noun

caesărĭes

gen. caesăriēi · gender feminine · decl. 2nd

kindr. with Sanscr. kēsa, coma, caesaries, Bopp, Gloss. p. 85, a

a dark; beautiful; head of hair poetic

a dark (acc. to Rom. taste, beautiful) head of hair, the hair (mostly poet.; only sing.).

Of men (so most freq.), Plaut. Mil. 1, 2, 64: ipsa decoram Caesariem nato… ••

Of men (so most freq.), Plaut. Mil. 1, 2, 64: ipsa decoram Caesariem nato genitrix afflarat, Verg. A. 1, 590: nitida, id. G. 4, 337: flava, *Juv. 13, 165: pectes caesariem, *Hor. C. 1, 15, 14: umeros tegens, Ov. M. 13, 914: terrifica, id. ib. 1, 180: horrida fieri, id. ib. 10, 139: horrifica, Luc. 2, 372 et saep.—In prose: promissa, Liv. 28, 35, 6; Vulg. Num. 6, 5.—

Of women, Cat. 66, 8; Verg. G. 4, 337 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 32; id. M.…

Of women, Cat. 66, 8; Verg. G. 4, 337 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 32; id. M. 4, 492.—*

the hair of dogs by extension

Transf., the hair of dogs, Grat. Cyn. 272.—

the hair of the beard

Barbae, the hair of the beard (very rare), Ov M. 15, 656.

Perseus ID: n6087 Key: caesaries