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|lshtext=<b>cărīna</b>: ae, f. cf. [[κάρυον]], [[cornu]].<br /><b>I</b> The [[keel]] of a [[ship]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 42; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; id. B. C. 1, 54; Liv. 22, 20, 2; 28, 8, 14; Tac. A. 2, 6; Curt. 7, 3, 9; 10, 1, 19; Ov. M. 14, 552; id. P. 4, 3, 5.—In the poets [[very]] freq. (in Ovid's Met. [[alone]] [[about]] [[thirty]] times).—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Pars pro toto.) A [[vessel]], [[boat]], [[ship]], Enn. Ann. 379; 476; 560 Vahl.; Cat. 64, 10; 64, 250; Prop. 3 (4), 9, 35; Verg. G. 1, 303; 1, 360; 2, 445; id. A. 2, 23; 4, 398; 5, 158; Hor. C. 1, 4, 2; 1, 14, 7; id. Epod. 10, 20; Ov. M. 1, 134.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of objects of [[similar]] form; of the shells of nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88; of the bodies of dogs, Nemes. Cyneg. 110 Wernsd.; cf. Schol. Stat. Th. 11, 512 and 2. [[carino]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. freq. as nom. propr.: Cărīnae, ārum, f., the Keels, a [[celebrated]] [[quarter]] in the [[fourth]] [[region]] of [[Rome]], [[between]] the Cœlian and Esquiline Hills, [[now]] S. Pietro in vincoli, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 sq.; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7; Liv. 26, 10, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48; Suet. Gram. 15 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 522 sq.: lautae, Verg. A. 8, 361 Serv.—[[Here]] stood also the [[house]] of [[Pompey]], Suet. Tib. 15; id. Gram. 15; [[hence]] the humorous [[play]] [[upon]] the [[word]] carinae, ships' keels, Vell. 2, 77, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 84; cf. [[Dio]]. Cass. 48, 38, p. 555.