Ligures

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Lĭgŭres, um, m.,

I the Ligurians, an Italian people in Gallia Cisalpina, in the mod. Piedmont, Genoa , and Lucca : montani duri atque agrestes, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95; id. Brut. 73, 255; Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47; Liv. 5, 35; 22, 33; 27, 39; Ov. M. 2, 370; Flor. 2, 3, 2 al.: Ligures omnes fallaces, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 701: terrae motus in Liguribus, i. e. in Liguria , Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78.— Hence,

A Lĭgur and Lĭgus , ŭris, adj. comm., Ligurian; and subst., a Ligurian : Ligus iste, Cic. Sest. 31, 68: vane Ligus, Verg. A. 11, 715: tonse Ligur, Luc. 1, 442: femina Ligus, Tac. H. 2, 13: Ligus ora, Pers. 6, 6: securis, Cat. 16, 19.—

2 Lĭ-gur or Lĭgus , a surname in the gens Aelia and Octavia, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; id. Att. 12, 23, 3.—

B Lĭgŭrĭa , ae, f., Liguria, a country of Cisalpine Gaul , Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48; Tac. H. 2, 15; id. Agr. 7.—

C Lĭgŭrīnus , a, um, adj., Ligurian : Ligurinae Alpes, Grat. Cyn. 510.—

2 Subst.: Lĭgŭrīnus , i, m., the name of a favorite of Horace , Hor. C. 4, 1, 33. To him is addressed C. 4, 10.—

D Lĭgustĭcus (collat. form Lĭguscus , Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6; 2, 5, 9; 3, 9, 17, acc. to the MSS.; cf. Etruscus), a, um, adj., = Λιγυστικός, Ligustine, Ligurian : ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6: mare, Plin. 3, 6, 10, § 75: ora, id. 3, 5, 7, § 47: saxa, Juv. 3, 257.—

2 Subst.: lĭgustĭcum , i, n., a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage , Col. 12, 57, 5; Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165; 20, 15, 60, § 168 (corrupted into Levisticum, Veg. Vet. 3, 52, 2).—

E Lĭgustīnus , a, um, adj., = Λιγυστι-νός, Ligustine, Ligurian : montes, Liv. 34, 8: ager, id. 42, 4: scutum, id. 44, 35. —Subst.: Lĭgustīni , ōrum, m., the Ligurians , Plin. 10, 24, 34, § 71.—

F Lĭgustis , ĭdis, adj., = Λιγυστίς, Ligurian : gente cretus in Ligustide, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15.

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