tuntur. 
TeXTIUCDLX (dimin. from textrix), ®, 
3 f. weaving, she that weaves, speaking di- 
minishingly. Amob. puellie. 
TeXTRINuS (fortextorinus, from textor), 
a, um, adj. pertaining to weaving, vipau- 
tik 6 s. Jal. Firmic. Minerva textrime 
artis magistra. — Absol. Textrinum, 
the art of weaving, weaving (as an art or 
trade). Sueton. Textrinum didicit. — 
Hence, Textrina, aj, f. a weaver’s shop 
or factory. Vitruv. So, also, Cic. Tex¬ 
trinum.-11 Also, pertaining to con¬ 
structing, framing, &c.; hence, Textri¬ 
num, a ship-yard, dock-yard, vavnyyiov. 
Enn. ap. Hero. 
TEXTRIX (textor), icis, f. weaving, afe- 
3 male weaver, vcfidorpia. Martial. Se- 
quanic.iB pinguem textricis alumnam. 
Apul. Textrices anus, h. e. Parc®. 
TEXTUM (textus, a, um), i, n. something 
woven, a web, fabric, stuff, cloth, garment, 
&c. Ovid. Texta illita veneno. Id. 
Rude textum.-IT Hence, figur. all that 
is, us it were, woven or knit together, a tex¬ 
ture, knit-work. Ovid. Pinea texta cari- 
n®. Martial. Texta rosis facta, li. c. 
chaplets or garlands of roses. Id. Vi- 
tnineum textum, basket. — Also, the tex¬ 
ture, construction, of a thing. Virg. 
Clipei non enarrabile textum. —Of writ¬ 
ing. Quintil. Dicendi textum tenue, 
style, manner of writing. - IT Textum, 
for testum. Cato. 
TEXTORA (texo), ®, f. the act of weaving, 
3 or the thing woven, web, texture, v<pavai(, 
vpaapa, avpnXoKq. Plaut. and Propert. 
- IT Also, construction, texture. Lu- 
cret. (of the soul). 
TEXTOS (Id.), us, m. a weaving; web; 
2 also, other similar construction, texture. 
Lucre*., and Plin. -IT Figur. construc¬ 
tion, texture, tissue, train, series, narra¬ 
tion, connected order, of words, for in¬ 
stance. Manil. Quarum ratio veniet 
suo per carmina textu. Apul. Omnem 
calumniarum textum retexo. Arnmian. 
Rem brevi textu percurram, briefly. Id. 
Textus gestorum, series, narration, order. 
TiiXTOS, a, um, particip. from texo. - 
IT Adj. woven, vtyavrds. Cic. tegumen- 
ta.-IT Also, as it vtere,zooven or knit 
together, plaited, braided, interwoven, in¬ 
tertwined, &c. Horat. Claudere textis 
cratibus l®tum pecus. Liv. Aruudine 
textis storeaque tectis hiliernaculis ha- 
bitare. Senec. Colla adamante texto 
vincit, h. e. catena solida et infragili. 
— 7 - Tf Textum, i, n. Fee Textum. 
THaIS, Mis, f. a famous Athenian courte¬ 
san of great beauty. Cic. 
THALa, a;, f. a town of Numidia. Sallust. 
FHALAMEGOS ( daXapyyos ), i, f. navis, 
2 a large pleasure-boat, with apartments, 
yacht. Sueton. 
THALAMOS ( OdXapos ), i, m. a bed-cham- 
3 her, sleeping apartment. Vitruv. and 
Ovid — Hence, generally, sitting-room, 
sleeping-room. Ovid. Met. 2, 738. — 
Or, dwelling, habitation, abode, lodging. 
Virg. Ferrei Eumenidum thalami. 
Plin. Delubra ei (h. e. Apis ) gemina, 
qu® vocant thalamos. — Also, of the 
cells of bees. Virg. Gcor. 4, 189.- 
IT Also, a bed to sleep in, or a bed. Pro- 
pert. — Hence, marriage-bed. Propert. 
and Virg. — Also, marriage. Virg. 
Vita expers thalami, h. e. single, unmar¬ 
ried. Ovid. Parare thalamos. Senec. 
Thalamis nondum jugat® virgines. Id. 
Tradere virginem thalamis. Ovid. Ten- 
tasset Peleus thalamos quoque forsitan 
illos, h. e. illam petisset uxorem. Virg. 
Thalamos ne desere pactos, h. e. the 
bride promised to you. Lucan. Thalamos 
qurnrit, h. e. wife. Stat. Thalamus co- 
actus, a forced marriage. 
THXLASSA (SaXaaaa), ffi, f. the sea ; the 
ninth book of Apicius, which treats of sea- 
fish, &c. is inscribed with this name. 
THXLASSEGLE, es, f. a plant, same as 
potamantis. Plin. 
THXLASSICOS (SaXaecriicds), a, um, 
3 adj. pertaining to the sea, nautical, of 
sailors. Plaut.. Palliolum habeas ferru- 
gineum, nam is colos thalassicu’ st, h. c. 
color, such as sailors have. Id. ornatus, 
sailor’s habit. 
THXLASSINOS (daXaaaii/vs), a, um, 
3 adj. sea-colored, sea-green. Lucret. ves- 
tis. 
THALaSSIS, 1 - . 
THALaSSIOS, &c. I S Talassw ■ 
THALASSI 6 N PHtCOS (SaXaeaiov <bv- 
kos), h. c. fucus marinas, a vegetable 
growing zupon the rocks of the Mediterra¬ 
nean sea, with which a purple-red dye was 
made. Plin. (Lichen rocella, L. orchil- 
la.) 
THXLASSITES (vaAcunririjs) vinum, 
sea-wine, h. e. which has been let down in 
the vessel into the sea, to give it an older 
taste. Plin. 
THXLASSOMELT (SaXaccrd/jcXi), n. salt 
water mixed with honey (for a drink). 
Plin. 
THXLeX, ®, f. same as Thalia. Fest. 
THALES, is and etis, m. ©ciXijs, aphiloso- 
plier of Miletus, one of the seven wise men, 
and founder of the Ionic sect. Cic. and 
Val. Max. — Hence, Thaleticus, a, um, 
adj. Sidon. 
THALIA, ®, f. the muse of comic poetry, 0a- 
Xeta. Virg. -IT Also, one of the Graces. 
Senec._ -IT Also, a sca-nymph. Virg. 
THXLIARCHCS, i, m. is either the name 
of a friend, or (from SaXiapxos) the presi¬ 
dent of a feast. Horat. Od. 1, 9, 8 . 
TIIALIETRUM (SaXiyrpov), i, n. an herb. 
Plin. 27, c. 13, sect. 112 (where Ed. 
Hard, lias thalitruum). 
THaLLOS (SaXXds), i, m. the green stalk 
of a plant, of an onion, for instance. Co¬ 
lum. - IT Also, a green branch. Virg. 
Cir. 376. Amyclieo spargens altaria 
thallo, (perhaps) myrtle-branch. 
THXMyRaS, ie, m. a Thracian poet who 
contended with the Muses in singing, and 
being vanquished, was deprived of his 
lute, and of sight. Ovid. — Called, also, 
Thamyris. Stat. (in the nomin. ; the 
genit. would be in Idis). 
THaNNUM, or THAMNUM (Sdpvoj), i, 
n. a shrub. Colum. 
THAPSIA (6aipia), ®, f. a shrub resem¬ 
bling the shrub ferula (Thapsia Asclepi- 
um, L.). Plin. — Called, also, Thapsos, 
f. Lucan. 
THAPSOS, or TIIaPSSS, i, f. a peninsula 
and town, in Sicily. Virg. and Ovid. 
-IT Also, a town in Africa Propria. 
Auct. It. AJ'ric. — Hence, Tliapsitani, 
the inhabitants of the same. Auct. B. 
Afric. -IT Also, the name of a shrub. 
See Thapsia. 
THASIOS, a, um. See Thasus. 
THASOS, or -OS, i, f. 0d<roj, an island in 
the Egcan sea, near Thrace, abounding in 
marble, and well known for its wine and 
nuts. Plin. — Hence, Thasiu 3 , a, um, 
adj. Thasian. Virg. - IT Written, 
also, Thassus. &c. 
THAUMANTEOS, ^ 
THA UM ANTI AS, 
THA UM ANTIS. 
See Thaumas. 3 
TIIAUMaS, antis, m. Oavpa;, father of 
Iris. Cic. -if Hence, Thaumante- 
tis, a, um, adj. Thaumantian. Ovid. 
virgo, h. e. Iris, or the rainbow. - 
IT Also, Thaumanti&s, 3.dis, f. daughter 
of Thaumas, h. e. Iris, or the rainbow. 
Ovid. Thaumantias Iris. Virg. Thau- 
mantias.-IT Also, Thau mantis, Tdis 
orldos, f. same as Thaumantias. Ovid. 
Thaumantidos. Claudian. Thauman- 
tida, 
THEAMkDeS, is, a stone found in Ethio¬ 
pia, which repels iron. Plin. (Some 
think it. is the tourmaline ; Beckmann, 
however, does not agree with them.) 
895 ' 
THEANGELIS (Sro'j & ayyeXos ), Mis, f 
an herb. Plin. 
THEANUM, 
THEANENSIS. 
THEATE, 
THEATINI. 
See Teaman. 
See Teate. 
TIIEaTeS, um, m. See Teates. 
THEaTRALIS (theatrum), e, adj. of or 
pertaining to a theatre, theatrical, Searpi- 
kos. Cic. consessus. Tacit, lascivia. 
Sidon. sermones, h. e. obsceni. Plin. 
lex, A. e. de ordine sedendi in theatro. 
Sueton. pcena, h. e. imposed by the Ros- 
ciun law upon those who, not being of the 
equestrian order, should encroach upon the 
scats appropriated to that order. 
THEATRICuS (Scarpcxos), a, um, adj. 
3 same as Thcatralis. Augustin. 
THEATRUM (Scarpov), i, 11 . a place where 
spectacles are seen ; but especially, tellers 
dramatic spectacles are exhibited, play¬ 
house, theatre. Cic., &c. So, Ovid. 
Terna theatra, h. c. Pompeii, Marcelli,et 
Statilii Tauri. — The first theatres were 
of wood, and only temporary ; the ear¬ 
liest stone theatre was erected by Pom- 
pey. The theatre was of a semicircular 
form, as were also the benches occupied 
by the spectators, except those in the 
orchestra, where the senators sat. The 
higher ranks enjoyed at first 110 legal 
distinctions in the theatre ; but at length 
a laxv was passed, assigning separate 
places to the senators, and afterwards 
the Roscian law, extending a similar 
favor to the knights. Among the 
Greeks, public assemblies were also 
held in the theatre. Cic. Flacc.7. J\Tep. 
Timol. 4. - IT Also, a place where 
public games are held, place of exhibition. 
Virg.,’jEn. 5, 283. -IT By metony¬ 
my, theatre, for the spectators therein. 
Cic. In his si paulum modo offensum 
est, longius, theatra tota reclamant. — 
Hence, generally, spectators, hearers, or 
assembly. Horat. Spissis theatris scrip- 
ta recitare, assembly, hearers. Cic. Se- 
natusconsultum frequentissimo theatro 
(populi) comprobatum. Quintil. Tunc 
est commovendum theatrum, h. e. as¬ 
sembly of judges. Id. Optimus quisque 
preceptor majore se theatro (lignum 
putat, h. e. auditory, audience. Hence, 
Cic. Nullum theatrum virtuti conscien- 
tia majus est, for panegyrist, applauder 
(drawn from the custom of clapping the 
hands in the theatre in token of appro¬ 
bation). -IT Also, theatre, h. e. ample 
space and opportunity for the display of 
one’s powers, stage. Cic. Forum thea¬ 
trum illius ingenii. Id. Theatrum 
magnum habet ista provincia. Id. Fa- 
miliaritas magno theatro spectata, h. e. 
by public proofs, or publicly. Id. In ali- 
quo orbis terra; theatro versari. 
THEBA3, arum, f. and sometimes TIIeBe, 
es, f. 0q/?ai, and Qriflri, a name common 
to several cities, in Thessaly, Mysia, 
&c., of which two are especially re¬ 
markable, Thebes in Egypt, having a 
hundred gates; and Thebes, the chief city 
of Bceotia in Greece, the home of Epami- 
nondas, Pelopidas, Pindar, &c. ; it had 
seven gates. Plin. -IT Hence, The • 
btens, a, um, adj. Theban, belonging to 
Thebes in Egypt; Thehffii, the (Egyp¬ 
tian) Thebans. Spartian. -IT Theb&I- 
cus, a, 11 m, adj. in or from Egyptian 
Thebes, Theban. Plin. palm®. Hence, 
Stat. Thebaic® (sc. pal mul®), dates 
from Thebes. - IT ThebSIs, Mis or 
ldos, f. belonging to Thebes in Egypt. 
Hence, Thebais, sc. regio, a region of 
Egypt, indeed the zipper part of Egypt, of 
which Thebes was the capital. Plin. — 
Also, belonging to Thebes in Bceotia, 
Theban. Stat. Chelys una Thebais ce- 
dat tibi, h. e. Amphion. Ovid. Met. 6 , 
163. Thebaides, Theban women. Stat. 
and Juvenal. Thebais, sc. musa, the 
Thebaid, a poem by Statius, which has for 
its subject a war between the Argives and 
Thebans. — Also, belonging to Thebe in 
Mysia. Ovid. Thebais est Andromache, 
h. c. from this Thebe. -IT Theban us, a, 
um, adj. belonging to Thebes in Bceotia, 
Theban. Horat. Theban® Semeles 
puer, h. e. Bacchus. Id. Modos aptaro 
Thebanos, li. e. Pindaricos (for Pindar 
was a Theban). Ovid, dea, h. e. Ino 
or Lcucothea, Matula. Id. mater, h. e. 
