INDEX. A. A teneris and in teneris, 222 Ab before consonants, Wagner's doctrine — integro and similar phrases, 48 with ablative instead of instrumental Abdere domo, 260 Abigei, 287 Abiungere, 'to unyoke,' 296 Ablative, material, 39, 171, 235, 274: local, Ablative and dative, sometimes almost un- Abydos, famous for oysters, 165 Acanthus, 206, 317 Accingi, with infinitive, 256 Accipere, correlative of dare, 22: of inire Accusative after passive or intransitive verb Adeo gives a rhetorical prominence to the with dum, 311 Adjectives or participles attached contin- --, descriptive, converted by Hesiod Adolescere and similar words, 86, 300, 345 Aesculus, as the supporter of a vine, 225 Aestiva, of summer pastures, 292 Aestus, of summer, 176 Aetas for annus, doubtful, 268 Aether and Tellus, whether identical with Agere, of upward or downward growth, 232: Agitare for agere or degere, 249: other Agitator aselli distinguished from asinarius, Agmen and acies, 223, 282 Aius Locutius, 191 Aloidae, 174 Alps, earthquakes in, 191 Altars, kindling of, part of a solemn ban- Alter ab undecimo, 83 Altius repetere, 333 Arator, of a countryman, 358 Aratus, Virgil's relation to, 126 foll. ; his Altus, of a river, 158: altum, the main sea, Arbos and arbor, 41 273 Alveus or alvus, for alveare, 242 Amaryllis, etymology of, 23 Ambarvalia, a time of continence, 43 associated with the festival of Ambo, of parties as well as of individuals, Ambrosia, 349 Amellus, flower so called, 332 Amoebaean singing, principle of, 36 Martis, 103: habendi, 322 Amurga (amurca), 164 Anacolutha, in Virgil, 310, 330 Angina, of swine, 294 Anima Mundi, doctrine of, 186, 326 Animosus, shades of meaning of, 240, 259 Annus, original meaning of, 237 magnus, doctrine of, 47 Arbustum, 37 Arbutus, eaten by kids, 43 Arcadia, historical and poetical characters Arcturus, rising and setting of stormy, 165 29 Arena, of the soil of a river, 335 Arethusa, the conventional pastoral foun- Aridus, of sounds, 182 Aristae, in the sense of messis, 27 Aristaeus, traditional account of, 146, 333 : Ariusian wine, 60 Arma ferre, 194 Armare, of rigging ships, 171 Armenta and pecudes distinguished, 250 : Army, Roman, disposition of, at different Arx, of a mountain, 169, 211, 250 Aspice, calling attention, 97 Anser, a poet contemporary with Virgil, 95 Asses, flesh of, 287 omnia, intensive with adjective, 244 Antes, 238 Assyrius, used loosely, 243 At non, in elliptical expressions, 282, 360 "Αθος, supposed form of "Αθως, 179 in an apodosis, 165 -, trajection of, 66 Auctor, used in its etymological sense, 147 Aut, introducing a new question, 339 Autumnus (auctumnus), perhaps of the Avernus, lake of, 210 Avertere, of derangement, 86 Averti, with accusative, 294 Bonum sit or bene sit, in ejaculations, 90 Bov-, prefix denoting magnitude, 205 Bridges, courage of colts shown in passing, Britanni sued for peace to Augustus, 254 Bubulcus, a ploughman, not a herdsman, Bucolic Caesura not much attended to by Bufo, only found in Virgil, 163 Balance, in the Zodiac, sometimes placed in Bull, zodiacal sign of, rising of, 167 the scorpion's claws, 148 Balantes, use of, for sheep, 173, 291 Bulls with gilded horns in triumphal pro- Bumastus, 205 Barbarians introduced into the Roman ar- Buris, 161 Barley supposed to degenerate into darnel Basket-work, one of the husbandman's home Bee, queen, supposed by the ancients to be Bees make holes for themselves, 307: dis- Bird-catching, how far allowed on holy- Birds, loves of, 228 Birthday, a time of merry making, 43 Biting and stinging confounded, 311, 328 Black sheep sacrificed to the dead, 361 Blatta, 329 Buskins worn by Bacchus, 196 C. Cacumen, a cutting from the top of a tree, Cadere, of being left to fall, 31: of winds, Cadit aliquid in aliquem, 93 Caeli orbis, of a planet, 180: caeli menses, Caeruleus, meanings of, 169, 346, 355 Calliopea, other form of Calliope, 53 Caltha, not fragrant, 34 Calves taught to step together, 266 Canalis, 331 Candidus, of beauty, 58 Canor, 310 Blood, coldness of, connected with slowness Cantabri, victory over, 255 of intellect, 245 Bloodshed, fertilizing effect of, 193 Boats on the Nile, 334 Capere ingressus, 338 Capi, captus, of injury or loss, 163 Caput, both of the root and of the top Color, of beauty, 31, branches, 231: of a river, 338 Carceres, 194, 261 Carchesium, 345 Carmen, of a magic song, 86 Castella, of Alpine forts, 292 Caves, poets placed in, 358 Cedar and cypress, durability of, 241 Cella (vinaria), 204 Centaurs and Lapithae, 242 Centaury, 332 Coloratus, of dark colour, 335 Columella, his poem on gardening, 318 Coma, of a flower, 317 Commodus, of human qualities, 316 Concidere, 220 Concilium,company' or 'society,' 147 Congerere for nidum congerere, 42 Consortes, 319 Ceos, its connexion with Aristaeus, 146: Constituere, statuere, a sacrificial word, 361 Certamen ponere, 249 Certe, at any rate,' 103 -, equidem, 92 Consumere in aliquem (aliquid), 267 Continere, of confinement to the house, 171 Continuo, 150, 161, 258, 276, 330 Contrarius, unfavourable,' 174 Contubernales, given to slaves, 23, 42, 73 Challenger in singing had the right of be- Copper vessels split by cold, 283 Cogere in ordinem, &c., 201: cogere, of Credere aliquid, 104 gathering produce, 328 Cognoscere audire, 65 Cohortes villaticae, 281 Cold, said to burn, 153 Colere vitam, aevum, &c., 249 Coleridge referred to, 14 Colligere sitim, 280 Colocasia, 49 Crescere, Döderlein's etymology of, 229: in Creta for argilla, 162, 212, 216 Crocus, colour of, 322 Crops, charming away of, 89 Crown, rising and setting of the stars so Crowning a bowl, Virgil's notion of, 249 Cultus, in the sense of cura, 144 Cum, of close connexion, e.g. of causation, primis and cumprimis, 162 Deerunt, deesse, disyllables, 214 Defluere, of floating or swimming down, Defringere and deplantare, 226 Dehinc, disyllable, 266 Deification of the sons of gods, 339 Cumulus, of the earth at the top of the Deiicere, in hunting, 288 Cur non with present indicative, 54 Curare, of vine-dressing, 236 Curculio, 163 Curetes, 319 Deiopea (Δηιόπεια), 341 Demittere and subducere, of a slope differ- Dens, of any curved implement, 237, 239 Currus, of a thing in motion, 162: for equi, Densus, of soil, 223 Dentale, 161 Depasci, with accusative, 291 Dercylos the Arcadian, inventor of springes, Deripere and diripere confounded, 196 Detexere, of completing work, 36 Di patrii distinguished from indigetes, 193 Didactic poetry, brief sketch of the history Diducere, to break and loosen, 231 Dis in composition, intensive, 38 Diversus, of things locally separated, 343 Dogs, Molossian, 286: Spartan, 256, 282, Domare, uses of, 242 Donarium, of a temple, 298 Decedere, of stars or sun setting, 167: with Donec, with indicative and subjunctive, 300 dative, 88, 306 Decurrere, of ships, 199 Doors and gates, ornaments of, 254 Dorsum nemoris, 289 Drains to be half filled with small stones or Deducere, metaphorical use of, 63: its dif- course, 205 |