In abstracto

accessĭo, ōnis, f. [accedo], a going or coming to or near, an approach.

In gen.:

quid tibi in concilium huc accessio est?

why comest thou hither? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86; cf.:

quid tibi ad hasce accessio est aedīs prope?

id. Truc. 2, 2, 3; Cic. Univ. 12:

ut magnas accessiones fecerint in operibus expugnandis,

sallies, Caes. B. Alex. 22:

suo labore suisque accessionibus,

i. e. by his labor of calling on people, by his visits, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53 fin. —

In part.

In medicine, t. t., the access, attack, or paroxysm of a disease, Cels. 2, 12; 3, 3 sq.; Sen. Ep. 85, 12; id. N. Q. 6, 18, 6; Suet. Vesp. 23 al.—

A coming to in the way of augmentation, an increase, addition.

In abstracto:

paucorum annorum,

Cic. Lael. 3, 7:

pecuniae,

Nep. Att. 14, 2:

fortunae et dignitatis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1; 7, 6; 10, 9; id. Rep. 2, 21:

odii,

Caes. B. Alex. 48:

dignitatis,

Vell. 2, 130 fin. —

The thing added, the addition, or accession: in concreto:

Scaurusaccessionem adjunxit aedibus,

added a new part, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; so id. Att. 16, 16. Thus Syphax is called, accessio Punici belli, as not being the chief enemy in the Punic war, but, as it were, an appendage to the war, Liv. 47, 7; so in Pliny: turbā gemmarum potamus—et aurum jam accessio est, and gold is only accessory, a mere appendage, 33 prooem. fin. —

In rhetor., an addition that makes a definition complete:

nisi adhiberet illam magnam accessionem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112; so id. Fin. 2, 13.—

The addition to every kind of fee or tax (opp. decessio), Cato R. R. 144:

decumae,

Cic. Rab. 11; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 116 al.

balnĕum, i. n. (in plur. usu. heterocl. balnĕae, ārum. f.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 48 Müll.; since the Aug. per. sometimes bal-nĕa, ōrum, n.; cf. Dör. ad Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2) [contr. from bălĭnĕum, also in use, and in Plaut. and post-Aug. prose predominant, = balaneion; plur. bălĭnĕae; the Lat. bal-neum stands for bad-neum, kindr. with Sanscr. root bād, lavare, se lavare; Germ. Bad; Engl. bath].

A bath, a place for bathing (the public bath, as consisting of several apartments, only in plur., Varr. L. L. 9, § 68 Müll.; cf. aedes and aqua. Varro 1. 1. seems to assert that only the sing. was used for private baths, but this was not without exception, at least in a subsequent age; cf. Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 69; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Mart. 12, 15, 2 al.).

Balneum, plur. balneae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5; id. Pers. 1, 3, 10; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:

balneae Seniae,

Cic. Cael. 25, 62:

balneae Palatinae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 196, 12; Vitr. 6, 8; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; Tac. H. 3, 11; id. A. 15, 52:

(Caesar) ambulavit in litore: post horam octavam in balneum,

Cic. Att. 13, 52. 1:

de structurā balnei cogitare,

Pall. 1, 40, 1.—

Balineum, plur. balineae:

balineum calfieri jubebo,

Cic. Att. 2, 3 fin.; 15, 13, 5 (with the var. lect. balneo):

in balineas ire,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52; id. Most. 3, 2, 69; id. Merc. 1, 2, 17:

pensiles balineae,

Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; 22, 22, 43, § 87; 32, 10, 38, § 115; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; 3, 14, 8; 8, 8, 6; 10, 75, 1; Suet. Aug. 76 Oud.; 85; 94; id. Ner. 20; 31; 35; id. Vesp. 21; id. Calig. 37; id. Galb. 10; Tac. H. 2, 16; 3, 32 al.—

Plur. balnea, ōrum, n., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92; 1, 11, 13; 1, 14, [p. 221] 15; id. A. P. 298; Ov. A. A. 3, 640; Liv. 23, 18, 12; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 6; 90, 25; Cels. 1, 6; Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 248; 36, 15, 24, § 121; Juv. 1, 143; 6, 375; 6, 419; 7, 131; 7, 178; 7, 233 al.; Mart. 9, 19, 1; 10, 70, 13; 12, 50, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3324; 4816; Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2; 7, 26, 2.—

In Pliny, a bath (in abstracto);

esp. in the connec. a balineis,

after the bath, after bathing, Plin. 28, 19 77, § 248; 13, 15, 30, § 99; 20, 14, 57, § 160; 24, 19, 118, § 181.

balnĕum, i. n. (in plur. usu. heterocl. balnĕae, ārum. f.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 48 Müll.; since the Aug. per. sometimes bal-nĕa, ōrum, n.; cf. Dör. ad Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2) [contr. from bălĭnĕum, also in use, and in Plaut. and post-Aug. prose predominant, = balaneion; plur. bălĭnĕae; the Lat. bal-neum stands for bad-neum, kindr. with Sanscr. root bād, lavare, se lavare; Germ. Bad; Engl. bath].

A bath, a place for bathing (the public bath, as consisting of several apartments, only in plur., Varr. L. L. 9, § 68 Müll.; cf. aedes and aqua. Varro 1. 1. seems to assert that only the sing. was used for private baths, but this was not without exception, at least in a subsequent age; cf. Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 69; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Mart. 12, 15, 2 al.).

Balneum, plur. balneae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5; id. Pers. 1, 3, 10; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:

balneae Seniae,

Cic. Cael. 25, 62:

balneae Palatinae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 196, 12; Vitr. 6, 8; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; Tac. H. 3, 11; id. A. 15, 52:

(Caesar) ambulavit in litore: post horam octavam in balneum,

Cic. Att. 13, 52. 1:

de structurā balnei cogitare,

Pall. 1, 40, 1.—

Balineum, plur. balineae:

balineum calfieri jubebo,

Cic. Att. 2, 3 fin.; 15, 13, 5 (with the var. lect. balneo):

in balineas ire,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52; id. Most. 3, 2, 69; id. Merc. 1, 2, 17:

pensiles balineae,

Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; 22, 22, 43, § 87; 32, 10, 38, § 115; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; 3, 14, 8; 8, 8, 6; 10, 75, 1; Suet. Aug. 76 Oud.; 85; 94; id. Ner. 20; 31; 35; id. Vesp. 21; id. Calig. 37; id. Galb. 10; Tac. H. 2, 16; 3, 32 al.—

Plur. balnea, ōrum, n., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92; 1, 11, 13; 1, 14, [p. 221] 15; id. A. P. 298; Ov. A. A. 3, 640; Liv. 23, 18, 12; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 6; 90, 25; Cels. 1, 6; Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 248; 36, 15, 24, § 121; Juv. 1, 143; 6, 375; 6, 419; 7, 131; 7, 178; 7, 233 al.; Mart. 9, 19, 1; 10, 70, 13; 12, 50, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3324; 4816; Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2; 7, 26, 2.—

In Pliny, a bath (in abstracto);

esp. in the connec. a balineis,

after the bath, after bathing, Plin. 28, 19 77, § 248; 13, 15, 30, § 99; 20, 14, 57, § 160; 24, 19, 118, § 181.

concĭlĭum, ii, n. [con- and root cal- of calo; Gr. kaleô; cf. clamo], a collection of people, an association, gathering, union, meeting, assembly, = coetus (class.).

In gen.:

videre ambas in uno concilio,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96; id. Clst. 4, 2, 33:

Camenarum cum Egeria,

Liv. 1, 21, 3:

ab sede piorum, coetu concilioque abigi,

id. 2, 38, 4:

pastorum,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

deorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.

caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

divinum animorum,

id. Sen. 23, 84:

concilia coetusque hominum jure sociati, quae civitates appellantur,

id. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

(Cyclopum) Concilium horrendum,

Verg. A. 3, 679:

amoena piorum Concilia,

id. ib. 5, 735:

Musarum,

Stat. Th. 6, 355:

mulierum,

id. ib. 3, 178.— Poet. of animals:

inque ferarum Concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144;

and trop.: tamquam meretricem in matronarum coetum, sic voluptatem in virtutum concilium adducere,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12.—

Esp.

An assembly for consultation, a council (in concreto; on the contrary consilium signifies [p. 400] the counsel in abstracto that is taken in such an assembly. The meanings, however, often pass over to each other; hence in MSS. and edd. a freq. confusion of the two words; cf.

consilium),

Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 1:

(opiniones), quae in senatu, quae apud populum, quae in omni coetu concilioque proferendae sunt,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77:

inire,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 33:

habere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 3:

convocare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 10; 3, 3:

vocare,

Verg. A. 10, 2:

cogere,

id. ib. 11, 304:

dimittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 33 al.; Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31 al.:

transferre Lutetiam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

in posterum diem differre,

Curt. 6, 11, 9:

dare legatis,

Liv. 43, 17, 7:

indicere,

id. 1, 50, 4:

constituere diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

Messene ab Achaeis, quod concilii eorum recusaret esse, oppugnari coepta est,

i. e. a member of the Achaian league, Liv. 36, 31, 1:

concilio excesserunt,

id. 32, 22, 12: sanctum Patrum, * Hor. C. 4, 5, 4 et saep.—

A close conjunction, i. e. union, connection (esp. freq. in Lucr.):

coetu concilioque Nil facient (primordia rerum), etc.,

Lucr. 2, 920:

materiaï concilium,

id. 1, 518:

in concilium coire,

id. 2, 564 sq.; cf. id. 1, 772; 1, 1081; 2, 565.— Transf., a bond of union, tie:

hoc mihi tecum concilium manebit,

Ov. M. 1, 710.—

A sexual union, coition:

corporalia,

Arn. 2, 54; cf.:

primordia quae genitali Concilio possent arceri,

Lucr. 1, 183. —

(As an incentive to this.) The blossom of the plant iasione, Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.

fructus, a, um, Part., from fruor.

fructus, ūs (archaic gen. sing. fructuis, Varr. ap. Non. 492, 14; id. R. R. 1, 2, 19; cf. Gell. 4, 16:

fructi,

Cato, R. R. 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 16; Turp. ap. Non. 491, 7), m. [fruor], an enjoying, enjoyment.

In abstracto.

Lit. (perh. only ante- and post-class.): Ol. Mea est haec. St. Scio; sed meus fructus est prior, i. e. use and enjoyment, for ususfructus (q. v. under usus), Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 16; Dig. 7, 8, 14.—

Trop. (class. but rare):

hoc tam singulare vestrum beneficium ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam duco esse permagnum,

for my mental enjoyment, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5: qui propter odium fructum oculis (dat.) ex ejus casu capere vellent, to feast their eyes on, Nep. Eum. 11 (cf.:

spectatumne huc, ut rem fruendam oculis, sociorum caedes venimus?

Liv. 22, 14, 4).—Far more freq.,

Transf., concr., the enjoyment that proceeds from a thing, proceeds, produce, product, fruit, profit, income (very freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.; cf.: fruges, fetus, frumentum).

Lit.: quod earum rerum videa tur ei levis fructus, exiguus usus, incertus dominatus, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf.:

pecudes partim esse ad usum hominum, partim ad fructum, partim ad vescendum procreatas,

id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4; cf.

also ususfructus, under usus: frugum fructuumque reliquorum perceptio,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12:

fructum ex aliqua re percipere or capere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

quoniam fructum arbitror esse fundi eum, qui ex eo satus nascitur utilis ad aliquam rem, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 1:

ruri si recte habitaveris, fructi plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2; cf.:

in quos sumptus abeunt fructus praediorum?

Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2:

praediorum,

id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

arbusta vineaeque et consita omnia magis amoenis quam necessariis fructibus,

fruits, Liv. 22, 15, 2:

(vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13:

gallinarum fructus erant ova et pulli,

id. ib. 3, 3, 6:

quae (oves) neque ali neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum possent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

non serendis, non percipiendis, non condendis fructibus,

id. de Sen. 7, 24; cf.:

ver ostendit futuros fructus: reliqua tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata sunt,

id. ib. 19, 70:

comportare et condere fructus,

id. Agr. 2, 32 fin.:

apibus fructum restituo suum,

Phaedr. 3, 13, 15:

in fructibus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26:

fructum ferre,

id. 8, 3, 10:

graves fructu vites,

id. 8, 3, 8: Heracleotae et Bragyletae, qui item debent, aut pecuniam solvant aut fructibus suis satisfaciant, satisfy him with their proceeds, Cic Fam. 13, 56, 2:

Asia multos annos vobis fructum Mithridatico bello non tulit,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 81:

M. Crassus negabat ullam satis magnam pecuniam esse ei... cujus fructibus exercitum alere non posset,

i. e. revenue, income, id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

aurum ex fructu metallorum coacervatum,

Liv. 45, 40, 2:

in tantas brevi creverant opes, seu maritimis seu terrestribus fructibus,

id. 21, 7, 3; cf.:

fuerat ei magno fructui mare,

id. 34, 36, 3:

qua re saepe totius anni fructus uno rumore periculi amittitur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:

an partus ancillae in fructu sit habendus,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 12:

putatisne vos illis rebus frui posse nisi eos, qui vobis fructui (al. fructuosi) sunt, conservaveritis,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—

Trop., fruit, consequence, effect, result, return, reward, success:

ego fructus ex re publica non laetos et uberes, sed magna acerbitate permixtos tuli,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

fructum pietatis suae ex aliquo ferre,

id. Sest. 31, 68:

ex otio fructus capere,

id. Rep. 1, 4; cf.:

ex accusatione Aquilii diligentiae fructum ceperat,

id. Brut. 62, 222:

alicujus amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus auctoritatis capit ipsa extremos,

id. de Sen. 18, 62:

modestiae fructum aliquem percipere,

id. Sull. 1, 1:

gloria est fructus verae virtutis honestissimus,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

laboris,

Quint. 6 praef. §

2: studiorum,

id. 8 praef. § 26; 10, 3, 2; 10, 7, 1; cf.

also: ex re decerpere fructus (with plus mali haurire),

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

divitiarum fructus in copia est,

the enjoyment derived from riches, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 47:

vestrum beneficium, ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam permagnum,

id. Agr. 2, 5:

Theophrastus talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat. Mihi autem ille fructus liberalitatis, multo et major videtur et certior,

id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

pecuniae fructus maximus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 64:

animi fructus, qui in te videndo est,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 3:

vitae fructus,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; id. Mur. 23, 47; cf.:

omnem fructum vitae superioris perdidissent,

id. Div. 2, 9, 24:

quin spe posteritatis fructuque ducatur,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

voluptatum,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

jucunditatis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra, dabunt cum maturos mihi tempora fructus,

Verg. Cul. 9.

prōgĕnĭes, ēi (archaic gen. sing. progenii, Pac. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 13; and id. ap. Non. 490, 6), f. [progigno], descent, lineage, race, family.

Lit.:

in abstracto (very rare but class.): progeniem vestram usque ab avo atque atavo proferens,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 48:

antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26; id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

virtutem, non progeniem quaeri oportere (preceded by qui modo esset Herculis stirpe generatus),

id. ib. 2, 12, 24:

progeniem sed enim Trojano a sanguine duci,

Verg. A. 1, 19.—

Transf., in concr.

Descendants, posterity, offspring, progeny, a son or daughter, a child (the predom. signification of the word;

syn.: proles, suboles), Epitaphs of the Scipios: veteres, qui se progeniem deorum esse dicebant,

Cic. Univ. 11:

Priamum tantā progenie (i.e. quinquaginta filiis) orbatum,

id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

progenies mea, Claudia,

id. Cael. 14, 33; so,

Sarpedon, mea progenies,

Verg. A. 10, 470: Bacchum Progeniem negat esse Jovis, Ov M. 4, 3; Liv. 1, 16, 3:

progenies quoque, ut Apollo ac Diana Latonae,

Quint. 3, 7, 8:

ex magnā progenie liberorum (preceded by ex tantā stirpe liberūm),

Liv. 45, 41 fin.; cf. id. 1, 13, 2:

cum se matura levabit progenies (avium),

Juv. 14, 84.—In plur.:

duces ducumque progenies,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 11 (30), 4.—

A generation of men (eccl. Lat.):

una,

Lact. 2, 10, 10; Vulg. Exod. 34, 7.—

Of animals, offspring, young, etc., Verg. G. 1, 414; 4, 56; Col. 7, 5, 6; 7, 9, 1.— Transf., of plants:

vitis progenies,

Col. 3, 9, 7.—

Trop., of poems, as offsprings of the poet's mind ( poet.):

stirps haec progeniesque mea est,

Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 14.

rŭīna, ae, f. [ruo], a rushing or tumbling down; a falling down, fall (syn.: casus, lapsus).

In abstracto.

Lit.

In gen. (rare). grandinis, Lucr. 6, 156:

aquarum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 med.:

nostra (sc. nucum),

Mart. 13, 25, 2:

jumentorum sarcinarumque,

Liv. 44, 5: Capanei, a fall by lightning (v. Capaneus), Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 40:

(apri saevi) Permixtas dabant equitum peditumque ruinas,

Lucr. 5, 1329: Tyrrhenus et Aconteus Conixi incurrunt hastis, primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, rush or fall upon each other, Verg. A. 11, 613:

interea suspensa graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere,

fell down, Hor. S. 2, 8, 54.—

In partic., of buildings, a tumbling or falling down, downfall, ruin (class.; in good prose only in sing.):

repentinā ruinā pars ejus turris concidit... tum hostes, turris repentinā ruinā commoti, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. and 12 init.; cf.: ferunt conclave illud, ubi epularetur Scopas, concidisse: eā ruinā ipsum oppressum cum suis interiisse, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Tac. A. 2, 47:

aedificiorum,

Suet. Oth. 8:

amphitheatri,

id. Tib. 40:

camerae,

id. Ner. 34:

spectaculorum,

id. Calig. 31:

pontis,

id. Aug. 20:

tecta Penthei Disjecta non leni ruinā,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 15:

jam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam, Vulcano superante, domus,

i. e. fell in, Verg. A. 2, 310; so,

trahere ruinam,

id. ib. 2, 465; 9, 712; cf. B. a, infra:

effulsisse inter ruinam ignes,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

ruinam urbis et incendia recordantes,

Just. 5, 7, 10:

morbus, captivitas, ruina, ignis,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 6:

multos occidere incendii ac ruinae potentia est,

id. Clem. 1, 26, 5.—In plur.:

tantae in te impendent ruinae, nisi suffulcis firmiter,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77; so Vell. 2, 35, 4 (with incendia); Suet. Vesp. 8; Lucr. 2, 1145:

si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 8:

dum Capitolio dementes ruinas parabat,

id. ib. 1, 37, 7.—

Trop., a downfall, fall, ruin; accident, catastrophe, disaster, overthrow, destruction, etc. (freq. and class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; cf.: exitium, pernicies).

Sing.:

vis illa fuit et, ut saepe jam dixi, ruina quaedam atque tempestas,

a catastrophe, Cic. Clu. 35, 96: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the overthrow, fall (of the State), Catilina ap. Sall. C. 31, 9, and ap. Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

ut communi ruinā patriae opprimerentur,

Liv. 45, 26; Vell. 2, 91, 4; 2, 85, 1; 2, 124, 1:

in hac ruinā rerum stetit una integra atque immobilis virtus populi Romani,

Liv. 26, 41:

rerum nostrarum,

id. 5, 51:

urbis,

id. 25, 4:

ex loco superiore impetu facto, strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

utter defeat, id. 5, 43; cf.:

ruinae similem stragem eques dedit,

id. 4, 33:

Cannensis,

id. 23, 25; 42, 66 fin.; 4, 46;

5, 47: ruina soceri in exsilium pulsus,

Tac. H. 4, 6; cf. id. G. 36:

pereat sceleratus, regnique trahat patriaeque ruinam,

Ov. M. 8, 497:

aliae gentes belli sequuntur ruinam,

Flor. 2, 12, 1:

ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam,

i. e. death, Hor. C. 2, 17, 9:

Neronis principis,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 245.—

Plur.:

praetermitto ruinas fortunarum tuarum, quas omnes impendere tibi proximis Idibus senties,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

in ruinis aversae, atque afflictae rei publicae,

id. Sest. 2, 5:

devota morti pectora liberae Quantis fatigaret ruinis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 19; cf.:

nox auget ruinas,

Val. Fl. 3, 207:

principiis in rerum fecere ruinas et graviter magni magno cecidere ibi casu,

i. e. false steps, errors, mistakes, Lucr. 1, 740:

(Academia) si invaserit in haec, miseras edet ruinas,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

ruinas videres,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83.—

In concreto.

That which tumbles or falls down, a fall (not anteAug.).

In gen. ( poet.):

disjectam Aenaeae toto videt aequore classem Fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruinā,

i. e. a storm, rain, Verg. A. 1, 129; so,

caeli (with insani imbres),

Sil. 1, 251:

poli,

i. e. thunder, Val. Fl. 8, 334.—

In partic. (acc. to I. A. 2.), a building that has tumbled down, a ruin, ruins (mostly in plur., and not in Cic. prose):

nunc humilis veteres tantummodo Troja ruinas ostendit,

Ov. M. 15, 424:

Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident,

Liv. 21, 10, 10:

(urbs) deserta ac strata prope omnis ruinis,

id. 33, 38, 10:

fumantes Thebarum ruinae,

id. 9, 18, 7:

ruinis templorum templa aedificare,

id. 42, 3:

in tugurio ruinarum Carthaginiensium,

Vell. 2, 19 fin. —In sing.:

alius par labor... flumina ad lavandam hanc ruinam jugis montium ducere,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74:

EX RVINA TEMPLI MARTIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2448 (A.D. 256).—

Transf., of persons who cause ruin, a destroyer:

rei publicae,

Cic. Sest. 51, 109:

ruinae publicanorum,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.