rēmĭgĭum — Lewis & Short
rēmĭgĭum, ii, n.remex.
I Lit., a rowing:
homines remigio sequi,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 55:
olli remigio noctemque diemque fatigant,Verg. A. 8, 94:
portus decem dierum remigio ab oppido distans (just before: abest a Ptolemaide quinque dierum navigatione),Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 174; 9, 3, 2, § 6.—
II Meton. (abstr. pro concreto).
A The parts of a vessel that belong to the rowing of it, the oars, Cat. 64, 13; Verg. G. 1, 202; Hor C. 1, 14, 4; Tac. A. 2, 24; id. H. 3, 47; id. G. 44.—Prov.:
remigio veloque festinare,i. e. with all possible speed, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5 (cf.: remis velisque;
v. 1. remus, I. A.): meo remigio rem gero,i. e. I steer my own course, do just as I please, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152 (v. l. meo remigio remigo; cf. Brix ad loc.).—
2 Poet., of wings:
remigi oblitae (aves),Lucr. 6, 743:
volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum,Verg. A. 1, 301; 6, 19 (mentioned in Quint. 8, 6, 18); Ov. M. 8, 228; id. A. A. 2, 45:
(aquila) remigium dextrā laevāque porrigens,App. M. 6, p. 179 al. (cf. in the Gr. Aesch. Agam. 52: pteru/gwn e)retmoi=sin e)resso/menoi).—
B Those that perform the rowing, the oarsmen, rowers, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:
remigium classicique milites, tranquillo in altum evecti,Liv. 26, 51; 21, 22; 26, 39; 33, 48; 37, 11; Tac. A. 3, 1, 14, 39; Verg. A. 3, 471:
remigium vitiosum Ulixei,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 63.