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chara, ae, f., a root unknown to us; perh. wild cabbage, Caes. B. C. 3, 48.

chărăcātus, a, um, adj., [χάραξ], provided with stakes, propped up: vineae, Col. 5, 4, 1; 5, 5, 16.

chărăcĭas, ae, m., = χαρακίας.

  1. I. Eit for making poles or stakes: calamus, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.
  2. II. A name of a plant, wolf’s-milk, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes, ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.

chăracter, ēris, m., = χαρακτήρ.

  1. I. An instrument for branding or marking, etc.: character est ferrum coloratum, quo notae pecudibus inuruntur, χαρακτήρ autem Graece, Latine forma dicitur, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 7.
  2. II. Usu., the mark or sign burned or imprinted.
    1. A. Prop. (esp. upon animals): quadrupedia charactere signare, Col. 11, 2, 14; Pall. Jan. 16: characterem infigere alicui, Aug. Contr. Cresc. 1, 30.
    2. B. Trop., a characteristic, mark, character, style, etc. (only ante- and postclass.): Luciliano charactere libelli, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 1; Diom. p. 481 P. (cf. Cic. Or. 39, 134; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 5; and Gell. 7, 14, 1, in which passages it is written as Greek).

chăractērismŏs (-mus), i, m., = χαρακτηρισμός characterization, the making prominent of the characteristic marks, rhet. t. t. (pure Lat. descriptio, depictio), Isid. Orig. 2, 21, 40; Porphyr. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 7.

Charădra, ae, f., = Χαράδρα, a town of Epirus, Enn. Fragm. p. 166 Vahl.

chărā̆drĭus, ïi, m., = χαραδριός, a yellowish bird, Vulg. Lev. 11, 19; id. Deut. 14, 18.

Chărā̆drus, i, f., a town in Syria, Plin. 5, 20, 18, § 79.

Chărax, ăcis, f., = Χάραξ,

  1. I. a fortress in the valley of Tempe, now Carisso, Liv. 44, 6, 10.
  2. II. A town on the Persian Gulf, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 100; 6, 26, 30, § 124 sq.

chăraxo, āre, 1, v. a., = χαράσσω, to scratch, engrave (late Lat.): ungulis genas, Prud. στεφ. 10, 557: tabulae decalogo charaxatae, Aug. Alterc. Eccl. et Synag.

Chăraxus, i, m.

  1. I. One of the Lapithœ, Ov. M. 12, 272.
  2. II. A brother of Sappho, Ov. H. 15, 117.