THE 
THE 
THE 
Agave. Stat. mater, h. e. ATiobe. Id. 
soror, A. c. Antigone, sister of Polyniccs 
and Eleocles. Propert. duces ; and, Lu¬ 
can. fratres ; and, Patron, par, h. e. 
Etcocles and Polyniccs. Lucan, rogi, 
A. e. on which these brothers were burned. 
Ovid, semina, A. c. the serpent’s teeth, 
sown by Cadmus. Martial, amigma, 
such as that of the Sphinx, which (Edipus 
solved. Propert. deus, It. c. Hercules. 
Absol. Thebanus, a Theban. JVcp. 
And The ban i, the inhabitants of Thebes, 
Thebans. Id. — Also, belonging to 
Thebe in Mysia; thus Andromache is 
called Thehana in Odd. Trist. 4, 3, 29. 
THEBrEOS, 3) 
thebaicos, ( s Th h 
THEBXIS, 2 ( bee XMUIC ' 
'J’HkBaNuS. ) 
THeBe, es, f. same as Thcbce, which see. 
2 -If Also, a nymph. Ovid. -IT Al¬ 
so, wife of Alexander of Phcrai. Cic. 
T11ECX ( dr)Ky),te , f. an envelope, covering, 
case, sheath, box, &c. Varr. Froiude ut 
grani theca sit gluma. Cic. Effernsine 
thecis vasa. Id. Theca nummaria. 
Sueton. calamaria, pcn-case. 
THeCaTOS (theca), a, um, adj. 7t. e. the- 
3 ca inclusus. Sidon. 
THELXI5PE, es, f. one of the first (h. e. 
earlier than the nine ) four Muses. Cic. 
JV. D. 3,21. (Al. Thelxinoe.) 
THeLyGGNGN, or —OS (SyXvvdvog, -or, 
It. e. begetting female children), i, a 
name of the plant phyllum. Pliu. - 
IT Also, of a species of satyrion. Plin. 
-IT Also, of a species of the plant cra- 
tteogonos. Plin. 
TTIELyPHONON (§yXv<t>ovov, li. e. killing 
females), i, n. same as aconitum. Plin. 
TIIELyPTERIS (OyXvnrepig), is, f. female 
fern. Plin. 
THEMX (Sega), atis, n. an argument, 
2 theme, subject, or proposition, which is 
discussed. Quintil. - IT Also, the 
sign, constellation, posit ion of the heavens, 
under which a man is born, horoscope, na¬ 
tivity. Sueton. 
THEMIS, xdis, f. Bepig, the goddess of 
right and justice; also, of prophecy. She 
had the oldest oracle in Bceotia, which was 
consulted by Deucalion. Ovid. 
THEMISCyRX ae, f. a plain (or succession 
of fields), and also town of Cappadocia, 
on the Thermodon. -IT Hence, The- 
iniscyrium, ii, n. this town. Mela. - 
IT Also, Themiscyraeus, or Themiscy- 
reus, a, um, adj. belonging to Themiscy- 
ra. Ammian. luci.-IT Also, The- 
miscyrenus, a, um, adj. same as The- 
miscyriBus. Plin. 
T HE Mi ST X, eb, f. a female Epicurean phi¬ 
losopher from Lampsacus. Cic. 
TH E MISTS CLES, is, m. QepiaroKXiis, a 
famous Athenian general. See his life 
in JTepos. — Hence, Themistocleus, a, 
um, adj. Themistoclean. Cic. 
THeNSX. See Tensa. 
THeODXMaS, or THIODXMaS, antis, 
in. Beiotiayag, king of the Dryopes, and 
father of Hylas .— Hence, Theodaman- 
teus (or Thiod.), a, um, adj. Propert. 
THEGDGRTCOS, i, m. king of the O.stra- 
goths. Sidon. — Hence, Theodoricia- 
nus, a, um, adj. Sidon. 
THEGDoROS, i, m. a rhetorician ; hence, 
Theodorei, his disciples and followers. 
Quintil. 
THEODOSIOS, ii, m. BtoSdcriog, first and 
second, the name of Roman emperors. — 
Hence, TheodosiSnus, a, um, adj. The- 
odosian. Cod. Just. lex. The Codex 
Theodosianus was promulgated by The- 
oiosius II. 
THEoGNIS, Idis, m. a very ancient Greek 
poet; hence, Lucil. ap. Gdl. Etiam pri- 
usquam Theognis nasceretur (of a very 
ancient time). 
THEOGGNIX ( dcoyovta ), a?, f. the Origin 
and Descent of the Gods; the name of a 
poem by Hesiod, the Thcogony. Cic. 
THEOLOGIX (9-eoXoyia), ffi, f. theology, 
3 the doctrine of God or the gods, to which 
also mythology belongs. Varr. ap. Au¬ 
gustin. 
THEOLOGICOS (QcoXoyixdg), a,um, adj. 
3 theological. Ammian. 
THEOLOGOS (SebXoyog), i, m. a theologi¬ 
an, theologkt, h. e. one who treats of God 
or the gods, their origin and genealogy. 
Cic. 
THEoMBROTIOS (Sso/i^pdnoj), ii, f. an 
herb. Plin. 
THEoN, onis, m. a certain railing poet, or 
slanderous man. — Hence, Theoninus, 
a, um, adj. Theonine. Herat, dens. 
THEoN OUHEMX (Seciir o'xijpu), a moun¬ 
tain in Mauritania. Plin. 
THEOPHXNES, is, m. an historian, friend 
of Pompey. Cic. 
THEOPIIRaSTOS, i, m. a Greek orator 
and philosopher, author of the Characters. 
Cic. 
THEOPoMPOS, i, m. a Greek historian. 
J\"epos. — Hence, Theopompeus, and 
Theopomplnus, a, um, adj. of Theopom- 
pus, Theopompian. Cic. 
THEoReMX (^ecopypa), &tis, n. a propo- 
3 silion which is investigated and proved. 
Gell. 
THEGREMXTIUM (Sccopr/pdrioi/), ii, n. 
3 dimin. from theorema. Gell. 
TIIEoRIX (Use opia), re, f. speculation, the- 
3 ory, contemplation, investigation. Ilie- 
ronym. 
TIIEoRICe (Sewputi ), sc. rexvy), es, f. 
3 h. c. ars contemplativa. Hieronym. 
THE0T0C5S (Ssoroxog), i, f. mother of 
3 God, applied to the Virgin Mary. Cod. 
Just. 
THeRX, ;c, f. an island in the JEgean sea, 
a colony from which founded Cyrcne in 
Africa. Plin. — Also, There. Scnec. 
- IT Hence, Therreus, a, um, adj. 
Therean. Tibull. 
THERAMNE, > c- ™ 
THERA MNAt US. \ See Thera P ne - 
THERXPNe, es, f. and THERXPNAH, 
arum, f. 0 epdirvy, Beparvai, a town of 
Laconia, birthplace of Helen. Mela and 
Stat. -IT Hence, TherSpnasus, a, um, 
adj. belonging to Therapnw, Therapnean ; 
also, perhaps, Spartan. Ovid, marita ; 
or, Id. Rure Therapmeo nata puella, 
A. e. Helen. Id. Sanguis, A. e. Hya- 
cinthi, pueri Amvclaii. Stat. fratres, 
A. e. Castor and Pollux. Martial. Amy- 
clae, A. e. Spartan, or so called because 
lying near Tlierapnai. — It also stands 
for Tarentine. Stat. — And also for 
Sabine (as the Sabines were or were sup¬ 
posed to be descended from the Spar¬ 
tans). Sil. 11 The second syllable 
is found short in Sil. -IT Theramne, 
Tlieramnaius, are also found. 
THeRIXCDS (Sypiaxog'), a, um,adj. good 
against the poison of animals, and espe¬ 
cially the bite of serpents. Plin. A 
Greek form of the fein. namely, Theri- 
acc, occurs. Plin. — Hence, subst. The- 
riaca, se, and Tlieriace, es, f. prepara¬ 
tion of a medicine against the bites of ser¬ 
pents and poison generally, antidotal 
preparation. Plin. 
THeRYCLeS, is, m. BiipixXijg, a famous 
2 potter, contemporary with Aristophanes 
the poet. Upon the model of his ves¬ 
sels cups were afterwards made of other 
materials, as terebinth, glass, gold, sil¬ 
ver. — Hence, Thericleus, a, um, adj. 
Theridean. Cic. Verr. 4, 18. Pocula 
duo quiedam, qme Thericlea nominan 
tur, Mentoris manu summo artificio 
fclCtcl 
THERIGNaRCX (SriptovapKri), re, f. an 
herb which benumbed serpents. Plin. 
THERTSTRUM (Sreptarpov), i, n. a sum- 
3 mcr garment. Tertull. 
THERMA3 (Seppdg, y, 6v, warm), arum, 
f. warm baths, warm springs, Ocppa {i<5a- 
ra. — Hence, several towns were called 
Thermal, on account of their warm 
springs; for instance, one in Sicily. 
Plin. Hence, Thermltanus, an inhabit¬ 
ant of Thermal (in Sicily ), and Thermi- 
tani, the inhabitants of, &c. Cic. - 
IT There were also artificial structures, 
called Thermal, in which the water was 
heated by furnaces. These were not 
merely buildings furnished with bath¬ 
ing-rooms, but were also splendid edi¬ 
fices, highly adorned and arranged for 
various diversions and recreations. 
Plin. and Martial. 
THkRM/E 08, a, um, same as Thermai- 
cus. Tacit. 
TI1ERMXIC0S, a, um, adj 1 . BepnaTxdg, 
Therm.aic. Plin. sinus, the gulf on 
which was situated Thessalonica, which city 
was more anciently called Therme, or Ther- 
ma ; now, the gulf of Salonichi. Plin. 
THeRMaNTICOS (SepuavriKog), a, um, 
896 
adj. having a warming power, warmina 
good to warm. Apul. 
THeRMXPXLX ova (OeppatraXa u>a),h.t 
3 warm and soft eggs. Thcod. Prise. 
TIIkRMINOS ($tppivog), a, um, adj 
from lupines. Plin. oleum. 
THeRMITaNOS, a, um, adj. SeeTherime 
THeRMoDoN, ontis, m. Qzppw&wv, a 
river of Pontus, now Terma, on Hu 
banks of which the Amazons dwelt. Vim, 
— Also written Thermodovn, incorrectly. 
-If Hence, Thermodontl&cus, a, um, 
adj. Ovid.; Thermodoutlus, a, um, Sc¬ 
nec. 7’hermodontian, Amazonian. — Also, 
Thermodonteus, a, um, Propert. 3, 12, 
16. (where, however, other Edi. have 
Thcrmodontiacis ). 
THeRMOPoLIUM ( OeppoKcoXiov ), ii, n. 
3 a place where warm drinks iccre sold, a 
sort of coffee-house. Plant. 
THeRMOPoTS (Seppdg & poto), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to wash with warm drink. 
Plant, gutturem. 
THeRMOPyL/E, arum, f. BtppoirCXai, a 
narrow pass of mount (Eta in Thessaly, on 
the Sinus Maliacus, affording a passage 
from Phthiotis to Phocis and Locris, fa¬ 
mous for the valor and patriotism displayed 
by Leonidas and his men. Cic., Nepos., 
and Liv. It owed its name (derived 
from -Ssppof, warm, & irvXy, a gate) to 
its warm baths. 
THeRMgSPGDIUM (deppomcbStov), ii,n. 
3 hot or glowing ashes. Apic. 
THeRM’L/E, arum, f. dimin. from ther- 
3 mie. Martial. 
TIIeRGDXMaS, antis, m. BypoSapag, a 
Scythian king, who fed lions on human 
flesh, to make them more fierce, that lie 
might, be better prepared against any 
treacherous attempt. — Hence, Tliero- 
damanteiis, a, um, adj. Ovid. - 
IT T'herodamas does not occur, but The- 
romedon. Ovid. 
THeRGMEDoN, ontis, m. a cruel prince. 
See Therodamas. 
TIIeRBN (3r/pdin), ontis, m. hunting, 
Hunter, the name of a dog. Ovid. 
THeRSITeS, ai, m. Bepairr]g,wasthemosl 
hideous of the Greeks who went to the 
siege of Troy. He enjoyed a like pre¬ 
eminence in scurrility, and was killed by 
Achilles, whom he had provoked by his im¬ 
pudence. Ovid. — Hence, Thersites, for 
an abusive fellow, slanderer. Senec. 
TIIeSAURaRIOS (thesaurus), a, um, 
3 adj. of or pertaining to a treasure. 
Plaut. fur, treasure-thief, li.e. who steals 
the treasure or treasures. 
THeSAUReNSIS (Id.), is, m. keeper of 
3 the treasure , treasurer. Cod. Just. 
TIIeSAURIZB (dyoavpi^w), as, are, a. 1. 
3 to treasure up, heap up', lay up. Augus¬ 
tin -IT Intrans. to collect a treasure 
or treasures. Salvian. 
TIIeSAURSCIIRySoNICSCHRySIDeS, 
3 m. a name coined by Plautus, Capt. 
2 2 35. 
THESAURUS (Qycavpog), i, m. a place 
where any thing (money, for instance) is 
laid up to be kept. Plin. Thesaurum 
efiringere, strong box. — In particular', 
in the temples of the ancients, Thesauri, 
the apartments in which the consecrated 
gifts, the treasures and jewels of the tem¬ 
ple were kept; treasuries, treasure chapels. 
Liv. 29, 18. Thesauros Proserpime spo- 
liavit. Id. 31, 12. Litter® recitats 
sunt, pecuniam ex Proserpime thesau- 
ris nocte clam sublatam. — Also, The¬ 
saurus, a subterranean repository or treas¬ 
ury for the preservation of the public 
treasure. Liv. 39, 50. — Also, of other 
things, repository, store, magazine, &c. 
Virg. Servata Mella thesauris, h. e. 
cells. Plin. Monedula condens semina 
in thesauros cavernarum.— Figur. Cic. 
Thesaurus rerum omnium, memoria, 
A. e. repository, treasury, magazine, la. 
Quod lateat in thesauris tuis, h. e. in 
yolir desk. Plin. Ep. Mihi certe, quotiea 
aliqnid abditum quajro, file thesaurus 
est, A. e. treasury, store-room, magazine . 
-IT Also, the thing deposited and law 
up, treasure, store. Vitruv. Thesauri 
sunt constituti. — And especially o 
money. Plaut. Thesaurum eflodere. 
Cic. obruere aliquo loco. Id. invenire 
Lie. Thesauros Gallic! auri occultari a 
Patribus. Pandect. Locus thesauri. -* 
Used, also, by jurists to denote an on 
