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arma, ōrum, n. ( gen. plur. armūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155; Att. ap. Non. p. 495, 23, considered by Cic. in the connection armūm judicium as less correct than armorum) [cf. ARÔ, arariskô = to fit; arthron = joint; harmos = armus = joint, shoulder; artaô = artio, arto = to fit, to fit in closely; artios = fit, exact; artus = close, narrow; ars (artis) = the craft of fitting things; artifex, artificium; Goth. arms = O. H. Germ. aram = Engl. arm; Sanscr. ar = to hit upon, attain; aram = fit, fast; īrmas = arm. Curt.].

Lit.

1.. What is fitted to the body for its protection, defensive armor, as the shield, coat of mail, helmet, etc.:

tot milia armorum, detracta corporibus hostium,

Liv. 45, 39:

induere arma,

id. 30, 31:

arma his imperata, galea, clipeum, ocreae, lorica, omnia ex aere,

id. 1, 43:

pictis et auro caelatis refulgens armis,

id. 7, 10. —

Specifically, a shield:

at Lausum socii exanimem super arma ferebant,

on a shield, Verg. A. 10, 841:

caelestia arma, quae ancilia appellantur,

Liv. 1, 20 (v. ancile); id. 8, 30; 1, 37; cf. Verg. A. 1, 119 Heyne; Tac. G. 11 Rup.; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 43:

Aeneas se collegit in arma,

gathered himself under his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491.—Hence, in a more extended sense,

Implements of war, arms, both of defence and offence (but of the latter only those which are used in close contest, such as the sword, axe, club; in distinction from tela, which are used in contest at a distance; hence, arma and tela are often contrasted; v. the foll., and cf. Bremi and Dähne ad Nep. Dat. 11, 3): arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; id. ap. Non. p. 469, 26:

arma alia ad tegendum, alia ad nocendum,

Cic. Caec. 21:

armis condicione positis aut defetigatione abjectis aut victoriā detractis,

id. Fam. 6, 2:

illum dicis cum armis aureis, Quoius etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 16:

ibi Simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

arma antiqua manus, ungues dentesque fuerunt Et lapides, et item, silvarum fragmina, ramei,

Lucr. 5, 1283; so,

Mutum et turpe pecus (i. e. primeval man), glandem et cubilia propter Unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 100 sqq.:

capere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; id. Rab. Perd. 6 and 7:

sumere,

id. Planc. 36, 88 Wund.; id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; Vulg. Gen. 27, 3; ib. 3 Reg. 22, 30:

accipere, ib. Judith, 14, 2: adprehendere,

ib. Psa. 34, 2:

resumere,

Suet. Calig. 48:

aptare,

Liv. 5, 49:

induere,

id. 30, 31; Ov. M. 14, 798; id. F. 1, 521; Verg. A. 11, 83; Luc. 1, 126:

accingi armis,

Verg. A. 6, 184, and Vulg. Jud. 18, 11:

armis instructus,

ib. Deut. 1, 41; ib. 1 Par. 12, 13:

concitare ad arma,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

descendere ad arma,

id. ib. 7, 33:

vocare ad arma,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

vocare in arma,

Verg. A. 9, 22:

ferre contra aliquem,

Vell. 2, 56:

decernere armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 3:

armis cum hoste certare,

id. Off. 3, 22, 87; so,

saevis armis,

Verg. A. 12, 890:

dimicare armis cum aliquo,

Nep. Milt. 1, 2:

esse in armis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Suet. Caes. 69:

ponere, abicere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 2:

relinquere,

Liv. 2, 10:

tradere,

Nep. Ham. 1, 5; Suet. Vit. 10:

amittere,

Verg. A. 1, 474:

proicere,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 43;

7, 44: deripere militibus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

dirimere,

Luc. 1, 104 et saep.—Hence, arma virosque, per arma, per viros, etc., Liv. 8, 25; 8, 30 al.; v. Burm. ad Verg. A. 1, 1, and cf. Liv. 9, 24:

tela et arma: armorum atque telorum portationes,

Sall. C. 42, 2; Liv. 1, 25; Col. 12, 3; Tac. G. 29 and 33:

armis et castris, prov. (like remis velisque, viris equisque),

with vigor, with might and main, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84.—

Trop., means of protection, defence, weapons:

tenere semper arma (sc. eloquentiae), quibus vel tectus ipse esse possis, vel, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

prudentiae,

id. ib. 1, 38, 172:

senectutis,

id. Lael. 4. 9:

tectus Vulcaniis armis, id est fortitudine,

id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 12, 21:

facundiae,

id. 2, 16, 10:

justitiae,

Vulg. Rom. 6, 13; ib. 2 Cor. 6, 7:

arma lucis,

ib. Rom. 13, 12:

horriferum contra Borean ovis arma ministret, i. e. lanas,

Ov. M. 15, 471:

haec mihi Stertinius arma (i. e. praecepta) dedit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; cf. id. Ep. 1, 16, 67:

arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sunt,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 4.

War (once in opp. to pax, v. infra):

silent leges inter arma,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10; id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

arma civilia,

civil war, id. Fam. 2, 16, and Tac. A. 1, 9:

civilia arma,

id. Agr. 16; id. G. 37 (otherwise, bella civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86, and Tac. Agr. 13):

ab externis armis otium erat,

Liv. 3, 14; 9, 1; 3, 69 Drak.; 9, 32; 42, 2; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.:

a Rubro Mari arma conatus sit inferre Italiae,

Nep. Hann. 2, 1 (for which more freq. bellum inferre alicui, v. infero):

ad horrida promptior arma,

Ov. M. 1, 126:

qui fera nuntiet arma,

id. ib. 5, 4;

14, 479: compositis venerantur armis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 52. So the beginning of the Æneid: Arma virumque cano; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 7:

melius visum Gallos novam gentem pace potius cognosci quam armis,

Liv. 5, 35 fin.; cf.:

cedant arma togae,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76.—Also for battle, contest:

in arma feror,

Verg. A. 2, 337; so id. ib. 2, 655.—

(Abstr. for concr.) The warriors themselves, soldiers, troops:

nulla usquam apparuerunt arma,

Liv. 41, 12:

nostro supplicio liberemus Romana arma, i. e. Romanum exercitum,

id. 9, 9; 21, 26:

Hispanias armis non ita redundare,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

expertem frustra belli et neutra arma secutum,

neither party, Ov. M. 5, 91: auxiliaria arma, auxiliaries, auxiliary troops = auxiliares (v. auxiliaris, I.), id. ib. 6, 424; cf. id. ib. 14, 528.—

Transf., poet. (like hoplon and entea in Gr.), implements, instruments, tools, utensils, in gen. Of implements for grinding and baking:

Cerealia arma,

the arms of Ceres, Verg. A. 1, 177 (cf. Hom. Od. 7, 232: entea daitos). —Of implements of agriculture, Ov. M. 11, 35:

dicendum est, quae sint duris agrestibus arma, Quīs sine nec potuere seri nec surgere messes,

Verg. G. 1, 160.—Of the equipments, tackle of a ship ( mast, sails, rudder, etc.):

colligere arma jubet validisque incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 5, 15; 6, 353.—Hence used by Ovid for wings:

haec umeris arma parata suis, A. A. 2, 50 (cf. in the foll. verse: his patria est adeunda carinis).—And so of other instruments,

Mart. 14, 36.

arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. artus], to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).

A.. Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576:

libros,

Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2:

vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc.,

id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.—

Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56:

tempus,

to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1:

se,

to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al. —

In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.—Hence, artātus, a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short:

pontus,

Luc. 5, 234:

tempus,

Vell. 1, 16.

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.

callis, is, m. ( fem., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Liv. 22, 14, 8; 31, 42, 8; 36, 15, 9; Curt. 3, 10, 10; 4, 16, 11; Amm. 30, 1, 15; 31, 10, 9; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 673) [etym. dub.; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 405, and Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 10, from callum; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 68], a stony, uneven, narrow footway, a foot-path, a mountain-path, etc.; most freq., a path made by the treading of cattle: callis est iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum perduratum, Isid. Orig. l. l.: callis = via pecorum vestigiis trita, Vet. Gloss.

Lit.:

per calles silvestres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 1 and 3; Cic. Sest. 5, 12 Orell.:

inde prope inviis callibus ad dictatorem perfugerunt,

Liv. 22, 15, 10; cf. id. 32, 11, 2; Verg. A. 4, 405; cf. Ov. M. 7, 626 al.:

per calles ignotos,

Liv. 31, 42, 8; 35, 27, 6; 36, 15, 9; 38, 2, 10; Curt. 7, 11, 7:

secreti,

Verg. A. 6, 443:

surgens,

Pers. 4 (3), 57.—

Transf.

A mountain-pasturage, alp, declivity, mountain-pass, defile (cf. Vogel ad Curt. 3, 10, 10 N. cr.):

rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383 Heyne:

nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque callis exercitum ducimus,

Liv. 22, 14, 8:

per calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium,

id. 44, 36, 10:

in Ciliciae angustiis et inviis callibus dimicare,

Curt. 4, 13, 6:

angustis in Ciliciae callibus,

id. 4, 9, 22; 5, 4, 4; 5, 4, 17; Liv. 35, 30, 10:

quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex more calles evenerant,

Tac. A. 4, 27 Orell. and Draeg. ad loc.; cf.:

(provincia) semitae callesque,

Suet. Aug. 19:

calles consitae arboribus,

Amm. 31, 10, 9.—

A way, path, road, in gen., Val. Fl. 3, 568; 5, 394 (but in Lucr. 6, 92, the correct read. is calcis, not callis; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caucăsus, i, m., = Kaukasos.

The rough Caucasian chain of mountains, in.habited by wild tribes, in Asia, between the [p. 303] Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 37; Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

inhospitalis,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; id. Epod. 1, 12; cf. Verg. A. 4, 366; acc. Gr. Caucason, Ov. M. 8, 798; Stat. Th. 4, 394.—Hence,

Caucă-sĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Caucasus, Caucasian:

montes,

Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 4, 8:

vertex,

Verg. G. 2, 440:

rupes,

Prop. 2, 1, 69:

aves,

id. 2 (3), 25, 14:

volucres,

Verg. E. 6, 42:

arbores,

Prop. 1, 14, 6: Portae, a narrow pass between the Caucasus and the mare Hyrcanum, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.—

A name of a horse, Sil. 16, 357.

Caucăsus, i, m., = Kaukasos.

The rough Caucasian chain of mountains, in.habited by wild tribes, in Asia, between the [p. 303] Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 37; Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

inhospitalis,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; id. Epod. 1, 12; cf. Verg. A. 4, 366; acc. Gr. Caucason, Ov. M. 8, 798; Stat. Th. 4, 394.—Hence,

Caucă-sĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Caucasus, Caucasian:

montes,

Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 4, 8:

vertex,

Verg. G. 2, 440:

rupes,

Prop. 2, 1, 69:

aves,

id. 2 (3), 25, 14:

volucres,

Verg. E. 6, 42:

arbores,

Prop. 1, 14, 6: Portae, a narrow pass between the Caucasus and the mare Hyrcanum, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.—

A name of a horse, Sil. 16, 357.

Caudium, ii, n., a small but ancient city of Samnium, near Benevento, celebrated for the narrow mountain pass (the Furculae Caudinae) where the Roman army was shut in by the Samnites, Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,

Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of Caudium, Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, now Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d ' Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The same called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137;

and Caudinae Fauces,

Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 7, 5:

proelium,

Cic. Sen. 12, 41:

clades,

Liv. 9, 16, 2:

legiones,

id. 25, 6, 12:

jugum,

Quint. 3, 8, 3:

pax,

Liv. 9, 7, 4:

foedus,

Flor. 2, 18, 7:

Samnites,

Liv. 23, 41, 13.— Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caudium, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

Caudium, ii, n., a small but ancient city of Samnium, near Benevento, celebrated for the narrow mountain pass (the Furculae Caudinae) where the Roman army was shut in by the Samnites, Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,

Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of Caudium, Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, now Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d ' Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The same called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137;

and Caudinae Fauces,

Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 7, 5:

proelium,

Cic. Sen. 12, 41:

clades,

Liv. 9, 16, 2:

legiones,

id. 25, 6, 12:

jugum,

Quint. 3, 8, 3:

pax,

Liv. 9, 7, 4:

foedus,

Flor. 2, 18, 7:

Samnites,

Liv. 23, 41, 13.— Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caudium, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

Caudium, ii, n., a small but ancient city of Samnium, near Benevento, celebrated for the narrow mountain pass (the Furculae Caudinae) where the Roman army was shut in by the Samnites, Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,

Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of Caudium, Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, now Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d ' Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The same called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137;

and Caudinae Fauces,

Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 7, 5:

proelium,

Cic. Sen. 12, 41:

clades,

Liv. 9, 16, 2:

legiones,

id. 25, 6, 12:

jugum,

Quint. 3, 8, 3:

pax,

Liv. 9, 7, 4:

foedus,

Flor. 2, 18, 7:

Samnites,

Liv. 23, 41, 13.— Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caudium, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

circum-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.

Prop., to draw a line around, to circumscribe, enclose in a circle (in good prose;

very freq. in Cic.): orbem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:

lineas extremas umbrae,

Quint. 10, 2, 7:

virgulā stantem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 23:

virgā regem,

Liv. 45, 12, 5:

aeneā fibulā pars auriculae latissima circumscribitur,

Col. 6, 5, 4:

terram surculo heliotropii,

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 60.—

Trop.

To draw a line as the circumference of a thing (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 5), i. e. to define, encompass, enclose, lim it, bound, circumscribe (syn.: definio, describo, termino):

nullis ut terminis (orator) circumscribat aut definiat jus suum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70; cf.:

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

exiguum nobis vitae curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:

quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est,

id. Arch. 11, 29:

ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt,

id. Or. 59, 200:

locum habitandi alicui,

id. Par. 2, 18:

Oceanus undique circumscribit omnes terras et ambit,

Gell. 12, 13, 20:

uti mihi dicas et quasi circumscribas verbis, quid homo sit,

id. 4, 1, 12.—

To bring within narrow bounds, i. e. to contract, hem in, circumscribe, to hinder free action, to restrain, confine, limit, etc. (syn.: claudo, includo, coërceo).

Esp., of the restrictions or hinderances imposed by one magistracy or authority upon another:

Senatus credo praetorem eum circumscripsisset,

Cic. Mil. 33, 88 (cf. just before:

an consules in praetore coërcendo fortes fuissent),

id. Att. 7, 9, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72:

ille se fluvio Rubicone et CC. milibus circumscriptum esse patiatur?

Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

gulam et ventrem,

Sen. Ep. 108, 14:

circumscribere corpus et animo locum laxare,

id. ib. 15, 2:

laudes,

id. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 7.—

In gen.:

uno genere genus hoc aratorum,

to comprehend in one class, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149 Zumpt:

totum Dionysium sex epitomis circumscripsit,

abridged, Col. 1, 1, 10:

ut luxuriam vilitate circumscribamus,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 4.—

In later medic. lang. circumscribi = minui, to abate, subside:

gravedo circumscribitur,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10; so id. Acut. 2, 10 fin. —

To encircle or go around by writing = scribendo circumdare, i. e. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, insnare (syn.:

circumvenio, decipio): fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti,

Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131; 33, 3, 14, § 48: non circumscribetur, qui ita se gesserit, ut dicat, etc., will not be deceived, i. e. will commit no error, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 3; id. Ep. 82, 19.—

In mercantile lang., to deprive of money, to overreach, defraud:

adulescentulos,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7; Juv. 10, 222; 14, 237:

ab Roscio HS. I[C ][C ]. circumscriptus,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

vectigalia,

to embezzle, Quint. Decl. 340.—

In law, to defeat the purpose of a law, a will, etc., by a forced or too literal interpretation:

legem,

Dig. 4, 3, 18 fin.:

ita circumscripto testamento,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4; Front. Aquaed. 112: constitutiones, Lact. de Ira Dei, 8.—

Of circumlocution, to involve in language:

oratio rem simplicem circumscribens elocutione,

Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; cf.:

facetis jocis sacrilegium circumscribens,

covering, Just. 39, 2, 5.—

To cancel; to declare invalid, to annul, invalidate, void, set aside (cf. circumduco, II. D.):

hoc omni tempore Sullano ex accusatione circumscripto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 43 (sublato, circumducto, praetermisso, Ascon.):

circumscriptis igitur iis seutentiis, quas posui, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 31.—Hence, circumscriptus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A.) In rhet., rounded into periods, periodic:

circumscripti verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 12, 38; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 5, and v. circumscriptio.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, in periods:

circumscripte numeroseque dicere,

Cic. Or. 66, 221: circumscripte complecti singulas res. id. N. D. 2, 59, 147.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Restricted, limited:

brevis et circumscripta quaedam explicatio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

(vis orationis) pressior et circumscriptior et adductior,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, summarily:

circumscripte et breviter ostendere,

Lact. 5, 14, 8; 5, 9, 20. — Sup. of the adj., and comp. and sup. of the adv. not in use.