TRO 
TRU 
TRU 
(which see). — Troiades, urn, f. Tro¬ 
ian women. Pers. 
TROrCOS (Tpcoikoj), a, um, Trojan, Tro- 
janus. Cic. tempora. JVepos. and Vel- 
lei. bellum. Ovid. Troica vela, ft. c. 
classis /Enea. Id. Vesta. Stat. ignis, 
the perpetual fire which was kept in the 
temple of Vesta. Juvenal. Troica scri- 
bere, ft. e. Trojan tear. Avien. Troicus 
ephebus, ft. e. Oanymedes. 
TROILOS, or -5S (Tpwi'Aoj), i, m. a son 
of Priam and Hecuba , slain by Achilles. 
Virg. 
TRoJOGENX (Troja & gigno), a, m. and 
3 f. born in Troy, descended, or sprung from 
Troy, Trojan, Tpcbiog. Lucret. Troju- 
gens gentes. Virg. Trojugena, a Tro¬ 
jan. Id. Trojugena, the Trojans. - 
IT The Romans were also called Troju- 
genee, as being descended from the 
Trojans. Liv. (in veteri carmine) Am- 
nem Trojugena Cannam Romane fuge. 
Juvenal. Jubet a pnecone vocari ipsos 
Trojugenas, ft. e. the noblest of the Roman 
patricians, who boasted of their descent 
fiom the Trojans. 
TRoIOS (Tpcoi'os), a, um, adj. Trojan. 
3 Virg. arina. Id. heros, A. e. .3Sneas. 
Ovid. fata. Tibull. sacra. — Hence, 
Troia (trisyllab.), sc. urbs. Senec.; and, 
more frequently, by contraction, Tro¬ 
ja (dissyll.), Troy, a city of Phrygia, or 
more strictly, of Troas, which was be¬ 
sieged ten years, and at last taken and de¬ 
stroyed by the Greeks. Virg. and Liv. 
— The Trojans who escaped from Troy, 
also gave the name Troja to some places 
where they landed and settled. Liv. 
-IT Troja was also the name of a 
play or game played by the Roman youth 
on horseback. Virg. Ain. 5, 602. Also, 
called by Sueton. Troja ludus, and Tro- 
ja lusus, and by Tacit. Ludicrum Tro¬ 
ja?, and Sueton. Troja decursio. — 
Hence, Sueton. Trojarn lusit. 
TROMeNTINX tribus, the name of one of 
the rustic tribes of Rome. Liv. 
TR<3P/EaT 0S (tropaum), a, um, adj. 
3 trophied, adorned with trophies, victorious. 
Ammian. 
TR5P/E5PH5R0S {rpoiraiojidpog), i, m. 
3 that bears trophies, h. e. victorious. 
Apul. 
TR6P.,EUM (rpdnaiov, or rpoiralov), i,n. 
a trophy, h. e. apublic monument in com¬ 
memoration of a victory, erected on the 
spot inhere the enemy was put to flight or 
defeated. The earliest trophies were 
formed of trees, which, after the 
branches had been cut otf, were adorn¬ 
ed with the spoils of the enemy ; after¬ 
wards they were made of stone, &c. 
and erected on elevated places. Cic. 
Tropaum ponere, or statuere, or, Tacit. 
sister e, to setup, erect. Virg. Ingentem 
quercum decisis undique ramis con- 
stituit tmnulo, fuigentiaque induit ar- 
ma, Mezenti ducis exuvias, tibi magne 
tropaum Bellipotens. - IT Figur. a 
trophy, h. e. victory; also, the spoils of 
war. JVep. Hac est altera victoria, 
quae cum Marathonio possit comparari 
tropao. Horat. Nova cantemus Au¬ 
gust! tropaaCasaris. Ovid. Sequoque 
nyrnpha tuis ornavit Iardanis armis, et 
tulit e capto nota tropaea viro. Id. 
Cytherea vicit, habetque parta per arbi- 
trium bina tropaea tuurn.-IT Figur. 
a trophy, monument, sign, of one who 
exults in something. Cic. Tropaum 
necessitudinis atque hospitii. Ovid. 
Ut miserabile corpus, ingenii videas 
bina tropsea tui. Propert. Macenatis 
erunt vera tropaea tides.-IT Many 
write troplueum, but tropaum is more 
correct. 
TR3P/E0S (rponaiog), a, um, adj. turning 
2 back, returning. Pan. Tropaei venti, 
certain winds that blow back from the sea 
to land (those that blow from the land to 
the sea are called apogtei). 
TRoPHONIaNOS (Trophonius), a, um, 
adj. of, belonging to or named after Tro¬ 
phonius. Cic. narratio, A. e. of the 
cavern of Trophonius, and the things in it. 
TRoPlIoNIOS (Tpoipioviog), ii, m. a cele¬ 
brated architect, the brother of Agamcdes, 
in conjunction with whom lie built the tem¬ 
ple at Delphi. Cic. — Probably, the same 
person constructed the subterranean 
cave ( antrum Trophonii ), and gave ora¬ 
cles in it; hence he was regarded by the 
people as a god ; hence, a god, in whose 
cavern near Lebadia, in Bwotia, oracles 
were imparted, and future things revealed, 
sometimes to the ear, and sometimes to the 
sight. Persons descended into the cavern 
with particular ceremonies, &c. Cic. de 
JVat. Dcor. 3, 19 (mentions him). In 
Liv. he is called Jupiter (h. e. Dcus 
Trophonius). 
TROPIC! (tropicus), adv. figuratively. 
3 Augustin. 
TROPICOS (rpouiKog, from tosttco, to 
3 turn), a, um, adj. of or belonging to 
turning round. Hygin. Tropici circuit, 
the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, 1). e. 
where the sun begins to turn. Manil. 
signa, the constellations, in which the sun 
begins to turn, namely, Libra, Capri- 
cornus, Aries, and Cancer. Auson. Tro- 
pico in Capricorno, where the sun 
returns, tropical. — Hence, Tropica, 
orum, n. changes. Pctron. Pecuniae cu- 
piditas hac tropica instituit.-IT Fig- 
tir. Tropicus, figurative, metaphorical, 
tropical. Augustin. Tropica? locutiones, 
Gr.ll. Tropica figura, a trope. 
TRSPIS (rpoxig), is, f. properly, the hold 
3 of a vessel; hence, figur. the bottom of a 
wine jar; and, hence, the lees of wine. 
Martial. Fumosae feret ipse tropin de 
foece lagenae. 
TR0P5L0GIX ( rpoiroXoyia ), a, f. a figu- 
3 rative manner of speaking. Hieronym. 
TROPOLOGICe (tropologicus), adv. figu- 
3 ratively, tropically, rpoirohoyiKwg. Hic- 
ronym. 
TR0P5L0GIC0S (rpoiroXoyiKdg), a, um, 
3 adj. figurative, tropic. Sidon. Tropolo- 
gicum genus. 
TROPtlS (rpdnog), i, m. properly, a turn¬ 
ing about; hence, a trope, rhetorical fig¬ 
ure, h. e. a metaphorical use of a word. 
Quin til. 
TRoS (Tpcof), ois, m. Tros, king of Phry¬ 
gia, son of F.richthonius, grandson of 
Dar(lauus, father of Assaracus and Gany- 
medes. Virg. and Ovid. -IT Also, 
as an adj. Trojan. Virg. Tros /Eneas. 
— Absol. a Trojan. Virg. 
TRoSMIS, is, f. a town of Mysia. Ovid. 
TRoSSOLUM, i, n. a town of Etruria. 
Fest. 
TRoSSOLtiS, a, um, adj. of or belonging 
to Trossulum. Hence, Trossuli, the 
same as Equites, the Roman cavalry, af¬ 
terwards knights (equites), because they 
took the town Trossulum, without the 
assistance of the infantry. Plin. 33, 9. 
-- IT In latter times, Trossulus was 
used as exprdssive of contempt, like 
our fop, beau, petit-maitre (in which 
sense Salmasius derives it from Tpac- 
o6g). Senec. and Pers. 
TRoOS (Tpeads), a, um, adj. Trojan. 
Ovid. 
TRoXXLTS (-pwifaAij), is, f. an animal 
formed like a grasshopper, perhaps a lo¬ 
cust. Plin. 30,16. (Others read tryxalLs.) 
TROX (unc.), te, f. a gutter or drain. 
3 Varr. - IT Also, a stirring-spoon, la¬ 
dle. Fest. Also, Titian, and Pompon. 
—■ It may, however, be also, a vessel. 
TRuCiDaTITS (trucido), onis, f. a culling 
to pieces, massacring, butchering, ci/i ayi- 
aapog. Cels. Interiora (hominis) sub 
gravissimis vulneribus, et ipsa truci- 
datione mutari, ft. e. by cutting up, dva- 
Toprj. Cato ap. Gell. Succidias huma- 
nas" facis, tantas trucidationes facis, 
decern funera facis, ft. e. decern homi¬ 
nes eodem tempore interficiendo. Cic. 
civitim. Liv. Inde non jam pugna, sed 
trucidatio velut pecorum fieri. Plin. 
Interlucatio arboribus prodest: sed om¬ 
nium annorum trucidatio inutilissima, 
a cutting off of the boughs. 
TROCTDaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a murderer, 
3 ai^ayevg. Augustin. 
TR0CID5 (trux & ctedo), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to cut to pieces, slay or kill cruelly, cut 
dozen, slaughter, massacre, butcher, hn- 
mpardiv. Cic. Cives R. necandos truci- 
dandosque denotavit. Liv. Tribunes ini- 
litum verberatos, servilibusque omnibus 
suppliciis cruciatos trucidandos occidit. 
Sallust. Ne capti sicut pecoratrucidemi- 
ni. Auct. B. Afric. Pecus diripi truci- 
darique. Ilorat. Ne pueros coram popuio 
Medea trucidet. Cic. Trucidare aliquem 
ferro. Plin. Orcte baltcnas caveatas an- 
924 
gustiis trucidant, ft. e. lancinant morsu 
Id. Mult® (apes) singulos (fucos) aggi£$- 
ste trucidant. Ilorat. Seu pisces, seu por 
rum, et ctepe trucidas, A. e. carve, cut 
up, for the purpose of eating; or, sc. 
dentibus, chew, masticate, eat. -IT Fig 
ur. to cut up, murder, destroy, ruin. 
Liv. Trucidare plebein fenore. Cic. 
Juventus ne effundat patrimonium, ne 
fenore trucidetur. Id. A Servilio tru- 
cidatus, cut up, sc. by words. Lucret. 
Nubes mill to si forte liumore recepit 
ignem, continuo magno clamore truci- 
dat, ft. e. violenter exstinguit. 
TRuCTX (rpcoxrpf), te, and TRuCTOS, 
i, m. a kind of fish, probably, a trout. 
Isidor. and Plin. Valerian. 
TROCOLeNTe, or TRuCOLeNTER (tru 
culentus), adv. fiercely, sternly, grimly 
sullenly , amivibg. Cic. Truculentius se 
gerere^ Quintil. Aspicere aliquem tru 
culentissime. 
rROCOLENTIX (Id.), te, f. fierceness, 
; savageness, sternness, roughness, sullen 
ness° churlishness , truculence. Plant 
Tuam exspecto truculentiarn. — Figur. 
Tacit. Truculentia cadi pnestat Germa¬ 
nia, ft. e. stevitia, inclementia, rough¬ 
ness, inclemency. 
rRCCOLENTOS (trux), a, um, adj. fierce 
or stern in aspect, fierce, savage, rough, 
terrible of aspect, grim, stern, fearful , 
frightful, dnyvfig. Terent. Ego agres- 
tis, savus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, 
tenax. Plaut. Oculi truculenti, a grim 
look. Tacit. Quo truculentior visu 
foret. Plin. Tigris etiam feris ceteris 
truculenta. Cic. Quarn truculentus ! 
Ovid. Spectat truculenta loquentem. 
Tacit. Trucuientis vocibus strepere, 
ft. e. seditiosis, et ininarum plenis. 
Plaut. Truculentus senex. — Also, 
rouirh, rude, rustic, clownish. Senec . 
Truculentus et Silvester, et vitie in- 
scius tristem juventam, venere deser- 
ta, colis.- IT Also, cruel, fierce, sav¬ 
age, fell. Ovid. Nulla Getis toto 
gens est truculentior orbe. Id. Feta 
truculentior ursa. Tacit. Truculentior 
quam antea, tanquam adversus defec- 
tores, et in tempore rebellaturos. Auct. 
ad Herenn. Truculentissimum facinus. 
— Catull. Truculenta pelagi, and, Id. 
Truculentum aquor, ft. e. mare pro- 
cellosum, aspectu fogduni atque horrifi- 
cum.-IT Truculentus, the Churl, is 
the title of a comedy of Plautus, in 
which a rude, clownish character is in¬ 
troduced. 
rRODIS (trudo, with a change of quanti- 
I ty), is, f. a pole used for pushing or 
films tin a. Virg. and Tacit. 
TR0D5 (unc.), is, usi, usum, a, 3. to 
thrust, push, push or thrust to a place, 
push along or forward, shove forward, 
drive, impel, tiS'Cco. Lucret. Trudit et 
impel lit, quasi navim velaque ventus. 
Id. aliquid pugno. Id. Adverso nixan- 
tem trudere monte saxum. Martial. 
Cubitis trudit hinc et inde convivas. 
Tacit. Cohortes fugientium agmrne im¬ 
pulse trudebantur in paludem, m, &c. 
Id. hostes. Horat. apros in plagas. 
Virg. Glaciem flumina trudunt. Id. 
Formicas grandia trudunt obnixs fru- 
menta humeris. — Also, to push or 
thrust forth, drive away, cast out, expel. 
Plaut. N* ille ecastor hinc trudetur 
largus lacrymarum foras. Claudian. 
Tandem ceu funus acerbum, lntans- 
tamque suis trusere penatibus umbram. 
-It Also, of plants, to pat firth, V ro ~ 
trude, cause to grow. Virg. Truditur 
sicco radix oleagina ligno. Id. &e nl ®' 
dio trudunt de cortice gemma, h.e. 
shoot forth, grow forth. Id- PaI " p ‘^ ui 
trudit gemmas. — Thus, also, ot • 
Claudian. Quacumque cavernas perto- 
rat, ofifenso truditur igne latex, s V rin ? s 
issues. -U Figur. to push, thrust fo 
ward, press, drive, force, erow* 
Ad mortem trudi. Senec. In vitia.alter 
alterum trudimus. Tacit. Semet <- 
ma trusos, ft. e. impulsos ad anri, < 1 
enda. Horat. Truditur dies Aie, one 
day follows hard upon another. 
Fallacia alia aliam trudit, 
upon, h. e. follows from, is begotten by 
IT Also, to push fomeard, push on, 
to assist another in 2"™ 
Cic. Nunc est exspectat.o comitioium 
