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|lshtext=<b>Vertumnus</b>: (Vort-), i, m. qs. vertomenos, as a [[part]]. [[pass]]., from [[verto]], [[that]] turns or changes [[himself]], orig. an [[Etruscan]] [[deity]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[god]] of the changing [[year]], i. e. of the seasons and [[their]] productions, also of [[exchange]] and of [[trade]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 10; Ov. F. 6, 410; id. M. 14, 642 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154 Ascon. Near his [[statue]] in the [[forum]] at [[Rome]] were the booksellers' shops, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1; also the [[market]]-gardeners, Col. poët. 10, 308.—As a [[symbol]] of [[mutability]]: Vertumnis [[natus]] iniquis, said of an [[unstable]] [[man]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 14.—Hence, Vertum-nālĭa, ĭum, n., the [[festival]] of [[Vertumnus]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 21 Müll. | |lshtext=<b>Vertumnus</b>: (Vort-), i, m. qs. vertomenos, as a [[part]]. [[pass]]., from [[verto]], [[that]] turns or changes [[himself]], orig. an [[Etruscan]] [[deity]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[god]] of the changing [[year]], i. e. of the seasons and [[their]] productions, also of [[exchange]] and of [[trade]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 10; Ov. F. 6, 410; id. M. 14, 642 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154 Ascon. Near his [[statue]] in the [[forum]] at [[Rome]] were the booksellers' shops, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1; also the [[market]]-gardeners, Col. poët. 10, 308.—As a [[symbol]] of [[mutability]]: Vertumnis [[natus]] iniquis, said of an [[unstable]] [[man]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 14.—Hence, Vertum-nālĭa, ĭum, n., the [[festival]] of [[Vertumnus]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 21 Müll. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>[[Vertumnus]] <b>(Vort-)</b>, ī, m. ([[verto]]), Vertumne [divinité qui présidait aux changements des saisons] : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 154 ; [[Varro]] L. 5, 46 ; Ov. F. 6, 410 || statue de Vertumne [au coin de la place publique, où étaient les boutiques des libraires] : Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1. | |||
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Revision as of 07:08, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Vertumnus: (Vort-), i, m. qs. vertomenos, as a part. pass., from verto, that turns or changes himself, orig. an Etruscan deity,
I the god of the changing year, i. e. of the seasons and their productions, also of exchange and of trade, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 10; Ov. F. 6, 410; id. M. 14, 642 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154 Ascon. Near his statue in the forum at Rome were the booksellers' shops, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1; also the market-gardeners, Col. poët. 10, 308.—As a symbol of mutability: Vertumnis natus iniquis, said of an unstable man, Hor. S. 2, 7, 14.—Hence, Vertum-nālĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Vertumnus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 21 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Vertumnus (Vort-), ī, m. (verto), Vertumne [divinité qui présidait aux changements des saisons] : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 154 ; Varro L. 5, 46 ; Ov. F. 6, 410 || statue de Vertumne [au coin de la place publique, où étaient les boutiques des libraires] : Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1.
