by the teeth

dens, dentis ( gen. plur. usually dentium, but dentum is approved by Varr. L. L. 7, 38, 67), m. [root in Sanscr. dantas, Gr. odous, Goth. tunthus, Germ. Zahn, and Engl. tooth; cf. edo, Engl. eat], a tooth.

Prop.: cui auro dentes juncti escunt, XII. Tab. 10, 9; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160 sq.; Cels. 8, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 54; Isid. 11, 1, 52:

primores,

the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68;

also called adversi acuti,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54:

praecisores,

Isid. 11, 1, 52;

and in beasts: rapaces,

Veg. Vet. 6, 1, 1:

canini,

the canine teeth, eye-teeth, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

in horses: columellares,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160:

maxillares,

the jaw-teeth, grinders, Cels. 8, 1; called also genuini, Cic. l. l.;

and molares, Isid. l. l. et saep.: dentes scalpere,

Plin. 30, 4, 9, § 27:

fricare,

id. ib.:

scariphare,

id. 28, 11, 49, § 179; cf. id. 30, 3, 8, § 21:

mobiles confirmare,

id. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf.:

mobiles stabilire,

id. 32, 7, 26, § 80:

eximere,

to extract, Cels. 6, 9; so,

evellere,

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25:

extrahere,

id. 32, 7, 26, § 79:

excutere,

Juv. 16, 10 et saep.:

dens Indus,

i. e. the elephant's, Ov. M. 8, 288; hence for ivory, id. ib. 11, 167;

also called dens Libycus,

Prop. 2, 31, 12 (3, 29, 12 M.):

Numida,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 28;

and Erythraeus,

Mart. 13, 100.—

Prov.

Albis dentibus deridere aliquem, i. e. to laugh heartily at a person (so as to show one's teeth), Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48.—

Venire sub dentem, to fall into the jaws, under the clutches of, Petr. 58, 6.—

Dentem pro dente, tooth for tooth, Vulg. Matt. 5, 38.—

Meton. of things resembling a tooth, a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, etc.:

aratri,

Col. 2, 4, 6; Verg. G. 2, 423 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 135 Müll.: (irpicis) acc. to id. ib.:

pectinis,

id. ib.; Tib. 1, 9, 68: (clavi) id. 1, 2, 18:

serrae,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227; Vitr. 1, 5; cf. Ov. M. 8, 246, and 6, 58;

hence, in architecture, the walls indentated like the teeth of a saw, which connected the two main walls,

Vitr. 6, 11:

forcipis,

id. 10, 2: (ancorae) Verg. A. 6, 3;

for falx (vinitorum),

the pruning-hook, id. G. 2, 406 et saep.—

Trop., the tooth of envy, envy, ill-will:

more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

Cic. Balb. 26:

invidus,

Hor. Od. 4, 3, 16:

ater,

id. Epod. 6, 15.—

Of a destroying power:

leti sub dentibus ipsis,

Lucr. 1, 852; cf.

of time: vitiataque dentibus aevi consumere omnia,

Ov. M. 15, 235;

and of water: aqua dentes habet,

Petr. 42;

of malice: malignitatis dentes vitare,

Val. Max. 4, 7, extr. 2.

dentĭo, īre, v. n. [dens], to get or cut teeth, to teeth.

Prop.:

propria dentientium,

Cels. 2, 1 med.:

pueros tarde dentientis,

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; cf. id. 21, 20, 83, § 140 al.:

auribus perhauriunda haec sunt, ne dentes dentiant (the words of a parasite who fears to have nothing for his teeth to chew upon),

lest the teeth grow, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 34 Lorenz ad loc.

dentĭo, ōnis, f. [1. dentio], a teething, dentition, Plin. Val. 1, 4, 2.

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frendo and frendeo, frendui, frēsum and fressum (v. infra), 2 and 3, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. chrem-izô, to neigh, chromê; Germ. greinen, grinsen, Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 72].

Neutr., to gnash the teeth (for syn. cf. fremo):

ego illum male formidabam, ita frendebat dentibus,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 5; id. Truc. 2, 7, 41:

Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: frendens aper,

Ov. A. A. 1, 46:

et graviter frendens sic fatis ora resolvit,

Verg. G. 4, 452:

tumidā frendens Mavortius irā,

Ov. M. 8, 437:

(Hannibal) frendens gemensque ac vix lacrimis temperans dicitur legatorum verba audisse,

Liv. 30, 20, 1:

frenduerunt super me dentibus suis,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 16.— Poet. transf.:

dolor frendens,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 693.—With acc.: nec, machaera, audes dentes frendere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 447, 18.—

To crush, bruise, or grind to pieces (as if gnashing the teeth):

porci dicuntur nefrendes ab eo, quod nondum fabam frendere possunt, id est frangere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: saxo fruges frendas, Att. ap. Non. 437, 21 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 478); Pac. ib. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 11):

fresi et aqua macerati ervi sextarius,

Col. 6, 3, 4:

fresa cicera,

id. 2, 10, 35:

faba fresa,

id. 2, 11, 7; 6, 3, 5;

for which: faba fressa,

Cels. 5, 18, 21.—

To lament over with rage, gnash the teeth at: frendēre noctes, misera, quas perpessa sum, Pac. ap. Non. 447, 17 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 10).—With object-clause:

frendente Alexandro, eripi sibi victoriam e manibus,

Curt. 4, 16, 3.

frendo and frendeo, frendui, frēsum and fressum (v. infra), 2 and 3, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. chrem-izô, to neigh, chromê; Germ. greinen, grinsen, Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 72].

Neutr., to gnash the teeth (for syn. cf. fremo):

ego illum male formidabam, ita frendebat dentibus,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 5; id. Truc. 2, 7, 41:

Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: frendens aper,

Ov. A. A. 1, 46:

et graviter frendens sic fatis ora resolvit,

Verg. G. 4, 452:

tumidā frendens Mavortius irā,

Ov. M. 8, 437:

(Hannibal) frendens gemensque ac vix lacrimis temperans dicitur legatorum verba audisse,

Liv. 30, 20, 1:

frenduerunt super me dentibus suis,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 16.— Poet. transf.:

dolor frendens,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 693.—With acc.: nec, machaera, audes dentes frendere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 447, 18.—

To crush, bruise, or grind to pieces (as if gnashing the teeth):

porci dicuntur nefrendes ab eo, quod nondum fabam frendere possunt, id est frangere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: saxo fruges frendas, Att. ap. Non. 437, 21 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 478); Pac. ib. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 11):

fresi et aqua macerati ervi sextarius,

Col. 6, 3, 4:

fresa cicera,

id. 2, 10, 35:

faba fresa,

id. 2, 11, 7; 6, 3, 5;

for which: faba fressa,

Cels. 5, 18, 21.—

To lament over with rage, gnash the teeth at: frendēre noctes, misera, quas perpessa sum, Pac. ap. Non. 447, 17 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 10).—With object-clause:

frendente Alexandro, eripi sibi victoriam e manibus,

Curt. 4, 16, 3.

morsus, a, um, Part., from mordeo.

morsus, ūs, m. [mordeo], a biting, a bite.

Lit.: contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo aristarum. Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

serpentis,

id. Fat. 16, 36:

morsu apprehendere,

to bite, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

morsibus insequi,

Ov. M. 13, 568:

morsu appetere,

Tac. H. 4, 42:

nec tu mensarum morsus horresce futuros,

the eating, Verg. A. 3, 394:

mucida frusta farinae... non admittentia morsum,

Juv. 5, 69:

vertere morsus Exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi,

their bites, their teeth, id. ib. 7, [p. 1167] 112; so,

zonam morsu tenere,

by the teeth, Juv. 14, 297.—

Transf.

A catching hold; and, concr., that which takes hold, a catch (of a buckle, etc.; poet.):

quā fibulā morsus Loricae crebro laxata resolverat ictu,

Sil. 7, 624:

roboris,

i. e. the cleft of the tree which held fast the javelin, Verg. A. 12, 782:

patulis agitatos morsibus ignes spirent,

Grat. Falisc. 270.—

Sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency:

nec cibus ipse juvat morsu fraudatus aceti,

Mart. 7, 25, 5:

marinus,

acrid quality, Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

et scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses,

i. e. a corroding, consuming, Luc. 1, 243.—

Trop., a bite, sting, pain, vexation, etc.:

(carmina) odio obscuro morsuque venenare,

a malicious attack, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

perpetui curarum morsus,

gnawings, pains, Ov. P. 1, 1, 73:

doloris,

a bite, sting, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

libertatis intermissae,

id. Off. 2, 7, 24:

dubiā morsus famae depellere pugnā,

Sil. 2, 271.

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in-frendĕo, ēre, and in-frendo, ĕre, v. n., to gnash the teeth ( poet. and postclass.):

dentibus infrendens gemitu,

Verg. A. 3, 664:

ac simul infrendens,

Stat. Th. 5, 663:

infrendite, inspumate,

Tert. Apol. 12. —

To gnash the teeth at, threaten furiously; with dat.:

aliis infrendentem,

Stat. Th. 8, 580.

mŏla, ae, f. [cf. mulê, mulos, mill, millstone; mulai, grinders, molar-teeth; cf. molaris], a millstone; and usu. plur. molae, a mill (driven by slaves, animals, or water):

verbera, compedes, molae,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 9: molarum strepitum audire, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 4 (Com. 7 Vahl. p. 153):

molae oleariae duro et aspero lapide,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55:

trusatiles,

Gell. 3, 3, 14:

pumiceae,

Ov. F. 6, 318:

aquariae,

water-mills, Pall. 1, 42:

digni molam versare Nepotis,

Juv. 8, 67:

versatiles,

Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

mola asinaria,

i. e. millstone, too heavy for a man to drive, Vulg. Matt. 18, 6; id. Marc. 9, 41:

molae olivariae,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 36.—

Transf.

Grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt (hence called mola salsa), which it was customary to strew on the victims at sacrifices: mola etiam vocatur far tostum, et sale sparsum, quod eo molito hostiae aspergantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 141 Müll.:

sparge molam,

Verg. E. 8, 82:

molam et vinum inspergere,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

aut molā salsā aut ture comprecari,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 109:

molā salsā supplicare,

Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7: litare, id. praef. med.:

consumpsi salsasque molas et turis acervos,

Mart. 7, 5, 4.—

A false conception, moon-calf, mole, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63; 10, 64, 84, § 184.—

A jawbone, or the teeth:

molas leonum confringet,

Vulg. Psa. 57, 7.

to gnash one's teeth, bruise, crush, grind.

gnash the teeth, crush, bruise, grind.

brŏchus, brocchus, broccus, or broncus, a, um, adj. [root bor-; cf. voro] (ante - class. and rare).

Lit., of the teeth of animals, projecting:

dentes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3 Schneid.; 2, 9, 3.—

Transf., of animals, with projecting teeth, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 25, 27 sq.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.

Brŏchus, i, m., a Roman cognomen:

Brochus (Brocchus),

Cic. Lig. 4, 11; 11, 32 sq.

brŏchus, brocchus, broccus, or broncus, a, um, adj. [root bor-; cf. voro] (ante - class. and rare).

Lit., of the teeth of animals, projecting:

dentes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3 Schneid.; 2, 9, 3.—

Transf., of animals, with projecting teeth, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 25, 27 sq.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.

Brŏchus, i, m., a Roman cognomen:

Brochus (Brocchus),

Cic. Lig. 4, 11; 11, 32 sq.

brŏchus, brocchus, broccus, or broncus, a, um, adj. [root bor-; cf. voro] (ante - class. and rare).

Lit., of the teeth of animals, projecting:

dentes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3 Schneid.; 2, 9, 3.—

Transf., of animals, with projecting teeth, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 25, 27 sq.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.

Brŏchus, i, m., a Roman cognomen:

Brochus (Brocchus),

Cic. Lig. 4, 11; 11, 32 sq.

brŏchus, brocchus, broccus, or broncus, a, um, adj. [root bor-; cf. voro] (ante - class. and rare).

Lit., of the teeth of animals, projecting:

dentes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3 Schneid.; 2, 9, 3.—

Transf., of animals, with projecting teeth, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 25, 27 sq.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.

Brŏchus, i, m., a Roman cognomen:

Brochus (Brocchus),

Cic. Lig. 4, 11; 11, 32 sq.

albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; alphos = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Alpheios, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).

Lit.

In gen.:

barba,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

corpus,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus;

v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere,

to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.:

albi et nigri velleris,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 35:

non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

ib. Matt. 5, 36.—

Esp.

Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like:

aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

pallor,

id. Epod. 7, 15:

vivat et urbanis albus in officiis,

pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —

Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem;

vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619:

vidit duos Angelos in albis,

Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—

Prov. phrases.

Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26).—

Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me:

vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer,

Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—

Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner:

qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the prætor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —

Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.—

Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange:

quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—

Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—

Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—

Trop.

Favorable, fortunate, propitious:

simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,

i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27:

dies,

Sil. 15, 53:

sint omnia protinus alba,

Pers. 1, 110.—

Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry:

Notus,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. leukonotos):

iapyx,

id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.:

clarus aquilo,

Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,

album, i, n., whiteness.

White color, white:

maculis insignis et albo,

Verg. G. 3, 56;

sparsis pellibus albo,

id. E. 2, 41:

columnas polire albo,

to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,

Esp.,

The white of the eye:

oculorum,

Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—

The white of an egg:

ovi,

Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—

In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—

In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like leukôma in Gr.).

The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

The tablets of the prœtor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the prœtor, Sen. Ep. 48:

se ad album transferre,

Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—

Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137:

aliquem albo senatorio eradere,

Tac. A. 4, 42 fin. —Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quœstors:

aliquem albo judicum eradere,

Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names:

citharoedorum,

Suet. Ner. 21.

māla, ae, f. [mando, like scala, from scando], the cheek-bone, jaw; in the stricter anatomical sense, the upper bones of the face, between the eyes, nose, and mouth, in which the teeth are fixed (usually in plur.):

maxilla est mobile os. Malae cum toto osse, quod superiores dentes excipit, immobiles sunt,

Cels. 8, 1:

dentium pars maxillae, pars superiori ossi malarum haeret,

id. ib.: ut meos malis miser manderem natos, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 215; Lucr. 2, 638:

ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas,

Verg. A. 3, 257.—Of the dog, Verg. A. 12, 755;

of the horse,

id. G. 3, 268;

of the wolf,

id. A. 11, 681;

of the lion: horribilique malā,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 23.—

Transf., the corresponding external part of the face, a cheek (mostly in plur.):

infra oculos malae homini tantum, quas prisci genas vocabant Pudoris haec sedes: ibi maxime ostenditur rubor,

Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157:

pugno malam si tibi percussero mox,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 104; id. Mil. 2, 5, 35:

feri malam illi rursum,

slap his cheek again, id. Cas. 2, 6, 55:

(juventas) molli vestit lanugine malas,

Lucr. 5, 889; Ov. M. 12, 391; Verg. A. 10, 324:

impubes,

id. ib. 9, 751:

tenerae,

Ov. M. 13, 753:

Quod Aulo Agerio a Numerio Negidio pugno mala percussa est, Vet. Form. in Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 7, 4: paucae sine vulnere malae,

Juv. 15, 54.

fistŭla, ae, f. [findo, fis-sum].

In gen., a pipe, tube, e. g. a water-pipe (usually of lead;

syn.: tubus, canalis, sypho),

Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; Front. Aquaed. 25 sq.; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 31, 6, 31, § 58; Ov. M. 4, 122; Inscr. Orell. 3322; 3324; 3892; the wind-pipe and gullet, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175; Gell. 17, 11, 4; the tubular vessels in the lungs, Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188; in the teeth, id. 11, 37, 62, § 163; a hole in a sponge, id. 31, 11, 47, § 123 al.; the blow-hole of the whale, id. 9, 7, 6, § 19.—

In partic.

A hollow reed-stalk, a reed, cane, Plin. 12, 22, 48, § 106; 19, 5, 23, § 66.—

Transf.

A reed-pipe, shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pan (made of several reeds gradually decreasing in length and calibre), the Greek surinx, invented by Pan (syn.:

tibia, sura): fistula, cui semper decrescit arundinis ordo: Nam calamus cerā jungitur usque minor,

Tib. 2, 5, 31; cf. Verg. E. 2, 32 sq.; Ov. M. 1, 688 sq.; 2, 682; 13, 784; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204; Hor. C. 4, 1, 24; 4, 12, 10 et al.: eburneola, a pitch-pipe, for giving the tone in which an orator should speak, Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225 sq.; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 27.— In comic transf.: itaque et ludis et gladiatoribus mirandas episêmasias sine ulla pastoricia fistula auferebamus, i. e. without being hissed off, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11.—

A writing-reed, Pers. 3, 14.—

A sort of ulcer, a fistula, Cels. 2, 8 med.; 5, 12; 7, 4; Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 55; 24, 11, 51, § 88; Cato, R. R. 157, 14; Nep. Att. 21, 3.—

Fistula sutoria, a shoemaker's punch, Plin. 17, 14, 23, § 100.—

A catheter:

aeneae fistulae fiunt,

Cels. 7, 26, 1 init. —

Fistula farraria, a sort of hand-mill for grinding corn, Cato, R. R. 10, 3;

also called fistula serrata,

Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97.

di-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.— Poet.:

(canum) rabies districta,

i. e. showing the teeth, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.:

acies dentium,

Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.),

(Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage:

Romanum a tergo,

Flor. 2, 13, 1:

urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,

id. 4, 1, 2:

distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,

Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239:

distringor officio,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5:

(Jovem) votis,

to molest, importune, Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of:

Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,

Liv. 35, 18 fin.:

copias regias populatione maritimae orae,

id. 44, 35; cf.:

Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,

Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.—

To puzzle, confound:

ut distrinxi hominem,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).—

Transf., of abstract objects:

ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,

would be hindered, disturbed, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr. —Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.

(Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.):

districtior accusator,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.:

feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

censura,

id. 2, 9, 6:

districtissimi defensores,

Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.—

Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating:

districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.—

More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy:

judicio districtus atque obligatus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf.

(vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.:

ancipiti contentione,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

labore vita districta,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.:

imperium circa mala sua,

Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.:

numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.— Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.

districte ( des-):

minatus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4:

deneganda,

Dig. 3, 3, 13.—

districtim:

innocens,

Sen. Contr. 7.—

Comp.:

districtius: repercutere,

Tert. Idol. 5:

vivere,

Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.— Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.

lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

Verg. A. 4, 690:

se de caespite,

to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

se saxo,

id. F. 4, 528:

cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

Juv. 14, 83:

apis se confestim levat sublimius,

Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

Flor. 3, 3, 11.—

Transf.

To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

serpentum colla levavit,

i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

dentes,

to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

vesicam,

Spart. Carac. 7:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—

To take away, take:

furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

Verg. A. 2, 146:

tributum,

to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—

Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

auxilio viros,

Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

molestias,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

fonte sitim,

to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

arida ora aqua,

to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

membra gramine,

id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—

Transf.

To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

alicui paupertatem,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

morbum,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

inopiam multum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

Hor. C. S. 63:

morbi vim levaturus,

Curt. 3, 6, 2:

levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

vario viam sermone,

Verg. A. 8, 309:

injurias,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

suspicionem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

ut sumptus levaretur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

calamitatem innocentium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

Juv. 14, 236.—

To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

laudem alicujus,

id. ib. 31:

inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—

To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.

With abl.:

leva me hoc onere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

aliquem miseriis,

id. ib. 3, 8:

me molestia,

id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

aliquem metu,

Liv. 2, 22:

animos religione,

id. 21, 62; cf.:

qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

se aere alieno,

id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

se infamiā,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—

With gen.:

ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—

To avert:

omen,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

ictum dextra,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.

lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.

Lit.:

levare ac radere tigna,

Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

magni levatique mensarum orbes,

Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

mensas,

Stat. Th. 1, 519.—

Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

Verg. A. 4, 690:

se de caespite,

to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

se saxo,

id. F. 4, 528:

cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

Juv. 14, 83:

apis se confestim levat sublimius,

Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

Flor. 3, 3, 11.—

Transf.

To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

serpentum colla levavit,

i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

dentes,

to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

vesicam,

Spart. Carac. 7:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—

To take away, take:

furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

Verg. A. 2, 146:

tributum,

to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—

Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

auxilio viros,

Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

molestias,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

fonte sitim,

to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

arida ora aqua,

to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

membra gramine,

id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—

Transf.

To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

alicui paupertatem,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

morbum,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

inopiam multum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

Hor. C. S. 63:

morbi vim levaturus,

Curt. 3, 6, 2:

levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

vario viam sermone,

Verg. A. 8, 309:

injurias,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

suspicionem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

ut sumptus levaretur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

calamitatem innocentium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

Juv. 14, 236.—

To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

laudem alicujus,

id. ib. 31:

inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—

To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.

With abl.:

leva me hoc onere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

aliquem miseriis,

id. ib. 3, 8:

me molestia,

id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

aliquem metu,

Liv. 2, 22:

animos religione,

id. 21, 62; cf.:

qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

se aere alieno,

id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

se infamiā,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—

With gen.:

ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—

To avert:

omen,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

ictum dextra,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.

lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.

Lit.:

levare ac radere tigna,

Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

magni levatique mensarum orbes,

Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

mensas,

Stat. Th. 1, 519.—

Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.