puppis
puppis, is (acc. rarely puppem, Luc. 3, 545; and 4, 132, acc. to Prisc. p. 758 and 761 P.; abl. puppe, Ov. M. 5, 653; 7, 1; 11, 464 al.; Sil. 14, 525; Stat. Th. 3, 29 et saep.), f. etym. dub.. The hinder part of a ship, the stern or poop (where also the helm was placed): navem convertens ad puppim, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: surgens a puppi ventus, astern, right aft, Verg. A. 3, 130: e puppi, Curt. 4, 4, 8; Ov. M. 3, 651: major pars a puppe nantes equos loris trahebat, Curt. 7, 9, 4: puppes citae, Hor. Epod. 9, 20: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus, i. e. I sat at the helm of the ship of State, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3: quam ob rem conscende nobiscum. et quidem ad puppim, id. ib. 12, 25, 5.— Transf. In gen., a ship: pictae puppes, Hor. C. 1, 14, 14; Verg. A. 1, 399; id. G. 3, 362; Ov. H. 13, 97.— As a constellation, The Ship, Cic. Arat. 389.— * In comic lang., the back: puppis Pereunda est probe, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69.
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puppis, is (acc. rarely puppem, Luc. 3, 545; and 4, 132, acc. to Prisc. p. 758 and 761 P.; abl. puppe, Ov. M. 5, 653; 7, 1; 11, 464 al.; Sil. 14, 525; Stat. Th. 3, 29 et saep.), f. etym. dub.. The hinder part of a ship, the stern or poop (where also the helm was placed): navem convertens ad puppim, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: surgens a puppi ventus, astern, right aft, Verg. A. 3, 130: e puppi, Curt. 4, 4, 8; Ov. M. 3, 651: major pars a puppe nantes equos loris trahebat, Curt. 7, 9, 4: puppes citae, Hor. Epod. 9, 20: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus, i. e. I sat at the helm of the ship of State, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3: quam ob rem conscende nobiscum. et quidem ad puppim, id. ib. 12, 25, 5.— Transf. In gen., a ship: pictae puppes, Hor. C. 1, 14, 14; Verg. A. 1, 399; id. G. 3, 362; Ov. H. 13, 97.— As a constellation, The Ship, Cic. Arat. 389.— * In comic lang., the back: puppis Pereunda est probe, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69.
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