siliqua
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sĭlĭqua: ae, f.
I Lit., a pod or husk of leguminous plants, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3; Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 120; Verg. G. 1, 74.—
B Transf.: sĭlĭquae, ārum, pulse, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 123; Pers. 3, 55; Juv. 11, 58.—
II Siliqua Graeca, the carob-tree, a carob, St. John's bread, Col. 5, 10, 20; 7, 9, 6; id. Arb. 25, 1; also simply siliqua, Plin. 15, 24, 26, § 95; 23, 8, 79, § 151; Pall. Febr. 25, 27; id. Insit. 117.—A variety of the same is called siliqua Syriaca, Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151; Scrib. Comp. 121.—
III The same as faenum Graecum; v. silicia.—
The name of a very small weight or measure, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 10; Veg. 1, 20, 2.—As a coin, the twenty-fourth part of a solidus, Cod. Just. 4, 32, 26 fin.>
