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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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|lshtext=<b>cornū</b>: ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the [[connection]] [[cornu]] bubuli and [[cornu]] cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. ([[access]]. form [[cornum]], i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.;<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An [[access]]. form [[cornus]], ūs, has been [[assumed]] on [[account]] of the rel. masc. in the [[passage]]: [[nares]] similes cornibus iis, qui, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the [[reading]] is [[correct]].—The dat. [[sing]]. [[apparently]] [[never]] used; for in the [[connection]]: laevo [[cornu]] [[Cotys]] rex praeerat ... dextro [[cornu]] [[praepositus]] C. [[Licinius]] [[Crassus]], Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the [[supposition]] of the abl. is [[more]] in acc. [[with]] the [[usage]] of Livy; cf.: Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit, id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [[kindred]] [[with]] [[κέρας]], and Germ. and Engl. [[horn]]; cf. also [[carina]], [[cervus]], a [[horn]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[hard]] and [[generally]] [[crooked]] [[growth]] [[upon]] the [[head]] of [[many]] mammiferous animals ([[very]] freq. in all periods and [[species]] of [[composition]]), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; of a [[bullock]], Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.; also of the [[constellation]] [[Taurus]], Ov. M. 2, 80; of the [[ram]], id. ib. 5, 328; and the [[constellation]] Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111; of the he-[[goat]], Verg. E. 9, 25; of kids, id. G. 2, 526 al.—Of the antlers of a [[stag]], Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, [[but]] freq. in [[late]] Lat., as one [[word]], Cornūcōpĭae, and [[twice]] Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the [[fable]], the [[horn]] of the [[goat]] [[Amalthea]] placed in [[heaven]], Greek Κέρας Ἀμαλθείας (v. [[Amalthea]]), the [[emblem]] of [[fruitfulness]] and [[abundance]], Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Meton]]., of things [[similar]] to [[horn]] in [[substance]] or form, or made of [[horn]].<br /> <b>1</b> That [[which]] is [[similar]] to [[horn]] in [[substance]].<br /> <b>a</b> A [[hoof]], [[Cato]], R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—<br /> <b>b</b> Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—<br /> <b>c</b> The [[horny]] [[skin]] [[covering]] the [[eye]], Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—<br /> <b>d</b> A [[horny]] [[excrescence]] on the [[head]], a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far [[more]] freq.,<br /> <b>2</b> That [[which]] is [[similar]] to a [[horn]] in form, a projecting [[extremity]], the [[point]] or [[end]] of [[any]] [[object]].<br /> <b>a</b> The [[tooth]] or [[tusk]] of an [[elephant]], [[ivory]], Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2: [[cornu]] Indicum, Mart. 1, 73, 4.—<br /> <b>b</b> The horns of the [[moon]], Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—<br /> <b>c</b> The branches of a [[river]], Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the [[river]]-gods were represented [[with]] horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: [[corniger]], [[tauriformis]], etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under [[κέρας]], V.—<br /> <b>d</b> The [[arm]] of the [[shore]] forming a harbor, a [[tongue]] of [[land]], Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—<br /> <b>e</b> The [[extremity]] or [[end]] of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—<br /> <b>f</b> The cone of a [[helmet]] in [[which]] the [[crest]] [[was]] placed: cornua cristae, Verg. A. 12, 89: alterum [[cornu]] galeae, Liv. 27, 33, 2.—<br /> The [[end]] of the [[stick]] [[around]] [[which]] books were rolled, [[usually]] ornamented [[with]] [[ivory]], Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —<br /> The [[side]] of a [[bow]] in the form of a [[horn]], Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—<br /> The [[horn]]-shaped [[side]] of the [[cithara]] (perh. the [[sounding]]-[[board]]), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.—<br /> The [[top]] or [[summit]] of a [[mountain]]: cornua Parnasi, Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —<br /> <b>1</b> The [[point]], [[end]], [[extremity]], [[wing]] of a [[place]], Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—<br /> The [[wing]] of an [[army]] ([[very]] freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 ([[three]] times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 ([[twice]]); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq([[seven]] times).—*<br /> <b>(b)</b> Transf.: cornua disputationis tuae commovere, i. e. to [[drive]] [[back]], Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]).—<br /> The feeler or [[claw]] of an [[insect]], Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —<br /> The [[stiff]] [[hair]] of the Germans: [[quis]] stupuit [[Germani]] lumina, flavam Caesariem et [[madido]] torquentem cornua cirro? Juv. 13, 165.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of objects made of [[horn]].<br /> <b>a</b> A [[bow]], Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—<br /> <b>b</b> A [[bugle]]-[[horn]], a [[horn]], [[trumpet]] (cornua, [[quod]] ea, quae [[nunc]] sunt ex aere, [[tunc]] fiebant [[bubulo]] e [[cornu]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected [[with]] tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. [[cornu]].—In a [[sarcastic]] [[double]] [[sense]] [[with]] a.: dum tendit citharam [[noster]], dum cornua [[Parthus]], Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]).—<br /> <b>c</b> The sides of the [[lyre]], [[originally]] consisting of [[two]] horns, giving [[resonance]] to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—<br /> <b>d</b> A [[lantern]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—<br /> <b>e</b> An [[oil]] [[cruet]], Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—<br /> <b>f</b> A [[funnel]], Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., as an [[emblem]] of [[power]], [[courage]], [[strength]], [[might]] (the [[figure]] taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a [[very]] freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v. , p. 906, 6; [[poet]].): ne in re secundā [[nunc]] mi obvortat cornua, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5: venerunt capiti cornua [[sera]] meo, Ov. Am. 3, 11,: [[tunc]] [[pauper]] cornua sumit, gains [[strength]], [[courage]], id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. [[amphora]]) addis cornua pauperi, etc., Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence [[Bacchus]], as a [[giver]] of [[courage]], is represented [[with]] horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. [[Bacchus]], I.; cf. of a [[river]]-[[god]], I. B. 2. c. [[supra]]. | |lshtext=<b>cornū</b>: ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the [[connection]] [[cornu]] bubuli and [[cornu]] cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. ([[access]]. form [[cornum]], i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.;<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An [[access]]. form [[cornus]], ūs, has been [[assumed]] on [[account]] of the rel. masc. in the [[passage]]: [[nares]] similes cornibus iis, qui, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the [[reading]] is [[correct]].—The dat. [[sing]]. [[apparently]] [[never]] used; for in the [[connection]]: laevo [[cornu]] [[Cotys]] rex praeerat ... dextro [[cornu]] [[praepositus]] C. [[Licinius]] [[Crassus]], Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the [[supposition]] of the abl. is [[more]] in acc. [[with]] the [[usage]] of Livy; cf.: Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit, id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [[kindred]] [[with]] [[κέρας]], and Germ. and Engl. [[horn]]; cf. also [[carina]], [[cervus]], a [[horn]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[hard]] and [[generally]] [[crooked]] [[growth]] [[upon]] the [[head]] of [[many]] mammiferous animals ([[very]] freq. in all periods and [[species]] of [[composition]]), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; of a [[bullock]], Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.; also of the [[constellation]] [[Taurus]], Ov. M. 2, 80; of the [[ram]], id. ib. 5, 328; and the [[constellation]] Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111; of the he-[[goat]], Verg. E. 9, 25; of kids, id. G. 2, 526 al.—Of the antlers of a [[stag]], Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, [[but]] freq. in [[late]] Lat., as one [[word]], Cornūcōpĭae, and [[twice]] Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the [[fable]], the [[horn]] of the [[goat]] [[Amalthea]] placed in [[heaven]], Greek Κέρας Ἀμαλθείας (v. [[Amalthea]]), the [[emblem]] of [[fruitfulness]] and [[abundance]], Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Meton]]., of things [[similar]] to [[horn]] in [[substance]] or form, or made of [[horn]].<br /> <b>1</b> That [[which]] is [[similar]] to [[horn]] in [[substance]].<br /> <b>a</b> A [[hoof]], [[Cato]], R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—<br /> <b>b</b> Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—<br /> <b>c</b> The [[horny]] [[skin]] [[covering]] the [[eye]], Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—<br /> <b>d</b> A [[horny]] [[excrescence]] on the [[head]], a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far [[more]] freq.,<br /> <b>2</b> That [[which]] is [[similar]] to a [[horn]] in form, a projecting [[extremity]], the [[point]] or [[end]] of [[any]] [[object]].<br /> <b>a</b> The [[tooth]] or [[tusk]] of an [[elephant]], [[ivory]], Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2: [[cornu]] Indicum, Mart. 1, 73, 4.—<br /> <b>b</b> The horns of the [[moon]], Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—<br /> <b>c</b> The branches of a [[river]], Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the [[river]]-gods were represented [[with]] horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: [[corniger]], [[tauriformis]], etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under [[κέρας]], V.—<br /> <b>d</b> The [[arm]] of the [[shore]] forming a harbor, a [[tongue]] of [[land]], Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—<br /> <b>e</b> The [[extremity]] or [[end]] of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—<br /> <b>f</b> The cone of a [[helmet]] in [[which]] the [[crest]] [[was]] placed: cornua cristae, Verg. A. 12, 89: alterum [[cornu]] galeae, Liv. 27, 33, 2.—<br /> The [[end]] of the [[stick]] [[around]] [[which]] books were rolled, [[usually]] ornamented [[with]] [[ivory]], Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —<br /> The [[side]] of a [[bow]] in the form of a [[horn]], Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—<br /> The [[horn]]-shaped [[side]] of the [[cithara]] (perh. the [[sounding]]-[[board]]), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.—<br /> The [[top]] or [[summit]] of a [[mountain]]: cornua Parnasi, Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —<br /> <b>1</b> The [[point]], [[end]], [[extremity]], [[wing]] of a [[place]], Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—<br /> The [[wing]] of an [[army]] ([[very]] freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 ([[three]] times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 ([[twice]]); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq([[seven]] times).—*<br /> <b>(b)</b> Transf.: cornua disputationis tuae commovere, i. e. to [[drive]] [[back]], Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]).—<br /> The feeler or [[claw]] of an [[insect]], Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —<br /> The [[stiff]] [[hair]] of the Germans: [[quis]] stupuit [[Germani]] lumina, flavam Caesariem et [[madido]] torquentem cornua cirro? Juv. 13, 165.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of objects made of [[horn]].<br /> <b>a</b> A [[bow]], Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—<br /> <b>b</b> A [[bugle]]-[[horn]], a [[horn]], [[trumpet]] (cornua, [[quod]] ea, quae [[nunc]] sunt ex aere, [[tunc]] fiebant [[bubulo]] e [[cornu]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected [[with]] tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. [[cornu]].—In a [[sarcastic]] [[double]] [[sense]] [[with]] a.: dum tendit citharam [[noster]], dum cornua [[Parthus]], Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]).—<br /> <b>c</b> The sides of the [[lyre]], [[originally]] consisting of [[two]] horns, giving [[resonance]] to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—<br /> <b>d</b> A [[lantern]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—<br /> <b>e</b> An [[oil]] [[cruet]], Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—<br /> <b>f</b> A [[funnel]], Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., as an [[emblem]] of [[power]], [[courage]], [[strength]], [[might]] (the [[figure]] taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a [[very]] freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v. , p. 906, 6; [[poet]].): ne in re secundā [[nunc]] mi obvortat cornua, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5: venerunt capiti cornua [[sera]] meo, Ov. Am. 3, 11,: [[tunc]] [[pauper]] cornua sumit, gains [[strength]], [[courage]], id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. [[amphora]]) addis cornua pauperi, etc., Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence [[Bacchus]], as a [[giver]] of [[courage]], is represented [[with]] horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. [[Bacchus]], I.; cf. of a [[river]]-[[god]], I. B. 2. c. [[supra]]. | ||
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|gf=<b>cornu</b>,⁷ gén. cornūs Cæs. C. 3, 68 et cornū Cels. Med. 5, 22, 2, n.,<br /><b>1</b> corne des animaux : Virg. B. 3, 87 ; G. 3, 232<br /><b>2</b> [en gén, tout objet dont la substance ressemble à la corne, ou qui a la forme d’une corne, ou qui [[est]] fait de corne] : corne du pied des animaux : [[Cato]] Agr. 72 ; Virg. G. 3, 88 || cornée de l’œil : Plin. 11, 148 || bec des oiseaux : Ov. M. 14, 502 || défense de l’éléphant, ivoire : [[Varro]] L. 7, 39 ; Plin. 8, 7 || antenne des insectes : Plin. 9, 95 || corne, pointe d’un casque : Liv. 27, 33, 2 || cornes du croissant de la lune : Virg. G. 1, 433 || bras d’un fleuve : Ov. M. 9, 774 || [[cor]], trompette : Cic. [[Sulla]] 17 ; Virg. En. 7, 615 || arc : Virg. B. 10, 59 || vase à huile : Hor. S. 2, 2, 61 || lanterne : Pl. Amph. 341 || entonnoir : Virg. G. 3, 509 || table d’harmonie : Cic. Nat. 2, 144 || antenne [de vaisseau] : Virg. En. 3, 549 || bouton d’ivoire aux extrémités du bâton autour duquel se roulait un livre ; [au plur.] le bâton lui-même : Mart. 11, 107, 1 ; Tib. 3, 1, 13 || sommet, point culminant d’une montagne : Stat. Th. 5, 532 || pointe extrême (extrémité) d’un lieu : Liv. 25, 3, 17 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 75 || houppe de cheveux : Juv. 13, 165 || langue de terre qui s’avance dans la mer, promontoire : Ov. M. 5, 410 || aile d’une armée : Cæs. G. 1, 52, etc. ; equitatum omnem in cornibus locat Sall. J. 49, 6, il place toute la cavalerie aux ailes<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> corne, en tant que symbole de la force ou de l’abondance = courage, énergie : cornua sumere Ov. Ars 1, 239, prendre courage ; addis cornua pauperi Hor. O. 3, 21, 18, tu m’inspires de l’audace malgré ma pauvreté || v. [[cornu]] [[copia]] ; <b> b)</b> symbole de la résistance, de l’hostilité : cornua alicui obvortere Pl. Ps. 1021, montrer lès dents à qqn (tourner ses cornes contre qqn), cf. Hor. Epo. 6, 12 ; <b> c)</b> attribut de divinités fluviales : Virg. G. 4, 371 ; Mart. 10, 7, 6. la longueur de la voyelle (ŭ ou ū) [[est]] incertaine, comme dans les autres subst. n. de la 4<sup>e</sup> décl. ([[artu]], [[gelu]], [[genu]], [[ossu]], [[testu]], [[tonitru]], [[veru]], [[pecu]] ) : de Vaan, 2008, p. 138-139 ; autres formes : <b> a)</b> v. [[cornum]] 1, [[cornus]] 1 ; <b> b)</b> décadence : gén. cornuis Capel. 3, 293 ; corni M. Emp. 1, 87, etc. || dat. cornui Capel. 3, 293 || abl. pl. cornuis Treb. Gall. 8, 2 ; cornubus Capel. 3, 293. | |||
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cornū: ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.;
I gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage: nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used; for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat ... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus, Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.: Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit, id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) kindred with κέρας, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus, a horn.
I Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; of a bullock, Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.; also of the constellation Taurus, Ov. M. 2, 80; of the ram, id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111; of the he-goat, Verg. E. 9, 25; of kids, id. G. 2, 526 al.—Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Κέρας Ἀμαλθείας (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—
B Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.
1 That which is similar to horn in substance.
a A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—
b Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—
c The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—
d A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,
2 That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.
a The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2: cornu Indicum, Mart. 1, 73, 4.—
b The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—
c The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under κέρας, V.—
d The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—
e The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—
f The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed: cornua cristae, Verg. A. 12, 89: alterum cornu galeae, Liv. 27, 33, 2.—
The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —
The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—
The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.—
The top or summit of a mountain: cornua Parnasi, Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4. —
1 The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—
The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—*
(b) Transf.: cornua disputationis tuae commovere, i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—
The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —
The stiff hair of the Germans: quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro? Juv. 13, 165.—
3 Of objects made of horn.
a A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—
b A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—
c The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—
d A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—
e An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—
f A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—
II Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v. , p. 906, 6; poet.): ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5: venerunt capiti cornua sera meo, Ov. Am. 3, 11,: tunc pauper cornua sumit, gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc., Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cornu,⁷ gén. cornūs Cæs. C. 3, 68 et cornū Cels. Med. 5, 22, 2, n.,
1 corne des animaux : Virg. B. 3, 87 ; G. 3, 232
2 [en gén, tout objet dont la substance ressemble à la corne, ou qui a la forme d’une corne, ou qui est fait de corne] : corne du pied des animaux : Cato Agr. 72 ; Virg. G. 3, 88
