die+form

prae-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a., to bear before, to carry in front, to hold forth.

Lit.

In gen. (class.):

dextrā ardentem facem praeferebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74; cf.:

alicui facem ad libidinem,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

in fascibus insignia laureae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 71:

fasces praetoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; Ov. F. 2, 336:

claram facem praeferre pudendis,

Juv. 8, 139.—

Pass. with mid. force: praelatus, riding by, hurrying past:

praelatus equo,

Tac. A. 6, 35:

praelatos hostes adoriri,

Liv. 2, 14 fin.:

praeter castra sua fugā praelati,

id. 7, 24; cf. id. 33, 27.—With acc.:

castra sua praelati,

hurrying past the camp, Liv. 5, 26.—

In partic., to carry in front, to bear along in public, and esp. in religious and triumphal processions:

signa militaria praelata,

Liv. 3, 29; 31, 49:

Pontico triumpho trium verborum praetulit titulum: veni, vidi, vici,

Suet. Caes. 37:

statuam Circensi pompā,

id. Tit. 2.—

Trop.

In gen., to carry before, to place or set before, to offer, present (very rare):

clarissimum lumen praetulistis menti meae,

Cic. Sull. 14, 40: suam vitam, ut legem, praefert suis legibus, to carry one's life before, let it shine before as a guiding law (the image is borrowed from the bearing of torches before a thing), id. Rep. 1, 34, 52 Mos.: apud consulem causam atque excusationem, to offer as a cause, as an excuse, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 17.—

In partic.

To place a person or thing before another in esteem, to prefer (very freq.):

quem cui nostrum non saepe praetulit?

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8; so,

aliquem alicui,

id. Brut. 26, 101:

se alicui,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 342; Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 2; cf.:

virtute belli praeferri omnibus nationibus,

id. ib. 5, 54, 5:

pecuniam amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 17, 63:

jus majestatis atque imperii ipsi naturae patrioque amori, id Fin. 1, 7, 23: vestram voluntatem meis omnibus commodis et rationibus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 71:

ergo ille... ipsis est praeferendus doctoribus... Equidem quemadmodum urbes magnas viculis et castellis praeferendas puto, sic, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

Brutus cuilibet ducum praeferendus,

Vell. 2, 69, 3:

puellam puellis,

Ov. M. 4, 56; Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94:

hoc pueris patriaeque,

Juv. 6, 111: animam praeferre [p. 1419] pudori, id. 8, 83.—With an object-clause, to choose rather, prefer:

cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi Praeferat Herodis palmetis pinguibus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 184:

ut multi praetulerint carere Penatibus,

Col. 1, 3.—

With ref. to time, to take beforehand, to anticipate (very rare;

not in Cic.): diem triumphi,

Liv. 39, 5, 12:

nec bonus Eurytion praelato invidit honori,

Verg. A. 5, 541; cf.: praelato die, Form. Praet. ap. Dig. 2, 13, 1; 48, 10, 28; cf.

opem,

to bring beforehand, Stat. Th. 6, 476.—

To show, display, exhibit, discover, manifest, expose, reveal, betray, etc. (rare but class.): cum praeferremus sensus aperte, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4:

avaritiam praefers,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87:

amorem,

Ov. H. 17, 36:

fons Calirrhoë aquarum gloriam ipso nomine praeferens,

Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72:

aures in equis animi indicia praeferunt,

id. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

duae aquilae omen duplicis imperii praeferentes,

Just. 12, 16:

modestiam praeferre et lasciviā uti,

Tac. A. 13, 45 (but in id. H. 5, 1, praelatis is corrupted;

the correct read. is privatis): dolorem animi vultu,

Curt. 6, 9, 1:

sapientiae studium habitu corporis,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.

ăb, ā, abs, prep. with abl. This IndoEuropean particle (Sanscr. apa or ava, Etr. av, Gr. upo, Goth. af, Old Germ. aba, New Germ. ab, Engl. of, off) has in Latin the following forms: ap, af, ab (av), au-, a, a; aps, abs, as-. The existence of the oldest form, ap, is proved by the oldest and best MSS. analogous to the prep. apud, the Sanscr. api, and Gr. epi, and by the weakened form af, which, by the rule of historical grammar and the nature of the Latin letter f, can be derived only from ap, not from ab. The form af, weakened from ap, also very soon became obsolete. There are but five examples of it in inscriptions, at the end of the sixth and in the course of the seventh century B. C., viz.:

AF VOBEIS,

Inscr. Orell. 3114;

AF MVRO,

ib. 6601;

AF CAPVA,

ib. 3308;

AF SOLO,

ib. 589;

AF LYCO,

ib. 3036 ( afuolunt =avolant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Mull., is only a conjecture). In the time of Cicero this form was regarded as archaic, and only here and there used in account-books; v. Cic. Or. 47, 158 (where the correct reading is af, not abs or ab), and cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 7 sq.—The second form of this preposition, changed from ap, was ab, which has become the principal form and the one most generally used through all periods—and indeed the only oue used before all vowels and h; here and there also before some consonants, particularly l, n, r, and s; rarely before c, j, d, t; and almost never before the labials p, b, f, v, or before m, such examples as ab Massiliensibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 35, being of the most rare occurrence.—By changing the b of ab through v into u, the form au originated, which was in use only in the two compounds aufero and aufugio for abfero, ab-fugio; aufuisse for afuisse, in Cod. Medic. of Tac. A. 12, 17, is altogether unusual. Finally, by dropping the b of ab, and lengthening the a, ab was changed into a, which form, together with ab, predominated through all periods of the Latin language, and took its place before all consonants in the later years of Cicero, and after him almoet exclusively.—By dropping the b without lengthening the a, ab occurs in the form a- in the two compounds a-bio and a-perio, q. v.—On the other hand, instead of reducing ap to a and a, a strengthened collateral form, aps, was made by adding to ap the letter s (also used in particles, as in ex, mox, vix). From the first, aps was used only before the letters c, q, t, and was very soon changed into abs (as ap into ab):

abs chorago,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 79 (159 Ritschl):

abs quivis,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:

abs terra,

Cato, R. R. 51;

and in compounds: aps-cessero,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 24 (625 R.); id. ib. 3, 2, 84 (710 R): abs-condo, abs-que, abs-tineo, etc. The use of abs was confined almost exclusively to the combination abs te during the whole ante-classic period, and with Cicero till about the year 700 A. U. C. (=B. C. 54). After that time Cicero evidently hesitates between abs te and a te, but during the last five or six years of his life a te became predominant in all his writings, even in his letters; consequently abs te appears but rarely in later authors, as in Liv. 10, 19, 8; 26, 15, 12;

and who, perhaps, also used abs conscendentibus,

id. 28, 37, 2; v. Drakenb. ad. h. l. (Weissenb. ab).—Finally abs, in consequence of the following p, lost its b, and became ds- in the three compounds aspello, as-porto, and as-pernor (for asspernor); v. these words.—The late Lat. verb abbrevio may stand for adbrevio, the d of ad being assimilated to the following b.The fundamental signification of ab is departure from some fixed point (opp. to ad. which denotes motion to a point).

In space, and,

Fig., in time and other relations, in which the idea of departure from some point, as from source and origin, is included; Engl. from, away from, out of; down from; since, after; by, at, in, on, etc.

Lit., in space: ab classe ad urbem tendunt, Att. ap. Non. 495, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 177 Rib.):

Caesar maturat ab urbe proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

fuga ab urbe turpissima,

Cic. Att. 7, 21:

ducite ab urbe domum, ducite Daphnim,

Verg. E. 8, 68. Cicero himself gives the difference between ab and ex thus: si qui mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus extra meum fundum et me introire prohibuerit, non ex eo, sed ab ( from, away from) eo loco me dejecerit....Unde dejecti Galli? A Capitolio. Unde, qui cum Graccho fucrunt? Ex Capitolio, etc., Cic. Caecin. 30, 87; cf. Diom. p. 408 P., and a similar distinction between ad and in under ad.—Ellipt.: Diogenes Alexandro roganti, ut diceret, si quid opus esset: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92. —Often joined with usque:

illam (mulierem) usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,

all the way from, Cic. Clu. 68, 192; v. usque, I.—And with ad, to denote the space passed over: siderum genus ab ortu ad occasum commeant, from... to, Cic. N. D. 2, 19 init.; cf. ab... in:

venti a laevo latere in dextrum, ut sol, ambiunt,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.

Sometimes with names of cities and small islands, or with domus (instead of the usual abl.), partie., in militnry and nautieal language, to denote the marching of soldiers, the setting out of a flcet, or the departure of the inhabitants from some place:

oppidum ab Aenea fugiente a Troja conditum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33:

quemadmodum (Caesar) a Gergovia discederet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 43 fin.; so id. ib. 7, 80 fin.; Sall. J. 61; 82; 91; Liv. 2, 33, 6 al.; cf.:

ab Arimino M. Antonium cum cohortibus quinque Arretium mittit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.; and:

protinus a Corfinio in Siciliam miserat,

id. ib. 1, 25, 2:

profecti a domo,

Liv. 40, 33, 2;

of setting sail: cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi hieme summa transmiserint,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32; so id. Fam. 15, 3, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 23; 3, 24 fin.:

classe qua advecti ab domo fuerant,

Liv. 8, 22, 6;

of citizens: interim ab Roma legatos venisse nuntiatum est,

Liv. 21, 9, 3; cf.:

legati ab Orico ad M. Valerium praetorem venerunt,

id. 24, 40, 2.

Sometimes with names of persons or with pronouns: pestem abige a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.):

Quasi ad adulescentem a patre ex Seleucia veniat,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 41; cf.:

libertus a Fuflis cum litteris ad Hermippum venit,

Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

Nigidium a Domitio Capuam venisse,

id. Att. 7, 24:

cum a vobis discessero,

id. Sen. 22:

multa merces tibi defluat ab Jove Neptunoque,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 29 al. So often of a person instead of his house, lodging, etc.: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, from the father, i. e. from his house, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

so a fratre,

id. Phorm. 5, 1, 5:

a Pontio,

Cic. Att. 5, 3 fin.:

ab ea,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; and so often: a me, a nobis, a se, etc., from my, our, his house, etc., Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50; Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1 al.

Transf., without the idea of motion. To designate separation or distance, with the verbs abesse, distare, etc., and with the particles longe, procul, prope, etc.

Of separation:

ego te afuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

abesse a domo paulisper maluit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

tum Brutus ab Roma aberat,

Sall. C. 40, 5:

absint lacerti ab stabulis,

Verg. G. 4, 14.—

Of distance:

quot milia fundus suus abesset ab urbe,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 28; cf.:

nos in castra properabamus, quae aberant bidui,

id. Att. 5, 16 fin.; and:

hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 1:

terrae ab hujusce terrae, quam nos incolimus, continuatione distantes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

non amplius pedum milibus duobus ab castris castra distabant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3; cf. id. lb. 1, 3, 103.—With adverbs: annos multos longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 103 Vahl.):

cum domus patris a foro longe abesset,

Cic. Cael. 7, 18 fin.; cf.:

qui fontes a quibusdam praesidiis aberant longius,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

quae procul erant a conspectu imperii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87; cf.:

procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17, 1; and:

tu procul a patria Alpinas nives vides,

Verg. E. 10, 46 (procul often also with simple abl.;

v. procul): cum esset in Italia bellum tam prope a Sicilia, tamen in Sicilia non fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6; cf.:

tu apud socrum tuam prope a meis aedibus sedebas,

id. Pis. 11, 26; and:

tam prope ab domo detineri,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So in Caesar and Livy, with numerals to designate the measure of the distance:

onerariae naves, quae ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebatur,

eight miles distant, Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 4; and without mentioning the terminus a quo: ad castra contenderunt, et ab milibus passunm minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off or distant, id. ib. 2, 7, 3; so id. ib. 2, 5, 32; 6, 7, 3; id. B. C. 1, 65; Liv. 38, 20, 2 (for which:

duo milia fere et quingentos passus ab hoste posuerunt castra,

id. 37, 38, 5). —

To denote the side or direction from which an object is viewed in its local relations,=a parte, at, on, in: utrum hacin feriam an ab laeva latus? Enn. ap. Plaut. Cist. 3, 10 (Trag. v. 38 Vahl.); cf.:

picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos, parra ab dextera consuadent,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12: clamore ab ea parte audito. on this side, Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 4: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, id. ib. 1, 1, 5:

pleraque Alpium ab Italia sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt,

on the Italian side, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

non eadem diligentia ab decumuna porta castra munita,

at the main entrance, Caes. B. G. 3, 25 fin.:

erat a septentrionibus collis,

on the north, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; so, ab oriente, a meridie, ab occasu; a fronte, a latere, a tergo, etc. (v. these words).

Fig.

In time.

From a [p. 3] point of time, without reference to the period subsequently elapsed. After:

Exul ab octava Marius bibit,

Juv. 1,40:

mulieres jam ab re divin[adot ] adparebunt domi,

immediately after the sucrifice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 4:

Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:

ab hac contione legati missi sunt,

immediately after, Liv. 24, 22, 6; cf. id. 28, 33, 1; 40, 47, 8; 40, 49, 1 al.:

ab eo magistratu,

after this office, Sall. J. 63, 5:

a summa spe novissima exspectabat,

after the greatest hope, Tac. A. 6, 50 fin. —Strengthened by the adverbs primum, confestim, statim, protinus, or the adj. recens, immediately after, soon after:

ut primum a tuo digressu Romam veni,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4; so Suet. Tib. 68:

confestim a proelio expugnatis hostium castris,

Liv. 30, 36, 1:

statim a funere,

Suet. Caes. 85;

and followed by statim: ab itinere statim,

id. ib. 60:

protinus ab adoptione,

Vell. 2, 104, 3:

Homerus qui recens ab illorum actate fuit,

soon after their time, Cic. N. D. 3, 5; so Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2; Verg. A. 6, 450 al. (v. also primum, confestim, etc.).—

Sometimes with the name of a person or place, instead of an action: ibi mihi tuae litterae binae redditae sunt tertio abs te die,

i. e. after their departure from you, Cic. Att. 5, 3, 1: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine Nov[adot ], i. e. after leaving (=postquam a Carthagine profecti sunt), Liv. 21, 38, 1:

secundo Punico (bello) Scipionis classis XL. die a securi navigavit,

i. e. after its having been built, Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192. —Hence the poct. expression: ab his, after this (cf. ek toutôn), i. e. after these words, hereupon, Ov. M. 3, 273; 4, 329; 8, 612; 9, 764.

With reference to a subsequent period. From, since, after:

ab hora tertia bibebatur,

from the third hour, Cic. Phil. 2, 41:

infinito ex tempore, non ut antea, ab Sulla et Pompeio consulibus,

since the consulship of, id. Agr. 2, 21, 56:

vixit ab omni aeternitate,

from all eternity, id. Div. 1, 51, 115:

cum quo a condiscipulatu vivebat conjunctissime,

Nep. Att. 5, 3:

in Lycia semper a terrae motu XL. dies serenos esse,

after an earthquake, Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211 al.:

centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodii,

since the death of, Cic. Mil. 35, 98; cf.:

cujus a morte quintus hic et tricesimus annus est,

id. Sen. 6, 19; and:

ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumiun annum,

since, Sall. C. 47, 2:

diebus triginta, a qua die materia caesa est,

Caes. B. C. 1, 36.—Sometimes joined with usque and inde:

quod augures omnes usque ab Romulo decreverunt,

since the time of, Cic. Vat. 8, 20:

jam inde ab infelici pugna ceciderant animi,

from the very beginning of, Liv. 2, 65 fin. —Hence the adverbial expressions ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first; v. initium, principium, primus. Likewise ab integro, anew, afresh; v. integer.—Ab... ad, from (a time)... to:

ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 4; cf.:

cum ab hora septima ad vesperum pugnatum sit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 2; and:

a quo tempore ad vos consules anni sunt septingenti octoginta unus,

Vell. 1, 8, 4; and so in Plautus strengthened by usque:

pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum,

from morning to evening, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. Most. 3, 1, 3; 3, 2, 80.—Rarely ab... in: Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie, from... till late in the day, Liv. 27, 2, 9; so Col. 2, 10, 17; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 2, 103, 106, § 229; 4, 12, 26, § 89.

Particularly with nouns denoting a time of life:

qui homo cum animo inde ab ineunte aetate depugnat suo,

from an early age, from early youth, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; so Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44 al.:

mihi magna cum co jam inde a pueritia fuit semper famillaritas,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9; so,

a pueritia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

jam inde ab adulescentia,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 16:

ab adulescentia,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1:

jam a prima adulescentia,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

ab ineunte adulescentia,

id. ib. 13, 21, 1; cf.

followed by ad: usque ad hanc aetatem ab incunte adulescentia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

a primis temporibus aetatis,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

a teneris unguiculis,

from childhood, id. ib. 1, 6, 2:

usque a toga pura,

id. Att. 7, 8, 5:

jam inde ab incunabulis,

Liv. 4, 36, 5:

a prima lanugine,

Suet. Oth. 12:

viridi ab aevo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17 al.;

rarely of animals: ab infantia,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 182.—Instead of the nom. abstr. very often (like the Greek ek paioôn, etc.) with concrete substantives: a pucro, ab adulescente, a parvis, etc., from childhood, etc.:

qui olim a puero parvulo mihi paedagogus fuerat,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 90; so,

a pausillo puero,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 21:

a puero,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 115; id. Fam. 13, 16, 4 (twice) al.:

a pueris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2 al.:

ab adulescente,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

ab infante,

Col. 1, 8, 2:

a parva virgine,

Cat. 66, 26 al. —Likewise and in the same sense with adject.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, Liv. 1, 39, 6 fin.; cf.:

a parvis,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

a parvulo,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 8; id. Ad. 1, 1, 23; cf.:

ab parvulis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 3:

ab tenero,

Col. 5, 6, 20;

and rarely of animals: (vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13.

In other relations in which the idea of going forth, proceeding, from something is included.

In gen. to denote departure, separation, deterring, avoiding, intermitting, etc., or distance, difference, etc., of inanimate or abstract things. From: jus atque aecum se a malis spernit procul, Enn. ap. Non. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.):

suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:

qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18:

hic ab artificio suo non recessit,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20 al.:

quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

condicionem quam ab te peto,

id. ib. 2, 4, 87; cf.:

mercedem gloriae flagitas ab iis, quorum, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

si quid ab illo acceperis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 90:

quae (i. e. antiquitas) quo propius aberat ab ortu et divina progenie,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

ab defensione desistere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4:

ne quod tempus ab opere intermitteretur,

id. B. G. 7, 24, 2:

ut homines adulescentis a dicendi studio deterream,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117, etc.—Of distance (in order, rank, mind, or feeling):

qui quartus ab Arcesila fuit,

the fourth in succession from, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 46:

tu nunc eris alter ab illo,

next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49; cf.:

Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus,

next in rank to, Hor. S. 2, 3, 193:

quid hoc ab illo differt,

from, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39; cf.:

hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

id. Off. 2, 4, 15; and:

discrepare ab aequitate sapientiam,

id. Rep. 3, 9 fin. (v. the verbs differo, disto, discrepo, dissideo, dissentio, etc.):

quae non aliena esse ducerem a dignitate,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7:

alieno a te animo fuit,

id. Deiot. 9, 24 (v. alienus). —So the expression ab re (qs. aside from the matter, profit; cf. the opposite, in rem), contrary to one's profit, to a loss, disadvantageous (so in the affirmative very rare and only ante-class.):

subdole ab re consulit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12; cf. id. Capt. 2, 2, 88; more frequently and class. (but not with Cicero) in the negative, non, haud, ab re, not without advantage or profit, not useless or unprofitable, adcantageous:

haut est ab re aucupis,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 71:

non ab re esse Quinctii visum est,

Liv. 35, 32, 6; so Plin. 27, 8, 35; 31, 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Dom. 11; Gell. 18, 14 fin.; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 31, 22 al. (but in Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44, ab re means with respect to the money matter).

In partic.

To denote an agent from whom an action proceeds, or by whom a thing is done or takes place. By, and in archaic and solemn style, of. So most frequently with pass. or intrans. verbs with pass. signif., when the active object is or is considered as a living being: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro, Naev. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67: injuria abs te afficior, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

a patre deductus ad Scaevolam,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,

id. ib. 1, 3:

disputata ab eo,

id. ib. 1, 4 al.:

illa (i. e. numerorum ac vocum vis) maxime a Graecia vetere celebrata,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ita generati a natura sumus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.:

pars mundi damnata a rerum natura,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88:

niagna adhibita cura est a providentia deorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51 al. —With intrans. verbs:

quae (i. e. anima) calescit ab eo spiritu,

is warmed by this breath, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; cf. Ov. M. 1, 417: (mare) qua a sole collucet, Cic. Ac. 2, 105:

salvebis a meo Cicerone,

i. e. young Cicero sends his compliments to you, id. Att. 6, 2 fin.:

a quibus (Atheniensibus) erat profectus,

i. e. by whose command, Nep. Milt. 2, 3:

ne vir ab hoste cadat,

Ov. H. 9, 36 al. —A substantive or adjective often takes the place of the verb (so with de, q. v.):

levior est plaga ab amico quam a debitore,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7; cf.:

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19:

si calor est a sole,

id. N. D. 2, 52:

ex iis a te verbis (for a te scriptis),

id. Att. 16, 7, 5:

metu poenae a Romanis,

Liv. 32, 23, 9:

bellum ingens a Volscis et Aequis,

id. 3, 22, 2:

ad exsolvendam fldem a consule,

id. 27, 5, 6.—With an adj.:

lassus ab equo indomito,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 10:

Murus ab ingenic notior ille tuo,

Prop. 5, 1, 126:

tempus a nostris triste malis,

time made sad by our misfortunes, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 36.—Different from per:

vulgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus?

by whom and upon whose orders? Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (cf. id. ib. 34, 97: cujus consilio occisus sit, invenio; cujus manu sit percussus, non laboro); so,

ab hoc destitutus per Thrasybulum (i. e. Thrasybulo auctore),

Nep. Alc. 5, 4.—Ambiguity sometimes arises from the fact that the verb in the pass. would require ab if used in the active:

si postulatur a populo,

if the people demand it, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58, might also mean, if it is required of the people; on the contrary: quod ab eo (Lucullo) laus imperatoria non admodum exspectabatur, not since he did not expect military renown, but since they did not expect military renown from him, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2, and so often; cf. Rudd. II. p. 213. (The use of the active dative, or dative of the agent, instead of ab with the pass., is well known, Zumpt, § 419. It is very seldom found in prose writers of the golden age of Roman liter.; with Cic. sometimes joined with the participles auditus, cognitus, constitutus, perspectus, provisus, susceptus; cf. Halm ad Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 71, and ad ejusdem, Cat. 1, 7 fin.; but freq. at a later period; e. g. in Pliny, in Books 2-4 of H. N., more than twenty times; and likewise in Tacitus seventeen times. Vid. the passages in Nipperd. ad Tac. A. 2, 49.) Far more unusual is the simple abl. in the designation of persons:

deseror conjuge,

Ov. H. 12, 161; so id. ib. 5, 75; id. M. 1, 747; Verg. A. 1, 274; Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; 1, 6, 2;

and in prose,

Quint. 3, 4, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 1; Curt. 6, 7, 8; cf. Rudd. II. p. 212; Zumpt ad Quint. V. p. 122 Spalding.—Hence the adverbial phrase a se=uph heautou, sua sponte, of one's own uccord, spontaneously:

ipsum a se oritur et sua sponte nascitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

(urna) ab se cantat quoja sit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21 (al. eapse; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 66); so Col. 11, 1, 5; Liv. 44, 33, 6.

With names of towns to denote origin, extraction, instead of gentile adjectives. From, of:

pastores a Pergamide,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1:

Turnus ab Aricia,

Liv. 1, 50, 3 (for which Aricinus, id. 1, 51, 1):

obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos,

Liv. 2, 22, 2; and poet.: O longa mundi servator ab Alba, Auguste, thou who art descended from the old Alban race of kings (=oriundus, or ortus regibus Albanis), Prop. 5, 6, 37.

In giving the etymology of a name: eam rem (sc. legem, Gr. nomon) illi Graeco putant nomine a suum cuique tribuendo appellatam, ego nostro a legendo, Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 19: annum intervallum regni fuit: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, Liv. 1, 17, 6:

(sinus maris) ab nomine propinquae urbis Ambracius appellatus,

id. 38, 4, 3; and so Varro in his Ling. Lat., and Pliny, in Books 1-5 of H. N., on almost every page. (Cf. also the arts. ex and de.)

With verbs of beginning and repeating: a summo bibere, in Plaut. to drink in succession from the one at the head of the table:

da, puere, ab summo,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; so,

da ab Delphio cantharum circum, id Most. 1, 4, 33: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est potissimum,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21:

coepere a fame mala,

Liv. 4, 12, 7:

cornicem a cauda de ovo exire,

tail-foremost, Plin. 10, 16, 18:

a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18 al.

With verbs of freeing from, defending, or protecting against any thing:

a foliis et stercore purgato,

Cato, R. R. 65 (66), 1:

tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi?

Ter. Heaut. 1, [p. 4] 1, 23; cf.:

Saguntini ut a proeliis quietem habuerant,

Liv. 21, 11, 5:

expiandum forum ab illis nefarii sceleris vestigiis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11:

haec provincia non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis est defendenda,

id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14 (v. defendo):

ab incendio urbem vigiliis munitam intellegebat,

Sall. C. 32:

ut neque sustinere se a lapsu possent,

Liv. 21, 35, 12:

ut meam domum metueret atque a me ipso caveret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133.

With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping, and the like, ab =a parte, as, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4: cum eadem metuam ab hac parte, since I fear the same from this side; hence, timere, metuere ab aliquo, not, to be afraid of any one, but, to fear something (proceeding from) from him:

el metul a Chryside,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 79; cf.:

ab Hannibale metuens,

Liv. 23, 36; and:

metus a praetore,

id. 23, 15, 7;

v. Weissenb. ad h. l.: a quo quidem genere, judices, ego numquam timui,

Cic. Sull. 20, 59:

postquam nec ab Romanis robis ulla est spes,

you can expect nothing from the Romans, Liv. 21, 13, 4.

With verbs of fastening and holding:

funiculus a puppi religatus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

cum sinistra capillum ejus a vertice teneret,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 3.

Ulcisci se ab aliquo, to take vengeance on one:

a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur,

Plin. 34, 14, 41 fin.

Cognoscere ab aliqua re to knoio or learn by means of something (different from ab aliquo, to learn from some one):

id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22.

Dolere, laborare, valere ab, instead of the simple abl.:

doleo ab animo, doleo ab oculis, doleo ab aegritudine,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 62:

a morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 26; cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 9:

a frigore et aestu ne quid laborent,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; so,

a frigore laborantibus,

Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133; cf.:

laborare ab re frumentaria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1; id. B. C. 3, 9; v. laboro.

Where verbs and adjectives are joined with ab, instead of the simple abl., ab defines more exactly the respect in which that which is expressed by the verb or adj. is to be understood, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of:

ab ingenio improbus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

a me pudica'st,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 51:

orba ab optimatibus contio,

Cic. Fl. 23, 54; ro Ov. H. 6,156: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24 fin. (v. securus):

locus copiosus a frumento,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2; cf.:

sumus imparati cum a militibas tum a pecunia,

id. ib. 7, 15 fin.:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

ab una parte haud satis prosperuin,

Liv. 1, 32, 2 al.;

so often in poets ab arte=arte,

artfully, Tib. 1, 5, 4; 1, 9, 66; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 30.

In the statement of the motive instead of ex, propter, or the simple abl. causae, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: ab singulari amore scribo, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B fin.:

linguam ab irrisu exserentem,

thrusting out the tongue in derision, Liv. 7, 10, 5:

ab honore,

id. 1, 8; so, ab ira, a spe, ab odio, v. Drak. ad Liv. 24, 30, 1: 26, 1, 3; cf. also Kritz and Fabri ad Sall. J. 31, 3, and Fabri ad Liv. 21, 36, 7.

Especially in the poets instead of the gen.:

ab illo injuria,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 129:

fulgor ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 5:

dulces a fontibus undae,

Verg. G. 2, 243.

In indicating a part of the whole, for the more usual ex, of, out of:

scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:

nonnuill ab novissimis,

id. ib.; Cic. Sest. 65, 137; cf. id. ib. 59 fin.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).

In marking that from which any thing proceeds, and to which it belongs:

qui sunt ab ea disciplina,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:

ab eo qui sunt,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt,

id. Mur. 30, 63 (in imitation of oi upo tinos).

To designate an office or dignity (with or without servus; so not freq. till after the Aug. period;

in Cic. only once): Pollex, servus a pedibus meus,

one of my couriers, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1; so,

a manu servus,

a secretary, Suet. Caes. 74: Narcissum ab eplstulis ( secretary) et Pallantem a rationibus ( accountant), id. Claud. 28; and so, ab actis, ab admissione, ab aegris, ab apotheca, ab argento, a balneis, a bibliotheca, a codicillis, a jumentis, a potione, etc. (v. these words and Inscr. Orell. vol. 3, Ind. xi. p. 181 sq.).

The use of ab before adverbs is for the most part peculiar to later Latinity:

a peregre,

Vitr. 5, 7 (6), 8:

a foris,

Plin. 17, 24, 37; Vulg. Gen, 7, 16; ib. Matt. 23, 27:

ab intus,

ib. ib. 7, 15:

ab invicem,

App. Herb. 112; Vulg. Matt. 25, 32; Cypr. Ep. 63, 9: Hier. Ep. 18:

a longe,

Hyg. Fab. 257; Vulg. Gen. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 58:

a modo,

ib. ib. 23, 39;

Hier. Vit. Hilar.: a nune,

Vulg. Luc. 1, 48:

a sursum,

ib. Marc. 15, 38.

Ab is not repeated like most other prepositions (v. ad, ex, in, etc.) with pron. interrog. or relat. after subst. and pron. demonstr. with ab:

Arsinoen, Stratum, Naupactum...fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91:

a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit. Quibus? An iis, quae in juventute geruntur et viribus?

id. Sen. 6:

a Jove incipiendum putat. Quo Jove?

id. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

res publica, quascumque vires habebit, ab iis ipsis, quibus tenetur, de te propediem impetrabit,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

Ab in Plantus is once put after the word which it governs: quo ab, As. 1, 1, 106.—

It is in various ways separated from the word which it governs:

a vitae periculo,

Cic. Brut. 91, 313:

a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo,

id. Arch. 6, 12:

a minus bono,

Sall. C. 2, 6:

a satis miti principio,

Liv. 1, 6, 4:

damnis dives ab ipsa suis,

Ov. H. 9, 96; so id. ib. 12, 18; 13, 116.—

The poets join a and que, making aque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.):

aque Chao,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

aque mero,

Ov. M. 3, 631:

aque viro,

id. H. 6, 156:

aque suis,

id. Tr. 5, 2, 74 al. But:

a meque,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

abs teque,

id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

a teque,

id. ib. 8, 11, §

7: a primaque adulescentia,

id. Brut. 91, 315 al. —

A Greek noun joined with ab stands in the dat.: a parte negotiati, hoc est pragmatikê, removisse, Quint. 3, 7, 1.

In composition ab,

Retains its original signif.: abducere, to take or carry away from some place: abstrahere, to draw auay; also, downward: abicere, to throw down; and denoting a departure from the idea of the simple word, it has an effect apparently privative: absimilis, departing from the similar, unlike: abnormis, departing from the rule, unusual (different from dissimilis, enormis); and so also in amens=a mente remotus, alienus ( out of one's senses, without self-control, insane): absurdus, missounding, then incongruous, irrational: abutor (in one of its senses), to misuse: aborior, abortus, to miscarry: abludo; for the privative force the Latin regularly employs in-, v. 2. in.—

It more rarely designates completeness, as in absorbere, abutor ( to use up). (The designation of the fourth generation in the ascending or descending line by ab belongs here only in appearance; as abavus for quartus pater, great-great-grandfather, although the Greeks introduced upopappos; for the immutability of the syllable ab in abpatrnus and abmatertera, as well as the signif. Of the word abavus, grandfather's grandfather, imitated in abnepos, grandchild's grandchild, seems to point to a derivation from avi avus, as Festus, p. 13 Mull., explains atavus, by atta avi, or, rather, attae avus.)

bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.

Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

quae domi duellique male fecisti,

id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

quique agent rem duelli,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

id. 22, 10, 2:

victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

id. 23, 11, 2:

si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

id. 36, 2, 2;

and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]

Form bellum.

War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).

Specifying the enemy.

By adjj. denoting the nation:

omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

Britannicum bellum,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

Gallicum,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

Germanicum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

Sabinum,

Liv. 1, 26, 4:

Parthicum,

Vell. 2, 46, 2;

similarly: bellum piraticum,

the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

Sertorianum bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

Mithridaticum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

Jugurthinum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

similarly: bellum regium,

the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

Asiaticum,

id. ib. 22, 64:

Africum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

Actiacum,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

Hispaniense,

id. 2, 55, 2.—

With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

Venetorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

Helvetiorum,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

1, 30: Ambiorigis,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

Pyrrhi, Philippi,

Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

Samnitium,

Liv. 7, 29, 2.—

With cum and abl. of the name.

Attributively:

cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

belli causa cum Samnitibus,

Liv. 7, 29, 3:

hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

id. 33, 35, 12:

novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—

With cum dependent on the verb:

quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—

With adversus and acc. of the name.

Attributively:

bellum adversus Philippum,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

id. 8, 29, 6.—

With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

id. 45, 11, 8:

bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

With contra and acc.:

cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—

With in and acc. (very rare):

Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—

With inter and acc.:

hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

Liv. 45, 9, 2.—

With apud and acc.:

secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

Nep. Att. 9, 1.—

With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—

With verbs.

Referring to the beginning of the war.

Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

bellum commotum a Scapula,

id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

Sall. C. 30, 2:

is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

Liv. 1, 53, 2:

insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

id. 4, 58, 6:

dii pium movere bellum,

id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

concitare,

Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—

Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

parare alicui,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

bellum terra et mari comparat,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

Liv. 4, 55, 7:

numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—

Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

nec jam poterat bellum differri,

Liv. 2, 30, 7:

mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—

Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

id. ib. 20, 5:

de integro bellum sumit,

id. ib. 62, 9:

iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

Liv. 38, 19, 3:

sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—

Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

id. 6, 9, 5:

bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

Vell. 2, 3, 3.—

Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

consensit et senatus bellum,

Liv. 8, 6, 8:

bellum erat consensum,

id. 1, 32, 12.—

Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

id. ib.:

cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

Liv. 5, 26, 3:

Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

id. 6, 22, 6:

Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

id. 7, 23, 2:

quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

id. ib. 16, 49:

hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

bellum administrandum permittere,

id. ib. 21, 61.—

Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

Liv. 1, 32, 13:

Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

bellum indici posse existimabat,

Liv. 1, 22, 4:

ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

id. 1, 22, 6:

ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—

Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

bellum patriae faciet,

id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

occupant bellum facere,

they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

id. 1, 32, 13:

populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—

Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

Liv. 1, 14, 4:

Veiens bellum exortum,

id. 2, 53, 1.—

bellum

(ante-class. and poet.

duel-lum

), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.

Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

quae domi duellique male fecisti,

id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

quique agent rem duelli,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

id. 22, 10, 2:

victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

id. 23, 11, 2:

si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

id. 36, 2, 2;

and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]

Form bellum.

War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).

Specifying the enemy.

By adjj. denoting the nation:

omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

Britannicum bellum,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

Gallicum,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

Germanicum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

Sabinum,

Liv. 1, 26, 4:

Parthicum,

Vell. 2, 46, 2;

similarly: bellum piraticum,

the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

Sertorianum bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

Mithridaticum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

Jugurthinum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

similarly: bellum regium,

the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

Asiaticum,

id. ib. 22, 64:

Africum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

Actiacum,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

Hispaniense,

id. 2, 55, 2.—

With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

Venetorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

Helvetiorum,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

1, 30: Ambiorigis,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

Pyrrhi, Philippi,

Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

Samnitium,

Liv. 7, 29, 2.—

With cum and abl. of the name.

Attributively:

cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

belli causa cum Samnitibus,

Liv. 7, 29, 3:

hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

id. 33, 35, 12:

novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—

With cum dependent on the verb:

quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—

With adversus and acc. of the name.

Attributively:

bellum adversus Philippum,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

id. 8, 29, 6.—

With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

id. 45, 11, 8:

bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

With contra and acc.:

cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—

With in and acc. (very rare):

Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—

With inter and acc.:

hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

Liv. 45, 9, 2.—

With apud and acc.:

secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

Nep. Att. 9, 1.—

With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—

With verbs.

Referring to the beginning of the war.

Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

bellum commotum a Scapula,

id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

Sall. C. 30, 2:

is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

Liv. 1, 53, 2:

insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

id. 4, 58, 6:

dii pium movere bellum,

id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

concitare,

Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—

Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

parare alicui,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

bellum terra et mari comparat,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

Liv. 4, 55, 7:

numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—

Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

nec jam poterat bellum differri,

Liv. 2, 30, 7:

mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—

Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

id. ib. 20, 5:

de integro bellum sumit,

id. ib. 62, 9:

iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

Liv. 38, 19, 3:

sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—

Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

id. 6, 9, 5:

bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

Vell. 2, 3, 3.—

Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

consensit et senatus bellum,

Liv. 8, 6, 8:

bellum erat consensum,

id. 1, 32, 12.—

Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

id. ib.:

cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

Liv. 5, 26, 3:

Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

id. 6, 22, 6:

Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

id. 7, 23, 2:

quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

id. ib. 16, 49:

hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

bellum administrandum permittere,

id. ib. 21, 61.—

Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

Liv. 1, 32, 13:

Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

bellum indici posse existimabat,

Liv. 1, 22, 4:

ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

id. 1, 22, 6:

ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—

Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

bellum patriae faciet,

id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

occupant bellum facere,

they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

id. 1, 32, 13:

populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—

Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

Liv. 1, 14, 4:

Veiens bellum exortum,

id. 2, 53, 1.—

Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

Sall. C. 16, 5:

bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

Liv. 21, 1, 1:

alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

id. 2, 62, 3:

de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

id. 23, 25, 5:

Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

bellum bellare,

Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

in the same sense: bellum agere,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

bello persequi aliquem,

Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—

Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

bellum trahi non posse,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

belli trahendi causa,

Liv. 5, 11, 8:

morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

id. 9, 27, 5:

suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

bellum enim ducetur,

id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

Liv. 5, 5, 1.—

Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

Liv. 8, 37, 5.—

Referring to the end of a war.

Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

id. 31, 31, 19:

dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

Sall. J. 112, 1:

bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

velut posito bello,

Liv. 1, 53, 5:

manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

id. 1, 53, 7:

posito ubique bello,

Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

Liv. 2, 14, 5.—

Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

timerent ne bellum componeretur,

Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

si bellum compositum foret,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

belli componendi licentiam,

id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

similarly: bellum sedare,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

bellumque maximum conficies,

id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

confecto Mithridatico bello,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—

Less usual connections:

bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

alere ac fovere bellum,

Liv. 42, 11, 5:

bellum navare alicui,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

spargere,

id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

serere,

Liv. 21, 10, 4:

circumferre,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

exercere,

id. ib. 6, 31:

quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

bellum ascendit in rupes,

id. 4, 12, 4:

bellum serpit in proximos,

id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

bella narrare,

Cic. Or. 9, 30:

canere bella,

Quint. 10, 1, 91:

bella legere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—

As object denoting place or time.

Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.

Of the commander:

consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

in bellum,

Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—

Of persons partaking in a war:

si proficiscerer ad bellum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —

Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—

In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

in bella sequi,

id. ib. 8, 547.—

Of time.

In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

domi duellique,

id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

bello domique,

id. 1, 34, 12:

domi belloque,

id. 9, 26, 21; and:

neque bello, neque domi,

id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—

In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

in ipso bello eadem sensi,

id. Marcell. 5, 14:

in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

Liv. 2, 24, 8:

in eo bello,

id. 23, 46, 6:

in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

qui in bello occiderunt,

Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

in bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—

Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

bello Italico,

id. Pis. 36, 87:

Veienti bello,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

domestico bello,

id. Planc. 29, 70:

qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

Liv. 23, 12, 11:

victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1:

nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

id. 9, 18, 9:

bello civili,

Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

res pace belloque gestas,

Liv. 2, 1, 1:

egregieque rebus bello gestis,

id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

ludi bello voti,

id. 4, 35. 3:

princeps pace belloque,

id. 7, 1, 9:

Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

id. 45, 42, 7:

bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—

Inter bellum (rare):

cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

Liv. 2, 14, 2:

inter haec bella consules... facti,

id. 2, 63, 1.—

Bellum in attributive connection.

Justum bellum.

A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

justum piumque bellum,

Liv. 1, 23, 4:

non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—

A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

Liv. 1, 15, 1.—

For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—

Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

Sall. C. 37, 9:

eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

Liv. 5, 16, 8.—

Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—

Belli artes, military skill:

cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

Liv. 1, 35, 1:

haud ignotas belli artes,

id. 21, 1, 2:

temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

id. 1, 21, 6.—

Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

Liv. 5, 27, 6:

jure belli res vindicatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—

Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

trium simul bellorum victor,

a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

victor tot bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1). —

Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—

Transf.

Of things concr. and abstr.:

qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

bellum contra aras et focos,

id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

ventri Indico bellum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—

Of animals:

milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

Ov. M. 6, 92.—

With individuals:

quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

id. Sull. 9, 28:

hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

Liv. 2, 12, 11:

falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

id. 3, 25, 3:

tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—

In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—

Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

Verg. A. 7, 607:

mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

id. ib. 6, 279.—

Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

Ov. M. 12, 24:

sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

Sil. 7, 472:

quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

Stat. Th. 9, 490.—

Battle, = proelium:

rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

Liv. 8, 10, 7:

commisso statim bello,

Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

Actia bella,

Verg. A. 8, 675:

ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —

Bellum = liber de bello:

quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

Sall. C. 16, 5:

bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

Liv. 21, 1, 1:

alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

id. 2, 62, 3:

de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

id. 23, 25, 5:

Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

bellum bellare,

Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

in the same sense: bellum agere,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

bello persequi aliquem,

Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—

Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

bellum trahi non posse,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

belli trahendi causa,

Liv. 5, 11, 8:

morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

id. 9, 27, 5:

suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

bellum enim ducetur,

id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

Liv. 5, 5, 1.—

Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

Liv. 8, 37, 5.—

Referring to the end of a war.

Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

id. 31, 31, 19:

dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

Sall. J. 112, 1:

bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

velut posito bello,

Liv. 1, 53, 5:

manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

id. 1, 53, 7:

posito ubique bello,

Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

Liv. 2, 14, 5.—

Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

timerent ne bellum componeretur,

Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

si bellum compositum foret,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

belli componendi licentiam,

id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

similarly: bellum sedare,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

bellumque maximum conficies,

id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

confecto Mithridatico bello,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—

Less usual connections:

bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

alere ac fovere bellum,

Liv. 42, 11, 5:

bellum navare alicui,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

spargere,

id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

serere,

Liv. 21, 10, 4:

circumferre,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

exercere,

id. ib. 6, 31:

quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

bellum ascendit in rupes,

id. 4, 12, 4:

bellum serpit in proximos,

id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

bella narrare,

Cic. Or. 9, 30:

canere bella,

Quint. 10, 1, 91:

bella legere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—

As object denoting place or time.

Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.

Of the commander:

consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

in bellum,

Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—

Of persons partaking in a war:

si proficiscerer ad bellum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —

Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—

In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

in bella sequi,

id. ib. 8, 547.—

Of time.

In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

domi duellique,

id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

bello domique,

id. 1, 34, 12:

domi belloque,

id. 9, 26, 21; and:

neque bello, neque domi,

id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—

In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

in ipso bello eadem sensi,

id. Marcell. 5, 14:

in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

Liv. 2, 24, 8:

in eo bello,

id. 23, 46, 6:

in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

qui in bello occiderunt,

Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

in bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—

Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

bello Italico,

id. Pis. 36, 87:

Veienti bello,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

domestico bello,

id. Planc. 29, 70:

qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

Liv. 23, 12, 11:

victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1:

nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

id. 9, 18, 9:

bello civili,

Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

res pace belloque gestas,

Liv. 2, 1, 1:

egregieque rebus bello gestis,

id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

ludi bello voti,

id. 4, 35. 3:

princeps pace belloque,

id. 7, 1, 9:

Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

id. 45, 42, 7:

bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—

Inter bellum (rare):

cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

Liv. 2, 14, 2:

inter haec bella consules... facti,

id. 2, 63, 1.—

Bellum in attributive connection.

Justum bellum.

A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

justum piumque bellum,

Liv. 1, 23, 4:

non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—

A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

Liv. 1, 15, 1.—

For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—

Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

Sall. C. 37, 9:

eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

Liv. 5, 16, 8.—

Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—

Belli artes, military skill:

cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

Liv. 1, 35, 1:

haud ignotas belli artes,

id. 21, 1, 2:

temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

id. 1, 21, 6.—

Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

Liv. 5, 27, 6:

jure belli res vindicatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—

Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

trium simul bellorum victor,

a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

victor tot bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1). —

Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—

Transf.

Of things concr. and abstr.:

qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

bellum contra aras et focos,

id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

ventri Indico bellum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—

Of animals:

milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

Ov. M. 6, 92.—

With individuals:

quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

id. Sull. 9, 28:

hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

Liv. 2, 12, 11:

falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

id. 3, 25, 3:

tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—

In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—

Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

Verg. A. 7, 607:

mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

id. ib. 6, 279.—

Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

Ov. M. 12, 24:

sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

Sil. 7, 472:

quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

Stat. Th. 9, 490.—

Battle, = proelium:

rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

Liv. 8, 10, 7:

commisso statim bello,

Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

Actia bella,

Verg. A. 8, 675:

ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —

Bellum = liber de bello:

quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

amplus, a, um, adj. [some regard this as a shortened form of anapleôs, = filled up, full; others, as for ambulus from amb-, rounded out, as superus from super, etc.; v. Doed. Syn. II. p. 113; but perh. it is better to form it from am- and -plus, akin to -pleo, plenus, q. v. Pott], thus pr., full all round; hence, great, large. —In space, of large extent, great, large, wide, ample, spacious (the forms amplus and amplior are very rare in the ante-class. per., and rare in all periods. Amplius is com. in the ante-class., freq. in the class., and very freq. in the post-class. per., the Vulg. rarely using the other forms, but using this 121 times. Amplissimus belongs to prose, and is scarcely used before Cicero, with whom it was a very favorite word. It was also used by Plin. Maj. and Min., but never by Tac., Sall. (in his genuine works), nor the Vulg. Catullus used only the form amplius, and Prop. only amplus, while Tib. and Pers. never used this word in any form. Ampliter is found mostly in Plaut.; and ample and amplissime are used a few times by Cic. and by writers that followed him; syn.: magnus, ingens, latus, late patens, spatiosus, laxus).

Lit.:

amplus et spectu protervo ferox,

Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.:

qui (Pluto) ter amplum Geryonen compescit unda,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 7:

ampla domus dedecori domino fit, si est in ea solitudo,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; so Verg. A. 2, 310:

admodum amplum et excelsum signum,

Cic. Verr. 4, 74:

collis castris parum amplus,

Sall. J. 98, 3:

porticibus in amplis,

Verg. A. 3, 353:

per amplum mittimur Elysium,

id. ib. 6, 743:

vocemque per ampla volutant Atria,

id. ib. 1, 725:

nil vulva pulchrius ampla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41:

amplae aures,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

milium amplum grano,

id. 18, 7, 10, § 55:

cubiculum amplum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

baptisterium amplum atque opacum,

id. ib. 5, 6, 25.— Comp.:

quanto est res amplior,

Lucr. 2, 1133:

Amplior Urgo et Capraria,

Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81:

avis paulo amplior passere,

id. 10, 32, 47, § 89:

amplior specie mortali,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 76 (for the neutr. amplius, v. infra).— Sup.:

amplissima curia... gymnasium amplissimum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

urbs amplissima atque ornatissima,

id. Agr. 2, 76:

amplissimum peristylum,

id. Dom. 116:

(candelabrum) ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum,

id. Verr. 4, 65:

mons Italiae amplissimus,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

amplissimum flumen,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 3:

amplissimus lacus,

id. ib. 10, 41, 2:

amplissima insula,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71:

amplissimi horti,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

amplissima arborum,

Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 200:

est (topazon) amplissima gemmarum,

id. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

amplissimum cubiculum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23.—

Transf., great, abundant, ample, much, long:

bono atque amplo lucro,

Plaut. Am. prol. 6 and Ep. 2, 2, 117:

pabula miseris mortalibus ampla,

Lucr. 5, 944:

ampla civitas,

Cic. Verr. 4, 81; 4, 96:

civitas ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

gens ampla,

Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125:

amplae copiae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

ampla manus militum,

Liv. Epit. 1, 4, 9:

pecuaria res ampla,

Cic. Quinct. 12:

res familiaris ampla,

id. Phil. 13, 8:

(res) ampla,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 82, 20 Kritz:

patrimonium amplum et copiosum,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 6; id. Dom. 146: id. Phil. 2, 67:

amplae divitiae,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:

esse patri ejus amplas facultates,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

in amplis opibus heres,

Plin. 9, 36, 59, § 122.— Comp.:

amplior numerus,

Cic. Mil. 57; Sall. J. 105, 3; Tac. A. 14, 53:

ampliores aquae,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 58:

amplior exercitus,

Sall. J. 54, 3; Suet. Vesp. 4:

commeatus spe amplior,

Sall. J. 75, 8:

amplior pecunia, Auct. B. Alex. 56: pecunia amplior,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

pretia ampliora,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84:

omnia longe ampliora invenire quam etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

ampliores noctes,

Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

ut ampliori tempore maneret,

Vulg. Act. 18, 20.— Sup.:

peditatus copiae amplissimae e Gallia,

Cic. Font. 8:

exercitus amplissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; 9, 13, 11:

amplissima pecunia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31:

amplissimae fortunae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; id. Quinct. 49; id. Phil. 10, 4:

amplissimae patrimonii copiae,

id. Fl. 89:

amplissimas summas emptionibus occupare,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

opes amplissimae,

id. ib. 8, 18, 4:

amplissima dies horarum quindecim etc.,

the longest day, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 218.—Also subst. in comp. neutr. (v. amplius, adv. infra), more:

ut quirem exaudire amplius,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

si vis amplius dari, Dabitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:

jam amplius orat,

id. ib. 2, 1, 19:

daturus non sum amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29:

non complectar in his libris amplius quam quod etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

tantum adfero quantum ipse optat, atque etiam amplius,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 10:

ni amplius etiam, quod ebibit,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 20: Ph. Etiamne amplius? Th. Nil, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63: Tr. Dimidium Volo ut dicas. Gr. Immo hercle etiam amplius, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 21: Th. Nempe octoginta debentur huic minae? Tr. Haud nummo amplius, id. Most. 3, 3, 16:

etiam amplius illam adparare condecet,

Turp. Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.:

hoc onere suscepto amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

omnis numerus amplius octingentis milibus explebat,

Vell. 2, 110, 3:

Segestanis imponebat aliquanto amplius quam etc.,

Cic. Verr. 4, 76:

illa corona contentus Thrasybulus neque amplius requisivit,

Nep. Thras. 4, 3:

amplius possidere,

Plin. 18, 4, 3, § 17:

Ille imperio ei reddito haud amplius, quam ut duo ex tribus filiis secum militarent, exegit,

Curt. 8, 4, 21:

dedit quantum maximum potuit, daturus amplius, si potuisset,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 6:

cum hoc amplius praestet, quod etc.,

id. ib. 7, 25, 1.—Also with part. gen., more of, a greater quantity or number of:

gaudeo tibi liberorum esse amplius,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 4:

te amplius bibisse praedicet loti,

Cat. 39, 21:

amplius frumenti auferre,

Cic. Verr. 3, 49:

expensum est auri viginti paulo amplius,

id. Fl. 6, 8:

amplius negotii contrahi,

id. Cat. 4, 9:

si amplius obsidum vellet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9, ubi v. Herz.:

quanto ejus amplius processerat temporis,

id. B. C. 3, 25.—

Fig.

Of internal power or force, great, strong, violent, impetuous:

pro viribus amplis,

Lucr. 5, 1174:

amplae vires peditum,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 75;

ampla nepotum Spes,

Prop. 4, 22, 41:

poena sera, sed ampla,

full, strict, id. 4, 5, 32. — Comp.:

haec irae factae essent multo ampliores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 9:

si forte morbus amplior factus siet, i. e. gravior,

id. ib. 3, 1, 50:

amplior metus,

Cic. Clu. 128:

amplior potentia feris,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:

ampliorem dicendi facultatem consequi,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

amplior eoque acrior impetus,

Flor. 4, 2, 66:

spes amplior,

Sall. J. 105, 4:

amplius accipietis judicium,

severer, Vulg. Matt. 23, 14:

amplior auctoritas,

Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 47:

amplior virtus,

higher merit, Quint. 8, 3, 83:

idem aut amplior cultus (dei),

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

amplior est quaestio,

Quint. 3, 5, 8:

ampliora verba,

of larger meaning, id. 8, 4, 2: scientia intellegentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te, Vulg. Dan. 5, 14:

quo legatis animus amplior esset,

Sall. C. 40, 6; 59, 1:

spiritus amplior,

Vulg. Dan. 5, 12; 6, 3.— Sup.:

(honos) pro amplissimis meritis redditur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 41:

cujus sideris (Caniculae) effectus amplissimi in terra sentiuntur,

very violent, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107:

amplissima spes,

Suet. Caes. 7:

his finis cognitionis amplissimae,

most important trial, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.—

Of external splendor, great, handsome, magnificent, splendid, glorious:

illis ampla satis forma, pudicitia,

great enough, Prop. 1, 2, 24:

haec ampla sunt, haec divina,

Cic. Sest. 102; id. Arch. 23:

res gestae satis amplae,

Sall. C. 8, 2:

cur parum amplis adfecerit praemiis,

Cic. Mil. 57:

ampla quidem, sed pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperunt,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

amplum in modum praemia ostentare,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 26, 6:

amplis honoribus usi,

Sall. J. 25, 4:

amplis honoribus auctos,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11.—Sometimes in mal. part. or ironically:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

a fine opportunity, Cic. Verr. 2, 61:

spolia ampla refertis Tuque puerque tuus,

glorious spoils, Verg. A. 4, 93.— Comp.:

ne ullum munus aedilitatis amplius aut gratius populo esse possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; id. Mur. 37:

praemiis ad perdiscendum amplioribus commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

alicui ampliorem laudem tribuere,

id. Sest. 27:

in aliqua re esse laudem ampliorem,

id. Marcell. 4:

corporis membris plus dedit, id amplius atque augustius ratus (Zeuxis),

Quint. 12, 10, 5:

ut Augustus vocaretur ampliore cognomine,

Suet. Aug. 7.— Subst.:

in potestatibus eo modo agitabat, ut ampliore, quam gerebat, dignus haberetur,

of something greater, Sall. J. 63, 5.— Sup.:

ut consules monumentum quam amplissimum faciundum curent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 38; 14, 31; id. Verr. 4, 82:

hoc munus aedilitatis amplissimum,

id. ib. 1, 12, 36; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1, 74:

alicui amplissimas potestates dare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31:

insignibus amplissimis ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 101:

dona amplissima conferre,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9:

praemia legatis dedistis amplissima,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5; id. Phil. 2, 32:

spe amplissimorum praemiorum adduci,

id. Mil. 5; id. de Or. 1, 5, 16:

velut praemium quoddam amplissimum longi laboris,

Quint. 10, 7, 1:

munera amplissima mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

vestris beneficiis amplissimis adfectus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 51; id. Dom. 98:

laudi amplissimae lauream concedere,

id. Pis. 74:

laudibus amplissimis adficere,

id. Phil. 7, 11:

amplissimam gloriam consequi,

id. Prov. Cons. 39:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine adfeceris,

id. Deiot. 14:

amplissimis aliquem efferre honoribus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 17, 3:

amplissimis uti honoribus,

Cic. Fl. 45:

amplissimos honores adipisci,

id. Verr. 5, 181:

honores adsequi amplissimos,

id. Mil. 81:

aliquem ad honores amplissimos perducere,

id. Am. 20, 73:

meus labor fructum est amplissimum consecutus,

id. Imp. Pomp 2:

mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur,

in the handsomest termis, id. Cat. 3, 14; id. Phil. 2, 13; id. Quir. 15:

ei amplissimis verbis gratias egimus,

id. Phil. 1, 3:

provincia Gallia merito ornatur verbis amplissimis ab senatu,

id. ib. 4, 9:

amplissimis verbis conlaudatus,

Suet. Caes. 16:

amplissimo populi senatusque judicio exercitus habuistis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 12; id. Fl. 5; id. Dom. 86; id. Planc. 93:

de meo consulatu amplissima atque ornatissima decreta fecerunt,

id. Dom. 74:

quam universi populi, illius gentis, amplissimum testimonium (said of Cic.),

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116.—

In respect of the opinion of others, esteemed, renowned, etc.:

quicquid est, quamvis amplum sit, id est parum tum cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum de re publica cogitare (putare possumus), qui etc.,

great or noble, id. Imp. Pomp. 37:

omnia, quae vobis cara atque ampla sunt,

id. Agr. 2, 9; id. Arch. 23:

convenerunt corrogati et quidem ampli quidam homines,

id. Phil. 3, 20:

hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,

small and great, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28:

amplis doctoribus instructus,

Tac. A. 14, 52:

sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15.— Comp.:

cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

ampliores ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77, where Dinter reads priores: quo (ingenio) neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura mortalium est, [p. 112] Sall. J. 2, 4:

nihil amplius potes (tribuere) amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

quid amplius facitis?

Vulg. Matt. 5, 47.— Sup.:

ex amplissimo genere nubere,

Cic. Cael. 34:

amplissimo genere natus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

genere copiisque amplissimus, id. ib 6, 15: quam (familiam) vidit amplissimam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12:

amplissimos patruos habere,

id. Sex. Rosc. 147:

amplissima civitas,

id. Verr. 5, 122:

apud illos Fabiorum nomen est amplissimum,

id. Font. 36; id. Caecin. 104; id. Verr. 3, 96; id. Deiot. 14:

mihi hic locus ad agendum amplissimus est visus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1:

non adgrediar ad illa maxima atque amplissima prius quam etc.,

id. Sest. 5:

licet tribuas ei quantum amplissimum potes, nihil tamen amplius potes amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplissimis operibus increscere,

id. ib. 8, 4, 3:

honores in amplissimo consilio collocare,

Cic. Sen. 2:

amplissimi orbis terrae consilii principes,

id. Phil. 3, 34: honoris amplissimi puto esse accusare improbos, I esteem it to be the greatest honor, etc., id. Div. in Caecil. 70:

promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

praeter honores amplissimos cognomenque etc.,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 142:

spes amplissimae dignitatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 49; id. Sen. 19, 68; Suet. Vit. 2.—

Hence, amplissimus (almost always thus in sup.) as a title for persons holding great and honored offices, as consul, senator, etc., or as an honorable epithet of the office itself or the body of officers, distinguished, very distinguished, honorable, right honorable, most honorable, etc.:

is mihi videtur amplissimus, qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 83:

homo et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimus,

id. Mur. 8:

P. Africanus rebus gestis amplissimus,

id. Caecin. 69:

ut homines amplissimi testimonium de sua re non dicerent,

id. Sex. Rosc. 102; id. Clu. 197:

Q. Catuli atque ceterorum amplissimorum hominum auctoritas,

id. Imp. Pomp. 63:

vir amplissimus ejus civitatis,

id. Verr. 4, 17; id. Fl. 32:

exercitum Cn. Domitii, amplissimi viri, sustentavit,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

cum habeas amplissimi viri religionem (of L. Lucullus),

id. Arch. 4, 8; id. Lig. 22:

in quo consilio amplissimi viri judicarent,

id. Mil. 5; id. Balb. 1; id. Dom. 2:

comitatus virorum amplissimorum,

id. Sull. 9:

viros primarios atque amplissimos civitatis in consilium advocare,

id. Verr. 3, 18:

ordinis amplissimi esse,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 1; 37, 6:

cives amplissimos legare,

Cic. Balb. 42:

hoc amplissimum nomen, i. e. senatorium,

id. Verr. 3, 96:

amplissimus honos, i. e. consulatus,

id. Rep. 1, 6; so,

amplissimo praeditus magistratu,

Suet. Aug. 26:

amplissimus ordo, i. e. senatorius,

Plin. Ep. 10, 3; Suet. Calig. 49:

amplissimi ordines, i. e. senatus et equites,

id. Vesp. 9:

amplissimum collegium decemvirale,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 3:

amplissimum sacerdotium,

id. Verr. 2, 126; id. Phil. 13, 8:

sacerdotium amplissimum,

id. Verr. 2, 127.—

As rhet. epithet:

amplus orator,

one that speaks richly and with dignity, Cic. Or. 9; id. Brut. 68:

herous (pes), qui est idem dactylus Aristoteli amplior, iambus humanior videatur,

grander, more stately, Quint. 9, 4, 88:

amplius compositionis genus,

more copious style, id. 9, 4, 129.— Adv. (on the extent of the use of the different forms of the adverb, v. supra init.), largely, abundantly, copiously.

Lit.

Form amplĭter:

benigne ei largi atque ampliter,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

aptate munde atque ampliter convivium,

Pomp. Com. Rel. p. 234 Rib.:

extructam ampliter mensam,

Lucil. 13, 7 Mull.:

opsonato ampliter,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65:

adpositum est ampliter,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 163:

acceptus hilare atque ampliter,

id. Merc. prol. 98:

modeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 10:

parum (digitulos) immersisti ampliter,

not deep enough, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—

Form amplē:

exornat ample magnificeque triclinium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 62: qui ample valetudinarios nutriunt, in great numbers (v. the context), Cels. praef. med. —

Trop., fully, handsomely.

Form amplĭter:

ampliter dicere,

fully, particularly, Gell. 10, 3, 4:

laudare ampliter,

id. 2, 6, 11.—

Form amplē: duo genera sunt: unum attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium, with great fulness, richly (v. amplus, II. E.), Cic. Brut. 55, 201; so,

elate ampleque loqui,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

satis ample sonabant in Pompeiani nominis locum Cato et Scipio,

full grandly filled the place of, Flor. 4, 2, 65.— Comp.: amplĭus, more, longer, further, besides (syn.: ultra, praeterea); of time, number, and action (while plus denotes more in quantity, measure, etc.; magis, more, in the comparison of quality, and sometimes of action; and potius, rather, the choice between different objects or acts), constr. absol., with comp. abl., and, in the case of numerals, like minus, plus, propius, q. v., without quam with the nom., acc., or gen., or rarely with the abl. comp., or with quam, but chiefly in the post-Aug. per.; cf. Zumpt, § 485; Madv. § 305; Roby, § 1273; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 12; and Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 521 sq.

In gen.:

deliberatum est non tacere [me] amplius,

Afran. Com. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:

otium ubi erit, de istis rebus tum amplius tecum loquar,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 18:

cui amplius male faxim,

id. Aul. 3, 2, 6: De. Etiam? Li. Amplius, id. As. 1, 1, 29: Ar. Vale. Ph. Aliquanto amplius valerem, si hic maneres, id. ib. 3, 3, 2:

etiam faxo amabit (eam) amplius,

id. Men. 5, 2, 40:

multo tanto illum accusabo, quam te accusavi, amplius,

id. ib. 5, 2, 49:

quo populum servare potissit amplius,

Lucil. 1, 15 Mull.:

At ego amplius dico,

Cic. Verr. 2, 26:

amplius posse,

Sall. J. 69, 2:

armis amplius valere,

id. ib. 111, 1:

si lamentetur miser amplius aequo,

Lucr. 3, 953:

tribus vobis opsonatumst an opsono amplius Tibi et parasito et mulieri?

besides, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 45:

Quam vellem invitatum, ut nobiscum esset amplius,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:

in illo exercitu cuncta (probra) fuere et alia amplius,

Sall. J. 44, 5:

felices ter et amplius,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

binas aut amplius domos continuare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

ter nec amplius,

Suet. Caes. 25:

cum non solum de his scripserit, sed amplius praecepta (reliquerit),

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

multa promi amplius possunt,

Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

si studere amplius possum,

Quint. 6, prooem. 4:

auram communem amplius haurire potui?

id. 6, prooem. 12:

sagum, quod amplius est,

Vulg. Exod. 26, 12.—

And so very often with the pron. quid, etc.; with the negatives nihil, non, neque, nec, ne; and sometimes with nemo and haud.

With quid, etc.:

Quid faciam amplius?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 14, and Cic. Har. Resp. 42:

quid dicam amplius?

Quint. 8, 4, 7:

quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?

Cic. Verr. 3, 60:

quid quaeris amplius?

id. Sex. Rosc. 145; id. Dom. 41; id. Verr. 2, 191:

quid vultis amplius?

id. Mil. 35:

quid amplius vis?

Hor. Epod. 17, 30:

quid exspectatis amplius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 174:

quid amplius exspectabo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 33:

quid loquar amplius de hoc homine?

Cic. Caecin. 25:

quid amplius laboremus?

Quint. 8, prooem. 31:

quid habet amplius homo?

Vulg. Eccl. 1, 3; 6, 8:

quid ego aliud exoptem amplius, nisi etc.,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 134:

quid amplius debeam optare?

Quint. 4, 1, 51: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 11; Ter. And. 2, 1, 25: De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, id. Ad. 3, 4, 22:

quid est quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

more than this, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

Etenim quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Sull. 90:

si quid amplius scit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

si quid ego addidero amplius,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 13:

si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 8.—And often hoc amplius, where hoc is commonly an abl., but sometimes may be regarded as a nom. or an acc.:

hoc amplius si quid poteris,

any thing beyond this, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 44: et hoc amplius (additur), quod etc., and this further, that etc., id. Sull. 44; so Quint. 5, 13, 36:

de paedagogis hoc amplius, ut aut sint etc.,

id. 1, 1, 8:

Mario urbe Italiaque interdicendum, Marciano hoc amplius, Africa,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19; Quint. 1, 5, 50; 1, 5, 55; sometimes in plur., his amplius:

his amplius apud eundem (est) etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 15;

so rarely eo amplius: inferiasque his annua religione, publice instituit, et eo amplius matri Circenses,

Suet. Calig. 15:

quaeris quid potuerit amplius adsequi,

Cic. Planc. 60: prius quam (hic) turbarum quid faciat amplius, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 93:

quare jam te cur amplius excrucies?

Cat. 76, 10.—

With nihil, etc.:

habet nihil amplius quam lutum,

Lucil. 9, 46 Mull.:

nihil habui amplius, quod praeciperem,

Quint. 7, 1, 64:

nihil enim dixit amplius,

Cic. Deiot. 21:

Nihil dico amplius: causa dicta est,

I say no more; I have done with my case, id. ib. 8:

nihil amplius dico, nisi me etc.,

id. Planc. 96:

nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam etc.,

id. Marcell. 17.—Hence, nihil dico or dicam amplius, when one fears to wound by declaring his opinion, etc., I say no more, have nothing further to say or add:

vetus est, Nihili cocio est. Scis cujus? non dico amplius,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51:

si, quod equitis Romani filius est, inferior esse debuit: omnes tecum equitum Romanorum filii petiverunt. Nihil dico amplius,

Cic. Planc. 7 (tacite significat eos dignitate inferiores esse Plancio, Manut. ad h.l.):

Alterius vero partis nihil amplius dicam quam id, quod etc.,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

amplius nihil respondit,

Vulg. Marc. 15, 5:

nihil amplius addens,

ib. Deut. 5, 22:

nihil noverunt amplius,

ib. Eccl. 9, 5:

nihil amplius optet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46:

nihil amplius potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplius quod desideres, nihil erit,

this will leave nothing to be desired, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

nil amplius oro, nisi ut etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 4:

ipse Augustus nihil amplius quam equestri familia ortum se scribit,

Suet. Aug. 2:

si non amplius, ad lustrum hoc protolleret unum,

Lucil. 1, 33 Mull.:

non luctabor tecum, Crasse, amplius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

verbum non amplius addam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 121:

non amplius me objurgabis,

Quint. 5, 10, 47:

non amplius posse,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3, 82, 19 Kritz:

non habent amplius quid faciant,

Vulg. Luc. 12, 4: non videbitis amplius faciem meam. ib. Gen. 44, 23; ib. Heb. 10, 17:

amplius illa jam non inveniet,

ib. Apoc. 18, 14:

studium, quo non aliud ad dignitatem amplius excogitari potest,

Tac. Or. 5:

extra me non est alia amplius,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 15:

neque hoc amplius quam quod vides nobis quicquamst,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 21:

neque va dari amplius neque etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 23:

nec jam amplius ullae Adparent terrae,

Verg. A. 3, 192; 3, 260; 5, 8; 9, 426; 9, 519; 11, 807; 12, 680; id. G. 4, 503:

nec irascar amplius,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 42; ib. Apoc. 7, 16:

ne amplius dona petas,

Cat. 68, 14:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

Lucr. 4, 874;

ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet,

Suet. Gram. 17:

ne amplius morando Scaurum incenderet,

Sall. J. 25, 10; id. Fragm. Hist. 1, 2, 10 Kritz;

3, 82, 17: ne amplius divulgetur,

Vulg. Act. 4, 17:

ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini,

ib. Deut. 17, 16:

nolite amplius accipere pecuniam,

ib. 4 Reg. 12, 7.—

With nemo:

cur non restipulatur neminem amplius petiturum?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 12, 36:

cum amplius nemo occurreret,

nobody further, no one more, Curt. 8, 10, 2; so,

neminem amplius viderunt,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 7:

nemo emet amplius,

no one will buy any longer, any more, ib. Apoc. 18, 11 (for cases of haud with amplius, v. c. a and g).—

With numerals and numeral forms.

Without quam:

amplius horam suffixum in cruce me memini esse,

Cat. 69, 3:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo homines moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 4, 95:

amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat,

Sall. C. 59, 6:

me non amplius novem annos nato,

Nep. Hann. 2, 3:

per annos amplius quadraginta,

Suet. Aug. 72; 32:

quid si tandem amplius triennium est?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 8:

Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam Falle dolo,

Verg. A. 1, 683:

inveniebat Sabim flumen non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16; 4, 12:

reliquum spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, mons continet,

id. ib. 1, 28;

2, 29: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli,

Cic. Phil. 2, 40; id. Fl. 68; so Plin. Ep. 10, 39, 1:

huic paulo amplius tertiam partem denegem?

id. ib. 5, 7, 3:

cum eum amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 1, 14; 5, 155:

victi amplius ducenti ceciderunt,

Liv. 21, 29, 3: non amplius quattuordecim cohortes, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C:

ex omni multitudine non amplius quadraginta locum cepere,

Sall. J. 58, 3: torrentes amplius centum, [p. 113] Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; 9, 5, 4, § 10.—And very rarely placed after the numeral:

qui septingentos jam annos amplius numquam mutatis legibus vivunt,

Cic. Fl. 63:

pugnatum duas amplius horas,

Liv. 25, 19, 15 Weissenb.:

duo haud amplius milia peditum effugerunt,

id. 28, 2:

decem amplius versus perdidimus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12:

tris pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105.—

With the comp. abl. (rare but class.):

cum jam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 4, 37:

pugnatum amplius duabus horis est,

Liv. 27, 12:

neque triennio amplius supervixit,

Suet. Caes. 89:

uti non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23; 2, 7;

6, 29: non amplius patet milibus quinque et triginta,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 4, 1, 34 Kritz:

est ab capite paulo amplius mille passibus locus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 90, 1:

ab Capsa non amplius duum milium intervallo,

Sall. J. 91, 3:

(Catilina) cum initio non amplius duobus milibus (militum) habuisset,

id. C. 56, 2; so,

denas alii, alii plures (uxores) habent, set reges eo amplius,

id. J. 80, 7.—

And prob. the following ambiguous cases: cum mille non amplius equitibus,

Sall. J. 105, 3:

oppidum non amplius mille passuum abesse,

id. ib. 68, 3.—

With quam (postAug. and eccl.):

non amplius, cum plurimum, quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

nec amplius quam septem et viginti dies Brundisii commoratus,

id. ib. 17:

Toto triennio semel omnino eam nec amplius quam uno die paucissimis vidit horis,

id. Tib. 51:

demoratus dies non amplius quam octo aut decem,

Vulg. Act. 25, 6:

ut non amplius apud te quam quarta (pars) remaneret,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

ut vexillum veteranorum, non amplius quam quingenti numero, copias fuderint,

Tac. A. 3, 21:

haud amplius quam ducentos misit,

id. ib. 14, 32:

insidiantur ei ex iis viri amplius quam quadraginta,

Vulg. Act. 23, 21.—

Amplius, t. t. of judges when they deferred an important case for future examination:

Amplius adeo prolixum temporis spatium significat, ut judices quotienscunque significarent, adhuc se audire velle, amplius dicebant. Itaque negotium differebant, unde hodieque ampliari judicium differri dicitur,

Charis. 176 P.; so Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 39; cf.

also amplio and ampliatio: cum consules re audita amplius de consilii sententia pronuntiavissent,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86:

antea vel judicari primo poterat vel amplius pronuntiari,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut de Philodamo amplius pronuntiaretur,

id. ib. 2, 1, 29.—

And metaph.: ego amplius deliberandum censeo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 17.—

Amplius non petere, judicial t. phr., to bring no further action, to make no further claim:

quid ita satis non dedit, AMPLIVS [A SE] NEMINEM PETITVRVM?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35:

Tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero amplius eo nomine neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

sunt duo, quae te rogo: primum, ut si quid satis dandum erit, AMPLIVS EO NOMINE NON PETI, cures etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 28 A:

quod ille recusarit satis dare amplius abs te non peti,

id. Att. 1, 8, 1.—

Hoc amplius, beside the general use given above (II. Comp. b. a), as t. phr. of senators when they approved a measure, but amended it by addition:

Servilio adsentior et HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, magnum Pompeium fecisse etc.,

Cic. Phil. 12, 21, 50:

cui cum essem adsensus, decrevi HOC AMPLIVS, ut etc.,

id. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1;

so Seneca: fortasse et post omnes citatus nihil improbabo ex iis, quae priores decreverint, et dicam HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, Vit. Beat. 3, 2: Quaedam ex istis sunt, quibus adsentire possumus, sed HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO,

id. Q. N. 3, 15, 1.—

To this may be added the elliptical phrases, nihil amplius and si nihil amplius:

nihil amplius, denoting that there is nothing further than has been declared: sese ipsum abs te repetit. Nihil amplius,

Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 128;

(res publica) ulta suas injurias est per vos interitu tyranni. Nihil amplius,

id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; and, si nihil amplius, marking a limit, if nothing more, at least:

excedam tectis? An, si nihil amplius, obstem?

Ov. M. 9, 148.

word more, which is sometimes an adj., sometimes a subst., and sometimes an adv., and some of the above examples would admit of different classifications; as, non amplius dicere, not to speak further (adv.) or not to say more (subst.), Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51; but some of them would admit of only one explanation;

as, ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Sup.: amplissimē.

Lit., very largely, most abundantly:

ut quibus militibus amplissime (agri) dati adsignati essent,

in the largest shares, Cic. Phil. 5, 53:

duumviri (deos) tribus quam amplissume tum apparari poterat stratis lectis placavere,

Liv. 5, 13, 6 Weissenb.—

Fig., most generously, most handsomely:

qui amplissime de salute mea decreverint,

Cic. Dom. 44:

amplissime laudare,

in the handsomest style, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11; Suet. Calig. 15:

honores amplissime gessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 112:

pater cum amplissime ex praetura triumphasset,

with the greatest pomp, id. Mur. 15:

placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri,

should be carried forth with every possible solemnity, id. Phil. 9, 7, 16. V. on this word, Hand, Turs. I. pp. 287-296.

amplus, a, um, adj. [some regard this as a shortened form of anapleôs, = filled up, full; others, as for ambulus from amb-, rounded out, as superus from super, etc.; v. Doed. Syn. II. p. 113; but perh. it is better to form it from am- and -plus, akin to -pleo, plenus, q. v. Pott], thus pr., full all round; hence, great, large. —In space, of large extent, great, large, wide, ample, spacious (the forms amplus and amplior are very rare in the ante-class. per., and rare in all periods. Amplius is com. in the ante-class., freq. in the class., and very freq. in the post-class. per., the Vulg. rarely using the other forms, but using this 121 times. Amplissimus belongs to prose, and is scarcely used before Cicero, with whom it was a very favorite word. It was also used by Plin. Maj. and Min., but never by Tac., Sall. (in his genuine works), nor the Vulg. Catullus used only the form amplius, and Prop. only amplus, while Tib. and Pers. never used this word in any form. Ampliter is found mostly in Plaut.; and ample and amplissime are used a few times by Cic. and by writers that followed him; syn.: magnus, ingens, latus, late patens, spatiosus, laxus).

Lit.:

amplus et spectu protervo ferox,

Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.:

qui (Pluto) ter amplum Geryonen compescit unda,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 7:

ampla domus dedecori domino fit, si est in ea solitudo,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; so Verg. A. 2, 310:

admodum amplum et excelsum signum,

Cic. Verr. 4, 74:

collis castris parum amplus,

Sall. J. 98, 3:

porticibus in amplis,

Verg. A. 3, 353:

per amplum mittimur Elysium,

id. ib. 6, 743:

vocemque per ampla volutant Atria,

id. ib. 1, 725:

nil vulva pulchrius ampla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41:

amplae aures,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

milium amplum grano,

id. 18, 7, 10, § 55:

cubiculum amplum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

baptisterium amplum atque opacum,

id. ib. 5, 6, 25.— Comp.:

quanto est res amplior,

Lucr. 2, 1133:

Amplior Urgo et Capraria,

Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81:

avis paulo amplior passere,

id. 10, 32, 47, § 89:

amplior specie mortali,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 76 (for the neutr. amplius, v. infra).— Sup.:

amplissima curia... gymnasium amplissimum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

urbs amplissima atque ornatissima,

id. Agr. 2, 76:

amplissimum peristylum,

id. Dom. 116:

(candelabrum) ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum,

id. Verr. 4, 65:

mons Italiae amplissimus,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

amplissimum flumen,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 3:

amplissimus lacus,

id. ib. 10, 41, 2:

amplissima insula,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71:

amplissimi horti,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

amplissima arborum,

Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 200:

est (topazon) amplissima gemmarum,

id. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

amplissimum cubiculum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23.—

Transf., great, abundant, ample, much, long:

bono atque amplo lucro,

Plaut. Am. prol. 6 and Ep. 2, 2, 117:

pabula miseris mortalibus ampla,

Lucr. 5, 944:

ampla civitas,

Cic. Verr. 4, 81; 4, 96:

civitas ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

gens ampla,

Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125:

amplae copiae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

ampla manus militum,

Liv. Epit. 1, 4, 9:

pecuaria res ampla,

Cic. Quinct. 12:

res familiaris ampla,

id. Phil. 13, 8:

(res) ampla,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 82, 20 Kritz:

patrimonium amplum et copiosum,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 6; id. Dom. 146: id. Phil. 2, 67:

amplae divitiae,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:

esse patri ejus amplas facultates,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

in amplis opibus heres,

Plin. 9, 36, 59, § 122.— Comp.:

amplior numerus,

Cic. Mil. 57; Sall. J. 105, 3; Tac. A. 14, 53:

ampliores aquae,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 58:

amplior exercitus,

Sall. J. 54, 3; Suet. Vesp. 4:

commeatus spe amplior,

Sall. J. 75, 8:

amplior pecunia, Auct. B. Alex. 56: pecunia amplior,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

pretia ampliora,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84:

omnia longe ampliora invenire quam etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

ampliores noctes,

Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

ut ampliori tempore maneret,

Vulg. Act. 18, 20.— Sup.:

peditatus copiae amplissimae e Gallia,

Cic. Font. 8:

exercitus amplissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; 9, 13, 11:

amplissima pecunia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31:

amplissimae fortunae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; id. Quinct. 49; id. Phil. 10, 4:

amplissimae patrimonii copiae,

id. Fl. 89:

amplissimas summas emptionibus occupare,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

opes amplissimae,

id. ib. 8, 18, 4:

amplissima dies horarum quindecim etc.,

the longest day, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 218.—Also subst. in comp. neutr. (v. amplius, adv. infra), more:

ut quirem exaudire amplius,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

si vis amplius dari, Dabitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:

jam amplius orat,

id. ib. 2, 1, 19:

daturus non sum amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29:

non complectar in his libris amplius quam quod etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

tantum adfero quantum ipse optat, atque etiam amplius,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 10:

ni amplius etiam, quod ebibit,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 20: Ph. Etiamne amplius? Th. Nil, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63: Tr. Dimidium Volo ut dicas. Gr. Immo hercle etiam amplius, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 21: Th. Nempe octoginta debentur huic minae? Tr. Haud nummo amplius, id. Most. 3, 3, 16:

etiam amplius illam adparare condecet,

Turp. Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.:

hoc onere suscepto amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

omnis numerus amplius octingentis milibus explebat,

Vell. 2, 110, 3:

Segestanis imponebat aliquanto amplius quam etc.,

Cic. Verr. 4, 76:

illa corona contentus Thrasybulus neque amplius requisivit,

Nep. Thras. 4, 3:

amplius possidere,

Plin. 18, 4, 3, § 17:

Ille imperio ei reddito haud amplius, quam ut duo ex tribus filiis secum militarent, exegit,

Curt. 8, 4, 21:

dedit quantum maximum potuit, daturus amplius, si potuisset,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 6:

cum hoc amplius praestet, quod etc.,

id. ib. 7, 25, 1.—Also with part. gen., more of, a greater quantity or number of:

gaudeo tibi liberorum esse amplius,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 4:

te amplius bibisse praedicet loti,

Cat. 39, 21:

amplius frumenti auferre,

Cic. Verr. 3, 49:

expensum est auri viginti paulo amplius,

id. Fl. 6, 8:

amplius negotii contrahi,

id. Cat. 4, 9:

si amplius obsidum vellet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9, ubi v. Herz.:

quanto ejus amplius processerat temporis,

id. B. C. 3, 25.—

Fig.

Of internal power or force, great, strong, violent, impetuous:

pro viribus amplis,

Lucr. 5, 1174:

amplae vires peditum,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 75;

ampla nepotum Spes,

Prop. 4, 22, 41:

poena sera, sed ampla,

full, strict, id. 4, 5, 32. — Comp.:

haec irae factae essent multo ampliores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 9:

si forte morbus amplior factus siet, i. e. gravior,

id. ib. 3, 1, 50:

amplior metus,

Cic. Clu. 128:

amplior potentia feris,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:

ampliorem dicendi facultatem consequi,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

amplior eoque acrior impetus,

Flor. 4, 2, 66:

spes amplior,

Sall. J. 105, 4:

amplius accipietis judicium,

severer, Vulg. Matt. 23, 14:

amplior auctoritas,

Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 47:

amplior virtus,

higher merit, Quint. 8, 3, 83:

idem aut amplior cultus (dei),

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

amplior est quaestio,

Quint. 3, 5, 8:

ampliora verba,

of larger meaning, id. 8, 4, 2: scientia intellegentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te, Vulg. Dan. 5, 14:

quo legatis animus amplior esset,

Sall. C. 40, 6; 59, 1:

spiritus amplior,

Vulg. Dan. 5, 12; 6, 3.— Sup.:

(honos) pro amplissimis meritis redditur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 41:

cujus sideris (Caniculae) effectus amplissimi in terra sentiuntur,

very violent, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107:

amplissima spes,

Suet. Caes. 7:

his finis cognitionis amplissimae,

most important trial, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.—

Of external splendor, great, handsome, magnificent, splendid, glorious:

illis ampla satis forma, pudicitia,

great enough, Prop. 1, 2, 24:

haec ampla sunt, haec divina,

Cic. Sest. 102; id. Arch. 23:

res gestae satis amplae,

Sall. C. 8, 2:

cur parum amplis adfecerit praemiis,

Cic. Mil. 57:

ampla quidem, sed pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperunt,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

amplum in modum praemia ostentare,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 26, 6:

amplis honoribus usi,

Sall. J. 25, 4:

amplis honoribus auctos,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11.—Sometimes in mal. part. or ironically:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

a fine opportunity, Cic. Verr. 2, 61:

spolia ampla refertis Tuque puerque tuus,

glorious spoils, Verg. A. 4, 93.— Comp.:

ne ullum munus aedilitatis amplius aut gratius populo esse possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; id. Mur. 37:

praemiis ad perdiscendum amplioribus commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

alicui ampliorem laudem tribuere,

id. Sest. 27:

in aliqua re esse laudem ampliorem,

id. Marcell. 4:

corporis membris plus dedit, id amplius atque augustius ratus (Zeuxis),

Quint. 12, 10, 5:

ut Augustus vocaretur ampliore cognomine,

Suet. Aug. 7.— Subst.:

in potestatibus eo modo agitabat, ut ampliore, quam gerebat, dignus haberetur,

of something greater, Sall. J. 63, 5.— Sup.:

ut consules monumentum quam amplissimum faciundum curent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 38; 14, 31; id. Verr. 4, 82:

hoc munus aedilitatis amplissimum,

id. ib. 1, 12, 36; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1, 74:

alicui amplissimas potestates dare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31:

insignibus amplissimis ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 101:

dona amplissima conferre,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9:

praemia legatis dedistis amplissima,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5; id. Phil. 2, 32:

spe amplissimorum praemiorum adduci,

id. Mil. 5; id. de Or. 1, 5, 16:

velut praemium quoddam amplissimum longi laboris,

Quint. 10, 7, 1:

munera amplissima mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

vestris beneficiis amplissimis adfectus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 51; id. Dom. 98:

laudi amplissimae lauream concedere,

id. Pis. 74:

laudibus amplissimis adficere,

id. Phil. 7, 11:

amplissimam gloriam consequi,

id. Prov. Cons. 39:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine adfeceris,

id. Deiot. 14:

amplissimis aliquem efferre honoribus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 17, 3:

amplissimis uti honoribus,

Cic. Fl. 45:

amplissimos honores adipisci,

id. Verr. 5, 181:

honores adsequi amplissimos,

id. Mil. 81:

aliquem ad honores amplissimos perducere,

id. Am. 20, 73:

meus labor fructum est amplissimum consecutus,

id. Imp. Pomp 2:

mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur,

in the handsomest termis, id. Cat. 3, 14; id. Phil. 2, 13; id. Quir. 15:

ei amplissimis verbis gratias egimus,

id. Phil. 1, 3:

provincia Gallia merito ornatur verbis amplissimis ab senatu,

id. ib. 4, 9:

amplissimis verbis conlaudatus,

Suet. Caes. 16:

amplissimo populi senatusque judicio exercitus habuistis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 12; id. Fl. 5; id. Dom. 86; id. Planc. 93:

de meo consulatu amplissima atque ornatissima decreta fecerunt,

id. Dom. 74:

quam universi populi, illius gentis, amplissimum testimonium (said of Cic.),

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116.—

In respect of the opinion of others, esteemed, renowned, etc.:

quicquid est, quamvis amplum sit, id est parum tum cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum de re publica cogitare (putare possumus), qui etc.,

great or noble, id. Imp. Pomp. 37:

omnia, quae vobis cara atque ampla sunt,

id. Agr. 2, 9; id. Arch. 23:

convenerunt corrogati et quidem ampli quidam homines,

id. Phil. 3, 20:

hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,

small and great, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28:

amplis doctoribus instructus,

Tac. A. 14, 52:

sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15.— Comp.:

cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

ampliores ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77, where Dinter reads priores: quo (ingenio) neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura mortalium est, [p. 112] Sall. J. 2, 4:

nihil amplius potes (tribuere) amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

quid amplius facitis?

Vulg. Matt. 5, 47.— Sup.:

ex amplissimo genere nubere,

Cic. Cael. 34:

amplissimo genere natus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

genere copiisque amplissimus, id. ib 6, 15: quam (familiam) vidit amplissimam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12:

amplissimos patruos habere,

id. Sex. Rosc. 147:

amplissima civitas,

id. Verr. 5, 122:

apud illos Fabiorum nomen est amplissimum,

id. Font. 36; id. Caecin. 104; id. Verr. 3, 96; id. Deiot. 14:

mihi hic locus ad agendum amplissimus est visus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1:

non adgrediar ad illa maxima atque amplissima prius quam etc.,

id. Sest. 5:

licet tribuas ei quantum amplissimum potes, nihil tamen amplius potes amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplissimis operibus increscere,

id. ib. 8, 4, 3:

honores in amplissimo consilio collocare,

Cic. Sen. 2:

amplissimi orbis terrae consilii principes,

id. Phil. 3, 34: honoris amplissimi puto esse accusare improbos, I esteem it to be the greatest honor, etc., id. Div. in Caecil. 70:

promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

praeter honores amplissimos cognomenque etc.,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 142:

spes amplissimae dignitatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 49; id. Sen. 19, 68; Suet. Vit. 2.—

Hence, amplissimus (almost always thus in sup.) as a title for persons holding great and honored offices, as consul, senator, etc., or as an honorable epithet of the office itself or the body of officers, distinguished, very distinguished, honorable, right honorable, most honorable, etc.:

is mihi videtur amplissimus, qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 83:

homo et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimus,

id. Mur. 8:

P. Africanus rebus gestis amplissimus,

id. Caecin. 69:

ut homines amplissimi testimonium de sua re non dicerent,

id. Sex. Rosc. 102; id. Clu. 197:

Q. Catuli atque ceterorum amplissimorum hominum auctoritas,

id. Imp. Pomp. 63:

vir amplissimus ejus civitatis,

id. Verr. 4, 17; id. Fl. 32:

exercitum Cn. Domitii, amplissimi viri, sustentavit,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

cum habeas amplissimi viri religionem (of L. Lucullus),

id. Arch. 4, 8; id. Lig. 22:

in quo consilio amplissimi viri judicarent,

id. Mil. 5; id. Balb. 1; id. Dom. 2:

comitatus virorum amplissimorum,

id. Sull. 9:

viros primarios atque amplissimos civitatis in consilium advocare,

id. Verr. 3, 18:

ordinis amplissimi esse,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 1; 37, 6:

cives amplissimos legare,

Cic. Balb. 42:

hoc amplissimum nomen, i. e. senatorium,

id. Verr. 3, 96:

amplissimus honos, i. e. consulatus,

id. Rep. 1, 6; so,

amplissimo praeditus magistratu,

Suet. Aug. 26:

amplissimus ordo, i. e. senatorius,

Plin. Ep. 10, 3; Suet. Calig. 49:

amplissimi ordines, i. e. senatus et equites,

id. Vesp. 9:

amplissimum collegium decemvirale,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 3:

amplissimum sacerdotium,

id. Verr. 2, 126; id. Phil. 13, 8:

sacerdotium amplissimum,

id. Verr. 2, 127.—

As rhet. epithet:

amplus orator,

one that speaks richly and with dignity, Cic. Or. 9; id. Brut. 68:

herous (pes), qui est idem dactylus Aristoteli amplior, iambus humanior videatur,

grander, more stately, Quint. 9, 4, 88:

amplius compositionis genus,

more copious style, id. 9, 4, 129.— Adv. (on the extent of the use of the different forms of the adverb, v. supra init.), largely, abundantly, copiously.

Lit.

Form amplĭter:

benigne ei largi atque ampliter,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

aptate munde atque ampliter convivium,

Pomp. Com. Rel. p. 234 Rib.:

extructam ampliter mensam,

Lucil. 13, 7 Mull.:

opsonato ampliter,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65:

adpositum est ampliter,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 163:

acceptus hilare atque ampliter,

id. Merc. prol. 98:

modeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 10:

parum (digitulos) immersisti ampliter,

not deep enough, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—

Form amplē:

exornat ample magnificeque triclinium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 62: qui ample valetudinarios nutriunt, in great numbers (v. the context), Cels. praef. med. —

Trop., fully, handsomely.

Form amplĭter:

ampliter dicere,

fully, particularly, Gell. 10, 3, 4:

laudare ampliter,

id. 2, 6, 11.—

Form amplē: duo genera sunt: unum attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium, with great fulness, richly (v. amplus, II. E.), Cic. Brut. 55, 201; so,

elate ampleque loqui,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

satis ample sonabant in Pompeiani nominis locum Cato et Scipio,

full grandly filled the place of, Flor. 4, 2, 65.— Comp.: amplĭus, more, longer, further, besides (syn.: ultra, praeterea); of time, number, and action (while plus denotes more in quantity, measure, etc.; magis, more, in the comparison of quality, and sometimes of action; and potius, rather, the choice between different objects or acts), constr. absol., with comp. abl., and, in the case of numerals, like minus, plus, propius, q. v., without quam with the nom., acc., or gen., or rarely with the abl. comp., or with quam, but chiefly in the post-Aug. per.; cf. Zumpt, § 485; Madv. § 305; Roby, § 1273; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 12; and Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 521 sq.

In gen.:

deliberatum est non tacere [me] amplius,

Afran. Com. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:

otium ubi erit, de istis rebus tum amplius tecum loquar,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 18:

cui amplius male faxim,

id. Aul. 3, 2, 6: De. Etiam? Li. Amplius, id. As. 1, 1, 29: Ar. Vale. Ph. Aliquanto amplius valerem, si hic maneres, id. ib. 3, 3, 2:

etiam faxo amabit (eam) amplius,

id. Men. 5, 2, 40:

multo tanto illum accusabo, quam te accusavi, amplius,

id. ib. 5, 2, 49:

quo populum servare potissit amplius,

Lucil. 1, 15 Mull.:

At ego amplius dico,

Cic. Verr. 2, 26:

amplius posse,

Sall. J. 69, 2:

armis amplius valere,

id. ib. 111, 1:

si lamentetur miser amplius aequo,

Lucr. 3, 953:

tribus vobis opsonatumst an opsono amplius Tibi et parasito et mulieri?

besides, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 45:

Quam vellem invitatum, ut nobiscum esset amplius,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:

in illo exercitu cuncta (probra) fuere et alia amplius,

Sall. J. 44, 5:

felices ter et amplius,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

binas aut amplius domos continuare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

ter nec amplius,

Suet. Caes. 25:

cum non solum de his scripserit, sed amplius praecepta (reliquerit),

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

multa promi amplius possunt,

Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

si studere amplius possum,

Quint. 6, prooem. 4:

auram communem amplius haurire potui?

id. 6, prooem. 12:

sagum, quod amplius est,

Vulg. Exod. 26, 12.—

And so very often with the pron. quid, etc.; with the negatives nihil, non, neque, nec, ne; and sometimes with nemo and haud.

With quid, etc.:

Quid faciam amplius?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 14, and Cic. Har. Resp. 42:

quid dicam amplius?

Quint. 8, 4, 7:

quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?

Cic. Verr. 3, 60:

quid quaeris amplius?

id. Sex. Rosc. 145; id. Dom. 41; id. Verr. 2, 191:

quid vultis amplius?

id. Mil. 35:

quid amplius vis?

Hor. Epod. 17, 30:

quid exspectatis amplius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 174:

quid amplius exspectabo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 33:

quid loquar amplius de hoc homine?

Cic. Caecin. 25:

quid amplius laboremus?

Quint. 8, prooem. 31:

quid habet amplius homo?

Vulg. Eccl. 1, 3; 6, 8:

quid ego aliud exoptem amplius, nisi etc.,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 134:

quid amplius debeam optare?

Quint. 4, 1, 51: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 11; Ter. And. 2, 1, 25: De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, id. Ad. 3, 4, 22:

quid est quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

more than this, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

Etenim quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Sull. 90:

si quid amplius scit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

si quid ego addidero amplius,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 13:

si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 8.—And often hoc amplius, where hoc is commonly an abl., but sometimes may be regarded as a nom. or an acc.:

hoc amplius si quid poteris,

any thing beyond this, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 44: et hoc amplius (additur), quod etc., and this further, that etc., id. Sull. 44; so Quint. 5, 13, 36:

de paedagogis hoc amplius, ut aut sint etc.,

id. 1, 1, 8:

Mario urbe Italiaque interdicendum, Marciano hoc amplius, Africa,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19; Quint. 1, 5, 50; 1, 5, 55; sometimes in plur., his amplius:

his amplius apud eundem (est) etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 15;

so rarely eo amplius: inferiasque his annua religione, publice instituit, et eo amplius matri Circenses,

Suet. Calig. 15:

quaeris quid potuerit amplius adsequi,

Cic. Planc. 60: prius quam (hic) turbarum quid faciat amplius, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 93:

quare jam te cur amplius excrucies?

Cat. 76, 10.—

With nihil, etc.:

habet nihil amplius quam lutum,

Lucil. 9, 46 Mull.:

nihil habui amplius, quod praeciperem,

Quint. 7, 1, 64:

nihil enim dixit amplius,

Cic. Deiot. 21:

Nihil dico amplius: causa dicta est,

I say no more; I have done with my case, id. ib. 8:

nihil amplius dico, nisi me etc.,

id. Planc. 96:

nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam etc.,

id. Marcell. 17.—Hence, nihil dico or dicam amplius, when one fears to wound by declaring his opinion, etc., I say no more, have nothing further to say or add:

vetus est, Nihili cocio est. Scis cujus? non dico amplius,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51:

si, quod equitis Romani filius est, inferior esse debuit: omnes tecum equitum Romanorum filii petiverunt. Nihil dico amplius,

Cic. Planc. 7 (tacite significat eos dignitate inferiores esse Plancio, Manut. ad h.l.):

Alterius vero partis nihil amplius dicam quam id, quod etc.,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

amplius nihil respondit,

Vulg. Marc. 15, 5:

nihil amplius addens,

ib. Deut. 5, 22:

nihil noverunt amplius,

ib. Eccl. 9, 5:

nihil amplius optet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46:

nihil amplius potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplius quod desideres, nihil erit,

this will leave nothing to be desired, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

nil amplius oro, nisi ut etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 4:

ipse Augustus nihil amplius quam equestri familia ortum se scribit,

Suet. Aug. 2:

si non amplius, ad lustrum hoc protolleret unum,

Lucil. 1, 33 Mull.:

non luctabor tecum, Crasse, amplius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

verbum non amplius addam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 121:

non amplius me objurgabis,

Quint. 5, 10, 47:

non amplius posse,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3, 82, 19 Kritz:

non habent amplius quid faciant,

Vulg. Luc. 12, 4: non videbitis amplius faciem meam. ib. Gen. 44, 23; ib. Heb. 10, 17:

amplius illa jam non inveniet,

ib. Apoc. 18, 14:

studium, quo non aliud ad dignitatem amplius excogitari potest,

Tac. Or. 5:

extra me non est alia amplius,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 15:

neque hoc amplius quam quod vides nobis quicquamst,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 21:

neque va dari amplius neque etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 23:

nec jam amplius ullae Adparent terrae,

Verg. A. 3, 192; 3, 260; 5, 8; 9, 426; 9, 519; 11, 807; 12, 680; id. G. 4, 503:

nec irascar amplius,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 42; ib. Apoc. 7, 16:

ne amplius dona petas,

Cat. 68, 14:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

Lucr. 4, 874;

ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet,

Suet. Gram. 17:

ne amplius morando Scaurum incenderet,

Sall. J. 25, 10; id. Fragm. Hist. 1, 2, 10 Kritz;

3, 82, 17: ne amplius divulgetur,

Vulg. Act. 4, 17:

ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini,

ib. Deut. 17, 16:

nolite amplius accipere pecuniam,

ib. 4 Reg. 12, 7.—

With nemo:

cur non restipulatur neminem amplius petiturum?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 12, 36:

cum amplius nemo occurreret,

nobody further, no one more, Curt. 8, 10, 2; so,

neminem amplius viderunt,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 7:

nemo emet amplius,

no one will buy any longer, any more, ib. Apoc. 18, 11 (for cases of haud with amplius, v. c. a and g).—

With numerals and numeral forms.

Without quam:

amplius horam suffixum in cruce me memini esse,

Cat. 69, 3:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo homines moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 4, 95:

amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat,

Sall. C. 59, 6:

me non amplius novem annos nato,

Nep. Hann. 2, 3:

per annos amplius quadraginta,

Suet. Aug. 72; 32:

quid si tandem amplius triennium est?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 8:

Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam Falle dolo,

Verg. A. 1, 683:

inveniebat Sabim flumen non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16; 4, 12:

reliquum spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, mons continet,

id. ib. 1, 28;

2, 29: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli,

Cic. Phil. 2, 40; id. Fl. 68; so Plin. Ep. 10, 39, 1:

huic paulo amplius tertiam partem denegem?

id. ib. 5, 7, 3:

cum eum amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 1, 14; 5, 155:

victi amplius ducenti ceciderunt,

Liv. 21, 29, 3: non amplius quattuordecim cohortes, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C:

ex omni multitudine non amplius quadraginta locum cepere,

Sall. J. 58, 3: torrentes amplius centum, [p. 113] Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; 9, 5, 4, § 10.—And very rarely placed after the numeral:

qui septingentos jam annos amplius numquam mutatis legibus vivunt,

Cic. Fl. 63:

pugnatum duas amplius horas,

Liv. 25, 19, 15 Weissenb.:

duo haud amplius milia peditum effugerunt,

id. 28, 2:

decem amplius versus perdidimus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12:

tris pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105.—

With the comp. abl. (rare but class.):

cum jam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 4, 37:

pugnatum amplius duabus horis est,

Liv. 27, 12:

neque triennio amplius supervixit,

Suet. Caes. 89:

uti non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23; 2, 7;

6, 29: non amplius patet milibus quinque et triginta,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 4, 1, 34 Kritz:

est ab capite paulo amplius mille passibus locus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 90, 1:

ab Capsa non amplius duum milium intervallo,

Sall. J. 91, 3:

(Catilina) cum initio non amplius duobus milibus (militum) habuisset,

id. C. 56, 2; so,

denas alii, alii plures (uxores) habent, set reges eo amplius,

id. J. 80, 7.—

And prob. the following ambiguous cases: cum mille non amplius equitibus,

Sall. J. 105, 3:

oppidum non amplius mille passuum abesse,

id. ib. 68, 3.—

With quam (postAug. and eccl.):

non amplius, cum plurimum, quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

nec amplius quam septem et viginti dies Brundisii commoratus,

id. ib. 17:

Toto triennio semel omnino eam nec amplius quam uno die paucissimis vidit horis,

id. Tib. 51:

demoratus dies non amplius quam octo aut decem,

Vulg. Act. 25, 6:

ut non amplius apud te quam quarta (pars) remaneret,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

ut vexillum veteranorum, non amplius quam quingenti numero, copias fuderint,

Tac. A. 3, 21:

haud amplius quam ducentos misit,

id. ib. 14, 32:

insidiantur ei ex iis viri amplius quam quadraginta,

Vulg. Act. 23, 21.—

Amplius, t. t. of judges when they deferred an important case for future examination:

Amplius adeo prolixum temporis spatium significat, ut judices quotienscunque significarent, adhuc se audire velle, amplius dicebant. Itaque negotium differebant, unde hodieque ampliari judicium differri dicitur,

Charis. 176 P.; so Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 39; cf.

also amplio and ampliatio: cum consules re audita amplius de consilii sententia pronuntiavissent,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86:

antea vel judicari primo poterat vel amplius pronuntiari,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut de Philodamo amplius pronuntiaretur,

id. ib. 2, 1, 29.—

And metaph.: ego amplius deliberandum censeo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 17.—

Amplius non petere, judicial t. phr., to bring no further action, to make no further claim:

quid ita satis non dedit, AMPLIVS [A SE] NEMINEM PETITVRVM?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35:

Tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero amplius eo nomine neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

sunt duo, quae te rogo: primum, ut si quid satis dandum erit, AMPLIVS EO NOMINE NON PETI, cures etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 28 A:

quod ille recusarit satis dare amplius abs te non peti,

id. Att. 1, 8, 1.—

Hoc amplius, beside the general use given above (II. Comp. b. a), as t. phr. of senators when they approved a measure, but amended it by addition:

Servilio adsentior et HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, magnum Pompeium fecisse etc.,

Cic. Phil. 12, 21, 50:

cui cum essem adsensus, decrevi HOC AMPLIVS, ut etc.,

id. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1;

so Seneca: fortasse et post omnes citatus nihil improbabo ex iis, quae priores decreverint, et dicam HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, Vit. Beat. 3, 2: Quaedam ex istis sunt, quibus adsentire possumus, sed HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO,

id. Q. N. 3, 15, 1.—

To this may be added the elliptical phrases, nihil amplius and si nihil amplius:

nihil amplius, denoting that there is nothing further than has been declared: sese ipsum abs te repetit. Nihil amplius,

Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 128;

(res publica) ulta suas injurias est per vos interitu tyranni. Nihil amplius,

id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; and, si nihil amplius, marking a limit, if nothing more, at least:

excedam tectis? An, si nihil amplius, obstem?

Ov. M. 9, 148.

word more, which is sometimes an adj., sometimes a subst., and sometimes an adv., and some of the above examples would admit of different classifications; as, non amplius dicere, not to speak further (adv.) or not to say more (subst.), Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51; but some of them would admit of only one explanation;

as, ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Sup.: amplissimē.

Lit., very largely, most abundantly:

ut quibus militibus amplissime (agri) dati adsignati essent,

in the largest shares, Cic. Phil. 5, 53:

duumviri (deos) tribus quam amplissume tum apparari poterat stratis lectis placavere,

Liv. 5, 13, 6 Weissenb.—

Fig., most generously, most handsomely:

qui amplissime de salute mea decreverint,

Cic. Dom. 44:

amplissime laudare,

in the handsomest style, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11; Suet. Calig. 15:

honores amplissime gessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 112:

pater cum amplissime ex praetura triumphasset,

with the greatest pomp, id. Mur. 15:

placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri,

should be carried forth with every possible solemnity, id. Phil. 9, 7, 16. V. on this word, Hand, Turs. I. pp. 287-296.

Ālĭus (better Ālĕus), a, um, adj., = Elius (v. Alis and Elis), Elian; subst., a native of Elis, a town in Achaia (only a few times in Plaut. Capt.):

postquam belligerant Aetoli cum Aleis,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 24; 27; 2, 2, 30.

ălĭus, a, ud, adj. and subst. (old form, alis, alid, after the analogy of quis, quid:

alis rare,

Cat. 66, 28; Sall. ap. Charis, 2, p. 133; Inscr. Orell. 2488:

alid more freq.,

Lucr. 1, 263; 5, 257; 5, 1305; 5, 1456; Cat. 29, 15; cf. Prisc. 13, p. 959.— Gen. sing. masc.: alius, rare, and not used by Tac.; for which alterius is com. used (v. alter); also alii, Cato and Licin. ap. Prisc. 194 P.; Varr. R. R. 1, 2.— Fem. gen.:

aliae,

Lucr. 3, 918; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30; Liv. 24, 27, 8; Gell. 2, 28, 1; Capito ap. Gell. 4, 10, 8.— Masc. dat.:

ali,

Lucr. 6, 1226:

alio,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 13. — Fem. dat.:

aliae,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; Gell. 9, 4, 8) [cf. allos; Osc. allo ( nom. sing. fem.); Goth. alis; Erse, aile; O. H. Germ. alles, elles ( conj.); Engl. else], another, [p. 90] other (i. e. of many, whereas alter is one of two, v. exceptt. under II. G.); freq. with the indef. pronn. aliquis, quis, aliqui, qui, quidam, and the interrog. quis, qui, etc.

A.. In gen.:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales... multi alii ex Troja strenui viri,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16:

alios multos,

Vulg. Matt. 15, 30; ib. Marc. 7, 4:

plures alios,

ib. ib. 12, 5:

cum aliis pluribus,

ib. Act. 15, 35:

an ita dissolvit, ut omnes alii dissolverunt?

Cic. Font. 1; Tac. H. 5, 5:

dum aliud aliquid flagiti conficiat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 5:

nec nobis praeter med alius quisquam est servos Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 244:

nec quisquam alius affuit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 269:

panem vel aliud quidquam,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 3, 35. utrum hanc actionem habebis an aliam quampiam; Cic. Caecin. 37:

quidquid aliud dare,

Vulg. Lev. 22, 25:

ALIS NE POTESTO,

Inscr. Orell. 2488:

datum Mi esse ab dis aliis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 12:

adulescentulo in alio occupato amore,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 10:

aut aliae cujus desiderium insideat rei,

Lucr. 3, 918:

ne quam aliam quaerat copiam,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 54:

nisi quid pater ait aliud,

id. And. 5, 4, 47:

si verum est, Q. Fabium Labeonem seu quem alium arbitrum a senatu datum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

quodcumque alid auget,

Lucr. 5, 257:

Est alius quidam, parasitaster paululus,

Ter. Ad. 5. 2, 4; so Vulg. Luc. 22, 59:

tuo (judicio) stabis, si aliud quoddam est tuum,

Cic. Or. 71, 237:

L. Aemilius alius vir erat,

Liv. 44, 18:

Genus ecce aliud discriminis audi,

Juv. 12, 24:

alius, ne condemnaretur, pecuniam dedit,

Cic. Verr. 5, 117; Tac. Agr. 39:

nemo alius,

Cic. Pis. 94; Vulg. Joan. 15, 24:

alius nemo,

Cic. Quinct. 76:

plus alimenti est in pane quam in ullo alio,

Cels. 2, 18:

aliud esse causae suspicamur,

Cic. Fl. 39:

Anne aliud tunc praefecti?

Juv. 4, 78:

estne viris reliqui aliud,

Sall. Fragm. 187, 19:

aliud auxilii,

Tac. A. 5, 8:

aliud subsidii,

id. ib. 12, 46:

alia honorum,

id. ib. 1, 9:

alia sumptuum,

id. ib. 15, 15:

sunt alia quae magis timeam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 29: Facete is quidem, sicut alia, many other things, id. Fin. 1, 3, 7 Madv.:

haec aliaque,

Tac. H. 3, 51 al. —

Hence, alio die, t. t. of the soothsayer, when he wished the Comitia postponed to another day, on the pretence of unfavorable omens: quid gravius quam rem susceptam dirimi, si unus augur alio die dixerit?

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Phil. 2, 33, 83 and 84 Wernsd. Perh. there is a reference to the same thing in Plaut. Poen. 2, 52: ita res divina mihi fuit: res serias omnes extollo ex hoc die in alium diem.—With aliquis, quisquam, or ullus implied (cf. aliqui, V. B., and aliquis, II. B.):

ut, etiam si aliud melius fuit, tamen legatorum reditum exspectetis,

Cic. Phil. 6, 6:

utar post alio, si invenero melius,

something else, id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; so,

si in aliud tempus differetur,

Caes. B C. 1, 86:

an alium exspectamus?

Vulg. Matt. 11, 3; ib. Marc. 4, 36:

siti magis quam alia re accenditur,

Sall. J. 89, 5:

neque sex legiones alia de causa missas in Hispaniam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

neque creatura alia poterit nos separare,

Vulg. Rom. 8, 39.

alius:

alius generis bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Varr. L. L. 9, 40, 67 dub.:

alius ingenii,

Liv. 1, 56, 7 Madv. by conj.:

alius ordinis,

Amm. 30, 5, 10:

artificis aliusve,

Front. Controv. Agr. 2, 40, 27:

alius coloris,

Non. p. 450:

nomine vel ejus pro quo... aut alius qui, etc.,

Dig. 39, 2, 24, § 6; v. aliusmodi.—

In comparisons, with atque, ac, or et, more rarely with nisi and quam; with the latter, in good class. authors, only when preceded by a neg. clause, or by an interrog. implying a neg.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 3, 3, 13; instead of quam, the comp. abl. or praeter, and similar words, sometimes appear, other than, different from, etc.

With atque, ac, or et:

illi sunt alio ingenio atque tu,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 35:

alium esse censes nunc me atque olim quom dabam?

Ter. And. 3, 3, 13:

potest non solum aliud mihi ac tibi, sed mihi ipsi aliud alias videri,

Cic. Or. 71, 237:

longe alia nobis ac tu scripseras nuntiantur,

id. Att. 11, 10:

res alio modo est ac putatur,

id. Inv. 2, 6, 21 B. and K.:

qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum gerere coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

non alius essem atque nunc sum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9:

longe aliam esse navigationem in concluso mari atque in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano perspiciebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9: aliud (se) esse facturum ac pronunciasset, Nep. Ages. 3, 4:

alia atque antea sentiret,

id. Hann. 2, 2:

lux longe alia est solis et lychnorum,

is very different, Cic. Cael. 28.—

With nisi or quam (the latter is suspicious in Cic.; cf. Ochsn. Eclog. 252; Orell. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75):

amare autem nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,

nothing else than, only, Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

neque ulla fuit causa intermissionis epistularum nisi quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 7, 13:

erat historia nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio,

id. de Or. 2, 12:

Quid est aliud tumultus nisi perturbatio tanta, ut, etc.?

id. Phil. 8, 3:

nihil aliud agerem, nisi eum, qui accusatus esset, defenderem,

id. Sull. 12; id. Att. 5, 10:

quid est aliud Gigantum modo bellare cum dis nisi naturae repugnare?

id. Sen. 2, 5; id. Sex. Rosc. 19, 54; id. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

pinaster nihil aliud est quam pinus silvestris,

Plin. 16, 10; Nep. Arist. 2, 2; id. Paus. 1, 4:

Lysander nihil aliud molitus est quam ut omnes civitates in sua teneret potestate,

id. Lys. 1, 4:

neque aliud huic defuit quam generosa stirps,

id. Eum. 1, 2:

Nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine quam quod Illi marmoreum caput est, etc.,

Juv. 8, 54.—Hence, nihil aliud nisi or quam, = ouden allo ê, followed by finite verb, nothing else than, nothing but, only (after these words, fecit, factum est may be supplied, or the phraseology changed to nulla alia re facta; cf. Matth. Gr. 903; Hoogev. ad Vig. p. 475;

Kuhn. Gr. Gr. II. p. 825): tribunatus P. Sestii nihil aliud nisi meum nomen causamque sustinuit,

Cic. Sest. 6, 13:

ut nihil aliud nisi de hoste ac de laude cogitet,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; Liv. 2, 8:

et hostes quidem nihil aliud (i. e. nulla alia re facta) quam perfusis vano timore Romanis citato agmine abeunt,

id. 2, 63; 31, 24:

sed ab lictore nihil aliud quam prehendere prohibito, cum conversus in Patres impetus esset,

id. 2, 29:

ut domo abditus nihil aliud quam per edicta obnuntiaret,

Suet. Caes. 20:

mox nihil aliud quam vectabatur et deambulabat,

id. Aug. 83.—So, quid aliud quam? what other thing than? what else than? quibus quid aliud quam admonemus cives nos eorum esse, Liv. 4, 3:

quid aliud quam ad bellum vocabantur?

Flor. 3, 23 med.; so,

Quid Tullius? Anne aliud quam sidus?

Juv. 7, 199.—In affirmative-clauses rare, and only post-Aug.:

te alia omnia, quam quae velis, agere, moleste ferrem,

Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2:

quod alium quam se cooptassent,

Suet. Ner. 2 al. —So, with the simple interrogative, quis alius? quid aliud? Qui, malum, alii? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10:

Quid te aliud sollicitat?

id. ib. 1, 2, 82:

Quid aliud tibi vis?

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 90:

Numquid vis aliud?

id. Eun. 1, 2, 111:

Sed quis nunc alius audet praeferre? etc.,

Juv. 12, 48:

Quid enim est aliud Antonius?

Cic. Phil. 2, 70:

Quid est aliud furere?

id. Pis. 47:

Quid est alia sinistra liberalitas?

Cat. 29, 15 al. —

With comp. abl. (cf. in Gr. alla tôn dikaiôn, Xen. Mem. 4, 4, 25):

qui quaerit alia his, malum videtur quaerere,

other than, Plaut. Poen. prol. 22:

quod est aliud melle,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16: nec quidquam aliud libertate communi quaesisse, nothing else but, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2:

neve putes alium sapiente bonoque beatum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 20:

alius Lysippo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 240:

accusator alius Sejano,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 41.—

With praeter:

nec nobis praeter me alius quisquam est servos Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

nec quidquam aliud est philosophia praeter studium sapientiae,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5:

non est alius praeter eum,

Vulg. Marc. 12, 32:

rogavit numquid aliud ferret praeter arcam?

Cic. de Or. 2, 69:

Num quid igitur aliud in illis judiciis versatum est praeter hasce insidias?

id. Clu. 62:

nec jam tela alia habebant praeter gladios,

Liv. 38, 21, 5.—