throne
throne
subs.
P. and V. θρόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ.
Met., rule: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κρά̆τος, τό, τῠραννί̆ς, ἡ, or use V. θρόνος, ὁ, or pl., σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl.; see kingship, rule.
Restore to the throne: P. κατάγειν ἐπὶ βασιλείᾳ.
subs.
P. and V. θρόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ.
Met., rule: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κρά̆τος, τό, τῠραννί̆ς, ἡ, or use V. θρόνος, ὁ, or pl., σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl.; see kingship, rule.
Restore to the throne: P. κατάγειν ἐπὶ βασιλείᾳ.
THRONE
solium (the proper word. ☞ thronus is not found in the best prose writers; and solium in its figurative sense for “royal dignity ” is poetical): sedes or sella regia (PROP.): regnum (figuratively kingdom regal power): irnperium (figuratively empire). To sit upon a throne sedere in solio or in sede regia (PROP.); regem esse; regnare (figuratively): to ascend a throne *in solium escendere (PROP.); regnum occupare; regnum or imperium adipisci; regni or regno imperii or imperio potiri; regnare coepisse (figuratively): one comes to the throne imperium or regnum transit ad aliquem: to aspire to the throne regnum appetere; regnum occupare velle: to succeed to the throne succedere regno alicui or succedere regno in alicujus locum: to call to the throne aliquem accire in regnum or ad regnandum: to raise to the throne summam rerum deferre ad aliquem (deferre alicui regnum ac diadema; Hor. Od. 2 2 22): to restore to the throne restituere aliquem in regnum; reducere aliquem: to drive from the throne alicui regni dignitatem adimere; alicui imperium abrogare; alicui regnum auferre or eripere; aliquem regno spoliare; regno pellere or expellere.
solium (the proper word. ☞ thronus is not found in the best prose writers; and solium in its figurative sense for “royal dignity ” is poetical): sedes or sella regia (PROP.): regnum (figuratively kingdom regal power): irnperium (figuratively empire). To sit upon a throne sedere in solio or in sede regia (PROP.); regem esse; regnare (figuratively): to ascend a throne *in solium escendere (PROP.); regnum occupare; regnum or imperium adipisci; regni or regno imperii or imperio potiri; regnare coepisse (figuratively): one comes to the throne imperium or regnum transit ad aliquem: to aspire to the throne regnum appetere; regnum occupare velle: to succeed to the throne succedere regno alicui or succedere regno in alicujus locum: to call to the throne aliquem accire in regnum or ad regnandum: to raise to the throne summam rerum deferre ad aliquem (deferre alicui regnum ac diadema; Hor. Od. 2 2 22): to restore to the throne restituere aliquem in regnum; reducere aliquem: to drive from the throne alicui regni dignitatem adimere; alicui imperium abrogare; alicui regnum auferre or eripere; aliquem regno spoliare; regno pellere or expellere.
throne:
I. Lit.:
1. sŏlium: a golden t., s. aureum, Virg. Aen. 10, 116: to sit on the royal t., regali in solio sedere, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69.
2. expr. by sedes, sella regia: v.SEAT : to see the royal t. vacant, sedem regiam vacuam videre, Liv. 1, 16. the t., sella (regis), Curt. 8, 4, 15.
3. thrŏnus (θρόνος): Plin.
II. Fig.:
1. best expr. by a phr. with regnum (regal power). imperium (imperial power): principatus, ūs (supreme power): to call to the t., ad regnum accire, Liv. 1, 35; ad regnandum accire, Cic. Rep. 2, 13: to be driven from the t., regno pelli, Liv. 1, 40: to restore to the t., restituere in regnum Nep. Iphicr. 2, 1: the foll. phr. are used of the emperors: to succeed to the t., recipere imperium, Suet. Tib. 24: to ascend the t., imperium capere, id. Claud. 10; adipisci, id. Ner. 6; potiri imperio, id. Cal. 12: the imperial government was even called res publica: hence, to sit on the t., tenere rem publicam, id. Tit. 5: to abdicate the t., rem publicam reddere, id. Aug. 28: other expr. are: to ascend the t., rerum potiri, Tac. A. 1, 5: purpuram sumere, Eutr. 9, 8: v.PURPLE : regem creari, etc.: v. KING .
2. sŏlium (both sing. and pl.: poet.): to sit on the t. and sway the sceptre, solio sceptroque potiri, Ov. M. 14, 113: Hor.: Lucr.
I. Lit.:
1. sŏlium: a golden t., s. aureum, Virg. Aen. 10, 116: to sit on the royal t., regali in solio sedere, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69.
2. expr. by sedes, sella regia: v.
3. thrŏnus (θρόνος): Plin.
II. Fig.:
1. best expr. by a phr. with regnum (regal power). imperium (imperial power): principatus, ūs (supreme power): to call to the t., ad regnum accire, Liv. 1, 35; ad regnandum accire, Cic. Rep. 2, 13: to be driven from the t., regno pelli, Liv. 1, 40: to restore to the t., restituere in regnum Nep. Iphicr. 2, 1: the foll. phr. are used of the emperors: to succeed to the t., recipere imperium, Suet. Tib. 24: to ascend the t., imperium capere, id. Claud. 10; adipisci, id. Ner. 6; potiri imperio, id. Cal. 12: the imperial government was even called res publica: hence, to sit on the t., tenere rem publicam, id. Tit. 5: to abdicate the t., rem publicam reddere, id. Aug. 28: other expr. are: to ascend the t., rerum potiri, Tac. A. 1, 5: purpuram sumere, Eutr. 9, 8: v.
2. sŏlium (both sing. and pl.: poet.): to sit on the t. and sway the sceptre, solio sceptroque potiri, Ov. M. 14, 113: Hor.: Lucr.
throne
Throne
- of Aesculapius at Epidaurus: Paus. 2.27.2
- of Apollo at Amyclae: Paus. 3.18.9-Paus. 3.19.1
- of Athena at Erythrae: Paus. 7.5.9
- of Danaus at Argos: Paus. 2.19.5
- of Hera in Argive Heraeum: Paus. 2.17.4
- of Mistress and Demeter at Lycosura: Paus. 8.37.3
- of Mother Dindymene at Thebes: Paus. 9.25.3
- of Mother of the Gods at Corinth: Paus. 2.4.7
- of Pelops on Mount Sipylus: Paus. 5.13.7
- of Zeus at Olympia: Paus. 5.11.1-8
- dedicated to Zeus at Olympia by Arimnestus, king of Etruria: Paus. 5.12.5