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  • 1 curriculum

        curriculum ī, n dim.    [currus], a small car, chariot, racing car: quadrigarum curriculum: curriculo pulverem Collegisse, H.: effundit habenas Curriculo, Iu.— A wagon: in amnem praecipitare curricula, Cu.—A running, course: Curriculo percurre, at full speed, T. — A race: se in curriculo exercentes: equorum, L. — A raceground, race-course: in eodem curriculo esse.— Fig., a course, career: vitae: noctis, V.: consuetudinis: haec curricula mentis.
    * * *
    act of running; race; lap, track; chariot; course of action/heavenly bodies

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  • 2 spatium

        spatium ī, n    [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.
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    space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

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  • 3 spatium

    spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

    Finibus exemptis,

    Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

    locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

    per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

    id. 4, 202; cf.:

    tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

    Verg. E. 3, 105:

    flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

    id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

    quod spatium non esset agitandi,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    spatium loci,

    Quint. 8, 3, 84:

    spatio distante,

    Ov. M. 11, 715.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

    siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    itineris spatium,

    id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

    viae spatium,

    the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

    trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

    alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

    Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

    hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

    inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

    id. B. G. 3, 17:

    magnum spatium abesse,

    id. ib. 2, 17:

    quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

    id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

    jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

    illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

    Verg. A. 10, 219:

    dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

    spatium discrimina fallit,

    the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—
    b.
    Size, bulk, extent:

    dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

    Ov. M. 3, 95:

    elephantis,

    Luc. 9, 732:

    oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

    id. ib. 3, 195:

    breve lateris,

    Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

    quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

    spatia montis,

    id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

    spatium admirabile rhombi,

    very large, Juv. 4, 39:

    vasti corporis,

    Sen. Hippol. 806:

    plantae Herculis,

    Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

    in spatium,

    id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—
    2.
    An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.
    a.
    A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

    urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

    i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

    quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    spatia silvestria,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

    orator ex Academiae spatiis,

    id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

    Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

    ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

    Verg. A. 7, 381.—
    b.
    A race-course, track:

    sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

    Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

    nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

    cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

    Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

    hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

    id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

    tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

    equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

    id. ib. 6, 487:

    abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

    Liv. 35, 40, 1:

    nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

    Tac. Or. 39.—
    c.
    Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

    Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

    the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—
    3.
    Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

    cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

    si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

    septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

    Ov. Hal. 68:

    (agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time.
    1.
    In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

    spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    spatium praeteriti temporis,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    quantum fuit diei spatium,

    as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

    annuum spatium,

    id. B. C. 3, 3:

    annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    dierum triginta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

    parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

    Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so,

    in brevi spatio,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

    aliquid longo spatio tenere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

    hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    spatia annorum,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

    spatium juventae Transire,

    Ov. M. 15, 225:

    illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

    id. ib. 15, 874:

    post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

    i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

    neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

    Liv. 8, 32:

    ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

    quantum spatii nobis datur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

    spatium pro munere posco,

    Ov. R. Am. 277:

    proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

    Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

    quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

    dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

    ad scribendum,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    pila in hostes coniciendi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

    nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

    spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

    id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:

    vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 46, 3:

    spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

    Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

    spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—
    b.
    A year of life:

    quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —
    c.
    Metrical time, measure, quantity:

    trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

    Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

    neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

    id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

    ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

    quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    prope jam excurso spatio,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

    te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

    Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

    quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

    id. Brut. 90, 307:

    currenti spatium praemonstra,

    Lucr. 6, 93:

    pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

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  • 4 cursus

    a race, a running, race course, race track, course.

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  • 5 stadium

        stadium ī, n, στάδιον, a stade, stadium, furlong (125 paces, 625 Roman feet, or 606 3/4 English feet): sex illa a Dipylo stadia confecimus.— A course for foot-racers, race-course: stadium currere: ut in stadio cursores exclamant.
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    stade, Greek measure of distance, (stadium607 feet, nearly furlong); race course

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  • 6 carcer

        carcer eris, m    a prison, jail: in carcerem duci: carcerem refringere, L.: effundere: privatus, L.: vindex scelerum: vincla carceris rumpere, i. e. of the body.—Poet., of the cave of Aeolus, V., O. — Esp., the Roman state-prison: inferior carcer, L.; cf. Tullianum.—Meton., as a term of reproach, jail-bird, scape-gallows, T.—The barrier, starting-place in the race-course: effusi carcere currūs, V.: cum carcere uterque Emicat, O. — Usu. plur: cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, V.: carceribus missi currūs, H.—Fig.: ad carceres a calce revocari, i. e. to begin life anew.
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    prison, jail; jailbird; starting barriers at race-course, traps; beginning

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  • 7 circus

        circus ī, m    [CVR-], a circular line, circle: lacteus, the Milky Way.—An enclosure for athletic games, race-course, ring: longo decedere circo, V.: munera circo locantur In medio, V.: maritimus (at Anagnia), L. — Esp.: Circus Maximus, an oval circus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, with room for 100,000, C., L., O.; often called Circus, C.: Fallax (as the resort of soothsayers and jugglers), H. — The Circus Flaminius, C.; called Circus, O.
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    race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games; circle; orbit

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  • 8 dēcursus

        dēcursus ūs, m    [decurro], a running down, downward course, descent: aquarum, O.: rapidus (amnium), V.— A descent, attack: subitus ex collibus, L.: in litora, Ta.— An evolution, manœuvre: iustus, L.: legionum, Ta.— A running in armor (at a festival), L. — Fig., a course, career: mei temporis: si forensium rerum labor decursu honorum constitisset, i. e. after every grade of office.
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    decent, downward course/slope/rush/fall/flow; attack/charge downhill; manoeuver; running race/course; finish; flow (verse); coming to land; watercourse/channel

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  • 9 calcis

    1.
    calx, calcis, f. (m., Pers. 3, 105 dub.; Sil. 7, 696; cf. App. M. 7, p. 483 Oud.; Pers. 3, 105; Grat. Cyn. 278. Whether Lucil. ap. Charis, p. 72 P. belongs here or to 2. calx is undecided) [Sanscr. kar-, wound, kill; akin with lax, calcar, calceus], the heel.
    I.
    Lit.:

    calces deteris,

    you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111:

    quod si ipsa animi vis In capite aut umeris aut imis calcibus esse Posset,

    Lucr. 3, 792; 5, 136: incursare pug nis, calcibus, pux kai lax, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 53:

    certare pugnis, calcibus, unguibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

    uti pugnis et calcibus,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    concisus pugnis et calcibus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

    subsellium calce premere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:

    ferire pugno vel calce,

    Quint. 2, 8, 13:

    quadrupedemque citum ferratā (al. ferrato) calce fatigat,

    Verg. A. 11, 714:

    nudā calce vexare ilia equi,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 115; Sil. 7, 697; 13, 169; 17, 541:

    nudis calcibus anguem premere,

    Juv. 1, 43.—Also of the heels of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; Col. 8, 2, 8:

    quadrupes calcibus auras Verberat,

    Verg. A. 10, 892.—Hence, caedere calcibus, to kick, laktizô, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    calce petere aliquem,

    to kick, Hor. S. 2, 1, 55:

    ferire,

    Ov. F. 3, 755:

    extundere frontem,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 9:

    calces remittere,

    to kick, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; so,

    reicere,

    Dig. 9, 1, 5:

    aut dic aut accipe calcem,

    take a kick, Juv. 3, 295 al. —
    2.
    Prov.: adversus stimulum calces (sc. jactare, etc.) = laktizein pros kentron (Aesch Agam. 1624; Pind. Pyth. 2, 174;

    W. T. Act. 9, 5),

    to kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28 Don. and Ruhnk.; cf. Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55, and s. v. calcitro: calcem impingere alicui rei, to abandon any occupation:

    Anglice,

    to hang a thing on the nail, Petr. 46.—
    B.
    Meton. (pars pro toto), the foot, in gen.:

    calcemque terit jam calce,

    Verg. A. 5, 324 Serv. and Heyne. —
    II.
    Transf. to similar things.
    A.
    In architecture: calces scaporum, the foot of the pillars of a staircase; Fr. patin de l'échiffre, Vitr. 9, praef. § 8.—
    B.
    Calx mali, the foot of the mast, Vitr. 10, 3, 5.—
    C.
    In agriculture, the piece of wood cut off with a scion, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.
    2.
    calx, calcis, f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24, and Cato, R. R. 18, 7; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; dub. Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; and id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 fin.; cf. Rudd. I. p. 37, n. 3; later collat. form calcis, is, f., Ven. Fort. Carm. 11, 11, 10) [chalix].
    I.
    Liv.
    A.
    A small stone used in gaming, a counter (less freq. than the dim. calculus, q. v.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 687 P.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.—
    B.
    Limestone, lime, whether slaked or not, Lucr. 6, 1067; Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    viva,

    unslaked, quicklime, Vitr. 8, 7:

    coquere,

    to burn lime, Cato, R. R. 16; Vitr. 2, 5, 1: exstincta, slaked, id. l. l.:

    macerata,

    id. 7, 2; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

    harenatus,

    mixed with sand, mortar, Cato, R. R. 18, 7:

    materies ex calce et harenā mixta,

    Vitr. 7, 3.— Since the goal or limit in the race-ground was designated by lime (as later by chalk, v. creta), calx signifies,
    II.
    Trop., the goal, end, or limit in the race-course (anciently marked with lime or chalk; opp. carceres, the starting-point; mostly ante-Aug.;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): supremae calcis spatium,

    Lucr. 6, 92 Lachm.; Sen. Ep. 108, 32; Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24:

    ad calcem pervenire,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 101; so,

    ad carceres a calce revocari,

    i. e. to turn back from the end to the beginning, id. Sen. 23, 83:

    nunc video calcem, ad quam (al. quem) cum sit decursum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: ab ipsā (al. ipso) calce revocati, id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. l.l.; Quint. 8, 5, 30 dub.; v. Spald. N. cr. —
    b.
    Prov., of speech:

    extra calcem decurrere,

    to digress from a theme, Amm. 21, 1, 14.—
    B.
    In gen., the end, conclusion of a page, book, or writing (mostly post-class.):

    si tamen in clausulā et calce pronuntietur sententia,

    Quint. 8, 5, 30:

    in calce epistulae,

    Hier. Ep. 9; 26 fin.; 84 init.: in calce libri, id. Vit. St. Hil. fin.

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  • 10 calx

    1.
    calx, calcis, f. (m., Pers. 3, 105 dub.; Sil. 7, 696; cf. App. M. 7, p. 483 Oud.; Pers. 3, 105; Grat. Cyn. 278. Whether Lucil. ap. Charis, p. 72 P. belongs here or to 2. calx is undecided) [Sanscr. kar-, wound, kill; akin with lax, calcar, calceus], the heel.
    I.
    Lit.:

    calces deteris,

    you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111:

    quod si ipsa animi vis In capite aut umeris aut imis calcibus esse Posset,

    Lucr. 3, 792; 5, 136: incursare pug nis, calcibus, pux kai lax, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 53:

    certare pugnis, calcibus, unguibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

    uti pugnis et calcibus,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    concisus pugnis et calcibus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

    subsellium calce premere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:

    ferire pugno vel calce,

    Quint. 2, 8, 13:

    quadrupedemque citum ferratā (al. ferrato) calce fatigat,

    Verg. A. 11, 714:

    nudā calce vexare ilia equi,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 115; Sil. 7, 697; 13, 169; 17, 541:

    nudis calcibus anguem premere,

    Juv. 1, 43.—Also of the heels of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; Col. 8, 2, 8:

    quadrupes calcibus auras Verberat,

    Verg. A. 10, 892.—Hence, caedere calcibus, to kick, laktizô, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    calce petere aliquem,

    to kick, Hor. S. 2, 1, 55:

    ferire,

    Ov. F. 3, 755:

    extundere frontem,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 9:

    calces remittere,

    to kick, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; so,

    reicere,

    Dig. 9, 1, 5:

    aut dic aut accipe calcem,

    take a kick, Juv. 3, 295 al. —
    2.
    Prov.: adversus stimulum calces (sc. jactare, etc.) = laktizein pros kentron (Aesch Agam. 1624; Pind. Pyth. 2, 174;

    W. T. Act. 9, 5),

    to kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28 Don. and Ruhnk.; cf. Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55, and s. v. calcitro: calcem impingere alicui rei, to abandon any occupation:

    Anglice,

    to hang a thing on the nail, Petr. 46.—
    B.
    Meton. (pars pro toto), the foot, in gen.:

    calcemque terit jam calce,

    Verg. A. 5, 324 Serv. and Heyne. —
    II.
    Transf. to similar things.
    A.
    In architecture: calces scaporum, the foot of the pillars of a staircase; Fr. patin de l'échiffre, Vitr. 9, praef. § 8.—
    B.
    Calx mali, the foot of the mast, Vitr. 10, 3, 5.—
    C.
    In agriculture, the piece of wood cut off with a scion, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.
    2.
    calx, calcis, f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24, and Cato, R. R. 18, 7; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; dub. Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; and id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 fin.; cf. Rudd. I. p. 37, n. 3; later collat. form calcis, is, f., Ven. Fort. Carm. 11, 11, 10) [chalix].
    I.
    Liv.
    A.
    A small stone used in gaming, a counter (less freq. than the dim. calculus, q. v.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 687 P.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.—
    B.
    Limestone, lime, whether slaked or not, Lucr. 6, 1067; Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    viva,

    unslaked, quicklime, Vitr. 8, 7:

    coquere,

    to burn lime, Cato, R. R. 16; Vitr. 2, 5, 1: exstincta, slaked, id. l. l.:

    macerata,

    id. 7, 2; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

    harenatus,

    mixed with sand, mortar, Cato, R. R. 18, 7:

    materies ex calce et harenā mixta,

    Vitr. 7, 3.— Since the goal or limit in the race-ground was designated by lime (as later by chalk, v. creta), calx signifies,
    II.
    Trop., the goal, end, or limit in the race-course (anciently marked with lime or chalk; opp. carceres, the starting-point; mostly ante-Aug.;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): supremae calcis spatium,

    Lucr. 6, 92 Lachm.; Sen. Ep. 108, 32; Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24:

    ad calcem pervenire,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 101; so,

    ad carceres a calce revocari,

    i. e. to turn back from the end to the beginning, id. Sen. 23, 83:

    nunc video calcem, ad quam (al. quem) cum sit decursum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: ab ipsā (al. ipso) calce revocati, id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. l.l.; Quint. 8, 5, 30 dub.; v. Spald. N. cr. —
    b.
    Prov., of speech:

    extra calcem decurrere,

    to digress from a theme, Amm. 21, 1, 14.—
    B.
    In gen., the end, conclusion of a page, book, or writing (mostly post-class.):

    si tamen in clausulā et calce pronuntietur sententia,

    Quint. 8, 5, 30:

    in calce epistulae,

    Hier. Ep. 9; 26 fin.; 84 init.: in calce libri, id. Vit. St. Hil. fin.

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  • 11 Dromos

    drŏmos, i, m., = dromos.
    I.
    A place for running; a race-course, Grut. Inscr. 339, 2.—
    II.
    Esp., as nom. prop., Drŏmŏs, i, m., the plain near Sparta, on which the Lacedaemonian youth exercised, Liv. 34, 27, 5.—
    2.

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  • 12 dromos

    drŏmos, i, m., = dromos.
    I.
    A place for running; a race-course, Grut. Inscr. 339, 2.—
    II.
    Esp., as nom. prop., Drŏmŏs, i, m., the plain near Sparta, on which the Lacedaemonian youth exercised, Liv. 34, 27, 5.—
    2.

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  • 13 dēcursus

        dēcursus    P. of decurro.
    * * *
    decent, downward course/slope/rush/fall/flow; attack/charge downhill; manoeuver; running race/course; finish; flow (verse); coming to land; watercourse/channel

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  • 14 interior

        interior ius, gen. ōris    [inter], inner, interior, middle: aedium pars: spatium, O.: In interiore parte ut maneam, i. e. in the women's apartment, T.: domus, inner part, V.: epistula, body: motu cietur interiore et suo: nationes, farther inland.— Plur. n. as subst, the inner parts, middle: aedium: regni, L.— Plur m. as subst: plerique, of those farther from the sea, Cs.: interiores fossas explent, the garrison, Cs.—In the race-course, nearer the goal, on the left: rota, O.: gyrus, H.: Ille... Radit iter laevum interior (to shorten the course), V.— Nearer: toto corpore interior periculo volneris factus, i. e. too near to be wounded, L.: ictibus, within reach of, L.— Inner: nota Falerni, i. e. longest in the cellar, H.—Fig., deeper, more piercing: timor.—More hidden, more recondite, more profound: nunc interiora videamus: consilia, N.: haec interiora, more personal (opp. illa externa).— Deeper, more intimate, closer: vicini: amicitia, L.: litterae, more confidential.
    * * *
    those (pl.) within; those nearer racecourse goal; inland/further from sea

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  • 15 carcer

    carcer, ĕris, m. [Sicilian karkaron; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; etym. dub.; cf. scrinium], an enclosed place; hence,
    I.
    A prison, jail (syn.:

    custodia, vincula): si tresviri me in carcerem conpegerint,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; Lucr. 3, 1016; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22 sq.; Liv. 6, 36, 112 al.:

    carcer, quem vindicem scelerum majores nostri esse voluerunt,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27.
    A.
    Poet., of the custody of the winds, Verg. A. 1, 54; Ov. M. 4, 663; 14, 224; id. F. 2, 456;

    and of the lower world: carcer inferorum,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1222:

    Ditis,

    Luc. 6, 797.— Trop., of the chains of the body:

    qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14; so id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Luc. 6, 721.—
    B.
    Esp., the Roman State-prison, close to the Forum, at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the right of the Sacra Via, built by Ancus Marcius, Liv. 1, 33, 8; extended under ground by Servius Tullius; hence this part of the prison is called Tullianum. Varr. L. L. 5, § 151, p. 42 Bip.; Cic. Sull. 25, 70; Sall. C. 55, 3; Liv. 1, 33, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51 al.; cf.:

    in inferiorem demissus carcerem,

    Liv. 34, 44, 8:

    in carcerem conditi,

    id. 29, 22, 7; cf. also Fest. p. 356 Müll., and Becker. Antiq. 1, 262 sq.; v. also Tullianum and robur, II. A.—
    C.
    Meton.
    a.
    The imprisoned criminals: in me carcerem effudistis, [p. 291] Cic. Pis. 7, 16.—
    b.
    As a term of reproach ( = carcerarius), jail-bird, scapegallows: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 26; Ter. Phorm. l. l.—
    II.
    The barrier or starting-place in the race-course (opp. meta or calx; v. h. vv.); usu. in plur., carceres, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; Lucr. 2, 264; 4, 990; Cic. Brut. 47, 173; Verg. G. 1, 512; * Hor. S. 1, 1, 114 al. —In sing. (mostly poet.), Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (v. 88 Vahl.); Tib. 1, 4, 32 (imitated by Ov. H. 18, 166); Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Verg. G. 3, 104; id. A. 5, 145 Serv.; Ov. M. 10, 652; id. Tr. 5, 9, 29; 5, 12, 26; Suet. Caes. 21; Stat. Th. 6, 522.—
    B.
    Trop., the commencement, beginning, of a course of action or of a condition:

    a quibus carceribus decurrat ad metas,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 3; so id. ib. 2, 7, 1:

    ad carceres a calce revocari,

    i.e. to begin life anew, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; cf.:

    cum aequalibus, quibus cum tamquam e carceribus emissus sis,

    id. Lael. 27, 101.

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  • 16 calx

        calx cis, f, χάλιξ, limestone, lime: in insulam calcem convexit: caementa calce durata, L. — Fig., the goal of the race - course (anciently marked with lime): ad calcem pervenire: ad carceres a calce revocari, i. e. from the end to the beginning: video calcem, ad quam cum sit decursum.
    * * *
    I
    heel; spur; pad (dog); forefeet; kick (Roman toe was unprotected); butt (beam)
    II
    limestone, lime; chalk, goal, goal-line (chalk mark), end of life; game piece
    III
    lead vial/bottle/jar

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  • 17 claustra

        claustra ōrum, n    [claudo], a lock, bar, bolt: revellere claustra: rumpere, V.: portarum, L.: sub claustris rei p. positum vectigal.—A barrier, bounds: obstantia rumpere claustra (the barriers of a race - course), H. — A gate, dam, dike: Lucrino addita, V.: portūs claustra, entrance, Cu.— A barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank: ut terra claustra locorum teneret: urbs velut claustra Etruriae, L.: montium, passes, Ta.: Aegypti, the key to Egypt, L.: claustra contrahere, i. e. the line of circumvallation, Ta. — A barrier, hinderance: ista nobilitatis.

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  • 18 līmen

        līmen inis, n    [2 LAC-], a cross-piece, threshold, head-piece, lintel, sill: primo Limine, at the outer threshold, Iu.: Ter limen tetigi (an omen), O.: haec limina, Intra quae puer est, Iu.— A door, entrance: limen exire, T.: intrare: marmoreum, H.: fores in liminibus aedium ianuae nominantur: templi, Cs.: in limine portūs, the very entrance, V.: Ausoniae, border, V.— A house, dwelling, abode: contineri limine, at home, L.: limine pelli, V.: deorum Limina, temples, V.— The barrier (in a race-course): limen relinquunt, V.—Fig., a beginning: belli, Ta.: in limine victoriae, on the eve, Cu.: mortis, Ct.
    * * *
    threshold, entrance; lintel; house

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  • 19 campter

    I
    bending; turning; angle
    II
    campteros/is N M

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  • 20 camter

    camteros/is N M

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