herba+pm

herba, ae, f. [old Lat. forb-ea; Gr. phorbê; Sanscr. root bhar-, to nourish], springing vegetation, grass, green stalks or blades, green crops, herbage, an herb (cf.:

gramen, faenum, caespes, glaeba): herba cubile Praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans,

Lucr. 5, 816:

in molli consedimus herba,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

cum ceteris in campo exercentibus in herba ipse recubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

abicere se in herba,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

fusus per herbam (agricola),

Verg. G. 2, 527 al.:

invitant (Pecudes) herbae gemmantes rore recenti,

Lucr. 2, 319; so,

gemmantes rore,

id. 5, 461:

herbae rore vigentes,

id. 2, 361:

teneras per herbas Ludere,

id. 1, 260:

nova tum tellus herbas virgultaque primum Sustulit,

id. 5, 790:

ex quibusdam stirpibus et herbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

corona ex asperis herbis et agrestibus,

id. Div. 1, 34, 75; cf. ib. 2, 32, 68:

quas herbas pecudes non edunt, homines edunt,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 23 sq.; cf.:

fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita condiunt, ut nihil possit esse suavius,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

herbis vivis et urticā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7:

solstitialis herba,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36:

interim mores mali Quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrume,

id. Trin. 1, 1, 9:

fallax veneni,

a poisonous plant, Verg. E. 4, 24:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

a blade, id. ib. 5, 26; cf. Ov. M. 10, 87:

et sulcis frumenti quaereret herbam,

young crop, Verg. G. 1, 134:

novitates si spem afferunt, ut tamquam in herbis non fallacibus fructus appareat, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 19, 68; cf.:

primis segetes moriuntur in herbis,

Ov. M. 5, 4:

Ceres dominum primis fallebat in herbis,

id. F. 4, 645.—So prov.: saepe audivi, inter os atque offam multa intervenire posse; verum vero inter offam atque herbam, ibi vero longum intervallum est, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1; cf.:

sed nimium properas et adhuc tua messis in herba est,

Ov. H. 17, 263; and:

egone, qui indolem ingenii tui in germine etiam tum et in herba et in flore dilexerim, nunc frugem ipsam maturae virtutis nonne multo multoque amplius diligam?

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 5 Mai.:

omnis illa laus... velut in herba vel flore praecerpta ad nullam certam et solidam pervenit frugem,

Tac. Dial. 9, 5.—Prov.: herbam dare, to own one's self beaten: herbam do cum ait Plautus, significat: victum me fateor; quod est antiquae et pastoralis vitae indicium. Nam qui in prato cursu aut viribus contendebant, cum superati erant, ex eo solo, in quo certamen erat, decerptam herbam adversario tradebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 128; Varr. ib.; Plin. 22, 4, 4, § 8; Att. and Afran. ap. Non. 317, 18 and 20.—

Transf., weeds, useless plants:

officiant laetis ne frugibus herbae,

Verg. G. 1, 69; 2, 251; cf. id. ib. 2, 411; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 300.

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• A snake in the grass. A treacherous person. (Vergil)

• A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil)

chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = chelidonios, pertaining to the swallow:

lapilli,

found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203:

ficus,

a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71:

gemma,

Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—

Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = chelidonios, pertaining to the swallow:

lapilli,

found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203:

ficus,

a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71:

gemma,

Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—

Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

grāmen, ĭnis, n. [Sanscr. root gar-, to swallow; Gr. bor- in bibrôskô, bora; Lat. -vorus, in carnivorus, vorare, etc.; hence, fuller root gras-; Gr. grastis; Lat. grāmen for gras-men; cf. Germ. Gras; Engl. grass], grass (cf.: herba, faenum, cespes, glaeba).

Sing.:

prostrati in gramine molli,

Lucr. 2, 29; 5, 1392; Hor. Epod. 2, 24:

cervus graminis immemor,

id. C. 1, 15, 30:

aprici campi,

id. A. P. 162:

graminis herba,

a blade of grass, Verg. E. 5, 26; Liv. 1, 24, 5:

floreum,

flowery turf, Mart. 9, 91, 1:

generosum,

Juv. 12, 40:

quocumque de gramine (equus),

pasture, id. 8, 60.—

Plur.:

tondere gramina,

Lucr. 2, 660; Hor. C. 4, 7, 1; 4, 1, 39; Verg. E. 10, 29; id. G. 1, 56; 2, 200 et saep.—

Transf., a plant, herb.

In gen.:

ignobile cerinthae,

Verg. G. 4, 63:

Indum,

Indian aromatic herbs, Stat. S. 2, 1, 187; cf.:

Arabum de gramine odores,

Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 17; Quint. 5, 8, 1:

non illa feris incognita capris Gramina (i. e. dictamnus),

Verg. A. 12, 415:

neve parum valeant a se data gramina,

Ov. M. 7, 137 (for which:

accepit cantatas herbas,

id. ib. 7, 98).—

In partic., dog's-grass, couch-grass, Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 178 sq.

părĭĕtārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to walls: structor, Firm. Math. 8, 24; Inscr. Rein. cl. 11, n. 112: pictor, Edict. Diocl. p. 19.—

Subst.: părĭĕ-tārĭa, ae, f., the herb pellitory or parietary: [p. 1304] herbam perdicalem Latini muralem et parietariam, alii vitriariam appellant, App. Herb. 81.—Acc. to Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, Constantine the Great bestowed on the emperor Trajan, on account of the numerous inscriptions which he had caused to be placed on buildings, the sobriquet of herba parietaria (Amm. 27, 3, 7, has instead, herba parietina).

părĭĕtārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to walls: structor, Firm. Math. 8, 24; Inscr. Rein. cl. 11, n. 112: pictor, Edict. Diocl. p. 19.—

Subst.: părĭĕ-tārĭa, ae, f., the herb pellitory or parietary: [p. 1304] herbam perdicalem Latini muralem et parietariam, alii vitriariam appellant, App. Herb. 81.—Acc. to Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, Constantine the Great bestowed on the emperor Trajan, on account of the numerous inscriptions which he had caused to be placed on buildings, the sobriquet of herba parietaria (Amm. 27, 3, 7, has instead, herba parietina).

possum, pŏtŭi, posse, v. n. irreg. (old forms, potis sum, for possum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 26; id. Curc. 5, 3, 23; so,

potis est,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 41:

potis sunt, for possunt,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 17: POTISIT, S. C. de Bacchan.: potisset, for posset, and potisse, for posse, Lucil. ap. Non. 484, 32, and 445, 29:

potesse, for posse, very freq.,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 30; id. Cist. 1, 1, 32; id. Truc. 1, 1, 73; id. Ep. 2, 2, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 30 al.; Lucr. 1, 665; 2, 225; 1010:

possiem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2; id. Stich. 3, 2, 25:

potis sis,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 53:

potis siem,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 59: possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin., or Sat. v. 38 Vahl.; Plaut. As. 4, 2, 10; id. Aul. 4, 10, 17; id. Most. 2, 2, 34; 3, 2, 147; id. Men. 5, 9, 45:

possiet,

id. Cist. 1, 3, 37; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 3; id. Most. 1, 1, 13 al.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Mil. 884; Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 45 sq.—In pass.: potestur, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 380 P. (Ann. [p. 1404] v. 594 Vahl.): Pac. ap. Non. 508, 29; Quadrig. ap. id. 508, 30; Lucr. 3, 1010: poteratur, Cael. ap. Non. 508, 27: possitur, Lex. Servil. p. 59 Haubold; Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 381 P.: possetur, Quadrig. ap. Non. 508, 18) [potis-sum].

In gen., to be able, have power; I ( thou, he, etc.) can (syn. queo):

quantum valeam, quantumque possim,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

consilio, quantum potero, labore plus paene quam potero exeubabo,

id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere nunquam discederem,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

timor igitur ab iis aegritudinem potuit repellere, ratio non poterit?

id. Tuse. 3, 27, 66.—With sup.:

Caesari te commendavi et tradidi, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui,

as earnestly and warmly as I possibly could, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: potest fieri, it may be, is possible:

potest fieri, ut fallar,

id. ib. 13, 73, 2: non possum quin, I can not but: non possum quin exclamem, ut ait ille in Trinummo (Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 79; cf. id. Mil. 2, 2, 107); Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39:

ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum,

I cannot help writing to you, id. Att. 8, 14, 1:

facere non potui quin tibi sententiam declararem meam,

id. Fam. 6, 13, 1; cf.:

non possum non: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare,

id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

non possum te non accusare,

id. ib. 5, 14, 2:

is non potest eam (mortem) non timere,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 29.— Absol.: potest (sc. fieri), it may be, is possible:

potest, ut alii ita arbitrentur,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 38: non, non sic futurum est;

non potest,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 73; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100 Brix; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 3:

quae (mala) si potest singula consolando levare, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—Quantum or ut potest, as much or as far as possible:

ibo atque arcessam medicum, quantum potest,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2; id. Most. 3, 2, 71; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 20:

nos in senatu dignitatem nostram, ut potest in tantā hominum perfidiā, retinebimus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—In urgent questions:

possum scire, quo profectus, cujus sis, aut quid veneris?

may I know? can I learn? pray, will you tell me? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 190:

possumne ego hodie ex te exsculpere Verum?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 44.—

In partic.

To be able, to have influence or efficacy, to avail.

With neutr. acc. used adverbially (class.; cf.

polleo): vocat me, quae in me plus potest,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 42:

plus potest qui plus valet,

id. ib. 4, 3, 38:

qui tum et poterant per vim et scelus plurimum, et quod poterant, id audebant,

Cic. Quint. 21, 69:

quid ergo? hoc pueri possunt, viri non poterunt?

id. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

qui apud me et amicitiā, et beneficiis, et dignitate plurimum possunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

plus aliquanto apud te pecuniae cupiditas, quam judicii metus potuit,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131; id. de Or. 2, 42, 180:

quid aristolochia ad morsus serpentum possit,

id. Div. 1, 10, 16:

quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:

ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12: multum posse ad salutem alterius... parum potuisse ad exitium, Cic. Opp. ap. Amm. 30, 8, 7.—

In gen., and without neutr. acc. (late Lat.):

posse litteras ejus ad perniciem, non posse ad salutem,

App. Mag. 79, p. 324.—

Posse aliquem, to be able to embrace one ( poet.), Mart. 3, 32.—

Posse as subst. ( poet.):

posse loqui,

the power of speech, Ov. M. 2, 483:

posse moveri = facultatem se movendi,

id. ib. 11, 177.—

Freq. in elliptical sentences:

quod vi non poterant, fraude assequi temptant,

Curt. 5, 10, 8:

Ismenias, etsi publicis non poterat, privatis tamen viribus adjuvabat,

Just. 5, 9, 8:

ut auxilium quod misericordiā non poterat, jure cognationis obtineret,

id. 28, 1, 9:

ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent,

Liv. 2, 56.—

In apodosis of conditional sentences, analogous to the auxiliaries of the Engl. potential mood (v. Roby, § 1520; Zumpt, § 519).

Indic.:

ille potuit exspectatior venire, qui te nuntiaret mortuom (= si quis nuntiaret, etc.),

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 12:

nec vero ipsam amicitiam tueri possumus, nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

Pompeius munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi praelio decertare vellet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44: consul esse qui potui, nisi eum vitae cursum tenuissem, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

(res publica) poterat esse perpetua, si patriis viveretur institutis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 41:

deleri totus exercitus potuit, si fugientis persecuti victores essent,

Liv. 32, 12, 6:

nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset exuere jugum potuerunt,

Tac. Agr. 31.—

Subj.:

qui denique ex bestiis fructus, nisi homines adjuvarent, percipi posset,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

ventum quidem erat eo, ut, si hostem similem antiquis Macedonum regibus habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit,

Liv. 44, 4, 9.—So when the condition is implied, or is contained in an adverbial clause:

quae res egestati et aeri alieno tuo praeter mortem Caesaris subvenire potuisset?

Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 36:

quis opifex praeter naturam... tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus?

id. N. D. 2, 57, 142; id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

plurima proferre possemus, sed modus adhibendus est,

Nep. Epam. 4, 6:

possem hic Ciceronis respondere verbis, sed, etc.,

Quint. 2, 21, 14.—Hence, pŏtens, entis ( gen. plur. potentum, Verg. A. 12, 519; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 114), P. a.

In gen., able, mighty, powerful, potent (class.):

amplae atque potentes civitates,

Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

familiae clarae ac potentes,

Liv. 23, 4:

amici magni et potentes,

Suet. Aug. 56:

ne quis ex plebe contra potentiorem auxilii egeret,

Caes. B. G. 6, 10:

duo potentissimi reges,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

potentissimus et clarissimus civis,

id. Planc. 21, 51.—

With gen.:

quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi quae velit,

Quint. 12, 11, 10.—

With abl.:

Roma potens opibus,

Ov. F. 4, 255:

pecuniā et orbitate,

Tac. H. 1, 73.—

With inf.:

compensare potens,

Dig. 16, 2, 10.—

In partic.

Having power over, ruling over, master of a thing; with gen.:

dum liber, dum mei potens sum,

as long as I am my own master, Liv. 26, 13, 14:

sanus mentisque potens,

in his right mind, Ov. Tr. 2, 139:

potens mei non eram,

Curt. 4, 13, 23:

potentes rerum suarum atque urbis,

having made themselves masters of, Liv. 23, 16, 6; so, facere aliquem potentem alicujus rei, to make one master of any thing, to give one the power over a thing:

consilii,

id. 8, 13, 14:

imperii,

id. 22, 42, 12: diva potens Cypri, that reigns over Cyprus, i.e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 1:

Naïadum potens (Bacchus),

id. ib. 3, 25, 14:

silvarum potens Diana,

id. C. S. 1:

diva potens uteri,

i.e. Lucina, Ov. M. 9, 315:

rerum omnium potens Juppiter,

Tac. H. 4, 84:

lyrae Musa potens,

that presides over lyric poetry, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10:

irae,

master of his anger, Curt. 4, 2, 5:

mariti,

ruling her husband, Tac. A. 14, 60:

animal potens leti,

that can kill, deadly, Luc. 6, 485; cf. id. 5, 199 Corte ad loc.—

Fit for, capable of any thing; with gen.:

potens regni,

Liv. 24, 2: hostes neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes caeduntur, unable either to fight or flee, id. 8, 39.—

Partaking of, having attained a thing; with gen. ( poet.):

pacis potentes,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 9:

voti,

Ov. M. 8, 80:

jussi,

having fulfilled the command, id. ib. 4, 509.—

Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fortuna in res bellicas potens,

Liv. 9, 17:

herba potens ad opem,

Ov. H. 5, 147:

verba,

id. Am. 3, 11, 31:

herba potens adversus ranas,

Plin. 25, 10, 81, § 130:

passum ex uvis contra haemorrhoida potens,

id. 23, 1, 12, § 15.— Comp.:

nihil esse potentius auro,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 29:

quaedam ad efficiendum potentiora,

Quint. 6, 1, 26.— Sup.:

potentissimae cantharides,

Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94:

argumenta,

Quint. 6, 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: pŏtenter, strongly, mightily, powerfully, effectually ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

se ipsam potenter atque efficaciter defendere,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1:

dicere,

Quint. 12, 10, 72. — Comp.:

aurum... perrumpere amat saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 9; Quint. 6, 4, 18.—

According to one's ability or powers ( poet.):

lecta potenter res,

Hor. A. P. 40.

praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,

Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

opp. communis),

Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

praecipua dos,

Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

peculium,

ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

jus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

Quint. 8, 3, 89:

ponendus inter praecipuos,

id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

praecipui amicorum,

Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

remedia calculo humano,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

herba dentibus,

id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

herba ad serpentium ictus,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.

In gen., matters of special importance:

duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

Tac. A. 4, 40. —

Points of superiority, of excellence:

aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—

Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

praecipue de consularibus disputare,

Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

praecipue florere,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

Quint. 1, 6, 1:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

id. 1, 8, 11:

fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

id. 10, 1, 51:

inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

id. 11, 1, 68:

praecipue sanus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

quos praecipue fugiam,

Juv. 3, 59:

vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

id. 9, 119.—

Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

Quint. 10, 1, 20:

ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

id. 10, 1, 89:

pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,

Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

opp. communis),

Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

praecipua dos,

Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

peculium,

ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

jus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

Quint. 8, 3, 89:

ponendus inter praecipuos,

id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

praecipui amicorum,

Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

remedia calculo humano,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

herba dentibus,

id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

herba ad serpentium ictus,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.

In gen., matters of special importance:

duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

Tac. A. 4, 40. —

Points of superiority, of excellence:

aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—

Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

praecipue de consularibus disputare,

Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

praecipue florere,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

Quint. 1, 6, 1:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

id. 1, 8, 11:

fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

id. 10, 1, 51:

inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

id. 11, 1, 68:

praecipue sanus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

quos praecipue fugiam,

Juv. 3, 59:

vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

id. 9, 119.—

Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

Quint. 10, 1, 20:

ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

id. 10, 1, 89:

pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,

Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

opp. communis),

Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

praecipua dos,

Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

peculium,

ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

jus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

Quint. 8, 3, 89:

ponendus inter praecipuos,

id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

praecipui amicorum,

Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

remedia calculo humano,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

herba dentibus,

id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

herba ad serpentium ictus,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.

In gen., matters of special importance:

duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

Tac. A. 4, 40. —

Points of superiority, of excellence:

aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—

Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

praecipue de consularibus disputare,

Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

praecipue florere,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

Quint. 1, 6, 1:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

id. 1, 8, 11:

fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

id. 10, 1, 51:

inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

id. 11, 1, 68:

praecipue sanus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

quos praecipue fugiam,

Juv. 3, 59:

vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

id. 9, 119.—

Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

Quint. 10, 1, 20:

ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

id. 10, 1, 89:

pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

sanguĭnārĭus, a, um (also late Lat. sanguĭnāris, e, Vulg. Ecclus. 42, 5), adj. [sanguis], of or belonging to blood, blood-,

Lit.: herba, an herb that stanches blood, the Gr. polugonon, Col. 7, 5, 19;

also called sanguinaria alone,

Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113, and sanguinalis herba, Col. 6, 12 fin.; Cels. 2, 33; 3, 22 fin.: latus sanguinare, covered with blood, Vulg. Ecclus. 42, 5.—

Trop., blood-thirsty, bloody, sanguinary (rare but class.):

juventus,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 3:

Claudius (with saevus),

Suet. Claud. 34:

bella (with cruenta),

Just. 29, 3, 3:

sententiae,

Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6:

illud responsum,

Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.