arx

arx arcis (plur.only nom.and acc.), f

ARC-, a castle, citadel, fortress, stronghold : (montem) murus arcem efficit, Cs.: munire arcem: arcem tradunt, N.: hostium, L.— In Rome, prop., the southwest summit of the Capitoline hill ; in gen., the Capitoline hill, the Capitol : arcem habere, L.: de arce captā nuntii, L.; where auguries were taken: deductus in arcem, L.; often with Capitolium, C.—Plur., of the seven hills of Rome: beatae, H.— Poet.: me in arcem ex urbe removi, refuge (i. e. his villa), H.— Prov.: arcem facere e cloacā, a mountain of a molehill .—Poet.: summā in arce, at the very top , O.: Parnasi, O.: Quae pater ut summā vidit Saturnius arce, O.: caeli quibus adnuis arcem, V.: Dexterā sacras iaculatus arces, H.—Fig., a protection, refuge, bulwark : omnium gentium: arces libertatis tuendae, L.: caput atque arcem totius belli, head and front , L.: legis.