maria+montesque+polliceri

mons, tis (archaic abl. montei, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 33; cf. Ann. v. 420 Vahl.), m. [etym. dub., perh. from the root min, whence also, emineo, mentum, minari; cf. minae; lit. a projecting body; hence], a mountain, mount.

Lit.:

montium altitudines,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

altissimi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

avii,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

inaccessi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144:

lapidosi,

Ov. M. 1, 44.—Prov.:

parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said where much is promised but little performed,

Hor. A. P. 139.—

Transf.

A mountain, i. e. a (heaped-up, towering) mass, a heap, quantity:

argenti montes,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73:

montes mali ardentes,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 32; id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

ita mali maeroris montem maxumum conspicatus sum,

id. Most. 2, 1, 6:

mons in Tusculani monte,

i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum, Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

aquae,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

armorum,

Sil. 10, 549.—Of a wagon-load of stones:

eversum fudit super agmina montem,

Juv. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 1, 145.—Prov.:

montes auri polliceri,

to promise mountains of gold, to make great promises, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18; so,

maria montesque polliceri,

Sall. C. 23, 3:

magnos montes promittere,

Pers. 3, 65.—

A mountain-rock, rock in gen. ( poet.):

fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu,

Verg. A. 12, 687:

Graii,

Greek marble, Stat. Th. 1, 145.—

Mountain-beasts, wild beasts (late poet.):

consumant totos spectacula montes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 310.

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus ( act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. porti, proti, or pros; cf. pro) and liceor].

To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.;

syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

alicui studium,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5:

id omne tibi polliceor ac defero,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67:

pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 100:

non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur,

Just. 9, 2, 12.—With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.):

hospitium et cenam,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8:

plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.—With inf. pres.:

modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 7;

jusjurandum pollicitus est dare,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36:

pollicentur obsides dare,

Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7:

benigne,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

liberalissime,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2.—Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18;

for which also: maria montesque,

Sall. C. 23, 3.—

Esp.

Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce:

quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc.,

id. ib. 19, 60.—

Of purchasers, to bid, offer:

at illic pollicitus est prior,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.—

Of auspices, to forebode, promise:

id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur,

Flor. 1, 1, 7.

► Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.—

polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1:

pollicita fides,

Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60:

pollicitus torus,

Ov. H. 21, 140.—Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632:

memores polliciti nostri,

Col. 11, 3, 1.—In plur.:

hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe,

Ov. A. A. 1, 355:

pollicitis captus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus ( act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. porti, proti, or pros; cf. pro) and liceor].

To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.;

syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

alicui studium,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5:

id omne tibi polliceor ac defero,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67:

pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 100:

non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur,

Just. 9, 2, 12.—With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.):

hospitium et cenam,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8:

plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.—With inf. pres.:

modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 7;

jusjurandum pollicitus est dare,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36:

pollicentur obsides dare,

Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7:

benigne,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

liberalissime,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2.—Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18;

for which also: maria montesque,

Sall. C. 23, 3.—

Esp.

Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce:

quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc.,

id. ib. 19, 60.—

Of purchasers, to bid, offer:

at illic pollicitus est prior,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.—

Of auspices, to forebode, promise:

id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur,

Flor. 1, 1, 7.

► Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.—

polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1:

pollicita fides,

Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60:

pollicitus torus,

Ov. H. 21, 140.—Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632:

memores polliciti nostri,

Col. 11, 3, 1.—In plur.:

hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe,

Ov. A. A. 1, 355:

pollicitis captus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.