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Ĕrĕbus, i, m., = Ἔρεβος.
- A. The god of darkness, son of Chaos, and brother of Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17 fin.; Hyg. Myth. praef.; Verg. A. 4, 510; Ov. M. 14, 404.
- B. The Lower World, Verg. G. 4, 471 Serv.; id. A. 6, 247; 7, 140; Ov. M. 5, 543; 10, 76, al.
Hence,
- II. Ĕrĕbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lower World: colubrae, Ov. lb. 229.
Ĕrechtheus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Ἐρεχθεύς,
- I. a fabled king of Athens, father of Procris, Orithyia, Chthonia, and Creüsa, who devoted themselves to death for their country, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62; id. N. D. 3, 19; id. Sest. 21, 48; Ov. M. 6, 667 sq.; 7, 697; Just. 2, 6, 12.
- II. Derivv.
- A. Ĕrechthēus, a, um, adj., Erechthean, and poet. for Athenian: domus, Ov. F. 5, 204: arces, id. M. 8, 548; cf. litus, Val. Max. 6, 1, 1 ext.
- B. Ĕrecthī-dae, ārum, m., poet., the Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 430.
- C. Ĕrechthis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Erechtheus, Orithyia, Ov. H. 16; Procris, id. M. 7, 726.
ērecte, adv., boldly, v. erigo, P. a. fin.
ērectĭo, ōnis, f. [erigo],
- I. a setting up, erecting: tignorum, Vitr. 10, 5 fin.; 8 praef.; Vulg. Num. 10, 21.
- II. Trop., pride, insolence, Vulg. Job, 22, 20.
ērectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from erigo.
Ĕrembi, ōrum or um, m., = Ἐρεμβοί, the Troglodytes in Africa, Avien. Descr. Orb. 271; Prisc. Perieg. 170 al.
ē-rēmĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to row or sail through or over, to navigate (post-Aug. and very rare): undas, Sil. 14, 190: septentrionem, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168.
† ĕrēmīta, ae., m., = ἐρημίτης, an eremite, hermit, Sulpic. Sever. Dial. 17.
† ĕrēmītis, ĭdis, adj. f., = ἐρημιτίς, solitary, recluse, Sid. Ep. 9, 3.
† ĕrēmŏdĭcĭum, ii, n., = ἐρημοδικίοϝ, a default of appearance before a court at the appointed time, Dig. 4, 4, 7 fin.; 46, 7, 13; Cod. Just. 3, 1, 13, § 3; Tert. adv. Matyr. 3.
† ĕrēmus (ĕrĕmus, Prud. Cathem. 5, 89; id. Psych. 371), a, um, adj., = ἔρημος, waste, desert (late Lat.).
- I. Adj.: loca, Cod. Just. 11, 57, 4.
- II. Subst.: ĕrēmus, i, m. (sc. locus), or f. (sc. regio), a wilderness, desert, Tert. Idol. 5; Sulpic. Sever. Dial. 1, 15; Vulg. Deut. 1, 19 al.
ē-rēpo, psi, 3 (pluperf. subj. sync. erepsemus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 79), v. n. and a. (anteclass. and since the Aug. period.).
- I. Neutr., to creep out, crawl forth.
- A. In gen., Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 1; Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Sil. 15, 617; Stat. Th. 11, 581.
- B. Esp., in an upward direction, to creep or clamber up, Suet. Tib. 60.
Poet. transf. of a building, to rise, Stat. S. 2, 2, 30.
- C. Trop.: pecunia quoque circa paupertatem plurimum morae habet, dum ex illa erepat, Sen. Ep. 101, 2.
- II. Act.
- * A. To creep through: totum agrum genibus, Juv. 6, 526.
- * B. To climb: montes, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 79.
ēreptīcĭus or -tius, a, um, adj. [eripio], that is taken away from one for punishment, Ulp. Fragm. 19, 17.
ēreptĭo, ōnis, f. [eripio], a forcible taking away, seizure of a possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5: animae, Tert. Spect. 2.
ēreptor, ōris, m. [eripio], a robber, plunderer: bonorum, Cic. Quint. 8: libertatis, id. Sest. 51.
Plur.: terrarum, Tac. A. 13, 55 fin.
ēreptus, a, um, Part., from eripio.
ēres, v. heres.
Ĕrĕtrĭa, ae, f., = Ἐρετρία.
- I. The principal city on the island of Euboea, the birthplace of the philosopher Menedemus, now Palaeo Castro, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 59; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; Cic. Ac. 2, 42; Liv. 32, 16; 35, 38 al.
- B. Derivv.,
- 1. Ĕrĕtrĭus, a, um, adj., Eretrian: creta, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 163; so, terra, Cels. 5, 15; 6, 3.
Subst.: Eretria, ae, f., Plin. 35, 6, 21, § 38; Vitr. 7, 14.
- 2. Ĕrĕtrĭ-ensis, e, adj., of Eretria: Gongylus, Nep. Paus. 2.
Subst., Ĕrĕtrienses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Eretria, Liv. 35, 38.
- 3. Ĕrĕtrĭăci, ōrum, m., philosophers of the school of Menedemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 109.
Also called,
- 4. Ĕrĕtrĭci, ōrum., m., Cic. de Or. 3, 17; Sen. Ep. 88 fin.
In sing.: Ĕrĕtrĭcus, an Eretrian philosopher, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39.
- II. A city of Thessaly, in Phthiotis, now Tzangli, Liv. 32, 13; 33, 6.
Ērētum, i, n., = Ἤρητοϝ, an ancient city of the Sabines, now Grotta Marozza (acc. to G. Long, Rimane), Verg. A. 7, 711; Liv. 3, 26; 29 al.
Hence, Ērētīnus, a, um, adj., of Eretum, Tib. 4, 8, 4.
ē-rĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to raise or set up, to erect (very freq. and class.).
- I. Lit.
- A. In gen.: rubrum jubar, Lucr. 4, 404: caput, id. 5, 1208: ar borem (with extollere), Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: hominem, to form erect, id. Leg. 1, 9, 26: os, id. ib. 3, 85; jacentem, Curt. 7, 3, 17: hastas, Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10: digitum, Quint. 11, 3, 120: manus ad tectum, id. 11, 3, 118; cf.: scalas ad moenia, Liv. 32, 14: agmen in adversum clivum, to lead up, id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36: aciem in collem, id. H. 4, 71: oculos, i. e. to raise. Cic. Sest. 31, 68.
- b. With se, or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one’s self up, to rise: connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so, sese aut sublevare (Alces), Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2: statura breves in digitos eriguntur, i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.: in ungues, id. 11, 3, 120: in armos (equus), Stat. Th. 6, 502: in auras, Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512: sub auras, Verg. A. 8, 25: ad sidera (fumus), id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.
Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.
- B. In partic.
- 1. To build, construct, erect (rarely): turres, Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1: saxeas turres, Flor. 3, 2 fin.: quis totidem erexit villas, Juv. 1, 94.
- 2. Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed: Albanus erigit totam aciem, Liv. 1, 27, 6.
- II. Trop.
- A. In gen., to arouse, excite: erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite, Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf. aures (with animum attendere), id. Verr. 2, 1, 10: animos ad audiendum, id. Ac. 2, 4, 10: cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset, had aroused, excited, Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.: aculeos severitatis in rem, etc., Cic. Cael. 12, 29: libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat, id. Planc. 13 fin.: paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis, id. de Or. 2, 12 fin.
- B. In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage: erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9: spem, Tac. H. 4, 71: illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti, id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.: rempublicam ex tam gravi casu, Liv. 6, 2, 1: multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae, id. 21, 19: Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum, Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3: Lusitanos, id. 2, 17, 15: fiduciam Pori, Curt. 8, 13, 16: animos ad spem, id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.: non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit, Cic. Deiot. 14; so, se, id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.: se in spem, Liv. 3, 1, 2: se ad spem libertatis, Just. 11, 1, 2: se ad imitationem, Quint. 2, 3, 10.
Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.
Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.
- A. Prop.: primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit, Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.: erectus et celsus status, ib. Or. 18, 59: incessus, Tac. H. 1, 53: vultus, Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.: coxae, Cels. 7, 16: viriditas culmo geniculato, Cic. de Sen. 15: prorae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.: petra in metae modum, Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.
Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.
- B. Trop.
- 1. Elevated, lofty, noble: celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf. animus (with magnus), id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.: erectior homo, id. Off. 1, 30: habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris, Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.
- b. In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.
- 2. Intent, attentive, on the stretch: judices, Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.: suspensique (Horatii), Liv. 1, 25: plebs, civitas exspectatione, id. 2, 54; 3, 47: vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes), Cic. Phil. 4, 5: mens circa studia, Quint. 1, 3, 10: studium in legendo, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: multitudo, Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.: erecta in Othonem studia, lively sympathies, id. ib. 2, 11.
Comp.: ad agendum erectiores, Quint. 9, 4, 12.
- 3. Animated, encouraged, resolute: legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc., Cic. de Sen. 20, 75: nunc vero multo sum erectior, id. Phil. 4, 1, 2: erectis animis, Tac. A. 3, 7.
Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.: judicare, Gell. 7, 3 fin.: loqui, Amm. 15, 5.
hēres (ēres, Inscr. Orell. 188 al.), ēdis (archaic acc. sing. herem, Naev. ap. Non. 486, 33; Inscr. Orell. 4379; cf. the art. ‡ herem), comm. [Sanscr. har-āmi, seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. χείρ, χέρης; cf. erus], an heir, heiress.
- I. Lit.: testamento facto mulier moritur: facit heredem ex deunce et semuncia Caecinam, ex duabus sextulis M. Fulcinium, Cic. Caecin. 6, 17; cf.: me nemo nisi amicus fecit heredem, etc. … aliquem palam heredem factitare, id. Phil. 2, 16, 41: mulier testamento fecit heredem filiam, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; id. Mil. 18, 48; cf. id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; Ov. H. 9, 110; Dig. 37, 7, 2; 37, 7, 9; Ven. Fort. Carm. 8, 6, 44: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti ex duobus filiis major, et ex duabus ea, quae aetate antecedebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3: scripserunt heredes secum M. Crassum et Q. Hortensium, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73: aliquem heredem testamento relinquere, id. Quint. 4, 14: relictus ab eo in amplis opibus heres, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122: aliquem heredem instituere, Cic. Clu. 7, 22; Quint. 8, 5, 17; cf.: per leges institui uxor non poterat heres, id. 9, 2, 74: instituto herede abdicato, id. 3, 6, 97: substitutus heres erat, id. 7, 6, 10: virgo Vestalis neque heres est cuiquam, etc., Labeo ap. Gell. 1, 12, 18: substituere heredem, Dig. 28, 6, 1: heres ex parte dimidia et tertia est Capito: in sextante sunt ii, quorum, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2: ex asse heres, sole heir, Quint. 7, 1, 20; so, heres ex parte sexta, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 6: ex dodrante, Suet. Caes. 83: (L. Mescinius) heres est M. Mindio fratri suo, Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; so, cur virgini Vestali sit heres, non sit matri suae? id. Rep. 3, 10; cf.: quem suis bonis heredem esse cupiebat, id. Caecin. 4, 12; and: atque meis bonis omnibus ego te herem faciam, Naev. ap. Non. 486, 33; for which: quem quis heredem suum esse voluit, Quint. 5, 10, 74: repentinus heres, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: liberti heredem sequantur, Quint. 7, 7, 9; so the formula frequently occurring on inscriptions: HIC LOCVS, HOC MONVMENTVM HEREDEM NON SEQVITVR, USU. abbreviated H. L. or H. M. H. N. S., Inscr. Orell. 4379; 3926; 4455; 575; 2807; 4182; cf. opp.: HOC MONVMENTVM HEREDEM SEQVITVR, Inscr. Orell. 4397: heres secundus, the second heir, next heir, when the first dies: qui me secundum heredem instituerit. Cic. Fam. 13, 61, 1; cf.: possessio heredum secundorum, id. Inv. 2, 21, 62: secundus, Quint. 8, 4, 11; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Inscr. Orell. 3416; also used of a female: Marcus ait: Heres ipsius secundus, de muliere loquens, Charis. p. 79 P.: heres necessarius, a slave made heir with a grant of freedom, and compelled to assume the liabilities of the estate, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 1 Sandars: ideo sic appellatus, quia, sive velit sive nolit, omnimodo post mortem testatoris protinus liber et heres est, Gai. Inst. 2, 153: heres suus et necessarius, a natural heir who was in the potestas of the deceased, id. ib. 2, § 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1; opp.: heres extraneus, Gai. Inst. 2, § 161.
Poet.: tanti certaminis (i. e. armorum Achillis), Ov. M. 13, 129.
- B. Transf.
- 1. Owner, possessor, master (ante-class.): heres apud antiquos pro domino ponebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Just. Inst. 2, 19 fin.: apstuli hanc, quojus heres numquam erit post hunc diem, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 12; cf. v. 28.
- 2. A successor, after-growth (poet.): nec ullum caput est impune recisum, quin gemino cervix herede valentior esset, of the heads of the Lernean Hydra, Ov. M. 9, 74; cf.: alni caesae densius innumero herede prosunt, Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173.
- II. Trop. (very rare): illa vetus Academia atque ejus heres Aristus, Cic. Brut. 97, 332; cf. artis, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 24: laudis, Ov. H. 9, 110: fraudis, id. ib. 2, 78: criminis. id. A. A. 3, 459.