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caupo (also cōpo and cūpo, Charis. p. 47 P.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7;

  1. I. the form copo, Cic. Clu. 59, 163; Inscr. Orell. 4169; Inscr. Momms. 5078), ōnis, m. [root cap-, to take in, receive, v. capio; cf. κάπηλος], a petty tradesman, huckster, innkeeper, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 51; Hor. S. 1, 1, 29 K. and H.; 1, 5, 4; Mart. 1, 57; Dig. 4, 9, 1 al.
  2. * II. Trop.: sapientiae atque facundiae, Tert. Anim. 3.

Colminiana (Cato, R. R. 6, 1), Col-minia (Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1), Culminia (Col. 5, 8, 8; 12, 51, 3; 12, 54, 1), Cominia (Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13; Pall. Febr. 18, 4): olea, an unknown kind of olive-tree (concerning the varying readings, v. Schneid. N. cr.).

1. cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem ΚΟΛ, whence βουκόλος, βουκολέω; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).

  1. I. Prop.
          1. (α) With acc.: fundum, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2: agrum, id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.: agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67: arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum, Quint. 1, 12, 7: praedia, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49: rus, Col. 1, 1: rura, Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413: hortos, Ov. M. 14, 624 al.: jugera, Col. 1 pr.: patrios fines, id. ib.: solum, id. 2, 2, 8: terram, id. 2, 2, 4: arbustum, Quint. 1, 12, 7: vitem, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38: arbores, Hor. C. 2, 14, 22: arva, id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15: fructus, Verg. G. 2, 36: fruges, Ov. M. 15, 134: poma, id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.
          2. (β) Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.
    1. B. In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
          1. (α) With acc.: hanc domum, Plaut. Aul. prol. 4: nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant, Lucr. 5, 955: regiones Acherunticas, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21: colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119: urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole, id. Fam. 2, 12, 2: has terras, id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60: loca Idae, Cat. 63, 70: Idalium, id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17: urbem Trojanam, Verg. A. 4, 343: Sicaniam, Ov. M. 5, 495: Maeoniam Sipylumque, id. ib. 6, 149: Elin Messeniaque arva, id. ib. 2, 679: regnum nemorale Dianae, id. ib. 14, 331: hoc nemus, id. ib. 15, 545: Elysium, Verg. A. 5, 735: loca magna, Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10: Britanniam, Tac. Agr. 11: Rheni ripam, id. G. 28: victam ripam, id. A. 1, 59: terras, id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2: insulam, id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29: regionem, Curt. 7, 7, 4.
            Poet., of poets: me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā, i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.
            Also of animals: anguis stagna, Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.
          2. (β) Absol.: hic, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68: subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem, id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2: colunt discreti ac diversi, Tac. G. 16: proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt, id. ib. 32: circa utramque ripam Rhodani, Liv. 21, 26, 6: quā Cilices maritimi colunt, id. 38, 18, 12: prope Oceanum, id. 24, 49, 6: usque ad Albim, Tac. A. 2, 41: ultra Borysthenem fluvium, Gell. 9, 4, 6: super Bosporum, Curt. 6, 2, 13: extra urbem, App. M. 1, p. 111.
  2. II. Trop. (freq. and class.).
    1. A. To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
      1. 1. Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.: deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt, Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12: Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat, Verg. E. 2, 62: ille (Juppiter) colit terras, id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.: undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas, Ov. M. 1, 576: urbem colentes di, Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3: vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis, id. 24, 39, 8: divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis, id. 29, 27, 1.
      2. 2. Rarely with persons as object (syn.: curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.: (Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus, i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7.
      3. 3. Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.: formamque augere colendo, by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534: corpora, id. A. A. 3, 107: tu quoque dum coleris, id. ib. 3, 225.
        With abl.: lacertos auro, Curt. 8, 9, 21: lacertum armillā aureā, Petr. 32: capillos, Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.
      4. 4. With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one’s self to, etc.; of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10: amicitiam, id. Cist. 1, 1, 27: fidem rectumque, Ov. M. 1, 90: fortitudinem, Curt. 10, 3, 9: jus et fas, Liv. 27, 17 fin.: memoriam alicujus, Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101: bonos mores, Sall. C. 9, 1: suum quaestum colit, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137: pietatem, id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33: virtutem, Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149: amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem, id. ib. 1, 2, 5: virginitatis amorem, Verg. A. 11, 584: pacem, Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. 8, 464: studium philosophiae, Cic. Brut. 91, 315: disciplinam, id. ib. 31, 117: aequabile et temperatum orationis genus, id. Off. 1, 1, 3: patrias artes militiamque, Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.: artes liberales, Suet. Tib. 60: ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā, Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.
      5. 5. Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.: servitutem apud aliquem, to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7: nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc., Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live: vitam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25: vitam inopem, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84: aevum vi, Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.
    2. B. Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
      1. 1. Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship: quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas? Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115: hos deos et venerari et colere debemus, id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48: Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana … o colendi Semper et culti, Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350: deos aris, pulvinaribus, Plin. Pan. 11, 3: Mercurium, Caes. B. G. 6, 17: Apollinem nimiā religione, Curt. 4, 3, 21: Cererem secubitu, Ov. A. 3, 10, 16: (deam) magis officiis quam probitate, id. P. 3, 1, 76: per flamines et sacerdotes, Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1: quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur, id. Aug. 70: deum precibus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 580: testimoniorum religionem et fidem, Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and: colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice, Liv. 3, 57, 7; and: apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur, id. 9, 9, 4: sacra, Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679: aras, id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.: numina alicujus, Verg. G. 1, 30: templum, id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578: caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: sacrarium summā caerimoniā, Nep. Th. 8, 4: simulacrum, Suet. Galb. 4.
      2. 2. Of the honor bestowed upon men: ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius, Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18: quia me colitis et magnificatis, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54: a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli, Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8: poëtarum nomen, Cic. Arch. 11, 27: civitatem, id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.: in amicis et diligendis et colendis, id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82: semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique … colo atque colui, Liv. 7, 32, 16: colere et ornare, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2: me diligentissime, id. ib. 13, 25 init.: si te colo, Sexte, non amabo, Mart. 2, 55: aliquem donis, Liv. 31, 43, 7: litteris, Nep. Att. 20, 4: nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter, Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.
        Hence,
      1. 1. cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.: religionum, Cic. Planc. 33, 80.
      2. 2. cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
    1. A. Cultivated, tilled: ager cultior, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20: ager cultissimus, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33: materia et culta et silvestris, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151: res pecuaria, id. Quint. 3, 12: rus cultissimum, Col. 1, 1, 1: terra, Quint. 5, 11, 24: fundus cultior, id. 8, 3, 8: cultiora loca, Curt. 7, 3, 18.
        1. b. Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83
          Hence,
    2. B. Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated: milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret, Suet. Caes. 67: adulter, Ov. Tr. 2, 499: turba muliebriter culta, Curt. 3, 3, 14: sacerdos veste candidā cultus, Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251: matrona vetitā purpurā culta, Suet. Ner. 32: filia cultior, Mart. 10, 98, 3: animi culti, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.: tempora et ingenia cultiora, Curt. 7, 8, 11: Tibullus, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf. carmina, id. A. A. 3, 341: cultiores doctioresque redire, Gell. 19, 8, 1: sermone cultissimus, Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.
      Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.
      Comp.: dicere, Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5: incubare strato lectulo, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.
      Sup. apparently not in use.

cŏlŭmen, ĭnis, n., and contr. cul-men, mis, n. [root cel- of excello; cf.: celsus, culmus, calamus, collis], lit., that which rises in height, is prominent, projects; hence the point, top, summit, ridge.

  1. I. Form columen, inis, n. (only this form is used by Plautus, v. Ritschl, prol. ad Plaut. p. 65).
    1. A. An elevated object, a pillar, column: ego vitam agam sub altis Phrygiae columinibus, the lofty buildings, or perh. the mountain-heights, Cat. 63, 71 Ellis ad loc.; and of a pillar of fire: Phoebi fax, tristis nunt a belli, quae magnum ad columen flammato ardore volabat, like an ascending column, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.
    2. B. The highest part or top of an object, e. g. of a wall; the coping; Fr. le chaperon, Cato, R. R. 15, 1; of a building, a ridge, a roof, a gable: in turribus et columinibus villae, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1: aulae, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1000; id. Thyest. 54 Gron.; so of the Capitol, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20, and of the culmination of heavenly bodies: oritur Canicula cum Cancro, in columen venit cum Geminis, Nigid. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 218.
      1. 2. Trop., the top, crown, summit, first, chief, the height, etc.: columen amicorum Antonii, Cotyla Varius, Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26: pars haec vitae jam pridem pervenit ad columen, Plin. 15, 15, 17, § 57; Col. 3, 4, 3: audaciae, the crown of impudence, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211.
  2. G. An elevated object that supports, sustains something; in archit., the top of a gable-end, a gable pillar, a prop, Vitr. 4, 2, 1; 4, 7, 5.
    Esp. freq.,
      1. 2. Trop., a support, prop, stay: familiae, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: senati, praesidium popli, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 6; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 7: rei publicae, Cic. Sest. 8, 19; Curt. 9, 6, 8: imperii Romani, Div 38, 51, 3: regni Ausonii, Sil. 15, 385: Asiae, Sen. Troad. 6: rerum mearum (Maecenas), Hor. C. 2, 17, 4: doctrinarum, artium (Varro et Nigidius), Gell. 19, 14, 1; Col. 3, 4, 3.
  3. II. culmen, ĭnis, n. (in Cic. only once; cf. the foll. B.; not in Cat., Lucr., or Hor.; in gen. first freq. since the Aug. per.).
    1. * A. Any thing high; poet., of the stalk of a bean, Ov. F. 4, 734.
    2. B. The top, summit, e. g. of a building, a roof, gable, cupola, etc.: columen in summo fastigio culminis, Vitr. 4, 2, 1; Ov. M. 1, 295; 1, 289; Verg. E. 1, 69: tecta domorum, id. A. 2, 446; 2, 458; 4, 186: culmina hominum, deorum, i. e. of houses and temples, id. ib. 4, 671; Liv. 27, 4, 11; 42, 3, 7.
      Of the dome of heaven, * Cic. Arat. 26.
      Of mountain summits: Alpium, Caes. B. G. 3, 2: Tarpeium, Suet. Dom. 23.
      Of the crown of the head of men, Liv. 1, 34, 9.
      Of the top of the prow of a ship, Luc. 3, 709.
      1. 2. Trop., the summit, acme, height, point of culmination (perh. not ante-Aug.): a summo culmine fortunae ad ultimum finem, Liv. 45, 9, 7: principium culmenque (columenque, Sillig) omnium rerum pretii margaritae tenent, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106: ruit alta a culmine Troja, Verg. A. 2, 290 (Hom. Il. 13, 772: κατ’ ἄκρης); cf. id. ib. 2, 603: de summo culmine lapsus, Luc. 8, 8: regale, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 64. pastorale, id. B. Get. 355: honoris, App. Flor. 3.

cōpa (cūpa), ae, f. [copo = caupo], a female tavern-keeper and castanet-dancer, who exhibited her arts in her ale-house (cf. crotalum), Verg. Cop. 1 Heyne and Wagner: matronae copas imitantes, Suet. Ner. 27.

† cō̆rā̆lĭum or cū̆rā̆lĭum (cŏral-lum, Sid. Carm. 11, 110), ii, n., = κοράλλιον; Ion. κουράλιον, coral, esp. red coral, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 21 sq.: curalium, id. 32, 2, 11, §§ 21 and 22: coralium, Ov. M. 4, 750; 15, 416; plur.: coralia, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 169.
In the form corallius, i, f., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 153; masc., Isid. Orig. 16, 8, 1.

Cŭba, ae, f. [cubo], the goddess who protects the lying down of children, Varr. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 15.

Cuballa, ae, f., a town in Gallograecia, Liv. 38, 18, 5.

* cŭbātĭo, ōnis, f. [cubo], a lying down, Varr. L. L. 8, § 54 Müll.

* cŭbātor, ōris, m. [cubo], he who lies down, Paul. Nol. Ep. 21, 4.

cŭbĭcŭlārĭus, a, um (cŭbĭcŭlāris, e; gen., Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; dat., id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; but ap. Suet. Aug. 7, the better read. is cubiculi Lares; v. cubiculum, I.), adj. [cubiculum], of or pertaining to a sleepingchamber.

  1. I. Adj.: lucerna, Mart. 14, 39 in lemm.: gausapina, id. 14, 147 in lemm.: stragula, Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.
  2. II. Subst.: cŭ-bĭcŭlārĭus, ii, m., a chamber-servant, valet-de-chambre: hunc vestri janitores, hunc cubicularii diligunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8; id. Att. 6, 2, 5: manere … cum uno medico et cubicularis duobus, Suet. Caes. 4 Roth (al. -ariis); id. Ner. 38; Capitol. Pert. 4: decurio cubiculariorum, the head of the servants of the bedchamber, Suet. Dom. 17.

* cŭbĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [cubiculum], furnished with bedchambers or state-rooms: naves, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3.

cŭbĭcŭlum (cŭbīclum, per sync., Mart. 10, 30, 17 dub.), i, n. [cubo], an apartment for reclining or (more freq.) for sleeping (cf. cubo), a resting- or sleepingchamber, a bedchamber.

  1. I. Prop., Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 7; Serv. Galba ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56; Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 25; Tac. A. 14, 44; Suet. Caes. 49: Lares cubiculi, Suet. Dom. 17; id. Aug. 7 Roth ex conj. Lips.; v. cubicularius init.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The elevated seat of the emperor in the theatre, Suet. Ner. 12; Plin. Pan. 51, 4.
    2. * B. In arch., a joint, groove of a stone, its bed, Vitr. 2, 8; cf. cubile, I. B.

† cŭbĭcus (cyb-), a, um, adj., = κυβικός, cubic, cubical: rationes, Vitr. 5, praef. 3: soliditas, Mart. Cap. 2, § 102.

cŭbīle, is, n. [cubo], a place of rest, a couch, bed.

  1. I. Lit.
      1. 1. Of men, Lucr. 5, 814; 5, 985; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; 2, 17, 39; Liv. 30, 5, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 100; Curt. 5, 2, 15: salutatorium, an audience-chamber, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 38.
        1. b. In partic., a marriage-bed, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; Cat. 61, 183; Verg. A. 3, 324; Ov. M. 2, 592; 10, 635 et saep.
      2. 2. Of animals, the nest, lair, hole, kennel, etc.; of the mouse: mus pusillus … aetatem uni cubili numquam committit suam, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 16.
        Of dogs, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 12 sq.; Phaedr. 1, 19, 9.
        Of wild beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126.
        Of the elk, Caes. B. G. 6, 27.
        Of the mole, Verg. G. 1, 183.
        Of bees, Verg. G. 4, 243.
        Of serpents, etc., Curt. 9, 3, 8 al.
      3. 3. Poet., the couch of the setting sun: ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili, Hor. C. 4, 15, 16; cf.: cubile noctis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1140.
    1. B. Transf., in arch., the joint or bed of a stone, beam, etc., Vitr. 2, 8; 4, 2; Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96; cf. cubiculum, II. B.
  2. II. Trop.: avaritiae non jam vestigia, sed ipsa cubilia videre, the very den or lair, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf. id. Clu. 30, 82: quas (stragis) nos non vestigiis odorantes ingressus tuos, sed totis volutationibus corporis et cubilibus persecuti sumus, id. Pis. 34, 83 al.

cŭbĭtal, ālis, n. [cubo], a cushion for leaning on, an elbow-cushion, Hor. S. 2, 3, 255 (quoted in Fronto Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 1).

cŭbĭtālis, e, adj. [cubitum], pertaining to the elbow; hence, as a measure, a cubit long, Liv. 24, 34, 9; Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45; Pall. Febr. 18, 6 al.: simulacrum cubitali majus, Suet. Galb. 4.

* cŭbĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [1. cubitus], a lying down, Aug. Ep. 151.

(cŭbĭtissim, a corrupt word in Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 42; acc. to some, adv., lying down.)

cŭbĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [cubo], to lie down often, to be accustomed to lie down (rare): anus hic solet cubitare, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 76; Cic. Cael. 15, 36: humi (pavones), Col. 8, 11 fin.: super pedes cubitantis reclinis, Tac. A. 14, 5.
Of sexual intercourse: cum aliquā (aliquo), Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 57; id. Stich. 4, 1, 41; Quint. 8, 3, 22.

* cŭbĭtor, ōris, m. [1. cubitus], he who lies down: bos, that often lies down in ploughing, Col. 6, 2, 11.

cŭbĭtōrĭus, a, um, adj. [1. cubitus], of or belonging to a reclining posture: vestimenta, clothing worn at table, Petr. 30, 11.

cŭbĭtum, i, n. (cŭbĭtus, i, m., Cels. 8, 1; 8, 16; Non. p. 201, 16) [id.], the elbow (serving for leaning upon).

  1. I. Prop., Cels. 1. 1.; Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 13; Verg. A. 4, 690; Ov. M. 7, 343; Hor. C. 1, 27, 8; id. S. 2, 4, 39; Quint. 11, 3, 93 al.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. The bending, curvature of a shore: orae, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.
    2. B. As a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, an ell, a cubit, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 201, 18; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 15; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Att. 13, 12, 3; Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; Suet. Aug. 43 al.
      Prov.: assiduo cursu cubitum nullum procedere, Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3; cf.: cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi, Suet. Tib. 38.
      Hence, Ital. cubito; Fr. coude.

cŭbĭtūra, ae, f. [cubo], a lying down, Plaut. ap. Non. p. 198, 25.

1. cŭbĭtus, ūs, m. [cubo], a lying down (very rare).

  1. I. Prop.: supini, proni, in latera, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54.
    1. B. Esp., of coitus (for concubitus), in plur., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 70.
  2. II. Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a bed, couch: foliis cubitus sibi sternunt, Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59.

2. cŭbĭtus, i, m., v. cubitum.

cŭbo, ŭi, ìtúm, 1 (perf. subj. cubaris, Prop. 2 (3), 15, 17; perf. inf. cubasse, Quint. 8, 2, 20; cf. also Neue, Formenl. II. p. 478), v. n. [cf. κύπτω], to lie down.

  1. I. Of persons.
    1. A. In gen., to be in a recumbent posture, to recline: in lecticā cubans. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51: ut etiam legationes audiret cubans, Suet. Vesp. 24; id. Aug. 33; 43: cubans auspicatur qui in lecto quaerit augurium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 5 Müll.: pisces cubantes = jacentes, flat, Col. 8, 17, 9.
      Far more freq. and class.,
    2. B. With particular access. meanings.
      1. 1. To lie asleep, to sleep: (vilicus) primus cubitu surgat: postremus cubitum eat … uti suo quisque loco cubet, Cato, R. R. 5, 5; cf.: cubitum ire, Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Div. 2, 59, 122: cubitum abire, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 55: cubitum discedere, Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: cubitum se eo conferre, Suet. Aug. 6: cum iste cubaret, in cubiculum introductus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56: humi ac sub divo, Suet. Caes. 72: toro, id. Aug. 73; Ov. M. 11, 612 et saep.
        1. b. Of sexual intercourse, to lie: cum aliquā (aliquo), Plaut. Am. prol. 112; 1, 1, 134; id. Mil. 1, 1, 65 al.; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 65; Cat. 69, 8; 78, 4 al.
          Absol., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 46; id. Am. prol. 132; 1, 1, 131 et saep.
      2. 2. To recline at table (cf. accumbo): quo eorum loco quisque cubuisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353: supra, Suet. Calig. 24: juxta, id. ib. 32; id. Tit. 1: ille cubans gaudet, etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 110.
      3. 3. To lie sick, to be sick: est ei quidam servus qui in morbo cubat, Plaut. Cas. prol. 37: puerperio, id. Truc. 2, 5, 22: ex duritie alvi, Suet. Ner. 34: aeger, id. Aug. 72.
        Absol., Lucr. 2, 36: haec cubat, ille valet, Ov. H. 20, 164: trans Tiberim longe cubat, Hor. S. 1, 9, 18; 2, 3, 289; id. Ep. 2, 2, 68.
  2. II. Of inanim. objects.
    1. A. In gen.: quā cubat unda freti, lies, extends itself, Mart. 5, 1, 4.
    2. B. In partic., of places, to be in a sloping direction, to slope: cubantia tecta, inclining, sloping, Lucr. 4, 518: Ustica cubans, Hor. C. 1, 17, 12.
      Hence, Ital. covare; Fr. couver.

† cŭbus, i, m., = κύβος,

  1. I. a die, cube, Vitr. 5, praef. 4.
    1. B. As a measure, Rhem. Fann. 61.
  2. II. A cubic number, Gell. 1, 20, 6.

cuccuru (cŭcurru), a word of unknown signif.: Afranius in Cinerario: id me celabat cuccuru. An nomen est ut veru, genu? Charis. p. 214 P. (Afran. Com. Rel. v. 22 Rib.); cf. cucurio.

†† cūci, n. indecl. [Pers.; Gr. κοῦκι], a tree similar to the palm; acc. to Sprengel, Hyphaene coriacea, Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62.

cucubălus, i, f., the plant called also strychnos and strumus, Plin. 27, 8, 44, § 68; Marc. Emp. p. 250.

cūcŭbo, āre, v. n. [cf. κωκύω], of the screech-owl, to hoot, Auct. Carm. Philom. 14 dub.

cŭculla, ae, v. cucullus.

cŭcullātus, a, um, adj. [cucullus], hooded, having a hood (late Lat.): vestis, Isid. Orig. 19, 24, 17.

cŭcullĭo (cŭculĭo, Cato, R. R. 2, 3), ōnis, m. [cucullus], a covering for the head, a cap, Cato, 1. 1.; Lampr. Elag. 32; Capitol. Ver. 4.

cŭcullus, i, m. (cŭculla, ae, f., in eccl. Lat., Paul. Nol. 21, 389; Hier. Vit. Hil. 46; Ennod. Ep. 9, 14) [root kal-, of cella, clam, καλύπτω; cf. culleus], a covering.

  1. I. Of the head, a cap, hood, fastened to a garment, Col. 1, 8, 9; Mart. 11, 98, 10; Juv. 3, 170; as a disguise, id. 8, 145 al.
  2. II. Of the feet, Capitol. Pert. 8 dub.
  3. III. Of merchandise, a conical wrapper or case, Mart. 3, 2, 5.

* cŭcŭlo, āre, v. n. [cuculus], onomatop. of the cuckoo, to cry cuckoo, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35.

cŭcūlus (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. [Sanscr. ku-, to cry; cf. κωκύω], a cuckoo, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; as a term of reproach, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Ps. 1, 1, 94; esp. of foolish men, id. Trin. 2, 1, 18; and of dilatory husbandmen, who are not through with their pruning until the cuckoo is heard (after the vernal equinox), Plin. 1. 1.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 31; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 403.

cŭcŭma, ae, f. [coquo].

  1. I. A cookingvessel, a kettle, Petr. 135, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 1.
  2. II. Perh., a small private bath (opp. thermae), Mart. 10, 79, 4.

* cŭcŭmella, ae, f. dim. [cucuma], a little kettle, Dig. 8, 5, 17.

cŭcŭmĕrācĕus, a, um, adj., cucumber-like, of cucumber, Theod. Prisc. p. 2, 3.

cŭcŭmĕrārĭum, ii, n. [cucumis], a cucumber-field (eccl. Lat., transl. of the Heb. [??], Isa. 1, 8), Tert. adv. Jud. 3; Hier. in Isa. 1, 1, 8.

cŭcŭmis, ĕris (is, sometimes in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny; e. g. acc. cucumim, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 20, 1, 2, § 3; abl. cucumi, id. 20, 9, 40, § 103 al.; together with cucumeris, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68; 19, 12, 61, § 186: cucumeres, id. 19, 5, 24, § 69 (cucumis, Sillig): cucumerum, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68 al.), m.

  1. I. A cucumber, Col. 11, 3, 48; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 25; Verg. G. 4, 122 al.
  2. II. A sea-plant, similar in color and odor to the cucumber, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3.

cŭcurbĭta, ae, f., a gourd.

  1. I. Prop., Col. 11, 3, 48 sq.; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 16.
  2. II. Transf., in medic. lang., a cup, cupping-glass (of similar form), Scrib. Comp. 46; 67; Juv. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123 al.
  3. III. Trop., a blockhead, Petr. 39.

cŭcurbĭtārĭus, ii, m. [cucurbita], a gourd planter, Hier. Ep. 112, n. 22.

* cŭcurbĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [cucurbita, II.], a cupping, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 32.

cŭcurbĭtīnus, a, um, adj. [cucurbita], like or similar to a gourd: pira, the gourdpear, Cato, R. R. 7, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56: ficus, Cloatius ap. Macr. S. 2, 16, 1; 2, 15, 6.

cŭcurbĭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [cucurbita].

  1. I. Silvestris, the bitter gourd, Scrib. Comp. 106.
  2. II. A cupping-glass, Cels. 2, 11; 3, 18.

cŭcurbĭtŭlāris, is, f. [cucurbitula], the field cypress, = chamaepitys, Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 86.

* cūcūrĭo, īre, v. n. [root kar-, to sound; cf. Gr. κρέκω, κραυγή], to crow, Auct. Carm. Philom. 25.

cŭcurru, v. cuccuru.

cucus, i, m., a daw: interea Cucus, si in ludum iret, potuisset fieri ut probe litteras sciret, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 6.

cucutĭum, ii, n. [cf. cucullus], a kind of hood, Treb. Poll. Claud. 17, 6.

1. cūdo, ĕre, v. a., to strike, beat, pound, knock (rare and only ante-class., and in postAug. prose).

  1. I. Prop.: aurum pilis, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69 (v. Sillig N. cr.): semina, to beat out, thresh, Col. 2, 10, 14; Lucr. 1, 1044; 4, 187.
    Prov.: istaec in me cudetur faba, i. e. I must smart for that, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 90 Don.
  2. II. Transf. (of metals), to prepare by beating or hammering, to forge; of money, to stamp, coin: plumbeos nummos, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 11: argentum, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 18: anulum, to make, Quint. 9, 2, 61.
    1. * B. Trop.: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? forge, prepare, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40.

2. cūdo, ōnis, m., a helmet made of raw skin; abl. cudone, Sil. 8, 495; 16, 59; cf.: cudon, περικεφαλαίας εἶδος, Gloss. Philox.

* cuferion, ii, n., the nose-bleed, a disease of horses, Veg. Art. Vet. 3, 37.

cuicuimŏdi (ante-class. quoiquoi mŏdi) [quisquis-modus], euphon. form for cujuscujusmodi (very rare in MSS., but vouched for by the ancient grammarians; v. Kuhner, Gram. I. p. 398; 405 sq.), of what sort, kind, or nature soever: sisne necne ut esse oportet, malus, bonus quoiquoi modi, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 16: velim omnia quam diligentissime, cuicuimodi sunt, scribas, Cic. Att. 3, 22, 4; id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107 Zumpt and Halm ad loc.; cf. Madv. ad id. Fin. 3, 9, 30: cuicuimodi fuerit illa (lex), Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 34, 83; 5, 41, 121 (al. cujusmodi): sed Epicurus, cuicuimodi homo est, Gell. 2, 8, 6: cuicuimodi est, id. 9, 2, 6.

cuimŏdi [quis-modus] for cujusmodi = qualis, of what kind or nature soever: cuimodi esset, Gell. 9, 13, 4; 12, 2, 2; 12, 15, 1; 13, 29, 1 al.

cūjas (archaic quōjas), ātis, or (anteand post-class.) uncontr. cūjātis, is, pron. interrog. [pronom. stem quo-; cf.: quis, qui], whence originating? of what country, family, or town? whence? from what place? = ποδαπός; nom. cujatis (quoj-), Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51; Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 24; Plaut. Curc. 3, 37; id. Men. 2, 2, 66; id. Poen. prol. 109; 5, 2, 33; App. M. 1, p. 104, 16; 8, p. 212, 31: quem cum percunctaretur Scipio, quis et cujas et cur id aetatis in castris fuisset? etc., Liv. 27, 19, 9: Socrates cum rogaretur, cujatem se esse diceret, Mundanum inquit, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108: cujates estis? aut quo ex oppido? Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 34.

1. cūjus (archaic quōjus), a, um, pron. interrog. [pronom. stem quo-], pertaining to whom? of whom? whose? (most freq. in Plaut. and Ter.): quoja vox sonat procul? Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 18; id. Ps. 2, 4, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 2; id. Trin. 1, 2, 7: illa mulier, id. Merc. 4, 3, 20; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 87: fidicina, id. Ep. 2, 2, 109: virgo, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 29: puer, id. ib. 4, 4, 24: navis, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 46: cujum pecus? an Meliboei? Verg. E. 3, 1; 5, 87.
Absol.: quojam esse te vis maxime, ad eum duco te, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 5; so id. Cist. 3, 2: is Helenam abduxit, quojā caussā nunc facio opsidium Ilio, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 24: suamne esse dicebat? … non … quojam igitur? Ter. And. 5, 4, 29; cf.: cujā operā, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 81, 31.

        1. (β) With a suffixed nam: quojanam vox prope me sonat? Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 55.

2. cūjus (archaic quōjus), a, um, pron. rel. [from cujus, gen. of qui], pertaining to whom, of whom, whose (rare): cujum id censebis esse reddes, ancient form of an oath in Gell. 16, 4, 2; cf.: argentum ego pro istisce ambabus, quojae erant, domino dedi, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 40: is denique, cuja ea uxor fuerat, Plin. Secundus, Fragm. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5: ea caedes si potissimum crimini datur, detur ei cuja interfuit, non ei cuja nihil interfuit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 950 P.: ut optimā condicione sit is, cuja res, cujum periculum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.

cūjuscĕmŏdi (quōj-) or cūjuscĕ mŏdi [quisce-modus], of what kind or nature soever (late Lat.): voces, App. M. 8, p. 209, 9.

(cūjuscumquĕmŏdi, a false read. for cujusque modi, Sall. C. 39, 6.)

cūjusdammŏdi, better cūjusdam mŏdi, of some sort, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 36; id. Div. 2, 14, 34.

cūjusmŏdi (quōj-), also cūjus mŏdi [quis-modus] = qualis,

  1. I. of what kind: cupio cognoscere iter tuum cujusmodi sit, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 31; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 132.
  2. II. Of whatever kind, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 4 (al. leg. cuicuimodi); id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121 (al. cuicuimodi); Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 16.

cūjusmŏdicumquē, adv. [quicumque-modus], of whatever kind: cujusmodicumque mater sit, Cic. Clu. 6, 17 Ramsey (where B. and K. read cujuscumque modi).

cūjusnam, cūjanam, cūjumnam, v. 1. cujus, β.

cūjusquĕmŏdi (quōj-) or cūjus-quĕ mŏdi [quisque modus], of whatever kind, Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3; 2, 7, 22; Lucr. 4, 135.

* cūjusvis, cujavis, cujumvis [from cujus-vis, gen. of quivis], to whomever pertaining, whosesoever, of any one: cujavis oratio insimulari potest, si, etc., App. Mag. p. 326, 13.

Culăro, ōnis, m., a town in Gallia Narbonensis, afterwards Gratianopolis, now Grenoble, Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 7.

culcĭta (in MSS. also culcĭtra), ae, f. [etym. dub.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 8, from calco], a sack filled with feathers, wool, hair, etc., for lying upon, warming, etc.; a bed, cushion, mattress, pillow, Cato, R. R. 10 fin.; 11 fin.; Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 5 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46; Sen. Ep. 87, 2; 108, 23; Suet. Tib. 54 al.
Of a little cushion or patch for the eye, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.
Of a resting-place in a conservatory of birds, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14.
In the lang. of comedy: gladium faciam culcitam Eumque incumbam, I will make the sword my couch, i. e. I will make away with myself, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 28.

‡ culcĭtārĭus, ii, m. [culcita], a cushion-maker, acc. to Diom. p. 313 P.

culcĭtella, ae, f. dim. [culcita], a little cushion or mattress, transf. in mal. part., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 14; cf.: sponda interior regiae lecticae, Suet. Caes. 49.

culcĭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [culcita], a small cushion or mattress, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 35, 20; cf. Diom. p. 326, 20 K.

cūlĕāris, v. cullearis.

cūlĕus, v. culleus.

1. cŭlex, ĭcis, m. (f., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 22), a gnat, midge (comprising very many species), Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2 sq.; 11, 35, 41, § 118; 17, 27, 44, § 255; Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 14; Lucr. 3, 391; Hor. S. 1, 5, 14; Col. 11, 3, 60; Mart. 3, 93, 9 al.
Also the title of a writing of Verg.; cf. Heyn. Verg. tom. iv. prooem.
As a term of reproach for a wanton lover, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 22.

2. culex, ĭcis, v. culix.

* cŭlĭcellus, i, m. dim. [1. culex], a little gnat: amasio Tullae, i. e. buzzing round her, Ser. ap. Diom. p. 513 P.

cŭlĭcŭlārĕ, is, n. [1. culex], a fly-net (late Lat.; cf. conopeum), Schol. Juv. 6, 80.

‡ cŭlĭcŭlus, dim. [1. culex], a little gnat, κωυώπιον, Gloss. Cyrill.

† cŭligna, ae, f., = κυλίχνη, a small drinking-vessel, a cup, Cato, R. R. 132, 1; Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 55, 2 Müll.

cŭlīna (old orthogr. cŏlīna, acc. to Non. p. 55, 18 sq.), ae, f. [Sanscr. çar, çri, to cook, mix], a kitchen.

  1. I. Prop., Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 1; id. Truc. 2, 7, 53; Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2; Cic. Fam. 15, 18, 1; Sen. Ep. 114, 26; Petr. 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 73; 2, 5, 80; cf. of a portable kitchen, Sen. Ep. 78, 23; Juv. 3, 250.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Culina vocatur locus, in quo epulae in funere comburuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65, 12.
    2. B. Meton., food, fare, victuals: Murenā praebente domum, Capitone culinam, Hor. S. 1, 5, 38; so Juv. 5, 162; 14, 14.

cŭlīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [culina], pertaining to the kitchen, culinary, kitchen-.

  1. I. Adj.: operae, Fronto, B. Parth. p. 201.
  2. II. Subst.: cŭlīnārĭus, ii, m., a kitchen servant, Scrib. Comp. 230.

‡ cūlĭŏla (cull-) cortices nucum viridium, dicta a similitudine culeorum, quibus vinum sive oleum continetur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 12 Müll.

culix, ĭcis, m., an unknown plant, Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 68.
Also culex, Pall. Mart. 9, 8.

cullĕāris (cūl-), e, adj. [culleus, II. A.], of the measure of a culleus: labrum, Cato, R. R. 154: dolia, Vitr. 6, 9.

† cullĕus (cūl-, and in the signif. II. B., cōl-), i (nom. plur. cullea, neutr., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Non. p. 197; gen. plur. culleūm, Cato, R. R. 11, 1), m., = κολεός, Ion. κουλεός (a sheath; hence), a leather bag, a sack for holding liquids.

  1. I. Prop.: Te ipsam culleo ego cras faciam ut deportere in pergulam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82.
    Parricides were sewed up in bags and drowned, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Sen. Clem. 1, 15; Dig. 48, 9, 9; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5; Quint. 7, 8, 6; Suet. Aug. 33; Juv. 8, 214.
    Comp.: culleus ligneus, of a ship without rigging, Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 15, 9.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A large measure for liquids, holding 20 amphorae, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7.
    2. B. The scrotum, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Mart. 12, 84; Auct. Priap. 13, 8; hence, coleos habere, i. q. virum esse, Petr. 44, 14.

culmen, ĭnis, contr. form of columen, q. v.

culmĕus, a, um, adj. [culmus], of siraw: tecti culmina, Paul. Nol. Carm. 13, 387.

Culminia, v. Colminiana.

culmōsus, a, um, adj. [culmus], stalklike, poet.: fratres, sprung from the dragonteeth, Sid. Carm. 6, 72.

culmus, i, m. [kindr. with culmen], a stalk, stem, esp. of grain, straw, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 3 (Cod. Vindob. culmen); Cic. Sen. 15, 51; Verg. G. 1, 111; 1, 317 al.
Of other plants: milii, panici, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 52: holci, id. 27, 10, 63, § 90: lilii, Stat. S. 3, 3, 128.

culpa, ae, f. [kindr. in root with scelus; cf. Sanscr. skhal-, errare], crime, fault, blame, failure, defect (as a state worthy of punishment; on the contr. delictum, peccatum, etc., as punishable acts; diff. from scelus, which implies an intentional injury of others; but culpa includes in it an error in judgment).

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. In gen. (very freq. in every period and species of composition): delictum suum Suamque ut culpam expetere in mortalem sinat, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33; cf.: non C. Rabirium culpa delicti, non invidia vitae … in discrimen capitis vocaverunt, Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 2: in hoc uno genere omnis inesse culpas istius maximas avaritiae, majestatis, dementiae, libidinis, crudelitatis, id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 42: et culpam in facto, non scelus esse meo, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 24 et saep.: quicquid hujus factum’st culpa, non factum’st mea, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 10: is quidem In culpā non est, to blame, in fault, id. Hec. 4, 4, 78; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 19: praesidio ad eorum, qui in culpā essent, timorem uti, Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 7: malo Tironis verecundiam in culpā esse, quam inliberalitatem Curii, id. Att. 8, 6, 3; id. Planc. 4, 10; cf.: ut jam sit in iis culpa, qui, etc., id. Fam. 1, 9, 13: tua culpa nonnulla est, you are somewhat to blame, not without fault, id. ib. 3, 8, 6: sed haec mea culpa est, id. Brut. 35, 133: ne penes ipsos culpa esset cladis, Liv. 5, 36, 10: penes Aetolos culpam belli esse, id. 35, 33, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 18, 2; Plin. Ep. 10, 30 (39), 2: culpa, quae te est penes, Ter. hec. 4, 1, 20: culpa abest ab aliquo, Quint. 11, 1, 64: aliquem extra culpam belli esse judicare, Liv. 8, 19, 10: in mutum confers culpam, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 55: conferre in aliquem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96; Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Cic. Sen. 5, 14 al.; cf.: culpam transferre in aliquem, Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; Cic. Att. 15, 28; id. Font. 8, 18: suam quisque culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, Sall. J. 1, 4: contrahere culpam, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1: culpam non modo derivare in aliquem, sed communicare cum altero, id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 49: in culpā ponere aliquem, id. Clu. 45, 127: indecorant bene nata (pectora) culpae, Hor. C. 4, 4, 36; 4, 15, 11: seraque fata, Quae manent culpas etiam sub Orco, id. ib. 3, 11, 29; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 28, 5; Arn. 1, p. 27.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. The crime of unchastity, a faux pas (cf. crimen, II. A. 2.), Ov. M. 2, 37 et saep.; Verg. A. 4, 19; 4, 172; Hor. C. 3, 27, 38; 3, 6, 17; Tac. A. 3, 24 et saep.
      2. 2. Mostly in jurid. Lat., the fault of remissness, neglect, Dig. 17, 2, 72; 18, 1, 68; 42, 5, 8, § 3: nec sum facturus (rem) vitio culpāve minorem, Hor. S. 2, 6, 6.
  2. II. Meton., any thing mischievous or injurious, mischief: continuo culpam (sc. ovem aegram) ferro compesce, Verg. G. 3, 468: sedula (i. e. meretrix), Prop. 4 (5), 5, 20.
    1. B. Of things, a fault, defect: operum et laudes et culpae, Vitr. 3, 1, 4.

culpābĭlis, e, adj. [culpa], worthy of blame, culpable, criminal (post-class.): aliquid (opp. laudabile), App. Mag. p. 223: opinio de diis (opp. digna), Arn. 7, p. 222.
Comp.: tanto culpabilius est, non observare quod possis, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 1.
Adv.: culpābĭlĭter, culpably, Symm. Ep. 9, 40.
Comp., Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 4; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 172.

* culpātĭo, ōnis, f. [culpo], a reproach, blame, Gell. 10, 22, 2.

culpātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from culpo.

* culpĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [culpo], to blame or reproach severely or harshly: jusjurandum, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 28.

culpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [culpa].

  1. I. To reproach or blame a person or thing as wrong or faulty, to censure, reprove, disapprove, condemn (syn.: reprehendo, vitupero; opp. laudo, probo, etc.; rare; mostly post-Aug.; never in the Cic. per.).
        1. a. With personal objects: quos modo culpavi, Ov. M. 10, 581: illum, Quint. 8, 4, 23: alium, id. 4, 2, 26: Neronem, Suet. Vit. Pers.
          Pass.: laudatur (prodigus) ab his, culpatur ab illis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 11; 1, 4, 25; id. C. 4, 5, 20; Quint. 3, 6, 60: cum ob id culparetur, Suet. Caes. 72: sola est, in quā merito culpetur, pecuniae cupiditas, id. Vesp. 16 init.: num culpandus est qui coepit? Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; 9, 19, 8.
        2. b. With things as objects: hoc (opp. laudare), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 13: quod, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96: faciem deae, Ov. M. 11, 322: versus duros (with reprehendere inertes), Hor. A. P. 446: statuas, Mart. 9, 60, 12: modum praemii poenaeve, Quint. 2, 4, 38: factum ipsum, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15: plura culpanda sunt quam laudanda, id. ib. 5, 8, 13.
        3. c. Absol.: culpetne probetne, Ov. M. 3, 256; 9, 524; Hor. S. 1, 4, 82.
          Hence, subst.: culpanda, ōrum, n., things deserving censure: et probandorum et culpandorum ex iis confirmatio eosdem gradus habet, Quint. 5, 11, 7.
  2. II. Culpare aliquid, to declare something as a crime, to impute a fault to, to complain of, find fault with: arbore nunc aquas Culpante, etc., Hor. C. 3, 1, 31; cf.: agrorum infecunditatem, Col. 1, prooem. § 1: culpantur frustra calami, Hor. S. 2, 3, 7.
    Hence, culpā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. Worthy of reproach, blamable: Paris, Verg. A. 2, 602: culpatius esse arbitror, Gell. 11, 7, 1.
    2. B. Corrupted, spoiled: vinum, Macr. S. 7, 6.

cultē, adv., v. colo, P. a. fin.

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