captīvus — Lewis & Short
captīvus, a, um, adj.captus, capio, II. A. 1..
I Of living beings.
A Of men, taken prisoner, captive.
1 In gen. (rare):
urbs regi, captiva corpora Romanis cessere,Liv. 31, 46, 16; cf.:
vix precibus, Neptune, tuis captiva resolvit Corpora,Ov. A. A. 2, 587:
multitudo captiva servorum,Liv. 7, 27, 9:
mancipia,id. 32, 26, 6:
Tecmessa,Hor. C. 2, 4, 6:
pubes,id. ib. 3, 5, 18:
matres,Ov. M. 13, 560.—
2 Subst.: cap-tīvus, i, m., a captive in war, a captive, prisoner (freq. and class.), Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Phil. 8, 11, 32; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54; id. Off. 1, 12, 38; 1, 13, 39; id. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 1, 50; Nep. Hann. 7, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 115 al.; Verg. A. 9, 273; Hor. S. 1, 3, 89; id. Ep. 1, 16, 69; Ov. M. 13, 251; Juv. 7, 201.—
b captīva, ae, f.:
tristis captiva,Ov. Am. 1, 7, 39; id. M. 13, 471; Curt. 6, 2, 5; 8, 4, 26; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 264. —
B Transf., poet., that pertains or belongs to captives:
sanguis,Verg. A. 10, 520:
cruor,Tac. A. 14, 30:
crines,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 45:
lacerti,id. M. 13, 667:
colla,id. P. 2, 1, 43:
sitis,Mart. 11, 96, 4:
bracchia,Sen. Herc. Oet. 109 al.—
C Of animals, caught or taken:
pisces,Ov. M. 13, 932:
ferae,id. ib. 1, 475:
vulpes,id. F. 4, 705:
crocodili,Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93:
mullus,Mart. 10, 37 al.—
II Of inanim. things, captured, plundered, taken as booty, spoiled, taken by force:
naves,Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Liv. 26, 47, 3:
navigia,id. 10, 2, 12:
carpenta,id. 33, 23, 4:
pecunia,id. 1, 53, 3; 10, 46, 6:
aurum argentumque,id. 45, 40, 1:
signa,id. 7, 37, 13:
arma,id. 9, 40, 15:
solum,id. 5, 30, 3:
ager,id. 2, 48, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32:
res,Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 7:
vestis,Verg. A. 2, 765:
portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193:
currus,Verg. A. 7, 184:
caelum,Ov. M. 1, 184 al.—
B Trop.:
captiva mens,i.e. by love, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 30.