cohors

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cŏhors: (or cors; cf. Non. p. 83, 14 sq.; later aspirated orthog. of MSS. chors; cf. the letter C, and Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3), rtis, f. Sanscr. root har, rapio; cf. Gr. χορός.
I A place enclosed around, a court, enclosure, yard, pen, etc., esp. for cattle, poultry, etc.
   (a)    Cohors, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2 sq.; 2, 2, 9; Cato ap. Fest. p. 146, 29 Müll.; Col. 8, 3, 8; 7, 3, 8; Ov. F. 4, 704.—
   (b)    Cors, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.; Glaucia ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65 fin.; Col. 2, 14, 18; Vitr. 6, 9; Mart. 3, 58, 12; 13, 45, 2; Pall. 1, 22.—
II Meton. (cf. chorus).
   A Lit., the multitude enclosed, fenced in; hence, in milit. lang., a company of soldiers, a division of an army, a cohort, the tenth part of a legion, comprising three manipuli or six centuriae (always written cohors), Varr. L. L. 5, § 88; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 6; so Caes. B. G. 3, 1; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 90, 2; 105, 2; Verg. G. 2, 279; id. A. 11, 500 al.: praetoria, the prœtorian or bodyguard of the general, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Sall. C. 61, 3 al.—Hence, trop.: habere scortorum cohortem praetoriam, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—
   2    Opp. legiones, auxiliary troops, allies, Sall. J. 46, 7; Vell. 2, 112, 5; Tac. H. 4, 19; Flor. 3, 21, 18.—
   3    A troop of cavalry: centurio cohortis sextae equestris, Plin. Ep. 10, 106 (107) sq.—
   4    Per synecdochen, an army in gen.: cohors Inachiae servatrix, Stat. Th. 5, 672.—
   B Specif., the train or retinue of the prœtor in a province: praetoria, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14, § 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 27, § 66; Cat. 10, 10; Tib. 1, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 14.—
   C In gen., a crowd, multitude, company, throng, attendants (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): vaga, Cat. 63, 25: gigantum, Hor. C. 2, 19, 22: fratrum stipata, Verg. A. 10, 328; cf. Ov. M. 11, 89; Hor. Epod. 16, 60; Tac. A. 6, 9: amicarum, of courtiers, Suet. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.: canum, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143: oratorum, Gell. 19, 8, 15: sectatorum, id. 13, 5, 1.—Of things: febrium, Hor. C. 1, 3, 31.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cŏhors,⁷ tis, f. (cf. hortus, χόρτος),
1 enclos, cour de ferme, basse-cour : Varro L. 5, 88 ; Col. Rust. 8, 3, 8 ; Ov. F. 4, 704
2 troupe [en gén.] : cohors amicorum Suet. Cal. 19, 2, cortège d’amis ; cohors illa Socratica Gell. 2, 18, 1, l’école de Socrate ; cohors canum Plin. 8, 143, meute de chiens ; cohors febrium Hor. O. 1, 3, 31, l’essaim des fièvres
3 [en part.] a) la cohorte, dixième partie de la légion : cum reliquis ejus legionis cohortibus Cæs. G. 3, 1, 4, avec les autres cohortes de la légion ; cohors prætoria Cæs. G. 1, 40, 15, cohorte prétorienne ; b) troupe auxiliaire : Sall. J. 46, 7 ; c) [fig.] armée : Stat. Th. 5, 672 ; d) état-major, suite d’un magistrat dans les provinces : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66 ; Cat. 10, 10 ; Liv. 29, 19, 12. cors Glaucia d. Cic. de Or. 2, 263 ; Col. Rust. 2, 14, 8 ; chors Varro Men. 55 ; 383 ; Mart. 7, 54, 7 || gén. pl. -tium Cæs. G. 2, 25 ; Sall. J. 46, 7 ; Liv. 10, 19, 20.