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1 apex
ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,I.Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,II.Transf.A.(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:B.QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,
Liv. 6, 41:apex e capite prolapsus,
Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—Any hat or helmet, a crown:C.ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,
Cic. Leg. 1, 1:regum apices,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:ardet apex capiti,
Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—A projecting point or summit.1.Lit., of trees:2.lauri,
Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:sublimis,
Juv. 12, 72:montis apex,
Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:D.apex est senectutis auctoritas,
Cic. Sen. 17, 60:hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;2.Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,
Arn. 3 init. —The forms or outlines of the letters:E.litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),A letter or any other writing:F.apicum oblator,
Sid. Ep. 6, 8:Augusti apices,
i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,
Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17. -
2 apex
apex icis, m [1 AP-], the extreme end, point, summit, top: lauri, V.: montis, O.: sublimis (of a headland), Iu.: levis, a tongue of flame, V.—A hat, helmet, crown: regum apices, H.: summus, the top of the helmet, V.: hinc apicem Fortuna Sustulit, the crown, H.: dialis, the flamen's hat, i. e. the priestly office, L. — Fig., the highest ornament: apex est senectutis auctoritas.* * *point, top, summit; cap, crown; conical priest cap; highest honor; long mark over vowel; outlines of letters, letter; least particle, speck -
3 circumduco
circum-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. ( imper. circumduce, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 83; id. Most. 3, 2, 159; id. Mil. 2, 2, 66), to lead or draw around (class.; esp. freq. in milit. lang.; in Cic. perh. only once).I.Prop.:B.circumduce exercitum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 66; cf. Liv. 1, 27, 8; 8, 13, 8:miles aliquo circumducitur,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 21:quattuor cohortibus longiore itinere circumductis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:alas ad latus Samnitium,
Liv. 10, 29, 9:agmen per invia circa, etc.,
id. 21, 36, 4:pars devio saltu circumducta,
id. 41, 19, 8; cf. id. 36, 24, 8:captos Vitellii exploratores circumductos, ut robora exercitus noscerent, remittendo,
Tac. H. 3, 54:aliquem per totam civitatem,
Petr. 141.— Also like the simple verb absol.:praeter castra hostium circumducit,
marches around, avoids, Liv. 34, 14, 1:aliquem vicatim,
Suet. Calig. 35:per coetus epulantium,
id. ib. 32:quosdam per organa hydraulica,
id. Ner. 41. —With two accs.:eho istum, puer, circumduce hasce aedis et conclavia,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 159:quos Pompeius... omnia sua praesidia circumduxit atque ostentavit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 61 Kraner ad loc.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 517 sq.—And in tmesis: circum in quaestus ducere Asinum,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 4.—Of things: Casilinum coloniam deduxisti, ut vexillum tolleres, ut aratrum circumduceres (as usu. in founding a new city; v. aratrum), * Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102; cf.:II.oppida, quae prius erant circumducta aratro,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: bracchium (v. bracchium), Auct. B. Hisp. 6; Suet. Claud. 20:flumen Dubis, ut circino circumductum, paene totum oppidum cingit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38:utro modo vero id circumductum est (of a round hole),
Cels. 8, 3, 16:litteras subicere et circumducere,
i. e. when a line is filled, to place the remaining letters of a word below the line, and draw circular marks around them, to indicate that they belong above, Suet. Aug. 87 fin.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 204 and 226:umbra hominis lineis circumducta,
i.e. represented by outlines, sketched, Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 15.—Trop.A.In conversat. language, aliquem aliqua re or absol., to deceive, cheat, impose upon (syn.:B.circumvenio, decipio, fraudo, fallo): aliquem argento,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 39; 1, 5, 16:quadrigentis Philippis filius me et Chrusalus circumduxerunt,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 77:quā me potes, circumduce, aufer,
id. As. 1, 1, 84; id. Poen. 5, 5, 8; 5, 2, 16; id. Ps. 1, 5, 115; Dig. 42, 33, 1 al.—Of discourse, to use circumlocution, to prolong:C.cum sensus unus longiore ambitu circumducitur,
Quint. 9, 4, 124; cf. id. 10, 2, 17.—In prosody, to speak drawlingly, to drawl out; only in Quint. 11, 3, 172; 12, 10, 33; 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.—D.In jurid. Lat., to draw lines around a law, i. e. to cancel, annul, abrogate (cf. cancello, II., and circumscribo, II. D.), Dig. 5, 1, 73; 40, 12, 27; 49, 1, 22.
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