Caudium
θοἰμάτιον οὐκ ἀπολώλεκ', ἀλλὰ καταπεφρόντικα → I haven't lost my himation; I've pledged it to Thought | I have not lost my himation, but I've thought it away | I have not lost my himation, but I spent it in the schools
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Caudium: ii, n.,
I a small but ancient city of Samnium, near Benevento, celebrated for the narrow mountain pass (the Furculae Caudinae) where the Roman army was shut in by the Samnites, Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,
II Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of Caudium, Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, now Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d'Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The same called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137; and Caudinae Fauces, Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132: saltus, Liv. 9, 7, 5: proelium, Cic. Sen. 12, 41: clades, Liv. 9, 16, 2: legiones, id. 25, 6, 12: jugum, Quint. 3, 8, 3: pax, Liv. 9, 7, 4: foedus, Flor. 2, 18, 7: Samnites, Liv. 23, 41, 13.—Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caudium, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Caudĭum,¹² ĭī, n., ville du Samnium : Cic. Off. 3, 109 || -īnus, a, um, Cic. CM 41, de Caudium ; furculæ Caudīnæ Liv. 9, 2 et furcæ Luc. 2, 137, les Fourches Caudines || Caudīnī, ōrum, m., hab. de Caudium : Plin. 3, 105.
Latin > German (Georges)
Caudium, ī, n., Stadt in Samnium an der appischen Straße, j. St. Maria di Goti (bei Forchia Caudina), viel genannt wegen der schmählichen Niederlage, die die Römer durch die Samniter in den benachbarten Pässen des Taburnus erlitten, Liv. 9, 2 sqq. Cic. de off. 3, 109. – Dav. Caudīnus, a, um, kaudinisch, furculae, Liv., od. furcae, Val. Max., od. fauces, Col. poët. 10, 132, od. saltus, Liv., die kaudinischen Pässe (s. vorher): proelium, in den kaud. Pässen, Cic.: pax, Liv.: legiones, die in den kaud. P. schimpflich unterlegenen, Liv.: Plur. subst., Caudīnī, ōrum, die Einwohner von Kaudium, die Kaudiner, Liv. u. Plin.
