topiarius
οὐχὶ σοῦσθ'; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας; οὐκ ἄπιτε; παῖε τῷ ξύλῳ → You will not go? The plague seize you! Will you not clear off? Hit them with your stick!
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tŏpĭārĭus: a, um, adj. topia, II.,
I of or belonging to ornamental gardening or gardening in gen.: opus, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130: herba, i. e. used for borders in gardens, id. 21, 11, 39, § 68; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—
II Substt.
A tŏpĭārĭus, ii, m., an ornamental gardener, fancy gardener, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5; Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122; 18, 26, 65, § 242; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3; Inscr. Orell. 2966; 4293; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 27 (2d edit.). —
B tŏpĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), ornamental or fancy gardening, the topiary art, i. e. that of giving fanciful forms to thickets, trees, etc., of laying out parterres. forming arbors, bowers, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5. —
C tŏpĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. opus), fancy gardening, topiary - work, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 265.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tŏpĭārĭus,¹⁵ ĭī, m., jardinier décorateur : Cic. Q. 3, 1, 5 ; Plin. 15, 122.
