brabeum brăbēum or -īum, i, n., = βραβεῖον, a prize in the games (late Lat.), Prud. στεφ. 5, 538; Tert. adv. Marc. 3; Vulg. 1 Cor. 9, 24.
brabeuta brăbeuta, ae, m., = βραβευτής, one who presided at the public games, an umpire, one who assigned the prizes: designatores, quos Graeci βραβευτὰς appellant, artem ludicram non facere, Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 1; * Suet. Ner. 53.
bracae brācae (not braccae), ārum (once in sing.brāca, ae, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 34; and as access. form brāces, Edict. Diocl. p. 20), f.Germ.; Swed. brōk; Angl. -Sax. brōk; Engl. breeches; Dutch, broek, trowsers, breeches; orig. worn only by barbarians, i.e. neither Greeks nor Romans: barbara tegmina crurum,Verg. A. 11, 777; in the time of the emperors also among the Romans,Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 49: Galli bracas deposuerunt, latum clavum sumpserunt, Poët. ap. Suet. Caes. 80 al.: virgatae,Prop. 4 (5), 10, 43:bracas indutus,Tac. H. 2, 20; Juv. 2, 169: pictae,Val. Fl. 6, 227: Sarmaticae,id. 5, 424: albae,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 fin. al.; Cod. Th. 14, 10, 2; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 518, and bracatus.
Bracari Brācări, ūm, m., a tribe of Gauls in Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 28; 4, 20, 34, § 112. Hence, ‡ Brācărus, a, um, adj., of the Bracari: CONVENTVS,Inscr. Orell. 2165.
bracarius brācārĭus, ii, m.braca, a maker of trowsers or breeches (late Lat.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 24; Cod. Just. 10, 64, 1; Edict. Diocl. p. 20.
bracatus brācātus, a, um, adj.id.. Wearing trowsers or breeches. A gen. epithet for foreign, barbarian, effeminate: sic existimatis eos hic sagatos bracatosque versari,Cic. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23): nationes,id. Fam. 9, 15, 2: miles,Prop. 3 (4), 4, 17.turba Getarum,Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 47 Jahn: Medi,Pers. 3, 53. As a geog. designation of the land and the people beyond the Alps, = transalpinus, in distinction from togatus (q. v.): Gallia Bracata, afterwards called Gallia Narbonensis,Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 31; cf.: bracatis et Transalpinis nationibus,Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2. Hence, sarcastically: O bracatae cognationis dedecus (kindr. with the people of Gallia Bracata, through his maternal grandfather, Calventius),Cic. Pis. 23, 53: bracatorum pueri, boys from Gallia Narbonensis, Juv. 8, 234. In gen., wearing broad garments: Satarchae totum bracati corpus,Mel. 2, 1, 10.
bracchialis bracchĭālis (brāch-), e, adj.bracchium, of or belonging to the arm: nervus,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99: crassitudo,
bracchiolaris bracchĭŏlāris (brāch-), e, adj.bracchiolum, II. A., pertaining to a muscle of a horse: musculi,Veg. 1, 25, 5.
bracchiolum bracchĭŏlum (brāch-), i, n.dim.bracchium. A small, delicate arm: puellulae, * Cat. 61, 181.Transf.A muscle in a horse's leg, Veg. 1, 25, 4 and 5; cf. id. 6, 1, 1; 6, 2, 2; 5, 27, 7; 5, 70, 2.The arm of a chair or seat, Vulg. 2 Par. 9, 18.
bracchionarium bracchĭŏnārĭum (brāch-), ii, n., = ψέλλιον ἀνδρός, a bracelet, Gloss. Gr. Lat. [βραχίων].
bracchium bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n.perh. kindr. with Gr. βραχίων; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a, the arm; particularly, Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397: bracchia et lacerti,Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.: subjecta lacertis bracchia,id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29: (feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq. Far oftener, Transf. In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4: quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3: multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6: bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41. Of embraces: collo dare bracchia circum,
,Juv. 4, 89. Of the movement of the arms in speaking: bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84: extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: demissa bracchia,Quint. 2, 13, 9: a latere modice remota,id. 11, 3, 159: ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,id. 11, 3, 118: aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,id. 11, 3, 93: bracchium in latus jactant,id. 4, 2, 39: si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27. Of the motion of the arms in dancing: bracchia in numerum jactare,Lucr. 4, 769; imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf. of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,Verg. G. 4, 174.Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so, molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,id. ib. 2, 1, 6. Prov.: praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,
lend a hand
,Ov. H. 7, 126.The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195. Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258. Of the lion: in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214. Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.Objects resembling arms.The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt; v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,Cato, R. R. 95 fin.; of the vine,Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6; id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,Cat. 64, 105: differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62: (aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.An arm of the sea: nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain: Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards: jubet intendi bracchia velis,Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244. In milit. lang., a (natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. σκέλη: aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,
brace bracē, ēs (acc. -em), f., a Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn, acc. to Hard. blé blanc de Dauphiné; pure Lat. sandala, Plin. 18, 7, 11, § 62 (al. brance).
braceus brācĕus, a, um, adj.bracae, pertaining to breeches: mala,Auct. Priap. 74 (others read braccica).
brachile brāchīle, v. redimiculum.
Brachmanae Brachmānae, ārum; -māni, ōrum, and -mānes, ium, m., = Βραχμᾶνες [Engl. Brahmins], the priests and learned caste of the Hindoos, the present Brahmins; form Brachmanae,Tert. Apol. 42. Form Brachmani, Amm. 23, 6, 33; 28, 1, 13. Gen. Brachmanūm, App. Flor. 2, n. 15 (in Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 64, mentioned as separate tribes or nations: multarum gentium cognomen Brachmanae).
brachycatalectum brăchycătălēctum (brăchy-cătălēctĭcum, Serv. Centim. p. 1817 P.), i, n. (sc. metrum), = βραχυκατάληκτον or βραχυκαταληκτικόν; in metre, a verse that wants a whole foot or half a metre, Diom. p. 501 P.
brachysyllabus brăchysyllăbus, i, m. (sc. pes), = βραχυσύλλαβος (of short syllables); in metre, another name of the tribrachys, ˘˘˘,Diom. p. 475 P.; Mar. Vict. 2539 P.
bracicus brācĭcus or braccĭcus, v. braceus.
bracile brācīle, v. redimiculum.
bractea bractĕa (also brattĕa), ae, f.perh. kindr. with βράχω, to rattle, a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf (thicker plates of metal are called laminae; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2: bractea dicitur tenuissima lamina): aranea bratteaque auri, * Lucr. 4, 729: leni crepitabat brattea vento,Verg. A. 6, 209: inspice, quam tenuis bractea ligna tegat,Ov. A. A. 3, 232; Mart. 8, 33, 6; Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61; cf. argenteae,id. 37, 7, 31, § 105.Poet.: viva,
bractealis bractĕālis, e, adj.bractea, of metallic plates: fulgor, golden, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1024.
bracteamentum bractĕāmentum, i, n.id. II., glitter, splendor, Fulg. Contin. Virg. p. 140.
bractearius bractĕārĭus, ii, m.bractea, a worker in gold-leaf, a gold-beater, Firm. Math. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 1074, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4153; 4067. In fem.: bractĕārĭa, ae, Inscr. Don. cl. 8, n. 19; Inscr. Orell. 4153.
bracteator bractĕātor, ōris, m.id., a goldbeater, Firm. Math. 8, 16; Inscr. Don. cl. 9, n. 1.
bracteatus bractĕātus, a, um, adj.id., covered with gold-plate, gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus): sellae,Sid. Ep. 8, 8: lacunar,id. ib. 2, 10. In gen., glistening like gold: leo,i.e.
branchos branchŏs, i, m., = βράγχος, hoarseness, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7, 95; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 7, 13.
Branchus Branchus, i, m., = Βράγχος, a son of Apollo; or, according to others, of Smicrus of Delphi, inspired by Apollo with prophecy, v. Branchidae, Stat. Th. 3, 479; 8, 198 Schol.
brasmatiae brasmătĭae (access. form bras-tae, App. de Mundo, p. 65, 25), ārum, f., = οἱ βρασματίαι (sc. ἄνεμοι) or βράσται, ashaking of the earth, an earthquake: brasmatiae sunt (terrarum motus), qui terram molestius suscitantes sursum propellunt immanissimas moles, ut in Asiā Delos emersit, etc.,Amm. 17, 7, 13.
Bratuspantium Bratuspantĭum, ii, n., a town in Gallia Belgica, in the province of the Bellovaci, afterwards called Caesaromagus, Itin. Anton., now Breteuil, Caes. B. G. 2, 13.
Brennus Brennus, i, m., = Βρέννος, a leader of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia, Liv. 5, 38, 3; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 826. Hence, Brennĭcus, a, um, adj., of Brennus: signa,Sid. Carm. 7, 561.A king of the Gauls who invaded Greece in the second century B.C. and attacked Delphi, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81; Just. 24, 5 sqq.; Val. Max. 1, 1, 18; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 51.
Brentesia Brentēsĭa, ae, m., the river Brenta, in Upper Italy, Messal. Aug. Progen. 10. Called also Brinta, ae, m., Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 677.
brephotropheum brĕphŏtrŏphēum or -īum, n., = βρεφοτροφεῖον, a foundling hospital, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 19.
brephotrophus brĕphŏtrŏphus, i, m., = βρεφοτρόφος, one who brings up foundlings (v. brephotropheum), Cod. Just. 1, 3, 42, § 9.
Breuni Breuni (erroneously Brenni), ōrum, m., a people in Rhœtia, in the Upper Valley of the Inn, and bordering upon the Genauni, in the Lower Valley of the Inn, Hor. C. 4, 14, 11; Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 136; Flor. 4, 12, 4.
breviarius brĕvĭārĭus, a, um, adj.brevio, abridged: rationes,Dig. 33, 8, 26. More freq. subst.: brĕvĭārĭum, ii, n., a summary, abridgment, abstract, epitome (postAug.; cf. summarium): haec quae nunc vulgo breviarium dicitur, olim, cum Latine loqueremur, summarium vocabatur,Sen. Ep. 39, 1: omnis culturae,Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 230: rationum,Suet. Galb. 12: imperii,
statistical view
,
statistics
,id. Aug. 101 (cf. id. ib. 28: rationarium imperii; and id. Calig. 16: rationes imperii): rerum omnium Romanarum,id. Gram. 10: officiorum omnium breviaria,
breviatio brĕvĭātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a shortening (late Lat.): dierum,Aug. Ep. ad Hesych. 18: chronicorum, Jornand. Get. praef.
breviator brĕvĭātor, ōris, m.id.. * An abbreviator, epitomizer, Oros. 1, 8.The author of a breviarium (q. v.), Novell. 105, 2, 4.
breviculus brĕvĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [brevis], somewhat short or small (rare): homo,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54: pinnae, Fronto, Eloq.: grabatulus,App. M. 1, p. 107, 18.Subst.: brĕvĭcŭlus, i, m. (sc. liber), a short writing, a summary, Cod. Just. 1, 7, tit. 44, and Cod. Th. 1, 4, tit. 17 dub.Transf., of time: tempus,App. M. 6, p. 183, 35.
breviloquentia brĕvĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f.brevis-loquentia, brevity of speech: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an expression of Cicero, censured by Seneca ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.
breviloquium brĕvĭlŏquĭum, ii, n.brevis-loquor, brevity in speech, Prisc. p. 754 P.; Fulg. Myth. praef. fin.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 561.
breviloquus brĕvĭlŏquus or -quis, = βραχυλόγος, short in speech, speaking briefty, Gloss. Lab.
brevio brĕvĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.brevis, to shorten, abbreviate, abridge, βραχύνω brevio, Gloss. Vet. (post-Aug.; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 1, p. 76; most freq. in Quint.); Manil. 3, 461; 6, 431: breviare quaedam,Quint. 1, 9, 2: aliquid callide,id. 5, 13, 41 Spald. N. cr.: prolixa (in scribendo),Lact. Epit. 8, 6; Sev. Sulp. Hist. Sacr. 1, 1: breviatae horae,Paul. Nol. Carm. Nat. S. Fel. 24, 9, 13: umerorum raro decens allevatio atque contractio est. Breviatur enim cervix,Quint. 11, 3, 83: non breviatis augustatisque gradibus ascenditur,Sid. Ep. 2, 2.Transf.: Syllabam,
brevis brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. βραχύς, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v.infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus). Lit., in space. In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92: brevior via,Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4: via brevis,Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223: cursus brevissimus,Verg. A. 3, 507: brevius iter,Ov. P. 1, 4, 32: cursu brevissimus Almo,id. M. 14, 329: quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream
,id. H. 18, 174; cf. also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,id. ib. 19, 141 and 142: non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317: brevissima terra,Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2: in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
,Tac. A. 6, 35.Trop. of the journey of life: quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.: vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,id. Sest. 21, 47: tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,Tib. 1, 10, 4. And poet. of the thread of life: fila vitae breviora,Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus); of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245: ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,Quint. 2, 3, 8: forma,Ov. M. 5, 457: (puella) longa brevisque,id. Am. 2, 4, 36: brevis corpore,Suet. Galb. 3; id. Vit. Hor. Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,Ov. M. 9, 789. Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
,Ov. F. 2, 574. In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus): puteus,Juv. 3, 226: vada,Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570. Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. τὰ βραχέα, shallow places, shallows, shoals: tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70: brevia litorum,id. ib. 6, 33fin. Perh. also in sing.: breve,Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).Trop.: brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties
,Sen. Ep. 22, 7. Of the line of a circle: ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path
,Ov. M. 2, 517; cf. of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,Plin. 2. 15, 13, § 63. Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,Sen. Hippol. 314. Transf., of time. Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little. In gen.: quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51: breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,id. Capt. 3, 5, 85: brevis hora,Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30: occasio,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5: brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men
,Lucr. 3, 927; cf.: MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,Inscr. Orell. 558: omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5: quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,Sall. C. 1, 3; so, vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6: aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt; acc. to MSS. perbrevi). So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14: brevi deinde,id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi (in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.: fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4: mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,Liv. 1, 9, 9: brevi omnia subegit,Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15. Brevi, a short time, a little while: cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.: illa brevi spatio silet,id. ib. 7, 307; so, * breve,Cat. 61, 187. Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.: ad breve quoddam tempus,Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq. Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.): narratio,Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio; comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326: nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,id. Fin. 4, 18, 48: quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104: Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = οὐ πολύμυθος, Hom. Il. 3, 214): breviores commentarii,Quint. 3, 8, 58: annotatio,id. 10, 7, 31: brevia illa atque concisa,id. 10, 7, 10; so, sententiae,id. 10, 1, 60: causae,id. 6, 1, 8: docendi compendia,id. 1, 1, 24: comprehensiones,id. 12, 2, 19: quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240. Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief: multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38: brevior in scribendo,id. Att. 5, 6, 2: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,Hor. A. P. 25: in eloquendo brevis,Quint. 10, 1, 63: densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,id. 10, 1, 73. Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.): brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,Charis. p. 176 P.: id percurram brevi,Cic. Caecin. 32, 94: aliquid explicare,id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.: circumscribere et definire,id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.;id. Fin. 1, 17, 55: complecti,id. de Or. 1, 42, 190: exponere,id. ib. 1, 46, 203: reprehendere,id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: reddere,id. Leg. 2, 14, 34: respondere,id. Fam. 3, 8, 1: perscribere,id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.: in brevi,Quint. 9, 4, 32. So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief: quid scribam? breve faciam,Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.: longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,id. Sest. 5, 12. Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass: in breve coactae causae,Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.: in breve coactio causae,Gai. Inst. 4, 15. In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium: brevis nominum,Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al. Of a short syllable; rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,Hor. A. P. 251: a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep. More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba): dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.: in fine pro longā accipi brevem,Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86: plurimum habent celeritatis breves,id. 9, 4, 91. Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis. For parvus, exiguus, little, small: exigua pars brevisque,Lucr. 5, 591: Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,Hor. Epod. 5, 15: Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,Ov. H. 2, 119: brevi latere ac pede longo est,Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf. just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244: parvae alvi): mus,Ov. F. 2, 574: forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),id. M. 5, 457. So, lapathi herba,Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.): folia breviora,id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.): census,id. C. 2, 15, 13: pondus,id. S. 2, 2, 37: impensa,Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.: sigillum,id. M. 6, 86: insulae,Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4: offulae,id. 1, 29, 4: pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62. With nom. abstr.: breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935. So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al. Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc. Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94: parvo brevius quam totus,
bria brĭa, ae, f., a wine - vessel, εἶδος ἀγγείου, Gloss. Philox.; Arn. 7, p. 235; cf. Hildebr. ad App. Mag. 59 (acc. to Charis. p. 63, hebrĭa: hebria est vas vinarium, unde ebrius et ebria dicitur).
Briareus Brĭăreus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Βριαρεύς, Callim. Del. 143 (old form Βριάρεως, Hom. Il. 1, 403; v. Crus. Wb. of Prop. Names), the hundred-armed giant, also called Ægœon: centumgeminus,Verg. A. 6, 287 Serv. and Heyne; cf. id. ib. 10, 565: ferox,Luc. 4, 596 Schol.: immensus,Stat. Th. 2, 596; cf. also Ov. M. 2, 10; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 304: vastus,Sen. Herc. Oet. 167. Hence, Brĭă-rēĭus, a um, adj., of or belonging to Briareus: turba,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 188.
Briganticus Brĭgantĭcus, i, m., a Roman cognomen, Tac. H. 2, 22; 4, 70 (Brĕ-, Halm).
Brigantium Brĭgantĭum, ii, f., or Brĭgantĭa, ae, f.A town in Rhœtia, now Bregenz, Amm. 15, 4, 1 and 3; Itin. Anton. Hence, Brĭgantīnus, a, um, adj.: lacus,
Brigiani Brigĭāni, ōrum, m., an Alpine tribe in Gaul, Inscr. Trop. Aug. ap. Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137.
Brimo Brīmo, ūs, f., = Βρῖμώ (prop. the angry one; cf. Arn. 5, p. 170), a name of Proserpine, Prop. 2, 2, 12. Acc. Brimo, Stat. S. 2, 3, 38.
Briniates Brinĭātes, um, m., a Ligurian tribe south of the Po, near the modern Brignolo, Liv. 41, 19, 4.
brisa brīsa, ae, f.kindr. with the Gr. βρύτεα, τά, the refuse grapes after they are pressed, grape-skins, Col. 12, 39, 2.
Brisaeus Brīsaeus (-sēus), i, m., = Βρισαῖος, a name of Bacchus, Macr. S. 1, 18; Mythogr. Lat. 3, 12, 2.Transf., of the poet Attius, antiquated, Pers. 1, 76 Coningt. ad loc.
Britanni Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep. In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9. Derivv. Brĭtannĭa (Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Βρεττανία, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion (England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia (Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42; in a more restricted sense,
,Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: mare,Mel. 3, 6, 3: oceanus,id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1: inter Rhenum et Sequanam,Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65; 3, 22 al.: balaena,Juv. 10, 14: lingua,Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock: rumex aquaticus,Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20. Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2; poisoned by Nero,Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33. Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.Britto or Brīto, ō^nis, = Britannus. A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f.adj., British, of Britain: insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,Prisc. Perieg. p. 577. ‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.
Britomartis Brĭtŏmartis, is, f., = Βριτόμαρτις (Cretan, ΒΠΙΤΥ, rich in blessing, and ΜΑΠΤΙΣ, maiden, Sol. 11). A Cretan nymph, daughter of Jupiter and Carme, inventress of the hunting-net; when pursued by Minos, she cast herself into the sea, Verg. Cir. 285 sq.An epithet of the Cretan Diana: ignea,Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251: lucos Britomartis agit,id. ib. 303.
Brittii Brittii, v. Bruttii.
Brixellum Brixellum (Brixillum, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Inscr. Murat. 239), i, n., a town in Gallia Cisalpina, on the Po, between Parma and Mantua, now Brescello, Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 163; Tac. H. 2, 33; 2, 39; 2, 51; 2, 54; Suet. Oth. 9. Hence, Brixillānus, a, um, adj., of Brixellum, Inscr. Orell. 3734.
Brixentes Brixentes, um, m., = Βριξάνται, a people in Rhœtia, in the modern Brixen, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137.
brochus brŏchus, brocchus, broccus, or broncus, a, um, adj.root bor-; cf. voro (ante - class. and rare). Lit., of the teeth of animals, projecting: dentes,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3 Schneid.; 2, 9, 3.Transf., of animals, with projecting teeth, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 25, 27 sq.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.
Brochus Brŏchus, i, m., a Roman cognomen: Brochus (Brocchus),Cic. Lig. 4, 11; 11, 32 sq.
bromatici brōmătĭci, ōrum, m., those who loathe food, Isid. Orig. 5, 35, 6 [βρῶμα, edacitas, id. ib.].
Brome Brŏmē (Brŏmiē, Hyg. Fab. 182), ēs, f., a nymph who, with her sister, brought up Bacchus, Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 15.
Bromius Brŏmĭus, ii (voc. Bromie, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 82), m., = Βρόμιος (the noisy one), a surname of Bacchus (on account of the tumultuous celebration of his festivals), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.; Ov. M. 4,11; Petr. 41, 6; Luc. 5, 73; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 132; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 132. Hence, Adj.Brŏ-mĭālis, e, Bromian, i.e. Bacchic, Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.Brŏmĭus, a, um, of Bacchus: Bromia auctumnitas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 71, 18 (but Lachm. ad Lucr. 5, 1006, conj. Bromii); so, remi,Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 365.
Bronte Brontē, ēs, f., = Βροντή. Thunder (personified), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 96. As nom. propr., the name of one of the horses of the Sun, Hyg. Fab. 183.
brontea brontĕa, ae, f.βροντή, the thunderstone, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 150. Also called brontia, Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 24 (MSS. bronia).
Brontes Brontes, ae (acc. Brontem, Stat. S. 1, 1, 4), m., = Βρόντης, a Cyclops who labored in the workshop of Vulcan, Verg. A. 8, 425; Ov. F. 4, 288; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 193.
brontia brontia, v. brontea.
‡† Bronton, ontis, adj., = Βροντῶν (the thunderer), an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 34, 5; 17, 12; Inscr. Orell. 1272.
Broteas Brŏtĕas, ae, m., = Βροτέας. One of the Lapithœ, slain by the Centaur Gryneus at the marriage festival of Perseus, Ov. M. 12, 262.Twin-brother of Ammon, and with him slain by Phineus, Ov. M. 5, 107.A son of Vulcan and Minerva, Ov. Ib. 515.
Bruanium Brŭănĭum (Bryă-), ii, n., = Βρυάνιον, a town in Macedonia, Liv. 31, 39, 5.
Bruchion Bruchīon, ii, n., the royal residence in Alexandria, containing the palace, museum, mausoleum, etc., Amm. 22, 16, 15; Hier. Vit. St. Anton.
bruchus brūchus, i, m., = βροῦχος or βροῦκος, a kind of locust without wings, Prud. Ham. 229; Vulg. Lev. 11, 22 al.
Bructeri Bructĕri, ōrum (gen. -terūm, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 2), m., = Βρούκτεροι, a German people occupying the country between the Rhine, the Lippe, Ems, and Weser, Tac. G. 33; id. A. 1, 51; 1, 60; 13, 56; id. H. 4, 21; 4, 77; 5, 18; Vell. 2, 105, 1. In sing.: Bructĕrus, i, m., Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 451; and adj.Bructĕrus, a, um: natio,Tac. H. 4, 61.
Bruges Brŭges, v. Phryges.
bruma brūma, ae, f.for brevima, breuma = brevissima: dicta bruma quod brevissimus tunc dies est,Varr. L. L. 6, § 8 Müll.: bruma a brevitate dierum dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 35, 6; Gesn. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 106; Ruhnk. ad Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28. Lit., the shortest day in the year, the winter solstice, * Lucr. 5, 746; Varr. L. L. l. l.; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28: circa brumam serendum non esse,Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204 al. Plur.: solis accessus discessusque solstitiis brumisque cognosci,Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 2, 19, 50; Ov. F. 1, 163.Transf. In gen., the winter time, winter (mostly poet.): musculorum jecuscula brumā dicuntur augeri,Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: novissimus dies brumae,Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191: ver proterit aestas, Interitura, simul Pomifer auctumnus fruges effuderit, et mox Bruma recurrit iners,Hor. C. 4, 7, 12; Phaedr. 4, 23, 19: serite hordea campis Usque sub extremum brumae intractabilis imbrem,
brutesco brūtesco, ĕre, v. inch. [brutus], to become brutish, rough, unreasonable (postclass.), Sid. Ep. 4, 1 fin.; Lact. 7, 12, 24; Ven. Ep. praef. carm. 6, 5.
Brutianus Brutĭānus, a, um, v. Bruttii, II. B., and Brutus, II. B. 2. a.
Brutidius Brutĭdĭus, ii, m., a Roman name; esp. Brutidius Niger, an historian of the time of Tiberius, and author of a work upon the death of Cicero, now lost, Tac. A. 3, 66; Juv. 10, 83.
brutus brūtus, a, um, adj.kindr. with βα^ρύς, perh. contr. from barutus, a lengthened form of barus, like actutum, astutus, cinctutus, versutus, from actu, astus, cinctus, versus; cf. also βρῖθύς, heavy, weighty; Fr. and Engl. brute, brutal. Lit., heavy, unwieldy, immovable (rare): brutum antiqui gravem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.: pondus,
falling down with heavy weight
,Lucr. 6, 105: tellus, * Hor. C. 1, 34, 9 (cf.: terra iners,id. ib. 3, 4, 45: immota tellus,Sen. Thyest. 1020: terra semper immobilis,Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 102: Unde Horatius. Et bruta tellus): corpora neque tam bruta quam terrea, neque tam levia quam aetheria,App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 5.Trop., dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable. Of men: brutum dicitur hebes et obtusum ... Pacuvius Hermiona: et obnoxium esse aut brutum aut elinguem putes,Non. p. 77, 31 sq.: fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36: quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. sardare, p. 322 Müll. (Bell. Punic. v. 65, p. 18 Vahl.): T. Manlius relegatus a patre ob adulescentiam brutam atque hebetem,Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 4; App. M. 7, p. 191, 30: homo,Lact. 7, 4, 12; Prud. στεφ. 2, 66; cf. 2. Brutus, II. B. Esp. in a play on the name, 2. Brutus, v. h. v. Of animals, irrational ( = ἀναίσθητος, Arist. Part. Anim. 3, 4) (so several times in Pliny the elder): animalium hoc maxime brutum (sc. sus),Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; 9, 29, 46, § 87; 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 39, 92, § 226. But only late Lat. as a general designation of animals opp. to men, our brute, irrational, dumb, Greg. Mag. in Job, 10, 13, 23; 17, 30, 46 al. Of inanimate things: bruta fulmina et vana, ut quae nulla veniant ratione naturae, qs. striking blindly, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 113: scitum Caesaris, thoughtless, inconsiderate, Prud. στεφ. 5, 66. * Sup., Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. Magn. 3, 67.