crux

crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [crux].

Orig., to put to death on the cross, to crucify (only in eccl. Lat.), Lact. Mort. Pers. 2, 1.—

In gen., to put to the rack, to torture, torment (freq. and class., esp. in the signif. B.).

Physically:

cum vigiliis et fame cruciaretur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

tribunos militum verberatos servilibusque omnibus suppliciis cruciatos trucidando occidit,

Liv. 29, 18, 14 Drak. N. cr.:

cum cruciabere dirae Sanguine serpentis,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

cruciataque diris Corpora tormentis,

id. ib. 3, 694 al.:

qui advehuntur quadrupedanti crucianti canterio,

i. e. torturing the rider by its uneasy motion, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 34.—

Transf. of inanimate things:

terra ferro, ligno, igni, lapide, fruge omnibus cruciatur horis,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 157; so,

aes cruciatur in primis accensumque restinguitur sale,

id. 33, 3, 20, § 65.—

Mentally.

Act.:

graviter adulescentulum,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 1; id. Eun. 2, 3, 93; Hor. S. 1, 10, 78 al.:

officii me deliberatio cruciat cruciavitque adhuc,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

ut ipsus sese cruciat aegritudine!

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 89:

ne crucia te, obsecro, anime mi,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 15; cf. Hor. S. 1, 2, 22:

quos major sollicitudo cruciat,

Just. 6, 3, 9:

illud me cruciat, quod, etc.,

Mart. 11, 94, 5. —So pass.:

tanto dolore cruciatus est,

Just. 12, 13, 9.—

Medial (only in Plaut. and Ter.), to afflict one's self, to grieve, be afflicted:

ut miserae matres cruciantur!

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 2; cf.:

crucior miser,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 10; with acc. and inf.:

crucior me lapidem non habere, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 68; Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; and with acc. of neutr. pron.:

istuc crucior, a viro me tali abalienarier,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 46.

furca, ae, f. [Sanscr. bhur-ig, shears; cf. Lat. forceps, forfex; also Gr. pharos, plough; Lat. forāre;

Engl. bore,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 299; but Corss. refers furca to root dhar-,=fero, as a prop. support; v. Ausspr. 1, 149], a two-pronged fork.

Lit.:

exacuunt alii vallos furcasque bicornes,

Verg. G. 1, 264:

valentes,

id. ib. 2, 359:

furcis detrudi,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2. —Prov.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24 (v. furcilla).—

Transf., of things shaped like a fork.

A forkshaped prop, pole, or stake, for carrying burdens on the back or shoulder, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 2;

for supporting the seats of a theatre,

Liv. 1, 35, 9;

for a vine,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32;

for fishing-nets,

id. 9, 8, 9, § 31;

for the gable of a house,

Ov. M. 8, 700; a frame on which meat was suspended in the chimney, id. ib. 8, 648.—

An instrument of punishment in the form of a fork (V or II), which was placed on the culprit's neck, while his hands were fastened to the two ends, a yoke (cf.: crux, gabalus, patibulum; hence, furcifer): To. Satis sumpsimus jam supplici. Do. Fateor, manus vobis do. To. Post dabis sub furcis, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 71:

canem et furcam ferre,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 37:

servus per circum, cum virgis caederetur, furcam ferens ductus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55:

servus sub furca caesus,

Liv. 2, 36, 1 Drak.; Val. Max. 1, 7, 4; Lact. 2, 7, 20:

sub furca vinctus inter verbera et cruciatus,

Liv. 1, 26, 10:

cervicem inserere furcae,

Suet. Ner. 49; Eutr. 7, 5; Prud. steph. 10, 851.—Hence poet. to designate the worst condition of slavery:

ibis sub furcam prudens,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 66.—

A fork-shaped gallows:

aliquem furcā figere,

Dig. 48, 19, 28 fin.:

furcae subicere,

ib. 9:

in furcam tollere,

ib. 38:

in furcam suspendere,

ib. 13, 6:

in furcam damnare,

ib. 49, 16, 3:

canes vivi in furca, sambucea arbore fixi,

Plin. 29. 4, 14, § 57.—

A fork-shaped yoke in which young bullocks were put to be tamed, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2.—

Furcae cancrorum, the claws of a crab, App. Mag. p. 297. —

Furcae Caudinae, the narrow pass of Caudium, the Caudine Forks, usually called Furculae Caudinae (v. furcula, II. and Caudium), Val. Max. 5, 1, 5 ext.; 7, 2, 17 ext.

gābălus, i, m. [an old Germ. word, i. q. the modern Gabel (fork); hence, as an instrument of punishment], a kind of gallows (syn.: furca, patibulum, crux).

Lit.: in gabalum aliquem suffigere, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 15.—

Transf., as a term of reproach, gallows-bird, hang-dog, Macrin. ap. Capit. Macrin. 11.

in-fēlix, īcis, adj., unfruitful, not fertile:

vulgus infelicem arborem eam appellat, quoniam nihil ferat, nec seratur unquam,

Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; hence, of the gallows, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

tellus frugibus,

Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314:

lolium,

id. E. 5, 37.—

Transf.

Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable (class.):

crux infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

homo miserrimus atque infelicissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

patria,

Verg. A. 9, 786:

fama,

id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.:

animi Phoenissa,

Verg. A. 4, 529:

fidei,

Sil. 12, 432:

ausi,

id. 9, 627.— Comp.:

infelicior domi quam militiae,

Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.:

femina,

Quint. 8, 5, 21. —

Act., causing misfortune or calamity, unlucky, calamitous:

infelix rei publicae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

terra fingenti Prometheo,

Prop. 3, 5, 7:

thalamus,

Verg. A. 6, 521:

balteus,

id. ib. 12, 941:

vates,

prophetess of ill, id. ib. 3, 246:

erga plebem studium,

Liv. 3, 56, 9:

opera,

Quint. 10, 1, 7:

sollicitudo,

id. 12, 10, 77:

paupertas,

Juv. 3, 152 al. — Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, unhappily, unfortunately:

fit mihi obviam infeliciter,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36:

tentata res,

Liv. 1, 45, 3:

totiens temptata arma,

id. 2, 35, 8.— Comp.:

infelicius,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.

prae-nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (postclass.).

To mark or note before or in front:

profert quosdam libros litteris ignorabilibus praenotatos,

App. M. 11, p. 268, 11: aureo anulo, to seal, id. ib. 10, p. 243, 3: psalmum inscriptione, Hilar. in Psa. 15, 1.—

To entitle, name:

ut de deo Socratis praenotaret librum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 14: librum nomine Pamphili martyris,

Hier. Ep. 133, n. 3:

liber hoc titulo praenotatus,

Aug. Retract. 2, 14.—

To note or designate beforehand, to predict:

prophetae duos adventus Christi praenotarunt,

Tert. adv. Jud. 14: crux praenotata, Prud. steph. 10, 629.—

To note down, write down:

fabellam,

App. M. 6, p. 183, 26.

red-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.; of water, from being over full, to run back or over, to pour over, stream over, overflow (freq. and class.; a favorite word of Cic., esp. in trop. senses; not in Cæs., Verg., or Hor.; cf.: refluo, recurro).

Lit.:

mare neque redundat unquam neque effunditur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

si lacus Albanus redundasset,

id. Div. 2, 32, 69; so,

lacus,

id. ib. 1, 44, 100; cf. Suet. Claud. 32: redundantibus cloacis, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 7 (id. H. 3, 26 Dietsch):

Nilus campis redundat,

Lucr. 6, 712; so,

fons campis,

id. 5, 603; and:

aqua gutture pleno,

Ov. R. Am. 536:

cum pituita redundat aut bilis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23; cf.:

locos pituitosos et quasi redundantes,

id. Fat. 4, 7:

sanguis in ora et oculos redundat,

Flor. 3, 17, 8. —

Poet., in part. pass.:

redundatus = redundans: amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis,

Ov. F. 6, 402; and for undans: (Boreae vis saeva) redundatas flumine cogit aquas, the swelling, surging waters (opp. aequato siccis aquilonibus Istro), id. Tr. 3, 10, 52.—

Transf.: redundare aliquā re, or absol., to be over full of, to overflow with any thing.

Of things:

quae (crux) etiam nunc civis Romani sanguine redundat,

is soaked with, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf.:

sanguine hostium Africa,

id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30; and id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

largus manat cruor: ora redundant Et patulae nares,

Luc. 9, 812.—

Of persons:

hesternā cenā redundantes,

Plin. Pan. 63, 3. —

Trop., to flow forth in excess, superabound, redound, to be superfluous, redundant; to flow forth freely, to be copious, to abound:

is (Molo) dedit operam, ut nimis redundantes nos juvenili quādam dicendi impunitate et licentiā reprimeret, et quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

ne aut non compleas verbis, quod proposueris, aut redundes,

id. Part. Or. 7, 18; cf.:

Stesichorus redundat atque effunditur,

Quint. 10, 1, 62:

Asiatici oratores parum pressi et nimis redundantes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 51; id. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 116; 12, 10, 12; 17:

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

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3:

quod redundabit de vestro frumentario quaestu,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155:

quorum (vitiorum) ad amicos redundet infamia,

id. Lael. 21, 76: vitia Atheniensium in civitatem nostram, id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

si ex hoc beneficio nullum in me periculum redundavit,

id. Sull. 9, 27; cf.:

servi, ad quos aliquantum etiam ex cottidianis sumptibus ac luxurie redundet,

id. Cael. 23, 57 fin.:

in genus auctoris miseri fortuna redundat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 73:

nationes, quae numero hominum ac multitudine ipsa poterant in provincias nostras redundare,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

si haec in eum annum redundarint,

id. Mur. 39, 85:

quod laudem adulescentis propinqui existimo etiam ad meum aliquem fructum redundare,

to redound, id. Lig. 3, 8; cf.:

gaudeo tuā gloriā, cujus ad me pars aliqua redundat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 2:

omnium quidem beneficiorum quae merentibus tribuuntur non ad ipsos gaudium magis quam ad similes redundat,

id. Pan. 62, 1; Quint. 12, 2, 19:

nisi operum suorum ad se laudem, manubias ad patriam redundare maluisset,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 13:

ut gloria ejus ad ipsum redundaret,

id. 8, 14, ext. 4;

Auct. B. Alex. 60, 2: animus per se multa desiderat, quae ad officium fructumve corporis non redundant,

Lact. 7, 11, 7:

ex rerum cognitione efflorescat et redundet oportet oratio,

pour forth copiously, abundantly, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

ex meo tenui vectigali... aliquid etiam redundabit,

something will still remain, id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

non reus ex eā causā redundat Postumus,

does not appear to be guilty, id. Rab. Post. 5, 11:

hinc illae extraordinariae pecuniae redundarunt,

have flowed, proceeded, id. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 43, § 103: ne quid hoc parricidā civium interfecto, invidiae mihi in posteritatem redundaret, should redound to or fall upon me, id. Cat. 1, 12, 29. —

Poet., with acc.:

Vulturnus Raucis talia faucibus redundat,

spouts forth, Stat. S. 4, 3, 71.—

Transf., to be present in excess; to be redundant, superabound; and: redundare aliquā re, to have an excess or redundancy of any thing: redundat aurum ac thesauri patent, Lucil. ap. Non. 384, 17:

in quibus (definitionibus) neque abesse quicquam decet neque redundare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.:

ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis neque in Crasso redundaret,

id. ib. 3, 4, 16; Quint. 1, 4, 9:

ut nulla (species) neque praetermittatur neque redundet,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

munitus indicibus fuit, quorum hodie copia redundat,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

splendidissimorum hominum multitudine,

id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.:

redundante multitudine,

Tac. H. 2, 93:

quod bonum mihi redundat,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

quo posset urbs et accipere ex mari, quo egeret, et reddere, quo redundaret,

id. Rep. 2, 5, 10:

omnibus vel ornamentis vel praesidiis redundare,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 5:

tuus deus non digito uno redundat, sed capite, collo, cervicibus, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

hominum multitudine,

id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.

armis,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

hi clientelis etiam exterarum nationum redundabant,

id. Or. 36:

acerbissimo luctu redundaret ista victoria,

Cic. Lig. 5, 15:

Curiana defensio tota redundavit hilaritate quādam et joco,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 221.— Hence, rĕdundans, antis, P. a., overflowing, superfluous, excessive, redundant:

amputatio et decussio redundantioris nitoris,

Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9.— Adv.: rĕdundanter, redundantly, superfluously, excessively, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.— Comp., Ambros. Ep. 82, 27.