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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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>arx</b>,⁸ arcis, f. ([[arceo]], cf. [[Varro]] L. 5, 151),<br /><b>1</b> citadelle, forteresse : Cic. de Or. 2, 273 ; Cæs. C. 2, 19, 5 ; Sall. J. 67, 1 ; Nep. Pel. 1, 2 &#124;&#124; = le Capitole : Cic. Off. 3, 66 ; Fam. 1, 9, 8<br /><b>2</b> [poét.] = place [[forte]], ville : Virg. En. 3, 291 ; 4, 260<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] citadelle, défense, protection : utitur [[hac]] [[lege]], communi arce sociorum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, il invoque [[cette]] loi, citadelle [[commune]] des alliés, cf. Verr. 2, 5, 126 ; Sest. 85, etc.<br /><b>4</b> [poét.] lieu élevé, hauteur : <b> a)</b> Virg. G. 1, 240, etc. ; beatæ arces Hor. O. 2, 6, 22, les hauteurs fortunées : arces igneæ Hor. O. 3, 3, 10, les hauteurs de l’Empyrée ; <b> b)</b> les collines de Rome : Virg. G. 2, 535 ; En. 4, 234 ; 6, 783 ; <b> c)</b> cime, faîte : Parnasi Ov. M. 1, 467, le sommet du Parnasse, cf. Prop. 3, 15, 25 ; [fig.] Tac. D. 10 ; Quint. 12, 11, 28.|
|=le Capitole : Cic. Off. 3, 66 ; Fam. 1, 9, 8<br /><b>2</b> [poét.] = place [[forte]], ville : Virg. En. 3, 291 ; 4, 260<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] citadelle, défense, protection : utitur [[hac]] [[lege]], communi arce sociorum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, il invoque [[cette]] loi, citadelle [[commune]] des alliés, cf. Verr. 2, 5, 126 ; Sest. 85, etc.<br /><b>4</b> [poét.] lieu élevé, hauteur : <b> a)</b> Virg. G. 1, 240, etc. ; beatæ arces Hor. O. 2, 6, 22, les hauteurs fortunées : arces igneæ Hor. O. 3, 3, 10, les hauteurs de l’Empyrée ; <b> b)</b> les collines de Rome : Virg. G. 2, 535 ; En. 4, 234 ; 6, 783 ; <b> c)</b> cime, faîte : Parnasi Ov. M. 1, 467, le sommet du Parnasse, cf. Prop. 3, 15, 25 ; [fig.] Tac. D. 10 ; Quint. 12, 11, 28.
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{{Georges
|georg=arx, arcis, f. (v. Stamme ARC in [[arceo]]; vgl. Varr. LL. 5, 151), [[ein]] [[von]] [[Natur]] od. [[durch]] [[Kunst]] fester, hoher [[Punkt]], der eine [[Stadt]], eine [[Gegend]] deckt od. beherrscht, eine feste [[Höhe]], -[[Anhöhe]], -Berghöhe, [[Feste]], [[Zitadelle]], [[Burg]], [[Zwingburg]], griech. [[ἄκρα]], ερυμα, I) eig.: A) im engern Sinne: [[iam]] montani [[signo]] [[dato]] ex castellis ad stationem solitam conveniebant, cum [[repente]] conspiciunt alios, arce occupatā suā, [[super]] [[caput]] imminentes, alios viā transire hostes, Liv.: [[Ianiculum]] [[quoque]] adiectum [[non]] inopiā loci, [[sed]] ne [[quando]] [[arx]] hostium esset, Liv.: [[nocte]] occupat collem imminentem urbi (Larissam [[eam]] arcem vocant), Liv. – v. der Arx [[von]] Rom, [[zunächst]] die (nördl.) [[Höhe]] [[des]] kapitol. Berges (j. [[Höhe]] [[von]] Araceli), [[dann]] [[auch]] der ganze [[Berg]] [[mit]] der [[Burg]] u. dem Kapitol, [[vobis]] ([[communis]] [[patria]]) arcem et [[Capitolium]] commendat, Cic.: ne [[quis]] [[patricius]] in arce [[aut]] in Capitolio habitaret, Liv.: [[Romana]], Liv.: Capitolina, Liv., od. Capitolii, Tac.: [[Tarpeia]], Kapitol, Verg.: dass. arces Tarpeiae, Ov.: u. [[als]] [[Ort]], wo die Auspizien angestellt wurden, cum in arce [[augurium]] augures acturi essent, Cic.: [[quia]] ([[domus]]) auguribus ex arce [[augurium]] capientibus officiebat, Val. Max. – v. der Arx griech. Städte = [[ἄκρα]], [[ἀκρόπολις]], der höher gelegene u. befestigte [[Teil]] [[einer]] [[Stadt]], die Akropolis, die [[Burg]], feste Oberstadt, Tarentina [[arx]], Liv.: [[non]] est ([[hoc]] [[opus]]), ut in arce (A. v. Athen) poni possit, [[quasi]] [[illa]] [[Minerva]] Phidiae, Cic.: [[arx]] (A. [[von]] Korinth) [[inter]] [[omnia]] in immanem altitudinem [[edita]], Liv.: [[qui]] ([[Salinator]]) amisso [[oppido]] (Tarent) fugerat in arcem, Cic.: [[potitus]] est [[urbis]] Syracusarum, [[praeter]] arcem et insulam adiunctam [[oppido]], Nep. – v. der Arx eines Reiches = [[erste]] [[Festung]], Hauptbollwerk, Hauptwaffenplatz, [[quod]] [[Gentius]] [[eam]] (Scodram) [[sibi]] ceperat [[velut]] regni [[totius]] arcem, Liv.: ad [[caput]] arcem [[que]] regni [[Pergamum]] ducit oppugnandam, Liv. – Sprichw., arcem facere e [[cloaca]], aus [[einer]] [[Mücke]] [[einen]] Elefanten [[machen]], Cic. Planc. 95.<br />'''B)''' im weitern Sinne, v. Jupiters Himmelsburg, [[quae]] [[pater]] ut vidit summā [[Saturnius]] arce, Ov.: siderea [[arx]], Ov.: Plur. v. [[Himmel]] [[selbst]], aethereae arces, Ov.: igneae arces, Hor. – v. Götterwohnungen, d.i. Tempeln, sacras [[iaculatus]] arces, Hor. – v. Städten (vgl. Korte Lucan. 3, 84. Voß Verg. georg. 2, 172. p. 341), Romanae arces, v. [[Arpi]] in Apulien, Ov.: arces Bacchi, v. [[Dionysopolis]] am [[Pontus]], Ov.: beatae arces, v. Korinth, Hor.: exustae Phocidos arces, v. Phokäa, Lucan. v. [[Berg]]- u. Gebirgshöhen (vgl. Drak. Sil. 15, 305. Voß Verg. georg. 1, 240. p. 123), Parnassi [[arx]], Ov.: Plur., [[Roma]] [[septem]] [[una]] [[sibi]] [[muro]] circumdedit arces ([[Hügel]]), Verg.: Rhodopeiae arces, Verg.: inexpertae arces, v. den Alpen, Sil. – v. jedem [[Gipfel]], [[jeder]] [[Spitze]] (vgl. Drak. Sil. 15, 305), corporis, das [[Haupt]], der [[Kopf]], Sen. poët.; vgl. alta capitis, Claud.: galeae corusca, Stat.<br />'''II)''' übtr.: A) [[wie]] [[unser]] [[Burg]], Schirmfeste = [[Hort]], [[Schutz]], Schutzwehr, [[Zuflucht]], v. Örtl., [[haec]] [[urbs]] [[lux]] [[orbis]] terrarum [[atque]] [[arx]] omnium gentium, Cic.: [[templum]] [[illud]] fuit te consule [[arx]] civium perditorum, [[receptaculum]] veterum Catilinae militum, [[castellum]] [[forensis]] latrocinii, Cic.: [[cis]] Iberum [[castra]] [[Romana]] [[esse]], arcem tutam [[perfugium]] [[que]] novas volentibus [[res]], Liv.: tyranni [[nuper]] [[eos]] (muros) arcem et [[munimentum]] [[sibi]], [[non]] civitati paraverunt, Liv.: [[hic]] [[locus]] ([[forum]]) est [[igitur]] [[unus]], [[quo]] perfugiant: [[hic]] [[portus]], [[haec]] [[arx]], [[haec]] [[ara]] sociorum, Cic. – v. Pers., ipsam arcem finitimorum, Campanos, adorti, Liv. – v. Abstr., [[munite]] communem arcem bonorum, obstruite [[perfugium]] improborum, Cic.: consulatum superesse plebeiis: [[eam]] [[esse]] arcem libertatis, id [[columen]], Liv.: hanc (legem repetundarum) habent arcem, [[minus]] [[aliquanto]] [[nunc]] munitam, [[quam]] [[antea]], [[verumtamen]] etc., Cic. Vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 33, 2.<br />'''B)''' = der eigentliche [[Sitz]], [[Hauptsitz]], die Hauptschanze, [[quae]] visa [[species]]... arcem [[eam]] (das Kapitol) imperii [[atque]] [[caput]] rerum portendebat, Liv.: urbem magnam et in ea parte, quā sita erat, arcem regni Zamam statuit oppugnare, Sall.: v. Pers., [[ubi]] [[Hannibal]] sit, [[ibi]] [[caput]] [[atque]] arcem [[totius]] belli [[esse]], Liv. – v. Abstr., arcem Stoicorum defendis, die Hauptschanze = den Hauptbeweisgrund, Cic.: [[num]] [[potui]] [[magis]] in arcem illius causae invadere? Cic.<br />'''C)''' ([[von]] der Arx [[als]] hohem Punkte) = [[Höhepunkt]], [[Gipfel]], [[quae]] te [[via]]... ad [[summas]] laudum perduxerit arces, Sil.: celsā [[mentis]] ab arce despicis errantes, Stat.: [[tecum]] [[mihi]] [[res]] [[non]] est, [[quod]], cum [[natura]] tua in ipsam arcem eloquentiae ferat, errare mavis, Tac. dial.: [[qui]] ([[Pollio]] et [[Messala]]) [[Cicerone]] arcem [[iam]] tenente eloquentiae agere coeperunt, Quint.: [[Caesar]]... [[nondum]] attigit arcem iuris (der höchsten [[Gewalt]]) et, humanum [[culmen]] [[egressus]], meruit etc., Lucan. 7, 593.<br />'''D)''' (v. der Arx [[als]] dem gewöhnl. [[Sitz]] der [[Herrscher]], s. [[Nep]]. Tim. 3, 3. Sen. contr. 4 [8], 27. § 1) = [[Herrschaft]], [[Thron]], cupidi arcium, Sen. poët.: evertit arces [[respectus]] honesti, Lucan.
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