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  • 1 aestus

        aestus ūs, m    [AID-], an agitation, glow, heat, rage of fire: furit aestus ad auras, V.: quia oleam momorderit aestus, H.: labore et aestu languidi, S.: ad aestūs vitandos aedificare, Cs.: Aestibus mediis, in midday heat, V.: Caniculae, H.: sidereus, O.: ulceris aestus, fever: aegri aestu febrique iactantur.—Poet., summer: medio in aestu, O. — Of the sea, a heaving, swell, surge: fervet aestu pelagus; cf. exsultant aestu latices, boil up, V.: aequoris, breakers, V.: ingreditur ferventes aestibus undas, O. — The waves, billows, sea: delphines aestum secabant, V.: maritimos aestūs maximos in oceano efficere, tides: minuente aestu, at low tide, Cs.—Fig.: quantos aestūs habet ratio comitiorum, tides of passion: civilis belli aestus, H.: quasi aestus ingeni.—Irresolution, uncertainty, hesitation: qui tibi aestus, qui error: amor irarum fluctuat aestu, V.: aestūs graves, H.
    * * *
    agitation, passion, seething; raging, boiling; heat/fire; sea tide/spray/swell

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  • 2 Excitabat fluctus in simpulo

    • He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot) (Cicero)

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  • 3 aestuo

    aestŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [aestus], to be in agilation or in violent commotion, to move to and fro, to rage, to toss, to boil up.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of fire, to rage, burn:

    aestuat ut clausis rapidus fornacibus ignis,

    as the fire heaves and roars in the closed furnaces, Verg. G. 4, 263:

    tectus magis aestuat ignis,

    Ov. M. 4, 64.—Hence,
    2.
    Of the effect of fire, to be warm or hot, to burn, glow; both objectively, I am warm (Fr. je suis chaud), and subjectively, it is warm to me, I feel warm (Fr. j'ai chaud).
    a.
    Object.: nunc dum occasio est, dum scribilitae aestuant ( while the cakes are warm) occurrite, Plaut. Poen. prol. 43; Verg. G. 1, 107:

    torridus aestuat aër,

    glows, Prop. 3, 24, 3; Luc. 1, 16. —
    b.
    Subject., to feel warmth or heat (weaker than sudare, to sweat, and opp. algere, to be cold, to feel cold;

    v. Doed. Syn. 3, 89): Lycurgi leges erudiunt juventutem esuriendo, sitiendo, algendo, aestuando,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

    ille cum aestuaret, umbram secutus est,

    id. Ac. 2, 22:

    sub pondere,

    Ov. M. 12, 514; Juv. 3, 103.—
    B.
    Of the undulating, heaving motion of the sea, to rise in waves or billows (cf. aestus):

    Maura unda,

    Hor. C. 2, 6, 4:

    gurges,

    Verg. A. 6, 296.—
    C.
    Of other things, to have an undulating, waving motion, to be tossed, to heave:

    in ossibus umor,

    Verg. G. 4, 308:

    ventis pulsa aestuat arbor,

    Lucr. 5, 1097; Gell. 17, 11, 5. —Of an agitated crowd, Prud. 11, 228.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the passions, love, desire, envy, jealousy, etc., to burn with desire, to be in violent, passionate excitement, to be agitated or excited, to be inflamed:

    quod ubi auditum est, aestuare (hist. inf.) illi, qui dederant pecuniam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23:

    quae cum dies noctesque aestuans agitaret,

    Sall. J. 93:

    desiderio alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18:

    invidiā,

    Sall. C. 23:

    ingens in corde pudor,

    Verg. A. 12, 666:

    at rex Odrysius in illa Aestuat,

    Ov. M. 6, 490 (cf. uri in id. ib. 7, 22;

    and ardere in id,

    ib. 9, 724); Mart. 9, 23:

    aestuat (Alexander) infelix angusto limite mundi (the figure is derived from the swelling and raging of the sea when confined),

    Juv. 10, 169; so Luc. 6, 63.—
    B.
    Esp. in prose, to waver, to vacillate, to hesitate, to be uncertain or in doubt, to be undecided:

    dubitatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: quod petiit, spernit; repetit quod nuper omisit;

    Aestuat et vitae disconvenit ordine toto,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 99:

    sic anceps inter utramque animus aestuat,

    Quint. 10, 7, 33; Suet. Claud. 4:

    aestuante rege,

    Just. 1, 10.

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  • 4 aestus

    aestus, ūs (archaic gen. aesti, Pac. 97 Rib.; rare form of nom. plur. aestuus). m. [kind. with aestas and Gr. aithô; v. aestas], an undulating, boiling, waving, tossing; a waving, heaving, billowy motion.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of fire; hence, in gen., fire, glow, heat (orig. in relation to its flashing up; while fervor denotes a glowing, ardor a burning, and calor a warming heat; yet it was early used for warming heat;

    v. the following example): nam fretus ipse anni permiscet frigus et aestum,

    heat and cold are blended, Lucr. 6, 364 (for which calor, id. 6, 368, 371 al.):

    multa aestu victa per agros,

    id. 5, 1104:

    exsuperant flammae, furit aestus ad auras,

    Verg. A. 2, 759:

    caniculae,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 18; so id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

    labore et aestu languidus,

    Sall. J. 51.—In plur.:

    neque frigora neque aestus facile tolerabat,

    Suet. Aug. 81.—So of midday heat:

    aestibus at mediis umbrosam exquirere vallem,

    Verg. G. 3, 331 (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 22: ille cum aestuaret, umbram secutus est).—And of the heat of disease (of [p. 63] wounds, fever, inflammation, etc.): ulceris aestus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19:

    homines aegri cum aestu febrique jactantur,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13.—
    B.
    The undulating, heaving motion of the sea, the swell, surge: fervet aestu pelagus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39; hence, meton. for the sea in agitation, waves, billows:

    delphines aestum secabant,

    Verg. A. 8, 674:

    furit aestus harenis,

    id. ib. 1, 107:

    aestus totos campos inundaverant,

    Curt. 9, 9, 18.—In Verg. once of the boiling up of water in a vessel: exsultant aestu latices, Aen. 7, 464.—
    C.
    Esp., the periodical flux and reflux or ebb and flow of the sea, the tide (cf. Varr. L. L. 9, 19; Mel. 3, 1:

    aestus maris accedere et reciprocare maxime mirum, pluribus quidem modis, sed causa in sole lunāque,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99); Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6: quid de fretis aut de marinis aestibus dicam? quorum accessus et recessus ( flow and ebb) lunae motu gubernantur, Cic. Div. 2, 14 fin.:

    crescens,

    Plin. 2, 100, 97, § 219:

    decedens,

    id. ib.:

    recedens,

    id. 2, 98, 101, § 220: secundus, in our favor, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 2: adversus, against us, id. ap. Non. 138, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The passionate ferment or commotion of the mind, the fire, glow, ardor of any ( even a good) passion (cf. aestuo, II. A.):

    et belli magnos commovit funditus aestus (genus humanum),

    has stirred up from their very bottom the waves of discord, Lucr. 5, 1434:

    civilis belli aestus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47 (cf. id. C. 2, 7, 15):

    repente te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui procul a terrā abripuit atque in altum abstraxit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 36:

    hunc absorbuit aestus quidam gloriae,

    id. Brut. 81:

    stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8:

    perstet et, ut pelagi, sic pectoris adjuvet aestum,

    the glow of love, Ov. H. 16, 25.—
    B.
    A vacillating, irresolute state of mind, doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, trouble, embarrassment, anxiely:

    qui tibi aestus, qui error, quae tenebrae,

    Cic. Div. in Caecin. 14:

    vario fluctuat aestu,

    Verg. A. 12, 486:

    amor magno irarum fluctuat aestu,

    id. ib. 4, 532; cf. id. ib. 8, 19:

    aestus curaeque graves,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 110.—
    C.
    In the Epicurean philos. lang. of Lucretius, the undulatory flow or stream of atoms, atomic efflux, as the cause of perception (cf. affluo, I.):

    Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor ab sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris, exesor moerorum litora propter, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 926; and in id. 6, 1002 sq., the magnetic fluid is several times designated by aestus lapidis.

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  • 5 Decima

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 6 Decimianus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 7 decimum

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 8 Decimus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 9 decimus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 10 decumus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 11 fluctus

    fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m. [fluo; cf. fluctio], the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving.
    I.
    In abstr. (rare; cf.:

    unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,

    Lucr. 6, 554 sq. —Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus):

    Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,

    Lucr. 6, 1053.—In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. a fin. —
    II.
    Transf., a flow, flood. —In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.).
    (α).
    Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82:

    fluctum a saxo frangi,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

    fluctus uti... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,

    Verg. G. 3, 237:

    ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

    to the waves, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.—
    (β).
    Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.):

    excitatis maximis fluctibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 6:

    (insulae) fluctibus cinctae,

    id. ib. 2, 4; cf.:

    Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,

    id. Fl. 26, 63:

    sese fluctibus committere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

    sedatis fluctibus,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3:

    in fluctibus consistere,

    id. ib. 4, 24, 2:

    fluctibus compleri,

    id. ib. 4, 28 fin.:

    luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 15:

    o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 2:

    mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,

    Verg. A. 1, 66:

    procella... fluctus ad sidera tollit,

    id. ib. 1, 103:

    revomere salsos fluctus pectore,

    id. ib. 5, 182.—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—
    2.
    Poet. transf., a stream of odors:

    unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

    Lucr. 4, 675.—And of a stream of fire:

    atro volvens incendia fluctu,

    Val. Fl. 7, 572.—
    B.
    Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance:

    qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

    Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf.

    contionum,

    id. Mil. 2, 5:

    rerum Fluctibus in mediis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11:

    hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

    fluctus civiles,

    Nep. Att. 6:

    capere irarum fluctus in pectore,

    Lucr. 3, 298; so,

    irarum,

    id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.:

    tristes curarum,

    Lucr. 6, 34:

    belli,

    id. 5, 1290.

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  • 12 momen

    mōmen, ĭnis, n. [for movimen, from moveo].
    I.
    Movement, motion:

    e salso consurgere momine ponti,

    i. e. from the salt billows, Lucr. 6, 474; so also id. 2, 632, and 4, 179; v. Lachm. (where others read numine); cf. id. 3, 144.—
    II.
    Weight, momentum; importance, moment (ante- and postclass.):

    momine parvo moveri,

    Lucr. 3, 188:

    nullius mominis esse,

    to be of no consequence, of no moment, Arn. 2, 77.—
    * III.
    A moment of time, Manil. 3, 675.

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