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  • 1 Princeps

    1.
    princeps, cĭpis, adj. and subst. comm. [primus-capio], first in time or order (syn. primus).— Lit., in gen.:

    ut quisque in fugā postremus, ita periculo princeps erat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90:

    princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat,

    Liv. 21, 4:

    princeps Horatius ibat,

    first, in front, in advance, id. 1, 26 Weissenb. ad [p. 1445] loc.:

    princeps fuit ad conatum exercitus comparandi,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24:

    Firmani principes pecuniae pollicendae fuerunt,

    were the first to promise, id. ib. 7, 8, 23:

    princeps in agendo,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 47; Caes. B. G. 7, 2:

    omnium nationum exterarum princeps Sicilia se ad amicitiam populi Romani applicuit,

    was the first that entered into friendship with the Roman people, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 2:

    princeps et solus bellum his indixit,

    Nep. Thras. 1, 5:

    princeps in haec verba jurat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

    ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur,

    to be the first, id. ib. 1, 53:

    qui Formiarum moenia dicitur Princeps tenuisse,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 7:

    matri Qui dederit princeps oscula,

    Ov. F. 2, 714:

    princeps turmas inducit Asilas,

    Verg. A. 11, 620:

    princeps ante omnes,

    first of all, id. ib. 5, 833.—Of things:

    quoniam exordium princeps omnium esse debet,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 19:

    qualitatum aliae sunt principes, aliae ex lis ortae,

    original, id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    mensis Romani anni,

    Col. 11, 2, 3:

    addere principi Limo particulam,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 13:

    dies imperii princeps, vitae supremus,

    Tac. A. 1, 9.—
    B.
    The first, chief, the most eminent, distinguished, or noble (syn. primores):

    longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato,

    Cic. Or. 19, 62:

    Eudoxus in astrologiā facile princeps,

    id. Div. 2, 42, 87:

    quaedam principes feminae,

    certain noble ladies, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119:

    principe loco genitus,

    id. 37, 2, 11, § 40.—Prov.:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35. —Rarely of things:

    gemma princeps Sardonychus,

    Juv. 13, 138.—
    II. B.
    Esp., the first, chief, principal, most distinguished person:

    quales in re publicā principes essent, talis reliquos solere esse civis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 12:

    juventutis,

    one of the noblest of the Roman knights, id. Vatin. 10, 24: trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, i. e. high-born or patrician youths, Liv. 2, 12, 15 (= proceres juventutis, id. 10, 28, 7); 42, 61, 5.—In the time of the emperors this was also a title of honor given to the prince, the heir to the empire, Tac. A. 1, 3:

    sacerdotum,

    the high-priest, Vulg. Act. 4, 6. —
    C.
    A chief, head, author, originator, leader, contriver, etc.:

    princeps atque architectus sceleris,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

    Zeno eorum (Stoicorum) princeps non tam rerum inventor fuit, quam verborum novorum,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 5:

    princeps Argonautarum,

    i. e. Jason, id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

    principes consilii publici, i. e. senatus,

    id. Sest. 45, 97:

    conjurationis,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 27:

    eorum omnium hic dux est atque princeps,

    id. Har. Resp. 26, 57:

    regendae civitatis dux et sententiae princeps in senatu,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    (pueri) aequalium principes,

    first among their playfellows, id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    gregis,

    i. e. of players, Suet. Calig. 58:

    principes sententiarum consulares,

    who were first asked for their opinion, Liv. 8, 21:

    hujus consilii principes,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14:

    belli inferendi,

    first in commencing hostilities, id. ib. 5, 52:

    jam princeps equitum,

    at the head of, Juv. 4, 32.—Of ancestors:

    hinc Dardanus ortus Iasiusque pater, genus a quo principe nostrum,

    Verg. A. 3, 168 (cf., in this sense, principium, Sil. 15, 748; v. principium, II. B. 2.).—
    D.
    A chief, superior, director (ante- and post-class.):

    principes, qui utrique rei praeponuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 32.—
    E.
    A prince, i. e. a ruler, sovereign, emperor ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    hic ames dici pater atque princeps,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 50; Ov. P. 1, 2, 123; Tac. A. 1, 1:

    quae non faciet quod principis uxor,

    Juv. 6, 617; 8, 224.—
    F.
    In milit. lang.: princĭpes, um, m., the second line of soldiers, between the hastati and triarii, Liv. 8, 8; 22, 5; 30, 8; 37, 39; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89; Veg. Mil. 1, 20; 2, 15; cf. Ov. F. 3, 129; and Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 249 sq.; p. 269 sq.—Princeps also signifies,
    1.
    A company or division of the principes: signum primi principis, of the first company of the principes, Liv. 26, 6, 1:

    octavum principem duxit,

    was centurion of the eighth maniple, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 8, 2.—
    2.
    A centurion or captain of the principes: princeps prior, the first captain of the principes, Caes. B. C. 3, 64 fin.:

    princeps tertiae legionis,

    Liv. 25, 14; cf. id. 42, 34.—
    3.
    The office of centurion of the principes, the centurionship or captaincy of the principes: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est adsignatus, the first captaincy of the principes, Liv. 42, 34, 8.— Comp.:

    omnium priorum principum principiorem, si dici fas est,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 1.
    2.
    Princeps, cĭpis, m., a celebrated flute-player, Phaedr. 5, 7, 4.

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  • 2 princeps

    1.
    princeps, cĭpis, adj. and subst. comm. [primus-capio], first in time or order (syn. primus).— Lit., in gen.:

    ut quisque in fugā postremus, ita periculo princeps erat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90:

    princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat,

    Liv. 21, 4:

    princeps Horatius ibat,

    first, in front, in advance, id. 1, 26 Weissenb. ad [p. 1445] loc.:

    princeps fuit ad conatum exercitus comparandi,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24:

    Firmani principes pecuniae pollicendae fuerunt,

    were the first to promise, id. ib. 7, 8, 23:

    princeps in agendo,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 47; Caes. B. G. 7, 2:

    omnium nationum exterarum princeps Sicilia se ad amicitiam populi Romani applicuit,

    was the first that entered into friendship with the Roman people, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 2:

    princeps et solus bellum his indixit,

    Nep. Thras. 1, 5:

    princeps in haec verba jurat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

    ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur,

    to be the first, id. ib. 1, 53:

    qui Formiarum moenia dicitur Princeps tenuisse,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 7:

    matri Qui dederit princeps oscula,

    Ov. F. 2, 714:

    princeps turmas inducit Asilas,

    Verg. A. 11, 620:

    princeps ante omnes,

    first of all, id. ib. 5, 833.—Of things:

    quoniam exordium princeps omnium esse debet,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 19:

    qualitatum aliae sunt principes, aliae ex lis ortae,

    original, id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    mensis Romani anni,

    Col. 11, 2, 3:

    addere principi Limo particulam,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 13:

    dies imperii princeps, vitae supremus,

    Tac. A. 1, 9.—
    B.
    The first, chief, the most eminent, distinguished, or noble (syn. primores):

    longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato,

    Cic. Or. 19, 62:

    Eudoxus in astrologiā facile princeps,

    id. Div. 2, 42, 87:

    quaedam principes feminae,

    certain noble ladies, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119:

    principe loco genitus,

    id. 37, 2, 11, § 40.—Prov.:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35. —Rarely of things:

    gemma princeps Sardonychus,

    Juv. 13, 138.—
    II. B.
    Esp., the first, chief, principal, most distinguished person:

    quales in re publicā principes essent, talis reliquos solere esse civis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 12:

    juventutis,

    one of the noblest of the Roman knights, id. Vatin. 10, 24: trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, i. e. high-born or patrician youths, Liv. 2, 12, 15 (= proceres juventutis, id. 10, 28, 7); 42, 61, 5.—In the time of the emperors this was also a title of honor given to the prince, the heir to the empire, Tac. A. 1, 3:

    sacerdotum,

    the high-priest, Vulg. Act. 4, 6. —
    C.
    A chief, head, author, originator, leader, contriver, etc.:

    princeps atque architectus sceleris,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

    Zeno eorum (Stoicorum) princeps non tam rerum inventor fuit, quam verborum novorum,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 5:

    princeps Argonautarum,

    i. e. Jason, id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

    principes consilii publici, i. e. senatus,

    id. Sest. 45, 97:

    conjurationis,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 27:

    eorum omnium hic dux est atque princeps,

    id. Har. Resp. 26, 57:

    regendae civitatis dux et sententiae princeps in senatu,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    (pueri) aequalium principes,

    first among their playfellows, id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    gregis,

    i. e. of players, Suet. Calig. 58:

    principes sententiarum consulares,

    who were first asked for their opinion, Liv. 8, 21:

    hujus consilii principes,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14:

    belli inferendi,

    first in commencing hostilities, id. ib. 5, 52:

    jam princeps equitum,

    at the head of, Juv. 4, 32.—Of ancestors:

    hinc Dardanus ortus Iasiusque pater, genus a quo principe nostrum,

    Verg. A. 3, 168 (cf., in this sense, principium, Sil. 15, 748; v. principium, II. B. 2.).—
    D.
    A chief, superior, director (ante- and post-class.):

    principes, qui utrique rei praeponuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 32.—
    E.
    A prince, i. e. a ruler, sovereign, emperor ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    hic ames dici pater atque princeps,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 50; Ov. P. 1, 2, 123; Tac. A. 1, 1:

    quae non faciet quod principis uxor,

    Juv. 6, 617; 8, 224.—
    F.
    In milit. lang.: princĭpes, um, m., the second line of soldiers, between the hastati and triarii, Liv. 8, 8; 22, 5; 30, 8; 37, 39; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89; Veg. Mil. 1, 20; 2, 15; cf. Ov. F. 3, 129; and Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 249 sq.; p. 269 sq.—Princeps also signifies,
    1.
    A company or division of the principes: signum primi principis, of the first company of the principes, Liv. 26, 6, 1:

    octavum principem duxit,

    was centurion of the eighth maniple, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 8, 2.—
    2.
    A centurion or captain of the principes: princeps prior, the first captain of the principes, Caes. B. C. 3, 64 fin.:

    princeps tertiae legionis,

    Liv. 25, 14; cf. id. 42, 34.—
    3.
    The office of centurion of the principes, the centurionship or captaincy of the principes: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est adsignatus, the first captaincy of the principes, Liv. 42, 34, 8.— Comp.:

    omnium priorum principum principiorem, si dici fas est,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 1.
    2.
    Princeps, cĭpis, m., a celebrated flute-player, Phaedr. 5, 7, 4.

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  • 3 principes

    1.
    princeps, cĭpis, adj. and subst. comm. [primus-capio], first in time or order (syn. primus).— Lit., in gen.:

    ut quisque in fugā postremus, ita periculo princeps erat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90:

    princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat,

    Liv. 21, 4:

    princeps Horatius ibat,

    first, in front, in advance, id. 1, 26 Weissenb. ad [p. 1445] loc.:

    princeps fuit ad conatum exercitus comparandi,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24:

    Firmani principes pecuniae pollicendae fuerunt,

    were the first to promise, id. ib. 7, 8, 23:

    princeps in agendo,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 47; Caes. B. G. 7, 2:

    omnium nationum exterarum princeps Sicilia se ad amicitiam populi Romani applicuit,

    was the first that entered into friendship with the Roman people, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 2:

    princeps et solus bellum his indixit,

    Nep. Thras. 1, 5:

    princeps in haec verba jurat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

    ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur,

    to be the first, id. ib. 1, 53:

    qui Formiarum moenia dicitur Princeps tenuisse,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 7:

    matri Qui dederit princeps oscula,

    Ov. F. 2, 714:

    princeps turmas inducit Asilas,

    Verg. A. 11, 620:

    princeps ante omnes,

    first of all, id. ib. 5, 833.—Of things:

    quoniam exordium princeps omnium esse debet,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 19:

    qualitatum aliae sunt principes, aliae ex lis ortae,

    original, id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    mensis Romani anni,

    Col. 11, 2, 3:

    addere principi Limo particulam,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 13:

    dies imperii princeps, vitae supremus,

    Tac. A. 1, 9.—
    B.
    The first, chief, the most eminent, distinguished, or noble (syn. primores):

    longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato,

    Cic. Or. 19, 62:

    Eudoxus in astrologiā facile princeps,

    id. Div. 2, 42, 87:

    quaedam principes feminae,

    certain noble ladies, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119:

    principe loco genitus,

    id. 37, 2, 11, § 40.—Prov.:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35. —Rarely of things:

    gemma princeps Sardonychus,

    Juv. 13, 138.—
    II. B.
    Esp., the first, chief, principal, most distinguished person:

    quales in re publicā principes essent, talis reliquos solere esse civis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 12:

    juventutis,

    one of the noblest of the Roman knights, id. Vatin. 10, 24: trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, i. e. high-born or patrician youths, Liv. 2, 12, 15 (= proceres juventutis, id. 10, 28, 7); 42, 61, 5.—In the time of the emperors this was also a title of honor given to the prince, the heir to the empire, Tac. A. 1, 3:

    sacerdotum,

    the high-priest, Vulg. Act. 4, 6. —
    C.
    A chief, head, author, originator, leader, contriver, etc.:

    princeps atque architectus sceleris,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

    Zeno eorum (Stoicorum) princeps non tam rerum inventor fuit, quam verborum novorum,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 5:

    princeps Argonautarum,

    i. e. Jason, id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

    principes consilii publici, i. e. senatus,

    id. Sest. 45, 97:

    conjurationis,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 27:

    eorum omnium hic dux est atque princeps,

    id. Har. Resp. 26, 57:

    regendae civitatis dux et sententiae princeps in senatu,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    (pueri) aequalium principes,

    first among their playfellows, id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    gregis,

    i. e. of players, Suet. Calig. 58:

    principes sententiarum consulares,

    who were first asked for their opinion, Liv. 8, 21:

    hujus consilii principes,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14:

    belli inferendi,

    first in commencing hostilities, id. ib. 5, 52:

    jam princeps equitum,

    at the head of, Juv. 4, 32.—Of ancestors:

    hinc Dardanus ortus Iasiusque pater, genus a quo principe nostrum,

    Verg. A. 3, 168 (cf., in this sense, principium, Sil. 15, 748; v. principium, II. B. 2.).—
    D.
    A chief, superior, director (ante- and post-class.):

    principes, qui utrique rei praeponuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 32.—
    E.
    A prince, i. e. a ruler, sovereign, emperor ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    hic ames dici pater atque princeps,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 50; Ov. P. 1, 2, 123; Tac. A. 1, 1:

    quae non faciet quod principis uxor,

    Juv. 6, 617; 8, 224.—
    F.
    In milit. lang.: princĭpes, um, m., the second line of soldiers, between the hastati and triarii, Liv. 8, 8; 22, 5; 30, 8; 37, 39; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89; Veg. Mil. 1, 20; 2, 15; cf. Ov. F. 3, 129; and Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 249 sq.; p. 269 sq.—Princeps also signifies,
    1.
    A company or division of the principes: signum primi principis, of the first company of the principes, Liv. 26, 6, 1:

    octavum principem duxit,

    was centurion of the eighth maniple, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 8, 2.—
    2.
    A centurion or captain of the principes: princeps prior, the first captain of the principes, Caes. B. C. 3, 64 fin.:

    princeps tertiae legionis,

    Liv. 25, 14; cf. id. 42, 34.—
    3.
    The office of centurion of the principes, the centurionship or captaincy of the principes: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est adsignatus, the first captaincy of the principes, Liv. 42, 34, 8.— Comp.:

    omnium priorum principum principiorem, si dici fas est,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 1.
    2.
    Princeps, cĭpis, m., a celebrated flute-player, Phaedr. 5, 7, 4.

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  • 4 forceps

        forceps cipis, f    [2 FOR-+CAP-], a pair of tongs, pincers, forceps: versant tenaci forcipe ferrum, V.: compressā forcipe linguā, O.
    * * *
    pair of tongs, pincers

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  • 5 particeps

        particeps cipis, adj.    [pars+CAP-], sharing, partaking, participant: Quoius (nuntii), T.: regni, S.: calamitatis tuae: praedae ac praemiorum, Cs.: Te Participem studii habere, O.—As subst m., a partner, comrade, fellow-soldier: meus, T.: fortes viri, quasi participes eiusdem laudis.
    * * *
    I
    (gen.), participis ADJ
    sharing in, taking part in
    II
    sharer, partaker

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  • 6 prīnceps

        prīnceps cipis, adj.    [primus+CAP-], first in order, foremost: se principes ex omnibus bellum facturos pollicentur, Cs.: in fugā postremus, in periculo princeps: princeps Horatius ibat, in front, L.: principes pecuniae pollicendae fuerunt, took the lead in: princeps in haec verba iurat, Cs.: ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur, might be the first, Cs.: matri Qui dederit princeps oscula, O.: Princeps ante omnīs agebat Agmen, first of all, V.: qualitatum aliae sunt principes, original: addere principi Limo particulam, H.— The first, chief, most eminent, most noble: longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato: terrarum populus, L.— Prov.: Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est, H.—As subst m., the first man, first person: senatūs, first on the roll, S.: principes sententiarum consulares, who were first asked for their opinion, L.— The first, chief, leader, foremost man: in re p. principes esse: iuventutis, one of the noblest of the Roman knights: trecenti principes iuventutis Romanae, i. e. patrician youths, L.: (pueri) aequalium principes, first among their fellows. —A chief, head, author, founder, originator, leader, contriver: Zeno eorum (Stoicorum): Argonautarum, i. e. Jason: principes inferendi belli, Cs.: sententiae in senatu: eius consili principes, Cs.: equitum, at the head of, Iu.: familiae suae, founder, L.— A prince, ruler, sovereign, emperor: hic ames dici pater atque princeps, H.: principis uxor, Iu.—In the army, plur., orig., the foremost line ; hence, the heavy-armed, second line of soldiers ; cf. totidem princeps habebat Corpora (poet. for principes), O.— A company of the principes: primi principis signum, of the first company of the heavyarmed, L.: octavum principem duxit, was centurion of the eighth maniple.—A centurion of the principes: princeps prior, first captain of the principes, Cs.: tertiae legionis, L.— The office of centurion of the principes, captaincy of the principes: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est adsignatus, i. e. centurion of the first century of the first maniple, L.
    * * *
    I
    (gen.), principis ADJ
    first, foremost, leading, chief, front; earliest, original; most necessary
    II
    leader/chief, first/leading member/citizen/man; master/expert; founder/proposer; Princeps (non-military title of Roman Emperor); senior Senator; leader of pack

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  • 7 ceps

    (gen.), cipis ADJ
    -headed; -fold; -part (only w/NUM/PREP prefix); occupying X place in series

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  • 8 auceps

    auceps, cŭpis (cipis, acc. to Vel. Long. Orthogr. p. 2235), comm. [contr. for aviceps, from avis-capio], a bird-catcher, fowler.
    I.
    Lit.:

    Piscator, pistor apstulit, lanii, coqui, Holitores, myropolae, aucupes,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7:

    veluti merulis intentus decidit auceps In puteum,

    Hor. A. P. 458:

    quasi avis de manu aucupis,

    Vulg. Prov. 6, 5; ib. Jer. 5, 26; ib. Amos, 3, 5: as a bird-seller:

    Edicit piscator uti, pomarius, auceps,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 227:

    Non avis aucupibus monstrat, quā parte petatur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 669 al. —
    II.
    Trop., a spy, eavesdropper:

    circumspice dum, ne quis nostro hic auceps sermoni siet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 9 (cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 14:

    ne quis... nostro consilio venator adsit cum auritis plagis): Numquis hic est alienus nostris dictis auceps auribus,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 45:

    voluptatum auceps, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contra Ac. 3, 7 (Orell. IV. 2, p. 470): praeco actionum, cantor formularum, auceps syllabarum,

    a minute and trifling critic, a caviller, id. de Or. 1, 55, 236.

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  • 9 communiceps

    com-mūnĭceps, cĭpis, m., born in the same municipal town, Inscr. Orell. 3062.

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  • 10 forceps

    forceps, cĭpis ( gen. plur. forcipium, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 74), m. and f. (m., Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4; f., Ov. M. 12, 277) [root in Sanscr. ghar-mas, glow, warmth; Gr. ther-, thermê, theros; Lat. for-mus, for-nus, fornax and cap-io], a pair of tongs, pincers, forceps (cf.:

    forfex, volsella): forcipem invenit Cinyra Agriopae filius,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195.
    I.
    Lit.:

    Cyclopes versant tenaci forcipe ferrum,

    Verg. G. 4, 175; firetongs, id. A. 12, 404; Ov. M. 12, 277: uncis forcipibus dentes evelleret, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 74 P.; pincers for drawing teeth, Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4;

    and for other surgical purposes,

    id. 7, 5; Col. 6, 26, 2:

    compressa forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556:

    ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    id. ib. 9, 78: ferrei, iron tongs or hooks attached to a tackle, and which, by firmly grasping a mass of stone or marble, raise it aloft, Vitr. 10, 2 (al. forfices).—
    II.
    Transf., a kind of battlearray, with diverging wings, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; Gell. 10, 9, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 18 (al. forfex).

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  • 11 particeps

    partĭceps, cipis, adj. [pars-capio], sharing, partaking, participant (class.; syn.: consors, socius); constr. usually with gen., rarely also with dat. or with prepp.
    I.
    Adj.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    fac participes nos tuae sapientiae,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 81:

    nuntii,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 19:

    esse participem leti,

    i. e. to be mortal, Lucr. 3, 462:

    animus rationis compos et particeps,

    Cic. Univ. 8:

    fortunarum omnium socius et particeps,

    id. Font. 17, 47:

    artis,

    id. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:

    virtutes ita copulatae conexaeque sunt, ut omnes omnium participes sint,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 67:

    praedae ac praemiorum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 82:

    secreti honesti,

    Juv. 3, 52.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aliquem participem studiis habere,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 41 (al. studii):

    alicujus consilii fortibus viris esse participem,

    Curt. 6, 7, 8; cf. id. 6, 6, 36:

    sceleris in regem suum,

    id. 6, 24:

    Natalis particeps ad omne secretum Pisoni erat,

    Tac. A. 15, 50. —
    (γ).
    With a prep.:

    non licet donati obsoni me participem fieri,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 34 Speng.:

    particeps in tribulatione,

    Vulg. Apoc. 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    is speculatum huc misit me, ut, quae fierent, fieret particeps,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 19.—
    II.
    Subst., a sharer, partaker, partner. —Esp., a comrade, fellow-soldier: praeda per participes aequiter partita est, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. p. 512, 32:

    me et semul participes meos praedā onerabo,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 14:

    praedam participes petunt,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 154:

    meus particeps,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 98:

    hujus belli ego particeps et socius et adjutor esse cogor,

    Cic. Att. 9, 10, 5:

    in quādam conjuratione quasi participes nominati,

    Suet. Calig. 56; cf. Curt. 6, 8, 5.

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  • 12 praeceps

    praeceps, cĭpĭtis (old form praecĭ-pes, cĭpis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8; id. et Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 391 Vahl.; abl. praecipiti), adj. [prae-caput].
    I.
    Lit., headforemost, headlong (class.):

    praecipitem trahi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    aliquem praecipitem deicere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

    praeceps ad terram datus,

    dashed to the ground, Liv. 31, 37:

    praeceps curru ab alto Desilit,

    Ov. M. 12, 128:

    hic se praecipitem tecto dedit,

    threw himself headlong from the roof, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41:

    aliquem in praeceps jacere,

    headlong, Tac. A. 4, 22; so,

    jacto in praeceps corpore,

    id. ib. 6, 49; cf.:

    in praeceps deferri,

    Liv. 5, 47.—For in praeceps, in late Lat., per praeceps occurs:

    abiit grex per praeceps in mare,

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 32; id. Judic. 5, 22.—Hence, of one going rapidly, headforemost, headlong:

    de ponte Ire praecipitem in lutum per caputque pedesque,

    Cat. 17, 9:

    se jacere praecipitem e vertice,

    id. 63, 244; Verg. A. 5, 860:

    ab equo praeceps decidit,

    Ov. Ib. 259:

    (apes) praecipites Cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    aliquem praecipitem agere,

    to drive headlong, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60; Verg. A. 5, 456:

    praecipites se fugae mandabant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    Monoeten In mare praecipitem deturbat,

    Verg. A. 5, 175; cf.:

    praeceps amensque cucurri,

    Ov. M. 7, 844:

    praeceps Fertur,

    is borne headlong, rushes, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:

    nuntii,

    Tac. H. 2, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. things.
    1.
    Of localities, qs. that descend suddenly in front, i. e. downhill, steep, precipitous:

    in declivi ac praecipiti loco,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    via (opp. plana),

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

    saxa,

    Liv. 38, 23:

    fossae,

    Ov. M. 1, 97; Verg. A. 11, 888:

    iter,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74; cf.

    trop.: iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    loci,

    Col. 1, 2:

    mons,

    Plin. Pan. 16.—
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n., a steep place, a precipice:

    turrim in praecipiti stantem,

    Verg. A. 2, 460:

    specus vasto in praeceps hiatu,

    Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

    in praeceps pervenitur,

    Vell. 2, 3, 4:

    immane,

    Juv. 10, 107:

    altissimum,

    App. M. 4, p. 144 med. —In plur.:

    in praecipitia cursus iste deducit,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 4.—
    2.
    Sinking, declining:

    (in vitibus) praecipites palmites dicuntur, qui de hornotinis virgis enati in duro alligantur,

    Col. 5, 6, 33:

    sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum,

    Verg. G. 3, 359:

    jam praeceps in occasum sol erat,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    dies,

    id. 4, 9; cf.:

    senectus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 3. —
    3.
    In gen., swift, rapid, rushing, violent ( poet.;

    syn.: celer, velox): praeceps Anio,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 13:

    Boreas,

    Ov. M. 2, 185:

    nox,

    fleeting, transient, id. ib. 9, 485:

    procella,

    Stat. Th. 5, 419:

    oceani fragor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 404:

    letum,

    Sen. Hippol. 262:

    remedium,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    noster erus, qui scelestus sacerdotem anum praecipes Reppulit,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

    sol jam praecipitans me quoque haec praecipitem paene evolvere coëgit,

    almost headlong, precipitately, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

    chase, pursue, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

    to rush into the abyss, id. Lael. 24, 89:

    quoniam ab inimicis praeceps agor,

    am pursued, Sall. C. 31, 9:

    praeceps celeritas dicendi,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 48: profectio, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6: occumbunt multi letum... praecipe cursu, in rapid destruction, Enn. l. l.—With gen.:

    SI NON FATORVM PRAECEPS HIC MORTIS OBISSET,

    sudden as regards fate, Inscr. Grut. 695, 9, emended by Minervini in Bullet. Arch. Napol. III. 1845, p. 41 (but Minervini's assumption of a new adj., praeceps, from praecipio, anticipating fale, is unnecessary).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Rash, hasty, inconsiderate:

    homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37: praeceps et effrenata mens, id. Cael. 15, 35:

    praeceps consilium et immaturum,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    cogitatio,

    id. Calig. 48:

    audacia,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 7.—
    2.
    Inclined to any thing:

    praeceps in avaritiam et crudelitatem animus,

    Liv. 26, 38:

    praeceps ingenio in iram,

    id. 23, 7:

    animus ad flagitia praeceps,

    Tac. A. 16, 21.—
    3.
    Dangerous, hazardous, critical:

    in tam praecipiti tempore,

    Ov. F. 2, 400.—Hence,
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n.
    (α).
    Great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances:

    se et prope rem publicam in praeceps dederat,

    brought into extreme danger, Liv. 27, 27:

    levare Aegrum ex praecipiti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 292:

    aeger est in praecipiti,

    Cels. 2, 6.—
    (β).
    The highest part, summit, sublimity (postAug.):

    omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,

    at its point of culmination, Juv. 1, 149:

    debet orator erigi, attolli, efferri, ac saepe accedere ad praeceps,

    to verge on the sublime, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.—Hence, adv.: prae-ceps, headlong.
    1.
    Lit.:

    aliquem praeceps trahere,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt, similia prosilientibus stellis,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 15, 2:

    moles convulsa dum ruit intus immensam vim mortalium praeceps trahit atque operit,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    toto praeceps se corpore ad undas Misit,

    Verg. A. 4, 253.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam praeceps dabat,

    brought into danger, Tac. A. 6, 17:

    praeceps in exsilium acti,

    suddenly, hastily, Amm. 29, 1, 21.

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  • 13 vesticeps

    vestĭceps, cĭpis [vestis-capio, that has got the first covering of the chin, opp. investis], bearded, arrived at puberty, manly, virile (post-class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arrogari non potest nisi jam vesticeps,

    Gell. 5, 19, 7; Tert. Anim. 56; Aus. Idyll. 4, 73.—
    * II.
    Transf., immoral, corrupt (opp. investis, innocent), App. Mag. p. 336, 7.

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