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1 pro
1.prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.I.Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.* A.Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:B.nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,
Lucr. 2, 1137. —Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):II.compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,
id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,
Liv. 38, 50:prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,
id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,
Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,
Cels. 4, 4, 5:prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:A.PRO SALVTEM SVAM,
Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.Lit., of place:2.sedens pro aede Castoris,
Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,
id. Mil. 1, 2:ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 32:pro castris copias habere,
id. ib. 7, 66:pro castris dimicare,
id. ib. 5, 16:pro oppido,
id. ib. 7, 71:pro opere consistere,
Sall. J. 92, 9:castra pro moenibus locata,
Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:pro muro,
id. 30, 10:pro castris explicare aciem,
id. 6, 23:pro vallo,
Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,
before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,
before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:B.pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,
Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,
id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,pro tribunali,
id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,
Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,
Liv. 7, 7:fortes viros pro contione donantis,
Curt. 10, 5, 10:pro contione litteras recitare,
id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,
Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:pro comitio,
Suet. Aug. 43:uti pro consilio imperatum erat,
in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,
Liv. 38, 36:pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,
Gell. 11, 3, 2:pro collegio pronuntiare,
Liv. 4, 26, 9:suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,
id. 39, 5:pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,
before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:legionem pro ripā componere,
id. ib. 12, 29:velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,
in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,pro muris,
id. A. 2, 81:ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,
standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—Transf.1.To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):2. a.veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,
id. Clu. 32, 88:difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,
Sen. Prov. 3, 2:haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,
Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,
Cic. Sest. 2, 3:omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,
id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,
id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,
id. ib. 4, 1, 14:spondere levi pro paupere,
id. A. P. 423:urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,
Sall. J. 88, 4:nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,
Tac. Agr. 12:et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,
id. 39, 30, 3:pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,
Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:b.ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:ego pro te molam,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,
id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,
id. ib. 45, 154:pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,
Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,
Liv. 22, 1, 2.—Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:c.cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,
instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),
id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,
id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:3.tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,
Caes. B. G. 6, 16:id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,
Liv. 7, 19, 3:vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,
Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:pro crimine poenas,
Ov. Ib. 621.—Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:4.pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:sese ducit pro adulescentulo,
id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,
as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,
whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,
id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,
as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:negotia pro solatiis accipiens,
Tac. A. 4, 13:consuli pro hostibus esse,
Liv. 43, 5, 4:adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,
as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:5.ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,
Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:pro eo ac si concessum sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,
Dig. 28, 1, 22:pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,
ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,
Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —On account of, for the sake of:6.dolor pro patriā,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,
id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,
Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,
Suet. Aug. 57:cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,
Tac. A. 4, 17:pro bono (= bene),
Sall. J. 22, 4.—Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:► In composition the o is long in some words, in others short (through the influence of the Gr.meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,
according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,
id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:agere pro viribus,
Cic. Sen. 9, 27:aliquem pro dignitate laudare,
id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,
Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,
Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,
id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:pro tuā prudentiā,
Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:pro se quisque,
each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:pro tempore et pro re,
according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:pro facultatibus,
Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,
Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,
id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.2. (α).With nom.:(β).proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:pro supreme Juppiter,
id. ib. 2, 1, 42:pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!
id. ib. 3, 3, 12:pro di immortales,
id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:pro curia inversique mores!
Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:pro scelus,
Mart. 2, 46, 8.—Parenthet.:(γ).pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,
Ov. M. 13, 758:et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,
id. H. 3, 98:tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,
Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:(δ).pro deum atque hominum fidem!
id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:pro deum atque hominum,
id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,
id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin. -
2 munio
1.mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [moenia, lit. to wall; hence], to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.).I.Lit.:B.arcem ad urbem obsidendam,
Nep. Tim. 3, 3:palatium,
Liv. 1, 7:locum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.:Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:domum praesidiis,
id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:castra vallo fossāque,
with palisades and a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:locum muro,
id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous object, prov.:magna moenis moenia,
you are undertaking a great thing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73:duovir urbis moeniendae,
Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—Transf.1.In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:2.Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2:hortum ab incursu hominum,
Col. 11, 3, 2:spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,
he defended, protected, covered himself, Suet. Aug. 82. —To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it:II.quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:rupem,
Liv. 21, 37:itinera,
Nep. Hann. 3, 4:TEMPE MVNIVIT,
Inscr. Orell. 587. —Trop.A.To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.:B.fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,
to maintain, support, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. munero).— Am strengthening myself:munio me ad haec tempora,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2:imperium,
to secure, Nep. Reg. 2, 2:muniri adversus fraudes,
to secure one's self, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn):se contra ruborem,
Tac. Agr. 45:se multorum benevolentiā,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:se contra perfidiam,
id. Fam. 4, 14, 3:aliquid auctoritate,
Vell. 2, 127, 2:domum terrore,
Plin. Pan. 48, 3.—Munire viam, to make or open a way:2.haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant,
prepared the way for your accusation, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:sibi viam ad stuprum,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.):nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.— Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. herkos odontôn), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.— Comp.:se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.— Sup.:munitissima castra,
Caes. B. G. 4, 55.— Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.):munitius,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. -
3 bracchium
bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,I.Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:II.bracchia et lacerti,
Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:subjecta lacertis bracchia,
id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,
Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,Transf.A.In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:2.quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,
Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,
Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),
Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:collo dare bracchia circum,
to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:circumdare collo,
Ov. M. 9, 459:implicare collo,
id. ib. 1, 762:inicere collo,
id. ib. 3, 389:cervici dare,
Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:lentis adhaerens bracchiis,
id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,
Quint. 10, 3, 6:sinisteriore bracchio,
Suet. Dom. 17:bracchia ad superas extulit auras,
Verg. A. 5, 427:alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),
id. ib. 5, 377:juventus horrida bracchiis,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:si bracchia forte remisit,
Verg. G. 1, 202:matri bracchia tendere,
Ov. M. 3, 723:patrio tendens bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 9, 210:tendens ad caelum bracchia,
id. ib. 9, 293:precando Bracchia sustulerat,
id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,
to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—Of the movement of the arms in speaking:3.bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,
Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:demissa bracchia,
Quint. 2, 13, 9:a latere modice remota,
id. 11, 3, 159:ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,
id. 11, 3, 118:aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,
id. 11, 3, 93:bracchium in latus jactant,
id. 4, 2, 39:si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—Of the motion of the arms in dancing:4.bracchia in numerum jactare,
Lucr. 4, 769;imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),
Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,
Verg. G. 4, 174.—Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,B.molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,
id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,
lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:2.in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,
Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—C.Objects resembling arms.1.The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;2.v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,
Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;of the vine,
Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,
Cat. 64, 105:differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,
Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—An arm of the sea:3.nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,
Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:4.Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:5.jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:6.aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,
a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq. -
4 brachium
bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,I.Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:II.bracchia et lacerti,
Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:subjecta lacertis bracchia,
id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,
Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,Transf.A.In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:2.quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,
Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,
Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),
Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:collo dare bracchia circum,
to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:circumdare collo,
Ov. M. 9, 459:implicare collo,
id. ib. 1, 762:inicere collo,
id. ib. 3, 389:cervici dare,
Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:lentis adhaerens bracchiis,
id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,
Quint. 10, 3, 6:sinisteriore bracchio,
Suet. Dom. 17:bracchia ad superas extulit auras,
Verg. A. 5, 427:alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),
id. ib. 5, 377:juventus horrida bracchiis,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:si bracchia forte remisit,
Verg. G. 1, 202:matri bracchia tendere,
Ov. M. 3, 723:patrio tendens bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 9, 210:tendens ad caelum bracchia,
id. ib. 9, 293:precando Bracchia sustulerat,
id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,
to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—Of the movement of the arms in speaking:3.bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,
Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:demissa bracchia,
Quint. 2, 13, 9:a latere modice remota,
id. 11, 3, 159:ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,
id. 11, 3, 118:aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,
id. 11, 3, 93:bracchium in latus jactant,
id. 4, 2, 39:si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—Of the motion of the arms in dancing:4.bracchia in numerum jactare,
Lucr. 4, 769;imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),
Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,
Verg. G. 4, 174.—Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,B.molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,
id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,
lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:2.in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,
Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—C.Objects resembling arms.1.The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;2.v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,
Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;of the vine,
Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,
Cat. 64, 105:differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,
Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—An arm of the sea:3.nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,
Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:4.Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,
Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:5.jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:6.aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,
a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq. -
5 corpus
corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).I.Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).A.In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:B.tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,
Lucr. 1, 305:animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,
id. Marcell. 9, 28:parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,
Lucr. 1, 617:ignea rerum,
id. 1, 680:terraï,
id. 5, 236:acerbum Neptuni,
id. 2, 472:aquae,
id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,
Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—In partic.1.The flesh of animal bodies:b.ossa subjecta corpori,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;12, 10, 5: amittere,
to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:abiit corpusque colorque,
Ov. H. 3, 141;and the opp. facere,
to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,
Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,
Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:2.nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,
the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:corpus eloquentiae facere,
the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:corpus orationis enervatur,
Petr. 2.—A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—3.As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—4.In mal. part., the body, person:5.usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108:illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,
id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:corpore quaestum facere,
id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;v. quaestus.— Hence also,
the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;II.also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,
Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:lectissima matrum,
id. ib. 9, 272:quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,
id. ib. 7, 650;11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,
id. ib. 6, 22:ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,
Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:sororum,
Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,
Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,
Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,
id. 3, 56, 8; so,liberum,
Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,
id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,
Curt. 4, 11, 6.—Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;of ships,
the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:totum corpus coronā militum cingere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,
Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,
Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:nullum civitatis,
a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:totum corpus Macedoniae,
id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:sui corporis regem creari,
id. 1, 17, 2:corpus mercatorum,
guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),
Liv. 5, 46, 5:oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,
id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:fabrorum et naviculariorum,
Dig. 50, 6, 5:utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:corpus omnis Romani juris,
Liv. 3, 34, 7;hence, Corpus Juris,
title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:rationum,
Dig. 40, 5, 37:patrimonii,
ib. 4, 2, 20:omnia maternae hereditatis,
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6 bracchium (brāch-)
bracchium (brāch-) ī, n, βραχίων, the forearm, lower arm: bracchia et lacerti, O.: (feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos, Ta.—In gen., the arm: bracchium fregisse: diu iactato bracchio scutum emittere, Cs.: collo dare bracchia circum, V.: bracchia Cervici dabat, H.: Bracchia ad superas extulit auras, V.: iuventus horrida bracchiis, H.: matri bracchia tendere, O.: tendens ad caelum bracchia, O.: diversa bracchia ducens, i. e. separating widely, V.—Prov.: dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem, to swim against the current, Iu.— Of gesture: extento bracchio.—Of the Cyclopes at work: bracchia tollunt In numerum, keeping time, V.—Fig.: aliquid levi bracchio agere, to do negligently: me molli bracchio obiurgas, gently: Praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo, lend a hand, O.—Meton., of animals, the claws of crawfish, O.—The claws of the constellations Scorpio and Cancer, V., O.—Of trees, the branches: in ramos bracchia crescunt, O.—Of the vine, V.—An arm of the sea: nec bracchia porrexerat Amphitrite, O.—A ship's yard: iubet intendi bracchia velis, V.—A leg (of a pair of dividers): duo ferrea bracchia, O.—In fortifications, an outwork: bracchio obiecto, L.: muro bracchium iniunxerat, a line of communication, L.: bracchiis duobis Piraeum Athenis iungere, walls, L. -
7 munitio
mūnītĭo, ōnis, f. [1. munio], a defending, fortifying, protecting (class.).I.Lit.:B.milites munitione prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 49:oppidi,
Suet. Galb. 10:operis,
a fortifying, erection of fortifications, Caes. B. G. 1, 8:fluminum,
a bridging over, Tac. A. 1, 56:munitionis multa sunt genera,
enclosure, fencing, hedging, Pall. 1, 34.—Transf.1.Concr., a means of fortification or defence, a fortification, rampart, bulwark, intrenchment, walls (syn. munimentum):2.nisi munitione ac mole lapidum a mari (fons) disjunctus esset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:munitiones multiplices Piraei portus,
Vell. 2, 23, 3:urbem operibus munitionibusque sepire,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: demoliri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 2, 204:facere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:incendere,
Nep. Eum. 5, 7:per munitionem introire,
Sall. J. 38, 6:munitiones in urbem spectantes,
Liv. 5, 5:munitiones et castella,
Tac. A. 3, 74:multum munitionis,
of the walls, Nep. Them. 7, 2.—(Acc. to munio, I. B. 2.) A making passable of roads, by opening, paving, etc.:II.ex viarum munitione quaestum facere,
repairing the roads, work on the roads, Cic. Font. 4, 7:multos ad munitiones viarum condemnavit,
Suet. Calig. 27.—Trop., a support:aditus ad causam et munitio aut quoddam ornamentum,
support to the cause, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320 (al. communitio).—(The gloss. of Fest. is prob. corrupt: munitio morsicatio ciborum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 143 Müll.) -
8 opus
opus eris, n [2 AP-], work, labor, toil: Quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, in doing your work, T.: grave Martis, military service, V.: (Graeci) opus quaerunt, seek (literary) employment: Sunt quibus unum opus est urbem celebrare, H.: magnum: dies Longa videtur opus debentibus, H.: naturā et opere munitus, art, Cs.—A product of labor, work, structure, public building, fortification: opere castrorum perfecto, Cs.: opus fieri (of a wall), N.: Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit: Regis opus (of a harbor), H.—A work, book, composition, essay: habeo opus magnum in manibus: Fac opus appareat: ultra Legem tendere opus, H.—Artistic work, workmanship, art: quarum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere: haec omnia antiquo opere.—A deed, action, achievement: Hoc virtutis opus, V.—Abl. in adverb. phrases, māgnō opere, tantō opere, quantō opere, see māgnōpere, tantōpere, quantōpere.—Rarely with nimio: haec opera Graecos homines nimio opere delectant, excessively.—A working, effect: opus meae bis sensit Telephus hastae, O.—The subject of work, stuff, material: Seu digitis subigebat opus, O.—Fig., in nom. and acc. in phrases with the verb sum, work, business, need, want, necessity: longius, quam quoad opus est, procedetur, than the occasion requires: Sic opus est, O.: quae bello opus erant, S.: dux nobis et auctor opus est, we need a leader: omnia, quae tibi essent opus: quod ipsi opus esse videretur, censere, expedient: quorsum est opus? what for? H.: quae curando volneri opus sunt, L.: magistratibus opus est, there is need of: Cognati, quīs te salvo est opus, to whom your safety is important, H.: haud mihi vitā Est opus hac, I have no business with, etc., H.: Plus scis quid facto opus est, what must be done, T.: tantum modo incepto opus est, to make a beginning, S.: maturato opus est, haste is necessary, L.: ita dictu opus est, I must say, T.: quanti argenti opus fuit, L.: quid opus est de Dionysio adfirmare?: dixit id consilium sciri non opus esse, inexpedient: nil opus est te Circumagi, H.* * *need; work; fortifications (pl.), worksopus est -- is useful, beneficial
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9 pīlum
pīlum ī, n [PIS-], a heavy javelin, pilum: sudis pila mittere, S.: (caput) adfixum gestari iussit in pilo: pilis missis hostium phalangem perfregerunt, Cs.: muralia pila (hurled from fortifications), Cs.: pila Horatii, a place in the forum where the arms of the Curiatii were set up, L., Pr.: vis certe pila, cohortes, etc., you wish at least for pomp, etc., Iu.* * *Ijavelin, heavy iron-tipped throwing spear; pikeIIpestle, pounding tool -
10 munitor
mūnītor, ōris, m. [id.], a fortifier, a worker on fortifications, an engineer, miner, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Tac. A. 1, 64:qui pro munitoribus armati steterant (al. munitionibus),
Liv. 7, 23:munitorum numerus,
miners, id. 5, 19, 11.— Poet.:Trojae,
i. e. Apollo, the builder of the walls of Troy, Ov. H. 5, 139. -
11 Novesium
Nŏvesĭum, ii, n., a city in Gallia Belgica, on the Rhine, the mod. Neuss, Tac. H. 4, 26; 33, 35; 5, 22;its fortifications were restored by Julian A. D. 359,
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12 complector or conplector
complector or conplector plexus, ī, dep. [PARC-, PLEC-], to clasp, embrace, grasp: mulierem, T.: patrem: nepotes, V.: dextram euntis, V.: pedes, V.: membra lacertis, O.: inter nos: inter se, L.: Te comitem, V. — To grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose: (vitis) claviculis quicquid est nacta complectitur: amaracus illum Floribus conplectitur, V.: spatium, to include (in fortifications), Cs.: Ruris quantum aratro Conplecti posses, i. e. plough around, O.: quoad stans complecti posset, grapple, N.: dextrā hostem, V.—Fig., of sleep, to seize upon, enfold: sopor complectitur artūs, V.: me somnus.—To grasp mentally, comprehend, understand: animum cogitatione: alqd: animo: cum conplector animo, reperio, etc.: genus iudiciorum: formam animi, to consider, Ta. — To comprise, express, describe, represent, explain, include, sum up, comprehend: facta oratione: hoc uno complector omnia: causas ipsā sententiā, sum up in the motion itself.— Poet.: est talīs complexa preces, summed up her wishes in, O. — In philos., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, C.—To embrace, value, honor, care for: eum beneficio: te benevolentiā: caritate civīs, L.: cunctam rem p. res tuae gestae complexae sunt, have extended to.—To embrace, include: omnīs omnium caritates patria una complexa est: quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur.—To seize, lay hold of, take possession of: (philosophiae) vis cum est idoneam complexa naturam. -
13 moenia
moenia ium, n [2 MV-], defensive walls, ramparts, bulwarks, city walls: moenium defensores, S.: (urbs) moenibus portuque ornata: inaedificata in muris ab exercitu nostro moenia, fortifications, Cs.: Dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis, V.— Walls, enclosure: moenia navis, O.: caeli, O. — A city enclosed by walls, walled town: in una moenia convenere, S.: nulla iam pernicies moenibus ipsis intra moenia comparabitur, city: cuncta malis habitantur moenia Grais, all the towns, V.: Catili, H.— A mansion, palace: Ditis magni, V. -
14 mūnītiō
mūnītiō ōnis, f [munio], a defending, fortifying, protecting: milites munitione prohibere, Cs.: operis, erection of fortifications, Cs.: munitionis causā in silvas discedere, go to cut wood for a rampart, Cs.— A defence, fortification, rampart, bulwark, intrenchment, walls: munitione a mari (fons) disiunctus: urbem operibus munitionibusque saepire: intra munitiones ingredi, Cs.: per munitionem introire, S.: multum munitionis, of the walls, N.— A making passable, opening: viarum: fluminum, bridging, Ta.* * *fortifying; fortification -
15 moenimentum
mūnīmentum ( moen-, archaic form, Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 106 B. and K.), i, n. [id.], a defence, fortification, intrenchment, rampart, bulwark, protection (class. but not in Cic.).I.Lit.:II.ut instar muri hae sepes munimenta praeberent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:fossa, haud parvum munimentum, a planioribus aditu locis,
Liv. 1, 33, 7:sepulcri,
Dig. 11, 7, 37.—Esp., of military fortifications, intrenchments:tenere se munimentis,
Tac. A. 13, 36:domūs munimentis septae,
id. ib. 15, 38:munimentis se defendere,
id. H. 5, 20:coërcere intra munimenta militem,
id. ib. 2, 18:munimenta perrumpere,
id. A. 12, 17:regni, i. e. flumina,
Curt. 4, 5, 4.—Of a defence or covering for the body:munimentum ipsis equisque loricae plumatae sunt,
Just. 41, 2, 10:pingues aliquando lacernas, munimenta togae accipimus,
Juv. 9, 28.—Trop., defence, protection, shelter:id munimentum (Horatium Coclem) illo die fortuna urbis Romanae habuit,
Liv. 2, 10:rati, noctem sibi munimento fore,
Sall. J. 97, 3:munimento foret,
id. ib. 50, 3:legiones firma imperii munimenta,
Tac. H. 4, 52:legum,
Val. Max. 6, 3 prooem.; 2, 1, 5. -
16 munimentum
mūnīmentum ( moen-, archaic form, Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 106 B. and K.), i, n. [id.], a defence, fortification, intrenchment, rampart, bulwark, protection (class. but not in Cic.).I.Lit.:II.ut instar muri hae sepes munimenta praeberent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:fossa, haud parvum munimentum, a planioribus aditu locis,
Liv. 1, 33, 7:sepulcri,
Dig. 11, 7, 37.—Esp., of military fortifications, intrenchments:tenere se munimentis,
Tac. A. 13, 36:domūs munimentis septae,
id. ib. 15, 38:munimentis se defendere,
id. H. 5, 20:coërcere intra munimenta militem,
id. ib. 2, 18:munimenta perrumpere,
id. A. 12, 17:regni, i. e. flumina,
Curt. 4, 5, 4.—Of a defence or covering for the body:munimentum ipsis equisque loricae plumatae sunt,
Just. 41, 2, 10:pingues aliquando lacernas, munimenta togae accipimus,
Juv. 9, 28.—Trop., defence, protection, shelter:id munimentum (Horatium Coclem) illo die fortuna urbis Romanae habuit,
Liv. 2, 10:rati, noctem sibi munimento fore,
Sall. J. 97, 3:munimento foret,
id. ib. 50, 3:legiones firma imperii munimenta,
Tac. H. 4, 52:legum,
Val. Max. 6, 3 prooem.; 2, 1, 5.
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