camillus
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English
camillus camilli N M :: boy/noble youth attendant of a flamen/priest
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cămillus: (also casmilus; cf. Camena and Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.), i, m. with difficulty connected with the Samothracian Kabiren-Hermes, Κάδμιλος and Κάδμος; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, 3, § 34 Müll., and Macr. S. 3, 8; perh.
dim. from root of Camena; cf. carmen,
I a noble youth employed in the sacrifices of the Flamen Dialis, and then, gen., in religious offices, Paul. ex Fest. p. 43 Müll.: hiberno pulvere, verno luto, grandia farra Camille metes, Poët. ib. p. 93. —The same verse is given with the expl., Camillus adulescens est, by Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 101: Romani pueros et puellas nobiles et investes Camillos et Camillas appellant, flaminicarum et flaminum praeministros, Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; repeated by Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 63 Müll. s. v. cumeram.—
B = pusillus, small, Quint. 8, 3, 19.—
II camilla, ae, f., a maiden of unblemished birth and character: caelitum camilla, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 232 Rib.): = administra, since only such maidens were permitted to serve in the sacred rites, v. Varr. l. l.; Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cămillus, ī, m., enfant noble, aide dans les sacrifices : P. Fest. 93 ; Serv. En. 11, 543 ; Varro L. 7, 34 ; Macr. Sat. 3, 8, 7 || [fig., pour désigner un vase de sacrifices] : P. Fest. 63.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) camillus1 (auch casmillus geschr.), ī, m. (v. γάμος, wie γαμήλιος), ein aus unbescholtener Ehe entsprossener, freigeborener, ehrbarer Knabe oder Jüngling, Carm. rust. b. Paul. ex Fest. 93 u. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 101; u. weil nur solche zum Opferdienst zulässig, ein vornehmer, beim Opferdienst des flamen Dialis u. dann übh. bei religiösen Handlungen gebrauchter Jüngling, ein Opferknabe, Altarknabe, Varr. LL. 7, 34 u.a. Gramm. – = jung übh., Poët. b. Quint. 8, 3, 19.
Latin > Chinese
camillus, i. m. :: 人名侍祭之貴孩
