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  • 1 pungo

    pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3 (old fut. perf. pepugero, Att. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 10; perf. punxi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.:

    pupungi, in pungit, punxit, pupungit,

    Not. Tir. p. 131; scanned pŭpūgi, Prud. steph. 9, 59), v. a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence also pugil, pugnus; Gr. pux, etc.], to prick, puncture (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aliquem,

    Cic. Sest. 10, 24:

    acu comatoriā mihi malas pungebat,

    Petr. 21:

    vulnus quod acu punctum videretur,

    Cic. Mil. 24, 65.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    To pierce into, penetrate, enter:

    corpus,

    Lucr. 2, 460 (v. the passage in connection).—
    2.
    To affect sensibly, to sting, bite: ut pungat colubram: cum pupugerit, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.:

    pungunt sensum,

    Lucr. 4, 625:

    aliquem manu,

    to pinch, Petr. 87 fin.:

    nitrum adulteratum pungit,

    has a pungent taste, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—
    3.
    To press, hasten:

    futura pungunt, nec se superari sinunt,

    Pub. Syr. v. 177 Rib.—
    II.
    Trop., to prick, sting, vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy, etc.:

    scrupulus aliquem stimulat ac pungit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    epistula illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit,

    id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

    jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 158:

    pungit me, quod scribis, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 1:

    si paupertas momordit, si ignominia pupugit,

    id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

    quos tamen pungit aliquid,

    id. ib. 5, 35, 102:

    odi ego, quos numquam pungunt suspiria somnos,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27. —Hence, punctus, a, um, P. a., pricked in, like a point; hence, of time: puncto tempore (cf.: puncto temporis; v. infra), in an instant, in a moment (only in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 263; 456; 1006; 4, 216; 6, 230.—Hence, subst. in two forms.
    I. A.
    Lit. (very rare), Mart. 11, 45, 6.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A point, small spot (as if made by pricking):

    ova punctis distincta,

    Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 144:

    gemma sanguineis punctis,

    id. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

    puncta quae terebrantur acu,

    Mart. 11, 46, 2:

    ferream frontem convulnerandam praebeant punctis,

    i. e. with the marks of slavery, Plin. Pan. 35.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A point made in writing, Aus. Epigr. 35, 1; 145, 5;

    as a punctuation mark,

    Diom. p. 432 P.—
    (β).
    A mathematical point. Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—
    (γ).
    A point or spot on dice: quadringenis in punctum sestertiis aleam lusit, Suet. Ner. [p. 1492] 30; Aus. Prof. 1, 29.—
    (δ).
    A point or dot as the sign of a vote, made in a waxen tablet, before the introduction of separate ballots;

    hence, transf.,

    a vote, suffrage, ballot, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Mur. 34, 72; id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—Hence, poet., applause, approbation:

    omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,

    Hor. A. P. 343:

    discedo Alcaeus puncto illius,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 99; Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 5.—
    (ε).
    A point on the bar of a steelyard, indicating the weight:

    diluis helleborum, certo compescere puncto nescius examen,

    Pers. 5, 100.—
    2.
    A small part of any thing divided or measured off, e.g.,
    a.
    A small weight, Pers. 5, 100.—
    b.
    A small liquid measure, Front. Aquaed. 25.—
    c.
    A small portion of time, an instant, a moment (cf. momentum):

    puncto temporis eodem,

    in the same moment, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; cf.:

    ne punctum quidem temporis,

    id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 7:

    nullo puncto temporis intermisso,

    id. N. D. 1, 20, 52; Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—In plur.:

    omnibus minimis temporum punctis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 67:

    animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

    temporis puncto omnes Uticam relinquunt,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.; Plin. Pan. 56:

    horae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

    diei,

    Lucr. 4, 201.—Rarely absol.:

    punctum est quod vivimus et adhuc puncto minus,

    Sen. Ep. 49, 14, 3:

    puncto brevissimo dilapsa domus,

    App. M. 9, p. 235, 30; cf.:

    quod momentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile aut vacuum laude,

    Plin. Pan. 56, 2; Vulg. Isa. 54, 7.—
    d.
    In space, a point:

    ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri, quo quasi punctum ejus attingimus, poeniteret,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—
    e.
    In discourse, a small portion, brief clause, short section, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Aus. Idyll. 12 prooem.—
    II.
    puncta, ae, f. (very rare), a prick, puncture, Veg. Mil. 1, 12.

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  • 2 paulus

        paulus (not paull-), adj.    [PAV-], little, small: paulo sumptu, T.—As subst n., a little, trifle: quasi vero paulum intersiet, T.: supplici, T.: lucri, T.: paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium, allotted a small part of his defence: ubi paulum nescio quid superest, Iu.: post paulum, in a little while, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    paula, paulum ADJ
    little; small; (only a) small amount/quantity of/little bit of
    II

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  • 3 particula

        particula ae, f dim.    [pars], a small part, little bit, particle, grain, jot: tenuissimae particulae: harenae, H.: cognoscis ex particulā parvā genus, specimen: malorum, Iu.
    * * *
    small part, little bit, particle, atom

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  • 4 Paulina

    1.
    paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].
    I.
    In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

    paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

    paulo sumptu,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    pauper a paulo lare,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—
    (β).
    Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

    quasi vero paulum intersiet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

    an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

    5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

    id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

    supplicī,

    id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

    negotī,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

    lucri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

    paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

    allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

    ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

    Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —
    II.
    Adverb. uses.
    A.
    Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
    1.
    With comp.:

    paulo prius,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

    liberius paulo,

    Cic. Or. 24, 82:

    civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

    paulo secus,

    id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

    haud paulo plus,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    paulo minus consideratus,

    id. Quint. 3, 11:

    paulo magis affabre factus,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

    verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    paulo longius processerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    maturius paulo,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

    a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

    paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

    id. Tib. 26:

    paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

    paulo minus quinque millia,

    id. Pan. 28, 4.—
    2.
    Esp. with ante, post:

    quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

    Cic. Part. 39, 137:

    paulo ante,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

    post paulo,

    just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —
    3.
    With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

    magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    verba paulo nimium redundantia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

    id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

    paulo ultra eum locum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    paulo mox,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—
    4.
    Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

    paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

    ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

    Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,
    B.
    Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

    paulum supra eum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

    epistolae me paulum recreant,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

    requiescere,

    id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

    commorari,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

    paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

    Verg. A. 3, 597.—
    (β).
    With adv. of time or place:

    post paulum,

    a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

    ultra paulum,

    id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

    infra jugulum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—
    (γ).
    With comp.:

    haud paulum major,

    Sil. 15, 21:

    tardius,

    Stat. Th. 10, 938.
    2.
    Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.
    I.
    L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—
    II.
    The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —
    III.
    Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—
    IV. V. VI.
    Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,
    A.
    Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

    Pauliana victoria,

    the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—
    B.
    Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.
    1.
    Paulīnus, i, m.:

    C. Suetonius Paulinus,

    Tac. A. 14, 29.—
    2.
    Paulīna, ae, f.:

    Lollia Paulina,

    wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

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  • 5 Paullus

    1.
    paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].
    I.
    In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

    paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

    paulo sumptu,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    pauper a paulo lare,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—
    (β).
    Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

    quasi vero paulum intersiet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

    an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

    5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

    id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

    supplicī,

    id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

    negotī,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

    lucri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

    paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

    allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

    ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

    Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —
    II.
    Adverb. uses.
    A.
    Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
    1.
    With comp.:

    paulo prius,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

    liberius paulo,

    Cic. Or. 24, 82:

    civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

    paulo secus,

    id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

    haud paulo plus,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    paulo minus consideratus,

    id. Quint. 3, 11:

    paulo magis affabre factus,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

    verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    paulo longius processerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    maturius paulo,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

    a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

    paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

    id. Tib. 26:

    paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

    paulo minus quinque millia,

    id. Pan. 28, 4.—
    2.
    Esp. with ante, post:

    quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

    Cic. Part. 39, 137:

    paulo ante,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

    post paulo,

    just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —
    3.
    With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

    magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    verba paulo nimium redundantia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

    id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

    paulo ultra eum locum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    paulo mox,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—
    4.
    Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

    paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

    ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

    Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,
    B.
    Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

    paulum supra eum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

    epistolae me paulum recreant,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

    requiescere,

    id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

    commorari,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

    paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

    Verg. A. 3, 597.—
    (β).
    With adv. of time or place:

    post paulum,

    a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

    ultra paulum,

    id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

    infra jugulum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—
    (γ).
    With comp.:

    haud paulum major,

    Sil. 15, 21:

    tardius,

    Stat. Th. 10, 938.
    2.
    Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.
    I.
    L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—
    II.
    The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —
    III.
    Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—
    IV. V. VI.
    Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,
    A.
    Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

    Pauliana victoria,

    the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—
    B.
    Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.
    1.
    Paulīnus, i, m.:

    C. Suetonius Paulinus,

    Tac. A. 14, 29.—
    2.
    Paulīna, ae, f.:

    Lollia Paulina,

    wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

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  • 6 paullus

    1.
    paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].
    I.
    In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

    paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

    paulo sumptu,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    pauper a paulo lare,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—
    (β).
    Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

    quasi vero paulum intersiet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

    an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

    5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

    id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

    supplicī,

    id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

    negotī,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

    lucri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

    paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

    allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

    ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

    Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —
    II.
    Adverb. uses.
    A.
    Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
    1.
    With comp.:

    paulo prius,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

    liberius paulo,

    Cic. Or. 24, 82:

    civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

    paulo secus,

    id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

    haud paulo plus,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    paulo minus consideratus,

    id. Quint. 3, 11:

    paulo magis affabre factus,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

    verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    paulo longius processerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    maturius paulo,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

    a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

    paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

    id. Tib. 26:

    paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

    paulo minus quinque millia,

    id. Pan. 28, 4.—
    2.
    Esp. with ante, post:

    quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

    Cic. Part. 39, 137:

    paulo ante,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

    post paulo,

    just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —
    3.
    With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

    magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    verba paulo nimium redundantia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

    id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

    paulo ultra eum locum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    paulo mox,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—
    4.
    Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

    paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

    ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

    Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,
    B.
    Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

    paulum supra eum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

    epistolae me paulum recreant,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

    requiescere,

    id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

    commorari,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

    paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

    Verg. A. 3, 597.—
    (β).
    With adv. of time or place:

    post paulum,

    a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

    ultra paulum,

    id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

    infra jugulum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—
    (γ).
    With comp.:

    haud paulum major,

    Sil. 15, 21:

    tardius,

    Stat. Th. 10, 938.
    2.
    Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.
    I.
    L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—
    II.
    The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —
    III.
    Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—
    IV. V. VI.
    Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,
    A.
    Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

    Pauliana victoria,

    the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—
    B.
    Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.
    1.
    Paulīnus, i, m.:

    C. Suetonius Paulinus,

    Tac. A. 14, 29.—
    2.
    Paulīna, ae, f.:

    Lollia Paulina,

    wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

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  • 7 Paulus

    1.
    paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].
    I.
    In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

    paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

    paulo sumptu,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    pauper a paulo lare,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—
    (β).
    Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

    quasi vero paulum intersiet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

    an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

    5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

    id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

    supplicī,

    id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

    negotī,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

    lucri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

    paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

    allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

    ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

    Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —
    II.
    Adverb. uses.
    A.
    Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
    1.
    With comp.:

    paulo prius,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

    liberius paulo,

    Cic. Or. 24, 82:

    civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

    paulo secus,

    id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

    haud paulo plus,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    paulo minus consideratus,

    id. Quint. 3, 11:

    paulo magis affabre factus,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

    verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    paulo longius processerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    maturius paulo,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

    a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

    paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

    id. Tib. 26:

    paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

    paulo minus quinque millia,

    id. Pan. 28, 4.—
    2.
    Esp. with ante, post:

    quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

    Cic. Part. 39, 137:

    paulo ante,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

    post paulo,

    just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —
    3.
    With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

    magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    verba paulo nimium redundantia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

    id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

    paulo ultra eum locum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    paulo mox,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—
    4.
    Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

    paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

    ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

    Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,
    B.
    Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

    paulum supra eum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

    epistolae me paulum recreant,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

    requiescere,

    id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

    commorari,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

    paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

    Verg. A. 3, 597.—
    (β).
    With adv. of time or place:

    post paulum,

    a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

    ultra paulum,

    id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

    infra jugulum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—
    (γ).
    With comp.:

    haud paulum major,

    Sil. 15, 21:

    tardius,

    Stat. Th. 10, 938.
    2.
    Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.
    I.
    L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—
    II.
    The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —
    III.
    Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—
    IV. V. VI.
    Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,
    A.
    Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

    Pauliana victoria,

    the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—
    B.
    Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.
    1.
    Paulīnus, i, m.:

    C. Suetonius Paulinus,

    Tac. A. 14, 29.—
    2.
    Paulīna, ae, f.:

    Lollia Paulina,

    wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

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  • 8 paulus

    1.
    paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].
    I.
    In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

    paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

    paulo sumptu,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    pauper a paulo lare,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—
    (β).
    Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

    quasi vero paulum intersiet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

    an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

    5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

    id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

    supplicī,

    id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

    negotī,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

    lucri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

    paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

    allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

    ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

    Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —
    II.
    Adverb. uses.
    A.
    Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
    1.
    With comp.:

    paulo prius,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

    liberius paulo,

    Cic. Or. 24, 82:

    civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

    paulo secus,

    id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

    haud paulo plus,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    paulo minus consideratus,

    id. Quint. 3, 11:

    paulo magis affabre factus,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

    verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    paulo longius processerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    maturius paulo,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

    a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

    paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

    id. Tib. 26:

    paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

    paulo minus quinque millia,

    id. Pan. 28, 4.—
    2.
    Esp. with ante, post:

    quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

    Cic. Part. 39, 137:

    paulo ante,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

    post paulo,

    just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —
    3.
    With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

    magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    verba paulo nimium redundantia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

    id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

    paulo ultra eum locum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    paulo mox,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—
    4.
    Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

    paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

    ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

    Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,
    B.
    Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

    paulum supra eum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

    epistolae me paulum recreant,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

    requiescere,

    id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

    commorari,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

    paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

    Verg. A. 3, 597.—
    (β).
    With adv. of time or place:

    post paulum,

    a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

    ultra paulum,

    id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

    infra jugulum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—
    (γ).
    With comp.:

    haud paulum major,

    Sil. 15, 21:

    tardius,

    Stat. Th. 10, 938.
    2.
    Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.
    I.
    L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—
    II.
    The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —
    III.
    Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—
    IV. V. VI.
    Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,
    A.
    Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

    Pauliana victoria,

    the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—
    B.
    Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.
    1.
    Paulīnus, i, m.:

    C. Suetonius Paulinus,

    Tac. A. 14, 29.—
    2.
    Paulīna, ae, f.:

    Lollia Paulina,

    wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

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  • 9 particularis

    particularis, particulare ADJ
    particular; partial, of/concerning a (small) part

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  • 10 portiuncula

    portion; small part

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  • 11 frustum

    frustum, i, n., a piece, bit (syn.: fragmentum, segmentum).
    I.
    Lit., of food (class.): frusto panis conduci potest, vel uti taceat, vel uti loquatur, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10:

    necesse est, offa objecta cadere frustum ex pulli ore cum pascitur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    esculenta,

    id. Phil. 2, 25 fin. (also ap. Quint. 9, 4, 44):

    viscera pars in frusta secant, verubusque trementia figunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 212:

    lardi semesa frusta,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 85:

    sunt qui frustis et pomis viduas venentur avaras,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

    capreae,

    Juv. 11, 142:

    nudum et frusta rogantem,

    scraps, id. 3, 210:

    solidae frusta farinae,

    lumps, id. 5, 68; cf. 14, 128.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a piece as a small part of a whole (very rare;

    not in Cic.): unde soluta fere oratio, et e singulis non membris sed frustis collata, structura caret,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27;

    so (opp. membra),

    id. 4, 5, 25; cf.:

    philosophiam in partes, non in frusta dividam,

    Sen. Ep. 89:

    frusta pannorum,

    rags, Amm. 15, 12, 2.—Comically:

    frustum pueri,

    you bit of a boy! Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 68.

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  • 12 particula

    partĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [pars], a small part, a little bit, a particle.
    I.
    In gen. (class.):

    tenuissimae particulae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    ut ne qua particula in hoc sermone praetermissa sit,

    id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

    caeli,

    id. ib. 1, 39, 179:

    justitiae,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

    particula parva,

    id. Pis. 35, 85:

    arenae,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 23:

    undique desectam,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 14:

    minutae rerum particulae,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21; cf. Val. Max. 6, 9, 7:

    malorum,

    Juv. 13, 14.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In rhet. lang., a clause of a sentence, Quint. 9, 4, 69; 4, 5, 25; 7, 10, 6; 8, 3, 63; 10, 3, 30. —
    B.
    In gram., a particle, Gell. 2, 17, 6; 2, 19, 3; 7, 7, 6; 11, 3, 2 et saep.

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  • 13 portiuncula

    portĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [portio], a small part or portion (post-Aug.). vestis, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 83:

    aedium,

    Dig. 39, 2, 15:

    domus,

    ib. 39, 3, 10 pr.:

    historiae Suetonii,

    Oros. 6, 7.

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  • 14 scriuplum

    scrūpŭlus ( scrīŭplum, etc., v. infra, B.), i, m. dim. [scrupus].
    * I.
    Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone:

    ater scrupulus,

    Sol. 7.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    T. t., the smallest division of weight (the 24th part of an ounce), a scruple; in this sense the neutr. collat. form scrīpŭlum (less commonly scrū-pŭlum; also written, because of a fancied derivation from scriptum, scriptŭlum, scriptlum) is most freq.: scriptulum, quod nunc vulgo sine t dicunt, Varro ap. Plautin. dixit. Idem tertio Annali. Is (nummus argenteus) quattuor scriptulis major fuit quam nunc est, Charis. p. 81:

    si ibi auri scrupulum imponatur, etc.,

    Vitr. 7, 8 med.:

    scripula octo,

    Col. 12, 28, 1:

    picis sex scripula,

    id. 12, 23, 2; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    quinque marathri scrupula,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 92:

    scripulum nostri dixere priores,

    Rhem. Fan. Pond. 8 sq.:

    ita ut scripulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

    scrupulum,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 9:

    scriptula,

    Mart. 4, 89, 3; 10, 55, 3.—
    2.
    Of other measures.
    a.
    The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.—
    b.
    The twenty-fourth part of an hour:

    QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,

    Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9.—
    c.
    Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.—
    II.
    Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,
    1.
    Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.):

    hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,

    id. Har. Resp. 5, 11:

    mihi unus scrupulus restat,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 37:

    qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30:

    injeci scrupulum homini,

    id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.:

    nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.:

    hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,

    Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37:

    exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7:

    omnis surculus... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,

    without scruple, without hesitation, Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31:

    scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,

    App. M. 6, p. 184, 11.—With gen.:

    domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2:

    reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,

    App. Mag. p. 305 med. —
    2.

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  • 15 scrupulus

    scrūpŭlus ( scrīŭplum, etc., v. infra, B.), i, m. dim. [scrupus].
    * I.
    Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone:

    ater scrupulus,

    Sol. 7.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    T. t., the smallest division of weight (the 24th part of an ounce), a scruple; in this sense the neutr. collat. form scrīpŭlum (less commonly scrū-pŭlum; also written, because of a fancied derivation from scriptum, scriptŭlum, scriptlum) is most freq.: scriptulum, quod nunc vulgo sine t dicunt, Varro ap. Plautin. dixit. Idem tertio Annali. Is (nummus argenteus) quattuor scriptulis major fuit quam nunc est, Charis. p. 81:

    si ibi auri scrupulum imponatur, etc.,

    Vitr. 7, 8 med.:

    scripula octo,

    Col. 12, 28, 1:

    picis sex scripula,

    id. 12, 23, 2; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    quinque marathri scrupula,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 92:

    scripulum nostri dixere priores,

    Rhem. Fan. Pond. 8 sq.:

    ita ut scripulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

    scrupulum,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 9:

    scriptula,

    Mart. 4, 89, 3; 10, 55, 3.—
    2.
    Of other measures.
    a.
    The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.—
    b.
    The twenty-fourth part of an hour:

    QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,

    Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9.—
    c.
    Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.—
    II.
    Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,
    1.
    Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.):

    hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,

    id. Har. Resp. 5, 11:

    mihi unus scrupulus restat,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 37:

    qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30:

    injeci scrupulum homini,

    id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.:

    nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.:

    hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,

    Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37:

    exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7:

    omnis surculus... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,

    without scruple, without hesitation, Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31:

    scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,

    App. M. 6, p. 184, 11.—With gen.:

    domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2:

    reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,

    App. Mag. p. 305 med. —
    2.

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  • 16 contemno

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 17 contempno

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 18 contemte

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 19 contemtus

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemtus

  • 20 ā

       ā    (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad).    I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of.    A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.—    B. Without motion.    1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.—    2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.—    II. Fig.    A. Of time.    1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.—    2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.—    B. In other relations.    1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.—    2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.—    3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.—    4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.—    5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.—    6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.—    7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).—    8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.—    9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.
    * * *
    I
    Ah!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)
    II
    by (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)
    III
    ante, abb. a.

    in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day

    Latin-English dictionary > ā

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