narrow

• To high places by narrow roads

a fork, pitchfork / narrow pass

ad-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (adduce for adduc, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 15; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 29; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32:

adduxti for adduxisti,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 24:

adduxe = adduxisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 3), to lead to, to bring or convey to, draw to any place or to one's self (opp. abduco, q. v.; syn.: adfero, apporto, adveho, induco).

Lit.:

quaeso, quī possim animum bonum habere, qui te ad me adducam domum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 78:

ille alter venit, quem secum adduxit Parmenio,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32: quos secum Mitylenis Cratippus adduxit, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5:

Demetrius Epimachum secum adduxit,

Vitr. 10, 22, 262.—With ad:

ad lenam,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 193: ad cenam, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 25 (cf.:

abduxi ad cenam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2 [p. 32] 9):

adduxit ea ad Adam,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 19; ib. Marc. 14, 53.—Or with a local adv.:

tu istos adduce intro,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 54:

quia te adducturam huc dixeras eumpse non eampse,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 31; so Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

adduc huc filium tuum,

Vulg. Luc. 9, 41. —

In gen., without regard to the access. idea of accompanying, to lead or bring a person or thing to a place, to take or conduct from one place to another (of living beings which have the power of motion, while affero is properly used of things: attuli hunc. Pseud. Quid? attulisti? Ca. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 21).—So of conducting an army:

exercitum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9:

aquam,

to lead to, id. Cael. 14.—With in:

gentes feras in Italiam,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 22, and Auct. B. G. 8, 35:

in judicium adductus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

adducta res in judicium est,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67; so id. Clu. 17.—With dat.:

puero nutricem adducit,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4:

qui ex Gallia pueros venales isti adducebat,

Cic. Quint. 6.— Poet. with acc.:

Diae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 598 (cf. advertor oras Scythicas, id. ib. 5, 649, and Rudd. II. p. 327):

adducere ad populum, i. e. in judicium populi vocare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Of a courtesan, to procure:

puero scorta,

Nep. Dion, 5:

paelicem,

Ov. Fast. 3, 483.— Poet. also of a place, which is, as it were, brought near. Thus Hor. in describing the attractions of his Sabine farm: dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, Ep. 1, 16, 11.—

Esp.

To bring a thing to a destined place by drawing or pulling, to draw or pull to one's self:

tormenta eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24:

adducto arcu,

Verg. A. 5, 507; so,

adducta sagitta,

id. ib. 9, 632:

utque volat moles, adducto concita nervo,

Ov. M. 8, 357:

adducta funibus arbor corruit,

id. ib. 775:

funem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14: so Luc. 3, 700:

colla parvis lacertis,

Ov. M. 6, 625:

equos,

id. Fast. 6, 586.—Hence trop.:

habenas amicitiae,

to tighten, Cic. Lael. 13, 45; cf. Verg. A. 9, 632, and 1, 63.—

Of the skin or a part of the body, to draw up, wrinkle, contract:

adducit cutem macies,

wrinkles the skin, Ov. M. 3, 397:

sitis miseros adduxerat artus,

Verg. G. 3, 483; so, frontem (opp. remittere), to contract:

interrogavit, quae causa frontis tam adductae?

a brow so clouded? Quint. 10, 3, 13; so Sen. Benef. 1, 1.

Fig.

To bring a person or thing into a certain condition; with ad or in:

numquam animum quaesti gratiā ad malas adducam partīs,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38:

rem adduci ad interregnum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9:

ad arbitrium alterius,

id. Fam. 5, 20:

ad suam auctoritatem,

id. Deiot. 10, 29:

numquam prius discessit, quam ad finem sermo esset adductus,

Nep. Ep. 3:

iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

Hor. Epod. 14, 8:

in discrimen extremum,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7; cf. Liv. 45, 8:

in summas angustias,

Cic. Quint. 5:

in invidiam falso crimine,

id. Off. 3, 20:

in necessitatem,

Liv. 8, 7:

vitam in extremum,

Tac. A. 14, 61.—

To bring or lead one to a certain act, feeling, or opinion; to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade, move, incite to it; with ad, in, or ut (very freq. and class., and for the most part in a good sense; while seducere and inducere denote instigating or seducing to something bad, Herz. Caes. B. G. 1, 3;

although there are exceptions, as the foll. examples show): ad misericordiam,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 42:

ad nequitiem,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 4:

ad iracundiam, ad fletum,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

quae causa ad facinus adduxit,

id. Rosc. Am. 31:

in metum,

id. Mur. 24:

in summam exspectationem,

id. Tusc. 1, 17:

in spem,

id. Att. 2, 22:

in opinionem,

id. Fam. 1, 1:

in suspicionem alicui,

Nep. Hann. 7:

ad paenitentiam,

Vulg. Rom. 2, 4; ib. 10, 19.—With gerund:

ad suspicandum,

Cic. Pr. Cons. 16:

ad credendum,

Nep. Con. 3.—With ut:

adductus sum officio, fide, misericordia, etc., ut onus hoc laboris mihi suscipiendum putarem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2:

nullo imbre, nullo frigore adduci, ut capite operto sit,

id. de Sen. 10: id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 3, 9; 6, 10, etc.; Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Liv. 4, 49 al.—And absol. in pass.:

quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

his rebus adducti,

being induced, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 6, 10.—With quin:

adduci nequeo quin existimem,

Suet. Tib. 21.—With inf.: facilius adducor ferre humana humanitus, Afr. ap. Non. 514, 20.—

Adducor with inf., or with ut and subj. = adducor ad credendum, peithomai, to be induced to believe:

ego non adducor, quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse,

Cic. Att. 11, 16:

ut jam videar adduci, hanc quoque, quae te procrearit, esse patriam,

id. Leg. 2, 3:

illud adduci vix possum, ut... videantur,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 4, 20, 55; Lucr. 5, 1341.—Hence, adductus, a, um, P. a.

Drawn tight, stretched, strained, contracted. — Trop.:

vultus,

Suet. Tib. 68:

frons in supercilia adductior,

Capitol. Ver. 10; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 16.—Hence,

Of place, narrow, contracted, strait:

(Africa) ex spatio paulatim adductior,

Mel. 1, 4.—

Of character, strict, serious, severe:

modo familiaritate juvenili Nero et rursus adductus, quasi seria consociaret,

Tac. A. 14, 4:

adductum et quasi virile servitium,

id. ib. 12, 7:

vis pressior et adductior,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16.— Sup. not used.— Adv. only in comp. adductĭus,

More tightly:

adductius contorquere jacula,

Aus. Grat. Act. 27.—

Trop., more strictly:

imperitare,

Tac. H. 3, 7:

regnari,

id. Germ. 43.

a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).

Lit.:

(hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

ad statuam astrictus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

manus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

astringit vincula motu,

Ov. M. 11, 75:

laqueos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

adstringi funibus,

Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

aliquem adstringere loris,

ib. Act. 22, 25:

pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

checks, Juv. 8, 148:

balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362:

frontem,

to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 81:

frondem ferro,

to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

ventis glacies astricta pependit,

id. M. 1, 120:

Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

Luc. 5, 436:

vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—

Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

mores disciplinae severitate,

Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

ad adstringendam fidem,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

Suet. Caes. 84:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

religione devinctum astrictumque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

disciplina astricta legibus,

id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

lege et quaestione,

id. Clu. 155:

suis condicionibus,

id. Quinct. 5:

auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

orationem numeris astringere,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

adstringi sacris,

to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

Liv. 39, 1:

ad temperantiam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

ad servitutem juris,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

id. 7, 3, 16:

milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

magno scelere se astringeret,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

Homo furti sese adstringet,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.

Lit.:

limen astrictum,

shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

alvus fusior aut astrictior,

Cels. 1, 3:

corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

id. 3, 6:

genus morbi astrictum,

costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

gustu adstricto,

of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—

Trop.

Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

astrictus pater,

Prop. 3, 17, 18:

adstricti moris auctor,

Tac. A. 3, 55:

parsimonia,

Just. 44, 2.—

Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

verborum astricta comprehensio,

id. ib. 95, 327:

est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

astricte numerosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

astrictius dicere,

Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

scribere,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

ambĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [ambio], a going round.

In the time of the republic, t. t. (v. ambio, II. B.), the going about of candidates for office in Rome, and the soliciting of individual citizens for their vote, a canvassing, suing for office (by just and lawful means;

while ambitus denotes unlawful means, as bribery, threats, etc.): quid de nostris ambitionibus loquar?

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62:

mea me ambitio ab omni illā cogitatione abstrahebat,

id. Sull. 4:

cum ambitionis nostrae tempora postulabant,

id. Planc. 18, 45:

si infinitus forensium rerum labor et ambitionis occupatio decursu honorum etiam aetatis flexu constitisset,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 53, 131:

tanta exarsit ambitio, ut primores civitatis prensarent homines,

Liv. 3, 35, 1 et saep.—

A.. In gen., a striving for one's favor or good-will; an excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation:

ambitione labi,

Cic. Brut. 69, 244:

sive aliquā suspitione sive ambitione adducti,

id. Clu. 28, 76:

in Scipione ambitio major, vita tristior,

id. Off. 1, 30, 108 Heus., Beier, and Gernh.: Dionysius Platonem magnā ambitione Syracusas perduxit, in an ostentatious manner, for the purpose of securing his favor, Nep. Dion, 2, 2 Br. and Dähn.:

ambitio (i.e. studium Fabiis placendi) obstabat,

Liv. 5, 36:

ambitione relegatā,

without flattery, Hor. S. 1, 10, 84: ambitionem scriptoris facile averseris, obtrectatio et livor pronis auribus accipiuntur, Tac. H. 1, 1:

nullo officii aut ambitionis genere omisso, i.e. nullis blanditiis,

Suet. Oth. 4:

coronas quam parcissime et sine ambitione tribuit,

id. Aug. 25 et saep.—Hence, also partiality:

jus sibi per ambitionem dictum non esse,

Liv. 3, 47.—

With the predom. idea of the purpose or end, a desire for honor, popularity, power, display, etc.; in bon. part., ambition; in mal. part., vanity. —So in Lucr. of the ambitious efforts of men:

Angustum per iter luctantes ambitionis,

struggling to press through the narrow way of ambition, Lucr. 5, 1132:

me ambitio quaedam ad honorum studium duxit,

Cic. Att. 1, 17:

Miserrima omnino est ambitio honorumque contentio,

id. Off. 1, 25:

a quo incepto studioque me ambitio mala detinuerat,

Sall. C. 4, 2:

aut ab avaritiā aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

Vitā solutorum miserā ambitione gravique,

id. ib. 1, 6, 129; so id. ib. 2, 3, 78;

2, 6, 18: inanis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 207:

levis,

Ov. F. 1, 103 al.:

licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, tamen frequenter causa virtutum est,

Quint. 1, 2, 22:

perversa,

id. 10, 7, 20:

funerum nulla ambitio,

no display, pomp, Tac. G. 27.—

Great exertion:

cum admitti magnā ambitione aegre obtinuisset,

Just. 1, 3.—

That which surrounds (v. ambio, 2.;

postclass. for ambitus): vimineos alveos circumdant ambitione tergorum bubulorum,

with a wrapping of cowhide, Sol. 22:

fuliginem ambitio extimae cutis cohibet,

id. 35: ita assedimus, ut me ex tribus medium lateris ambitione protegerent, Min. Oct. 4.