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cessātor a loiterer; an idler; a dilatory person cessātrix female; loiterer; idler cessĭcĭus adj. pertaining to giving up; ceding cessim adv. bending; turning in;; turned backwards; backwards; obliquely cessio A giving up; surrendering; the approach of a term cessĭtĭus cesso v. freq. n. to stand back very much;; to be remiss in any thing; to delay; loiter; to cease… cestĭcillus a small ring; hoop placed upon the head to support a burden cestĭcus adj. of a boxer Cestĭus the name of a Roman plebeian family; a rhetorician of Smyrna; belonging to L. C… cestron cestros the plant betony Cestrŏs a river of Pamphylia; Ak-su cestrosphendŏnē a mililary engine for hurling stones cestrōtus adj. represented by means of a graver cestrum a graver; graving tool cestus subst.;; a girdle; tie; belt; girth cestus a boxer Cētārīni the inhabitants of a city of Sicily cētārĭus adj. pertaining to fish;; subst; a fish-monger; title of a book of; a fish-pond cētē cētĕra cētĕrōqui adv. for the rest; in other respects; otherwise cētĕrum cētĕrus adj. the other; that which exists besides; can be added to what is already named of … Cĕthĕgus a Roman cognomen in the Cornelian; a distinguished orator; companion of Catiline Cēto The wife of Phorcus; and mother of Medusa and the Gorgons; A Nereid; honored up… cētŏs cētōsus adj. pertaining to sea-fishes cetra cette cētus any large sea-animal; a seamonster;; a species of whale; a shark; dog-fish ceu adv. like as; just as; like; as when; si Cēus Ceutrones a Gallic tribe cēva a kind of small cow Cĕvenna a mountain in Gallia; Cevennes cēveo v. n. To move the haunches; to fawn; flatter cēÿx the male kingfisher; a son of Lucifer; king of Trachis; and husband of Alcyone Chabrĭas a distinguished Athenian general; chaere interj. hail! Chaerĕa a Roman cognomen Chaerĕas a Grecian proper name; A writer on husbandry; A sculptor of the time of Alexand… chaerĕphўlum Chaerōnēa a Bœotian town on the Cephisus; where Philip of Macedon conquered the Greeks;; … chălastĭcāmen an alleviating remedy chălastĭcus adj. pertaining to alleviating; soothing chălātōrĭus adj. pertaining to loosing; letting down chălāzĭas an unknown precious stone; of the form and color of hail chălāzĭon chălāzĭus adj. pertaining to hail; Subst; a pimple; small tubercle on the eyelids chalbănē chalcanthum copperas-water; chalcaspis adj. having a brazen shield Chalcēdon a town in Bithynia; on the Thracian Bosporus; opposite Byzantium; of Chalcedon;… chalcēŏs a prickly plant chalcētum an unknown medicinal plant chalcĕus adj. brazen; of brass;; plur. subst; brazen things Chalcĭdensis chalcĭdĭcē a kind of lizard Chalcĭdĭcensis Chalcĭdĭcum Chalcĭdĭcus Chalcĭoecos a temple of Minerva Chalcĭŏpē A daughter of Æetes; sister of Medea; and wife of Phrixus; Wife of Mnesylus; an… chalcis A fish of the herring kind; A lizard with copper-colored spots on its back Chalcis Chief town of the island Eubœa; opposite to Aulis; connected by a bridge with t… chalcītes Copperstone; copper ore; A precious stone of a copper color chalcŏphōnŏs a precious stone ringing like brass chalcosmăragdŏs an emerald with veins of brass; malachite chalcus a copper coin Chaldaei the Chaldœans; a people of Assyria; distinguished; in an early age; for their k… chălo v. a. to slacken; let down chălўbēïus adj. of steel; steel- Chălўbes A people in Pontus; noted for their mines and their preparation of steel; A tri… chălybs steel; the things made of it; A sword; A horse; The point of an arrow Chălybs a river in Lusitania Cham a son of Noah; Ham chăma a lynx chāma chămaeactē dwarf elder; danewort chămaecĕrăsus the dwarf cherry-tree chămaecissŏs ground-ivy; A kind of chămaecўpărissŏs ground-cypress chămaedaphnē dwarf laurel chămaedrăcon a kind of African serpent; the ground-serpent chămaedrops chămaedrys the plant wall-germander chămaelĕon a kind of lizard that changes its color; the chameleon; a plant; the carline th… chămaeleucē a plant; colt; sfoot chămaelўgŏs a plant chămaemēlĭnus adj. of chamomile chămaemēlon chamomile chămaemyrsīnē dwarf myrtle; butcher; s-broom chămaepeucē the ground-larch; a plant chămaepĭtys a plant; groundpine chămaeplătănus dwarf platane chămaerĕpes the dwarf palm chămaerops chămaesȳcē a plant; wolf; s-milk; ground fig