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|lshtext=<b>arx</b>: arcis, f. arx ab arcendo, [[quod]] is [[locus]] munitissimus rubis, a quo facillime possit [[hostis]] prohiberi, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 20; Isid. Orig. 15, 2, 32; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 428; v. [[arceo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[stronghold]], [[castle]], [[citadel]], [[fortress]], [[ἀκρόπολις]]>; in [[Rome]], the [[Capitolium]].<br /> Lit.: arce et urbe orba [[sum]], Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Müll.): optumates, Corinthum quae arcem altam habetis, id. ap. ejusd. Fam. 7, 6: edicite per urbem ut omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt, cives, etc.; Att. ap. Non. p. 357, 14: Illa [[autem]] in arcem [[hinc]] abiit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; so id. Ps. 4, 6, 2: In arcem transcurso [[opus]] est, Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17: Condere coeperunt urbīs arcemque locare, Lucr. 5, 1107: arcis [[servator]], [[candidus]] [[anser]], id. 4, 683: munire arcem, Cic. Pis. 34 fin.: cum Tarento amisso arcem [[tamen]] [[Livius]] retinuisset, id. de Or. 2, 67, 273: arx [[intra]] [[moenia]] in immanem altitudinem edita; Liv. 45, 28: arx [[Sion]], Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 7: arx [[Jerusalem]], ib. 1 Macc. 13, 49: Romana, Liv. 1, 12: Capitolina, id. 6, 20; cf. id. 3, 18: Sabinus arcem Capitolii insedit mixto milite, Tac. H. 3, 69; Suet. Claud. 44 et saep. As the [[place]] on [[which]] auguries were [[received]] (cf. [[auguraculum]]): ut cum in arce [[augurium]] augures acturi essent, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; so Liv. 1, 18 and 24.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[defence]], prolection, [[refuge]], [[bulwark]], etc.: Castoris [[templum]] fuit te consule arx civium perditorum, [[receptaculum]] veterum Catilinae militum, [[castellum]] [[forensis]] latrocinii, Cic. Pis. 5, 11: haec [[urbs]], lux [[orbis]] terrarum [[atque]] arx omnium gentium, id. Cat. 4, 6; cf. id. Agr. 1, 6, 18: [[Africa]] arx omnium provinciarum, id. Lig. 7, 22: Stoicorum, id. Div. 1, 6, 10: arx finitimorum, Campani, Liv. 7, 29; 37, 18: tribunicium [[auxilium]] et provocationem, duas arces libertatis tuendae, id. 3, 45: arx ad aliquid faciendum, id. 28, 3: eam urbem pro arce habiturus [[Philippus]] [[adversus]] Graeciae civitates, id. 33, 14; Flor. 3, 6, 5: [[quasi]] arx aeternae dominationis, Tac. A. 14, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> As the [[abode]] of tyrants, a [[poet]]. [[designation]] of [[tyranny]] (cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293 Heins.: cupidi arcium, Sen. Thyest. 342; cf. id. Contr. 4, 27: non dum attigit arcem, Juris et humani [[culmen]], Luc. 7, 593 Corte; cf. id. 8, 490, and 4, 800; Tert. Apol. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Prov.: arcem facere e cloacā, to [[make]] a [[mountain]] of a [[mole]]-[[hill]], Cic. Planc. 40.—<br /><b>II</b> Since castles were [[generally]] on a [[height]], meton., a [[height]], [[summit]], [[pinnacle]], [[top]], [[peak]] (usu. [[poet]]. and in Aug. and postAug. [[prose]]), lit. and trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: summā locum sibi legit in arce, [[upon]] the [[extreme]] [[height]], Ov. M. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 43. —So,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of mountains: Parnasi constitit arce, Ov. M. 1, 467: arce loci summā, id. ib. 11, 393: Rhipaeae arces, Verg. G. 1, 240: flērunt Rhodopeïae arces, id. ib. 4, 461: septemque unā sibi [[muro]] circumdedit arces, id. ib. 2, 535: [[primus]] inexpertas adiit Tirynthius arces, i. e. [[Alpes]], Sil. 3, 496; cf. Drak. ad id. 15, 305; Val. Fl. 3, 565: impositum arce sublimi [[oppidum]] cernimus, Petr. 116; cf. id. 123, 205, and 209.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of houses built on an [[eminence]], Petr. 121, 107, and 293.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Of the [[citadel]] of [[heaven]]: quae [[pater]] ut summā vidit [[Saturnius]] arce, Ov. M. 1, 163: summam petit [[arduus]] arcem, id. ib. 2, 306: sideream mundi qui temperat arcem, id. Am. 3, 10, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Of the heavens [[themselves]]: aetheriae arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 19: arces igneae, Hor. C. 3, 3, 10: caeli quibus adnuis arcem, Verg. A. 1, 250; cf. id. ib. 1, 259.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> Of [[temples]] erected on an [[eminence]]: dexterā sacras jaculatus arces, Hor. C. 1, 2, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>f</b> Of the [[head]]: arx corporis, Sen. Oedip. 185; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 235.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[height]], [[head]], [[summit]], etc. ([[rare]]): celsā mentis ab arce, Stat. S. 2, 2, 131: summae laudum arces, Sil. 13, 771; Sid. Carm. 2, 173: ubi [[Hannibal]] [[sit]], ibi [[caput]] [[atque]] arcem totius belli esse, [[head]] and [[front]], Liv. 28, 42: arx eloquentiae, Tac. Or. 10.
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