Lĭgŭres — Lewis & Short
Lĭgŭres, um, m.,
I the Ligurians, an Italian people in Gallia Cisalpina, in the mod. Piedmont, Genoa, and Lucca:
montani duri atque agrestes,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95; id. Brut. 73, 255; Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47; Liv. 5, 35; 22, 33; 27, 39; Ov. M. 2, 370; Flor. 2, 3, 2 al.: Ligures omnes fallaces, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 701:
terrae motus in Liguribus,i. e. in Liguria, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78.— Hence,
A Lĭgur and Lĭgus, ŭris, adj. comm., Ligurian; and subst., a Ligurian:
Ligus iste,Cic. Sest. 31, 68:
vane Ligus,Verg. A. 11, 715:
tonse Ligur,Luc. 1, 442:
femina Ligus,Tac. H. 2, 13: Ligus ora, Pers. 6, 6:
securis,Cat. 16, 19.—
2 Lĭ-gur or Lĭgus, a surname in the gens Aelia and Octavia, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; id. Att. 12, 23, 3.—
B Lĭgŭrĭa, ae, f., Liguria, a country of Cisalpine Gaul, Plin. 3, 5, 7. § 48; Tac. H. 2, 15; id. Agr. 7.—
C Lĭgŭrīnus, a, um, adj., Ligurian:
Ligurinae Alpes,Grat. Cyn. 510.—
2 Subst.: Lĭgŭrīnus, i, m., the name of a favorite of Horace, Hor. C. 4, 1, 33. To him is addressed C. 4, 10.—
D Lĭgustĭcus (collat. form Lĭguscus, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6; 2, 5, 9; 3, 9, 17, acc. to the MSS.; cf. Etruscus), a, um, adj., = *ligustiko/s, Ligustine, Ligurian:
ager,Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6:
mare,Plin. 3, 6, 10, § 75:
ora,id. 3, 5, 7, § 47:
saxa,Juv. 3, 257.—
2 Subst.: lĭgustĭcum, i, n., a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, Col. 12, 57, 5; Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165; 20, 15, 60, § 168 (corrupted into Levisticum, Veg. Vet. 3, 52, 2).—
E Lĭgustīnus, a, um, adj., = *ligusti-no/s, Ligustine, Ligurian:
montes,Liv. 34, 8:
ager,id. 42, 4:
scutum,id. 44, 35. —Subst.: Lĭgustīni, ōrum, m., the Ligurians, Plin. 10, 24, 34, § 71.—
F Lĭgustis, ĭdis, adj., = *ligusti/s, Ligurian: gente cretus in Ligustide, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15.