Cohors, huius cohortis, f. g. Varro. Cæs. A band of men, wherof the Romame legion conteined 10. The first bande, wherin the standarde was, had 105. footemen, 132. men of armes, and was Cohors milliaiia. The second bande called quingentaria, had 555 footemen, 66. men of armes. The other bandes had the same number, so that they made vp 6100. footemen, 736 men of armes, which was the Romaine legion. It signisieth also a bartou or place inclosed where pottltrie is kept. Acies cohortium. Tac. Præsidia cohortium alarum, legionum iooadere. Tac. Cohors & carma.Cic. Alaria cohors. Vide Alarins in ALA. Armigera cohors. Sil. Cohois auxiliaria. Cic.Bellatrix cohors.Stat. Cæsa cohors. Tac. Dense cohorces. Claud. Expeditæ cohortes Tac Light bandes.Impia Gigantum cohors Horat. Impura cohors. Cic.Inhonora cohors.Stat. Innumeræ cohortes. Stat.Legionariæ cohoites.Liu.Montana cohors Cappadocum. Lucan. Numei osa cohors Sil.Pilata cohors. Vide Pilatus in PILVM. Sociæ cohortes. Tac. Corrumpere cohortem.Cic.Cohortes conscribere aut contrahere.To assemble or get togither men of warre.Cohortes complere.To make vp bandes after the rate of their number.Cohortes ex præsidijs deducere. Cæsar. Exarmare cohortes.Tacit.To disarme.Explicare cohortes.Virg.To set wider.Firmare cohortes.Tacit.Cohortes inducere in prælium.Liu. Cohors. Sueton. A company indifferently.Famula cohors.Stat.A company of seruaunts.Innuptæ cohortes.Company of maidens. Cohors.Cic.A traine or company of seruaunts attending vpon any noble man.Prætoria cohors.Cic.The pretons traine.Laboriosa cohors Vlvssei. Horat. Cohors vaga. Catul. Vallatum cohortibus ire.Stat. Cohors ad res inanimatas etiam transfertur: vt Febrium cohors. Horat. A company of agues.
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cŏhors (or cors; cf. Non. p. 83, 14 sq.; later aspirated orthog. of MSS. chors; cf. the letter C, and Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3), rtis, f. [Sanscr. root har, rapio; cf. Gr. xoro/s]. I.A place enclosed around, a court, enclosure, yard, pen, etc., esp. for cattle, poultry, etc. (a). Cohors, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2 sq.; 2, 2, 9; Cato ap. Fest. p. 146, 29 Müll.; Col. 8, 3, 8; 7, 3, 8; Ov. F. 4, 704.— (b). Cors, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.; Glaucia ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65 fin.; Col. 2, 14, 18; Vitr. 6, 9; Mart. 3, 58, 12; 13, 45, 2; Pall. 1, 22.—II.Meton. (cf. chorus). A.Lit., the multitude enclosed, fenced in; hence, in milit. lang., a company of soldiers, a division of an army, a cohort, the tenth part of a legion, comprising three manipuli or six centuriae (always written cohors), Varr. L. L. 5, 88; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 6; so Caes. B. G. 3, 1; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 90, 2; 105, 2; Verg. G. 2, 279; id. A. 11, 500 al.: praetoria, the prœtorian or bodyguard of the general, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Sall. C. 61, 3 al.—Hence, trop.: habere scortorum cohortem praetoriam, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—2. Opp. legiones, auxiliary troops, allies, Sall. J. 46, 7; Vell. 2, 112, 5; Tac. H. 4, 19; Flor. 3, 21, 18.—3.A troop of cavalry: centurio cohortis sextae equestris, Plin. Ep. 10, 106 (107) sq.—4. Per synecdochen, an army in gen.: cohors Inachiae servatrix, Stat. Th. 5, 672.—B. Specif., the train or retinue of the prœtor in a province: praetoria, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 27, 66; Cat. 10, 10; Tib. 1, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 14.—C. In gen., a crowd, multitude, company, throng, attendants (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): vaga, Cat. 63, 25: gigantum, Hor. C. 2, 19, 22: fratrum stipata, Verg. A. 10, 328; cf. Ov. M. 11, 89; Hor. Epod. 16, 60; Tac. A. 6, 9: amicarum,