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|lshtext=<b>sătellĕs</b>: ĭtis, comm.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[attendant]] [[upon]] a [[distinguished]] [[person]], esp. a [[prince]], a lifeguard; in | |lshtext=<b>sătellĕs</b>: ĭtis, comm.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[attendant]] [[upon]] a [[distinguished]] [[person]], esp. a [[prince]], a lifeguard; in plur., attendants, [[escort]], [[train]], [[retinue]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[stipator]], [[apparitor]], [[accensus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: regii satellites, Liv. 2, 12; 34, 36 fin.; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 54: administri et satellites Sex. Naevii, Cic. Quint. 25, 80 (cf. [[infra]], II.): habet sectatores vel [[potius]] satellites, qui, etc., Tac. A. 16, 22: contumeliosum foret, si equites Romani satellites Numidae traderentur, Sall. J. 65, 2: Sullae, id. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; cf. Liv. 34, 41: sequimini satellites, Plaut. Mil. 1, 78: [[aurum]] per medios [[ire]] satellites... amat, Hor. C. 3, 16, 9: ne posset adire, Cursus equi fecit circumfususque [[satelles]], Ov. M. 14, 354: Caesaris, Tac. A. 2, 45: Sejani, id. ib. 6, 3 et saep.: Hannibalis, followers, satellites, Liv. 23, 12; 25, 28.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].), of attendants analog. to the [[preceding]]: Jovis pinnata [[satelles]], i. e. the [[eagle]], Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106; id. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: Noctis, i. e. the [[evening]]-[[star]], id. poët. ap. Non. 65, 10: Orci, i. e. [[Charon]], Hor. C. 2, 18, 34: Neptuni, storms, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14.—Of the attendants of the [[queen]]-[[bee]], Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 53.—Of [[Orion]], as [[Diana]]'s [[attendant]], Ov. F. 5, 538. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[assistant]], [[attendant]]: hominem [[natura]] non [[solum]] celeritate mentis ornavit, sed [[etiam]] [[sensus]] [[tamquam]] satellites attribuit ac nuncios, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26: virtutis verae [[custos]] rigidusque [[satelles]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 17.—In [[Cicero]] [[more]] freq. in a [[bad]] [[sense]], an [[assistant]] in [[crime]], an [[accomplice]], [[partner]], [[abettor]], etc.: stipatores corporis constituit, eosdem ministros et satellites potestatis, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32: satellites scelerum, ministros cupiditatum, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5: C. Mallium, audaciae satellitem [[atque]] administrum tuae, id. Cat. 1, 3, 7: voluptatum satellites et ministras, id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; cf. (opp. [[dominatrix]]), id. Inv. 1, 2, 2. | ||
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sătellĕs: ĭtis, comm.,
I an attendant upon a distinguished person, esp. a prince, a lifeguard; in plur., attendants, escort, train, retinue (class.; syn.: stipator, apparitor, accensus).
I Lit.: regii satellites, Liv. 2, 12; 34, 36 fin.; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 54: administri et satellites Sex. Naevii, Cic. Quint. 25, 80 (cf. infra, II.): habet sectatores vel potius satellites, qui, etc., Tac. A. 16, 22: contumeliosum foret, si equites Romani satellites Numidae traderentur, Sall. J. 65, 2: Sullae, id. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; cf. Liv. 34, 41: sequimini satellites, Plaut. Mil. 1, 78: aurum per medios ire satellites... amat, Hor. C. 3, 16, 9: ne posset adire, Cursus equi fecit circumfususque satelles, Ov. M. 14, 354: Caesaris, Tac. A. 2, 45: Sejani, id. ib. 6, 3 et saep.: Hannibalis, followers, satellites, Liv. 23, 12; 25, 28.—
B Transf. (mostly poet.), of attendants analog. to the preceding: Jovis pinnata satelles, i. e. the eagle, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106; id. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: Noctis, i. e. the evening-star, id. poët. ap. Non. 65, 10: Orci, i. e. Charon, Hor. C. 2, 18, 34: Neptuni, storms, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14.—Of the attendants of the queen-bee, Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 53.—Of Orion, as Diana's attendant, Ov. F. 5, 538. —
II Trop., an assistant, attendant: hominem natura non solum celeritate mentis ornavit, sed etiam sensus tamquam satellites attribuit ac nuncios, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26: virtutis verae custos rigidusque satelles, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 17.—In Cicero more freq. in a bad sense, an assistant in crime, an accomplice, partner, abettor, etc.: stipatores corporis constituit, eosdem ministros et satellites potestatis, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32: satellites scelerum, ministros cupiditatum, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5: C. Mallium, audaciae satellitem atque administrum tuae, id. Cat. 1, 3, 7: voluptatum satellites et ministras, id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; cf. (opp. dominatrix), id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.
