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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.
- I. Eit for making poles or stakes: calamus, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.
- 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.
- 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.
- II. Usu., the mark or sign burned or imprinted.
- A. Prop. (esp. upon animals): quadrupedia charactere signare, Col. 11, 2, 14; Pall. Jan. 16: characterem infigere alicui, Aug. Contr. Cresc. 1, 30.
- 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,
- I. a fortress in the valley of Tempe, now Carisso, Liv. 44, 6, 10.
- 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.
- I. One of the Lapithœ, Ov. M. 12, 272.
- II. A brother of Sappho, Ov. H. 15, 117.