drachma
drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae (gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.; usually drachmarum, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = δραχμή. A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep. As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.
draco
drăco, ōnis (gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = δράκων, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis). Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al.
As the guardian of treasures, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll. Meton. Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq. A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7: in templa referre dracones, Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3. Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42. A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24. An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12. A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82. In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.
Draco
Drăco, ōnis, m., a proper name. The Athenian lawgiver, Cic. Rep. 2, 1; id. de Or. 1, 44, 197; Gell. 11, 18. One of Actaeon's hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.
draconarius
drăcōnārĭus, ii, m. draco, II. B., a standard-bearer, Veg. Mil. 2, 7; 13; Amm. 20, 4.
draconigena
drăcōnĭgĕna, ae, comm. dracogigno, dragon-born (poet.): urbs, i. e. Thebes, Ov. F. 3, 865: hostis, i. e. Alexander the Great (whom Olympias was said to have conceived by a serpent, acc. to Just. 11, 11, 3; 12, 16, 2), Sid. Carm. 2, 80.
dracontarium
drăcontārĭum, ii, n. draco, a garland or wreath twisted like a serpent, Tert. Cor. Mil. 15; Inscr. Don. cl. 1, no. 91.
draconteus
dracontĕus, a, um, adj. id., of a serpent, serpent's: pedes, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 128; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 113.
dracontia
drăcontĭa, ae, f., drăcontĭas, ae, m., = δρακοντίας, or drăcōnītis, ĭdis, f., a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 57, § 108; Sol. 43.
dracontion
drăcontĭon, ĭi, n., = δρακόντιον, a kind of wheat, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 64 al.
dracontios
drăcontĭos vītis, an excellent kind of vine, Col. 3, 2, 28.
dracontium
drăcontĭum, ii, n., = δρακόντιον, dragon-wort, Arum dracunculus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 16, 91, § 142; called also dracontia radix, Veg. 5, 66, 1.
dracunculus
drăcuncŭlus, i, m. dim. draco. A small serpent, dragonet, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 5. A thread twisted like a serpent, Inscr. Orell. 1572. A sort of fish, dragonet, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148. The plant tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 16, 91, § 142.
dragantum
drăgantum, i, n., v. tragacantha.
drama
drāma, ătis, n., = δρᾶμα, a drama, play, Aus. Ep. 18, 15.
Hence, drāmătĭ-cum poëma, dramatic, Diom. p. 480 P.
Drancae
Drancae or Drangae, ārum, m., a Persian or Bactrian tribe, Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 94; Curt. 6, 6, 18; 8, 3, 9.
Hence, Dran-caeus or Drangaeus, a, um, adj., of the Drancae, Val. Fl. 6, 106; 507.
drapeta
drāpĕta, ae, m., = δραπέτης, a fugitive slave, runaway, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.
draucus
draucus, i, m., a sodomite, Mart. 9, 27, 10; id. 1, 96, 12; cf.: draucus, καταπύγων, Gloss. Philox.
Draus
Draus or Dravus, i, m., the river Drave in Hungary, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147; Flor. 4, 12, 8.
drenso
drenso, āre, v. n., expresses the note of the swan, Auct. Philom. 23.
Drepana
Drĕpăna, ōrum, n., = Δρέπανα, a town on the western coast of Sicily, now Trapani, Cato acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 3, 707, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Liv. 28, 41; Flor. 2, 2, 12.
Called also Drĕpănum, Verg. A. 3, 707, and Drĕpăne (es), f., Sil. 14, 269. The promontory in its neighborhood is called Promontorium Drepanum, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.
Drĕpănĭtānus, a, um, of Drepanum: pupilus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140.
Plur. as subst.: Drĕpănĭtāni, the inhabitants of the promontory of Drepanum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
drepanis
drĕpănis, is, f., = δρεπανίς, the martin, Hirundo apus, Linn.; Plin. 11, 47, 101, § 257.
drimyphagia
drīmyphăgĭa, ae, f., = δριμυφαγία, the eating of acrid food, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26; 2, 6, 93.
drindio
drindĭo, īre, v. n., expresses the cry of the weasel, Auct. Philom. 61.
dromas
drŏmas, ădis, m., = δρομάς. A dromedary, Liv. 37, 40; Curt. 5, 2, 5; Vop. Aur. 28.
Called also drŏmĕdārĭus, ii, m., Hier. Vit. Malchi, 10; Vulg. Isa. 60, 6. Drŏmas, ădis, m., the name of one of Actaeon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 217.
dromo
drŏmo, ōnis, m., = δρόμων (the runner). A sort of shell-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148. A kind of vessel rapidly propelled by many oars, a cutter, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 14.
Dromo
Drŏmō, ōnis, m., Gr. Δρόμων, the name of a slave, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22; cf. id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34.
dromos
drŏmos, i, m., = δρόμος. A place for running; a race-course, Grut. Inscr. 339, 2. Esp., as nom. prop., Drŏmŏs, i, m., the plain near Sparta, on which the Lacedaemonian youth exercised, Liv. 34, 27, 5. Dromos Achilleos, a peninsula west of the Crimea, on which Achilles was said to have run a race, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83.
dropacator
drōpăcātor, ōris, and drōpăci-sta, ae, m., one who depilates, Gloss.
dropacismus
drōpăcismus, i, m., = δρωπακισμός, the removal of hair by plasters of pitch, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 6, 93.
dropaco
drōpăco, āre, v. a., to depilate, Theod. Prisc. 4, 1.
dropax
drōpax, ăcis, m., = δρώπαξ, a pitchointment, depilatory, Mart. 3, 74; 10, 65, 8; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 36 sq.
drosolithus
drŏsŏlĭthus, i, m., δροσόλιθος, dewstone, a precious stone now unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.
Druentia
Drŭentĭa, ae, f., a tributary river of the Rhodanus, now Durance, Liv. 21, 31, 9; Sil. 3, 468; Aus. Mos. 479.
Druides
Drŭĭdes, um (Drŭĭdae, ārum, Cic. Div. 1, 41; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 4, 54; Suet. Claud. 25; Luc. 1, 451.
Dub. form acc. Druidas, Mel. 3, 2, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13), m., the Druids, the priests and wise men of the Gauls, Caes. B. G. 6, 13 sq.; Luc. 1. 1.; Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 249.
Hence, Drŭïas, ădis, f., a Gallic priestess and prophetess, a Druidess, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 60.
Called also Drŭis, ĭdis, Inscr. Orell. 2200; Vop. Aur. 44; Numer. 15.
drungus
drungus, i, m., a body of soldiers, a troop (late Lat.), Veg. Mil. 3, 16; Vop. Prob. 19.
druppa
druppa or drūpa (sc.) oliva = δρύππα (v. Lidd. and Scott under δρυπεπής), an over-ripe, wrinkled olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 6; and absol. drupa, ae, f., id. 15, 7 7, § 26; 17, 24, 37, § 230; 19, 5, 26, § 78.
Drusus
Drūsus, i, m., a well-known Roman surname in the Livian family, first assumed by the Livius who slew the Gallic general Drausus, Suet. Tib. 3.
Esp. M. Livius Drusus, uncle of Cato Uticensis, murdered by Q. Varius, Cic. Arch. 3, 6; Vell. 2, 13. Claudius Drusus Nero, son of Tib. Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, father of Germanicus, the theme of Hor. C. 4, 4; Suet. Claud. 1; Tac. A. 1, 33.
Hence, Drūsĭānus, a, um, adj.: fossa, Tac. A. 2, 8, or Drūsīnus, a, um, adj.: fossae, a canal on the Lower Rhine, constructed by Drusus, the son of Livia, Suet. Claud. 1.
Drūsilla, ae, f., the name of several females of the Livian family.
Esp. Livia Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus, v. Livius. Drusilla, daughter of Drusus Germanicus, Tac. A. 6, 15; Suet. Calig. 7; 24 al.
Dryades
Dryădes, um (dat. Graec. dryasin, Prop. 1, 20, 12; dub. al. adryasin; cf. ib. 32 and 34), f., = Δρυάδες, wood-nymphs, dryads, Prop. 1, 20, 45; Verg. E. 5, 59; id. G. 1, 11; Ov. M. 3, 507; 6, 453 al.
In the sing., Dryas, Mart. 9, 62.
Dryas
Dryas, antis, m., = Δρύας. The father of Lycurgus king of Thrace, Hyg. Fab. 132; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 14.
Hence, Dryantīdes, ae, m., i. e. Lycurgus, Ov. Ib. 347; cf. Hyg. and Serv. 1. 1. One of the Lapithae, Ov. M. 12, 290 sq. A sharer in the Calydonican hunt, Ov. M. 8, 307.
Dryas
Dryas, ădis, v. Dryades fin.
dryitis
dryītis, ĭdis, f., = δρυῖτις, an unknown precious stone, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 188.
Drymo
Drȳmo, ūs, f., = Δρυμώ, a sea-nymph, Verg. G. 4, 336; Hyg. Fab. praef.
Dryope
Dryŏpe, ēs, f., = Δρυόπη. The mother of Amphissus by Apollo, Ov. M. 9, 331; 364 sq. The mother of Tarquitus by Faunus, Verg. A. 10, 551.
dryophonon
dryŏphŏnon, i, n., = δρυόφονον, a sort of fern, Plin. 27, 9, 49, § 73.
Dryops
Dryops, ŏpis, m. One of the Dryopes, a people of Epirus, Ov. Ib. 490; usu. plur.: Dryŏpes, um, the Dryopians, Plin. 4 praef.; Verg. A. 4, 146. The name of a warrior, Verg. A. 10, 346.
dryopteris
dryoptĕris, ĭdis, f., = δρυοπτερίς, a plant similar to the preceding, Plin. 27, 9, 48, § 72.
Drysidae
Drysĭdae, ārum, m., the Druids, Amm. 15, 9, 4; 8.