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|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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