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dēclāmĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v., freq. n. and a. [declamo], to practise rhetorical delivery or declamation, to declaim (good prose; most frequent in Cic.).

In a good sense.

Absol.:

commentabar declamitans (sic enim nunc loquuntur), saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie,

Cic. Brut. 90, 310; so id. de Or. 1, 59, 251; id. Fam. 16, 21, 5; Quint. 12, 11, 15.—

With acc.:

causas,

to plead for the sake of practise, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.—

In a bad sense, to talk violently, to bluster:

de aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 17.

dē-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. — Rhetor. t. t., to exercise one's self in rhetorical delivery, to practise speaking, to declaim. For syn. cf.: dictito, concionor, pronuntio, palam dico, praedico, recito, declamito. (Class., most freq. in Cic. and Quint.)

In a good sense.

Neutr.:

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

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 73: dum tu declamas Romae, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2:

declamare doces?

Juv. 7, 150:

haec est sedes orationis, hic laus omnis declamantium,

Quint. 9, 4, 62 (al. declamat) et saep.— Pass. impers.:

in eo, quomodo declametur, positum est etiam, quomodo agatur,

Quint. 9, 2, 81.—

Act. (rare; not in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, declamito, no. I. b):

suasorias,

Quint. 3, 8, 61.—

Poet., in gen., to speak oratorically, to declaim:

quis nisi mentis inops tenerae declamet amicae?

Ov. A. A. 1, 465.—

In a bad sense, to speak as an orator with violence, to declaim, to bluster, bawl:

ille insanus, qui pro isto vehementissime contra me declamasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66 fin.;

so in quemvis,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 2:

aliquid ex alia oratione declamare,

id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet.):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

Transf.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet.):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

In partic.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

Transf.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet.):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet.):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

Transf.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet.):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

In partic.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

Transf.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet.):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet.):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

Transf.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet.):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

In partic.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

Transf.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet.):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

măre, is ( abl. sing. mare, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 45 and 111 P.; and in Prisc. p. 759 ib.; Lucr. 1, 161; Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20; id. P. 4, 6, 46; 198; Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 11; gen. plur. marum, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 770 P.), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (cf. hals marmareê, Il. 14, 273); Gr. marmaros; Lat. marmor; Sanscr. mīras, sea; Goth. marei; Angl. - Sax. mere; Germ. Meer. Curtius, however, refers these words to root mar-, die; cf. morior, marceo], the sea, opp. to dry land.

Lit.

In gen.: sol, qui Mare, terram, caelum contines tuo cum lumine, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 322 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ib.):

mare infidum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 13:

fluctuosum,

id. Rud. 4, 2, 5:

ventosum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

tumultuosum,

id. ib. 3, 1, 26:

tumidum,

Verg. A. 8, 671:

placidum,

id. E. 2, 26:

tranquillum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 4:

vastissimum,

Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

vastum atque apertum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

profundum et immensum,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

planum,

Juv. 12, 62:

numquam ingressus es mare,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 5:

mare pedibus ingredi,

Lact. 4, 15, 21:

remenso ire mari,

Verg. A. 3, 144: terrā marique, by sea and by land:

terra marique acquirenda,

i. e. at all hazards, Juv. 14, 222; v. terra.—In plur.: maria salsa, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 145 Vahl.):

quibus cavernis maria sustineantur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24 fin.:

in reliquis maribus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2.— Poet. as a figure for hard-heartedness:

te saevae progenuere ferae Aut mare, etc.,

Ov. H. 7, 39; cf. Cat. 64, 155; cf. also: Nam mare haud est mare; vos mare acerrumum;

nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 8 sq.: meretricem ego item esse reor mare ut est;

quod des devorat, numquam abundat,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 17 sq. —In apposition with Oceanus:

proximus mare Oceanum in Andibus hiemarat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; Tac. H. 4, 12; cf.

also: ecce maris magna claudit nos obice pontus,

the depths of the sea, Verg. A. 10, 377:

maria omnia caelo Miscere,

id. ib. 5, 790.—Prov.: mare caelo miscere, to mingle sea and sky, i. e. to raise a terrific storm, bluster:

clames licet, et mare caelo Confundas, homo sum,

Juv. 6, 282:

quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,

id. 2, 25: terrā marique aliquid quaerere or conquirere, to search for a thing by sea and land, i. e. everywhere, Plaut. Poen. prol. 105; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9; Sall. C. 13: maria et montes polliceri, to promise seas and mountains, i. e. more than one can perform, id. ib. 23, 2: his qui contentus non est, in mare fundat aquas, pour water into the sea, i. e. fill that which is already full, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—

In partic., of single seas:

mare nostrum,

i. e. the Mediterranean Sea, Caes. B. G. 5, 1; Sall. J. 17; Plin. 6, 28, 30, § 126; Luc. 8, 293:

mare superum,

the Upper Sea, the Adriatic, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41; 3, 5, 10 al.: mare inferum, the Etruscan Sea, Cic. l. l.; Att. 8, 3, 5; Mel. l. l.;

Plin. l. l. al.: mare Aegeum,

Juv. 13, 246: mare rubrum, v. ruber;

of a fresh - water lake: Galileae,

Vulg. Matt. 4, 18.—

Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Sea-water, salt-water:

Chium maris expers,

unmixed Chian wine, Hor. S. 2, 8, 15 (id est, sine aqua marina, Schol. Acr.); so,

vinum mari condire,

Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73.—

The color of the sea, sea-green:

smaragdi virens mare,

Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80. —

Of the air: mare aëris, the sea, i. e. expanse of air:

id omne Aëris in magnum fertur mare,

Lucr. 5, 276.—

A large vessel:

bases et mare aëneum,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 25, 13.