neighboring

contĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [contingo] (not ante-Aug.).

Act. (lit. touching; hence), bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, near; absol. or with dat.:

(Pyramus et Thisbe) contiguas tenuere domos,

Ov. M. 4, 57:

Cappadoces,

Tac. A. 2, 60:

luna montibus (opp. admota caelo),

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

perit Valens quinquagesimo anno contiguus,

Amm. 31, 14, 1:

tibi,

Ov. A. A. 3, 410.—

Pass., that may be touched, within reach:

hunc ubi contiguum missae fore credidit hastae,

Verg. A. 10, 457 (intra jactum teli, Serv.).—

* Adv.: contĭgŭē (acc. to I.), closely:

sequi aliquem,

upon his heels, Mart. Cap. 9, § 909.

con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act., to hold or keep together.

In gen. (rare).

Lit. (syn.:

coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

vitem levi nodo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—

Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

reliquum spatium mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

undique loci naturā Helvetii,

id. ib. 1, 2:

mare montibus angustis,

id. ib. 4, 23:

una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

id. ib. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,

With partic. access. ideas.

With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).

Lit.:

(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

merces (opp. partiri),

id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

exercitum (opp. dividere),

Liv. 28, 2, 16:

arida continent odorem diutius,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—

Trop.:

nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

in officio Dumnorigem,

id. ib. 5, 7:

te in exercitatione,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ceteros in armis (plaga),

Liv. 9, 41, 15:

alicujus hospitio,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—

With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.

Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

pecudem sub tecto,

Col. 7, 10, 3:

exercitum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

nostros in castris (tempestates),

Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

copias in castris,

id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

Pompeium quam angustissime,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

aliquem limine,

Liv. 34, 1, 5:

ora frenis,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

ventos carcere,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

animam in dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

se ruri,

to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

se domi,

Suet. Caes. 81:

suo se loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

oppido sese,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castris se continere,

id. B. C. 3, 37:

se vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 44:

se finibus Romanis,

Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

moenibus sese,

id. 42, 7, 4:

agrorum suorum terminis se,

id. 38, 40, 2:

se moenibus,

Ov. M. 13, 208:

sese intra silvas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

suos intra munitionem,

id. ib. 5, 57;

5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—

Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

adpetitiones animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

omnis cupiditates,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

modeste insolentiam suam,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

risum,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

formido mortales omnes,

Lucr. 1, 151:

Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

Liv. 29, 36, 10:

oppida magis metu quam fide,

id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

quosdam continet metus,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

solo metu,

id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

animum a consuetā libidine,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

suos a proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

manum juventus Metu deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

se ab adsentiendo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

se ab exemplis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se male continet amens,

Ov. M. 4, 351:

male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

id. ib. 7, 729:

nequeo continere quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

jam nequeo contineri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

vix contineor,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

dicta,

id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—

With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

in se,

Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

Ov. M. 15, 240:

rem militarem,

Liv. 5, 52, 16:

panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

(linea) centum continet (pedes),

Quint. 1, 10, 44:

Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

paucas species (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 18:

tales res, quales hic liber continet,

Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

Quint. 4, 2, 10:

fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,

In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

terreno corpore,

Lucr. 1, 1085:

non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

foedere,

Liv. 41, 23, 9:

actu,

Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—

Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,

contĭnens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).

Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.

Prop.:

aër mari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

id. Caecin. 4, 11:

(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

parum locuples continente ripā,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

urbis,

the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—

Trop., in time, following, next:

continentibus diebus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—

Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.

Prop.:

continens agmen migrantium,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

agmen,

id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

ruinae,

id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—

Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

labor omnium dierum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

bella,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

imperium usque ad nos,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

imber per noctem totam,

id. 23, 44, 6:

biduo,

Suet. Calig. 19:

febres sine intermissione,

Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

e continenti genere,

in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

spiritus,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

in continenti,

Dig. 44, 5, 1.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

puer,

id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.

(Acc. to A. 2.)

In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,

In time, continuously, without interruption:

totā nocte ierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

id. ib. 3, 5:

biduum lapidibus pluit,

Liv. 25, 7, 7:

usque ad ipsum negotium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

ferri imagines,

id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—

(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.

With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

suis rebus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

paucis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

illā (sorte),

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

solā Dianā,

Verg. A. 11, 582.—

Absol.:

cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

With inf.:

indagare,

Ov. M. 1, 461:

edidicisse,

id. ib. 2, 638:

retinere titulum provinciae,

Vell. 2, 49:

hostes sustinuisse,

id. 2, 112:

indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

ostendere,

id. 5, 10, 31:

id consequi, quod imiteris,

id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

arte contenteque habere aliquem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

parce contenteque vivere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.

con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

funem manu,

Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

munera Cerealia dextrā,

id. ib. 11, 122:

undas pede,

id. ib. 2, 457:

focos ore tremente,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

terram osculo,

Liv. 1, 56, 12:

ora nati sacro medicamine,

Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

montes suo igni (sol),

Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

cibos sale modico,

to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

mitem taurum,

Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

glebam,

id. ib. 11, 111:

paene terram (luna),

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

caules (vitis),

id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

manum,

Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

cibos ore,

Ov. M. 5, 531:

aquas,

id. ib. 15, 281:

fontem,

id. ib. 3, 409.—

To touch impurely (very rare):

corpus corpore,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—

To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

turri adactā et contingente vallum,

id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

Liv. 10, 21, 8:

praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—

With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

optatam metam cursu,

Hor. A. P. 412:

Ephyren pennis,

Ov. M. 7, 392:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 5, 18:

fines Illyricos,

Ov. M. 4, 568:

Creten,

id. ib. 8, 100:

Cadmeïda arcem,

id. ib. 6, 217:

rapidas Phasidos undas,

id. ib. 7, 6:

auras,

to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

avem ferro,

to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

thus aures,

id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2:

quam me manifesta libido contigit!

Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

(Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

id. 4, 9, 10:

omnes eā violatione templi,

id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

pectora vitiis,

Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

contactus ensis,

Sen. Hippol. 714.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

Liv. 25, 8, 2:

aliquem sanguine ac genere,

id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

aliquem artissimo gradu,

Suet. Aug. 4:

domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

Sabinum modico usu,

to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

si crĭmine contingantur,

have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

id. 40, 14, 9.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—

With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).

With dat.:

cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

mihi recusare principatum,

Vell. 2, 124, 2:

mihi cognoscere (eos),

Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

Vell. 2, 124, 4:

maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —

With acc. (very rare):

sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

Italiam palma frugum,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—

Absol. (very freq.):

hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 81:

ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.

con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).

Lit.:

oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

Lucr. 1, 938:

semina rerum colore,

id. 2, 755:

lac parco sale,

to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

tonsum corpus amurcā,

id. ib. 3, 448. —

Trop.:

musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

funem manu,

Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

munera Cerealia dextrā,

id. ib. 11, 122:

undas pede,

id. ib. 2, 457:

focos ore tremente,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

terram osculo,

Liv. 1, 56, 12:

ora nati sacro medicamine,

Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

montes suo igni (sol),

Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

cibos sale modico,

to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

mitem taurum,

Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

glebam,

id. ib. 11, 111:

paene terram (luna),

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

caules (vitis),

id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

manum,

Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

cibos ore,

Ov. M. 5, 531:

aquas,

id. ib. 15, 281:

fontem,

id. ib. 3, 409.—

To touch impurely (very rare):

corpus corpore,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—

To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

turri adactā et contingente vallum,

id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

Liv. 10, 21, 8:

praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—

With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

optatam metam cursu,

Hor. A. P. 412:

Ephyren pennis,

Ov. M. 7, 392:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 5, 18:

fines Illyricos,

Ov. M. 4, 568:

Creten,

id. ib. 8, 100:

Cadmeïda arcem,

id. ib. 6, 217:

rapidas Phasidos undas,

id. ib. 7, 6:

auras,

to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

avem ferro,

to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

thus aures,

id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2:

quam me manifesta libido contigit!

Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

(Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

id. 4, 9, 10:

omnes eā violatione templi,

id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

pectora vitiis,

Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

contactus ensis,

Sen. Hippol. 714.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

Liv. 25, 8, 2:

aliquem sanguine ac genere,

id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

aliquem artissimo gradu,

Suet. Aug. 4:

domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

Sabinum modico usu,

to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

si crĭmine contingantur,

have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

id. 40, 14, 9.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—

With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).

With dat.:

cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

mihi recusare principatum,

Vell. 2, 124, 2:

mihi cognoscere (eos),

Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

Vell. 2, 124, 4:

maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —

With acc. (very rare):

sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

Italiam palma frugum,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—

Absol. (very freq.):

hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 81:

ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.

con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).

Lit.:

oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

Lucr. 1, 938:

semina rerum colore,

id. 2, 755:

lac parco sale,

to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

tonsum corpus amurcā,

id. ib. 3, 448. —

Trop.:

musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

fīnĭtĭmus or fīnĭtŭmus, a, um, adj. [finis; cf. maritimus], bordering upon, adjoining, neighboring (class.; syn.: vicinus, confinis, conterminus, contiguus, continens).

Lit.

Adj.

With dat.:

sumus enim finitimi Atinatibus,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

Galli Belgis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 3:

homines bellicosi locis patentibus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 2: regnum Ariobarzanis vestris vectigalibus, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 2, 5:

aër mari,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

latus Boreae,

i. e. bordering upon the north, northern, Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

Absol.:

Romanos ea loca finitimae provinciae adjungere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2 fin.:

Marsi,

Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

bellum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 111:

civitates,

Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

Subst.: fīnĭtĭmi, ōrum, m., neighbors:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9; cf.:

finitimi ac vicini,

id. Sull. 20, 58; id. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 4; 1, 5, 4; 2, 16, 2 et saep. —

Trop., bordering upon, adjoining, nearly related, like.

With dat.:

unicuique virtuti finitimum vitium reperietur, ut audacia, quae fidentiae finitima est,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. id. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

metus aegritudini,

id. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

falsa veris,

closely allied, id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

deterrimum genus optimo,

id. Rep. 1, 42:

consensus principum administrationi,

id. ib. 1, 28:

poëta oratori,

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

historia huic generi,

id. Or. 20, 66:

Autronii nomen finitimum maxime est hujus periculo et crimini,

is very closely connected with, id. Sull. 25, 71.—

Absol.:

illa, quae propinqua videntur et finitima esse,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165:

artium studiorumque quasi finitima vicinitas,

id. Brut. 42, 156:

finitimum malum,

id. Rep. 1, 28.

fīnĭtĭmus or fīnĭtŭmus, a, um, adj. [finis; cf. maritimus], bordering upon, adjoining, neighboring (class.; syn.: vicinus, confinis, conterminus, contiguus, continens).

Lit.

Adj.

With dat.:

sumus enim finitimi Atinatibus,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

Galli Belgis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 3:

homines bellicosi locis patentibus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 2: regnum Ariobarzanis vestris vectigalibus, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 2, 5:

aër mari,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

latus Boreae,

i. e. bordering upon the north, northern, Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

Absol.:

Romanos ea loca finitimae provinciae adjungere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2 fin.:

Marsi,

Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

bellum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 111:

civitates,

Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

Subst.: fīnĭtĭmi, ōrum, m., neighbors:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9; cf.:

finitimi ac vicini,

id. Sull. 20, 58; id. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 4; 1, 5, 4; 2, 16, 2 et saep. —

Trop., bordering upon, adjoining, nearly related, like.

With dat.:

unicuique virtuti finitimum vitium reperietur, ut audacia, quae fidentiae finitima est,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. id. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

metus aegritudini,

id. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

falsa veris,

closely allied, id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

deterrimum genus optimo,

id. Rep. 1, 42:

consensus principum administrationi,

id. ib. 1, 28:

poëta oratori,

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

historia huic generi,

id. Or. 20, 66:

Autronii nomen finitimum maxime est hujus periculo et crimini,

is very closely connected with, id. Sull. 25, 71.—

Absol.:

illa, quae propinqua videntur et finitima esse,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165:

artium studiorumque quasi finitima vicinitas,

id. Brut. 42, 156:

finitimum malum,

id. Rep. 1, 28.

fīnĭtĭmus or fīnĭtŭmus, a, um, adj. [finis; cf. maritimus], bordering upon, adjoining, neighboring (class.; syn.: vicinus, confinis, conterminus, contiguus, continens).

Lit.

Adj.

With dat.:

sumus enim finitimi Atinatibus,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

Galli Belgis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 3:

homines bellicosi locis patentibus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 2: regnum Ariobarzanis vestris vectigalibus, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 2, 5:

aër mari,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

latus Boreae,

i. e. bordering upon the north, northern, Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

Absol.:

Romanos ea loca finitimae provinciae adjungere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2 fin.:

Marsi,

Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

bellum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 111:

civitates,

Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

Subst.: fīnĭtĭmi, ōrum, m., neighbors:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9; cf.:

finitimi ac vicini,

id. Sull. 20, 58; id. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 4; 1, 5, 4; 2, 16, 2 et saep. —

Trop., bordering upon, adjoining, nearly related, like.

With dat.:

unicuique virtuti finitimum vitium reperietur, ut audacia, quae fidentiae finitima est,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. id. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

metus aegritudini,

id. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

falsa veris,

closely allied, id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

deterrimum genus optimo,

id. Rep. 1, 42:

consensus principum administrationi,

id. ib. 1, 28:

poëta oratori,

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

historia huic generi,

id. Or. 20, 66:

Autronii nomen finitimum maxime est hujus periculo et crimini,

is very closely connected with, id. Sull. 25, 71.—

Absol.:

illa, quae propinqua videntur et finitima esse,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165:

artium studiorumque quasi finitima vicinitas,

id. Brut. 42, 156:

finitimum malum,

id. Rep. 1, 28.

Phăsēlis, ĭdis, f., = Phasêlis.

A town in Lycia, on the borders of Pamphylia, now Tekrova, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 10, § 21; Liv. 37, 23 init. —Hence,

Phăsēlītae, ārum, m., = Phasêlitai, the inhabitants of Phaselis, the Phaselians ( gen. Phaselitūm), Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 50.—

A city in Judea, with a neighboring valley abounding in palmtrees, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 44; Luc. 8, 251.—Hence,

Phăsēlīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phaselis, Plin. 23, 4, 49, § 95.

Phăsēlis, ĭdis, f., = Phasêlis.

A town in Lycia, on the borders of Pamphylia, now Tekrova, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 10, § 21; Liv. 37, 23 init. —Hence,

Phăsēlītae, ārum, m., = Phasêlitai, the inhabitants of Phaselis, the Phaselians ( gen. Phaselitūm), Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 50.—

A city in Judea, with a neighboring valley abounding in palmtrees, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 44; Luc. 8, 251.—Hence,

Phăsēlīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phaselis, Plin. 23, 4, 49, § 95.

Phăsēlis, ĭdis, f., = Phasêlis.

A town in Lycia, on the borders of Pamphylia, now Tekrova, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 10, § 21; Liv. 37, 23 init. —Hence,

Phăsēlītae, ārum, m., = Phasêlitai, the inhabitants of Phaselis, the Phaselians ( gen. Phaselitūm), Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 50.—

A city in Judea, with a neighboring valley abounding in palmtrees, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 44; Luc. 8, 251.—Hence,

Phăsēlīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phaselis, Plin. 23, 4, 49, § 95.

prŏpinquus, a, um, adj. [prope], near, neighboring (class.).

Lit., of place:

rus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

loca,

Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4:

nimium propinquus Sol,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

propinquum praedium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

provinciae,

id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae inter se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.:

in propinquis urbis montibus,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

ex propinquis itineris locis,

Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). — Comp.:

exsilium paulo propinquius,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.— Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, vicinity:

ex propinquo cognoscere,

from being in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8:

ex propinquo aspicio,

id. 28, 44:

consulis castra in propinquo sunt,

id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—

Trop.

Of time, near, at hand, not far off:

propinqua partitudo,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

reditus,

Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3:

mors, id. Div, 1, 30, 65: spes,

Liv. 28, 25: vespera, Tac. A. [p. 1470] 15, 60.—

Near in resemblance, resembling, similar, like:

motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

significatio,

Gell. 6, 16, 11.—

Near in relationship or connection, kindred, related:

tibi genere propinqui,

Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman (syn.:

affinis, agnatus): societas propinquorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

tot propinqui cognatique,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

propinquus et amicus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

propinqui ceteri,

Sall. J. 14, 15:

aequabiliter in longinquos, in propinquos,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a female relative, kinswoman:

virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, near, at hand, hard by (ante- and post-class.):

adest propinque,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.

prŏpinquus, a, um, adj. [prope], near, neighboring (class.).

Lit., of place:

rus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

loca,

Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4:

nimium propinquus Sol,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

propinquum praedium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

provinciae,

id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae inter se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.:

in propinquis urbis montibus,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

ex propinquis itineris locis,

Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). — Comp.:

exsilium paulo propinquius,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.— Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, vicinity:

ex propinquo cognoscere,

from being in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8:

ex propinquo aspicio,

id. 28, 44:

consulis castra in propinquo sunt,

id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—

Trop.

Of time, near, at hand, not far off:

propinqua partitudo,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

reditus,

Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3:

mors, id. Div, 1, 30, 65: spes,

Liv. 28, 25: vespera, Tac. A. [p. 1470] 15, 60.—

Near in resemblance, resembling, similar, like:

motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

significatio,

Gell. 6, 16, 11.—

Near in relationship or connection, kindred, related:

tibi genere propinqui,

Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman (syn.:

affinis, agnatus): societas propinquorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

tot propinqui cognatique,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

propinquus et amicus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

propinqui ceteri,

Sall. J. 14, 15:

aequabiliter in longinquos, in propinquos,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a female relative, kinswoman:

virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, near, at hand, hard by (ante- and post-class.):

adest propinque,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.

prŏpinquus, a, um, adj. [prope], near, neighboring (class.).

Lit., of place:

rus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

loca,

Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4:

nimium propinquus Sol,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

propinquum praedium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

provinciae,

id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae inter se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.:

in propinquis urbis montibus,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

ex propinquis itineris locis,

Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). — Comp.:

exsilium paulo propinquius,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.— Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, vicinity:

ex propinquo cognoscere,

from being in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8:

ex propinquo aspicio,

id. 28, 44:

consulis castra in propinquo sunt,

id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—

Trop.

Of time, near, at hand, not far off:

propinqua partitudo,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

reditus,

Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3:

mors, id. Div, 1, 30, 65: spes,

Liv. 28, 25: vespera, Tac. A. [p. 1470] 15, 60.—

Near in resemblance, resembling, similar, like:

motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

significatio,

Gell. 6, 16, 11.—

Near in relationship or connection, kindred, related:

tibi genere propinqui,

Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman (syn.:

affinis, agnatus): societas propinquorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

tot propinqui cognatique,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

propinquus et amicus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

propinqui ceteri,

Sall. J. 14, 15:

aequabiliter in longinquos, in propinquos,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a female relative, kinswoman:

virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, near, at hand, hard by (ante- and post-class.):

adest propinque,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.

răbĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. rabo], raving, furious, enraged, savage, fierce, mad, rabid (as adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

furens, furiosus, insanus): canes,

Lucr. 5, 892; Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98; Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 6; 1, 15, 2; 3, 30, 1; id. Ep. 99, 24:

catuli,

Sil. 10, 127:

corpus (Canis),

Cic. Arat. 110:

tigres,

Verg. G. 2, 151; cf.

leones,

Lucr. 4, 712; Hor. A. P. 393:

lupa, Ov A. A. 3, 8: bimembres,

id. M. 12, 494:

alios age incitatos, alios age rabidos,

Cat. 63, 93:

non impulsus et rabidus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 4. —

Transf., of things:

Pelorum (on account of the neighboring Scylla),

Luc. 6, 66 Cort. N. cr.:

lingua,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 11; cf.

murmur,

Val. Fl. 4, 239:

ut rabida ora quierunt,

Verg. A. 6, 102; cf. id. ib. 6, 80:

aspectus (draconis),

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

certamen,

Sil. 16, 410; cf.

arma,

id. 7, 253:

fames (Cerberi),

Verg. A. 6, 421; cf.:

sitis (Tantali),

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1077:

rabies,

Cat. 63, 44.—

Trop., impulsive, passionate, impetuous:

impulsus et rabidus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 5:

adfectus,

id. ib. 3, 16, 2:

furor animi,

Cat. 63, 38:

mores,

Ov. A. A. 3, 501:

rabida et jurgiosa facundia,

Gell. 19, 9, 7.— Adv.: răbĭ-dē, ravingly, madly, furiously, rabidly:

omnia rabide appetentem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16. — Comp.:

raptari,

Aug. Mor. Manich. 2, 14.

Sămē, ēs (collat. form Sămŏs, acc. to the Homeric Samos, Ov. M. 13, 711 Jahn and Bach N. cr.; Aus. Per. Odyss. 4), f., = Samê.

An earlier name for the island of Cephalenia, in the Ionian Sea, the mod. Cephalonia, Verg. A. 3, 271; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 67; Sil. 15, 303; Liv. 26, 42 (acc. to Mel. 2, 7, 10, and Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54, another neighboring island).—

The principal town of the island of Cephalenia, Liv. 38, 29.—Hence, Sămaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Same, Liv. 38, 28 and 29.

Sămus or Sămos, i, f., = Samos.

An island on the coast of Asia Minor opposite Ephesus, famed as the birthplace of Pythagoras, as also for its earth and the vessels made from it, the mod. Samo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Verg. A. 1, 16; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2; 1, 11, 21; Ov. M. 8, 221; acc. Samum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25; Liv. 37, 10 fin. sq.; Suet. Aug. 17; Lact. 1, 15, 9; cf.:

Threïciam Samon (i. e. Samothraciam),

Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. M. 15, 61; id. F. 6, 48; id. Tr. 1, 10, 20.—Hence, Sămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Samos, Samian:

terra,

the district belonging to it on the neighboring main-land, Liv. 37, 10 fin.:

Juno,

worshipped there, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50:

vir,

i. e. Pythagoras, Ov. M. 15, 60; also,

senex,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 62; and absol.: Sămĭus, i, m., i. e. Pythagoras, id. F. 3, 153:

lapis, used for polishing gold,

Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152:

terra,

Samian earth, id. 35, 16, 53, § 191; 28, 12, 53, § 194 al.: testa, earthen-ware made of Samian ( or other equally fine) clay, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 33; Tib. 2, 3, 47:

vas,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 24; id. Capt. 2, 2, 41: catinus, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 25:

capedines,

Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 2.—As substt.

Sămĭa, ae, f. (sc. placenta), a kind of cake, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.—

In plur.: Sămĭa, ōrum, n., Samian ware, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160; Vulg. Isa. 45, 9.—Its brittleness was proverbial; hence, in a comical lusus verbb.: Pi. (Inveni Bacchidem) Samiam. Ch. Vide quaeso, ne quis tractet illam indiligens:

Scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 65.— Dim. adj.: Sămĭŏ-lus, a, um, Samian:

poterium,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 12.—

Sămĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Samos, the Samians, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52; Liv. 33, 20 fin. —

The island of Cephalenia, v. Same.

Sămus or Sămos, i, f., = Samos.

An island on the coast of Asia Minor opposite Ephesus, famed as the birthplace of Pythagoras, as also for its earth and the vessels made from it, the mod. Samo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Verg. A. 1, 16; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2; 1, 11, 21; Ov. M. 8, 221; acc. Samum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25; Liv. 37, 10 fin. sq.; Suet. Aug. 17; Lact. 1, 15, 9; cf.:

Threïciam Samon (i. e. Samothraciam),

Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. M. 15, 61; id. F. 6, 48; id. Tr. 1, 10, 20.—Hence, Sămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Samos, Samian:

terra,

the district belonging to it on the neighboring main-land, Liv. 37, 10 fin.:

Juno,

worshipped there, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50:

vir,

i. e. Pythagoras, Ov. M. 15, 60; also,

senex,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 62; and absol.: Sămĭus, i, m., i. e. Pythagoras, id. F. 3, 153:

lapis, used for polishing gold,

Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152:

terra,

Samian earth, id. 35, 16, 53, § 191; 28, 12, 53, § 194 al.: testa, earthen-ware made of Samian ( or other equally fine) clay, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 33; Tib. 2, 3, 47:

vas,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 24; id. Capt. 2, 2, 41: catinus, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 25:

capedines,

Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 2.—As substt.

Sămĭa, ae, f. (sc. placenta), a kind of cake, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.—

In plur.: Sămĭa, ōrum, n., Samian ware, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160; Vulg. Isa. 45, 9.—Its brittleness was proverbial; hence, in a comical lusus verbb.: Pi. (Inveni Bacchidem) Samiam. Ch. Vide quaeso, ne quis tractet illam indiligens:

Scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 65.— Dim. adj.: Sămĭŏ-lus, a, um, Samian:

poterium,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 12.—

Sămĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Samos, the Samians, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52; Liv. 33, 20 fin. —

The island of Cephalenia, v. Same.

sūb-ĭcĭo (less correctly subjĭcĭo; post-Aug. sometimes sŭb-), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [sub-jacio].

Lit., to throw, lay, place, or bring under or near (cf. subdo); in all senses construed with acc. and dat., or with acc. and sub and acc.; not with sub and abl. (v. Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48; cf. II. B. 2. infra).

In gen.: si parum habet lactis mater, ut subiciat (agnum) sub alterius mammam. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20:

manum ventri et sub femina (boum),

Col. 6, 2, 6: nonnulli inter carros rotasque mataras ac tragulas subiciebant, discharged their javelins and darts below, i. e. between the wagons and the wheels, Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

biremes, subjectis scutulis, subduxit,

id. B. C. 3, 40:

ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque circum subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; cf.:

ignes tectis ac moenibus,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

ignem,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 13; Auct. B. Afr. 87, 1; 91, 3; Ov. M. 1, 229 al.:

faces,

Cic. Mil. 35, 98; Vell. 2, 48, 3; Val. Max. 5, 5, 4:

bracchia pallae,

Ov. M. 3, 167:

eburnea collo Bracchia,

id. Am. 3, 7, 7:

scuto sinistram, Canitiem galeae,

id. Tr. 4, 1, 74:

laxiorem sinum sinistro bracchio,

Quint. 11, 3, 146:

umeros lecto,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 12:

pallium togae,

id. 2, 2, 2:

ova gallinis,

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; 10, 59, 79, § 161:

cum tota se luna sub orbem solis subjecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

ossa subjecta corpori,

id. N. D. 2, 55, 139 et saep:

sub aspectum omnium rem subicit,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

res sub oculos,

Quint. 8, 6, 19:

aliquid oculis,

Cic. Or. 40, 139; Liv. 3, 69; Quint. 2, 18, 2:

oves sub umbriferas rupes,

to place near, close to, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11:

castris legiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 56:

aciem suam castris Scipionis,

id. ib. 3, 37:

se iniquis locis,

id. ib. 3, 85:

terram ferro,

to throw up with the share, to plough up, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Moser N. cr.: corpora saltu Subiciunt in equos, throw up, i. e. mount, Verg. A. 12, 288:

pavidum regem in equum,

to set, Liv. 31, 37:

me e postremo in tertium locum esse subjectum,

have been brought, Cic. Toga Cand. Fragm. p. 522 Orell.: copias integras vulneratis defessisque subiciebat, i. e. put in the place of, substituted, Auct. B. Alex. 26, 2.—Hence ( poet.): se subicere, to mount, grow:

quantum vere novo viridis se subicit alnus,

shoots up, Verg. E. 10, 74:

laurus Parva sub ingenti matris se subicit umbrā,

id. G. 2, 19 Forbig. ad loc.—

In partic.

To hand to, supply:

cum ei libellum malus poëta de populo subjecisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 25:

ipse manu subicit gladios ac tela ministrat,

Luc. 7, 574.—

To substitute false for true; to forge, counterfeit (syn.:

suppono, substituo): testamenta,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7:

testamentum mariti,

Quint. 9, 2, 73:

locupleti falsum testamentum,

Val. Max. 9, 4, 1:

partum,

Dig. 25, 4, 1 fin.:

falsum aliquid,

Quint. 12, 3, 3:

aes pro auro in pignore dando,

Dig. 13, 7, 36:

fratrem suum,

Just. 1, 9.—

To suborn:

subicitur L. Metellus ab inimicis Caesaris, qui hanc rem distrahat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33:

testes frequenter subici ab adversario solent,

Quint. 5, 7, 12:

suspitione subjecti petitoris non carebit,

id. 4, 2, 96.

Trop.

In gen.

To submit, subject:

ea quae sub sensus subjecta sunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

res, quae subjectae sunt sensibus,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 36; id. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

cogitationi aliquid subicere,

submit, id. Clu. 2, 6; Quint. 5, 12, 13;

ait (Epicurus), eos neque intellegere neque videre, sub hanc vocem honestatis quae sit subicienda sententia,

i. e. what meaning is to be attributed to it, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48 B. and K.; Madvig. ad loc.; cf.:

huic verbo (voluptas) omnes qui Latine sciunt duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem jucunditatis in corpore,

id. ib. 2, 4, 13:

dico eum non intellegere interdum, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 6; cf.: quaeritur, quae res ei (nomini) subicienda sit, Quint. 7, 3, 4.—

To substitute:

mutata, in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet,

Cic. Or. 27, 92; so Quint. 3, 6, 28:

aliud pro eo, quod neges,

id. 6, 3, 74 et saep.—

In partic.

Pregn., to place under, to make subject, to subject:

subiciunt se homines imperio alterius et potestati,

i. e. submit, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

exteras gentes servitio,

Liv. 26, 49:

Albius et Atrius quibus vos subjecistis,

id. 28, 28, 9:

ut alter alterius imperio subiceretur,

id. 28, 21, 9:

gentem suam dicioni nostrae,

Tac. A. 13, 55; Curt. 8, 1, 37; cf.:

Gallia securibus subjecta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

omnia praeter eam (virtutem) subjecta, sunt sub fortunae dominationem,

Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24:

nos sub eorum potestatem,

id. 2, 31, 50:

matribus familias sub hostilem libidinem subjectis,

id. 4, 8, 12:

sub aspectus omnium rem subjecit,

id. 4, 47, 60; cf.:

deos penatis subjectos esse libidini tribuniciae,

Cic. Dom. 40, 106:

populum senatui,

Val. Max. 8, 9, 1:

si virtus subjecta sub varios incertosque casus famula fortunae est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2:

id quod sub eam vim subjectum est,

id. Top. 15, 58:

cujus victus vestitusque necessarius sub praeconem subjectus est,

id. Quint. 15, 49 B. and K.:

bona civium voci praeconis,

id. Off. 2, 23. 83;

for which, simply reliquias spectaculorum,

to expose for sale, Suet. Calig. 38; so,

delatores,

id. Tit. 8:

hiemi navigationem,

to subject, expose, Caes. B. G. 4, 36:

domum periculo,

Quint. 7, 1, 53:

scelus fraudemque nocentis odio civium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

fortunas innocentium fictis auditionibus,

id. Planc. 23, 56:

aliquid calumniae,

Liv. 38, 48.—

To subject or subordinate a particular to a general, to range or treat it under, append it to, etc.; in the pass., to be ranged under or comprised in any thing:

quattuor partes, quae subiciuntur sub vocabulum recti,

Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7 B. and K.:

unum quodque genus exemplorum sub singulos artis locos subicere,

id. 4, 2, 3; cf. with dat.:

formarum certus est numerus, quae cuique generi subiciantur,

Cic. Top. 8, 33:

qui vocabulum sive appellationem nomini subjecerunt tamquam speciem ejus,

Quint. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

sub metum subjecta sunt pigritia, pudor, terror, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 16; 4, 8, 19; Quint. 3, 5, 1:

fas, justum, etc.... subici possunt honestati,

id. 3, 8, 26:

dicere apte plerique ornatui subiciunt,

id. 1, 5, 1 et saep.—

To place under in succession or order, in speaking or writing, i. e. to place after, let follow, affix, annex, append, subjoin (cf.:

addo, adicio): post orationis figuras tertium quendam subjecit locum,

Quint. 9, 1, 36:

longis (litteris) breves subicere,

id. 9, 4, 34:

B litterae absonam et ipsam S subiciendo,

id. 12, 10, 32:

narrationem prooemio,

id. 4, 2, 24; cf. id. 5, 13, 59:

cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,

adds, subjoins, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104:

quod subicit, Pompeianos esse a Sullā impulsos, etc.,

id. Sull. 21, 60:

a quibusdam senatoribus subjectum est,

Liv. 29, 15, 1:

subicit Scrofa: De formā culturae hoc dico, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:

non exspectare responsum et statim subicere, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 15:

edicto subjecisti, quid in utrumque vestrum esset impensum,

Plin. Pan. 20, 5 et saep.:

vix pauca furenti Subicio,

i. e. answer, reply, Verg. A. 3, 314.—

To comprehend under, collect or embrace in:

per quam res disperse et diffuse dictae unum sub aspectum subiciuntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98.—

To bring forward, propose, adduce; to bring to mind, prompt, suggest, etc.:

si meministi id, quod olim dictum est, subice,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 40 Ruhnk.; cf.:

cupio mihi ab illo subici, si quid forte praetereo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25:

subiciens, quid dicerem,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

quae dolor querentibus subicit,

Liv. 3, 48; 45, 18:

nec tibi subiciet carmina serus amor,

Prop. 1, 7, 20:

spes est Peliā subjecta creatis,

Ov. M. 7, 304.—Hence, sub-jectus, a, um, P. a.

Of places, lying under or near, bordering upon, neighboring, adjacent:

alter (cingulus terrae) subjectus aquiloni,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20:

Heraclea, quae est subjecta Candaviae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

Ossa,

Ov. M. 1, 155:

rivus castris Scipionis subjectus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37:

subjectus viae campus,

Liv. 2, 38: Armenia subjecta suo regno (opp. Cappadocia longius remota), Auct. B. Alex. 35, 2; 28, 3: genae deinde ab inferiore parte tutantur subjectae, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143.—

(Acc. to II. B. 1.) Subjected, subject:

si quidem Ea (natura deorum) subjecta est ei necessitati,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

servitio,

Liv. 26, 49, 8:

subjectior in diem et horam Invidiae,

exposed, Hor. S. 2, 6, 47:

ancipiti fortunae,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2:

species, quae sunt generi subjectae,

subordinate, Quint. 5, 10, 57:

tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

submissive, Ov. A. A. 2, 411; cf.:

parcere subjectis et debellare superbos,

Verg. A. 6, 853.— Subst.: sub-jectus, i, m., an inferior, subject:

(vilicus), qui, quid aut qualiter faciendum sit, ab subjecto discit,

Col. 1, 2, 4; 11, 1, 25:

Mithridates ab omnibus subjectis singula exquirens, etc.,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7.—

In the later philos. and gram. lang.: subjec-tum, i, n. (sc. verbum), that which is spoken of, the foundation or subject of a proposition:

omne quicquid dicimus aut subjectum est aut de subjecto aut in subjecto est. Subjectum est prima substantia, quod ipsum nulli accidit alii inseparabiliter, etc.,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 361; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34, 4 et saep.—

* Adv.: subjectē (cf. B. supra), humbly, submissively:

haec quam potest demississime et subjectissime exponit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.