arietis N M

ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so,

āriĕtĕ,

Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from arên, arrên, qs. the male sheep; others compare ho eriphos, a he-goat, buck, and ho elaphos, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.—Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.—

Transf.

The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al. —

An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.:

quamvis murum aries percusserit,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

ab ariete materia defendit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

arietibus aliquantum muri discussit,

Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.—

A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (dikên kriou, Paraphr.);

corresp. to capreolus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.— Trop.:

ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus,

Cic. Top. 17, 64.—

An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so,

āriĕtĕ,

Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from arên, arrên, qs. the male sheep; others compare ho eriphos, a he-goat, buck, and ho elaphos, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.—Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.—

Transf.

The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al. —

An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.:

quamvis murum aries percusserit,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

ab ariete materia defendit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

arietibus aliquantum muri discussit,

Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.—

A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (dikên kriou, Paraphr.);

corresp. to capreolus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.— Trop.:

ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus,

Cic. Top. 17, 64.—

An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

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armus, i, m., = harmos [arô; v. arma inct. ], pr., a joining together; the shoulder where it is fitted to the shoulder-blade, the fore quarter (opp. suffrago), and, with few exceptions, of the shoulder of an animal, while umerus designates that of men.

Lit.: solus homo bipes: uni juguli, umeri;

ceteris armi,

Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243:

digiti (Hippomenae in leonem mutati) curvantur in ungues: Ex umeris armi fiunt, Ov M. 10, 700.—So, elephantis,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233:

leonis,

id. 11, 39, 94, § 229:

pantherae,

id. 8, 17, 23, § 62 et saep.: leporis, Hor S. 2, 4, 44;

2, 8, 89: equi,

id. ib. 1, 6, 106:

arietis,

Vulg. Num. 6, 19; ib. Exod. 29, 27.—Of men:

latos huic hasta per armos Acta,

Verg. A. 11, 644;

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. armita, p. 4 Müll.—And of the arms of men,

Luc. 9, 831.—

In a more extended sense, the whole side of an animal:

spumantis equi fodere calcaribus armos,

Verg. A. 6, 881; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 106.

incussus, a, um, Part., from incutio.

incussus, ūs, m. [incutio], a striking or dashing against, a shock (rare, and only in abl. sing.):

armorum,

Tac. H. 4, 23:

arietis,

Sen. Const. Sap. 6:

silicis,

Prud. Cathem. 5, 7.

lăbĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum (labefactarier, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 5), 3, v. a.; pass.: lăbĕfīo, factus, fieri [labo-facio], to cause to totter, to shake, loosen, to make ready to fall (Cic. uses only labefactus).

Lit.:

dentes alicui,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 36:

partem muri,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

labefactae aedes,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

labefacta ictibus arbor Corruit,

Ov. M. 8, 776; id. ib. 3, 69:

charta (i. e. epistola) a vinclis non labefacta suis,

loosened, opened, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

munimenta incussu arietis labefieri,

Sen. Const. Sap. 6.— Poet.:

ignes labefacti aëre multo,

weakened, Lucr. 5, 653:

membra voluptatis dum vi labefacta liquescunt,

id. 4, 1108:

calor labefacta per ossa cucurrit,

Verg. A. 8, 390.—

Trop.

To cause to waver, to shake a person in his mind, principles, or fidelity: aliquem, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7:

quem nulla umquam vis, nullae minae, nulla invidia labefecit,

Cic. Sest. 47, 101. primores classiariorum, to shake their fidelity, excite them to mutiny, Tac. A. 15, 51:

sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,

Ov. M. 10, 375; cf.

in Greek construction: magno animum labefactus amore,

shaken, disquieted, Verg. A. 4, 395. —

To shake, weaken; to overthrow, ruin, destroy:

haec (res publica) jam labefacta,

Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 60:

quo, per contumeliam consulum, jura plebis labefacta essent,

Liv. 3, 64:

nihil hunc amicitia Sejani, sed labefacit haud minus ad exitia Macronis odium,

Tac. A. 6, 29 (35):

si priorem aetate et jam labefactum demovisset,

id. ib. 4, 60:

ne quis contagione ceteros labefaciat,

Col. 6, 5, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 93: fidem, to shake or weaken one's credit, Suet. Vesp. 4.

pellis, is ( abl. sing. pelle;

but pelli,

Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. [Gr. pella, pelas, skin; cf. erusipelas, epipolê, surface; also, platus, and Lat. palam], a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.):

rana rugosam inflavit pellem,

Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2:

nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.:

quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

pelles pro velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

fulvique insternor pelle leonis,

Verg. A. 2, 722:

pelles perficere,

Plin. 24, 11, 56, § 94:

pelles candidas conficere,

id. 13, 6, 13, § 55:

pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.— Poet., of the human skin:

frigida pellis Duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

ossa atque pellis tota est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32:

pellis nostra,

Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.:

deformem pro cute pellem aspice,

Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64:

introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,

with a showy outside, id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula):

caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer,

Mart. 5, 60, 10:

pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā,

Vulg. Job, 2, 4:

si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam,

id. Jer. 13, 23.—

Transf.

Leather:

ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet,

Juv. 3, 150.—

A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19:

pes in pelle natet,

in the shoe, id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.—

A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp:

ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

sub pellibus milites contineri non possent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.:

(Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39:

durare sub pellibus,

id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38:

pellium nomine,

for covering shields, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—

Parchment:

pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens,

on little parchments, Mart. 14, 190, 1.—

A drum:

pelles caedere,

Min. Fel. 24, 4.

spŏlĭum, ii, n. [root spal- (skal-); cf.: populor, calamitas, calvus].

Lit., the spoil of an animal, i. e. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off (so only poet. and very rare):

pelles et spolia ferarum,

Lucr. 5, 954:

serpentum,

id. 4, 62:

leonis,

Ov. M. 9, 113; 3, 81:

apri,

id. ib. 8, 426; id. H. 4, 100:

pecudis (i. e. arietis Phrixei),

id. ib. 6, 13; cf. id. M. 7, 156:

viperei monstri (i. e. Medusae),

id. ib. 4, 615.—

Transf., the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy; hence, in gen., any thing taken from the enemy, booty, prey, spoil (the predom. signif. of the word; usu. in plur.; cf.: exuviae, praeda): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.):

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspenso ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit ibique, Juppiter Feretri, inquit, haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, etc.,

Liv. 1, 10, 6 (v. opimus):

spoliis decorata est regia fixis,

Ov. M. 8, 154:

spoliorum causā hominem occidere... cruenta spolia detrahere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145 sq.:

multa spolia praeferebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39:

ad ejus spolia detrahenda,

Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

indutus spoliis,

Verg. A. 10, 775:

victores praedā Rutuli spoliisque potiti,

id. ib. 9, 450;

4, 93: virtutis honor spoliis quaeratur in istis,

Ov. M. 13, 153:

insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

Verg. A. 6, 855:

spolia jacentis hostium exercitus peditibus concessit,

Liv. 44, 45:

Q. Fabius spolia ducis Gallorum legens,

id. 5, 36; so,

legere,

id. 5, 39; 8, 7; 27, 2 al.:

spolia et praedas ad procuratores referre,

Tac. A. 12, 54 et saep.:

(forum) exuviis nauticis et classium spoliis (i. e. rostris) ornatum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 11, 10:

navalia,

Suet. Aug. 18 fin.: illud natura non patitur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes augeamus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

spoliis civium exstructa domus,

Tac. A. 15, 52:

(delatores) sacerdotia et consulatus et spolia adepti,

id. H. 1, 2.—

Sing.:

quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio,

Verg. A. 10, 500:

Actoris Aurunci spolium,

id. ib. 12, 94:

Asiam, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 11 Dietsch; Suet. Caes. 64; Just. 19, 3:

fert secum spolium sceleris,

Ov. M. 8, 87:

mendici spolium,

a beggar's rags, Petr. 13, 1.— Poet., in gen., = arma, arms, Ov. M. 13, 153.

vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).

Lit.

Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:

arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:

variā veste exornatus fuit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;

so of color: uvae,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:

lynces,

Verg. G. 3, 264:

serpens,

Ov. M. 6, 114:

anguis,

id. ib. 4, 619:

pica,

Petr. 28 fin.:

flores,

Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:

plumae,

Hor. A. P. 2:

lapides,

id. S. 2, 4, 83:

columnae,

of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:

auctumnus purpureo colore,

id. C. 2, 5, 12:

colores,

Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:

vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,

i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—

Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).

A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—

A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—

In rural lang.:

terra,

wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:

sulcus,

Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—

Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

voluptas etiam varia dici solet,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

(qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

id. Or. 3, 12:

res varia et multiplex,

id. Fl. 3, 6:

multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:

varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:

varium jus et dispar condicio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:

eventus varii fortunae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,

bellum,

Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —

Varium est, with a rel.-clause:

quales sint (dii), varium est,

various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—

Esp., of persons, etc.

Of abilities, versatile:

Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:

antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:

Antonius ingenio varius,

Flor. 4, 3, 4.—

Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:

animus audax, subdolus, varius,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

varius incertusque agitabat,

id. J. 74, 1:

voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,

agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:

Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,

Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:

varium et mutabile semper Femina,

a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.

Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:

mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,

Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:

smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —

Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:

varie moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

varie sum affectus tuis litteris,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:

postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:

ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

Sall. C. 61, 9:

in Aequis varie bellatum,

Liv. 5, 28, 5:

agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

id. 2, 2, 9:

hiemem aut negotia varie causari,

Tac. A. 1, 47:

sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.

Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,

Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—

L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.

vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).

Lit.

Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:

arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:

variā veste exornatus fuit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;

so of color: uvae,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:

lynces,

Verg. G. 3, 264:

serpens,

Ov. M. 6, 114:

anguis,

id. ib. 4, 619:

pica,

Petr. 28 fin.:

flores,

Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:

plumae,

Hor. A. P. 2:

lapides,

id. S. 2, 4, 83:

columnae,

of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:

auctumnus purpureo colore,

id. C. 2, 5, 12:

colores,

Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:

vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,

i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—

Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).

A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—

A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—

In rural lang.:

terra,

wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:

sulcus,

Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—

Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

voluptas etiam varia dici solet,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

(qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

id. Or. 3, 12:

res varia et multiplex,

id. Fl. 3, 6:

multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:

varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:

varium jus et dispar condicio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:

eventus varii fortunae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,

bellum,

Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —

Varium est, with a rel.-clause:

quales sint (dii), varium est,

various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—

Esp., of persons, etc.

Of abilities, versatile:

Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:

antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:

Antonius ingenio varius,

Flor. 4, 3, 4.—

Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:

animus audax, subdolus, varius,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

varius incertusque agitabat,

id. J. 74, 1:

voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,

agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:

Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,

Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:

varium et mutabile semper Femina,

a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.

Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:

mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,

Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:

smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —

Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:

varie moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

varie sum affectus tuis litteris,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:

postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:

ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

Sall. C. 61, 9:

in Aequis varie bellatum,

Liv. 5, 28, 5:

agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

id. 2, 2, 9:

hiemem aut negotia varie causari,

Tac. A. 1, 47:

sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.

Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,

Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—

L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.