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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cohors cohortis N F :: cohort, tenth part of legion (360 men); armed force; band; ship crew; bodyguard<br />cohors cohors cohortis N F :: court; enclosure/yard/pen, farmyard; attendants, retinue, staff; circle; crowd
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cŏhors</b>: (or [[cors]]; cf. Non. p. 83, 14 sq.; [[later]] aspirated orthog. of MSS. [[chors]]; cf. the [[letter]] C, and Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3), rtis, f. Sanscr. [[root]] har, [[rapio]]; cf. Gr. [[χορός]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[place]] enclosed [[around]], a [[court]], [[enclosure]], [[yard]], [[pen]], etc., esp. for [[cattle]], [[poultry]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cohors, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2 sq.; 2, 2, 9; [[Cato]] ap. Fest. p. 146, 29 Müll.; Col. 8, 3, 8; 7, 3, 8; Ov. F. 4, 704.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cors, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.; [[Glaucia]] ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65 fin.; Col. 2, 14, 18; Vitr. 6, 9; Mart. 3, 58, 12; 13, 45, 2; Pall. 1, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. (cf. [[chorus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., the [[multitude]] enclosed, [[fenced]] in; [[hence]], in milit. lang., a [[company]] of soldiers, a [[division]] of an [[army]], a [[cohort]], the [[tenth]] [[part]] of a [[legion]], comprising [[three]] manipuli or [[six]] centuriae ([[always]] written [[cohors]]), Varr. L. L. 5, § 88; [[Cincius]] ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 6; so Caes. B. G. 3, 1; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 90, 2; 105, 2; Verg. G. 2, 279; id. A. 11, 500 al.: praetoria, the prœtorian or [[bodyguard]] of the [[general]], Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Sall. C. 61, 3 al.—Hence, trop.: habere scortorum cohortem praetoriam, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opp. legiones, [[auxiliary]] [[troops]], allies, Sall. J. 46, 7; Vell. 2, 112, 5; Tac. H. 4, 19; Flor. 3, 21, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[troop]] of [[cavalry]]: [[centurio]] cohortis sextae equestris, Plin. Ep. 10, 106 (107) sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Per synecdochen, an [[army]] in gen.: [[cohors]] Inachiae [[servatrix]], Stat. Th. 5, 672.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Specif., the [[train]] or [[retinue]] of the prœtor in a [[province]]: praetoria, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14, § 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 27, § 66; Cat. 10, 10; Tib. 1, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In gen., a [[crowd]], [[multitude]], [[company]], [[throng]], attendants ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. or in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): vaga, Cat. 63, 25: gigantum, Hor. C. 2, 19, 22: fratrum stipata, Verg. A. 10, 328; cf. Ov. M. 11, 89; Hor. Epod. 16, 60; Tac. A. 6, 9: amicarum, of courtiers, Suet. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.: canum, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143: oratorum, Gell. 19, 8, 15: sectatorum, id. 13, 5, 1.—Of things: febrium, Hor. C. 1, 3, 31.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cŏhors</b>,⁷ [[tis]], f. (cf. [[hortus]], [[χόρτος]]),<br /><b>1</b> enclos, cour de [[ferme]], basse-cour : [[Varro]] L. 5, 88 ; Col. Rust. 8, 3, 8 ; Ov. F. 4, 704<br /><b>2</b> troupe [en gén.] : [[cohors]] amicorum Suet. Cal. 19, 2, cortège d’amis ; [[cohors]] [[illa]] Socratica Gell. 2, 18, 1, l’école de Socrate ; [[cohors]] canum Plin. 8, 143, meute de chiens ; [[cohors]] febrium Hor. O. 1, 3, 31, l’essaim des fièvres<br /><b>3</b> [en part.] <b> a)</b> la cohorte, dixième partie de la légion : cum reliquis [[ejus]] legionis cohortibus Cæs. G. 3, 1, 4, avec les autres cohortes de la légion ; [[cohors]] prætoria Cæs. G. 1, 40, 15, cohorte prétorienne ; <b> b)</b> troupe auxiliaire : Sall. J. 46, 7 ; <b> c)</b> [fig.] armée : Stat. Th. 5, 672 ; <b> d)</b> état-[[major]], suite d’un magistrat dans les provinces : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66 ; Cat. 10, 10 ; Liv. 29, 19, 12. [[cors]] [[Glaucia]] d. Cic. de Or. 2, 263 ; Col. Rust. 2, 14, 8 ; [[chors]] [[Varro]] Men. 55 ; 383 ; Mart. 7, 54, 7 &#124;&#124; gén. pl. -tium Cæs. G. 2, 25 ; Sall. J. 46, 7 ; Liv. 10, 19, 20.||gén. pl. -tium Cæs. G. 2, 25 ; Sall. J. 46, 7 ; Liv. 10, 19, 20.
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{{Georges
|georg=cohors (cōrs, chōrs; vgl. [[Schneider]] Varr. r. r. 1, 13, 3), [[tis]], f. (aus co + indogerm. ĝhrtí-s zu [[Wurzel]] ĝher-, [[fassen]], vgl. [[hortus]] u. [[χόρτος]]), I) [[ein]] [[rings]] eingezäunter [[Ort]], der [[Hofraum]], das [[Gehege]], [[bes]]. fürs [[Vieh]], der Viehhof, [[nach]] den besten Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. [[Form]] [[cohors]], zB. [[Cato]] origg. 4. fr. 2 ([[bei]] [[Fest]]. 146 M.). Varr. LL. 5, 88. Varr. r. r. 1, 13, 3 Schn. Ov. [[fast]]. 4, 704: [[Form]] [[cors]], [[Glaucia]] [[bei]] Cic. de or. 2, 263. Col. 2, 14, 8 Schn. u.a.: [[Form]] [[chors]], Varr. [[sat]]. Men. 55 u. 383. Vitr. 6, 6, 1 codd. optt. ([[Rose]] [[cors]]). Mart. 7, 54, 7 Schn. u.a. Vopisc. Aurel. 5, 1. Augustin. in psalm. 49, 12. – II) meton. (gew. in der [[Form]] [[cohors]]) eig. der eingehegte, eingeschlossene [[Haufe]]; dah. A) der [[Haufe]], die [[Menge]], die [[Schar]], das [[Gefolge]], fratrum stipata, Verg.: cuncta, [[Schiffsmannschaft]], Verg.: amicorum, Curt. u. Suet.: oratorum, poëtarum, sectatorum (Aristotelis), Gell.: canum, Plin.: febrium, Hor.: [[una]] de [[cetera]] cohorte [[gallina]], Apul. – B) insbes., [[als]] milit. t. t., 1) = die [[Kohorte]], der 10. [[Teil]] [[einer]] [[Legion]], 3 manipuli [[oder]] 6 centuriae enthaltend, Caes. u.a. – zuw. cohortes (den Legionen [[entgegengesetzt]]) = »[[Hilfstruppen]] der Bundesgenossen«, Sall. Iug. 46, 7. Vell. 2, 112, 5. Tac. hist. 4, 19. [[Flor]]. 3, 21, 18; [[später]] [[auch]] v. der [[Reiterei]], [[centurio]] cohortis sextae equestris, Plin. ep. 10, 106 (107) sq. – [[aber]] c. equitata, [[mit]] Reitern untermischte, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 2129. – poet. übtr. = [[Heer]] übh., Stat. Theb. 5, 672. – [[Form]] [[cors]], Cypr. de laps. 2. p. 237, 17 H.: [[chors]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 3272: cho(rs), Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 432: cohr(s), s. Bergk Schleudersteine usw. S. 130. – 2) [[cohors]] [[praetoria]], a) die [[Leibwache]] [[des]] Feldherrn, Caes.: so [[auch]] eines Königs, [[cohors]] [[regia]], Liv.: u. [[spöttisch]], c. scortorum, Cic. – b) das den [[Prätor]] in der [[Provinz]] umgebende [[Gefolge]], der [[Stab]], die [[Suite]] (s. [[comes]] no. b, β das Nähere), Cic., Hor. u.a. – / Genet. Plur. [[immer]] cohortium, zB. Caes. b. G. 2, 25, 1. Sall. Iug. 46, 7. Liv. 10, 19, 20, chortium, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 3272. Eckel Doctr. [[num]]. vet. 6. p. 53.
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