Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Caesaries

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CAESAR'IES. Is nearly synonymous with COMA; but implies also a sense of beauty; i. e. as we should say, a becoming head of hair; profuse and abundant when applied to women (Ovid, Am. iii. 1. 32.); thick, long, and waving, like the Greek busts of Jupiter, Bacchus, and Apollo, when applied to men (Plaut. Mil. i. 1. 64. Liv. xxviii. 35. Virg. Aen. i. 590.); whence the same word is also used to designate a grand and majestic beard. Ov. Met. xv. 656.