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Indi, ōrum, m., v. Indus.

in-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. do], to put, set, or place into or upon (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.
          1. (α) With in and acc.: coronam in focum, Cato, R. R. 143, 2: in urnam, id. ib. 143, 23: ignem in aram, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1: in aquam salem, id. Merc. 1, 2, 92: vini guttam in os, id. Cas. 2, 3, 31.
          2. (β) With in and abl.: effigiem in statua, Tac. A. 1, 74.
          3. (γ) Aliquid alicui: compedes servis, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 4: aliquem lecticae, Tac. A. 3, 14: vinclo fasciae cervicem, id. ib. 15, 57.
          4. (δ) With acc. only: fenestras, Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 6.
  2. * II. Trop.
    1. A. To introduce: novos ritus, Tac. H. 5, 4.
    2. B. To impart or give to, apply to, impose on, attach to, etc.: pavorem suis, alacritatem hostibus, Tac. H. 4, 34 fin.: odium alicui, id. A. 12, 3: alicui vocabulum, id. ib. 2, 56: propterea huic urbi nomen Epidamnum inditum’st, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37: vernaculis artificibus … nomen histrionibus inditum, Liv. 7, 2, 6: unde Aspero inditum est cognomen, id. 3, 65, 4; 2, 13, 1; 4, 29, 6; 21, 31, 4: quae nomina sceleri indidit, Sall. H. 1, 41, 24: hoc nomen beluis, Curt. 9, 1, 5.
      Esp.,
      1. 2. To name after or for: nomen indere, with ab or ex and abl.: ab Erythro rege (mari) nomen est inditum, Curt. 8, 9, 14: a celeritate Tigri nomen, id. 4, 9, 16: ab inopia Egerio, Liv. 1, 34, 3: quod illi nomen indiderant ex nomine urbis, Tac. A. 2, 56: quibus nomen ex re inditum, Sall. J. 78, 1. —indĭtus, a, um, P. a., put or placed into, put, set, laid, or thrown upon.
    1. A. Lit.: utrum deus extrinsecus (operi suo) circumfusus sit, an toti inditus, Sen. Ot. Sap. 31 (Dial. 8, 4, 2): venenum potioni, Curt. 10, 10, 17: vincula, put on, Tac. A. 11, 2: pontes, thrown over, id. ib. 12, 57: lecticae, laid upon, id. ib. 3, 14: ferrum visceribus ustis, Sen. Troad. 585.
    2. B. Trop., imposed, appointed, given: custodes, Tac. A. 3, 28.

1. Indus, a, um, adj., = Ἰνδός, of or belonging to India, Indian (as an adj. almost exclusively poet.): ebur, Verg. A. 12, 67: dens, ivory, Cat. 64, 48: belua, i. e. elephas, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 7: conchae, pearls, Prop. 1, 8, 39 (1, 8 b. 13 M.).
Plur.: Indi, ōrum, the inhabitants of India, Indians, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96: extremi, Cat. 11, 2; Mela, 1, 2, 3 sq.; 3, 7
Note:, 3.
In sing.: Indus, i, m.

  1. A. Trop.
    1. 1. An Indian, collect., Verg. G. 2, 172; Ov. A. A. 3, 130.
    2. 2. An elephant’s driver, mahout, Liv. 38, 14, 2.
  2. B. Transf. (poet.).
    1. 1. An Ethiopian, Verg. G. 4, 293.
    2. 2. An Arabian (sing. collect.), Ov. F. 3, 720.

2. Indus, i, m., = Ἰνδός, the name of two rivers.

  1. I. The Indus, that empties into the Indian Ocean, now Sind, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24 al.
  2. II. A river in Caria, Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; Liv. 38, 14, 2.