antīquĭ-tŭs

antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).

Lit.:

Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.

antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

antiquorum auctoritas,

Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

in antiquis est sapientia,

Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

sapientia omnium antiquorum,

ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

dictum est antiquis,

ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

facere in antiquum,

to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

Tac. Or. 15:

simultas vetus et antiqua,

Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—

an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

Ov. M. 14, 396:

novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

antiqua ne intueamini,

ib. Isa. 43, 18.—

Transf.

Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

vulnus,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

vigor,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

carcer,

Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

dies antiqui,

Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

anni,

ib. Mal. 3, 4:

tempora,

ib. Act. 15, 21.—

In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

melior,

Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

ne quid existimem antiquius,

id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—

With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

homo antiquā virtute et fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vestigia antiqui officii,

id. ib. 10, 27:

vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

id. Att. 9, 15:

vir sanctus, antiquus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—

With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

terra antiqua potens armis,

Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

urbs,

id. ib. 11, 540:

Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

Sabinae,

id. Med. 11:

Amyclae,

id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

Antiquus Dierum,

the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—

Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

mos,

id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

hospes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

amicus,

Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

discipulus,

ib. Act. 21, 16:

artificium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

genus,

Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

templa,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

antiquissima scripta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

ne transfer terminos antiquos,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.

In mal. part.:

antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —

In bon. part.:

O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—

Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

Butes,

Verg. A. 9, 647:

antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).

In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

tectum antiquitus constitutum,

Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

Sol. 11.—

From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

Liv. 9, 29:

hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 30.—

In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

nimis antique dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).

Lit.:

Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.

antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

antiquorum auctoritas,

Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

in antiquis est sapientia,

Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

sapientia omnium antiquorum,

ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

dictum est antiquis,

ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

facere in antiquum,

to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

Tac. Or. 15:

simultas vetus et antiqua,

Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—

an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

Ov. M. 14, 396:

novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

antiqua ne intueamini,

ib. Isa. 43, 18.—

Transf.

Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

vulnus,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

vigor,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

carcer,

Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

dies antiqui,

Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

anni,

ib. Mal. 3, 4:

tempora,

ib. Act. 15, 21.—

In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

melior,

Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

ne quid existimem antiquius,

id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—

With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

homo antiquā virtute et fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vestigia antiqui officii,

id. ib. 10, 27:

vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

id. Att. 9, 15:

vir sanctus, antiquus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—

With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

terra antiqua potens armis,

Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

urbs,

id. ib. 11, 540:

Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

Sabinae,

id. Med. 11:

Amyclae,

id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

Antiquus Dierum,

the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—

Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

mos,

id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

hospes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

amicus,

Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

discipulus,

ib. Act. 21, 16:

artificium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

genus,

Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

templa,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

antiquissima scripta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

ne transfer terminos antiquos,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.

In mal. part.:

antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —

In bon. part.:

O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—

Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

Butes,

Verg. A. 9, 647:

antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).

In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

tectum antiquitus constitutum,

Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

Sol. 11.—

From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

Liv. 9, 29:

hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 30.—

In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

nimis antique dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).

Lit.:

Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.

antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

antiquorum auctoritas,

Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

in antiquis est sapientia,

Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

sapientia omnium antiquorum,

ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

dictum est antiquis,

ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

facere in antiquum,

to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

Tac. Or. 15:

simultas vetus et antiqua,

Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—

an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

Ov. M. 14, 396:

novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

antiqua ne intueamini,

ib. Isa. 43, 18.—

Transf.

Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

vulnus,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

vigor,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

carcer,

Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

dies antiqui,

Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

anni,

ib. Mal. 3, 4:

tempora,

ib. Act. 15, 21.—

In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

melior,

Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

ne quid existimem antiquius,

id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—

With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

homo antiquā virtute et fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vestigia antiqui officii,

id. ib. 10, 27:

vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

id. Att. 9, 15:

vir sanctus, antiquus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—

With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

terra antiqua potens armis,

Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

urbs,

id. ib. 11, 540:

Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

Sabinae,

id. Med. 11:

Amyclae,

id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

Antiquus Dierum,

the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—

Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

mos,

id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

hospes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

amicus,

Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

discipulus,

ib. Act. 21, 16:

artificium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

genus,

Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

templa,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

antiquissima scripta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

ne transfer terminos antiquos,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.

In mal. part.:

antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —

In bon. part.:

O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—

Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

Butes,

Verg. A. 9, 647:

antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).

In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

tectum antiquitus constitutum,

Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

Sol. 11.—

From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

Liv. 9, 29:

hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 30.—

In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

nimis antique dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

ex-ercĕo, ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to drive on, keep busy, keep at work; to oversee, superintend; with an inanimate object, to work, work at, employ one's self about a thing.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose):

quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, Si sumas in illis (servis) exercendis, plus agas,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 22; cf.:

homines qui agrum colunt, et qui eos exercent praepositive sunt his, quorum in numero sunt vilici et monitores,

who oversee them, Dig. 33, 7, 8:

exercete, viri, tauros,

Verg. G. 1, 210:

i sane, ego te exercebo hodie, ut dignus es,

keep agoing, exercise, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

corpora assiduo varioque exercita motu, etc.,

driven, impelled, Lucr. 2, 97; cf. id. 4, 862; 2, 120; and:

exercita cursu Flumina (with fontes liquidi),

Verg. G. 3, 529 Wagn.:

(Maeandros) Incertas exercet aquas,

Ov. M. 8, 165:

exercere feras,

to drive, hunt, Dig. 7, 1, 62: Mi. Gestiunt pugni mihi. So. Si in me exercituru's, quaeso in parietem ut primum domes, to let loose, set them at me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:

litus arant Rutulosque exercent vomere colles,

work, till, Verg. A. 7, 798:

solum presso sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

rura bubus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 3:

humum in messem,

Verg. G. 1, 219:

vineas, arbusta, campos (with curare),

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 16:

agrum multis arationibus,

Pall. Jan. 13, 2:

pinguia culta,

Verg. A. 10, 142:

ferrum vasto in antro (Cyclopes),

id. ib. 8, 424:

telas (aranea),

Ov. M. 6, 145 al.; cf.: neque arva nobis aut metalla aut portus sunt, quibus exercendis reservemur, Tac. Agr. 31.— Poet.:

ut possint (aratores), sole reducto, Exercere diem,

i. e. employ the day in labor, perform their day's work, Verg. A. 10, 808.

Trop. (freq. and class.).

To engage busily, to occupy, employ, exercise a person or thing in some action.

Aliquem or aliquid ( in aliqua re, ad aliquid, aliqua re, etc.):

me adolescentem multos annos in studio ejusdem laudis (Hortensius) exercuit,

Cic. Brut. 64, 230:

quod genus belli esse potest, in quo illum non exercuerit fortuna rei publicae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

a Diodoto studiosissime in dialectica exercebar,

id. Brut. 90, 309; cf. id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

hanc (animi vim) tu exerce in optimis rebus,

id. Rep. 6, 26:

haec aetas (juvenum) exercenda in labore patientiaque et animi et corporis,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

animos in armis,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 41:

in gramineis exercent membra palaestris,

Verg. A. 6, 642:

vocem et vires in hoc,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 et saep.:

Aristoteles adolescentes... ad copiam rhetorum in utramque partem exercuit,

id. Or. 14, 46:

ad hanc te amentiam natura peperit, voluntas exercuit,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 25:

facultatem dicendi his exercuerunt,

Quint. 2, 4, 41:

ingenium multiplici variaque materia,

id. 2, 4, 20:

linguas litibus,

Ov. M. 6, 375 et saep.—With simple acc.:

quid te exercuit Pammenes?

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

Induciomarus copias cogere, exercere coepit,

to exercise, drill, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

juventutis exercendae causa,

id. ib. 6, 23, 6:

ingenium nostrum,

Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34:

corpus,

Cic. de Off. 1, 23, 79:

exercendae memoriae gratia,

id. de Sen. 11, 38:

exercendi stili,

Quint. 10, 5, 15:

exercendus est spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 54 et saep.—

With se, or pass. in mid. force; and in part. praes. and gerund., to exercise or train one's self, to practise:

si ad hoc unum est natus aut in hoc solo se exercuit, etc.,

Cic. Or. 28, 99:

se vehementissime in his subitis dictionibus,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 152:

se in consultationibus,

id. Att. 9, 4, 3:

sese ad cursuram,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 5:

se ad velitationem,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 41:

sese quotidianis commentationibus,

Cic. Brut. 71, 249:

se genere pugnae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

se genere venationis,

id. ib. 6, 28, 3:

se saliendo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25:

cur non in utrumque protinus locum se exerceant?

Quint. 4, 2, 29 Zumpt N. cr.:

Jovem Olympium, eum ipsum, cui se exercebit, implorabit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

cum athletas se exercentes in curriculo videret,

id. de Sen. 9, 27; so,

ad virtutem,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7.—

Mid.: ut exerceamur in venando,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

ut in utrumque locum simul exerceamur,

Quint. 5, 13, 50:

faciunt idem, cum exercentur, athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, discunt, exercentur,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

ne aliter exerceri velint,

Quint. 3, 8, 70:

in mandatis tuis exercebor,

Vulg. Psa. 118, 15.— Act. part. in mid. force:

cum, ceteris in campo exercentibus, in herba ipse recubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287; so,

ipsique dictata exercentibus darent,

Suet. Caes. 26:

spectavit assidue et exercentes ephebos,

id. Aug. 98; cf.:

si ludicra exercendi aut venandi consuetudine adamare solemus,

of exercising ourselves, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69, v. Madv. ad h. l.—

To practise, follow, exercise any employment; to employ one's self about, to make use of any thing:

medicinae exercendae causa,

Cic. Clu. 63, 178:

hoc civile quod vocant eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

rhetoricen,

Quint. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 27:

eloquentiam,

id. 1, 4, 6:

artem,

id. 3, 6, 18; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

exercere atque exigere vectigalia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16:

cauponam vel stabulum,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5:

navem,

ib. 14, 1, 1:

auri, argenti, sulphuris, etc.... fodinas,

ib. 7, 1, 13, § 5:

negotiationem per libertos,

ib. 26, 7, 58:

commercium turis,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54:

arma,

Verg. A. 4, 87:

arma contra patriam,

Tac. A. 11, 16:

gymnasia et otia et turpes amores,

id. ib. 6, 1:

acies pueriles,

batiles in sport, Juv. 15, 60:

pharetram et arcum,

Val. Fl. 3, 161:

vocem (with clamare),

Plaut. Poen. prol. 13.—

To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise, administer:

judicium,

Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

latam legem,

Liv. 4, 51, 4:

Tiberius exercendas leges esse respondit,

Tac. A. 1, 72: [p. 684] legem praecipue sumptuariam, Suet. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 58:

quaestionem inter sicarios,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

regnum,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47; cf.

imperia,

Verg. G. 2, 370:

crudelitatem non solum in vivo sed etiam in mortuo,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 8:

inimicitias,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; cf.:

graves inimicitias cum aliquo,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

gratiam aut inimicitias in tanta re,

id. ib. 51, 16:

jurgia, discordia, simultates cum hostibus,

id. ib. 9, 2:

cui exercita cum Pisone amicitia,

Tac. A. 1, 14:

licentiam,

id. ib. 13, 47:

amicitiam,

id. ib. 15, 60:

odium,

id. ib. 13, 37:

odium in aliquo,

Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.:

facilitatem et lenitudinem animi,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

juris aequabilitatem,

id. ib.; cf.

justitiam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

scelus, libidinem, avaritiam in socios,

Liv. 29, 17, 13; cf.:

avaritiam (juvenes) exercere jubentur,

Juv. 14, 108:

foede victoriam in captis,

Liv. 6, 22, 4:

acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in plebem,

Sall. J. 16, 2:

foede et crudeliter victoriam,

id. C. 38:

amores ad aliquem,

Cat. 68, 69:

pacem et hymenaeos,

to celebrate, solemnize, Verg. A. 4, 99:

nomen patris,

to bear his name, Plin. Pan. 21, 4 et saep.—

Pregn., to disturb, disquiet, vex, plague (the figure being taken from the baiting of wild beasts):

meos casus, in quibus me fortuna vehementer exercuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

nunc me reliquiae vestrae exercent,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

non te nullius exercent numinis irae,

Verg. G. 4, 453:

aliquem odiis,

id. A. 4, 622 et saep.:

te de praedio Oviae exerceri, moleste fero,

Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

ergo exercentur poenis,

Verg. A, 6, 739:

hominum vitam curis,

Lucr. 5, 1424:

ambitio animos hominum exercet,

Sall. C. 11, 1:

simultates nimio plures et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas,

Liv. 39, 40, 9.—In the part. perf.:

nate, Iliacis exercite fatis,

Verg. A. 3, 182:

Venus exercita curis,

id. ib. 5, 779; cf.:

curis exercita corpora,

Ov. M. 7, 634:

adversis probitas exercita rebus,

id. Tr. 5, 5, 49: habere aliquem exercitum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 6, 4.—Hence, exercĭ-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. C.).

Vexed, harassed:

scito nihil tam exercitum esse nunc Romae quam candidatos omnibus iniquitatibus,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2:

Tiberius tantis rebus,

Tac. A. 4, 11.— Hence,

Vexatious, severe:

quid magis sollicitum, magis exercitum dici potest?

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

finem tam exercitae militiae orabant,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

dura hiems, exercita aestas,

id. ib. 1, 17:

aestas (with inquieta),

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

infantiam pueritiamque habuit laboriosam et exercitam,

Suet. Tib. 6 init. —

Disciplined:

(miles) exercitatus et vetus ob eam rem fortior (opp. rudis et inexercitatus),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38:

mirum in modum juventus,

Flor. 1, 3, 2:

proprio in metu, qui exercitam quoque eloquentiam debilitat,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

militia,

id. ib. 3, 20:

ad omne flagitium,

id. ib. 14, 2:

ingenium adulatione,

id. H. 4, 4:

Graeca doctrina ore tenus,

id. A. 15, 45.— Comp. and sup.: exercitiorem, exercitissimum (dicebant antiqui), Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 8 Müll. — Adv.: exercĭtē, in a practised manner; in comp.:

cogitare,

App. M. 11, p. 272, 6.

săcer, sā̆cra, sā̆crum (ante-class. collat. form sacer, sacris, sacre; plur.:

sacres porci,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 4, 16; sing. acc.: sacrem porcum, Fest. s. h. v. p. 318 Müll.), adj. [root sa-; Gr. saos, sôos, safe; whence Lat. sānus], dedicated or consecrated to a divinity, holy, sacred, = hieros (cf.: sanctus, augustus): Gallus Aelius ait, sacrum esse quocumque modo atque instituto civitatis consecratum sit, sive aedis, sive ara, sive signum, sive locus, sive pecunia, sive quid aliud quod dis dedicatum atque consecratum sit, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.; cf.:

quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3.

In gen.

Absol.:

quicquam (opp. profanum),

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27; id. Trin. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 129; so,

locus sacer et profanus,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 38:

miscebis sacra profanis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 54; id. A. P. 397; Nep. Them. 6, 5; Sall. C. 11, 6:

villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31; so (with religiosus) id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; Suet. Tib. 61:

mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 37:

(legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

Quint. 2, 4, 33; cf. in the sup.:

deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

Ov. H. 9, 159:

aedes,

Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 14, 315:

lucus late sacer,

Verg. A. 5, 761:

arvum Martis,

Ov. M. 7, 101:

ara,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20:

aurum,

Liv. 5, 50; cf.

pecunia (opp. privata),

Quint. 4, 2, 8:

arma,

Liv. 24, 21:

tus,

Ov. M. 14, 130:

sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

Cat. 68, 75:

ales (so called from its use in augury),

Verg. A. 11, 721:

luces (with profestae),

Hor. C. 4, 15, 25; cf.

dies (with religiosus),

Suet. Tib. 61:

tempus,

Hor. C. S. 4:

commissum,

a crime against religion, Cic. Leg. 2, 9 et saep.— Poet.: vitis (as sacred to Bacchus), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 149 Vahl.); Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; so,

laurus,

id. ib. 3, 4, 18; Verg. A. 7, 60:

robur,

Ov. M. 8, 752:

aqua,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 22:

fontes,

Ov. M. 2, 464; Verg. E. 1, 53:

focus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

Tarentum,

id. C. 1, 28, 29:

fines,

Sil. 3, 501; cf.

montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

id. 4, 70;

vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

Hor. C. 4, 9, 28; Tib. 2, 5, 113; cf.:

sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

Hor. A. P. 391;

and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 11; so,

Cybebe,

id. 3 (4), 22, 3 (but in Liv. 3, 19: ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, so used only on account of the lusus verbb. with sacrosancti;

v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

a hill about three miles from Rome, beyond the Anio, and on the right of the Via Nomentana, to which the Roman people retired during their controversy with the Senate, Liv. 2, 32; 3, 52; Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; id. Brut. 14, 54:

os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4: Sacra Via, or ( poet.) Sacer Clivus, a street in Rome leading from the Forum to the Capitol, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; Hor. S. 1, 9, 1; id. C. 4, 2, 35; Mart. 1, 70, 5;

v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

the epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4:

sacer lapis,

a stone landmark, a mere-stone, Liv. 41, 13: os sacrum, anatom. t. t., = Gr. hieron osteon, the lowest bone of the spine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 24:

litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

the Scriptures, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 15.—For its combinations with ignis, via, etc., v. those words.—

With gen. (class.):

ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 38; so,

urna Veneris,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 16 (for which:

urna Veneria,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18):

Dianae celebris dies,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 20:

sepulcrum Batti veteris,

Cat. 7, 6; cf. Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.—As a predicate: terra, ut focus domiciliorum, sacra deorum omnium est (a transl. of the Platon. Gê hiera pantôn theôn), Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48.—

With dat. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

Ov. M. 7, 623:

esculus Jovi sacra,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 11:

Nymphis cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 109:

Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

Verg. A. 6, 484:

pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

Tac. A. 15, 53:

cupressus Diti sacra,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

aesculus Jovi,

id. 16, 4, 5, § 11.—As a predicate:

Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

Ov. F. 2, 52, quercus antiqua, quae erat Marti sacra, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. sacrata).—

Transf., in gen., holy, sacred, awful, venerable (not till after the Aug. per., and very rare):

silentium,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 29:

laedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 11:

lingua (Ciceronis),

Mart. 5, 69, 7:

Maro,

id. 8. 56, 3:

quaedam patris memoria,

Quint. 11, 1, 59:

O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

Luc. 9, 983:

heu sacri vatum errores,

Sil. 8, 100.—So used of the emperors;

disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

Suet. Tib. 27.—But soon after Tiberius in general use:

auris Caesaris,

Mart. 7, 99, 4:

sacri lateris custos,

id. 6, 76, 1:

apud aures sacras mentitus est,

Amm. 28, 6, 26 (cf.:

se Imperatori mentitum,

id. 28, 6, 26, § 21); and hence, for ecclesiastical: domus, comitatus, scrinia, largitiones, etc., in the law books et saep.

In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.

With dat.: si quisquam aliuta faxit, ipsos Jovi sacer esto, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.; cf.: ut caput ejus Jovi sacrum esset, an ancient plebiscitum ap. Liv. 3, 55, 7:

non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 7.—

Absol.: homo sacer is est, quem populus judicavit ob maleficium; neque fas est eum immolari; sed qui occidit, parricidii non damnatur. Nam lege tribuniciā primā cavetur: si quis eum, qui eo plebei scito sacer sit, occiderit, parricida ne sit. Ex quo quivis homo malus atque improbus sacer appellari solet, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.: PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, LEX XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 181:

eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

Liv. 3, 55.—

Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14; Afran. ap. Non. 397, 22 (with malus); Lucil. ib. 397, 27.— Sup., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 67:

homo sacerrimus,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Rud. 1, 2, 69; Turp. ap. Non. 397, 29 (with pessimus). —

Of things: sacerrimum domicilium, Turp. ap. Non. 397, 30:

di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

Cat. 14, 12:

hircus alarum,

id. 71, 1:

auri fames,

Verg. A. 3, 57 (for which:

aurum fame,

Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6:

venenum (Medeae),

Val. Fl. 7, 165:

nox,

id. 8, 25:

arma metu,

id. 4, 185; cf.

pavor,

id. 1, 798:

insania,

Stat. Th. 10, 804:

morbus,

i. e. epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.—With dat.:

ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 20.— Comp. and adv. do not appear (as for the comp. v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.).—Hence, subst.: sā̆crum, i, n., something consecrated; a holy or sacred thing, a sacred vessel or utensil; a sanctuary, a temple; a religious act, a sacrifice, etc.; in plur. in gen., sacred rites, religious worship, religion (both of the State and of single races and families; and even of individuals; v. infra, b; class.; most freq. in plur.).

Lit.

Sing.:

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 52:

metuens velut contingere sacrum,

id. S. 2, 3, 110:

apud Cluacinae sacrum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 6:

Minervae,

Dict. Cret. 5, 12 fin.:

theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

Quint. 3, 8, 29: [p. 1611] quae (sacerdos Cereris) Graecum illud sacrum monstraret et faceret, Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

sacrum Herculi facere,

Liv. 1, 7:

facere Junoni,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 43:

facto per Magos sacro,

Suet. Ner. 34:

sollemne sacrum conficere,

Flor. 1, 13, 16:

ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

Quint. 1, 5, 67:

arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

Liv. 41, 12:

sacrum piaculare fieri,

id. 29, 19:

sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

Suet. Aug. 94; Ov. M. 12, 33:

pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

id. ib. 14, 80:

nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 13:

neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

according to the Grecian rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 26:

morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

in sacro est,

id. 18, 12, 30, § 118.—

Plur.: sacra deosque penates.. ex aedibus suis eripuisse dixit, sacred vessels or utensils, holy things, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; cf. Liv. 5, 40:

sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

Ov. M. 2, 713:

Troïa,

Tib. 2, 5, 40:

velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11; cf.

of the same,

Verg. A. 2, 293; 2, 717 Heyne; Ov. F. 1, 527; id. H. 7, 80; 7, 158:

cumque suis penetralia sacris,

i. e. the images of the gods, Penates, id. M. 1, 287:

jactata aequoribus sacra,

Hor. C.4,4,54:

pueri Sacra canunt,

sacred songs, Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

sacred gifts, offerings, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 11:

neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84 (for which:

sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

(Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

Liv. 1, 7; cf.:

sacra Jovi facturus erat,

Ov. M. 3, 26:

sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

Verg. A. 4, 638:

ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

Liv. 1, 20:

densi circumstant sacra ministri,

Ov. M. 2, 717:

arcana sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; Ov. M. 10, 436:

fera,

id. ib. 13, 454:

nefanda,

id. ib. 10, 228:

mystica,

id. H. 2, 42:

horrida,

Sil. 3, 140:

veneranda,

id. 7, 382:

casta,

Stat. Achill. 1, 370.

Divine worship or religion in gen.: publica sacra, quae publico sumptu pro populo fiunt, quaeque pro montibus, pagis, curiis, sacellis: at privata, quae pro singulis hominibus, familiis, gentibus fiunt, Fest. pp. 244 and 245 Müll.; Liv. 5, 52:

quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 18; so,

religio sacrorum,

id. Fl. 28, 69:

sacra Cereris conficere,

id. Balb. 24, 55; so,

Cereris,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14 (cf. supra, a fin.):

Eleusina,

Suet. Claud. 23:

Junonis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11:

Orphica,

rites, solemnity, festival, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58:

Bacchia,

Ov. M. 3, 518:

trieterica Bacchi,

id. ib. 6, 587:

Dianae,

id. ib. 7, 94;

15, 489: Isidis,

Suet. Oth. 12 et saep.—

The private religious rites of a gens, a family, etc. (observed by the Romans with the greatest care):

sacra privata perpetua manento,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 47:

an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

Liv. 5, 52:

ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

Cic. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 49:

magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

id. Off. 1, 17, 55; cf.:

ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

Liv. 4,2:

sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

sacrorum alienatio,

id. Or. 42, 144 (v. alienatio); cf. sing.:

sacrum familiare,

Macr. S. 1, 16:

nuptialia,

marriage solemnities, Quint. 1, 7, 28;

called also jugalia,

Ov. M. 7, 700; cf. respecting the sacra privata of the Romans, Savigny, in his Zeitschr. 2, p. 397 sq.—

Poet., poems (as sacred to the Muses):

mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

vatum,

Pers. prol. 7:

Maronis,

Mart. 7, 63, 5. —

Prov.

Inter sacrum saxumque stare, to stand between the victim and the knife, i. e. to be between the door and the wall, to be in great straits, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 84; cf.:

inter sacrum et saxum positus,

App. M. 11, p. 271 fin. —

Hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great profit without trouble, = a rose without thorns, meat without bone, etc. (because the keeping up of the sacra privata was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8, and id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—

Transf., in gen. (the figure being borrowed from secret religious rites), in plur.: sacra, secrets, mysteries (not till after the Aug. period, and very rare):

sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

Ov. M. 7, 709:

peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

Quint. 5, 14, 27 (cf.:

omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

id. 5, 13, 60):

litterarum colere,

id. 10, 1, 92:

studiorum profanare,

Tac. Or. 11.