De Verborum Significatu
Sextus Pompeius Festus
Itaque illa quoque cognominatur Consiva, et esse existimatur terra. Ideoque in Regia colitur a populo Romano quia omnes opes humano generi terra tribuat; ergo et opulenti dicuntur terrestribus rebus copiosi; et hostiae opimae praecipue pingues; et opima magnifica et ampla.
And so she also is named Consiva, and she is considered to be the earth. For that reason she is worshipped in the Regia by the Roman people, because the earth gives all resources to the human race; therefore, they are said to be rich and abounding in earthly things; and splendid sacrifices (are) especially fat; and rich, sumptuous and abundant.
Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.
TextsAnnales, 15.41 Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium, 1.21 De Lingua Latina, 6.12 De Lingua Latina, 6.21 De Verborum Significatu, 347L De Verborum Significatu, 190L De Verborum Significatu, 292L De Verborum Significatu, 439L De Vita Caesarum, 46 Epistulae, 4.11.6 Fasti, 6.263-64 Historiae Romanae, 54.27.3 Historiae Romanae, 44.17.2 Historiae Romanae, 1.6.2 Historiae Romanae, 48.42.1-6 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.153 In Vergilium Commentarius, 8.363 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.603 Liber de Prodigiis, 47 Liber de Prodigiis, 44a Liber de Prodigiis, 50 Liber de Prodigiis, 6 Liber de Prodigiis, 44 Liber de Prodigiis, 19 Naturalis Historia, 34.48 Noctes Atticae, 4.6.1-2 Noctes Atticae, 2.28.6 Numa, 14.1 Quaestiones Romanae et Graecae, 97 Regia Saturnalia, 1.16.30 Saturnalia, 1.15.19 Tristia, 3.1.30 |
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