běně-fac-tum, ti, n. [id.] ("A thing well done or performed"; hence) A good or honourable action, an heroic deed.

běně-fic-ĭum, ii, n. [for bene-fac-ium; fr. bene," well"; fac-io, "to do"] ("A doing good or well"; hence) Kindness, favour, service, benefit.

Bestia, æ, m. [bestia, "a beast”] Bestia (Lucius Calpurnius); a Roman senator who joined in the conspiracy of Catiline; xvii. Bestia is called by Sallust (xliii. 1) "Tribune of the people"; but it seems he was at that time merely Tribune elect, and held office in the following year. It was agreed amongst the conspirators that he should make a complaint in the Senate against Cicero; and that a rising should take place on the following night. Cicero's vigilance effectually defeated this plan.

m. A good and honourable man.-2. Upright, honest, virtuous, etc.-As Subst.: a. bonum, i, n. Goodness, uprightness, probity, etc.-b. boni, orum, m. plur. The good, the virtuous.-3. Brave, gallant, active.-As Subst.: bonus, i, m. A brave, etc., . man.-4. Good or serviceable for something.-As Subst.: bonum, i, n: a. Advantage, profit, etc.-b. The public good, advantage or weal.-5. Wealthy, rich.-As Subst.: bona, ōnum, n. plur. Wealth, riches, goods, property, fortune.-6. Of leisure: Valuable, important, etc. (Comp.: melior); Sup.: optumus or optimus.

2. bonus, i; sec 1. bonus. brěv-is, e, adj. Short.-Adverbial Abl.: brevi, In a short time, shortly [akin to ẞpaxús].

Brutti-us, a, um, adj. [Brutti-i, "The Bruttii"; the inhabitants of the most Southern part of Italy] Of, or belonging to, the Bruttii :-ager Bruttius, the country or territory of the Bruttii.

Brutus, i, m. [brūtus, "stupid, dull"] Brutus (Decimus Junius); a Roman Patrician descended from L. Junius Brutus, who feigned stupidity to escape death at the hands of

Tarquinius Superbus. During his absence from Rome his wife Sempronia received the ambassadors of the Allobroges at her house as mentioned in chapter xl.

C, abbrev. of Caius.

căd-āver, āvĕris, n. [căd-o, "to fall dead"] ("That which falls dead"; hence) A dead body, corpse, carcase.

cădo, cěcidi, casum, cădere, 3. v. n. 1. To fall, fall down.-2. To fall dead, die. -3. To fall out, happen, come to pass, esp. in an unexpected manner [akin to Sans. root CAD, "to fall "].

cæd-es, is, f. [cæd-o, "to slay"] A killing or slaying; slaughter.

cælatus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of cælo.

cæl-o, āvi, ātum, āre, 1. v. a. [cæl-um, "a ciisel or burin" of an engraver] ("To employ the cælum on something"; hence) To engrave in relief, to emboss, etc.-Pass.: cæl-or, ātus sum, āri.

Cæpārĭus, ii, m. [cæparius, "a dealer in onions"] Caparius (Quintus), a native of Terracina, and one of Catiline's accomplices. He was strangled in the Tullianum; lv. 6.

Cæsar, ăris, m. (" Hairy One") Cæsar; a cognomen in the Julian family at Rome:

1. Lucius Julius Cæsar: consul B.C. 63 in conjunction with C. Marcius Figulus. He voted for the death of the Catilinarian conspirators, amongst

whom was Lentulus, the husband of his own sister; xvii.-2. Caius Julius Cæsar, the conqueror of Britain, and subsequently the first Roman Emperor. At the time of the conspiracy he was Prætor elect; and it was into his charge that Statilius was given; xlvii. 4 [akin to Sans. keça, "hair"].

Caius, i, m. Caius; a Roman prænomen; abbreviated C. călămĭtas, ātis, f. Misfortune, injury, mishap, disaster, calamity.

călămĭt-ōsus, ōsa, ōsum, adj. [for călămĭtāt-ōsus; fr. călămĭtas,călămĭtāt-is, "calamity"] ("Full of calamitas"; hence) Very calamitous, destructive, ruinous, dr disastrous;-at xlviii. 2 folld. by Dat. [§ 106, (3)].

călumnia, iæ, f. Trickery, intrigue, artifice, etc.

căměra, æ, f. A vault, arched roof, arch [кaμáрa].

Cămers, tis, adj. Of, or belonging to, Camerinum (now Camerino), a town of Umbria in Italy. As Subst.: Cămers, tis, m. A man of Camerinum.

campus, i, m.: 1. An even place, a plain, a field.-2.

grassy plain in Rome on the banks of the Tiber, originally the property of the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was dedicated to Mars;-whence its name. It was used by the Romans for games, exercises, purposes of recreation, and military drill; and was also the place where the Comitia Curiata were held; xxvi. 5. [prob. akin to Gг. кĥπоs, “а garden"].

căn-is, is, comm. gen. A dog [akin to Sans. çvan; Gr. KúWV, Kúv-os, "a dog"; Germ. hun-d; Eng. " houn-d "].

căno, căcini, cantum, cănĕre, 3. v. n. ("To utter or produce melodious notes; to sound, sing, play"; hence) Of signals: With instrument or signal as Subject: To be sounded or given; lix.1 [akin to Sans. root CAMS, "to praise, to relate"].

căp-esso (-isso), essīvi or essii, essītum, essere, 3. v. a. desid. [căp-io, "to take"] ("To take, catch_at, or seize eagerly"; hence) of the state, public affairs, etc.: To undertake, engage in, occupy one's self with, in a zealous or earnest manner.

căpio, cepi, captum, căpere, 3. v. a. 1. To take, lay hold of, etc.:-capere arma, to take up arms, xxvii. 4.—2. a. Of a

arms, to capture.-b. Of persons: To take prisoner in battle, etc.-3. Of a design, plan, etc.: To take up, form, frame, entertain.-4. To ensnare, catch, etc., by wiles, artifices, etc.-5. Of love : To captivate, enchain, etc., a person.-6. Of an office, the state, etc.: To take upon one's self, undertake, enter upon the management of, etc. Pass.: căpior, captus sum,

căpi.

căpit-ālis, āle, adj. [căput, căpit-is, "the head"; hence, "the life"]("Relating to caput"; hence) Law t. t.: Capital, involving the forfeit ure of life.

Căpit-o, onis, m. [căput, căpit-is, "a head"]("One with a large head") Capito (Publius Gabinius); a Roman knight, one of Catiline's accomplices; xvii. 3. He was strangled in prison. Cicero, in his orations against Catiline (iii. 3 sqq. iv. 6), calls him P. Gabinius Cimber.

Căpitōlium, ii, n. The Capitol: the temple of Jupiter at Rome built on the summit of Mons Saturnius or Tarpeius. Hither the new Consuls were conducted with great pomp by the Senate and people on the first day of January in leach year, when they offered

each of them, an ox to Jupiter: after this they entered on their office; see Kalendæ. The Capitol was burnt on three occasions: viz.: 1. B.C. 83, during the troubles consequent upon the struggle between Sylla and Marius; after which it was rebuilt by Sylla and dedicated by Catŭlus. It is to this destruction of it that Sallust refers at xlvii. 2.-2. A.D. 70, by the soldiers of Vitellius. Vespasian rebuilt it.-3. A.D. 80, in the brief reign of Titus, during a conflagration that raged at Rome for three days and three nights. Domitian re-erected it in a very magnificent way.-N.B. Capitolium is not used in the present work in the meaning of the Capitoline Hill.

căpĭundus (căpiendus), a, um, Gerundive of capio.

cap-to, tāvi, tātum, tāre, 1. V. a. intens. [cap-io, "to seize "]("To strive to seize, to catch at," etc.; hence) To strive after, endeavour or seek to obtain, grasp at.

captus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of capio.

Căpŭa, æ, f. Capua (now the village of Santa Maria); the chief city of Campania, noted for its luxury;-at xxx. 2 Capuæ is Gen. of name of

decl. [§ 121, B, b]: at xxx. 9 is Acc. of motion to a place [§ 101].

carcer, ĕris, m. ("An enclosed place"; hence) A prison [Sicilian Kάρкаρ-оν, akin to ëρk-os, and Lat. arc-eo].

căr-ĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, ēre, 2. v. n. ("To shear or be shorn hence) With Abl. [§ 119, b.]: To be without, to do without.

carp-tim, adv. [carp-o, "to pluck"] ("By a plucking "; hence) In separate or small portions; separately, piecemeal. Carthaginienses, ĭum; see Carthago.

Carthago, inis, f. (“New Town") Carthage; a city of Northern Africa, long the rival of Rome, and represented as having been built by Dido, after she had fled from Tyre. It was destroyed by Scipio Africanus the Younger at the close of the third Carthaginian War, B.C. 146.-Hence Carthagin-Ĭensis, ĭense, adj. Of, or belonging to, Carthage; Carthaginian. As Subst.: Carthaginienses, ium, m. plur. The people of Carthage, the Carthaginians.

ca-rus, ra, rum, adj.: With Dat. [§ 106, (3)]: Beloved by, dear or precious to, esteemed or regarded by. Comp. car-ior [for cam-rus; akin to Sans. root KAM, "to love"].