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Ărĕnācum (Ărĕnātium, Tab. Peut.; Hărĕnātium, Itin. Anton.), i, n., a town in Gallia Belgica, now Ærth or Arth, near Herwen, Tac. H. 5, 20 sq.; cf. Ukert, Gall. p. 531.

ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so, āriĕtĕ, Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from ἄρην, ἄρρην, qs. the male sheep; others compare ὁ ἔριφος, a he-goat, buck, and ὁ ἔλαφος, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.
    Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al.
    2. B. An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.: quamvis murum aries percusserit, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: ab ariete materia defendit, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: arietibus aliquantum muri discussit, Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.
    3. C. A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (δίκην κριοῦ, Paraphr.); corresp. to capreolus, Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.
      Trop.: ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus, Cic. Top. 17, 64.
    4. D. An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

arviga (harv-), v. arvix.

† arvix or harvix, ĭgis, f., = ΑΡΙΞ, with digamma ΑΡϜΙΞ, also as fem. arvi-ga (harv-), ae, a ram for offering: Aries qui etiam dicebatur Ares, veteres nostri Arviga, hinc Arvigas, Varr. L. L. 5, § 98 Lindem.: Harviga dicebatur hostia, cujus adhaerentia inspiciebantur exta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll. (in Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28, haruga; in Vel. Long. p. 2233 P. ariuga).

hăra, ae, f., a pen or coop for animals: anserum, a goose-pen, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3 sq.; Col. 8, 14, 5; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 24 al.; a hog-stye, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14; Col. 7, 9, 9; Ov. H. 1, 104; cf.: confer nunc, Epicure noster, ex hara producte, non ex schola, confer, etc., Cic. Pis. 16, 37: hara suis, as a term of reproach, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39.

hărēna (better than ărēna, Bramb. s. v. Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, and v. infra), ae, f. [Sabin. fas-ena; from Sanscr. root bhas-, to shine, gleam, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 102].

  1. I. Prop., sand (syn.: sabulum, glarea, suburra): harenae tria genera, Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175: magnus congestus harenae, Lucr. 6, 724; 726: litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam, the thirsty sand of the curved shore, id. 2, 376; so, bibula harena, Verg. G. 1, 114 (Rib. and Forbig., but Conington arena): sicca, id. ib. 1, 389: sterilis, id. ib. 1, 70: mollis, Ov. M. 2, 577: opaci omnis harena Tagi, i. e. the gold it was believed to contain, Juv. 3, 55 (cf. Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115): nivis more incidens, Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 2.
    Poet.: harena nigra, = limus, slime, mud, Verg. G. 4, 292.
    Plur. (postAug.; its use is said by Gell. 19, 8, 3, to have been ridiculed by Cæsar as a verbi vitium): arenae carae, of the golden sands of Pactolus, Ov. M. 11, 88 Merk.: quem (delphina) postquam bibulis inlisit fluctus harenis, id. H. 18, 201: summae cauda verruntur arenae, id. M. 10, 701 Merk.; so id. ib. 2, 456; 865; 11, 231; 499; 15, 268; 279; Stat. S. 4, 3, 23 Queck; Col. 1 praef. 24; but harenae, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47; Verg. G. 2, 106; 3, 350; Hor. C. 3, 4, 31 K. and H.: arenarum inculta vastitas, Sen. Q. N. 1 prol. 8; of the bottom of the sea: furit aestus harenis, Verg. A. 1, 107: aestu miscentur harenae, id. ib. 3, 557.
    Prov.
          1. (α) Quid harenae semina mandas? Ov. H. 5, 115; cf. id. Tr. 5, 4, 48.
          2. (β) Ex incomprehensibili pravitate arenae funis effici non potest, Col. 10 praef. § 4.
          3. (γ) Arena sine calce, said by Caligula of Seneca, because his sentences seem like independent maxims, without connection, Suet. Cal. 53.
          4. (δ) Of vast numbers: sicut arena quae est in litore maris, Vulg. Judic. 7, 12; id. Gen. 22, 17.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. In gen., sand, sands, a sandy place: ut cum urbis vendiderit, tum arenam aliquam emat, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71 B. and K.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. A sandy desert, waste (mostly post-Aug.): cum super Libycas victor penderet arenas, Ov. M. 4, 617; Luc. 2, 417: nigras inter harenas, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 83: Memnonis effigies, disjectas inter et vix pervias arenas, Tac. A. 2, 61.
      2. 2. The shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand: cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam, Lucr. 6, 726: litoream arenam sulcare, Ov. M. 15, 725: doque leves saltus udaeque inmittor arenae, id. ib. 3, 599: multaque perpessae (carinae) Phrygia potiuntur arena, id. ib. 12, 38: sub noctem potitur classis arena, id. ib. 13, 729.
        So sing., Verg. A. 1, 540; 5, 34; 6, 316; 11, 626 al.
      3. 3. The place of combat in the amphitheatre (strewn with sand), the arena: in amphitheatri arena, Suet. Ner. 53; id. Tit. 8: missus in arenam aper, id. Tib. 72; id. Aug. 43: comminus ursos figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena venator, Juv. 4, 100; 2, 144; 8, 206: juvenes in arenam luxuria projecit, Sen. Ep. 99, 13.
      4. 4. Transf.
          1. (α) A combat in the amphitheatre: in harenam se dare, Dig. 11, 4, 5 fin.: operas arenae promittere, Tac. A. 14, 14: in opera scaenae arenaeque edenda, Suet. Tib. 35: scaenae arenaeque devotus, id. Cal. 30.
          2. (β) The combatants in the arena: cum et juris idem (i. e. testandi libertas) contingat harenae, the gladiators have the right, etc., Juv. 6, 217.
      5. 5. Harena urens, volcanic fire, lava: Aetna ingentem vim arenae urentis effudit, Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 1.
  3. III. Trop., the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.): civilis belli arena, Flor. 4, 2, 18; 4, 7, 6; cf. id. 3, 21, 1; Luc. 6, 63: in harena mea, hoc est apud centumviros, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 2.

hărēnācĕus (aren-), a, um, adj., sandy, = harenosus (only in Plin.): terra, Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 43 al.

hărēnārĭus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena].

  1. I. Prop., of or pertaining to sand: lapis, sandstone (= lapis bibulus of Verg.), Serv. Verg. G. 2, 348.
  2. II. Transf., of or pertaining to the amphitheatre: fera, destined for the arena, Arn. 29, 1.
  3. III. Hence, subst.,
    1. A. hărēnārĭus, i, m.
      1. 1. A combatant in the amphitheatre, a gladiator, Dig. 22, 5, 21; 36, 1, 5; Cod. Just. 3, 27, 11; Petr. 126, 6; Inscr. Orell. 4063 (but cf. Orell. ad loc.).
      2. 2. A teacher of the elements of arithmetic (the figures being drawn in sand), Tert. Pall. 6 (cf. abacus).
    2. B. hărēnā-rĭa, ae (sc. fodina; cf.: aeraria, argentaria, etc.), f., a sand-pit, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23: in arenarias quasdam extra portam Esquilinam perductus occiditur, Cic. Clu. 13, 37 B. and K.
    3. C. hărēnārĭum, ii, n., a sand-pit, Vitr. 2, 4, 2; 6, 11.

hărēnātĭo (aren-), ōnis, f. [id].

      1. 1. Prop., a sanding, plastering with sand.
      2. 2. Transf., a plastering, cementing, Vitr. 7, 3, 9.

hărēnātus (aren-), a, um, adj. [id], sanded, covered or mixed with sand (very rare): calx, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; Inscr. Grut. 207.
As subst.: hărēnātum, i (sc. opus), n., sand-mortar, Vitr. 7, 4; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176 sq.

hărēnĭfŏdīna (aren-), ae, f. [harena-fodio], a sand-pit (late Lat. for harenaria; s. v. harenarius, III. B.), Dig. 7, 1, 13, § 5; 24, 3, 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll.

hărēnĭvăgus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena-vagus], wandering over sands: Cato, Luc. 9, 941.

hărēnōsus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena], full of sand, sandy: Ladon, Ov. M. 1, 702: terra, id. ib. 14, 82; Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44: litus Libyae, Verg. A. 4, 257: urina, Plin. 23, 3, 36, § 73: lapis harenosior, id. 33, 6, 33, § 101: quod sit harenosissimum subsidat, id. 27, 4, 5, § 20.
As subst.: hărē-nōsum, i, n., a sandy place: quae humi arido atque harenoso gignuntur, Sall. J. 48, 3.
Plur.: hărēnōsa, ōrum, opp. lutosa, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60.

hărēnŭla (aren-), ae, f. dim. [harena], fine sand, a grain of sand, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 24.

hărĭŏla, ae, v. hariolus.

* hărĭŏlātĭo (ar-), ōnis, f. [hariolor], a soothsaying, prophesying, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Fragm. Trag. 42 Rib.).

hărĭŏlor (ar-), āri, v. dep. n. [hariolus], to foretell, prophesy, divine.

  1. I. Lit.: Προθεσπίζω igitur, non hariolans, ut illa (Cassandra) cui nemo credidit, sed conjectura prospiciens, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3: quaestus causa hariolari, id. Div. 1, 58, 132.
    Comically: mirabar, quod dudum scapulae gestibant mihi, Hariolari quae occeperunt sibi esse in mundo malum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 50.
  2. II. Transf., in a bad sense (like vaticinor), to speak foolishly, to talk silly stuff, nonsense (ante-class.), Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 80; id. As. 3, 2, 33; 5, 2, 74; id. Rud. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 7; cf. Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 97: age jam cupio, si modo argentum reddat. Sed ego hoc hariolor, am dreaming, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 48.

hărĭŏlus (ar-), i, m., and harĭŏla, ae, f. [Sanscr. hira, entrails; Gr. χορδή, χολάδες; cf. haruspex], a soothsayer, prophet, prophetess (= augur, auspex, haruspex, extispex).

        1. (α) Masc.: hariolos, haruspices Mitte omnes: quae futura et quae facta, eloquar, Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 2; cf.: ut haruspices, augures, harioli, vates et conjectores nobis essent colendi, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55; Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 4; id. Men. prol. 76; id. Poen. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27; Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; Phaedr. 3, 3, 6 et saep.
        2. (β) Fem., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99; id. Rud. 4, 4, 95 sq.

Harmŏdĭus, ĭi, m., = Ἁρμόδιος, a famous Athenian, murderer of Hipparchus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 116; Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; Gell. 9, 2.

† harmŏgē, ēs, f., = ἁρμογή,

  1. I. a proper combination or mingling of colors, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29.
  2. II. Transf., harmony of sound, Varr. Sat. Men. 63, 18.

† 1. harmŏnĭa, ae (archaic gen. sing. harmoniaï, Lucr. 3, 131), f., = ἁρμονία, an agreement of sounds, consonance, concord, harmony; pure Lat. concentus.

  1. I. Lit.: velut in cantu et fidibus, quae harmonia dicitur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; cf.: harmoniam ex intervallis sonorum nosse possumus: quorum varia compositio etiam harmonias efficit plures, id. ib. 1, 18, 41: ad harmoniam canere mundum, id. N. D. 3, 11, 27: numeros et geometriam et harmoniam conjungere, id. Rep. 1, 10; Vitr. 5, 4, 6.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Concord, harmony; in gen., Lucr. 3, 131: neque harmoniā corpus sentire solere, id. 3, 118: nam multum harmoniae Veneris differre videntur, id. 4, 1248.
    2. B. Singing, a song: te nostra, Deus, canit harmonia, Prud. Cath. 3, 90.

2. Harmŏnĭa, ae, f., daughter of Mars and Venus, the wife of Cadmus, and mother of Semele, Ino, Agave, and Polydorus, Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 159.
Acc.: Harmonien, Ov. A. A. 3, 86.

† harmŏnĭcē, ēs, f., = ἁρμονική, the science of sounds, harmonics, Vitr. 5, 3, 8.
Called harmŏnĭca, ae, f., Vitr. 5, 4, 1.

† harmŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἁρμονικός, of or belonging to agreement or harmony, harmonious, harmonic (very rare): res, Varr. L. L. 10, § 64 Müll.: harmonica ratio, quae cogit rerum naturam sibi ipsam congruere, Plin. 2, 109, 113, § 248: tinnitus, Mart. Cap. 1, § 27.

† harpa, ae, f., = ἅρπη (a sickle, transf.), a harp (late Lat.), Ven. Carm. 7, 8, 63.

(harpactĭcon, false read. in Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 176; v. 1. harpax.)

† harpăga, ae, f., = ἁρπάγη, a hook, for the usual harpago, Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 20.

* harpăgĭnētŭlus, i, m. dim. [harpago], a small hook, Vitr. 7, 5, 3 dub.

† 1. harpăgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ἁρπάζω], to rob, plunder (Plautin.): aurum mihi intus harpagatum est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 11; id. Ps. 1, 2, 6; 4, 2, 2.

† 2. harpăgo ōnis, m. [ἁρπάγη], a hook for drawing things to one’s self, for tearing down any thing, etc., a grappling-hook, grapple, drag (pure Lat. manica, manus ferrea).

  1. I. Lit., Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 1; id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; Liv. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.
  2. * II. Transf., a rapacious person: blandiloquentulus harpago, mendax, cuppes, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 13.

Harpăgus i, m., a Median nobleman, to whom Astyages committed his grandson Cyrus to be destroyed, but by whom he was preserved alive, Just. 1, 4 sq.; Sen. de Ira, 3, 15, 1.

Harpălus, i, m., one of Cicero’s slaves, Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1.

Harpălycē, ēs, f., = Ἁρπαλύκη, the daughter of the Thracian king Harpalycus, brought up as a warrior, Verg. A. 1, 317 Serv.; Hyg. Fab. 193; 252; 254.

† harpastum, i, n., = ἁρπαστόν, a hand-ball: sive harpasta manu pulverulenta rapis, Mart. 4, 19, 6; 7, 67, 4.

† 1. harpax, ăgis, adj., = ἅρπαξ, drawing to itself, rapacious.
Lit., of amber and brimstone: in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; so of sulphur, id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).

2. Harpax, ăgis, m. [ἅρπαξ], the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq.
Also in voc.: Harpage, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.

† harpē, ēs, f., = ἅρπη.

  1. I. A sickleshaped sword, a falchion, cimeter, Ov. M. 5, 69; 176; Luc. 9, 663; Val. Fl. 4, 388.
  2. II. A species of falcon, tassel gentle: Falco gentilis, Linn.; Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204.

Harpŏcrătēs, is, m., = Ἁρποκράτης,

  1. I. The Egyptian god of silence, represented with his finger on his mouth; acc. to others, a Greek philosopher, who enjoined silence respecting the nature of the gods, Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll. N. cr. (cf. Ov. M. 9, 692).
  2. * II. Transf., a silent person, Cat. 74, 4.

Harpȳiae (trisyl.; scanned as a quadrisyl. Hārpyĭās, Rutil. Itin. 1, 608), ārum, f., = Ἇρπυιαι (qs. the spoilers).

  1. I. Mythical rapacious monsters, half bird and half woman, the Harpies, Verg. A. 3, 212 sq.; 6, 289; Hor. S. 2, 2, 40; Val. Fl. 4, 428; Hyg. Fab. 14.
    In sing.: Harpyia Celaeno, Verg. A. 3, 365.
    1. B. Transf., in sing., a rapacious person, a harpy, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.
  2. II. Also in sing., the name of one of Actœon’s hounds, Ov. M. 3, 215.

Harūdes, um, m., a Germanic tribe in the army of Ariovistus, perh. the same as the Charudes in the Chersonesus Cimbrica (in the Northern Jütland), Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10; 1, 37, 2; 1, 51, 2 Monum. Ancyr.

haruga and harviga, v. arvix.

hărundĭfer (ar-), ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [harundo-fero], reed-bearing, crowned with reeds: caput, Ov. F. 5, 637.

hărundĭnācĕus (ar-), a, um, adj. [harundo], like a reed, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58.

hărundĭnārĭus (ar-), ii, m. [id. II. B.], a dealer in limed twigs, Inscr. Orell. 4199.

hărundĭnātĭo (ar-), ōnis, f. [id. II. L.], the poling of vines, the propping with reeds, Varr. 1, 8, 3 (ex conj. Schneid. The vulg. reading is: Canusini in harundulatione in ficis).

hărundĭnētum (ar-), i, n. [harundo, II.], a thicket or jungle of reeds, Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 4; Col. 4, 32, 3; Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 28; Vulg. Josue, 16, 8; 17, 9.

hărundĭnĕus (ar-), a, um, adj. [harundo, II.].

  1. I. Of reeds, reedy: silva, Verg. A. 10, 710: paniculae, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117: cuneoli, Col. 4, 29, 10: ripae, Stat. Th. 6, 174.
    Poet.: carmen, a shepherd’s song, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 12.
  2. II. Like a reed: radix, Plin. 24, 16, 93, § 150: mensura aurea, Vulg. Apoc. 21, 15.

hărundĭnōsus (ar-), a, um, adj. [harundo, II.], abounding in reeds: Cnidus, Cat. 36, 13.

hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.; v. infra), ĭnis, f. [etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq.].

  1. I. Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf. also: culmus, calamus, stipula), Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.: intus medullam sabuci (habent) … inanitatem harundines, id. 13, 22, 42, § 122: longa parvae sub arundine cannae, Ov. M. 8, 337: fluvialis, Verg. G. 2, 414; used for covering or thatching huts and houses, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3; esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae, Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.: teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.
    Prov.: arundo vento agitata, Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24: arundinem quassatam non confringet, ib. Matt. 12, 20.
  2. II. Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.
    1. A. A fishing-rod: hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5: haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces, Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.: hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit, Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.
    2. B. Limed twigs for catching birds: parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt, Petr. 40, 6: volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit, id. 109, 7: cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu, Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin: aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda, id. 9, 54, 3 id.: ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos, Sil. 7, 674: harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.
    3. C. A wreath or crown made of reeds; as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa, Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.; v. Orell. ad loc.
      Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo, Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.; of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines, Ov. M. 9, 3: subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas, Val. Fl. 1, 218: (Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine, Vell. Pat. 2, 83; and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo, Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333: velatus harundine glauca Mincius, Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.
    4. D. The shaft of an arrow: quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum, Ov. M. 1, 471: pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi, Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.
      Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow: inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem, Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526; 11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo, Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.
    5. E. A pen: neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos, Mart. 1, 3, 10: inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo, Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus: Cnidia, Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and: Acidalia, Mart. 9, 14, 3.
  3. F. A reed pipe, shepherd’s pipe, Pan-pipes, = σύριγξ (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding): junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat, Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.; 11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam, Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.: compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen, id. Cul. 100: nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.
  4. G. A flute (made of the κάλαμος αὐλητικός, Theophr. 4, 12): Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena, Ov. M. 6, 384.
  5. H. A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place: stamen secernit arundo, Ov. M. 6, 55.
  6. K. A reed for brushing down cobwebs: ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.
  7. L. A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained: jugorum genera fere quatuor, … harundo, ut in Arpino, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.
  8. M. A rod (for beating, punishing): ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit, Petr. 134.
  9. N. Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.
  10. O. A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.
  11. P. A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child’s plaything: equitare in harundine longa, Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.: non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est, Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.

hărundŭlātio, v. harundinatio.

hăruspex (ar-), ĭcis, m. [Sanscr. hirā, entrails; Gr. χολάδες, χορδή; cf. hariolus, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 202 sq.], a soothsayer, diviner among the Etruscans, who foretold future events from the inspection of the entrails of victims; from this people they were introduced among the Romans (syn.: hariolus, augur, auspex, extispex).

  1. I. Lit.: haruspices mitte omnis, Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 2: quid enim habet haruspex, cur pulmo incisus etiam in bonis extis dirimat tempus et proferat diem? Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; cf. id. N. D. 1, 20, 55: Etrusci haruspices, id. Div. 2, 35, 75; cf. id. Leg. 2, 9, 21; Gell. 4, 5, 5: cum haruspices ex tota Etruria convenissent, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: Tyrrhenae gentis haruspex, Ov. M. 15, 577: quem (annum) saepe ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent bello civili cruentum fore, Sall. C. 47, 2; cf.: C. Mario per hostias dis supplicanti magna atque mirabilia portendi haruspex dixerat, id. J. 63, 1: dum sacra secundus haruspex Nuntiet, Verg. A. 11, 739: signaque ferre jubent: retinet longaevus haruspex Fata canens, id. ib. 8, 498; Macr. S. 3, 5, 1: qui de salute principis vel de summa rei publicae haruspices consulit, cum eo qui responderit, capite punitur, Paul. Sent. 5, 21, 3. Cf., on the haruspices, O. Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 6 sq.
  2. II. Poet. transf., a prophet in gen.: utinam patriae sim vanus haruspex, etc., Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 59: Armenius vel Commagenus, Juv. 6, 550.

hăruspĭca (ar-), ae, f. [haruspex],

  1. I. a female haruspex or soothsayer, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99.
  2. II. = haruspicium, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203.

hăruspĭcālis, e, adj. [haruspex], of a soothsayer: ars, Serv. Verg. A. 4, 56.

hăruspĭcīnus (ar-), a, um, adj. [haruspex], of or relating to the inspection of victims.

  1. I. Adj.: quod Etruscorum declarant et haruspicini et fulgurales et tonitruales libri, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72.
  2. II. Subst.: hăruspĭ-cīna, ae, f. (sc. ars), the art of divining, divination: oratio, quae haruspicinae disciplina continetur, Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Fam. 6, 18, 1.

hăruspĭcĭum (ar-), ii, n. [haruspex], inspection of victims, divination, Cat. 90, 2.