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  • 1 stimulus

    stĭmŭlus, i, m. [for stig-mulus, from the root stig; Gr. stizô; v. stilus].
    I.
    A goad for driving cattle, slaves, etc. (class., [p. 1760] esp. in the trop. sense).
    A.
    Lit.:

    jam lora teneo, jam stimulum in manu: Agite equi, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 112:

    parce, puer, stimulis, et fortius utere loris,

    Ov. M. 2, 127:

    aut stimulo tardos increpuisse boves,

    Tib. 1, 1, 30 (12); cf. Ov. M. 14, 647:

    ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias Stimulis,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:

    aliquem stimulo fodere,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 40:

    dum te stimulis fodiam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

    numquam stimulo lacessat juvencum,

    Col. 2, 2, 26.—As a term of abuse of slaves:

    stimulorum seges,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; cf. id. Cas. 2, 8, 11:

    stimulorum tritor,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 17.—Prov.:

    si stimulos pugnis caedis, manibus plus dolet,

    i. e. an evil is aggravated by foolish opposition, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55; cf.:

    advorsum stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28.—
    B.
    Trop., a goad (as in Engl., either that which vexes, irritates, torments, or, more freq., that which spurs on, incites, stimulates).
    1.
    A sting, torment, pang:

    mens sibi conscia factis... adhibet stimulos torretque flagellis,

    Lucr. 3, 1019; cf.:

    subesse caecum aliquem cordi stimulum,

    id. 3, 874:

    ne illa stimulum longum habet, quae usque illinc cor pungit meum,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 79:

    stimulos doloris contemnere,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; cf.:

    (res malae) lacerant, vexant, stimulos admovent, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 16, 35:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726.—
    2.
    A spur, incentive, incitement, stimulus:

    animum gloriae stimulis concitare,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

    quidam industriae ac laboris (with illecebrae libidinum),

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    quot stimulos admoverit homini victoriae studioso,

    id. Sest. 5, 12; cf.:

    defendendi Vatinii,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    omnia pro stimulis facibusque ciboque furoris Accipit,

    Ov. M. 6, 480:

    ardet, et injusti stimulis agitatur amoris,

    id. F. 2, 779:

    non hostili modo odio sed amoris etiam stimulis,

    Liv. 30, 14, 1:

    ad hanc voluntatem ipsius naturae stimulis incitamur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

    ad dicendum etiam pudor stimulos habet,

    Quint. 10, 7, 16:

    agrariae legis tribuniciis stimulis plebs furebat,

    Liv. 2, 54; cf.:

    acriores quippe aeris alieni stimulos esse,

    id. 6, 11:

    subdere stimulos animo,

    id. 6, 34:

    in aliquem stimulis accendi,

    Tac. H. 3, 45; cf.:

    suis stimulis excitos Moesiae duces,

    id. ib. 3, 53:

    secundae res acrioribus stimulis animos explorant,

    id. ib. 1, 15:

    acres Subjectat lasso stimulos,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 94:

    stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo,

    Verg. A. 6, 101:

    movere acres stimulos irarum,

    Luc. 2, 324:

    accensae stimulis majoribus irae,

    Stat. Th. 11, 497:

    dare stimulos laudum,

    id. Achill. 1, 203.—
    II.
    In milit. lang., a pointed stake concealed beneath the surface of the ground, to repel hostile troops (syn.:

    sudes, stipes),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.:

    se stimulis induere,

    id. ib. 7, 82.

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  • 2 cuspis

        cuspis idis, f    a point, pointed end, blade, head: asseres cuspidibus praefixi, Cs.: acuta teli, O.: pro longā cuspide rostrum, sword-blade, O.—A spear, javelin, lance, V.: tremenda, H.—A trident (of Neptune), O.: triplex, O.—A sceptre (of Aeolus), V.—A sting (of a scorpion), O.
    * * *
    point/tip (spear), pointed end; spit/stake; blade; javelin/spear/lance; sting

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  • 3 stilus

    stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. stizô, to stick, puncture; stigma, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with stulos].
    I.
    In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.):

    ligneus,

    Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.—In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.—Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron):

    effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

    cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio,

    Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,

    with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so,

    (comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum,

    Gell. 3, 3, 13.—And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101:

    saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.—But cf.:

    et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias,

    i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.—Comically:

    stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito,

    i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    = scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition:

    stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.:

    multus stilus et assidua lectio,

    id. 10, 7, 4:

    stilus exercitatus,

    i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

    tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 28:

    neglegens,

    id. 2, 4, 13:

    multus,

    id. 10, 1, 1:

    tardus,

    id. 10, 3, 5:

    rudis et confusus,

    id. 1, 1, 28:

    fidelis,

    id. 10, 7, 7:

    stilo incumbere,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9:

    aliquid stilo prosequi,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 8;

    2, 3, 3: signare stilo,

    Vell. 1, 16, 1:

    non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo,

    in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which:

    oratione et scripturā,

    id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.:

    unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus,

    the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100:

    artifex stilus,

    an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96:

    familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo,

    i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.—
    2.
    A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.;

    in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

    pugnax et quasi bellatorins,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 7:

    laetior,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.:

    diligentis stili anxietas,

    Tac. Or. 39:

    (Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit,

    Suet. Aug. 85:

    affectatione obscurabat stilum,

    id. Tib. 70:

    stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc.,

    Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.—
    * 3.
    A decision, verdict, opinion, App. M. 10, p. 242, 20.

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  • 4 ligula

    lĭgŭla and lingŭla (v. infra), ae, f. dim. [from lingua:

    quamvis me ligulam dicant Equitesque Patresque, Dicor ab indoctis lingula grammaticis,

    Mart. 14, 120 ], a little tongue; hence, transf.
    I.
    A tongue of land:

    oppida posita in extremis lingulis promontoriisque,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12.—
    II.
    The tongue of a shoe, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet: lingula per diminutionem linguae dicta; alias a similitudine linguae exsertae, ut in calceis, alias insertae, id est intra dentes coërcitae, ut in tibiis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.:

    habet Trebius, propter quod rumpere somnum debeat et ligulas dimittere,

    Juv. 5, 20; Mart. 2, 29, 7.—As a term of reproach:

    ligula, i in malam crucem,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 30.—
    III.
    A spoon or ladle for skimming a pot, a skimmer:

    isque (musteus fructus) saepius ligula purgandus est,

    Col. 9, 5 fin. —For taking out and dropping aromatic essences:

    inde lingulis eligunt florem,

    Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 84.—For preserves, Cato, R. R. 84.—
    B.
    As a measure, a spoonful:

    duarum aut trium lingularum mensura,

    Plin. 20, 5, 18, § 36.—
    IV.
    A small sword, Naev. ap. Gell. 10, 25, 3; ct. Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.—
    V.
    The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 171; cf. under II. the passage cited from Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—
    VI.
    The pointed end of a post or stake, which was inserted into something, a tongue, tenon:

    lingulae edolatae,

    Col. 8, 11, 4.—
    VII.
    The short arm of a lever, which is placed under the weight to be raised:

    si sub onus vectis lingula subjecta fuerit,

    Vitr. 10, 8.—
    VIII.
    The tongueshaped extremity of a water-pipe, by which it is fitted into another, Vitr. 8, 7.—
    IX.
    The tongue of a scale-beam: examen est ligula et lignum, quod mediam hastam ad pondera adaequanda tenet, Schol. ad Pers. 1, 6.—
    X.
    A tongue-shaped member of the cuttle-fish:

    loliginum ligulas,

    App. Mag. p. 297, 5.

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