continuum

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assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

con-sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3 ( perf. sync. consumpsti, Prop. 1, 3, 37; inf. consumpse, Lucr. 1, 234), v. a., to take wholly or completely, i. e.,

Lit.

In gen. (post-Aug. and rare):

vasti surgunt immensis torquibus orbes, tergaque consumunt pelagus,

take up, completely cover, Manil. 5, 584:

tela omnia solus pectore consumo,

Sil. 5, 640; cf.:

clipeo tela,

id. 10, 129:

jugulo ensem,

Stat. Th. 10, 813:

ferrum pectore,

id. ib. 12, 745; cf. id. Achill. 2, 205; Dig. 26, 7, 54.—

In partic., of food, to eat, consume, devour (class.):

agri multa efferunt quae vel statim consumantur vel mandentur condita vetustati,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43; cf. id. ib. 7, 17;

7, 77: fruges,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27:

vitiatum (aprum),

id. S. 2, 2, 92:

angues,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

draconem,

Suet. Tib. 72:

mensas accisis dapibus,

Verg. A. 7, 125 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to consume, devour, waste, squander, annihilate, destroy, bring to naught, kill.

Of inanimate things:

faciat quod lubet: Sumat, consumat, perdat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf. Sall. C. 12, 2:

patrimonium per luxuriam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

bona paterna,

Quint. 3, 11, 13; 3, 11, 16:

omnem materiam,

Ov. M. 8, 876: omne id aurum in ludos, Liv. 39, 5, 9; Val. Max. 3, 1, 1 fin.; cf. 2. b infra:

omnes fortunas sociorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf.:

omnes opes et spes privatas meas,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

omnia flammā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14; cf.:

aedes incendio,

Liv. 25, 7, 6:

domum incendio,

Suet. Calig. 59:

consumpturis viscera mea flammis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

3: viscera fero morsu,

Ov. M. 4, 113:

anulum usu,

id. P. 4, 10, 5; cf.:

ferrum rubigine,

to eat, consume, Curt. 7, 8, 15.—Of time, to spend, pass:

horas multas saepe suavissimo sermone,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5:

dicendo tempus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

diem altercatione,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1; id. Univ. 1 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

annua tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

consumitur vigiliis reliqua pars noctis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 2, 23:

magnam partem diei,

id. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

omne tempus,

Liv. 29, 33, 9; 24, 14, 10:

dies decem in his rebus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11:

in eo studio aetatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

tota nox in exinaniendā nave consumitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 1:

multos dies per dubitationem,

Sall. J. 62, 9; cf. Tac. H. 4, 43 fin.:

omne tempus circa Medeam,

id. Or. 3:

continuum biduum epulando potandoque,

Suet. Tib. 42: precando Tempora cum blandis verbis, to waste or lose time and words in supplications, Ov. M. 2, 575:

multis diebus et laboribus consumptis,

Sall. J. 93, 1:

ubi longa meae consumpsti tempora noctis?

Prop. 1, 3, 37.—Of strength, feeling, voice, etc.:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset, si esset consumpta superiore motu et exhausta,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

adfectus,

Quint. 2, 13, 13; 4, 2, 120:

spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 53:

vocem instans metus,

Tac. H. 1, 42:

ignominiam,

id. ib. 3, 24:

gratiam rei nimiā captatione,

Quint. 8, 6, 51:

vires ipsā subtilitate,

id. 12, 2, 13:

bona ingenii,

id. 12, 5, 2; 3, 11, 23; cf. Sall. J. 25, 11.— Poet.: cum mare, cum terras consumpserit, aëra tentet, i. e.- seek a refuge therein in vain, Ov. H. 6, 161.—

Of living beings.

To destroy, kill:

si me vis aliqua morbi aut natura ipsa consumpsisset,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf.:

quos fortuna belli consumpserat,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:

tantum exercitum fame,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; so,

siti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41 fin.:

acie,

Vell. 2, 52, 5:

morte,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

morbo,

Nep. Reg. 2, 1:

senio et maerore,

Liv. 40, 54, 1 al. —Facete:

garrulus hunc consumet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 33.—

Rarely, to waste, weaken, enervate:

inediā et purgationibus et vi ipsius morbi consumptus es,

Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 1; cf. Ov. M. 9, 663;

and consumpta membra senectā,

id. ib. 14, 148.—

In partic.

To divide, make an exhaustive division of (very rare):

inventio in sex partis consumitur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4.—

Aliquid in aliquā re, rar. in aliquid or absol. (in Cic. only with in and abl.; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53), to bestow upon something, to use, employ, spend upon or about something.

In aliquā re:

pecuniam in agrorum emptionibus,

to lay out, invest, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

aurum in monumento,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12; Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

studium in virorum fortium factis memoriae prodendis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 5; cf.:

in armis plurimum studii,

Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

tantum laboris in rebus falsis,

Quint. 12, 11, 15:

curam in re unā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 48:

ingenium in musicis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; cf. id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Sest. 13, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 11.—

In aliquid (cf. the Gr. analiskein eis ti):

tota in dulces consument ubera natos,

Verg. G. 3, 178; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 55:

umorem in arbusta,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 3:

bona paterna in opera publica,

Quint. 3, 11, 13:

pecuniam in monumentum,

Dig. 35, 1, 40 fin. —

Absol.:

si quid consili Habet, ut consumat nunc, quom nil obsint doli,

use up, exhaust, Ter. And. 1, 1, 133.

contĭnŭus, a, um, adj. [contineo, II.], joining, connecting with something, or hanging together, in space or time, uninterrupted, continuous.

Of space (so mostly Aug. and post-Aug.; cf., however, continue); with dat. or absol.

Lit.:

aër continuus terrae est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 1: Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni;

nunc freta circuëunt,

joined to the mainland, Ov. M. 15, 289:

ignis proxima quaeque et deinceps continua amplexus,

Liv. 30, 5, 7; 30, 6, 5: montes, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189:

agri,

Suet. Caes. 38:

fluere continuo alveo (Euphraten),

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; cf.:

Rhenus uno alveo continuus,

Tac. A. 2, 6:

mare,

id. Agr. 10 fin.:

aliqui vice dentium continuo osse gignuntur,

Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69:

omnia continua et paria,

Plin. Pan. 51, 4:

serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 517.—

Subst.: contĭnŭus, i, m., he who is always about one, an attendant:

Cocceius Nerva, continuus principis,

Tac. A. 6, 26 (32) Halm, Draeg. ad loc. (Nipperd. and Ritter, principi).—

Tron., of rhet. matters (most freq. in Quint.): cum fluxerunt plures continuae translationes (the figure derived from an uninterrupted, flowing stream; v. the preced.), Cic. Or. 27, 94:

expositio (opp. partita),

Quint. 7, 10, 11:

loci,

id. 11, 3, 84:

lumina,

id. 12, 10, 46:

ab exordio usque ad ultimam vocem continuus quidam gemitus,

id. 11, 1, 54:

oratio,

id. 6, 1, 46; 6, 4, 1 et saep.:

adfectus,

id. 6, 2, 10:

impetus,

id. 10. 7, 14 et saep.—

Of time and objects relating to it, following one after another, successive, continuous (class. in all periods and species of composition): auferet ex oculis veniens Aurora Boöten;

continuāque die sidus Hyantis erit,

the next day, Ov. F. 5, 734; so,

continuā nocte,

the following night, id. ib. 6, 720:

triduum continuum, dies decem continuos,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 146 sq.:

dies quinque ex eo die,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

annos prope quinquaginta,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38:

duabus noctibus,

Suet. Aug. 94:

secutae sunt continuos complures dies tempestates,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34 Oud. N. cr. prioribus diebus, Liv. 42, 58, 3:

aliquot an nos continuos,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

tot dies,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94:

triennium,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 7:

biennio,

id. Tib. 38:

bella,

Liv. 10, 31, 10; cf.:

cursus proeliorum,

Tac. Agr. 27:

consulatus,

Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 58: itinera, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

regna,

Liv. 1, 47, 6:

duo tri umphi ex Hispaniā acti,

id. 41, 7, 1:

labor,

Quint. 1, 3, 8:

amor,

Prop. 1, 20, 1:

incom moda,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14: messe senescit ager; Ov. A. A. 3, 82:

eos (patricios) ab Atto Clauso continuos duravisse,

Tac. A. 12, 25 fin. et saep.—With abl. resp.:

continuus inde et saevus accusandis reis Suilius,

incessant, Tac. A. 11, 5; cf.:

postulandis reis tam continuus annus fuit,

incessantly occupied, id. ib. 4, 36.—Hence the advv.,

contĭ-nŭē, continuously, without interruption; in space or time (very rare, perh. only anteand post-class. for continenter, assidue):

* flumen quod fluit continue,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.:

protinus jugiter et continue,

Non. p. 376, 26.—

contĭnŭō.

To designate an act that in time immediately follows something, immediately, forthwith, directly, without delay, = statim, autika (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).

In gen.

Corresp. with the particles of time: ubi, ut, postquam, cum, etc.; with ubi:

ubi primum terram tetigimus, Continuo, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 51 al.—With ut, etc.:

quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; so,

iste continuo ut vidit, non dubitavit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48:

ut quisque insanus... latum demisit pectore clavum, Audit continuo, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 29: nam postquam audivi [p. 451]... cominuo argentum dedi, Ut emeretur, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 37:

cum te summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt, mihi continuo maximas gratias agant,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1; 10, 12, 2:

ut vel continuo patuit, cum, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 29:

ne mora sit, si innuerim, quin pugnus continuo in malā haereat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17: si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari Tibi verba censes, forthwith you think, etc., id. And. 3, 2, 24; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 24; Lucr. 2, 1091; Hor. S. 2, 3, 160:

continuo consilium dimisit (Q. Maximus), simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121.—

Absol.:

continuo, ventis surgentibus, aut freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere, etc.,

Verg. G. 1, 356:

continuo hic ero,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 43: haud mora;

continuo matris praecepta facessit,

Verg. G. 4, 548; so Ov. M. 14, 362; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 3;

corresp. with statim,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

quod lubet, non lubet jam id continuo,

the next moment, immediately, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 10:

hos prius intro ducam et quae volo Simul inperabo: poste continuo exeo,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 40: hanc mihi in manum dat;

mors continuo ipsam occupat,

id. And. 1, 5, 62:

hercle ego te barbā continuo arripiam, et in ignem coniciam,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64: egomet continuo mecum;

certe captus est!

I immediately thought within myself, Ter. And. 1, 1, 55:

senatus est continuo convocatus,

Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

hos continuo in itinere adorti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42 fin.:

subitae necessitates continuo agendi,

on the spot, immediately, Quint. 10, 7, 2 et saep.: perturbationes, amplificatae certe, pestiferae sunt;

igitur etiam susceptae continuo in magnā pestis parte versantur,

even immediately on their inception, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42; cf. id. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—

Of a point of time closely following a time named, speedily, without interval:

deinde absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

qui summam spem civium, quam de eo jam puero habuerant, continuo adulescens incredibili virtute superavit,

id. Lael. 3, 11.—

Esp., with the statement of a logical consequence from a fact; only in connection with a negative, or a question implying a negative, not by consequence, not necessarily, not as an immediate consequence, in questions; perhaps then? perhaps therefore? (very freq. in Cic.); with si:

non continuo, si me in gregem sicariorum contuli, sum sicarius,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94; so id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Gai Inst. 2, 204.—With cum, Manil. 2, 345. — Absol.:

cum nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; so,

ego summum dolorem... non continuo dico esse brevem,

id. ib. 2, 19, 45: aeque enim contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontentae sint;

illud non continuo, ut aeque incontentae,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

si malo careat, continuone fruitur summo bono?

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40; so,

continuone si? etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 84.—

In Quint. twice (for the ante- and post-class. continue), in an uninterrupted series, one after another, continuously:

qualis (labor) fuit illius, qui grana ciceris ex spatio distante missa, in acum continuo et sine frustratione inserebat,

Quint. 2, 20, 3; 9, 1, 11.

inter, adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].

Adv., in the midst, in between ( poet. and rare):

dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus,

Val. Fl. 5, 337:

tot montibus inter diviso,

id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —

Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.

Lit., in space.

Of position only.

Referring to two places or objects, between:

qui (mons Jura) est inter Sequanos et Helvetios,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

cum inter me et Brundisium Caesar esset,

Cic. Att. 9, 2:

inter Padum atque Alpes,

Liv. 5, 35:

ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit,

id. 2, 5:

locus inter duos lucos,

id. 1, 8, 5:

apud Artemisium inter Euboeam continentemque terram,

id. 2, 5, 2; so,

inter haec maria Asia,

Curt. 3, 1, 13.—

Referring to more than two places or objects, among, in the midst of:

inter hostium tela versari,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46:

inter multos saucios spe incertae vitae relictus,

Liv. 2, 17, 4:

rex inter primos constiterat,

Curt. 5, 3, 9:

inter multitudinem,

Liv. 22, 13, 2:

inter lignarios,

id. 35, 41, 10:

repertae inter spolia catenae,

Tac. A. 2, 18:

vicos aut inter vias manere,

Suet. Caes. 39:

inter ingentes solitudines,

Sall. J 89, 4:

inter deserta ferarum Lustra domosque,

Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, even with a noun in the sing., in the midst of, surrounded by:

erat inter ceteram planitiem mons,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

tibicines inter exercitum positi,

Gell. 1, 11, 3:

inter caedem aquila,

Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.:

inter ceteram praedam,

Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10:

inter purpuram atque aurum,

id. 9, 17, 16. —

With verbs of motion.

Between, through, among:

inter medias stationes hostium erupere,

Liv. 35, 11:

acies inter bina castra procedunt,

id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33:

inter oppositas classes transmisit,

Suet. Caes. 58:

spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion medius inter duces,

Curt. 7, 2, 23:

medios inter hostes Londinium perrexit,

Tac. A. 14, 33.—

Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of:

inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 3:

te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet,

id. A. 12, 437:

dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum,

among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—

Transf., of relations conceived as local.

In discrimination (doubt, choice, etc.), between two or more objects:

judicium inter deas tres,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.:

inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

inter has sententias dijudicare,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:

inter diversas opiniones electio, Quint. prooem. 2: discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes,

id. Balb. 21, 49:

inter optime valere et gravissime aegrotare nihil prorsus interesse,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:

qui bellum et pacem inter dubitabant,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

trepidare inter scelus metumque,

id. H. 3, 39:

inter pugnae fugaeque consilium,

Liv. 1, 27.—So, with inter repeated:

ut nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem aliquam putes interesse,

Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem, severum et gravem,

id. Lael. 25, 95.—

In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).

In gen.:

quos inter magna fuit contentio,

Nep. Mil. 4, 4:

Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:

certamen inter primores civitates,

Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together:

quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51:

quod colloquimur inter nos,

with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.:

inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam,

id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s ' entr ' aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

inter se consultare,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

inter se amare,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent,

id. Lael. 22, 82:

Di inter se diligunt,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:

furtim inter se aspiciebant,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:

complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42:

haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:

inter se nondum satis noti,

Liv. 21, 39:

ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se,

Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:

ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur,

id. Fam. 9, 3, 4:

quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,

Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context:

manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch:

Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se,

Dict. Cret. 5, 14:

conferti inter se,

id. 2, 46.—

So of things:

ita effici complexiones atomorum inter se,

mutual, reciprocal, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

colles duos inter se propinquos occupat,

near one another, Sall. J. 98, 3:

haud procul inter se erant,

id. ib. 41, 2:

multum inter se distant istae facultates,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

res inter se similes,

Quint. 9, 2, 51:

inter se dissimilis,

id. 9, 4, 17.—

Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous:

nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74:

quod inter nos liceat dicere,

id. Att. 2, 4:

quod inter nos sit,

but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —

With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.):

haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur,

Liv. 6, 34, 5:

inter hostes variae fuere sententiae,

id. 4, 18, 1:

credula fama inter gaudentes,

Tac. H. 1, 34:

more inter veteres recepto,

id. ib. 2, 85.—

Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.

In gen., among:

homines inter suos nobiles,

Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

inter suos et honestus et nobilis,

id. Clu. 5, 11:

in oratoribus vero admirabile est, quantum inter omnes unus excellat,

id. Or. 2, 6:

inter philosophos (Xenophon) reddendus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 37:

ille Croesus, inter reges opulentissimus,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

Borysthenes inter Scythiae amnes amoenissimus,

Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. with sup., inter and acc. take the place of a gen.:

honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

plurimum inter eos valere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4:

maximum imperium inter finitimos,

Liv. 5, 3, 10:

inter Atheniensīs longe clarissimi,

Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.

Esp.: inter paucos, etc., [p. 977] among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially:

pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere,

Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.:

sternutamento utilis inter pauca,

id. 24, 11, 58, § 97:

pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades,

Liv. 22, 7; cf.:

inter paucos disertus,

Quint. 10, 3, 13:

inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est,

Tac. A. 16, 18:

claritudine paucos inter senum regum,

id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so,

inter cuncta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96:

inter omnia,

Curt. 3, 3, 18:

inter cetera,

Liv. 37, 12.—

In judic. lang., t. t.: inter sicarios, on the charge of assassination:

cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.:

in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo inter sicarios quaeritur,

id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

longo intervallo judicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:

sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant,

id. ib. 32, 90:

si ostenderis, quomodo sis eos inter sicarios defensurus,

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—

In some idiomatic phrases.

Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand:

ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands:

inter manus domum ablatus,

Liv. 3, 13:

inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur,

Curt. 8, 2, 39:

inter manus auferri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

inter manus meas crevit,

under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12:

manus inter maestorumque ora parentum,

before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—

Inter viam, vias, on the way:

dum rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43:

si se inter viam obtulerit,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —

Of time.

Between two dates or periods specified:

dies XLV. inter binos ludos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—

During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at:

quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61:

omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.:

qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc.,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

inter ipsum pugnae tempus,

Liv. 36, 20:

inter noctem lux orta,

id. 32, 29:

qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem,

Gell. 9, 4.—

Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while:

haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi,

at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.:

illuseras heri inter scyphos,

id. Fam. 7, 22:

inter fulmina et tonitrua,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

promptior inter tenebras affirmatio,

Tac. A. 2, 82:

inter initia,

at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—

During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding:

nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum,

amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11:

utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia,

id. Agr. 32; cf.:

ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios,

id. H. 1, 1.—

Inter haec, inter quae, meanwhile, during this time:

= interea, inter haec major alius terror,

in the mean time, Liv. 2, 24; cf.:

inter haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites,

id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63:

inter quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10:

inter quae unctione uti licet,

Cels. 4, 2, 3.—

So with gerunds and gerundives: inter agendum,

at, while, Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10:

inter disceptandum,

id. 12, 7, 6:

inter res agendas,

Suet. Caes. 45.—

In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.

Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —

At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—

Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.

Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

omni nocte dieque,

Juv. 3, 105:

de nocte,

by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

multā de nocte profectus est,

late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

vigilare de nocte,

id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sub noctem naves solvit,

id. B. C. 1, 28:

noctes et dies urgeri,

night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—

Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

hac noctu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

noctu hac,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

v. lux): in sereno noctu,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—

In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—

Transf.

That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—

Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

Stat. Th. 10, 219:

abrupere oculi noctem,

id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

nox vidua,

Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—

Death ( poet.):

omnes una manet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

Verg. A. 10, 746.—

Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

Lucr. 4, 172:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 3, 194:

venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

veteris sub nocte cupressi,

the shadow, id. 1, 774.—

Blindness:

perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —

The shades below, the infernal regions:

descendere nocti,

Sil. 13, 708:

noctis arbiter,

i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—

Trop.

Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

nox ingens scelerum,

Luc. 7, 571.—

Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

Ov. M. 6, 472.—

Obscurity, unintelligibility:

mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.

Form nocte (rare but class.):

luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

in campum nocte venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

nec nocte nec interdiu,

id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

Quint. 7 prol. 3.—

Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

Sall. J. 12, 4:

noctu profugere,

id. ib. 106, 2:

dum noctu stertit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

noctu litigare,

Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—

Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.

Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

omni nocte dieque,

Juv. 3, 105:

de nocte,

by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

multā de nocte profectus est,

late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

vigilare de nocte,

id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sub noctem naves solvit,

id. B. C. 1, 28:

noctes et dies urgeri,

night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—

Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

hac noctu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

noctu hac,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

v. lux): in sereno noctu,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—

In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—

Transf.

That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—

Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

Stat. Th. 10, 219:

abrupere oculi noctem,

id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

nox vidua,

Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—

Death ( poet.):

omnes una manet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

Verg. A. 10, 746.—

Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

Lucr. 4, 172:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 3, 194:

venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

veteris sub nocte cupressi,

the shadow, id. 1, 774.—

Blindness:

perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —

The shades below, the infernal regions:

descendere nocti,

Sil. 13, 708:

noctis arbiter,

i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—

Trop.

Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

nox ingens scelerum,

Luc. 7, 571.—

Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

Ov. M. 6, 472.—

Obscurity, unintelligibility:

mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.

Form nocte (rare but class.):

luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

in campum nocte venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

nec nocte nec interdiu,

id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

Quint. 7 prol. 3.—

Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

Sall. J. 12, 4:

noctu profugere,

id. ib. 106, 2:

dum noctu stertit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

noctu litigare,

Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—

Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.

Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

omni nocte dieque,

Juv. 3, 105:

de nocte,

by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

multā de nocte profectus est,

late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

vigilare de nocte,

id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sub noctem naves solvit,

id. B. C. 1, 28:

noctes et dies urgeri,

night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—

Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

hac noctu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

noctu hac,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

v. lux): in sereno noctu,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—

In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—

Transf.

That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—

Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

Stat. Th. 10, 219:

abrupere oculi noctem,

id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

nox vidua,

Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—

Death ( poet.):

omnes una manet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

Verg. A. 10, 746.—

Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

Lucr. 4, 172:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 3, 194:

venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

veteris sub nocte cupressi,

the shadow, id. 1, 774.—

Blindness:

perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —

The shades below, the infernal regions:

descendere nocti,

Sil. 13, 708:

noctis arbiter,

i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—

Trop.

Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

nox ingens scelerum,

Luc. 7, 571.—

Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

Ov. M. 6, 472.—

Obscurity, unintelligibility:

mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.

Form nocte (rare but class.):

luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

in campum nocte venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

nec nocte nec interdiu,

id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

Quint. 7 prol. 3.—

Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

Sall. J. 12, 4:

noctu profugere,

id. ib. 106, 2:

dum noctu stertit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

noctu litigare,

Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—

Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. [p. 1643] Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [akin to Gr. schizô, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio], to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf. ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).

Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:

crines,

Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:

capillos,

id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.

, in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,

Ov. M. 8, 526:

vela,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

epistulam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

vestem,

to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:

vestem tibi de corpore,

Prop. 2, 5, 21:

pecora scindunt herbarum radices,

Col. 2, 18, 2:

asini me mordicibus scindant,

tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:

sinus,

Ov. M. 10, 386:

latus flagello,

id. Ib. 185:

lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,

Sil. 1, 172:

vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,

bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:

et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,

wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:

vallum,

to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:

limen portae,

to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:

pontem,

to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:

cuneis lignum,

to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:

quercum cuneis,

id. A. 7, 510:

cuneis fissile robur,

id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:

ferro aequor (i. e. humum),

id. G. 1, 50; cf.

solum,

id. ib. 2, 399:

vomere terram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

freta ictu (remorum),

id. M. 11, 463:

puppis aquas,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:

fluvios natatu,

Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:

tellurem mare scindit,

Luc. 3, 61:

agmen,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:

labra,

to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:

obsonium,

to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.

nihil (edulium),

Mart. 3, 12, 2:

aves in frusta,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—

Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:

dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,

Tac. G. 43:

frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,

Mel. 2, 4, 7.—

Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,

Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:

se (lutamenta),

Cato, R. R. 128:

se (nubes),

Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:

omnis fumus, vapor, etc.... scinduntur per iter flexum,

Lucr. 4, 91:

scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,

Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.— Absol.:

sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—

To destroy:

scindunt proceres Pergamum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—

Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:

aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,

Lucr. 3, 994:

quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,

id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:

ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,

was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:

verba fletu,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:

vox scinditur,

is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:

sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,

divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:

naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 89, 16:

scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,

Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:

scindebatur in multiplices curas,

Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.

Lit.:

folia pluribus divisuris,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:

vitis folio,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:

scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,

id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:

alumen,

Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:

scissile alumen,

Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):

vestibus,

Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—

Trop.:

genus vocum,

harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.