altaria
Ἕκτορ νῦν σὺ μὲν ὧδε θέεις ἀκίχητα διώκων → Hector, you run in pursuit of something unattainable | Hector, now art thou hasting thus vainly after what thou mayest not attain | Hector, now you are hasting thus vainly after what you may not attain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
altārĭa: jum, n. (ante-class and class. only in plur.; later in sing., in three forms: altāre, is, n., Fest. s. v. adulescit, p. 5; Isid. Orig. 15, 4: altar, āris, n., Prud. στεφ.; Vincent. 2, 515, and 9, 212; and altārĭum, ii, n., Inscr. Orell. 2519; Hier. Ep. 69.—
I Abl. altari, Petr. 135, Vulg. Gen. 33, 20, ib. Matt. 23, 20 al.) [cf. adoleo, adolesco, as sacrificial terms, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll., or altus from its height, id. ib. p. 29; Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 66].
I That which was placed upon the altar proper (ara) for the burning of the victim (altaria sunt, in quibus igne adoletur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll.; cf. id. ib. p. 29): celeres urunt altaria flammae, Tib. 4, 6, 17: structae diris altaribus arae, Luc. 3, 404: aris altaria imponere, Quint. Decl. 12, 26; Sol. 9.—Hence,
II Poet. (pars pro toto), a high altar (built and ornamented with more splendor than the ara; cf. Voss ad Verg. E. 5, 66; Hab. Syn. 129): Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis, Lucr. 4, 1237: en quattuor aras; Ecce duas tibi, Daphni, duas altaria Phoebo, two high altars to Phœbus, Verg. E. 5, 66 (ubi v. Wagn. and Voss): inter aras et altaria, i. e. in Capitolio, Plin. Pan. 1, 5: altaria thymiamatis, Vulg. Exod. 30, 27; ib. Rom. 11, 3 al.—Sing. (eccl. Lat.): aedificabit ibi altare Domino, Vulg. Gen. 12, 7; ib. Psa. 25, 6; ib. Matt. 5, 23: altare de terrā facere, ib. Exod. 20, 24: altare lapideum, ib. ib. 20, 25: altare aureum, ib. Num. 4, 11; ib. Apoc. 8, 3 al. persaepe.—Also plur. of a single altar: a cujus altaribus, Cic. Cat. 1, 9 fin.: ab altaribus fugatus, id. Har. Resp. 5: amoveri ab altaribus juvenem jussisset, Liv. 2, 12: Hannibalem altaribus admotum, id. 21, 1: altaria et aram complexa, Tac. A. 16, 31: sumptis in manus altaribus, Just. 24, 2; Suet. Aug. 94.
Latin > German (Georges)
altāria, ium, n. (altus), vorklass.u. klass. nur im Plur. (dah. auch nur mit Distributivzahlen verb.), später im Singular in drei Formen: α) altāre, is, n., Paul. ex Fest. 5, 6. Apul. de Plat. 1, 1 u.a. Gramm. u. Eccl. [[[auch]] Acc. mit angehängtem m, gegen Rönsch Itala p. 265 sq. ], β) altar, āris, n., Prud. perist. 3, 212 u.a. Eccl., Abl. altari, Petron. 135, 3, γ) altārium, ī, n., Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 414b. Hier. ep. 69, 9 u.a. Eccl.; vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 Bd. 1. S. 689 u. Georges, Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 37, I) der Aufsatz auf dem Opfertische (ara) zum Verbrennen der Opfertiere, der Opferherd, structae diris altaribus arae, Lucan. 3, 404: aris altaria imponere, Ps. Quint. decl. 12, 26. – II) der ganze mit einem solchen Aufsatze versehene, zu Brandopfern bestimmte Altar, Hochaltar, Brandaltar, accendi ex his altaria araeve debeant, Plin.: inter aras et altaria, Plin. pan. – auch von einem einz. Altar, ab altaribus fugatus, Cic.: altaribus admotum iureiurando adegit, Liv.: sumptis in manus altaribus, Iustin.
