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  • 1 aciēs

        aciēs ēī (old form ē; acc. aciem, disyl. V.; plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [2 AC-], a sharp edge, point, cutting part: securium: falcis, V.—Fig.: horum auctoritatis, the edge, i. e. efficiency. — Meton., of sight, sharpness of vision, keen look: aciem oculorum ferre, Cs.: fugere aciem: cum stupet acies fulgoribus, the sight, H. — Brilliancy, brightness: neque tum stellis acies obtunsa videtur, V. — Concr., the pupil of the eye: acies ipsa, quā cernimus.—Poet., the eye: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, V.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit, V.—In war, the front of an army, line of battle, battle-array: triplex, i. e. the legion in three ranks, Cs.: duplex, Cs.: mediā acie, Cs.: exercitūs nostri: aciem instruere, Cs.: extra aciem procurrere, Cs.: neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, S. — Of a line of ships: productā longius acie (navium), Cs.—The battle-array, an army in order of battle: hostium acies cernebatur, Cs.: unius corporis duae acies dimicantes, two divisions of an army: prima, the van, L.: tertia, Cs.: novissima the rear, L. — Of cavalry: equitum acies, L. — Poet.: Volcania, a line of fire, V.—A battle, engagement: in acie Pharsalicā: in acie vincere, Cs. —Fig., of mind, acuteness, sharpness, force, power: mentis: animi.—A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: in aciem prodire.
    * * *
    sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye

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  • 2 comprimo

    com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

    Lucr. 6, 454:

    dentis,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

    cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

    compressa in pugnum manus,

    Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

    (oculos) opertos compressosque,

    id. 11, 3, 76:

    compressā palmā,

    with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

    compressam forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

    tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

    Lucr. 6, 866:

    manibus dorsum boum,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    murem,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

    ordines (aciei),

    to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

    versus ordinibus,

    to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

    mulierem,

    to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

    compressas tenuisse manus,

    Luc. 2, 292.—
    II.
    Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
    A.
    To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

    animam,

    to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    manum,

    to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

    linguam alicui,

    to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

    aquam (opp. inmittere),

    Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

    tela manu,

    Stat. Th. 11, 33:

    alvum,

    to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

    stomachum,

    to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

    vocem et orationem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

    gressum,

    Verg. A. 6, 389:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

    comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

    conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

    id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

    Clodii conatus furoresque,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

    amor compressus edendi,

    Verg. A. 8, 184:

    tribunicios furores,

    Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

    ferocitatem tuam istam,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    seditionem,

    Liv. 2, 23, 10:

    motus,

    id. 1, 60, 1:

    multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

    id. 26, 10, 10:

    plausum,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

    exsultantem laetitiam,

    id. Top. 22, 86:

    voce manuque Murmura,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    conscientiam,

    to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf. to the person:

    non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

    ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

    Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

    comprime te, nimium tinnis,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

    vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

    most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    annonam,

    Liv. 38, 35, 5:

    multa, magna delicta,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

    orationem illam,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

    famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

    Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

    calculus oris compressioris,

    Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—
    2.
    Costive:

    venter,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    alvus,

    id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.
    1.
    In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

    compressius loqui (opp. latius),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—
    2.
    Pressingly, urgently:

    compressius violentiusque quaerere,

    Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

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  • 3 conprimo

    com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

    Lucr. 6, 454:

    dentis,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

    cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

    compressa in pugnum manus,

    Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

    (oculos) opertos compressosque,

    id. 11, 3, 76:

    compressā palmā,

    with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

    compressam forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

    tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

    Lucr. 6, 866:

    manibus dorsum boum,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    murem,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

    ordines (aciei),

    to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

    versus ordinibus,

    to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

    mulierem,

    to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

    compressas tenuisse manus,

    Luc. 2, 292.—
    II.
    Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
    A.
    To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

    animam,

    to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    manum,

    to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

    linguam alicui,

    to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

    aquam (opp. inmittere),

    Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

    tela manu,

    Stat. Th. 11, 33:

    alvum,

    to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

    stomachum,

    to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

    vocem et orationem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

    gressum,

    Verg. A. 6, 389:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

    comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

    conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

    id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

    Clodii conatus furoresque,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

    amor compressus edendi,

    Verg. A. 8, 184:

    tribunicios furores,

    Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

    ferocitatem tuam istam,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    seditionem,

    Liv. 2, 23, 10:

    motus,

    id. 1, 60, 1:

    multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

    id. 26, 10, 10:

    plausum,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

    exsultantem laetitiam,

    id. Top. 22, 86:

    voce manuque Murmura,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    conscientiam,

    to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf. to the person:

    non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

    ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

    Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

    comprime te, nimium tinnis,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

    vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

    most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    annonam,

    Liv. 38, 35, 5:

    multa, magna delicta,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

    orationem illam,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

    famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

    Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

    calculus oris compressioris,

    Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—
    2.
    Costive:

    venter,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    alvus,

    id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.
    1.
    In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

    compressius loqui (opp. latius),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—
    2.
    Pressingly, urgently:

    compressius violentiusque quaerere,

    Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

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  • 4 extendo

    ex-tendo, di, tum (also extensum, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; Ov. A. A. 3, 302; Stat. Th. 6, 902 al.; cf. the forms extensio, extensor, etc.), 3, v. a., to stretch out, spread outextend (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (vincla escaria) quam magis extendas, tanto astringunt artius,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19: idem Crassus, Per tuas statuas cum dixit et extento bracchio paululum etiam de gestu addidit, vehementius risimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242;

    for which: (Zeno) cum extensis digitis adversam manum ostenderet,

    id. Ac. 2, 47, 145:

    manum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf. Cels. 7, 23 fin.:

    cervicem,

    Vell. 2, 70, 2: crura ad [p. 707] longitudinem, Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183:

    cutem,

    to stretch out, smooth out, id. 32, 6, 21, § 65:

    chartam malleo,

    id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    lineam,

    id. 9, 59, 85, § 182:

    capita tignorum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 1:

    cornua aciei,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin.; cf.:

    agmen ad mare,

    id. 3, 9 fin.:

    majores pennas nido,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21:

    extendit pectitque comas,

    Juv. 6, 496: labellum, to stretch as in pouting, id. 14, 325:

    gladios,

    to forge, id. 15, 168.—Mid.:

    jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles,

    to extend themselves, spread out, Ov. M. 1, 43:

    ignis extenditur per campos,

    spreads, Verg. A. 10, 407; and:

    cum ad summum palum vitis extenta est,

    Col. 4, 20, 3:

    fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro,

    stretches himself out, Verg. A. 6, 423.—Prov.: ire per extentum funem, to walk on a tight rope, i. e. to perform a very difficult feat, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210 (Gr. epi schoiniou peripatein).
    II.
    Trop., to extend, increase, enlarge, lengthen, spread.
    A.
    In gen.:

    epistolam,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 20:

    agros (populus Rom. victor),

    to extend, Hor. A. P. 208:

    verba (opp. corripere),

    Quint. 10, 1, 29:

    perculit et multa moribundum extendit arenā,

    stretched out, extended, Verg. A. 5, 374; 9, 589:

    tam immodice epistulam extendi, ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 16; 3, 5, 20; 5, 15, 7:

    famam factis,

    Verg. A. 10, 468; cf.:

    nomen in ultimas oras,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 45:

    cupiditatem gloriae,

    Liv. 28, 43, 5:

    spem in Africam quoque,

    id. 24, 48, 1:

    artem suam per hanc successionem,

    Petr. 140:

    pretia usque eo extendens, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 38:

    extentis itineribus,

    by forced marches, Liv. 30, 19, 1:

    cursus,

    to proceed, Verg. A. 12, 909:

    partitionem ultra tres propositiones,

    Quint. 4, 5, 3:

    voluntatem suam ad ulteriores,

    Dig. 32, 1, 33:

    officium suum ad lapidum venditionem,

    ib. 20, 4, 21:

    cum se magnis itineribus extenderet,

    i. e. was exerting himself, Caes. B. C. 3, 77 fin.:

    se supra vires,

    Liv. 34, 4, 15:

    magis ille extenditur,

    is excited, Juv. 11, 169.—
    B.
    In partic., of time, to extend, prolong, continue; to spend, pass:

    ab hora tertia cum ad noctem pugnam extendissent,

    Liv. 27, 2, 6:

    comissationes ad mediam noctem,

    Suet. Tit. 7:

    labores in horam quintam,

    Mart. 4, 8, 3:

    luctus suos,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, 15:

    curas venientem in annum,

    extends his thoughts to the coming year, Verg. G. 2, 405:

    tempus epularum,

    Plin. Pan. 49, 5;

    consulatum,

    id. ib. 61, 6;

    extento aevo vivere,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 5; Sil. 3, 95:

    suam aetatem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26:

    se ad centesimum annum, i. e. vitam,

    Val. Max. 5, 2 ext. 4.— Hence,
    1.
    extentus, a, um, P. a., extended, extensive, wide:

    mare, fontes extentaque longe flumina,

    Lucr. 1, 230 Lachm. N. cr. (al. externa):

    stagna latius Lucrino lacu,

    Hor. C. 2, 15, 3:

    oculi,

    wide open, Quint. 11, 3, 76:

    sonus (lusciniae),

    drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82.— Sup.:

    castra inter confragosa omnia praeruptaque quam extentissima potest valle locat,

    Liv. 21, 32, 9 Drak. N. cr.:

    spatia,

    Sol. 52.— Adv.: ex-tente, widely; only comp.:

    quadratus eminet stilus extentius,

    Amm. 23, 4, 2 (dub.):

    porrecto extentius brachio,

    id. 18, 6, 13.—
    2.
    extense, adv., at length, extensively (post-class.):

    dominus extensius ista disponit,

    Tert. Idol. 2.

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  • 5 instituo

    instĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (institivi, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2), 3, v. a. [in-statuo].
    I.
    To put or place into, to plant, fix, set (cf.: instruo, informo;

    class.): vestigia nuda sinistri Instituere pedis,

    Verg. A. 7, 690.— Trop.: argumenta in pectus multa institui, I have put, i. e. formed in my heart, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2: quemquamne hominem in animum instituere, aut parare, i. e. to set his heart on (al. in animo), Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 13.—
    2.
    To set up, erect, plant, establish, arrange:

    vestigia,

    Lucr. 4, 474:

    arborem,

    Suet. Galb. 1:

    pratum,

    Col. 2, 18, 3:

    jugera tercenta, ubi institui vineae possunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    portorium vini,

    to lay on, impose, id. Font. 5:

    instituit officinam Syracusis in regia maximam,

    founded, erected, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    mercatum,

    id. Phil. 3, 12:

    codicem et conscribere,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2:

    bibliothecam,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 10. —
    B.
    In gen., to make, fabricate, construct:

    magnus muralium pilorum numerus instituitur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

    naves,

    to build, id. ib. 5, 11:

    pontem,

    to construct, id. ib. 4, 18:

    turres,

    id. ib. 5, 52:

    amphora coepit institui,

    Hor. A. P. 22:

    convivia,

    Suet. Tit. 7:

    longiorem sermonem,

    to hold, Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

    delectum,

    id. B. C. 1, 16:

    remiges ex provincia,

    to obtain, procure, id. B. G. 3, 9.—
    2.
    To prepare, furnish, provide (viands, food, a feast, etc.):

    dapes,

    Verg. A. 7, 109:

    convivium,

    Just. 12, 13, 6:

    convivia jucunda,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To institute, found, establish, organize, set up (of institutions, governments, etc.); cf.:

    ibi regnum magnum institutum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 30:

    quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum,

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21: so,

    magistratum,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

    de civitatibus instituendis littera,

    id. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

    civitatis formam,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    is id regnum cum fratribus suis instituit,

    Lact. 1, 13, 14:

    ab instituta gente,

    Amm. 17, 13, 27:

    collegium figulorum,

    Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159:

    aerarium militare,

    Suet. Aug. 49:

    stipendia,

    id. Claud. 5.—So of holidays, games, etc.:

    ferias diesque festos,

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284:

    Saturnalia institutus festus dies,

    Liv. 2, 21, 2:

    sacros ludos,

    Ov. M. 1, 446.—
    B.
    To institute, appoint one, esp. as heir or to an office:

    qui me cum tutorem, tum etiam secundum heredem instituerit,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 61:

    Populum Romanum tutorem,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    magistratum,

    id. Att. 6, 1; Suet. Caes. 83; id. Vitel. 6; id. Claud. 1; Just. 7, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9.—
    C.
    With ut, to ordain that: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 2:

    ut fierent quaestores),

    Liv. 4, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—With the simple subj.:

    instituit, quotannis subsortitio a praetore fieret,

    Suet. Caes. 41.—
    D.
    To take upon one ' s self, to undertake:

    ubi cenas hodie, si hanc rationem instituis?

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26:

    cum Zenone Arcesilas sibi omne certamen instituit,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 12.—
    E.
    To undertake, begin, commence:

    id negotium institutum est,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 103:

    si diligentiam, quam instituisti, adhibueris,

    id. ib. 16, 20:

    perge tenere istam viam, quam instituisti,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14:

    ad hunc ipsum quaedam institui,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    historia nec institui potest sine, etc.,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:

    iter,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.— With inf.:

    ut primum Velia navigare coepi, institui Topica conscribere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 19 init.:

    flagitare,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1:

    si quae non nupta mulier virorum alienissimorum conviviis uti instituerit,

    begun, made it a practice, id. Cael. 20, 49:

    recitare omnia,

    Suet. Aug. 84. —
    F.
    Of troops, to draw up, arrange:

    tu actionem instituis, ille aciem instruit,

    Cic. Mur. 9:

    quartae aciei quam instituerat, signum dedit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 5.—
    G.
    To provide, procure:

    quaestum,

    Cic. Quint. 3:

    aliquos sibi amicos,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

    animum ad cogitandum,

    apply, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 10. —
    H.
    To purpose, determine, resolve upon:

    in praesentia (Caesar) similem rationem operis instituit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 42, 1. —With inf.:

    senex scribere historias instituit,

    Nep. Cat. 3:

    quaerere tempus ejus interficiendi,

    id. Alcib. 5:

    montanos oppugnare,

    Liv. 28, 46:

    habere secum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13, 1:

    coronas ad ipsum mittere,

    Suet. Ner. 22.— With object-clause:

    frumentum plebi dari,

    Vell. 2, 6, 3.—
    I.
    To order, govern, administer, regulate:

    sapienter vitam instituit,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 40:

    libri de civitatibus instituendis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

    mores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 2:

    familiam,

    id. 10, 3, 9.—
    K.
    To teach, instruct, train up, educate:

    sic tu instituis adulescentes?

    Cic. Cael. 17, 39: oratorem, Quint.1, 1, 21.—With inf.:

    Latine loqui,

    Col. 1, 1, 12:

    Pan primus calamos cerā conjungere plures Instituit,

    Verg. E. 2, 32; 5, 30; id. G. 1, 148:

    amphora fumum bibere instituta Consule Tullo,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 11:

    cum tibiis canere voce instituit,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—With abl.:

    aliquem disciplinis Graecis,

    Quint. 1, 1, 12:

    lyrā,

    id. 1, 10, 13:

    disciplina Romana,

    Suet. Caes. 24.—With ad:

    aliquem ad dicendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    aliquem artibus et moribus,

    Juv. 14, 74:

    filios instituere atque erudire ad majorum instituta,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; § 161:

    ad lectionem,

    Quint. 1, 7, 17.— With ut or ne and subj.:

    quem tu a puero sic instituisses, ut nobili ne gladiatori quidem faveret,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 69:

    pueros, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 44; id. Aug. 64:

    nos, ne quem coleremus, etc.,

    Sall. J. 14, 18.—Of animals:

    boves,

    Col. 6, 2, 8 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > instituo

  • 6 laxo

    laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (rarely n.; v. I. B. 2. b. and II. B. b. infra) [id.], to stretch out, extend, to make wide or roomy, to expand.
    I.
    Lit.:

    forum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8:

    manipulos,

    to open the ranks, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    lilium ab angustiis in latitudinem paulatim se laxans,

    Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To open, undo, unloose (syn. solvo):

    vincula epistolae laxavit,

    Nep. Paus. 4:

    nodos Herculeos,

    Luc. 4, 632:

    ubi dolor vocem laxaverat,

    had loosened his voice, Just. 42, 4, 13:

    claustra,

    Verg. A. 2, 259:

    claustra portarum,

    Juv. 8, 261:

    intestina,

    Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 129.—
    2.
    To slacken, relax:

    laxare arcum,

    to slacken, unbend, Phaedr. 3, 14, 11:

    excussos rudentes,

    Verg. A. 3, 267:

    laxantur corpora rugis,

    become flabby with wrinkles, Ov. A. A. 3, 73:

    laxatis habenis invehi jussit,

    Curt. 4, 9, 24; 4, 15, 3:

    laxatisque vinculis... ostendit manum,

    Just. 14, 4, 1:

    se cutis arida laxet,

    Juv. 6, 144:

    oleum ad nervos laxandos utile est,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

    corpus velut laxatum,

    Petr. 82:

    ferrum,

    to smelt, Stat. Achill. 1, 429.—
    (β).
    Neutr.:

    crebris fluctibus compages operis verberatae laxavere,

    were loosened, opened, Curt. 4, 3, 6.—
    3.
    To lighten, ease:

    pharetra graves laxavit umeros,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 787.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To lighten, relieve, unbend, recreate (syn.: levo, libero): a contentione disputationis animos curamque laxemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

    judicum animos atque a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere,

    id. Brut. 93, 322:

    animum ab assiduis laboribus,

    Liv. 32, 5: ut istis te molestiis laxes, release yourself, Luc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3.—
    B.
    To relax, mitigate, moderate, abate, weaken:

    alicui laxare aliquid laboris,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus,

    Verg. A. 5, 187:

    placida laxarant membra quiete... nautae,

    id. ib. 5, 836:

    subtile examen justitiae,

    Gell. 1, 3:

    iram,

    Stat. Th. 6, 831: nigrantes tenebras id. ib. 12, 254:

    paulatim temeritate laxata,

    Petr. 82:

    longiore dierum spatio laxare dicendi necessitatem,

    to prolong, delay, defer, Quint. 10, 5, 22:

    memoriae inhaeret fldelius, quod nulla scribendi securitate laxatur,

    id. 10, 6, 2:

    rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles,

    weakened, Sil. 17, 422.— To lay open, disclose, reveal ( poet.):

    fata latentia laxa,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 508.—
    (β).
    To reduce the price of:

    annonam,

    Liv. 2, 34, 12; so neutr., to lessen, fall in price:

    annona laxaverat,

    Liv. 26, 20.— laxātus, a, um, P. a., spread out, separated, extended, wide.
    A.
    Lit.:

    custodiae,

    i. e. separated, withdrawn, Liv. 21, 32 fin.:

    custodia,

    Petr. 112:

    membrana laxatior,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

    laxati ordines (aciei),

    Tac. H. 3, 25; Sil. 9, 364:

    corpore laxati,

    released from the body, Cic. Rep. 6, 15 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    libidinum vinculis laxati,

    released, freed, free, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

    laxatus curis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

    pugna,

    a battle broken off, Liv. 21, 59:

    nox,

    i. e. clear, Sil. 13, 550.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laxo

  • 7 subsidium

    subsĭdĭum, ii, n. [subsideo].
    I.
    Milit. t. t.
    A.
    Orig., the troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battle (behind the principes), the line of reserve, reserve-ranks, triarii:

    subsidium dicebatur, quando milites subsidebant in extremā acie labentique aciei succurrebant. Quod genus militum constabat ex iis, qui emeruerant stipendia, locum tamen retinebant in exercitu: quae erat tertia acies triariorum,

    Fest. p. 306 Müll.; cf.:

    subsidium, quod postpositum est ad subveniendum laborantibus,

    id. p. 223 ib.:

    triarii quoque dicti, quod in acie tertio ordine extremis subsidio deponebantur: quod hi subsidebant, ab eo subsidium dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 ib. (very rare):

    subsidia et secundam aciem adortus,

    Liv. 4, 28:

    jaculatores fugerunt inter subsidia ad secundam aciem,

    id. 21, 46:

    impulsa frons prima et trepidatio subsidiis illata,

    id. 6, 13:

    in subsidiis pugnacissimas locaverunt gentes,

    Curt. 3, 9, 3:

    in subsidiis positi,

    id. 4, 13, 28.—
    B.
    A body of reserve, an auxiliary corps, auxiliary forces, etc. (class.; syn.: suppetiae, auxilium): duae cohortes de subsidio procedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 363, 18:

    rem esse in angusto vidit, neque ullum esse subsidium, quod submitti posset,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    neque certa subsidia collocari poterant,

    id. ib. 2, 22:

    cohortes veteranas in fronte, post eas ceterum exercitum in subsidiis locat,

    stationed as a reserve, Sall. C. 59, 5.—
    C.
    Abstr., support in battle, aid, help, relief, succor, assistance:

    cum alius alii subsidium ferrent,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    funditores Baleares subsidio oppidanis mittit,

    id. ib. 2, 7:

    missi in subsidium equites,

    Tac. A. 12, 55:

    Italiae subsidio proficisci,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 78; cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    integros subsidio adducit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 87:

    subsidio venire,

    Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1:

    commune in Germanos Gallosque subsidium, octo legiones erant,

    Tac. A. 4, 5.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., support, assistance, aid, help, protection, etc. (syn. adjumentum).
    (α).
    Sing.:

    abi quaerere, ubi jurando tuo satis sit subsidii,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 26:

    mihi hoc subsidium (sc. juris interpretationem) jam inde ab adulescentia comparavi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 45 199; cf.: ut illud subsidium (sc. bibliothe [p. 1782] cam) senectuti parem, id. Att. 12, 3, 52:

    subsidium bellissimum existimo senectuti otium,

    id. de Or. 1, 60, 255; cf. id. Quint. 1, 4:

    sine talium virorum subsidio resistere,

    id. Clu. 1, 3:

    his difficultatibus duae res erant subsidio,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    fidissimum annonae subsidium,

    Liv. 27, 5:

    aurum ad subsidium fortunae relictum,

    id. 22, 32:

    non aliud subsidium quam misericordia Caesaris fuit,

    Tac. A. 2, 63:

    nec tibi subsidio sit praesens numen,

    Ov. Ib. 285.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    industriae subsidia,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

    frumentaria subsidia rei publicae,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

    sibi subsidia ad omnes vitae status parare,

    id. Fam. 9, 6, 4:

    his ego subsidiis ea sum consecutus,

    id. ib. 15, 4, 14; Suet. Calig. 12:

    ad omnes casus subsidia comparare,

    to prepare resources, make provision, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

    mare circa Capreas importuosum et vix modicis navigiis pauca subsidia,

    Tac. A. 4, 67.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subsidium

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