oratio+c

ăb-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.

Lit., of a wave, to flow over and down, to overflow (while redundo signifies to flow over a thing with great abundance of water, to inundate): apud abundantem antiquam amnem, Att. ap. Non. 192, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

flumina abundare ut facerent,

Lucr. 6, 267; cf. id. 1, 282; Verg. G. 3, 484; and in the beautiful figure in Plaut.: ripis superat mi atque abundat pectus laetitiā, for joy, my heart swells above its banks and overflows, Stich. 2, 1, 6:

ita abundavit Tiberis, ut, etc.,

Liv. 30, 38, 10; cf.:

quando aqua Albana abundāsset,

id. 5, 15, 11: so,

fons in omnem partem,

Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188.

Transf.

Poet., of plants, to shoot up with great luxuriance:

de terris abundant herbarum genera ac fruges,

Lucr. 5, 920 (in Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3, the better read. is obundantes, Enn. p. 65 Vahl.).

In gen., to abound, to be redundant:

sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61:

abundabant et praemia et operae vitae,

Plin. H. N. 14, prooem. § 4.—Once with dat.:

tenuioribus magis sanguis, plenioribus magis caro abundat,

Cels. 2, 10.

To overflow with any thing, to have an abundance or superabundance of, to abound in (the most usual signif.); constr. with abl., and once poet. with gen. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 189 n.).

With abl.:

divitiis,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 17:

villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

praeceptis philosophiae,

id. Off. 1, 1:

ingenio, otio,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

mulier abundat audaciā,

id. Clu. 84: cujus oratio omnibus [p. 14] ornamentis abundavit, id. Balb. 7:

equitatu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

magna copiā frumenti,

id. ib. 8, 40:

aquā, Auct. B. Alex. 1: et aequalium familiaritatibus et consuetudine propinquorum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

clientibus,

Quint. 5, 10, 26.— Poet.: amore abundas, you are too fortunate in love (successu prospero affluis, Don.), Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 11; cf. Lucil.: ille abundans cum septem incolumis pinnis redit, ap. Don. Ter. l. c.—

With gen.: quarum et abundemus rerum et quarum indigeamus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 498, 7.—Esp., to abound in wealth, to be rich (cf. abundantia, II.):

et absentes adsunt et egentes abundant,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

Caietam, si quando abundare coepero, ornabo,

id. Att. 1, 4, 3.—Hence, ăbun-dans, antis, P. a., overflowing.

Lit., of rivers, fluids, etc.:

fluvius abundantior aestate,

i. e. fuller, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

abundantissimus amnis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

menses (mulierum),

Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147. —

Transf.

Existing in abundance, copious, abundant:

non adesā jam, sed abundanti etiam pecuniā sic dissolutus,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40.—

Containing abundance, abounding, rich, full; constr. with abl., gen., or absol.

With abl.:

vir abundans bellicis laudibus, Cn. Pompeius,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

abundantior consilio, ingenio, sapientiā,

id. Pis. 26, 62:

rerum copiā et sententiarum varietate abundantissimus,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 58.—

With gen.:

(via) copiosa omniumque rerum abundans,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

lactis,

Verg. E. 2, 20:

corporis, Claud. ap. Eutrop. 2, 380: pietatis,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 113.—

Absol.:

non erat abundans, non inops tamen oratio,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

abundantior atque ultra quam oportet fusa materia,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

abundantissima cena,

Suet. Ner. 42; cf. id. Calig. 17.—Also in a bad sense, of discourse, pleonastic, superabundant, Quint. 12, 10, 18; 8, 3, 56.— Hence, adv.:

ex abundanti,

superabundantly, Quint. 4, 5, 15; 5, 6, 2; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 46 al.—

Esp., abounding in wealth, rich (syn. dives, opp. egens):

(supellex) non illa quidem luxuriosi hominis, sed tamen abundantis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

haec utrum abundantis an egentis signa sunt?

id. Par. 6, 1, § 43.—Hence, adv.: ăbundanter, abundantly, copiously:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 35:

ferre fructum,

Plin. 24, 9, 42.— Comp., Cic. Trop. 10.— Sup., Suet. Aug. 74.

ac-commŏdo, āvi, ātum (better, adc.), 1, v. a., to fit or adapt one thing to another, to lay, put, or hang on (in good prose, esp. in Cic., very freq.), constr. with ad, dat., or absol.

Lit.:

coronam sibi ad caput,

Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

clupeum ad dorsum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 93: gladium dextrae, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48; so,

hastam dextrae,

Sil. 5, 146:

calauticam capiti,

Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. 5; so,

lateri ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 393; absol.:

insignia,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5.—

In gen., to prepare for any use:

Arabus lapis dentifriciis adcommodatur crematus,

Plin. 36, 21, 41, § 153.

Trop., to adjust or adapt to, to accommodate to:

meum consilium adcommodabo ad tuum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7; so id. Att. 10, 7; 12, 32; id. Leg. 3, 2 al.—Hence, with se, to adapt one's self to another's opinion, wishes, etc., to conform to, to comply with:

omnes qui probari volunt, ad eorum qui audiunt arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et adcommodant,

Cic. Or. 8, 24: alicui de aliqua re, to be compliant to one in any thing:

peto a te... ut ei de habitatione adcommodes,

id. Fam. 13, 2. —

In gen., to bring a person or thing to something, to apply:

testes ad crimen,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:

vim ad eloquentiam,

id. Or. 7:

curam pratis, etc.,

to apply, Quint. 1, 12, 7:

nonnullam operam his studiis,

id. 1, 10, 15; cf.

1, 8, 19: verba alicui (equival. to dare),

id. 6, 1, 27; cf.

11, 1, 39 al.: intentionem his,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2 al. — Hence, with se (in a more general sense than above), to apply or devote one's self to, to undertake:

se ad rem publicam et ad res magnas gerendas,

Cic. Off. 1, 21; of property, to lend it to one for use:

si quid iste suorum aedilibus adcommodavit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57.—Hence, accommŏdātus, a, um, P. a., fitted or adapted to, suitable, conformable, or appropriate to (only in prose; in poetry, accommodus is used), with ad or dat.:

puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum adcommodatae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

oratio ad persuadendum adcommodata,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8:

quae mihi intelligis esse adcommodata,

conformable to my interest, id. Fam. 3, 3. — Comp.:

oratio contionibus concitatis adcommodatior,

id. Clu. 1; so Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

nobis accommodatior,

Quint. 4, 1, 5; Suet. Ner. 8.— Sup.:

exemplum temporibus suis adcommodatissimum,

Cic. Fragm. Corn. 7; so Plin. 13, 3, 6, § 26; Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 7; Quint. 12, 10, 63 al.— Adv.: accommŏ-dāte, fitly, suitably, agreeably:

dicere quam maxime adc. ad veritatem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149.— Comp., id. Or. 33, 117.— Sup., id. Fin. 5, 9, 24.

ăd-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo], to hold toward or to, to turn, bring, add to; with ad, in, dat. or absol.

In gen.

Lit.:

cur non adhibuisti, dum istaec loquereris, tympanum,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38:

huc adhibete aurīs (ad ea) quae ego loquar,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 20:

ad mea formosos vultus adhibete carmina,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 37; cf. ib. 13, 15:

manus medicas ad vulnera,

Verg. G. 3, 455:

odores ad deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40:

quos negat ad panem adhibere quidquam, praeter nasturtium,

to eat with it, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34:

alicui calcaria,

id. Brut. 56 (cf. addere calcar, v. addo):

manus genibus adhibet, i. e. admovet, genua amplexatur,

Ov. M. 9, 216:

vincula captis,

to put them on them, id. F. 3, 293.—

Trop.:

metum ut mihi adhibeam,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 20; cf. Quint. 1, 3, 15:

nunc animum nobis adhibe veram ad rationem,

Lucr. 2, 1023; Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20:

vacuas aurīs adhibe ad veram rationem,

Lucr. 1, 51; cf. Ov. M. 15, 238; Verg. A. 11, 315:

ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem afferat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50:

est ea (oratio) quidem utilior, sed raro proficit neque est ad vulgus adhibenda,

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 60:

adhibere cultus, honores, preces, diis immortalibus,

id. N. D. 1, 2; cf. Tac. A. 14, 53:

alicui voluptates,

Cic. Mur. 35:

consolationem,

id. Brut. 96:

omnes ii motus, quos orator adhibere volet judici,

which the orator may wish to communicate to the judge, id. de Or. 2, 45 al. —Hence = addere, adjungere, to add to:

uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam non adhiberet,

Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 39:

ad domesticorum majorumque morem etiam hanc a Socrate adventitiam doctrinam adhibuerunt,

id. Rep. 3, 3.

Esp.

Of persons, to bring one to a place, to summon, to employ (cf. the Engl. to have one up):

hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, quin mihi testes adhibeam,

Ter. Ph. 4, 5, 2; so Cic. Fin. 2, 21; Tac. A. 15, 14:

medicum,

Cic. Fat. 12:

leges, ad quas (sc. defendendas) adhibemur,

we are summoned, id. Clu. 52:

nec, quoniam apud Graecos judices res agetur, poteris adhibere Demosthenem,

id. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

adhibebitur heros,

shall be brought upon the stage, Hor. A. P. 227:

castris adhibere socios et foedera jungere,

Verg. A. 8, 56:

aliquem in partem periculi,

Ov. M. 11, 447:

in auxilium,

Just. 3, 6.—

Adhibere ad or in consilium, to send for one in order to receive counsel from him, to consult one:

neque hos ad concilium adhibendos censeo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 3:

in consilium,

Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 1; so also absol.:

a tuis reliquis non adhibemur,

we are not consulted, Cic. Fam. 4, 7; so ib. 10, 25; 11, [p. 35] 7; id. Off. 3, 20; id. Phil. 5, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Suet. Claud. 35; cf. Cortius ad Sall. J. 113, and ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 15.—But sometimes adhibere in consilium = admittere in cons., to admit to a consultation. —So trop.:

est tuum, sic agitare animo, ut non adhibeas in consilium cogitationum tuarum desperationem aut timorem,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1.—

Adhibere aliquem cenae, epulis, etc., to invite to a dinner, to a banquet, etc., to entertain:

adhibete Penatīs et patrios epulis, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 62; so Hor. C. 4, 5, 32; Suet. Caes. 73; Aug. 74: in convivium, Nep. praef. 7.—And absol., to receive, to treat:

quos ego universos adhiberi liberaliter dico oportere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 5:

Quintum filium severius adhibebo,

id. Att. 10, 12.—

Adhibere se ad aliquid, to betake or apply one's self to a thing, i. e. to devote attention to it:

adhibere se remotum a curis veram ad rationem,

Lucr. 1, 44 (cf. above I. A.); and absol.: adhibere se, to appear or to behave one's self in any manner:

permagni est hominis, sic se adhibere in tanta potestate, ut nulla alia potestas ab iis, quibus ipse praeest, desideretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7.—

Adhibere aliquid ad aliquid, alicui rei, or with in and abl., to put a thing to a determinate use, to apply, to use or employ for or in any thing definite (therefore, with intention and deliberation; on the contr., usurpare denotes merely momentary use; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8; and uti, use that arises from some necessity, Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 20):

adhibere omnem diligentiam ad convalescendum,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9; cf. ib. 6; Nep. Att. 21:

cautionem privatis rebus suis,

Cic. Att. 1, 19:

medicinam aegroto,

id. ib. 16, 15:

humatis titulum, i. e. inscriptionem addere,

Liv. 26, 25:

belli necessitatibus patientiam,

id. 5, 6:

fraudem testamento,

Suet. Dom. 2:

curam viis,

id. Vesp. 5:

fidem et diligentiam in amicorum periculis,

Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

misericordiam in fortunis alicujus et sapientiam in salute reip.,

id. Rab. Perd. 2:

flores in causis,

id. Or. 19:

curam in valetudine tuenda,

Cels. 3, 18; and with de:

curam de aliqua re,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3: modum, to set a limit to, to set bounds to:

vitio,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17:

sumptibus,

Suet. Ner. 16: cf. id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 34:

voluptati,

Quint. 9, 3, 74:

memoriam contumeliae,

to retain it in memory, Nep. Epam. 7.—

Adhibere aliquid, in gen., to use, employ, exercise:

neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79:

fidem,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 104:

celeritatem,

Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2:

calumniam, fraudem, dolum, id. Auct. Or. pro Dom. 14, 36: modum quemdam,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; Suet. Calig. 2:

nulla arte adhibita,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

sollertiam, Tibull. 3, 4, 75: querelas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12:

adhibere moram = differre,

Pompon. Dig. 18, 6, 16.—

In later Lat.: alicui aliquem, to bring up, quote one to another as authority for an assertion:

is nos aquam multam ex diluta nive bibentis coërcebat, severiusque increpabat adhibebatque nobis auctoritates nobilium medicorum,

Gell. 19, 5, 3.

ad-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a. (admōram, admōrim, etc., sync. for admoveram, admoverim, etc., Verg. A. 4, 367; Ov. P. 3, 7, 36), to move a person or thing; to bring, conduct, lead, carry, etc., to or toward a place (syn.: adduco, adicio, adhibeo, appello).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with ad or with dat. (in the histt., of an army, implements for besieging, etc.; class. at all periods): dum ne exercitum propius urbem Romam CC milia admoveret, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

copias in locum,

Liv. 42, 57:

signa Achradinae,

id. 25, 24 ext.; so Flor. 1, 24, 3, 23:

castra,

Sil. 1, 296.—Hence, also, sometimes absol., to draw near, to approach, to bring near:

jam admovebat rex,

Curt. 9, 4:

jam opera admoventi deditio est facta,

Liv. 32, 32:

scalas moenibus,

Tac. A. 13, 39. — Trop.:

quot admovi illi fabricas! quot fallacias!

Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (where formerly admoenivi was erroneously read):

tamquam aliquā machinā admotā, capere Asinii adulescentiam,

Cic. Clu. 13;

so also: ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur (sc. civi Romano),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63:

dolorum faces,

id. Off. 2, 10, 37:

cumque quasi faces ei doloris admoverentur,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

fasciculum ad nares,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

pecus flagrantibus aris,

Verg. A. 12, 171:

admotae hostiae (sc. aris),

Tac. A. 2, 69; so Suet. Calig. 32; Luc. 7, 165: Hannibalem admotum, i. e. adductum altaribus, led or conducted to, Liv. 21, 1:

labra poculis,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

ignes templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

exercitum Ariminum,

Liv. 28, 46:

vultum ad auditores,

Auct. Her. 3, 15:

animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis,

Ov. M. 10, 188:

(opes) Stygiis admoverat umbris,

id. ib. 1, 139:

manus operi,

to apply, id. ib. 10, 254:

capiti diadema,

Suet. Caes. 79:

digitum scripturae,

id. Aug. 80:

oscula,

to give a kiss, Ov. M. 10, 644:

aliquem ad munera publica,

to promote, advance, Suet. Tib. 10:

infantes papillae,

to put to, id. Tib. 44 al.:

gressum,

to approach nearer, Stat. Th. 11, 560 (cf.: addere gressum).—

Esp.

To bring one thing near to another, and in the pass. poet. of places, to lie or be situated near:

nocturna ad lumina linum nuper ubi extinctum admoveas,

Lucr. 6, 901:

quae nisi admoto igne ignem concipere possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.: culina ut sit admota, i. e. near or close by, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2:

genus admotum Superis,

nearly related, Sil. 8, 295:

admota Nilo Africa,

Juv. 10, 149.—Hence, aliquem alicui, to bring one near another, i. e. to make friends, to reconcile:

mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari,

Vell. 2, 96.—

With the access. idea of regard to an object to be attained, to move, bring, or apply a thing to; e. g. admovere aures (or aurem), to lend an ear to: manus (or manum) operi, to put one's hand to a work, etc.: accessi, adstiti, animam ( my breath) compressi, aurem admovi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

admovere aures et subauscultando excipere voces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36 (cf.:

aures adhibere,

id. Arch. 3:

praebere aures,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 25; and:

tenere aures,

id. ib. 4, 10, 49); and aures, poet. for auditores:

cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19:

admovent manus vectigalibus populi Rom.,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4; Ov. M. 15, 218; Liv. 5, 22, 4:

in marmoribus, quibus Nicias manum admovisset,

which he had put his hand to, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Curt. 6, 7:

ruderibus purgandis manus primus admovit,

Suet. Vesp. 8. But sometimes manus admovere signif., to lay violent hands on, to attack or assault:

numquam deos ipsos admovere nocentibus manus,

Liv. 5, 11 fin. al.—

Fig., of mental objects, to put, apply, or direct to any thing:

quid praedicem... quot stimulos admoverit homini,

put the goad to, Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

mulier saevissima est, Cum stimulos odio pudor admovet,

Juv. 10, 328:

num admoveri possit oratio ad sensus animorum inflammandos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

animis judicum admovere orationem, tamquam fidibus manum,

id. Brut. 54, 200: sed alia quaedam sit ad eum admovenda curatio (just before: adhibenda oratio; cf.

adhibeo),

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: mentem ad voces alicujus, to direct to, attend to, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10: serus enim Graecis admovit acumina chartis, not until late did ( the Roman) apply his wits to Greek literature, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

terrorem,

to strike with terror, Liv. 6, 10; 41, 17:

spes est admota,

Ov. M. 11, 454:

spes cupiditati admota occaecavit animum,

Liv. 43, 10; id. 27, 43: desiderium patriae, to instil or infuse, Curt. 6, 2 al.

at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.

Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

attritum mentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

legio proeliis attenuata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

fame attenuari,

Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

macie attenuari,

ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

sortes adtenuatae,

diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

(lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

Cat. 64, 41:

adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

patrias opes,

id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—

Trop.:

curas lyrā,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

luctus,

Albin. ad Liv. 342:

insignem attenuat deus,

brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.

Lit.:

adtenuatus amore,

Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

voce paululum attenuatā,

with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—

Trop.

Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —

Esp., of discourse.

Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—

Too much refined, affected:

itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—

Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

attenuata verborum constructio,

id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—

* Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

attenuate presseque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].

A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):

uteri terrae radicibus apti,

fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):

bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,

united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:

gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,

Gell. 1, 15.—

Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:

honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,

id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

causa ex aeternis causis apta,

id. Fat. 15, 34:

cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:

non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,

Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:

vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

rudentibus apta fortuna,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—

A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:

aptum conexum et colligatum significat,

Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):

conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,

Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:

genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,

bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:

quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,

id. 6, 1067 al.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,

id. Tim. 5:

qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,

id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —

Trop.:

omnia inter se apta et conexa,

Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:

apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D 3, 1, 4:

efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,

id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,

the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);

imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,

Verg. A. 11, 202, and:

axis stellis ardentibus aptus,

id. ib. 4, 482:

veste signis ingentibus aptā,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

magis apta figura,

id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:

Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,

aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).

In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.

With ad:

ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

id. ib. 2, 55, 136:

locus ad insidias aptior,

id. Mil. 20:

calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:

aptum ad proelium,

ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:

fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —

With dat.:

non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,

Lucr. 6, 961:

aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,

id. 6, 773:

initia apta et accommodata naturae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:

quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,

id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:

quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:

apta dies sacrificio,

Liv. 1, 45:

venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,

id. 25, 37 al.:

notavi portus puppibus aptos,

Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:

armis apta magis tellus,

Prop. 4, 22, 19:

aptum equis Argos,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

apta vinculo conjugali,

Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:

aptus amicis,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:

With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):

in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,

Liv. 38, 21:

formas deus aptus in omnes,

apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:

in ceteros apta usus,

Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:

vasa apta in interitum,

ib. Rom. 9, 22.—

With qui (cf. Zumpt, §

568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,

Cic. Am. 1, 4:

est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,

Ov. H. 3, 70.—

Poet., with inf:

(Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,

Tib. 4, 1, 63:

aetas mollis et apta regi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,

Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:

amor,

Prop. 4, 22, 42:

saltus,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

ars,

Tib. 1, 7, 60:

apta oscula,

Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:

lar aptus,

an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:

aptus exercitus,

an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:

tempus aptum,

the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—

Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:

quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:

Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,

exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.

Lit.

Absol.:

atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,

Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:

capiti apte reponere,

Liv. 1, 34, 8.—

With ad:

apte convenire ad pedem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,

With inter:

ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,

Cic. Or. 44, 149.—

Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.

Absol.:

facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

apte et quiete ferre,

id. ib. 4, 17, 38:

non equite apte locato,

Liv. 4, 37, 8:

Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:

nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,

Curt. 8, 8, 13:

floribus compositis apte et utiliter,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:

qualia aptius suis referentur locis,

Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:

Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,

Mart. 13, 26.—

With dat.:

si quid exierit numeris aptius,

Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:

seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,

Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—

With ad:

(ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),

Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

Liv. 1, 10, 5.

at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.

Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

attritum mentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

legio proeliis attenuata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

fame attenuari,

Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

macie attenuari,

ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

sortes adtenuatae,

diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

(lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

Cat. 64, 41:

adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

patrias opes,

id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—

Trop.:

curas lyrā,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

luctus,

Albin. ad Liv. 342:

insignem attenuat deus,

brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.

Lit.:

adtenuatus amore,

Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

voce paululum attenuatā,

with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—

Trop.

Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —

Esp., of discourse.

Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—

Too much refined, affected:

itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—

Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

attenuata verborum constructio,

id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—

* Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

attenuate presseque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

campus, i, m. [cf. kêpos, Dor. kapos; perh. for scampus from skaptô, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-' lambanô].

In gen.

Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi,

Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950:

in camporum patentium aequoribus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

aequor campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376:

aequo dare se campo,

id. 9, 56:

in aequo campi,

Liv. 5, 38, 4:

campos pedibus transire,

Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493:

campos et montes peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum,

id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372:

campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus,

Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1:

virentes,

Lucr. 1, 19:

frequens herbis et fertilis ubere,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

gramineus,

id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6:

pingues Asiae,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1:

herbosus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 9:

herbidus aquosusque,

Liv. 9, 2, 7:

opimus, id'. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti,

id. 22, 3, 3:

pigri,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al. —

Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

si pinguis agros metabere campi,

Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.:

certamina magna per campos instructa,

id. 2, 5:

campus terrenus,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo,

id. 24, 14, 6:

(praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo ( in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579:

insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius),

Tac. H. 2, 70; so,

Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare,

the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106:

campum colligere,

Veg. Mil. 3, 25.—

Meton., the produce of the field:

moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus,

Stat. Th. 5, 528.—

Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.):

caeruleos per campos,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

campi natantes,

Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141:

liquentes,

Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214:

campus Liberioris aquae,

Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43:

latus aquarum,

id. ib. 1, 315;

11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum),

Verg. A. 5, 128.—

Trop.:

feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis,

on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31:

(oratio) aequo congressa campo,

on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92:

velut campum nacti expositionis,

id. 4, 2, 39.—

Esp.

As geog. designation.

Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.—

Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.—

Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.—

Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.—

Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.—

An open place in or near Rome.

Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.—

Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll. —

Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll. —

Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.—Hence,

Meton., the comitia themselves:

curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167:

fors domina campi,

id. Pis. 2, 3:

venalis,

Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.—

Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.):

me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere,

id. ib. 3, 31, 124:

magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. [p. 276] ib. 70, 8:

rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

campus, i, m., = kampos, a seaanimal:

marini = hippocampi,

Mart. 9, 43, 1.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.