fruits

corbis, is (abl. regularly corbe:

corbi,

Cato, R. R. 136 twice), comm. [corbes dicti quod curvatis virgis contexuntur, Isid. l. l.; but more prob. kindr. with kolpos], a basket (esp. for use in gathering fruits, etc.).

Masc., Auct. B. Hisp. 5, 1; Col. 11, 2, 99; Suet. Ner. 19; Prud. Dittoch. 147; cf. Col. 6, 3, 5 dub.—

Fem., Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 165; cf. Caper de Verb. Dub. p. 2248; Cic. Sest. 38, 82 (abl. corbe).—

Of dub. gender, Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 136; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1 sq.; 1, 52, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61; cf. Ov. M. 14, 644.

dē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [1. lego], to choose out, to select (for syn. cf.: lego, coopto, designo, eligo, seligo).

In gen. (freq. and class.):

continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primores principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 3: quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat;

deligetque optimum quemque,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34:

qui ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis,

id. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.; so with ex, id. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. Mil. 8, 21; id. Rep. 1, 44; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 5, 11; Sall. J. 23, 2; Liv. 8, 33 et saep.; poet. with ab:

delectos ordine ab omni centum oratores,

Verg. A. 7, 152:

Otho (Celsum) bello inter duces delegit,

Tac. H. 1, 71:

locum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 2, 17:

hunc sibi locum domicilio,

id. ib. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

re frumentaria comparata equitibusque delectis,

id. ib. 4, 7;

and so of soldiers,

id. ib. 1, 48; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 1 al.:

delecti Latio et Laurentibus agris,

Verg. A. 11, 431:

melimela ad lunam delecta,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 32.— Poet.:

altaque mortali deligere astra manu,

Prop. 2, 32, 50 (3, 30, 50 M. dub.; al. deripere).—

In partic.

Of fruits, to gather, pick off:

oleam,

Cato R. R. 144, 1:

uvam,

ib. 112, 2:

fructum,

Col. 5, 10, 10.—

With the accessory idea of removal to a distance, to choose out and send or take away (rare):

amentem ex aedibus,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 42:

senes ac fessas aequore matres,

Verg. A. 5, 717.

dē-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (de in the sense of reduction in breadth; cf. devincire), to bind or tie together; to bind up, to bind fast (good prose):

homini rostrum deliges,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13:

brachium superimposito penicillo,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.:

vulnus,

Quint. 2, 17, 9; 2, 21, 17; cf.:

deligatus et plurimis medicamentis delibutus,

id. 11, 3, 129:

veretra,

Suet. Tib. 62 et saep.:

hominem proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 40:

sarmentis circum cornua boum deligatis,

Quint. 2, 17, 19:

naviculam ad ripam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 3; so,

naves ad ancoras,

id. ib. 4, 29;

and, naves ad terram,

id. B. C. 3, 39:

epistolam ad amentum,

id. B. G. 5, 48, 5: ad patibulos deligantur, cruci defiguntur, Licinius ap. Non. 221, 11; cf.:

aliquem ad palum,

Liv. 2, 5; 8, 7:

viros ac feminas ad stipitem,

Suet. Ner. 29 al.:

alterius collo ascopera deligata,

id. ib. 45.

dē-mĕto, messŭi, messum, 3, v. a., to mow, reap, cut off, gather, crop, harvest (class.). Usually of fruits:

tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata,

Cic. de Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. N. D. 2, 62 fin.: hordeum, Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.: demesso frumento, * Caes. B. G. 4, 32, 4; so,

frumentum,

Liv. 34, 26:

segetes,

Tac. A. 14, 24; cf.:

Galli armati alienos agros demetunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

demessa est terra,

Vulg. Apoc. 14. 16.—Less freq. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) of other objects:

pollice florem,

to pluck off, Verg. A. 11, 68:

favos,

i. e. to cut out, take out, Col. 9, 15, 12:

testes caudamque adultero (ferrum),

Hor. S. 1, 2, 46; cf.:

huic ense caput,

to behead, Ov. M. 5, 104; and absol.:

acies ferro demetit,

Sil. 16, 102.

dē-mēto, āre, v. dimeto.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

floccus, i, m., a lock or flock (of wool, on clothes, in fruits, etc.).

Lit.:

ne qui flocci intereant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8:

pomis substrati flocci,

id. ib. 1, 59, 3:

in veste floccos legere fimbriasve diducere,

Cels. 2, 6:

pilulae intus habentes floccos molles,

Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28.—

Transf., something trifling, insignificant, of no account (most freq., esp. with negatives, and in the phrase flocci facere, to make no account of, to care not a straw for; v. the foll.).

With a neg.:

ceterum qui sis, qui non sis, floccum non interduim,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 152 (Ritschl, ciccum; cf.:

eluas tu an exungare, ciccum non interduim,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 22):

neque ego illum maneo, neque flocci facio,

id. Men. 2, 3, 69:

is leno flocci non fecit fidem,

id. Rud. prol. 47:

ego, quae tu loquere, flocci non facio,

id. ib. 3, 5, 3:

prorsus aveo scire, nec tamen flocci facio,

Cic. Att. 13, 50, 3:

totam rem publicam flocci non facere,

id. ib. 4, 15, 4: quare, ut opinor, philosophêteon, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, id. ib. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (but here Ernesti reads eateon):

satin abiit, neque quod dixi flocci existimat!

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73: invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum;

ego non flocci pendere,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21.—

Without a neg. (ante-class.), to account of slight value, of small importance:

rumorem, famam flocci fecit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. obstinato, p. 193, 11 Müll.: tu istos minutos cave deos flocci feceris,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 24:

flocci facere,

id. Most. 3, 2, 121; id. Men. 5, 7, 5; id. Ep. 3, 2, 12; id. Trin. 4, 2, 150; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11.— In pass.: flocci fiet. Culi cultor, Titin. ap. Non. 131, 33: rogata fuerit nec ne, flocci aestimo, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. muneralis, p. 143 Müll.: flocci pendo, quid rerum geras, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Exp. Serm. p. 565, 5.

flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).

Lit.:

per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

imputata floret usque vinea,

Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

vinea, segetes,

Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

narcisso floreat alnus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

florentes ferulae,

id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

si bene floreat annus,

Ov. F. 5, 327.—

Transf.

(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

si vinum florere incipiet,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

Ov. F. 5, 270.—

To get the first downy beard:

libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

Mart. 3, 6, 4.—

To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

Hybla multis thymis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

Verg. G. 2, 6;

of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—

To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

lumina floruisse,

Tert. Apol. 11:

caelum luminibus floruisset,

id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—

Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.

Of persons and animate things.

With abl.:

in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

omni genere virtutis,

id. Brut. 7, 28:

cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

laudibus,

id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

nobilitate discipulorum,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

id. Or. 5, 20.—

With in and abl.:

in re militari Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 5:

ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

in foro,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

in senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4.—

Absol.:

ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

floret Epicurus,

id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

qui inter illos florebas,

id. Quint. 26, 80:

cum multis simul floruit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

floruit circa Philippum,

id. 12, 10. 6:

circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

id. Sest. 63, 131:

aliquid floret laudibus,

Lucr. 5, 1279.—

Absol.:

quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

quae familia admodum floruit,

Suet. Ner. 6:

quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

gloria generis floret,

id. Fl. 11, 25:

verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

Hor. A. P. 62:

aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.

Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

Lucr. 4, 450; so,

smaragdi arcano igne,

Stat. Th. 2, 276:

postes arcano lumine,

id. ib. 1, 210:

catervae aere,

Verg. A. 7, 804:

exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

Gell. 5, 5, 2.—

Abounding in flowers:

vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—

Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.

Of animate things.

With abl.:

complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4.—

Absol.:

qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

id. Or. 6, 20:

florens et illustris adolescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

florentes viribus anni,

Sil. 1, 226; so,

anni vigore,

Petr. 132:

animus vino,

joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—

Absol.:

(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

id. Quint. 30, 93:

quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

florentes Etruscorum opes,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

florentissima Samnitium castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

equus florenti aetate,

Lucr. 5, 1074:

aevo florente puellae,

id. 3, 1008; cf.:

adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

Hor. A. P. 115:

florentissima ejus erat aetas,

Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

oratio florentissima,

Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

also: florentis facundiae homo,

id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).

Lit.:

per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

imputata floret usque vinea,

Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

vinea, segetes,

Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

narcisso floreat alnus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

florentes ferulae,

id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

si bene floreat annus,

Ov. F. 5, 327.—

Transf.

(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

si vinum florere incipiet,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

Ov. F. 5, 270.—

To get the first downy beard:

libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

Mart. 3, 6, 4.—

To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

Hybla multis thymis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

Verg. G. 2, 6;

of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—

To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

lumina floruisse,

Tert. Apol. 11:

caelum luminibus floruisset,

id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—

Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.

Of persons and animate things.

With abl.:

in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

omni genere virtutis,

id. Brut. 7, 28:

cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

laudibus,

id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

nobilitate discipulorum,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

id. Or. 5, 20.—

With in and abl.:

in re militari Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 5:

ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

in foro,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

in senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4.—

Absol.:

ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

floret Epicurus,

id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

qui inter illos florebas,

id. Quint. 26, 80:

cum multis simul floruit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

floruit circa Philippum,

id. 12, 10. 6:

circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

id. Sest. 63, 131:

aliquid floret laudibus,

Lucr. 5, 1279.—

Absol.:

quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

quae familia admodum floruit,

Suet. Ner. 6:

quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

gloria generis floret,

id. Fl. 11, 25:

verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

Hor. A. P. 62:

aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.

Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

Lucr. 4, 450; so,

smaragdi arcano igne,

Stat. Th. 2, 276:

postes arcano lumine,

id. ib. 1, 210:

catervae aere,

Verg. A. 7, 804:

exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

Gell. 5, 5, 2.—

Abounding in flowers:

vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—

Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.

Of animate things.

With abl.:

complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4.—

Absol.:

qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

id. Or. 6, 20:

florens et illustris adolescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

florentes viribus anni,

Sil. 1, 226; so,

anni vigore,

Petr. 132:

animus vino,

joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—

Absol.:

(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

id. Quint. 30, 93:

quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

florentes Etruscorum opes,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

florentissima Samnitium castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

equus florenti aetate,

Lucr. 5, 1074:

aevo florente puellae,

id. 3, 1008; cf.:

adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

Hor. A. P. 115:

florentissima ejus erat aetas,

Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

oratio florentissima,

Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

also: florentis facundiae homo,

id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

follĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [follis], a small bag or sack.

Lit.

In gen.:

folliculis frumentum vehere,

Liv. 9, 13, 9:

quidam judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei statim... os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.—Of a matricide:

statim folliculo lupino os obvolutum est,

Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—

Esp. (cf. follis, I. B.), a ball to play with, inflated with air; a wind-ball (cf.:

pila, globus, sphaera): post bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit,

Suet. Aug. 83.—

Transf.

In gen., a husk, pod, shell, skin, follicle:

latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3:

gluma est grani folliculus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1:

cum spica se exserit folliculo,

Sen. Ep. 124, 11. —So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65:

folliculus animalium,

id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: muliebris, i. q. vulva, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.— Poet., the shell of an egg:

teretes (cicadarum),

Lucr. 5, 803; and of the human body, as the husk or shell of the soul: ego, si qui sum et quo folliculo sum indutus, queo, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.—

Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).

A sac:

ventris,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—

The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—

The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106;

called in full, folliculum genitale,

id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

fructŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [fructus].

of or belonging to fruit, fruit-bearing, fruitful:

palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 29; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 181:

rami olcae,

Col. 5, 9, 15:

oculi vitis,

id. 3, 18, 4:

pars villae,

that serves for laying up the fruits in, id. 1, 6, 1 and 9:

scrofa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: agri, for which a portion of the produce is paid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 4.—

Of or belonging to usufruct, usufructuary (jurid. Lat.):

servus,

of whom one has merely the usufruct, Dig. 41, 1, 37; 63; Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 3: stipulati, a stipulation by a litigant in possession ad interim, by which he shall repay twice the mesne profits if finally defeated in the suit, Gai. Inst. 4, 166; Dig. 45, 1, 4:

judicium,

a special mode of procedure for receiving mesne profits, Gai. Inst. 4, 169.—

Subst.: fructŭārĭus, ii, m., and fructŭārĭa, ae, f., in an act. sense, one who has the usufruct of a thing, a usufructuary, Dig. 7, 1, 22 sq.; 24; 58 al.

fructŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [fructus].

of or belonging to fruit, fruit-bearing, fruitful:

palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 29; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 181:

rami olcae,

Col. 5, 9, 15:

oculi vitis,

id. 3, 18, 4:

pars villae,

that serves for laying up the fruits in, id. 1, 6, 1 and 9:

scrofa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: agri, for which a portion of the produce is paid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 4.—

Of or belonging to usufruct, usufructuary (jurid. Lat.):

servus,

of whom one has merely the usufruct, Dig. 41, 1, 37; 63; Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 3: stipulati, a stipulation by a litigant in possession ad interim, by which he shall repay twice the mesne profits if finally defeated in the suit, Gai. Inst. 4, 166; Dig. 45, 1, 4:

judicium,

a special mode of procedure for receiving mesne profits, Gai. Inst. 4, 169.—

Subst.: fructŭārĭus, ii, m., and fructŭārĭa, ae, f., in an act. sense, one who has the usufruct of a thing, a usufructuary, Dig. 7, 1, 22 sq.; 24; 58 al.

fructus, a, um, Part., from fruor.

fructus, ūs (archaic gen. sing. fructuis, Varr. ap. Non. 492, 14; id. R. R. 1, 2, 19; cf. Gell. 4, 16:

fructi,

Cato, R. R. 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 16; Turp. ap. Non. 491, 7), m. [fruor], an enjoying, enjoyment.

In abstracto.

Lit. (perh. only ante- and post-class.): Ol. Mea est haec. St. Scio; sed meus fructus est prior, i. e. use and enjoyment, for ususfructus (q. v. under usus), Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 16; Dig. 7, 8, 14.—

Trop. (class. but rare):

hoc tam singulare vestrum beneficium ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam duco esse permagnum,

for my mental enjoyment, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5: qui propter odium fructum oculis (dat.) ex ejus casu capere vellent, to feast their eyes on, Nep. Eum. 11 (cf.:

spectatumne huc, ut rem fruendam oculis, sociorum caedes venimus?

Liv. 22, 14, 4).—Far more freq.,

Transf., concr., the enjoyment that proceeds from a thing, proceeds, produce, product, fruit, profit, income (very freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.; cf.: fruges, fetus, frumentum).

Lit.: quod earum rerum videa tur ei levis fructus, exiguus usus, incertus dominatus, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf.:

pecudes partim esse ad usum hominum, partim ad fructum, partim ad vescendum procreatas,

id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4; cf.

also ususfructus, under usus: frugum fructuumque reliquorum perceptio,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12:

fructum ex aliqua re percipere or capere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

quoniam fructum arbitror esse fundi eum, qui ex eo satus nascitur utilis ad aliquam rem, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 1:

ruri si recte habitaveris, fructi plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2; cf.:

in quos sumptus abeunt fructus praediorum?

Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2:

praediorum,

id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

arbusta vineaeque et consita omnia magis amoenis quam necessariis fructibus,

fruits, Liv. 22, 15, 2:

(vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

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

gallinarum fructus erant ova et pulli,

id. ib. 3, 3, 6:

quae (oves) neque ali neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum possent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

non serendis, non percipiendis, non condendis fructibus,

id. de Sen. 7, 24; cf.:

ver ostendit futuros fructus: reliqua tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata sunt,

id. ib. 19, 70:

comportare et condere fructus,

id. Agr. 2, 32 fin.:

apibus fructum restituo suum,

Phaedr. 3, 13, 15:

in fructibus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26:

fructum ferre,

id. 8, 3, 10:

graves fructu vites,

id. 8, 3, 8: Heracleotae et Bragyletae, qui item debent, aut pecuniam solvant aut fructibus suis satisfaciant, satisfy him with their proceeds, Cic Fam. 13, 56, 2:

Asia multos annos vobis fructum Mithridatico bello non tulit,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 81:

M. Crassus negabat ullam satis magnam pecuniam esse ei... cujus fructibus exercitum alere non posset,

i. e. revenue, income, id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

aurum ex fructu metallorum coacervatum,

Liv. 45, 40, 2:

in tantas brevi creverant opes, seu maritimis seu terrestribus fructibus,

id. 21, 7, 3; cf.:

fuerat ei magno fructui mare,

id. 34, 36, 3:

qua re saepe totius anni fructus uno rumore periculi amittitur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:

an partus ancillae in fructu sit habendus,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 12:

putatisne vos illis rebus frui posse nisi eos, qui vobis fructui (al. fructuosi) sunt, conservaveritis,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—

Trop., fruit, consequence, effect, result, return, reward, success:

ego fructus ex re publica non laetos et uberes, sed magna acerbitate permixtos tuli,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

fructum pietatis suae ex aliquo ferre,

id. Sest. 31, 68:

ex otio fructus capere,

id. Rep. 1, 4; cf.:

ex accusatione Aquilii diligentiae fructum ceperat,

id. Brut. 62, 222:

alicujus amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus auctoritatis capit ipsa extremos,

id. de Sen. 18, 62:

modestiae fructum aliquem percipere,

id. Sull. 1, 1:

gloria est fructus verae virtutis honestissimus,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

laboris,

Quint. 6 praef. §

2: studiorum,

id. 8 praef. § 26; 10, 3, 2; 10, 7, 1; cf.

also: ex re decerpere fructus (with plus mali haurire),

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

divitiarum fructus in copia est,

the enjoyment derived from riches, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 47:

vestrum beneficium, ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam permagnum,

id. Agr. 2, 5:

Theophrastus talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat. Mihi autem ille fructus liberalitatis, multo et major videtur et certior,

id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

pecuniae fructus maximus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 64:

animi fructus, qui in te videndo est,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 3:

vitae fructus,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; id. Mur. 23, 47; cf.:

omnem fructum vitae superioris perdidissent,

id. Div. 2, 9, 24:

quin spe posteritatis fructuque ducatur,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

voluptatum,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

jucunditatis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra, dabunt cum maturos mihi tempora fructus,

Verg. Cul. 9.

frūgālis, e, adj. [frux].

Of or belonging to fruits: maturitas, App. de Mundo, p. 71, 29.—

(Acc. to frugi, v. frux, II. B.) Economical, thrifty, temperate, frugal, provident, careful; and in gen., worthy, virtuous; only in comp. and sup. (Quint. 1, 6, 17, characterizes the use of the positive frugalis for the usual frugi as pedantry):

villa frugalior,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3:

tanton... Lesbonicus factus est frugalior?

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 9:

dedo patri me nunciam, ut frugalior sim, quam volt,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 3; Sen. Contr. 3, 21, 20; 5, 31, 13 al.— Sup.:

cum optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus esset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

homines frugalissimi,

id. Fl. 29, 71.— Hence, adv.: frūgālĭter (acc. to II.), moderately, temperately, thriftily, frugally, economically:

rem sobrie et frugaliter accurare,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 38; id. Pers. 4, 1, 1; 6:

vivere (with parce),

Hor. S. 1, 4, 107; cf.:

recte is negat, umquam bene cenasse Gallonium... quia quod bene, id recte, frugaliter, honeste: ille porro prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25:

loqui,

id. ib. 2, 9, 25; cf.:

de sublimibus magnifice, de tenuioribus frugaliter dicere,

Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.— Comp.:

vivere,

Lact. Ira D. 20.

frūgālĭtas, tātis, f. [frugalis, II.], economy, temperance, thriftiness, frugality; and in gen., worth, virtue (the Gr. sôphrosunê; class.).

Prop.:

omnes in illo sunt rege virtutes, sed praecipue singularis et admiranda frugalitas... ego frugalitatem, id est modestiam et temperantiam, virtutem maximam judico,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 26: vitae genus cum luxu aut cum frugalitate, Cels. praef. med.; cf.:

ex contrariis: frugalitas bonum, luxuria enim malum,

Quint. 5, 10, 73:

quod cessat ex reditu, frugalitate suppletur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 3:

bona valetudo, quaeque eam maxime praestat frugalitas,

Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 3, 19; 12, 1, 8; Petr. 115:

frugalitas autem paupertas voluntaria est,

Sen. Ep. 17, 5:

luxurioso frugalitas poena est,

id. ib. 71, 23; id. Tranq. An. 1, 9.—Of speech:

quadam eloquentiae frugalitate contentos,

measure, Quint. 12, 10, 21.—

Transf., in concr. for fruges, fruits of the earth, App. M. 9, p. 233, 29.—

In a gen. sense, worth, virtue: temperans, quem Graeci sôphrona appellant, eamque virtutem sôphrosunên vocant, quam soleo equidem tum temperantiam, tum moderationem appellare, nonnumquam etiam modestiam:

sed haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, etc.... reliquas etiam virtutes frugalitas continet, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16 sq.; cf. id. ib. 4, 16, 36; Quint. 1, 6, 17; 29.

germen, ĭnis, n. [Sanscr. root grabh-, grah-, to conceive; garbh-as, child; whence, brephos (for grephos), germanus, perh. gremium], a sprig, offshoot, sprout, bud ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

huc aliena ex arbore germen Includunt,

Verg. G. 2, 76:

serotino germine malus, tardissimo suber,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98; Vulg. Deut. 11, 17 et saep.—In plur.:

inque novos soles audent se germina tuto Credere,

Verg. G. 2, 332; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 94:

auctumni maturet germina Virgo,

fruits, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 465:

impleratque uterum generoso germine,

fœtus, embryo, Ov. M. 9, 280; so,

celsa Tonantis,

i. e. daughter, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 76:

servile,

Just. 18, 3 fin.; and of puppies, whelps, Nemes. Cyneg. 155.—

Transf.:

cara maris,

i. e. precious stones, Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 14:

frontis,

i. e. a horn, id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 129.—

Trop., a germ:

rabies unde illaec germina surgunt,

Lucr. 4, 1083:

germen ab aethere trahere,

origin, Prud. Cath. 10, 32: germine nobilis Eulalia, id. steph. 3, 1.

immātūrus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmaturus], untimely, before the season, unripe, immature (class.).

Lit., of plants and fruits:

pira,

Cels. 2, 30:

frons,

Quint. 12, 6, 2:

amomis,

Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 49.—

Transf., of other things:

vomica,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 14:

infans immaturus est editus,

Suet. Aug. 63:

puellae,

i. e. not yet marriageable, id. Tib. 61:

virgo,

Dig. 47, 10, 25:

sponsa,

ib. 24, 1, 32, § 27:

mors,

untimely, premature, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 119; cf. id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 89; Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 4:

interitus C. Gracchi,

Cic. Brut. 33, 125:

obitus,

Suet. Calig. 8:

iter mortis,

Prop. 3, 7, 2:

funus,

Quint. 6 praef. § 3; cf.:

filius obiit,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 59:

puella,

early dead, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 17:

ossa,

Tib. 2, 6, 29; Quint. 11, 1, 32:

consilium,

Liv. 22, 38, 11; Suet. Aug. 8:

abi hinc cum inmaturo amore ad sponsum,

unseasonable, Liv. 1, 26, 4.— Adv.: immātūrē, untimely, immaturely, Col. 11, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 116; Sen. Suas. 1 fin.—Comp., App. M. 6, p. 180.

immātūrus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmaturus], untimely, before the season, unripe, immature (class.).

Lit., of plants and fruits:

pira,

Cels. 2, 30:

frons,

Quint. 12, 6, 2:

amomis,

Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 49.—

Transf., of other things:

vomica,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 14:

infans immaturus est editus,

Suet. Aug. 63:

puellae,

i. e. not yet marriageable, id. Tib. 61:

virgo,

Dig. 47, 10, 25:

sponsa,

ib. 24, 1, 32, § 27:

mors,

untimely, premature, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 119; cf. id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 89; Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 4:

interitus C. Gracchi,

Cic. Brut. 33, 125:

obitus,

Suet. Calig. 8:

iter mortis,

Prop. 3, 7, 2:

funus,

Quint. 6 praef. § 3; cf.:

filius obiit,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 59:

puella,

early dead, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 17:

ossa,

Tib. 2, 6, 29; Quint. 11, 1, 32:

consilium,

Liv. 22, 38, 11; Suet. Aug. 8:

abi hinc cum inmaturo amore ad sponsum,

unseasonable, Liv. 1, 26, 4.— Adv.: immātūrē, untimely, immaturely, Col. 11, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 116; Sen. Suas. 1 fin.—Comp., App. M. 6, p. 180.