ballista

axon, ŏnis, m., = axôn.

A line upon the sundial, its axis, Vitr. 9, 5.—

A part of the ballista, Vitr. 10, 17.—

Axŏnes, um, the laws of Solon engraved on tables of wood (axibus ligneis, Gell. 2, 12;

v. axis, II. F.),

Amm. 16, 5.

Axon, ŏnis, m., a river in Caria, Plin. 5, 27, 29, § 103.

balista, balistārĭus, balistĭa, v. ballist-.

Balista ( Ballista), ae, f., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 39, 2, 7; 40, 41, 2.

balista, balistārĭus, balistĭa, v. ballist-.

Balista ( Ballista), ae, f., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 39, 2, 7; 40, 41, 2.

balista, balistārĭus, balistĭa, v. ballist-.

Balista ( Ballista), ae, f., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 39, 2, 7; 40, 41, 2.

balista, balistārĭus, balistĭa, v. ballist-.

Balista ( Ballista), ae, f., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 39, 2, 7; 40, 41, 2.

bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,

Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

bracchia et lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

subjecta lacertis bracchia,

id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,

Transf.

In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

collo dare bracchia circum,

to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

circumdare collo,

Ov. M. 9, 459:

implicare collo,

id. ib. 1, 762:

inicere collo,

id. ib. 3, 389:

cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

sinisteriore bracchio,

Suet. Dom. 17:

bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

Verg. A. 5, 427:

alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

id. ib. 5, 377:

juventus horrida bracchiis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

si bracchia forte remisit,

Verg. G. 1, 202:

matri bracchia tendere,

Ov. M. 3, 723:

patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 9, 210:

tendens ad caelum bracchia,

id. ib. 9, 293:

precando Bracchia sustulerat,

id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—

Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

demissa bracchia,

Quint. 2, 13, 9:

a latere modice remota,

id. 11, 3, 159:

ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

id. 11, 3, 118:

aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

id. 11, 3, 93:

bracchium in latus jactant,

id. 4, 2, 39:

si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—

Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

bracchia in numerum jactare,

Lucr. 4, 769;

imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

Verg. G. 4, 174.—

Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—

The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—

Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—

The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

of the vine,

Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

Cat. 64, 105:

differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—

An arm of the sea:

nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—

The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—

Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—

In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—

The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,

Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

bracchia et lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

subjecta lacertis bracchia,

id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,

Transf.

In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

collo dare bracchia circum,

to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

circumdare collo,

Ov. M. 9, 459:

implicare collo,

id. ib. 1, 762:

inicere collo,

id. ib. 3, 389:

cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

sinisteriore bracchio,

Suet. Dom. 17:

bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

Verg. A. 5, 427:

alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

id. ib. 5, 377:

juventus horrida bracchiis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

si bracchia forte remisit,

Verg. G. 1, 202:

matri bracchia tendere,

Ov. M. 3, 723:

patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 9, 210:

tendens ad caelum bracchia,

id. ib. 9, 293:

precando Bracchia sustulerat,

id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—

Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

demissa bracchia,

Quint. 2, 13, 9:

a latere modice remota,

id. 11, 3, 159:

ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

id. 11, 3, 118:

aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

id. 11, 3, 93:

bracchium in latus jactant,

id. 4, 2, 39:

si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—

Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

bracchia in numerum jactare,

Lucr. 4, 769;

imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

Verg. G. 4, 174.—

Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—

The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—

Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—

The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

of the vine,

Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

Cat. 64, 105:

differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—

An arm of the sea:

nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—

The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—

Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—

In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—

The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

chēlē, ēs, f., = chêlê (the claws or arms of animals).

In mechanics, the claw-shaped part of the ballista, the trigger:

manicula,

Vitr. 10, 15 and 17.—

Plur.: chēlae, ārum, f.; in astron., lit. the arms of Scorpio; but, since these extend into Libra, meton. Libra, Verg. G. 1, 33; Cic. Arat. 293; Col. 10, 56; Luc. 1, 659; Manil. 4, 203; cf. Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 120.

chēlē, ēs, f., = chêlê (the claws or arms of animals).

In mechanics, the claw-shaped part of the ballista, the trigger:

manicula,

Vitr. 10, 15 and 17.—

Plur.: chēlae, ārum, f.; in astron., lit. the arms of Scorpio; but, since these extend into Libra, meton. Libra, Verg. G. 1, 33; Cic. Arat. 293; Col. 10, 56; Luc. 1, 659; Manil. 4, 203; cf. Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 120.

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

lībrāmentum, i, n. [id.], that which gives to any thing a downward pressure; weight, gravity.

Lit.:

plumbi,

Liv. 42, 63, 4.—

A fall, descent of water:

libramentum aquae,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

quod libramentum cum exinanitum est, suscitat et elicit fontem, cum repletum, moratur et strangulat, of a spring that alternately rises and falls,

Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 10:

inferiore labro demisso ad libramentum modicae aquae receptae in fauces, palpitante ibi lingua ululatus elicitur, of the croaking of frogs,

Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 173.—

Transf.

A level surface, horizontal plane: extremitatem et quasi libramentum, in quo nulla omnino crassitudo sit, * Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

sub eodem libramento stare,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 12, 1: usque ad libramentum summi fornicis, Ael. Gall. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 206 Müll.—

Evenness, equality:

ventorum hiemalium et aestivorum,

Col. 1, 5, 8 —

A straight line:

si recto libramento inter solem terrasque media (luna) successit,

Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 4:

libramentum finale,

a boundary line, Amm. 15, 4, 4.—

A weight for balancing or giving motive power (ballista):

ferrea manus cum injecta prorae esset, gravique libramento plumbi recelleret ad solum,

Liv. 24, 34, 10:

arietem admotum nunc saxis ingentibus nunc libramento plumbi gravatum ad terram urguebant,

id. 42, 63, 4 Weissenb.:

late cladem intulisset, ni duo milites vincla ac libramenta tormento abscidissent,

Tac. H. 3, 23.

per-verto ( pervorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn around or about, to overturn, overthrow, throw down (class.).

Lit.: pinus proceras pervortunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.):

(coqui) aulas pervortunt,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 16:

turrim ballistā,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 59:

tum visam beluam immanem, quàcunque incederet, arbusta, virgulta, tecta pervertere,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

perversae rupes,

broken, craggy rocks, Liv. 21, 33.—

Esp., in wrestling or boxing, to throw down, knock down; hence:

si rex opstabit ob viam, regem ipsum prius pervortito,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—

Trop.

To overthrow, subvert; to destroy, ruin, undo, corrupt:

cito homo pervorti potest,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 52:

labefactare atque pervertere amicitiam aut justitiam,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

quidam, propositis malorum et bonorum finibus, omne officium perverterunt,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

omnia jura divina atque humana,

id. ib. 1, 8, 26:

ipse (Quinctius) postquam Junium pervertit, totam causam reliquit,

id. Quint. 39, 108:

hostium vim se perversurum putavit, pervertit autem suam,

id. Div. 2, 56, 115; id. Brut. 79, 273:

aliquem amicitiā alicujus,

Tac. A. 13, 45:

aliquem,

id. H. 3, 38:

aliquos et ambitio pervertet,

Quint. 12, 8, 2.—

To put down, confute, silence one (in allusion to the meaning I. B. supra):

nemo umquam me tenuissimā suspicione perstrinxit, quem non perverterim ac perfregerim,

Cic. Sull. 16, 47:

numquam ille me opprimet consilio, numquam ullo artificio pervertet,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44.—Hence, perver-sus ( pervorsus), a, um, P. a., turned the wrong way, askew, awry (cf. praeposterus).

Lit.: rectus perversusque partus, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

perversas induit comas,

gets her false hair on awry, Ov. A. A. 3, 246:

pondere capitum perversa ova,

Plin. 10, 16, 18, § 38: perversa vestis, i. e. pulla, Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 5:

Roscius erat perversissimis oculis, quales sunt strabonum,

dreadfully squint-eyed, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79.—

Trop., perverse, not right, wrong, evil, bad:

dies pervorsus atque advorsus,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 1:

nihil pravum et perversum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30:

quid magis inquinatum, deformatum, perversum, conturbatum dici potest,

id. Har. Resp. 12, 25:

homo praeposterus atque perversus,

id. Clu. 26, 71:

sapientia,

id. Mur. 36, 75:

mos,

id. Rosc. Com. 18, 56:

bellum Contra fata deūm perverso numine poscunt,

Verg. A. 7, 584:

perversa grammaticorum subtilitas,

Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13:

ambitio,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

generatio perversa,

wicked, Vulg. Deut. 32, 20 et saep. —As subst.: perversum, i, n., a wrong, evil:

in perversum sollers,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: perversē ( pervor-sē), awry, the wrong way.

Lit.:

sella curulis in senatu perverse collocata,

Suet. Galb. 18.—

Trop., perversely, wrongly, badly, ill: dicere, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 Vahl.); so,

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

erras pervorse, pater,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36:

interpretari,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

si quid fleri pervorse videt,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 40:

vides,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 20: si quid perverse tetreque factum est, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 23, 4:

uti deorum beneficio,

Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70:

imitari,

id. Off. 3, 32, 113:

quiescite agere perverse,

Vulg. Isa. 1, 16.— Comp.:

perversius,

Tert. Apol. 2.— Sup.:

perversissime suspicari,

Hier. in Matt. 1, 25.

per-verto ( pervorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn around or about, to overturn, overthrow, throw down (class.).

Lit.: pinus proceras pervortunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.):

(coqui) aulas pervortunt,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 16:

turrim ballistā,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 59:

tum visam beluam immanem, quàcunque incederet, arbusta, virgulta, tecta pervertere,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

perversae rupes,

broken, craggy rocks, Liv. 21, 33.—

Esp., in wrestling or boxing, to throw down, knock down; hence:

si rex opstabit ob viam, regem ipsum prius pervortito,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—

Trop.

To overthrow, subvert; to destroy, ruin, undo, corrupt:

cito homo pervorti potest,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 52:

labefactare atque pervertere amicitiam aut justitiam,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

quidam, propositis malorum et bonorum finibus, omne officium perverterunt,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

omnia jura divina atque humana,

id. ib. 1, 8, 26:

ipse (Quinctius) postquam Junium pervertit, totam causam reliquit,

id. Quint. 39, 108:

hostium vim se perversurum putavit, pervertit autem suam,

id. Div. 2, 56, 115; id. Brut. 79, 273:

aliquem amicitiā alicujus,

Tac. A. 13, 45:

aliquem,

id. H. 3, 38:

aliquos et ambitio pervertet,

Quint. 12, 8, 2.—

To put down, confute, silence one (in allusion to the meaning I. B. supra):

nemo umquam me tenuissimā suspicione perstrinxit, quem non perverterim ac perfregerim,

Cic. Sull. 16, 47:

numquam ille me opprimet consilio, numquam ullo artificio pervertet,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44.—Hence, perver-sus ( pervorsus), a, um, P. a., turned the wrong way, askew, awry (cf. praeposterus).

Lit.: rectus perversusque partus, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

perversas induit comas,

gets her false hair on awry, Ov. A. A. 3, 246:

pondere capitum perversa ova,

Plin. 10, 16, 18, § 38: perversa vestis, i. e. pulla, Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 5:

Roscius erat perversissimis oculis, quales sunt strabonum,

dreadfully squint-eyed, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79.—

Trop., perverse, not right, wrong, evil, bad:

dies pervorsus atque advorsus,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 1:

nihil pravum et perversum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30:

quid magis inquinatum, deformatum, perversum, conturbatum dici potest,

id. Har. Resp. 12, 25:

homo praeposterus atque perversus,

id. Clu. 26, 71:

sapientia,

id. Mur. 36, 75:

mos,

id. Rosc. Com. 18, 56:

bellum Contra fata deūm perverso numine poscunt,

Verg. A. 7, 584:

perversa grammaticorum subtilitas,

Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13:

ambitio,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

generatio perversa,

wicked, Vulg. Deut. 32, 20 et saep. —As subst.: perversum, i, n., a wrong, evil:

in perversum sollers,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: perversē ( pervor-sē), awry, the wrong way.

Lit.:

sella curulis in senatu perverse collocata,

Suet. Galb. 18.—

Trop., perversely, wrongly, badly, ill: dicere, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 Vahl.); so,

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

erras pervorse, pater,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36:

interpretari,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

si quid fleri pervorse videt,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 40:

vides,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 20: si quid perverse tetreque factum est, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 23, 4:

uti deorum beneficio,

Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70:

imitari,

id. Off. 3, 32, 113:

quiescite agere perverse,

Vulg. Isa. 1, 16.— Comp.:

perversius,

Tert. Apol. 2.— Sup.:

perversissime suspicari,

Hier. in Matt. 1, 25.

per-verto ( pervorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn around or about, to overturn, overthrow, throw down (class.).

Lit.: pinus proceras pervortunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.):

(coqui) aulas pervortunt,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 16:

turrim ballistā,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 59:

tum visam beluam immanem, quàcunque incederet, arbusta, virgulta, tecta pervertere,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

perversae rupes,

broken, craggy rocks, Liv. 21, 33.—

Esp., in wrestling or boxing, to throw down, knock down; hence:

si rex opstabit ob viam, regem ipsum prius pervortito,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—

Trop.

To overthrow, subvert; to destroy, ruin, undo, corrupt:

cito homo pervorti potest,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 52:

labefactare atque pervertere amicitiam aut justitiam,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

quidam, propositis malorum et bonorum finibus, omne officium perverterunt,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

omnia jura divina atque humana,

id. ib. 1, 8, 26:

ipse (Quinctius) postquam Junium pervertit, totam causam reliquit,

id. Quint. 39, 108:

hostium vim se perversurum putavit, pervertit autem suam,

id. Div. 2, 56, 115; id. Brut. 79, 273:

aliquem amicitiā alicujus,

Tac. A. 13, 45:

aliquem,

id. H. 3, 38:

aliquos et ambitio pervertet,

Quint. 12, 8, 2.—

To put down, confute, silence one (in allusion to the meaning I. B. supra):

nemo umquam me tenuissimā suspicione perstrinxit, quem non perverterim ac perfregerim,

Cic. Sull. 16, 47:

numquam ille me opprimet consilio, numquam ullo artificio pervertet,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44.—Hence, perver-sus ( pervorsus), a, um, P. a., turned the wrong way, askew, awry (cf. praeposterus).

Lit.: rectus perversusque partus, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

perversas induit comas,

gets her false hair on awry, Ov. A. A. 3, 246:

pondere capitum perversa ova,

Plin. 10, 16, 18, § 38: perversa vestis, i. e. pulla, Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 5:

Roscius erat perversissimis oculis, quales sunt strabonum,

dreadfully squint-eyed, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79.—

Trop., perverse, not right, wrong, evil, bad:

dies pervorsus atque advorsus,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 1:

nihil pravum et perversum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30:

quid magis inquinatum, deformatum, perversum, conturbatum dici potest,

id. Har. Resp. 12, 25:

homo praeposterus atque perversus,

id. Clu. 26, 71:

sapientia,

id. Mur. 36, 75:

mos,

id. Rosc. Com. 18, 56:

bellum Contra fata deūm perverso numine poscunt,

Verg. A. 7, 584:

perversa grammaticorum subtilitas,

Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13:

ambitio,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

generatio perversa,

wicked, Vulg. Deut. 32, 20 et saep. —As subst.: perversum, i, n., a wrong, evil:

in perversum sollers,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: perversē ( pervor-sē), awry, the wrong way.

Lit.:

sella curulis in senatu perverse collocata,

Suet. Galb. 18.—

Trop., perversely, wrongly, badly, ill: dicere, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 Vahl.); so,

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

erras pervorse, pater,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36:

interpretari,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

si quid fleri pervorse videt,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 40:

vides,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 20: si quid perverse tetreque factum est, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 23, 4:

uti deorum beneficio,

Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70:

imitari,

id. Off. 3, 32, 113:

quiescite agere perverse,

Vulg. Isa. 1, 16.— Comp.:

perversius,

Tert. Apol. 2.— Sup.:

perversissime suspicari,

Hier. in Matt. 1, 25.

Phōcaea, ae, f., = Phôkaia, a maritime town of Ionia, a colony of the Athenians, whose inhabitants fled, to escape from Persian domination, and founded Massilia, now Fouges or Foggia, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 37, 31 sq.; cf. Gell. 10, 16, 4, and v. 2. Phocis, B.— Hence,

Phōcaeensis, e, adj., Phocœan:

Graeci,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.—In plur. subst.: Phōcaeenses, ĭum, m., the Phocœans, Liv. 37, 21, 7; 38, 39, 12 Drak. ad loc.; Plin. 3, 4, 4, § 22; Just. 43, 3, 20.—

Phō-caei, ōrum, m., the Phocœans, Mel. 1, 19; 2, 5; Hor. Epod. 16, 17.—

Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocœan:

murex,

which was taken near Phocœa, Ov. M. 6, 9.—

Transf., Massilian:

ora,

Sil. 4, 52:

Phocaicae Emporiae,

a Spanish town founded by the Massilians, id. 3, 369.—

Phōcăis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phocœan; poet. for Massilian:

juventus,

Luc. 3, 301:

ballista,

constructed with great skill by the Massilians, Sil. 1, 335.—

Phōcenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Phocœa, the Phocœans, Just. 37, 1, 1.

Phōcaea, ae, f., = Phôkaia, a maritime town of Ionia, a colony of the Athenians, whose inhabitants fled, to escape from Persian domination, and founded Massilia, now Fouges or Foggia, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 37, 31 sq.; cf. Gell. 10, 16, 4, and v. 2. Phocis, B.— Hence,

Phōcaeensis, e, adj., Phocœan:

Graeci,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.—In plur. subst.: Phōcaeenses, ĭum, m., the Phocœans, Liv. 37, 21, 7; 38, 39, 12 Drak. ad loc.; Plin. 3, 4, 4, § 22; Just. 43, 3, 20.—

Phō-caei, ōrum, m., the Phocœans, Mel. 1, 19; 2, 5; Hor. Epod. 16, 17.—

Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocœan:

murex,

which was taken near Phocœa, Ov. M. 6, 9.—

Transf., Massilian:

ora,

Sil. 4, 52:

Phocaicae Emporiae,

a Spanish town founded by the Massilians, id. 3, 369.—

Phōcăis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phocœan; poet. for Massilian:

juventus,

Luc. 3, 301:

ballista,

constructed with great skill by the Massilians, Sil. 1, 335.—

Phōcenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Phocœa, the Phocœans, Just. 37, 1, 1.

Phōcaea, ae, f., = Phôkaia, a maritime town of Ionia, a colony of the Athenians, whose inhabitants fled, to escape from Persian domination, and founded Massilia, now Fouges or Foggia, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 37, 31 sq.; cf. Gell. 10, 16, 4, and v. 2. Phocis, B.— Hence,

Phōcaeensis, e, adj., Phocœan:

Graeci,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.—In plur. subst.: Phōcaeenses, ĭum, m., the Phocœans, Liv. 37, 21, 7; 38, 39, 12 Drak. ad loc.; Plin. 3, 4, 4, § 22; Just. 43, 3, 20.—

Phō-caei, ōrum, m., the Phocœans, Mel. 1, 19; 2, 5; Hor. Epod. 16, 17.—

Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocœan:

murex,

which was taken near Phocœa, Ov. M. 6, 9.—

Transf., Massilian:

ora,

Sil. 4, 52:

Phocaicae Emporiae,

a Spanish town founded by the Massilians, id. 3, 369.—

Phōcăis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phocœan; poet. for Massilian:

juventus,

Luc. 3, 301:

ballista,

constructed with great skill by the Massilians, Sil. 1, 335.—

Phōcenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Phocœa, the Phocœans, Just. 37, 1, 1.

Phōcaea, ae, f., = Phôkaia, a maritime town of Ionia, a colony of the Athenians, whose inhabitants fled, to escape from Persian domination, and founded Massilia, now Fouges or Foggia, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 37, 31 sq.; cf. Gell. 10, 16, 4, and v. 2. Phocis, B.— Hence,

Phōcaeensis, e, adj., Phocœan:

Graeci,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.—In plur. subst.: Phōcaeenses, ĭum, m., the Phocœans, Liv. 37, 21, 7; 38, 39, 12 Drak. ad loc.; Plin. 3, 4, 4, § 22; Just. 43, 3, 20.—

Phō-caei, ōrum, m., the Phocœans, Mel. 1, 19; 2, 5; Hor. Epod. 16, 17.—

Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocœan:

murex,

which was taken near Phocœa, Ov. M. 6, 9.—

Transf., Massilian:

ora,

Sil. 4, 52:

Phocaicae Emporiae,

a Spanish town founded by the Massilians, id. 3, 369.—

Phōcăis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phocœan; poet. for Massilian:

juventus,

Luc. 3, 301:

ballista,

constructed with great skill by the Massilians, Sil. 1, 335.—

Phōcenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Phocœa, the Phocœans, Just. 37, 1, 1.