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Cornēlĭus, a,

  1. I. subst., a designation of a Roman gens celebrated as embracing the most distinguished Roman men and women (the patrician Scipios, Sulla, the Gracchi and their mother, etc.; the plebeian Balbi, Mammulae, Merulae, etc.).
    Also adj.; hence the numerous laws made by the different Cornelii, but esp. by L. Cornelius Sulla, were called Leges Corneliae; cf. Ernest. and Orell. Clav. Cicer. in Ind. Legum, p. 13 sq.; Dict. of Antiq.
    Fŏrum Cor-nēlĭum, a town of the Lingones in Gallia Cisalpina, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cornēlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Cornelius, Cornelian: oratio, the oration of Cicero in defence of a certain C. Cornelius, Cic. Brut. 78, 271; id. Or. 29, 103; 67, 225; 70, 232; its fragments, v. in Orell. IV. 2, pp. 446-454, and V. 2, pp. 56-81.
    1. B. Cornēlĭāna Castra, a place on the African coast, in the vicinity of Bagradas, named after the camp of the elder Scipio pitched there in the second Punic war, now Ghellah, Caes. B. C. 2, 24 sq.; the same place was also called Castra Cornēlĭa, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, §§ 24 and 29.

cornĕŏlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. corneus].

  1. I. Horny, of horn (very rare): introitus (auris), * Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 146.
  2. * II. Transf., hard, firm, Petr. 43, 7.

* cornesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [cornu], to become like horn, grow horny, turn to horn, Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261.

cornētum, i, n. [1. cornus], a grove of cornel-trees, Varr. L. L. 5, § 152 Müll.; cf. id. ib. § 146.

1. cornĕus, a, um, adj. [cornu].

  1. I. Of horn, horny, horn- (rare but class.): corneo proceroque rostro (ibes), * Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: ora, Ov. M. 8, 545: arcus, id. ib. 1, 697: pyxis, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 142: laterna, Mart. 14, 61: crater, id. 12, 32, 12: ungula (equi), Luc. 6, 83; cf. solum, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: porta Somni, Verg. A. 6, 894; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 288.
  2. II. Hard as horn, horny (very rare): corpora piscatorum, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 102; 7, 19, 18, § 80.
    1. B. Trop.: fibra, hard-heartedness, insensibility, Pers. 1, 47; cf. corda, Sid. Ep. 4, 1.
  3. III. Of the color of korn (post-Aug.): cereum aut corneum, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89: color, id. 36, 8, 12, § 61; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 894.

2. cornĕus, a, um, adj. [1. cornus], of or belonging to the cornel-tree or cornelwood: virgulta, Verg. A. 3, 22: clavi, Cato, R. R. 18, 9: hastilia, Verg. A. 5, 557: venabula, Ov. H. 4, 83.

1. cornĭcen, cĭnis, m. [cornu-cano; cf.: tibicen, tubicen, etc.], a horn-blower, corneter, Liv. 2, 64, 10; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; Juv. 2, 118; 3, 34 al.

2. Cornĭcen, ĭnis, m., a surname of several persons in the gens Oppia, Liv. 3, 35, 11 al.; also in the access. form Cornĭ-cĭnus, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4.

cornīcor, āri, v. dep. [cornix], to caw like a crow (very rare): quid grave secum inepte, Pers. 5, 12; cf. Prisc. p. 828 P.; Hier. Ep. 125, n. 16.

* cornīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [cornix], a little crow, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 19.

cornĭcŭlans, antis, adj. [1. corniculum], horn-shaped, horned (late Lat.): luna, i. e. the new moon, Sol. 32, 17; Amm. 20, 3, 1; cf. corniculatus.

Cornĭcŭlānus, a, um, v. 2. Corniculum, B.

Cornĭcŭlārĭa, ae, f., a lost play of Plautus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 al.

cornĭcŭlārĭus, ii, m. [1. corniculum].

  1. I. In milit. lang. (prop. one who had been presented with a corniculum, and thereby promoted), an adjutant of a centurion, tribune, proprætor, etc. (post-Aug.), Val. Max. 6, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 14, 1; Suet. Dom. 17; Inscr. Orell. 3465; Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71 al.
  2. II. Transf. to civil offices, an assistant, aid, secretary, Cod. Th. 1, 15, 11; 7, 4, 32; 8, 4, 10; Firm. Math. 3, 6.

* cornĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [1. corniculum], in the form of a horn, horned: luna, i. e. the new moon, App. de Deo Socr. p. 42, 1; cf. corniculans.

1. cornĭcŭlum, i, n. dim. [cornu], a little horn.

  1. I. Prop., Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143; 11, 28, 34, § 100.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. A small tunnel of horn, Col. 7, 5, 15 and 20.
    2. B. A horn-shaped ornament upon the helmet, as a reward for bravery, Liv. 10, 44, 5; Aur. Vict. 723; Suet. Gram. 9; cf. Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 124.

2. Cornĭcŭlum, i, n., an ancient town in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Liv. 1, 38, 4; Flor. 1, 11, 6.
Hence,

  1. B. Cornĭcŭlā-nus, a, um, adj., of Corniculum; so the father of Servius Tullius, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 7; and his mother, Ov. F. 6, 628.

cornĭcŭlus, i, m. [1. corniculum], the civil office of a cornicularius, Cod. Th. 1, 15, 11; 8, 7, 8.

cornĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj., having or bearing horns, horned (for the usu. corniger): cervi, Poët. ap. Mai, Auct. Class. 5, p. 456.

Cornĭfĭcĭus, a, the name of a Roman plebeian gens; so,

  1. I. Q. Cornificius, friend of Cicero and author of rhet. and gram. works, Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 21 al.; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3 al.
  2. II. A Latin poet, Cat. 38, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 436; Macr. S. 6, 5; cf. Don. Vit. Verg. 67.

* cornĭ-frons, ontis, adj. [cornu], with horns on the forehead: armentae, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 190, 21.

cornĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [cornugero], having or bearing horns, horned (poet.): cervi, Lucr. 3, 751; Ov. M. 7, 701: matres haedi, Lucr. 2, 368: Taurus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Ov. M. 15, 511: juvencae, id. ib. 13, 926: Ammon, id. ib. 5, 17; 15, 309; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 201: fluvius Hesperidum, Verg. A. 8, 77; cf. Numicius, Ov. M. 14, 602: Lyaeus, id. Am. 3, 15, 17; v. Bacchus, I.
Subst.: cornĭgĕra, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), horned animals, horned cattle, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; 11, 45, 105, § 254 sq. al.; and ‡ cornĭgĕra, ae, f. (sc. cerva), a hind, Inscr. Orell. 1463.

cornĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj. [cornu], hornfooted, hoofed (poet.): capella, Cat. 19, 16: equi, Verg. A. 6, 591: Faunus, Ov. F. 2, 361: planta (Panis), Sil. 13, 338.
Also subst.: cornĭpēs, pĕdis, m. (so most freq. in Claud.), a horn-footed animal; of the horse, Sil. 3, 361; 7, 684; Claud. Fesc. 11, 11 al.; of the centaur Chiron, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 180 et saep.

‡ Corniscārum divarum locus erat trans Tiberim cornicibus dicatus, quod in Junonis tutelā esse putabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 7 Müll.; cf. Inscr. Grut. 88, 14.

cornix, īcis, f. [kindred with corvus and κορώνη], a crow, Lucr. 5, 1083: rauca, id. 6, 753: garrula, Ov. M. 2, 548: loquax, id. F. 2, 89; Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30 al.; renowned as being long lived, Lucr. 5, 1083; Cic. Tusc. 3, 28, 69; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; Ov. M. 7, 274; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 153 et saep.; its appearance on the left side was considered as a favorable omen, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; Verg. E. 9, 15; Phaedr. 3, 18, 12; cf. Suet. Dom. 23; and its cries as a sign of rain, Verg. G. 1, 388; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.
Its eyes were used as a charm, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 16 Paley ad loc.
From its custom of attacking its prey first in the eyes is taken the proverb: cornicum oculos configere, to delude or deceive the most wary (Anglice, to catch a weasel asleep), Cic. Mur. 11, 25 (cited ap. Quint. 8, 3, 22); and ellipt.: cornici oculum, id. Fl. 20, 46 (cf. Schol. Bobiens. V. 2, p. 242 Orell.).

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60.
An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage: nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.
The dat. sing. apparently never used; for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat … dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus, Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.: Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit, id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with κέρας, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

  1. I. Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; of a bullock, Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.; also of the constellation Taurus, Ov. M. 2, 80; of the ram, id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111; of the he-goat, Verg. E. 9, 25; of kids, id. G. 2, 526 al.
    Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Κέρας Ἀμαλθείας (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.
    1. B. Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.
      1. 1. That which is similar to horn in substance.
        1. a. A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.
        2. b. Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.
        3. c. The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.
        4. d. A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.
          Far more freq.,
      2. 2. That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.
        1. a. The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2: cornu Indicum, Mart. 1, 73, 4.
        2. b. The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.
        3. c. The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.
          Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under κέρας, V.
        4. d. The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.
        5. e. The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.
        6. f. The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed: cornua cristae, Verg. A. 12, 89: alterum cornu galeae, Liv. 27, 33, 2.
        7. g. The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107.
        8. h. The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.
        9. i. The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.
        10. k. The top or summit of a mountain: cornua Parnasi, Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4.
      1. 1. The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.
        1. m. The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).
          1. * (β) Transf.: cornua disputationis tuae commovere, i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).
        2. n. The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al.
        3. o. The stiff hair of the Germans: quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro? Juv. 13, 165.
      2. 3. Of objects made of horn.
        1. a. A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.
        2. b. A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.
          Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.
          In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).
        3. c. The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.
        4. d. A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.
        5. e. An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.
        6. f. A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.
  2. II. Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v. [??], p. 906, 6; poet.): ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5: venerunt capiti cornua sera meo, Ov. Am. 3, 11,: tunc pauper cornua sumit, gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc., Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.
    Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

cornŭālis, e, adj. [cornu], of or pertaining to horns: concertatio, with the horns, Cassiod. Var. 1, 37.

* cornŭārĭus, ii, m. [cornu], a maker of horns or trumpets, Dig. 50, 6, 6.

cornŭātus, a, um, adj. [cornu], horn-like, horn-shaped: umbra, Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 25.

Cornūcōpĭae, v. cornu, I. A. fin.

cornŭlum, i, n. dim. [cornu], a little horn, = corniculum (late Lat.), Apic. 8, 1.

1. cornum, i, n. [1. cornus],

  1. I. the cornelcherry, Verg. G. 2, 34; id. A. 3, 649; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 9; Ov. M. 1, 105; 8, 665; 13, 816; Col. 12, 10, 3.
  2. * II. = 1. cornus, II., Ov. M. 8, 408.

2. cornum, i, v. cornu init.

cornupĕta, ae, adj. comm., pushing or goring with the horns, Vulg. Exod. 21, 29; 21, 36.

1. cornus, i, f. (cornus, ūs, f., Sil. 4, 552; Stat. Th. 7, 647),

  1. I. a cornel cherry-tree: Cornus mascula, Linn.; Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 448; Col. 5, 7, 1 al.
  2. II. Meton., a javelin made of cornelwood, Verg. A. 9, 698; Sil. 10, 122; Stat. l. l. al.; cf. 1. cornum, II.

2. cornus, ūs, v. cornu init.

3. Cornus, i, f., a city on the western coast of Sardinia, Liv. 23, 40, 5 sq.

1. cornūtus, a, um, adj. [cornu],

  1. I. horned: animalia, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2: aries, Col. 7, 3, 4.
    1. B. Meton. (cf. cornu, I. B.): quadrupedes (i. e. elephanti), Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.: luna, Amm. 14, 2, 2.
    2. C. Subst.:
      1. 1. cornūti, ōrum, m. (= tauri), bullocks, Att. ap. Non. p. 395, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 494 Rib.).
      2. 2. cornūtae, ārum, f., a kind of sea-fish. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Apic. 10, 3, § 454.
  2. II. Trop.: syllogismus, a horned syllogism, a sophistical conclusion, sophism, = ceratina, Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2; cf.: cornuta interrogatio, id. adv. Helvid. 16.

2. Cornūtus, i, m., a Roman cognomen.

  1. I. Annaeus Cornutus, a grammarian, Gell. 2, 6.
  2. II. M. Cornutus, a prætor during the consulate of Hirtius and Pansa, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37.