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  • 21 parcus

        parcus adj. with comp. and sup.    [SPAR-], sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical, niggardly, stingy, penurious, parsimonious: colonus parcissimus: parcumque genus patiensque laborum, O.: cui deus obtulit Parcā quod satis est manu, H.: veteris non parcus aceti, H.: donandi, H.: dies, i. e. of poverty, Pr.— Sparing, chary, moderate: in largiendā civitate: Deorum cultor, H.: verba, moderate, O.— Spare, scanty, little, small, slight: parco sale contingere, V.: merito parcior ira meo, O.
    * * *
    parca, parcum ADJ
    sparing, frugal; scanty, slight

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  • 22 sōbrius

        sōbrius adj.    [2 se+ebrius], not drunk, sober: inter sobrios bacchari: nemo fere saltat sobrius: male sobrius, i. e. ebrius, O.— Free from drunkenness, moderate: convivium.— Sober, moderate, temperate, continent: parcus ac sobrius, T.: homines. —Fig., sober, self-possessed, sensible, prudent, reasonable, cautious: Satin' sanus est aut sobrius? T.: oratores: memento alte sobria ferre pedem, prudently, O.
    * * *
    sobria, sobrium ADJ

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  • 23 sub-mittō (summ-)

        sub-mittō (summ-) mīsī, missus, ere,    to let down, put down, lower, sink, drop: se ad pedes, L.: latus in herbā, O.: poplitem in terrā, O.—Of animals, to keep for breeding, cause to breed: (pullos) in spem gentis, V.: vitulos pecori habendo, V.— To let grow: crinem barbamque, Ta.—To breed, produce: non Monstrum submisere Colchi Maius, H.—To provide a substitute for, supersede: huic vos non summittetis?—To send privately, despatch secretly: iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat, sent a secret message: alqm, qui moneret, etc.—To send as aid, furnish for support, supply as reinforcement, help with, yield: cohortes equitibus praesidio, Cs.: laborantibus, Cs.: Vinea summittit capreas non semper edules, H.—Fig., to lower, make lower, reduce, moderate: multum summittere, to moderate the voice (of an actor): furorem, control, V.—To lower, let down, bring down, humble, yield, surrender: se in amicitiā, condescend: se in humilitatem causam dicentium, stoop, L.: facilitas summittentis se, readiness to subordinate himself, L.: ad calamitates animos, bow, L.: animos amori, surrender, V.: se culpae, O.

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  • 24 temperō

        temperō āvī, ātus, āre    [tempus], to observe proper measure, be moderate, restrain oneself, forbear, abstain, be temperate, act temperately: in potestatibus, S.: in multā temperarunt tribuni, L.: linguae, L.: oculis, to keep from looking, L.: temperare oculis, refrain from tears, Cu.: risu (dat.), L.: victoriae, S.: nec nos temperamus imperiis, quo minus illi auxili egeant, L.: sibi, quin exirent, Cs.: vix temperavere animis, quin, etc., L.: temperare ab iniuri<*> et maleficio, refrain, Cs.: a lacrimis, V.: tollere puerum: temperatum agere est, quin, etc., they with difficulty refrained, L.: nec temperatum manibus foret, ni, etc., L.— To forbear, abstain, refrain, spare, be indulgent: si cuiquam ullā in re umquam temperaverit: Privignis, H.: templis deum temperatum est, L.: in quo ab sociis temperaverant, L.— To divide duly, mingle in due proportion, combine suitably, compound properly, qualify, temper: ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari: alqd ex igni atque animā temperatum: Pocula, to mix, i. e. fill, H.: Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores: aquam (i. e. balneum) ignibus, i. e. warm, H.: scatebris arva, i. e. water, V.— To rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order: rem p. institutis et legibus: aequor, V.: arces aetherias, O.: ora frenis, H.: testudinis aureae strepitum, H.: citharam nervis, i. e. to string, O.: temperata frumenti subvectio, facilitated, Ta.—Fig., to regulate, rule, control, govern, sway, moderate: cuius acerbitas morum ne vino quidem permixta temperari solet: haec interdum temperanda sunt: amara lento Temperet risu, H.: iras, soothe, V.: sumptūs, O.
    * * *
    temperare, temperavi, temperatus V
    combine, blend, temper; make mild; refrain from; control oneself

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  • 25 Clemens

    1.
    clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

    but -te,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].
    I.
    Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

    clementior Auster vela vocat,

    Stat. Th. 5, 468:

    aura Favoni,

    Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

    clementior dies,

    Col. 11, 2, 2:

    clementior Arctos,

    Sil. 1, 198:

    clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

    Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

    mare,

    Gell. 2, 21, 1:

    Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    quā sit clementissimus amnis,

    Ov. M. 9, 116.—
    2.
    Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

    clivulus,

    App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

    placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

    egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

    vita urbana atque otium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

    cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

    Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—
    2.
    Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    Specif.
    1.
    Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

    opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    judices et misericordes,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.
    * Hor.
    C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

    vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

    legis interpres,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8:

    dominus facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    justa et clemens servitus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

    castigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    clementior sententia,

    Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—
    2.
    Poet. of places:

    pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

    accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

    non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

    agitant venti oleas,

    Pall. Nov. 5:

    spirant clementius Austri,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

    calces deteris,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

    clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

    Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

    editum jugum,

    id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

    accedere,

    Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

    explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

    id. H. 3, 52.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

    si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

    leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

    86: ferre aliquid,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    consolationes clementer admotae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

    leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

    Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

    clementer et moderate jus dicere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    clementer a consule accepti,

    Liv. 27, 15, 2:

    clementer ductis militibus,

    i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    clementius tractare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

    clementissime scribere de aliquo,

    Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.
    2.
    Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

    Julius,

    Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

    Arretinus,

    id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

    Flavius,

    id. ib. 15.

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  • 26 clemens

    1.
    clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

    but -te,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].
    I.
    Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

    clementior Auster vela vocat,

    Stat. Th. 5, 468:

    aura Favoni,

    Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

    clementior dies,

    Col. 11, 2, 2:

    clementior Arctos,

    Sil. 1, 198:

    clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

    Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

    mare,

    Gell. 2, 21, 1:

    Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    quā sit clementissimus amnis,

    Ov. M. 9, 116.—
    2.
    Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

    clivulus,

    App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

    placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

    egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

    vita urbana atque otium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

    cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

    Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—
    2.
    Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    Specif.
    1.
    Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

    opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    judices et misericordes,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.
    * Hor.
    C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

    vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

    legis interpres,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8:

    dominus facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    justa et clemens servitus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

    castigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    clementior sententia,

    Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—
    2.
    Poet. of places:

    pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

    accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

    non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

    agitant venti oleas,

    Pall. Nov. 5:

    spirant clementius Austri,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

    calces deteris,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

    clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

    Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

    editum jugum,

    id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

    accedere,

    Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

    explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

    id. H. 3, 52.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

    si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

    leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

    86: ferre aliquid,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    consolationes clementer admotae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

    leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

    Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

    clementer et moderate jus dicere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    clementer a consule accepti,

    Liv. 27, 15, 2:

    clementer ductis militibus,

    i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    clementius tractare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

    clementissime scribere de aliquo,

    Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.
    2.
    Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

    Julius,

    Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

    Arretinus,

    id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

    Flavius,

    id. ib. 15.

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  • 27 clementer

    1.
    clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

    but -te,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].
    I.
    Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

    clementior Auster vela vocat,

    Stat. Th. 5, 468:

    aura Favoni,

    Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

    clementior dies,

    Col. 11, 2, 2:

    clementior Arctos,

    Sil. 1, 198:

    clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

    Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

    mare,

    Gell. 2, 21, 1:

    Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    quā sit clementissimus amnis,

    Ov. M. 9, 116.—
    2.
    Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

    clivulus,

    App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

    placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

    egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

    vita urbana atque otium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

    cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

    Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—
    2.
    Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    Specif.
    1.
    Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

    opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    judices et misericordes,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.
    * Hor.
    C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

    vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

    legis interpres,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8:

    dominus facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    justa et clemens servitus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

    castigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    clementior sententia,

    Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—
    2.
    Poet. of places:

    pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

    accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

    non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

    agitant venti oleas,

    Pall. Nov. 5:

    spirant clementius Austri,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

    calces deteris,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

    clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

    Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

    editum jugum,

    id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

    accedere,

    Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

    explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

    id. H. 3, 52.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

    si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

    leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

    86: ferre aliquid,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    consolationes clementer admotae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

    leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

    Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

    clementer et moderate jus dicere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    clementer a consule accepti,

    Liv. 27, 15, 2:

    clementer ductis militibus,

    i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    clementius tractare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

    clementissime scribere de aliquo,

    Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.
    2.
    Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

    Julius,

    Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

    Arretinus,

    id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

    Flavius,

    id. ib. 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > clementer

  • 28 cohibeo

    cŏ-hĭbĕo, ui ( perf. subj. cohibessit, Lucr. 3, 444 Lachm.), ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo].
    I.
    To hold together, to hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise (class.;

    syn. contineo): omnes naturas ipsa (universa natura) cohibet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; Lucr. 3, 441 sq.; 1, 517; 1, 536:

    (nubes) ut fumus constare nequirent, Nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbres,

    id. 6, 107:

    aliquid in se,

    id. 2, 1031; cf. Cic. Fat. 9, 19:

    at Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris,

    Verg. A. 3, 424:

    semen occaecatum,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

    nodo crinem,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 22:

    namque marem cohibent callosa (ova) vitellum,

    id. S. 2, 4, 14:

    auro lacertos,

    to encircle, Ov. H. 9, 59:

    bracchium togā,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    deos parietibus,

    Tac. G. 9.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare): sed interest inter causas fortuito antegressas, et inter causas cohibentis in se efficientiam naturalem, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.—
    II.
    With the access. idea of hindering free motion, to hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop, etc. (in a lit. sense in prose rare, but trop. very freq.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    cohibete intra limen etiam vos parumper,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 1:

    nec muris cohibet patriis media Ardea Turnum,

    Verg. A. 9, 738:

    carcere ventos,

    Ov. M. 14, 224:

    ventos in antris,

    id. ib. 15, 346: cervos arcu, to stop, poet. for to kill, Hor. C. 4, 6, 34:

    nec Stygiā cohibebor undā,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 8:

    tempestatibus in portibus cohiberi, Auct. B. Afr. 98: cohiberi in vinculis,

    Curt. 6, 2, 11:

    Pirithoum cohibent catenae,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 80:

    claustra cohibentia Janum,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 255:

    ab aliquā re,

    Liv. 22, 3, 9; Tac. A. 1, 56:

    sanguis spongiā in aceto tinctā cohibendus est,

    Cels. 8, 4; cf. Plin. 27, 11, 69, § 93:

    alvum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 49:

    milites intra castra,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    aquilones jugis montium,

    id. 8, 9, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cohibere aliquid or cohibere se, to stop something (or one ' s self), to hold in check, to restrain, limit, confine, keep back, repress, tame, subdue (syn.:

    contineo, refreno, arceo, coerceo): motus animi perturbatos,

    Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

    furentis impetus crudelissimosque conatus,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

    furorem alicujus,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

    temeritatem,

    id. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

    gaudia clausa in sinu tacito,

    Prop. 2 (3), 25, 30:

    iras,

    Verg. A. 12, 314:

    pravas aliorum spes,

    Tac. A. 3, 56:

    ac premeret sensus suos,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    bellum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 5:

    malum,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    sumptus,

    Arn. 2, p. 91:

    violentias effrenati doloris,

    Gell. 12, 5, 3:

    altitudinem aedificiorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43:

    (provinciae) quae procuratoribus cohibentur,

    i. e. are ruled, id. H. 1, 11: non tu te cohibes? be moderate in grief, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 46; so Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Gell. 4, 9, 3.—
    (β).
    With quominus:

    vix cohibuere amici, quominus eodem mari oppeteret,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.— Pass.:

    ne flumine quidem interjecto, cohiberi quominus, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 10.—
    (γ).
    With inf., Calp. Ecl. 4, 20 (but in Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 60; id. Caecin. 23, 66; Auct. B. G. 8, 23, prohibere is the true reading).—
    2.
    Aliquid ab aliquā re or aliquo, to keep something from something (or somebody), to ward off:

    manus ab alieno,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 12:

    manus, oculos, animum ab auro gazāque regiā,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

    effrenatas suas libidines a liberis et a conjugibus vestris,

    id. Mil. 28, 76:

    adsensionem a rebus incertis,

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 1.—Hence, cŏhĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., confined, limited, moderate:

    dicendi genus,

    Gell. 7, 14, 7.— Comp.:

    habitudo cohibitior,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27, 2.

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  • 29 lenis

    1.
    lēnis, e, adj. [cf. lentus], soft, smooth, mild, gentle, easy, calm.
    I.
    Lit.:

    sensus judicat dulce, amarum: lene, asperum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36; id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

    vehemens fricatio spissat, lenis mollit,

    Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53:

    vinum hoc asperum est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 48:

    lenibus venenis uti,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1:

    lenissimus ventus,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 1:

    motus laterum,

    moderate, gentle, Quint. 11, 3, 92; 161:

    leni igni sucus coquitur,

    Plin. 21, 18, 73, § 122.—Of the Nile:

    postea lenis,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

    tormentum,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 13:

    volatus,

    Ov. M. 12, 527:

    somnus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 21.—Of heights, gently or gradually rising:

    clivus,

    Liv. 6, 24; cf. id. 29, 33.— Comp.:

    jugum paulo leniore fastigio ab ea parte quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 24;

    so fastigium,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—
    II.
    Trop., gentle, moderate, mild, lenient, calm.
    A.
    In gen.:

    servitutem lenem reddere,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5:

    Ecce me. Opusne (erit tibi) leni? leniorem dices quam mutumst mare,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 70:

    homo lenis et facilis,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    populus Romanus in hostes lenissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154:

    lenissima verba,

    id. Fam. 5, 15, 1:

    lenissimum ingenium,

    id. Brut. 56, 204: lenior sententia, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: lene consilium dare, Hor C. 3, 4, 41.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non lenis precibus fata recludere Mercurius,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 17.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of speech, mild, gentle:

    oratio placida, submissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

    lenis et fluens contextus orationis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127:

    leniores epilogi,

    id. 6, 1, 50.—
    2.
    In gram.: spiritus, the spiritus lenis, the smooth or soft breathing (opp. the spiritus asper), Prisc. p. 572 P.— Hence, adv. in two forms.
    A.
    lēne (only poet.), softly, mildly, gently:

    sectus humum rivo, lene sonantis aquae,

    Ov. F. 2, 704:

    clivi lene jacentes,

    gently rising, Calp. Ecl. 7, 25:

    lene fluens fons,

    Nemes. Ecl. 4, 47:

    lene Notus spirat,

    Avien. Descript. Orb. 857.—
    B.
    lēnĭter (class.), softly, mildly, gently.
    1.
    Lit.:

    leniter arridens,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

    leniter atterens Caudam,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 30:

    ventus leniter pluvius,

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 337:

    leniter ire per excubias custodum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 7: collis leniter acclivis, gradually or gently rising, Caes. B. G. 7, 19; so,

    editus collis,

    Liv. 2, 50.— Comp.:

    torrens lenius decurrit,

    Ov. M. 3, 568.—
    2.
    Trop., quietly, calmly, gently, moderately, leniently.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tentem leniter an minaciter?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 20:

    petere quippiam ab aliquo dictis bonis,

    id. Am. prol. 25:

    ferre aliquid,

    Ov. H. 5, 7:

    traducere aevum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 97:

    nimis leniter latam suam injuriam ratus,

    Liv. 29, 9 (al. leviter).— Sup.:

    lenissime sentire,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Of speech:

    multa leniter, multa aspere dicta sunt,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    agit versum Roscius quam leniter, quam remisse, quam non actuose,

    id. de Or. 3, 26, 102.— Comp.:

    qui jamdiu multo dicis remissius et lenius quam solebas,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255.—
    (β).
    Moderately, i. e. very little, not at all:

    hoc leniter laudabitis,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40; 3, 3, 9:

    leniter qui saeviunt sapiunt magis,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 4.—
    (γ).
    In a bad sense, remissly, indolently:

    si cunctetur atque agat lenius,

    too slowly, Caes. B. C. 1, 1.
    2.
    lenis, is, m., a kind of vessel, Afran. and Laber. ap. Non. 544, 31.

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  • 30 mediocris

    mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.
    I.
    In gen. (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things:

    castellum,

    Sall. J. 92, 5:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

    agmen,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

    intervallum,

    id. B. Alex. 30.—
    B.
    Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.:

    C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,

    Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

    L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,

    id. ib. 36, 137:

    non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,

    id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:

    homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    vir,

    Just. 1, 4, 4:

    poëta,

    Hor. A. P. 372:

    in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    amicitia,

    id. Lael. 6, 10:

    malum,

    id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:

    artes,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    eloquentia,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 133:

    ingenium,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 119:

    excusare... mediocris est animi,

    narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,

    Juv. 13, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial:

    Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,

    i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1:

    non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:

    haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre [p. 1124] telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61:

    non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,

    uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

    praemium non mediocre,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    non mediocris dissensio,

    Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—
    * B.
    With syllaba, common = anceps:

    syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,

    Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭter.
    1.
    Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.):

    ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

    corpus mediocriter aegrum,

    id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—
    (β).
    By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.:

    supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13:

    non mediocriter,

    in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    reprehensus est non mediocriter,

    i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—
    (γ).
    Very little:

    ne mediocriter quidem disertus,

    not in the least, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—
    2.
    With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.):

    quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.:

    hoc vellem mediocrius,

    Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.

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  • 31 medius

    mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
    I.
    Adj.
    A.
    Lit.:

    terra complexa medium mundi locum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

    medium mundi locum petere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

    ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    in foro medio,

    in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    medio foro,

    in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

    in solio medius consedit,

    sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

    considit scopulo medius,

    id. G. 4, 436:

    concilio medius sedebat,

    Ov. M. 10, 144:

    ignes,

    Verg. A. 12, 201:

    medio tempore,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

    cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

    full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

    Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

    midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

    si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

    between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

    cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

    there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

    inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

    Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

    locus medius regionum earum,

    half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

    between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

    et medius juvenum ibat,

    id. F. 5, 67:

    medius silentūm,

    Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

    medius ex tribus,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    medium arripere aliquem,

    to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

    juvenem medium complectitur,

    Liv. 23, 9, 9:

    Alcides medium tenuit,

    held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

    medium ostendere unguem,

    to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—
    2.
    Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

    hieme demunt cibum medium,

    half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

    scrupulum croci,

    Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
    1.
    Of age:

    aetatis mediae vir,

    of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
    2.
    Of plans, purposes, etc.:

    nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

    Liv. 2, 49, 5:

    medium quiddam tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—
    3.
    Of intellect:

    eloquentiā medius,

    middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

    ingenium,

    moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
    4.
    Undetermined, undecided:

    medios esse,

    i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

    medium se gerere,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

    Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    responsum,

    indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
    5.
    Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

    medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

    ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

    id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

    sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

    which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—
    6.
    Intermediate:

    medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

    of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

    nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 45:

    ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

    Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

    medium sese offert,

    as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

    pacator mediusque Syphax,

    Sil. 16, 222:

    pacis eras mediusque belli,

    arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

    nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

    oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—
    7.
    Central, with ex or in:

    ex factione media consul,

    fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

    so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

    these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

    id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

    ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

    id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    in medio maerore et dolore,

    id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

    in media dimicatione,

    the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

    in medio ardore certaminis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 27:

    in media solitudine,

    the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

    in mediis divitiis,

    in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

    in medio robore virium,

    Liv. 28, 35, 6:

    in medio ardore belli,

    id. 24, 45, 4:

    in media reipublicae luce,

    the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    media inter pocula,

    Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of space (very rare in Cic.):

    in medio aedium sedens,

    Liv. 1, 57, 9:

    maris,

    id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

    medio viae ponere,

    id. 37, 13, 10:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

    Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

    medio montium porrigitur planities,

    id. ib. 1, 64:

    medio stans hostia ad aras,

    Verg. G. 3, 486:

    medio tutissimus ibis,

    Ov. M. 2, 137:

    in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

    Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

    equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

    id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

    tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

    to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

    intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

    Liv. 45, 35.—
    2.
    Of time:

    diei,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    medio temporis,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

    nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

    the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

    in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

    lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

    tabulae sunt in medio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

    rem totam in medio ponere,

    publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

    dicendi ratio in medio posita,

    lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    rem in medium proferre,

    to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

    rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

    id. Clu. 28, 77:

    in medio relinquere,

    to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

    cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

    adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

    litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

    hominem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    de medio removere,

    to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

    e medio excessit,

    she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

    ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

    tollite lumen e medio,

    Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

    cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

    in medio esse,

    to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

    in medium venire or procedere,

    to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

    communes utilitates in medium afferre,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

    consulere in medium,

    to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

    so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

    Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

    quaerere,

    to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

    conferre laudem,

    i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

    dare,

    to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

    in medium conferre, in gaming,

    to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

    scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

    Pall. 1, 35, 12.—
    2.
    A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

    scrobem ad medium completo,

    Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,
    III.
    Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

    qui noluerant medie,

    kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

    nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

    ortus medie humilis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—
    2.
    Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

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  • 32 modestus

    mŏdestus, a, um, adj. [modus], keeping due measure, moderate; esp. in behavior, modest; as respects anger, calm, gentle, dispassionate; towards others, kind, forbearing, temperate, mild; in morals, honest, virtuous, sober, discreet, moral (class.):

    vir modestus et frugi,

    unassuming, modest, Cic. Att. 13, 29, 1:

    adulescentuli modestissimi pudor,

    id. Planc. 11, 27:

    plebs modestissima (opp. seditiosa),

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 84:

    epistula ut adversus magistrum morum modestior,

    id. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

    oculi,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 11:

    vultus,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

    lingua,

    id. H. 18 (19), 63:

    verba,

    id. Am. 3, 14, 16:

    o modestum ordinem,

    kind, gentle, mild, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124:

    in ea (urbe) isti vestri satellites modesti insolentiam suam continebunt,

    id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    mendicis modesti,

    kind, friendly, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 12:

    mulier proba et modesta,

    modest, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7; cf.:

    videas, dolere rebus flagitiosis modestos,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

    modestissimi mores,

    id. Planc. 1, 3:

    ingenui parum modesti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 4:

    servitia,

    Tac. A. 4, 7:

    vultus modesto sanguine fervens,

    Juv. 10, 300.—Hence, adv.: mŏdestē, with moderation, moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly (class.):

    modice et modeste vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

    ea quae, etiam... cum modeste fiunt, tamen ipsa per se molesta sunt,

    Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1:

    rebus secundis modeste ac moderate uti,

    Liv. 30, 42:

    hosti intrepide modesteque obviam ire,

    quietly, Gell. 9, 11, 6: modestissime vivere, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 274:

    qui modeste paret,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    intueri,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32:

    parcius et modestius praetentare misericordiam judicis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 28:

    si ille Romam modeste venturus est,

    without hostile violence, Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1.

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  • 33 parcus

    parcus, a, um, adj., = pauros [v. parco], sparing in any thing, esp. in expenditure; in a good and bad sense, frugal, thrifty, economical; niggardly, penurious, parsimonious (syn.: tenax, restrictus).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    detrusisti me ad senem parcissimum,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 9:

    patre parco ac tenaci,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

    optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus,

    id. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

    parcumque genus patiensque laborum,

    Ov. M. 7, 656:

    parcā manu offerre aliquid,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 43.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    veteris non parcus aceti,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 62:

    donandi parca juventus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 79:

    pecuniae,

    Tac. H. 1, 49:

    pecuniae parcus ac tenax,

    Suet. Tib. 46.—
    B.
    In gen., sparing, chary, moderate in any thing:

    operā haud fui parcus meā,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 14:

    nimium parcus in largiendā civitate,

    Cic. Balb. 22, 50:

    non tam vereor, ne me in laudibus suis parcum, quam ne nimium putet,

    Plin. Pan. 3, 3:

    quam modica cultu, quam parca comitatu,

    id. ib. 83, 7:

    civium sanguinis parcus,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    parcissimus somni,

    Luc. 9, 590:

    parcissimus vini,

    Suet. Aug. 77:

    acies non parca fugae,

    Sil. 10, 30:

    beneficiorum parcissimus aestimator,

    Plin. Pan. 21, 2:

    parcus Deorum cultor,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 1:

    in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci,

    Just. 41, 3, 13.—With inf.:

    parcusque lacessere Martem,

    Sil. 1, 680:

    haud parci Martem coluisse,

    id. 8, 464.—In gen., moderate, not rash nor self-indulgent:

    somnus sanitatis in homine parco,

    Vulg. Ecclus. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    parcior somni,

    Just. 11, 13, 2.— Sup.:

    parcissimus somni,

    Luc. 9, 590.—
    II.
    Transf., spare, scanty, little, small, slight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    parco sale contingere,

    Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tellus,

    Stat. S. 4, 5, 13:

    lucerna,

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 60:

    vulnus,

    Sil. 16, 111:

    merito parcior ira meo,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 98:

    questaque sum vento lintea parca dari,

    id. H. 21, 79:

    optima mors parca quae venit apta die,

    after a short time, Prop. 3, 3, 40 (Parcae quae venit acta die, id. 3, 4, 18 Müll.):

    et brevis somnus,

    Plin. Pan. 49.— Adv., in two forms, parce (class.) and parciter (ante- and post-class.).
    A.
    Form parcē.
    1.
    Sparingly, frugally, thriftily; penuriously, parsimoniously:

    parce parcus,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 35: vivere parce, continenter, severe, sobrie, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf.:

    parce ac duriter se habere,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20:

    parce et duriter vitam agere,

    id. And. 1, 1, 47:

    nimium parce facere sumptum,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

    frumentum parce et paulatim metiri,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

    cur id tam parce tamque restricte faciant,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

    parce seminat,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 6.— Comp.:

    implet manum parcius,

    Juv. 6, 546.—
    2.
    In gen., sparingly, moderately, cautiously:

    scripsi de te parce et timide,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3:

    parce et molliter aliquem laedere,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23:

    gaudere,

    Phaedr. 4, 16:

    mirari,

    Sil. 10, 474; 15, 756; Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3; 5, 7, 4.— Comp.:

    parcius dicere de laude alicujus,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 29:

    parcius ista viris tamen obicienda memento,

    Verg. E. 3, 7:

    parcius Andromachen vexavit Achaia victrix,

    Ov. H. 8, 13:

    parcius quatiunt fenestras,

    rarely, seldom, Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; Quint. 9, 2, 69.— Sup.:

    civitatem Romanam parcissime dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 40:

    ut parcissime dicam, nemo historicorum commendavit magis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 101.—
    B.
    Form parcĭter, sparingly, Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 6: praelibare, Claud. Mam. praef.

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  • 34 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 35 submisse

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 36 submitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto

  • 37 summissa

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 38 summitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summitto

  • 39 abstinēns

        abstinēns tis, adj.    [P. of abstineo], abstinent, temperate, moderate: esse abstinentem, continere cupiditates: oculos abstinentes habere: animus abstinens pecuniae, H. — Esp., chaste, continent. Hippolytem dum fugit (Peleus) abstinens, H.
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    abstinentis (gen.), abstinentior -or -us, abstinentissimus -a -um ADJ
    abstinent, temperate; showing restraint, self restrained; not covetous; chaste

    Latin-English dictionary > abstinēns

  • 40 aliquantisper

        aliquantisper adv.,    for a moderate period, a while, for a time, for some time: Quor non ludo hunc aliquantisper? T.: concedas aliquo aliquantisper, T.
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    for some time, for a while

    Latin-English dictionary > aliquantisper

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