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arx , arcis, f. arx ab arcendo, quod is locus munitissimus rubis, a quo facillime possit hostis prohiberi, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 20; Isid. Orig. 15, 2, 32; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 428; v. arceo,
I.a stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, ἀκρόπολις; in Rome, the Capitolium.
I. A.. Lit.: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Müll.): optumates, Corinthum quae arcem altam habetis, id. ap. ejusd. Fam. 7, 6: edicite per urbem ut omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt, cives, etc.; Att. ap. Non. p. 357, 14: “Illa autem in arcem [hinc] abiit,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; so id. Ps. 4, 6, 2: “In arcem transcurso opus est,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17: “Condere coeperunt urbīs arcemque locare,Lucr. 5, 1107: “arcis servator, candidus anser,id. 4, 683: “munire arcem,Cic. Pis. 34 fin.: “cum Tarento amisso arcem tamen Livius retinuisset,id. de Or. 2, 67, 273: arx intra moenia in immanem altitudinem edita; Liv. 45, 28: “arx Sion,Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 7: “arx Jerusalem,ib. 1 Macc. 13, 49: “Romana,Liv. 1, 12: “Capitolina,id. 6, 20; cf. id. 3, 18: “Sabinus arcem Capitolii insedit mixto milite,Tac. H. 3, 69; Suet. Claud. 44 et saep. As the place on which auguries were received (cf. auguraculum): “ut cum in arce augurium augures acturi essent,Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; so Liv. 1, 18 and 24.—Hence,
C. As the abode of tyrants, a poet. designation of tyranny (cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293 Heins.: “cupidi arcium,Sen. Thyest. 342; cf. id. Contr. 4, 27: “non dum attigit arcem, Juris et humani culmen,Luc. 7, 593 Corte; cf. id. 8, 490, and 4, 800; Tert. Apol. 4.—
D. Prov.: “arcem facere e cloacā,to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Cic. Planc. 40.—
II. Since castles were generally on a height, meton., a height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (usu. poet. and in Aug. and postAug. prose), lit. and trop.
A. Lit.: “summā locum sibi legit in arce,upon the extreme height, Ov. M. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 43. —So,
2. In partic.
a. Of mountains: “Parnasi constitit arce,Ov. M. 1, 467: “arce loci summā,id. ib. 11, 393: “Rhipaeae arces,Verg. G. 1, 240: “flērunt Rhodopeïae arces,id. ib. 4, 461: “septemque unā sibi muro circumdedit arces,id. ib. 2, 535: “primus inexpertas adiit Tirynthius arces, i. e. Alpes,Sil. 3, 496; cf. Drak. ad id. 15, 305; Val. Fl. 3, 565: “impositum arce sublimi oppidum cernimus,Petr. 116; cf. id. 123, 205, and 209.—
b. Of houses built on an eminence, Petr. 121, 107, and 293.—
d. Of the heavens themselves: aetheriae arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 19: “arces igneae,Hor. C. 3, 3, 10: “caeli quibus adnuis arcem,Verg. A. 1, 250; cf. id. ib. 1, 259.—
e. Of temples erected on an eminence: “dexterā sacras jaculatus arces,Hor. C. 1, 2, 3.—
f. Of the head: “arx corporis,Sen. Oedip. 185; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 235.—
B. Trop., height, head, summit, etc. (rare): “celsā mentis ab arce,Stat. S. 2, 2, 131: “summae laudum arces,Sil. 13, 771; Sid. Carm. 2, 173: “ubi Hannibal sit, ibi caput atque arcem totius belli esse,head and front, Liv. 28, 42: “arx eloquentiae,Tac. Or. 10.
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