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|lshtext=<b>căterva</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[crowd]], [[troop]], a [[band]] of men; in the sing. and plur. ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poet]].; syn.: [[turba]], [[manus]], [[agmen]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: comitum, Lucr. 2, 628; cf. id. 2, 611; Verg. A. 1, 497; 11, 533; Ov. M. 12, 216: [[Postumius]] [[obviam]] cum [[bene]] magnā catervā suā venit, Cic. Mur. 33, 69; so id. de Or. 1, 40, 184; cf. Sall. C. 14, 1: catervae testium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113: [[contra]] dicentium, id. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: pugilum, Suet. Calig. 18: infernae, Tib. 1, 2, 47 al.— Poet., of animals: pecudum, Lucr. 6, 1092: avium, flocks, Verg. A. 11, 456: canum, App. M. 4, p. 151, 26: anguinea, Tib. 3, 4, 87.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: verborum. a [[farrago]] of words, Gell. 15, 2, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In milit. lang. freq., a [[body]] of soldiers, a [[troop]], [[company]], [[band]]; esp. of the [[loose]] [[order]] of [[barbarian]] nations (opp. to the Roman legions); cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 2; Isid. Orig. 9, 3, 46; so Nep. Chabr. 1, 2; Tac. A. 1, 56; 2, 17; 2, 45; 12, 33; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Verg. A. 8, 593; 12, 264; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16 al.—Of [[foot]]-soldiers (opp. equites), Verg. A. 7, 804; 11, 433; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 190.—Rare of Roman [[troops]], Petr. poët. 124, 281; or of [[cavalry]], Sen. Agam. 598.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In [[dramatic]] lang., the [[whole]] [[company]] or [[troop]] of actors (usu. called [[grex]]). Plaut. Capt. fin.; and perh. also id. Cas. fin.; cf. Cic. de. Or 3, 50, 196; id. Sest. 55. 118.
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|gf=<b>căterva</b>,¹⁰ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> corps de troupes, bataillon, troupe, [surtout] bande guerrière, troupe de barbares par opp. aux légions] : catervæ Germanorum Tac. Ann. 1, 56, bandes de guerriers Germains ; conducticiæ catervæ Nep. Chabr. 1, 2, bandes de mercenaires, cf. Tac. Ann. 2, 45 || escadron : Virg. En. 8, 593<br /><b>2</b> [en gén.] troupe, foule : catervæ testium Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 113, foules de témoins, cf. Cæl. 14 ; Tusc. 1, 77 ; catervæ [[avium]] Virg. En. 11, 496, bandes d’oiseaux || troupe d’acteurs ou de chanteurs : Cic. de Or. 3, 196 || [fig.] [[vilis]] verborum [[caterva]] Gell. 15, 2, 3, tas de mots grossiers.
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