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  • 1 tergus

    the back / skin, hide, leather.

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  • 2 tergum

        tergum ī, n    [TRAG-], the back: manibus ad tergum reiectis: tergo poenas pendere, T.: tergo ac capite puniri, L.: recurvum (of the dolphin), O.— The back part, reverse, hinder part, rear: Praebere Phoebo terga, to sun itself, O.: Terga Parthorum dicam, the flight, O.: terga vincentium, Ta.: libri in tergo necdum finitus Orestes, written on the back, Iu.—In phrase, a tergo or post tergum, behind, in the rear: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur: ut a tergo Milonem adorirentur, behind: tumultum hostilem a tergo accepit, S.: post tergum hostium legionem ostenderunt, Cs.: qui iam post terga reliquit Sexaginta annos, has passed, Iu.: tot amnibus montibusque post tergum obiectis, Cu.—With verto or do, to turn the back, turn back, take flight, run away, flee, retreat: omnes hostes terga verterunt, Cs.: qui plures simul terga dederant, etc., L.: terga fugae praebere, O.: terga praestare (fugae), Ta.— The back, surface: proscisso quae suscitat aequore terga, V.: amnis, O. —Of an animal, the body: (serpens) Squamea convolvens sublato pectore terga, V.: horrentia centum Terga suum, i. e. head of swine, V.: perpetuo tergo bovis, V.— The covering of the back, skin, hide, leather: Taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo, ox-hide, V.: venti bovis inclusi tergo, i. e. in a bag of bull's hide, O.: Et feriunt molles taurea terga manūs, i. e. tymbals, O.: rupit Terga novena boum, i. e. the nine thicknesses of bull's hide, O.: per linea terga (scuti), V.
    * * *
    back, rear; reverse/far side; outer covering/surface

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  • 3 tergum

    tergum, i ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose also tergus, ŏris), n. ( masc.:

    familiarem tergum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 53; cf. Non. 227, 23) [cf. Gr. trachêlos, neck; perh. root trechô, to run], the back of men or beasts (syn. dor sum).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Form tergum:

    dabitur pol supplicium mihi de tergo vestre,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 75:

    vae illis virgis miseris quae hodie in tergo morientur meo,

    id. Capt 3, 4, 117: manibus ad tergum rejectis, Asin ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

    boum terga,

    id. N D. 2, 63, 159; cf. tergo poenae pendere Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

    tergo ac capite puniri, Liv 3, 55, 14.—Of cranes eaeque in tergo praevolantium Colla reponunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2 49, 125. —

    Of the dolphin, Ov F 2, 113.— Of the crocodile: ejus terga cataphracta,

    Amm. 22, 15, 16.—
    (β).
    Form tergus aurea quam molli tergore vexit ovis, Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 6:

    ut equa facilem sui tergoris ascensum praebeat,

    Col. 6, 37, 10.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A. 1.
    Esp. in the phrases terga vertere or dare, to turn the back, pregn., for to take to flight, to flee: omnes hostes terga verterunt;

    neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53; so,

    terga vertere,

    id. ib. 3, 19; 3, 21; id. B. C. 3, 63;

    and even of a single person: terga vertit,

    Sen. Ep. 22, 7:

    qui plures simul terga dederant, etc., Liv 22, 29, 5: terga dare,

    id. 36, 38, 4:

    inter duas acies Etrusci, cum in vicem his atque illis terga darent,

    id. 2, 51, 9; Ov. M. 13, 224:

    terga fugae praebere,

    id. ib. 10, 706:

    terga praestare (fugae),

    Tac. Agr 37; Juv. 15, 75. — Trop. jam felicior aetas Terga dedit, tremuloque gradu venit aegra senectus, Ov M. 14, 143.—
    2.
    In gen.:

    inflexo mox dare terga genu,

    i. e. yield to the burden, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 6: praebere Phoebo [p. 1859] terga, to sun itself, Ov. M. 4, 715:

    concurrit ex insidiis versisque in Lucretium Etruscis terga caedit,

    the rear, Liv. 2, 11, 9; Flor. 4, 12, 7:

    terga Parthorum dicam,

    the flight, Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

    terga collis,

    Liv. 25, 15, 12; cf.:

    terga vincentium,

    Tac. Agr. 37:

    summi plena jam margine libri Scriptus et in tergo necdum finitus Orestes,

    written on the back, Juv. 1, 6:

    retro atque a tergo,

    behind one, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

    id. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    ut a tergo Milonem adorirentur,

    behind, id. Mil. 10, 29; 21, 56; id. Verr 2, 5, 38, § 98:

    tumultum hostilem a tergo accepit,

    Sall. J. 58, 4; Caes. B. G 7, 87; Curt. 3, 1, 19; 3, 8, 27; 8, 5, 1:

    post tergum hostium legionem ostenderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62:

    ne nostros post tergum adorirentur,

    id. B. C. 3, 44:

    Germani post tergum clamore audito,

    id. B. G. 4, 15:

    post tergum hostem relinquere,

    id. ib. 4, 22:

    qui jam post terga reliquit Sexaginta annos,

    has left behind him, has passed, Juv. 13, 16:

    omnia jam diutino bello exhausta post tergum sunt,

    Curt. 4, 14, 11:

    omnia, quae post tergum erant, strata,

    id. 3, 10, 7:

    tot amnibus montibusque post tergum objectis,

    id. 4, 13, 7.—
    B.
    The back of any thing spread out horizontally, as land or water, i. e. the surface ( poet.):

    proscisso quae suscitat aequore terga,

    Verg. G. 1, 97:

    crassa,

    id. ib. 2, 236:

    amnis,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 82; Claud. B. G. 338; Luc. 5, 564; 9, 341.—
    C.
    (Pars pro toto.) The body of an animal ( poet.).
    (α).
    Form tergum:

    (serpens) Squamea convolvens sublato pectore terga,

    Verg. G. 3, 426;

    so of a serpent,

    id. A. 2, 208; Petr 89;

    of Cerberus,

    Verg. A. 6, 422:

    horrentia centum Terga suum,

    i. e. a hundred head of swine, id. ib. 1, 635:

    nigrantis terga juvencos,

    id. ib. 6, 243:

    perpetui tergo bovis,

    id. ib. 8, 183.—
    (β).
    Form tergus:

    resecat de tergore (suis) partem,

    of a chine of bacon, Ov. M. 8, 649:

    diviso tergore (juvenci),

    Phaedr. 2, 1, 11:

    squalenti tergore serpens,

    Sil. 3, 209.—
    D.
    The covering of the back, the skin, hide, leather, etc. (in this signif. tergus freq. occurs; syn.: pellis, corium).
    (α).
    Form tergum:

    taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo,

    ox-hide, Verg. A. 1, 368:

    ferre novae nares taurorum terga recusant,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 655.—
    (β).
    Form tergus:

    tergora deripiunt costis et viscera nudant,

    Verg. A. 1, 211; so Cels. 7, 25, 1; 8, 1 med.:

    durissimum dorso tergus,

    Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. id. 9, 35, 53, § 105; Col. 7, 4 fin. —
    2.
    Transf., a thing made of hide or leather.
    (α).
    Form tergum: venti bovis inclusi tergo, i. e. in a bag made of a bull ' s hide, Ov. M. 14, 225; 15, 305:

    et feriunt molles taurea terga manus,

    i. e. tymbals, id. F. 4, 342; so id. ib. 4, 212:

    Idae terga,

    Stat. Th. 8, 221:

    pulsant terga,

    id. Achill. 2, 154: rupit Terga novena boum, i. e. the nine thicknesses of bull ' s hide, Ov. M. 12, 97:

    tergum Sulmonis,

    Verg. A. 9, 412; 10, 482; 10, 718;

    hence even: per linea terga (scuti),

    id. ib. 10, 784 (v. the passage in connection):

    duroque intendere bracchia tergo, i. e. cestus,

    id. ib. 5, 403; so id. ib. 5, 419.—
    (β).
    Form tergus:

    gestasset laevā taurorum tergora septem,

    a shield covered with seven layers of hide, Ov. M. 13, 347:

    Martis tergus Geticum,

    Mart. 7, 2, 2.

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  • 4 rēiciō

        rēiciō (not reiiciō; imper. reice, disyl., V.), rēiēcī, iectus, ere    [re-+iacio], to throw back, fling back, hurl back: telum in hostīs, Cs.: togam ab umero, L.: ex umeris amictum, V.: de corpore vestem, O.: paenulam: ab ore colubras, O.: Capillus circum caput Reiectus neglegenter, T.: scutum, throw over the back (in flight): fatigata membra, i. e. stretch on the ground, Cu.: a se mea pectora, to push back, O.: (librum) e gremio suo, fling away, O.: oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis, averts, V.: pascentīs a flumine reice capellas, drive back, V.: in postremam aciem, throw to the rear, L.: se in eum, into his arms, T.— To force back, beat back, repel, repulse: eos in oppidum, Cs.: Tusci reiecti armis, V. ab Antiocheā hostem.— Pass, to be driven back: navīs tempestate reiectas revertisse, Cs.: reflantibus ventis reici: ex cursu Dyrrachium reiecti, L.—Fig., to drive back, drive away, cast off, remove, repel, reject: ad famem hunc ab studio, T.: ferrum et audaciam: retrorsum Hannibalis minas, H.— To reject contemptuously, refuse, scorn, disdain, despise: nos, T.: petentem, O.: Lydiam, H.: refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor: quae cum reiecta relatio esset, when the appeal was overruled, L.: volgarīs taedas, O.: Reiectā praedā, H.: dona nocentium, H.— P. n. as s<*>bst.: reicienda, evils to be rejected: reiecta.—Of judges, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject: ex CXXV iudicibus quinque et LXX: potestas reiciendi, right of challenge.—Of persons, to refer, direct, assign: ad ipsam te epistulam: in hunc gregem Sullam, transfer (in your judgment).—In public life, to refer, turn over (for deliberation or decision): totam rem ad Pompeium, Cs.: ab tribunis ad senatum res est reiecta, L.: id cum ad senatum relatum esset, L.: ut nihil huc reicias: legati ab senatu reiecti ad populum, referred, L.—In time, to defer, postpone: a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idūs Febr. reiciebantur: repente abs te in mensem Quintilem reiecti sumus.
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    reicere, rejeci, rejectus V TRANS
    throw back; drive back; repulse, repel; refuse, reject, scorn

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  • 5 retrō

        retrō adv.    —Of motion, backward, back, to the rear: vestigia sequor, V.: ora Flectit, O.: inhibitā nave, L.: fugam retro spectante milite, L.: fugit, H.: meretrix retro Periura cedit, H.: properare, O.—Of rest, behind, on the back side, in the rear: ultimis conclave in aedibus, T.: quid retro atque a tergo fieret, ne laboraret: retro Marsigni, etc., Ta.—Fig., in time, back, in time back, in past times, before, formerly: deinceps retro usque ad Romulum: Quodcumque retro est, is past, H.—In thought, back, behind, in return, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa: ut omnia, quae sine eā (honestate) sint, longe retro ponenda censeat: vide rursus retro: omnia fatis In peius ruere, a<*> retro sublapsa referri, i. e. against one's wish, V.
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    backwards, back, to the rear; behind, on the back side; back (time), formerly

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  • 6 supinum

    sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

    stertitque supinus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

    animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

    Lucr. 4, 441:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    cubitus,

    a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

    caput,

    thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

    cervix,

    id. 11, 3, 82:

    vultus,

    id. 1, 11, 9:

    ora,

    Cic. Univ. 14:

    venter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

    testudines,

    Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

    apes,

    id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

    pugnans falce supinā,

    Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

    manus,

    Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

    cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

    Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

    cathedra,

    an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

    in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

    nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

    cursus fluminum,

    id. P. 4, 5, 43:

    carmen,

    i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—
    2.
    Of localities.
    a.
    Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

    syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

    Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

    scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

    Quint. 12, 10, 79:

    per supinam vallem fusi,

    Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

    sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

    Verg. G. 2, 276:

    per supina camporum,

    undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —
    b.
    Stretched out, extended:

    Tibur,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

    solum,

    Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

    mare,

    Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

    vindemia,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —
    II.
    Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Of the mind.
    1.
    Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

    otiosi et supini (oratores),

    Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

    supini securique,

    id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

    animus,

    Cat. 17, 25:

    Maecenas,

    Juv. 1, 66:

    auris,

    Mart. 6, 42, 22:

    compositio (with tarda),

    Quint. 9, 4, 137:

    ignorantia,

    Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

    deliciae supiniores,

    Mart. 2, 6, 13. —
    2.
    With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

    haec et talia dum refert supinus,

    Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—
    B.
    In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).
    1.
    The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—
    2.
    The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

    beneficium accipere,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

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  • 7 supinus

    sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

    stertitque supinus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

    animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

    Lucr. 4, 441:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    cubitus,

    a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

    caput,

    thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

    cervix,

    id. 11, 3, 82:

    vultus,

    id. 1, 11, 9:

    ora,

    Cic. Univ. 14:

    venter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

    testudines,

    Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

    apes,

    id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

    pugnans falce supinā,

    Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

    manus,

    Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

    cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

    Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

    cathedra,

    an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

    in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

    nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

    cursus fluminum,

    id. P. 4, 5, 43:

    carmen,

    i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—
    2.
    Of localities.
    a.
    Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

    syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

    Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

    scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

    Quint. 12, 10, 79:

    per supinam vallem fusi,

    Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

    sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

    Verg. G. 2, 276:

    per supina camporum,

    undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —
    b.
    Stretched out, extended:

    Tibur,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

    solum,

    Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

    mare,

    Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

    vindemia,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —
    II.
    Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Of the mind.
    1.
    Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

    otiosi et supini (oratores),

    Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

    supini securique,

    id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

    animus,

    Cat. 17, 25:

    Maecenas,

    Juv. 1, 66:

    auris,

    Mart. 6, 42, 22:

    compositio (with tarda),

    Quint. 9, 4, 137:

    ignorantia,

    Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

    deliciae supiniores,

    Mart. 2, 6, 13. —
    2.
    With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

    haec et talia dum refert supinus,

    Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—
    B.
    In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).
    1.
    The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—
    2.
    The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

    beneficium accipere,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

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  • 8 āversus

        āversus adj. with sup.    [P. of averto], turned away, turned back, on the back side, behind, backwards: et adversus et aversus impudicus es: aversum hostem videre, the backs of the enemy, Cs.: ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur, shut off in the rear, Cs.: quem aversum transfixit, in the back, N.: aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit, L.: porta, in the rear, L.: porta aversissima, farthest back, L. — Plur n. as subst, the hinder part, back: per aversa urbis fuga, L.: insulae, L.—Fig., withdrawn: milites a proelio, Cs.— Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, averse, hostile: a Musis: aversissimo a me animo esse: a proposito, L.: aversis auribus questa, to deaf. ears, L.: Deae mens, V.: amici, H.—With dat: nobis, Ta.: mercaturis, H.: lucro, not greedy of, H.
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    aversa -um, aversior -or -us, aversissimus -a -um ADJ
    turned/facing away, w/back turned; behind, in rear; distant; averse; hostile

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  • 9 abverto

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > abverto

  • 10 aversum

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aversum

  • 11 averto

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

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  • 12 avorto

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

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  • 13 retro

    rē̆trō, adv. [from re and the pronominal suffix ter, as in citro, ultro, intro, etc.].
    I.
    Lit., of place, backwards, back; on the back side, behind.
    a.
    Denoting tendency, direction, with verbs or nouns of motion:

    multa videbis retro repulsa revorti,

    Lucr. 2, 130; so very often with redire, regredi, repetere, remittere, respicere, reverti, revocare, etc., v. h. vv., and cf. Drak. ad Liv. 22, 6, 7, and 27, 28, 6:

    vestigia retro sequor,

    Verg. A. 2, 753; 9, 392; 11, 405:

    dare lintea retro,

    id. ib. 3, 686:

    ora retro Flectit,

    Ov. M. 15, 685:

    retro inhibitā nave,

    Liv. 30, 10 et saep.: iter mihi retro ad Alpes versus incidit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; cf.:

    fugam retro spectante milite,

    Liv. 8, 19:

    fugit retro,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 5:

    ne currente retro funis eat rotā,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 10:

    meretrix retro Perjura cedit,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 25:

    retro properare,

    Ov. H. 5, 31:

    unde ad hunc orbem redii, unde retro nemo,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 48.—
    b.
    Denoting rest (rare):

    est mihi in ultimis conclave aedibus quoddam retro,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    quid retro atque a tergo fieret, ne laboraret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    perculsis nullum retro subsidium foret,

    Tac. H. 2, 26:

    retro Marsigni, etc.,

    id. G. 43:

    MEMORIAM SE VIVA FECIT SIBI... CVM AEDICVLIS ANTE ET A RETRO,

    Inscr. Orell. 4512.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, back; in time back, in past times, before, formerly:

    et deinceps retro usque ad Romulum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58; cf.:

    SVPER OMNES RETRO PRINCIPES FORTISSIMO IMP. CAES., etc.,

    Inscr. Orell. 1049;

    and so, OMNES RETRO PRINCIPES,

    ib. 1098:

    quodcumque retro est,

    is past, Hor. C. 3, 29, 46:

    praemissa retro nobilitas,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 68; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 118 (120):

    cujus vim si retro quoque velimus custodire (opp. in futurum),

    id. ib. 10, 115 (116) fin.:

    meliorum retro principum ( = superiorum),

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34:

    cum id ab aliis retro factum recordarer,

    Tert. Uxor. 2, 2:

    Hebraei retro, qui nunc Judaei,

    id. Apol. 18.—
    B.
    In other relations, back, behind, in return, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa:

    ab imā (voce) ad summam ac retro multi sunt gradus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    ut omnia, quae sine eā (honestate) sint, longe retro ponenda censeat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:

    rursum versus retroque,

    id. Part. 7, 24; cf.:

    vide rursus retro,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: sic omnia fatis In pejus ruere, ac retro sublapsa referri, i. e. against one ' s efforts or wish, Verg. G. 1, [p. 1588] 200; cf.:

    retro vivere,

    Sen. Ep. 122 fin.:

    si malum perfidia, non est fallendum. Idem retro,

    Quint. 5, 10, 74:

    fructus hominis in operis consistit et retro in fructu hominis operae sunt,

    Dig. 7, 7, 4; cf. ib. 46, 1, 21; 46, 3, 67 et saep.
    ► The words containing retro in composition (except retroversus and retrorsus) are post-Aug.
    ; they are sometimes written separately.

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  • 14 Caeci

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 15 caecum

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caecum

  • 16 Caecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Caecus

  • 17 caecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 18 cecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cecus

  • 19 coecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 20 posticus

    postīcus, a, um, adj. [post; like anticus from ante].
    I.
    That is behind, hinder, back -, posterior (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    est etiam hic ostium aliud posticum nostrarum aedium,

    backdoor, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 40; cf.: posticum ostium dicitur in posteriore parte aedium. Ceterum antiqui etiam vicinum habitantem ad posteriorem partem aedium sic appellarunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

    locus erat posticis aedium partibus,

    Liv. 23, 8: perrexit in interiores partes domuis posticae, of the backbuilding, out - house, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 7:

    domo posticā egressus,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 3:

    muri,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.: vicinus, v. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.: non peperit, verum posticā parte profudit, with the posteriors, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 17:

    sannae,

    made behind the back, Pers. 1, 62:

    pedes,

    hind feet, Sol. 26:

    pars palatii,

    Suet. Oth. 6:

    posticam lineam in agris dividendis Serv. Sulpicius appellavit, ab exoriente sole ad occidentem quae spectabat,

    Fest. p. 233 Müll.: quae ante nos sunt, antica: et quae post nos sunt, postica dicuntur: et dextram anticam, sinistram posticam dicimus. Sic etiam ea caeli pars, quae sole illustratur ad meridiem, antica nominatur, quae ad septentrionem postica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; cf.:

    ejus templi partes quattuor dicuntur: sinistra ab oriente, dextra ab occasu, antica ad meridiem, postica ad septentrionem,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    postīca, ae, f., a backdoor (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 217, 25; Dig. 7, 1, 13.—
    B.
    postīcum, i, n.
    1.
    A backdoor (the prevailing form for this signif.):

    per posticum se conferre,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 27:

    atria servantem postico falle clientem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Vulg. Dan. 13, 18.—
    2.
    The back part of a building, the rear front, Titin. ap. Non. 217, 19:

    in pronao, et postico,

    Vitr. 3, 1.—
    3.
    A backhouse, privy (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 20.—
    4.
    The posteriors, the fundament (ante- and postclass.): retrimenta cibi, quae exierunt per posticum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 24; also in plur., Arn. 2, 54.

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