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  • 1 metrum

    mē̆trum, i, n., = metron, a measure; in partic., a poetical measure, metre; a verse (post-Aug.):

    rhythmi, id est numeri, spatio temporum constant: metra etiam ordine: ideoque alterum esse quantitatis videtur, alterum qualitatis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46:

    metri necessitate cogi,

    id. 8, 6, 17; 1, 6, 2:

    metri causā,

    Gell. 4, 17, 9:

    Tibulli,

    i. e. elegiac metre, Mart. 4, 6, 4:

    exceptis metris Vergilii,

    i. e. verses, Col. 3, 10, 20 dub.

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  • 2 rota

        rota ae, f    [2 AR-], a wheel: aurea summae Curvatura rotae, O.: Ne currente retro funis eat rotā, while the wheel hurries forward, H.— A potter's wheel: currente rotā cur urceus exit? H.— A wheel for torture: in rotam beatam vitam non escendere: Ixionii rota orbis, V.— A car, chariot: Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam, O.: Subdiderat rotas, V.: croceis invecta rotis Aurora, O.— Fig., a wheel: fortunae, i. e. fickleness: imparibus vecta Thalia rotis, i. e. in elegiac metre, O.: disparibus (elegorum) rotis, O.
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  • 3 rota

    rŏta, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. ratha, chariot, and Germ. Rad (cf.rotundus), wheel], a wheel.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pro rotā me uti licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 9; cf.:

    vorsutior es quam rota figularis,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 35:

    orbes rotarum,

    Lucr. 6, 551; Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

    axes rotarum,

    id. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

    radiata,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15:

    aurea curvatura summae rotae, Ov M. 2, 108: aquaria,

    Cato, R. R. 11, 3: ne currente rotā funis eat retro, while the wheel (in a hoisting machine) hurries forward, Hor. C. 3, 10, 10 et saep.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    A potter ' s wheel (cf. supra, figularis):

    amphora coepit Institui: currente rotā cur urceus exit?

    Hor. A. P. 22; so,

    Cumana,

    Tib. 2, 3, 48:

    Aristarchus invenit rotam figuli, cujus circuitu vasa formantur,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 31.—
    b.
    A wheel for torture (trochos, among the Greeks):

    in rotam beatam vitam non escendere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    cervicem circumactu rotae frangere,

    Sen. Ep. 70, 23; App. M. 3, p. 133; 10, p. 243; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1011.— Ixion ' s wheel, Tib. 1, 3, 74; Verg. G. 4, 484; id. A. 6, 616; Sen. Herc. Fur. 750 et saep.—
    c.
    A roller:

    aliquid subjectis rotis traicere,

    Front. 1, 5, 7:

    propellere,

    Tac. H. 4, 23; Vitr. 10, 13, 2.—
    B.
    Poet., transf.
    1.
    (Pars pro toto.) A car, chariot: si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam, Ov.A. A. 2,230; cf. (opp. pedibus) id. M. 1, 448; so Prop. 1, 2, 20; 2, 25 (3, 20), 26;

    4 (5), 10, 42: subdiderat rotas,

    Verg. A. 12, 675; Ov. M. 2, 139; 312; 3, 150. —Of the span of horses:

    Cynthia fraternis afflata rotis,

    Sil. 4, 483.—
    2.
    Of things in the shape of a wheel or disk.
    a.
    The disk of the sun:

    solis rota,

    Lucr. 5, 432; 564; cf.:

    flammea Phoebi,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1022; and simply rota, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 36 fin.; Val. Fl. 3, 559.—
    b.
    A kind of sea-fish, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; 32, 11, 53, § 144.—
    II.
    Trop., a wheel:

    fortunae rotam pertimescere,

    i. e. fickleness, inconstancy, Cic. Pis. 10, 22; cf.:

    versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

    Tib. 1, 5, 70; Prop. 2, 8, 8 (10); Tac. Or. 23; Amm. 26, 8, 13.— Poet.:

    imparibus vecta Thalia rotis,

    i. e. in elegiac metre, Ov. A. A. 1, 264; so,

    disparibus (elegorum) rotis,

    id. P. 3, 4, 86: jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor, vorsor in amoris rotā miser, on the rack of love (cf. I. A. 2. b. supra), Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4.

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  • 4 numerus

        numerus ī, m    [NEM-], a number: ad numerum quattuor milium, about, Cs.: septem sonos: qui numerus rerum omnium fere nodus est: duo ii numeri: exercitus numero hominum amplior, S.: numerumque referri Iussit, that they be counted, V.: numerus argenteorum facilior usui est, counting, Ta.: mille numero navium classis: ad duo milia numero cecidisse, Cs.: obsides ad numerum miserunt, the full number, Cs.: quantum Aut numerum lupus (curat), the count of the flock, V.— A considerable number, quantity, body, collection, class: conveniet numerus quantum debui, sum, T.: effuse euntes numerum ampliorem efficiebant, S.: si naves suum numerum haberent, complement: magnus numerus frumenti, quantity: est numerus civium Romanorum, many: sed illos Defendit numerus, Iu.: sparsi per provinciam numeri, troops, Ta.— A mere number, cipher, nobody: Nos numerus sumus, H.: ignavorum, rabble, Ta.— Plur, dice: eburni, O.: trīs iactet numeros, O.— Plur, the mathematics, astronomy: a sacerdotibus numeros accipere.—Fig., number, rank, place, position, estimation, relation, class, category: me adscribe talem in numerum: Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit virtus, H.: reductos in hostium numero habuit, Cs.: Tubero fuit nullo in oratorum numero, reckoned among: esse in numero nullo, of no repute: qui aliquo sunt numero, of some repute, Cs.: homo nullo numero: quo sunt in numero Curiosolites, etc., Cs.: qui in eo numero fuisset: ut civium numero simus, L.— A part, member, category: omnes numeros virtutis continere: mundus expletus omnibus suis numeris: deesse numeris suis, to be deficient, O.— Order: Quaecumque descripsit carmina, Digerit in numerum, V.— An office, duty, part: ad numeros exige quidque suos, O.: verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae, H.— Musical measure, time, rhythm, harmony, numbers: in musicis numeri et voces et modi, etc.: Isocrates verbis solutis numeros primus adiunxit: numeros memini, si verba tenerem, air, V.: nil extra numerum fecisse, out of measure, i. e. improper, H.—In verse, a measure, number: cum sint numeri plures: numeris nectere verba, O.: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, H.— A verse: Arma gravi numero Edere, i. e. heroic metre, O.: impares, i. e. elegiac verses, O.
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    number/sum/total/rank; (superior) numerical strength/plurality; catagory; tally; rhythm/cadence; frquency; meter/metrical foot/line; melody; exercise movements

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  • 5 epodos

    ĕpōdos, i, m., = epôdos (singing to), a form of lyric metre invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one, not including the elegiac distich. So in Roman literature, the Epodi of Horace, Ter. Maur. p. 2422 P.; Diom. p. 482 ib.; Quint. 10, 1, 96; Aus. Ep. 10, 37; 16, 2.

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  • 6 numerus

    nŭmĕrus, i, m. [Gr. nemô, to distribute; cf.: numa, nemus, nummus], a number.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    illi octo cursus septem efficiunt distinctos intervallis sonos: qui numerus rerum omnium fere nodus est,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    duo hi numeri,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

    consummare perfectissimum numerum, quem novem novies multiplicata componunt,

    Sen. Ep. 58:

    numerumque referri Jussit,

    that their number should be counted, Verg. E. 6, 85; cf.: numerus argenteorum facilior usui est, the counting, reckoning. Tac. G. 5 fin.: sed neque quam multae species, nec nomina quae sint Est numerus;

    neque enim numero conprendere refert,

    cannot be counted, Verg. G. 2, 104:

    eorumque nummorum vis et potestas non in numero erat, sed in pondere,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 122.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A certain collective quantity, a body, number of persons or things: tunc deinceps proximi cujusque collegii... in sortem coicerentur, quoad is numerus effectus esset, quem ad numerum in provincias mitti oporteret, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8:

    haec in Aeduorum finibus recensebantur numerusque inibatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76; Liv. 38, 22:

    eum clavum, quia rarae per ea tempora litterae erant, notam numeri annorum fuisse ferunt,

    Liv. 7, 3:

    Pompilius ad pristinum numerum duo augures addidit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

    haec enim sunt tria numero,

    in number, altogether, id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

    classis mille numero navium,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48:

    oppida sua omnia, numero ad duodecim, incendunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 5:

    ad duorum milium numero ex Pompeianis cecidisse reperiebamus,

    id. B. C. 3, 53: reliqui omnes, numero quadraginta, interfecti, Sall [p. 1226] J. 53, 4; cf. id. ib. 93, 8:

    cum magnus piratarum numerus deesset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72:

    ad eorum numerum,

    to the full number of them, id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 73; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13; Caes. B. G. 5, 20:

    si naves suum numerum haberent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:

    supra numerum,

    superfluous, Suet. Ner. 15; id. Claud. 25:

    magnus numerus frumenti,

    a great quantity, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176; cf. id. Planc. 26, 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 18:

    vini,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 66; so without an adj., like the Engl. number, for a great number:

    est (in eādem provinciā) numerus civium Romanorum atque hominum honestissimorum,

    id. Font. 5, 13 (1, 3):

    plures numero tuti,

    Tac. A. 14, 49 fin.:

    sed illos Defendit numerus,

    Juv. 2, 46; cf. Verg. E. 7, 52:

    latet in numero virtus,

    Sil. 1, 323.—
    2.
    In plur.: numeri, the mathematics, astronomy:

    ut a sacerdotibus barbaris numeros et caelestia acciperet,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

    Thales hoc etiam numeris inquirit et astris,

    Sid. 15, 79:

    numerisque sequentibus astra,

    Stat. Th. 4, 411. —Rarely in sing., Claud. Cons. Mall. 130.—
    3.
    In milit. lang., a division of the army, a troop, band (post-Aug.):

    sparsi per provinciam numeri,

    Tac. Agr. 18; cf.:

    plena urbs exercitu insolito: multi ad hoc numeri e Germaniā ac Britanniā,

    id. H. 1, 6:

    nondum distributi in numeros erant,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 29 (38), 2:

    revocare ad officium numeros,

    Suet. Vesp. 6:

    militares numeri,

    cohorts, Amm. 14, 7, 19:

    in numeris esse,

    to be enrolled, Dig. 29, 1, 43; cf. ib. 29, 1, 38; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 86; Inscr. Grut. 1096. —
    4.
    Like the Gr. arithmos, a mere number, opp. to quality, worth:

    nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati,

    we are mere numbers, ciphers, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27; cf. Juv. 2, 46 supra.—
    5.
    In gram., a number (singular, plural, dual), Varr. L. L. 9, § 65 sq. Müll.; Quint. 1, 4, 27; 1, 5, 42; 47; 1, 6, 25 et saep. —
    C.
    Transf., poet., dice (marked with numbers):

    seu ludet numerosque manu jactabit eburnos,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 203:

    et modo tres jactet numeros,

    id. ib. 3, 355; cf. Suet. Tib. 14, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., number, rank, place, position, estimation, relation, class, category (cf.:

    nomen, locus, in loco, in vicem): me adscribe talem (i. e. talium) in numerum,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 33:

    in illo antiquorum hominum numero reponi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210:

    in deorum numero haberi,

    id. N. D. 3, 19, 48:

    reponere,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 21:

    referre,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 12:

    numero beatorum aliquem eximere,

    Hor. C, 2, 2, 18:

    si quo in numero illud, quod per similitudinem affertur, et quo in loco illud, cujus causā affertur, haberi conveniat, ostendetur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

    ex hoc numero hunc esse,

    id. Arch. 7, 16:

    parentis numero alicui esse,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61 sq.:

    in hostium numero habere aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    ducere in numero hostium,

    id. ib. 6, 32:

    hujus originis apud veteres numerus erat exilis,

    Amm. 23, 6, 35: in numero esse, to be of the number of, to be reckoned among, to be any thing, Lucr. 5, 180:

    Q. Aelius Tubero fuit illo tempore nullo in oratorum numero,

    Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    sine actione summus orator esse in numero nullo potest,

    id. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

    quo sunt in numero Curiosolites, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 75, 4; 3, 7, 2; Nep. Att. 1, 4:

    quo in numero ego sum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 44, 3; 3, 53, 2:

    qui in eo numero fuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 25; id. Fl. 4, 9; id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

    quo in numero hi quoque fuerunt,

    Liv. 39, 36 fin. — Without in:

    ut civium numero simus,

    Liv. 4, 4, 12; 7, 30, 19; 30, 42, 9; 4, 56, 11;

    36, 35, 9: aliquem hostium numero habere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 6, 3; id. B. C. 3, 82, 3; id. B. G. 6, 21, 2:

    qui hostium numero non sunt,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Brut. 20, 78:

    aliquo numero esse,

    to be of some repute, id. Fam. 1, 10; Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 1; cf. Cic. Or. 62, 208; id. de Or. 3, 9, 33:

    Bambalio quidam, homo nullo numero,

    of no account, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    numerum aliquem obtinere,

    id. Brut. 47, 175.—
    B.
    A part of a whole, member, category:

    omnes numeros virtutis continet,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 24:

    varium et elegans omni fere numero poëma,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

    mundus perfectus expletusque omnibus suis numeris atque partibus,

    id. N. D. 2, 13, 37:

    animalia imperfecta suisque Trunca vident numeris,

    Ov. M. 1, 427; 7, 126:

    quid omnibus numeris praestantius?

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    liber numeris omnibus absolutus,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 38; cf. of the days of the month: luna alternis mensibus XXX. implebit numeros, alternis vero detrahet singulos, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.—Hence, omnium numerorum esse, to be complete, perfect, Petr. 68:

    puer omnium numerūm,

    id. ib. 63. And, on the contrary:

    deesse numeris suis,

    to be deficient, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 11.—
    C.
    Order:

    quaecumque in foliis descripsit carmina virgo, Digerit in numerum,

    Verg. A. 3, 446.—
    D.
    An office, duty, part:

    ad numeros exige quidque suos,

    Ov. R. Am. 372:

    Veneri numeros eripere suos,

    id. H. 4, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 18; cf. id. ib. 3, 7, 26:

    verae numeros modosque ediscere vitae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 143.—
    E.
    Musical measure, time, rhythm, harmony, numbers:

    in numerum exsultant,

    Lucr. 2, 631:

    in musicis numeri, et voces et modi, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187; Quint. 9, 4, 126:

    histrio si paulum se movet extra numerum,

    Cic. Par. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 12, 2, 12:

    sit igitur hoc cognitum, in solutis etiam verbis inesse numeros,

    Cic. Or. 56, 190:

    Isocrates verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxit,

    id. ib. 52, 174:

    in solutā oratione... modum tamen et numerum quendam oportere servari,

    id. Brut. 8, 32:

    multum interest, utrum numerosa sit, id est similis numerorum, an plane e numeris constet oratio,

    id. Or. 65, 220:

    redigere omnes fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

    id. ib. 61, 208.—Hence, quamvis nil extra numerum fecisse modumque Curas, nothing out of measure, improper, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 59.—
    2.
    A measure, number, in poetry:

    nam cum sint numeri plures, iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; id. Or. 64, 215:

    numeris nectere verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 2, 30; 4, 2, 5:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    i. e. the tune, Verg. E. 9, 45:

    numerisque fertur Lege solutis,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 11.—
    3.
    A verse, in gen. ( poet.):

    arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam Edere,

    i. e. verses in heroic metre, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 1:

    impares,

    i. e. elegiac verses, id. ib. 3, 1, 37.—Hence, nŭmĕrō (abl.), adverb., lit., measured according to number or time, i. e. precisely, exactly, just (only ante-class.; freq. in Plautus; not found in Ter. or Lucr.).
    A.
    Just, precisely, at the right time, on the instant: numero mihi in mentem fuit. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25: neminem vidi, qui numero sciret, quod scitu est opus, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 170 Müll.—
    B.
    Quickly, rapidly, soon:

    numero significat cito,

    Non. 352, 16 sq.:

    (apes) si quando displicatae sunt, cymbalis et plausibus numero reducunt in locum unum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7. —With nimis: perfalsum et abs te creditum numero nimis, too quickly, too soon, Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.: numquam nimis numero quemquam vidi facere, quam facto est opus, Turp. ap. Non. 352, 20.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, too quickly, too hastily, too soon:

    Menaechme, numero huc advenis ad prandium: Nunc opsonatu redeo,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 13:

    numero dicis,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 28; id. Mil. 5, 1, 6:

    o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui, hinc exemplum ut pingeretis?

    why have you died too soon? id. Poen. 5, 4, 102; Afran. ap. Non. 352, 26; id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.

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