pas

culpa, ae, f. [kindr. in root with scelus; cf. Sanscr. skhal-, errare], crime, fault, blame, failure, defect (as a state worthy of punishment; on the contr. delictum, peccatum, etc., as punishable acts; diff. from scelus, which implies an intentional injury of others; but culpa includes in it an error in judgment).

Prop.

In gen. (very freq. in every period and species of composition):

delictum suum Suamque ut culpam expetere in mortalem sinat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

non C. Rabirium culpa delicti, non invidia vitae... in discrimen capitis vocaverunt,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 2:

in hoc uno genere omnis inesse culpas istius maximas avaritiae, majestatis, dementiae, libidinis, crudelitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 42:

et culpam in facto, non scelus esse meo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 24 et saep.:

quicquid hujus factum'st culpa, non factum'st mea,

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 10:

is quidem In culpā non est,

to blame, in fault, id. Hec. 4, 4, 78; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 19:

praesidio ad eorum, qui in culpā essent, timorem uti,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 7:

malo Tironis verecundiam in culpā esse, quam inliberalitatem Curii,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3; id. Planc. 4, 10; cf.:

ut jam sit in iis culpa, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

tua culpa nonnulla est,

you are somewhat to blame, not without fault, id. ib. 3, 8, 6:

sed haec mea culpa est,

id. Brut. 35, 133:

ne penes ipsos culpa esset cladis,

Liv. 5, 36, 10:

penes Aetolos culpam belli esse,

id. 35, 33, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 18, 2; Plin. Ep. 10, 30 (39), 2:

culpa, quae te est penes, Ter. hec. 4, 1, 20: culpa abest ab aliquo,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

aliquem extra culpam belli esse judicare,

Liv. 8, 19, 10:

in mutum confers culpam,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 55:

conferre in aliquem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96; Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Cic. Sen. 5, 14 al.; cf.:

culpam transferre in aliquem,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; Cic. Att. 15, 28; id. Font. 8, 18:

suam quisque culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt,

Sall. J. 1, 4:

contrahere culpam,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1:

culpam non modo derivare in aliquem, sed communicare cum altero,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 49:

in culpā ponere aliquem,

id. Clu. 45, 127:

indecorant bene nata (pectora) culpae,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 36; 4, 15, 11:

seraque fata, Quae manent culpas etiam sub Orco,

id. ib. 3, 11, 29; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 28, 5; Arn. 1, p. 27.—

In partic.

The crime of unchastity, a faux pas (cf. crimen, II. A. 2.), Ov. M. 2, 37 et saep.; Verg. A. 4, 19; 4, 172; Hor. C. 3, 27, 38; 3, 6, 17; Tac. A. 3, 24 et saep.—

Mostly in jurid. Lat., the fault of remissness, neglect, Dig. 17, 2, 72; 18, 1, 68; 42, 5, 8, § 3:

nec sum facturus (rem) vitio culpāve minorem,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 6.—

Meton., any thing mischievous or injurious, mischief:

continuo culpam (sc. ovem aegram) ferro compesce,

Verg. G. 3, 468:

sedula (i. e. meretrix),

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 20.—

Of things, a fault, defect:

operum et laudes et culpae,

Vitr. 3, 1, 4.

pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n. [root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. pateomai; cf. pabulum, pastor, Pales, panis; perh. also, Penates, penum], to cause to eat, to feed, pasture.

Lit.

Of animals, to pasture, drive to pasture, to feed, attend to the feeding of, etc. (cf. pabulor):

cum sues puer pasceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

greges armentaque pavit,

Ov. M. 6, 395:

non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis,

Verg. E. 1, 78:

turpes sub gurgite phocas,

id. G. 4, 395:

ut pasceret porcos,

Vulg. Luc. 15, 15. —

= depasco, of land, to pasture, give as a pasture:

et vomere duros Exercent collis atque horum asperrima pascunt,

Verg. A. 11. 319.—

In gen., to feed, supply with food:

quot greges et quantos sit pasturus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24:

bestias pascere,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere,

id. ib. 2, 25, 89:

quid refert, quantum pascat aut feneret?

Sen. Ep. 2, 5:

plures calones atque caballi Pascendi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 103.—

To feed, nourish, maintain, support (syn.:

alo, nutrio): olusculis nos soles pascere,

used to feed us with vegetables, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

quos, dives Anagnia, pascis, quos, Amasene pater,

Verg. A. 7, 684:

servi, ad quos pascendos transmarinarum regionum est optanda fertilitas,

Sen. Ep. 17, 3; so,

servos,

Juv. 3, 141:

viginti ventres pasco et canem,

Petr. 57:

nullā provinciarum pascente Italiam,

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 15: Juv. 7, 93.—Of one who gives frequent entertainments, to feast, entertain:

cum plurimos suis sumptibus pasceret,

Spart. Hadr. 17; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41: se sutoris arte pascere, earn a living, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.—Rarely of things:

et volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (sc. me),

Verg. A. 3, 650.—

To cherish, cultivate, let grow, feed, etc.— Poet.: barbam, i.e. to cherish, to let grow, pôgônotrophein, Hor. S. 2, 3, 35:

sacrum (Baccho) crinem,

Verg. A. 7, 391:

genas Phoebo, crinem Iaccho,

Stat. Th. 8, 493:

Danaas paverunt Pergama flammas,

fed, Ov. M. 14, 467:

ubi Taurica dira Caede pharetratae pascitur ara deae,

id. Tr. 4, 4, 63:

polus dum sidera pascet,

Verg. A. 1, 608; Luc. 10, 258:

umbra pascens sata,

Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90:

brevitate crassitudinem pascens,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13:

agros,

to till, cultivate, Mart. 10, 58, 9:

nummos alienos,

to keep adding to, heap debt on debt, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 35.—

Of animals, to graze, browse ( poet.):

pascentes capellae,

Verg. E. 3, 96:

columbae,

id. A. 6, 199:

saltibus in vacuis pascunt,

id. G 3, 143:

sed tunc pascebant herbosa Palatia vaccae,

Tib. 2, 5, 25:

ire vis, mula, pastum foras,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22.—Esp.

In pass. reflex., with dep. force:

cetera pascuntur viridis armenta per herbas,

Verg. G. 3, 162:

pascitur in magnā Silā formosa juvenca,

id. ib. 3, 219:

frondibus et victu pascuntur simplicis herbae,

id. ib. 3, 528:

carice pastus acutā,

id. ib. 3, 231; 341:

si pulli non pascentur,

Liv. 6, 41, 8:

iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo,

chews the cud, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 17 sq. —

Like depascere, with acc.:

silvas,

Verg. G. 3, 314:

mala gramina,

id. A. 2, 471:

apes arbuta,

id. G. 4, 181:

beluae pastae radices fruticum,

Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 7.—

Trop.

To feast, to gratify:

quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,

Cic. Mil. 2, 3:

alicujus cruciatu atque supplicio pascere oculos animumque exsaturare,

to feast, id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

in ejus corpore lacerando... oculos paverit suos,

id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 25:

animum picturā pascit inani,

Verg. A. 1, 464:

spes inanes,

to cherish, id. ib. 10, 627.—Of style:

omnia quasi eodem cibo pasta,

Petr. S. 2.—

Pass. reflex.:

his ego rebus pascor, his delector,

feast myself, Cic. Pis. 20, 45:

pasci discordiis civium et seditione,

id. Sest. 46, 99:

ego hic pascor bibliothecā Fausti,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

qui maleficio et scelere pascuntur,

live by, id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

otia corpus alunt: animus quoque pascitur illis,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 21:

pasci dolore alicujus,

id. M. 6, 280.—

To lay waste, ravage, desolate:

vestros campos,

Liv. 25, 12:

et pascent terram Assur in gladio,

Vulg. Mic. 5, 6; cf.:

pasce populum tuum in virgā tuā,

id. ib. 7, 14.

passīvus, a, um, adj. [2. pando].

Spread about, general, common, found everywhere (post-class.):

nomen dei,

applied to many, common, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 7: cupiditates, Firm. Math. 5, 1.—

Promiscuous, confused:

seminum passiva congeries,

App. M. 6, p. 177, 14.—Hence,

Subst.: passīvus, i, m., i. q. popularis: vagi Romanorum, quos passivos appellant, Aug. contr. Adamant. 24; so, populari, passivo, Schol. Juv. 8, 182.— Adv.: passīvē:

crines per colla passive dispositi,

dispersedly, App. M. 11 init.; Tert. adv. Psych. 2.

passīvus, a, um, adj. [patior], capable of feeling or suffering, passible, passive (post-class.):

anima passiva et interibilis,

Arn. 2, 65; App. de Deo Socr. p. 49.—

In partic., in gram., passive:

verbum passivum... quod habet naturam patiendi,

Quint. 1, 6, 10:

verba,

Charis. 2; Diom. 1; Prisc. 8 et saep.— Adv.: pas-sīvē, passively, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.

post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. pumatos (for posmatos); Lat. pone, postremus].

Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.):

ante aut post,

Liv. 22, 5, 8:

servi, qui post erant,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29:

lacertis priora genua post curvantur,

backwards, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7:

post minor est,

i.e. shorter when seen from behind, Juv. 6, 504. —

Of time, afterwards, after: nunc et post semper, old poet in Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.—

Ante... post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.):

post duobus mensibus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33:

initio... post autem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.):

multis post annis,

many years after, Cic. Fl. 23, 56:

paucis diebus post,

Plaut. Men. prol. 36:

multis annis post,

id. ib. 5, 9, 72:

biennio post,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3:

aliquanto post,

some time after, shortly after, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

post aliquanto,

id. Or. 30, 107:

paulo post valens,

a little later, id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:

post paulo,

soon after, Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

multo post quam,

long after, Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.:

post tanto,

so long after, Verg. G. 3, 476:

post non multo,

not long afterwards, Nep. Paus. 3, 1:

neque ita multo,

and not very long afterwards, id. Cim. 3, 4.—With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.):

inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 529:

primum... post deinde,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—

Prep. with acc., behind.

Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52:

post nostra castra,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9:

post tergum,

id. ib. 7, 88:

post carecta,

Verg. E. 3, 20:

post montem se occultare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83:

post se alligare,

Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91:

post equitem sedet atra cura,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.—

Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than:

neque erat Lydia post Chloen,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 6:

tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 9:

ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent,

Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.—

Of time, after, since:

aliquot post menses,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

maxima post hominum memoriam classis,

since the memory of man, Nep. Them. 5, 3:

post M. Brutum proconsulem,

after the proconsulate, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.—So with part. constr.:

post urbem conditam,

since the city was founded, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

post homines natos,

id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69:

sexennio post Veios captos,

after the taking of Veii, id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al. —Put after the noun:

hunc post,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—With quam:

decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat,

Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat,

id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards:

post id cum lassus fueris,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

eum numquam post illa vidi,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43:

post illa,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

post haec deinde,

then after this, and next, Col. 3, 4:

post Hectora,

Ov. M. 12, 607.—

Transf., besides, except:

post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit,

Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.

princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).

In gen.:

origo principii nulla est: nam ex principio oriuntur omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

quid est cujus principium aliquod sit, nihil sit extremum?

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

nec principium, nec finem habere,

id. Sen. 21, 78:

cujus criminis neque principium invenire, neque evolvere exitum possum,

id. Cael. 23, 56:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

bellorum atque imperiorum,

id. Balb. 3, 9:

principium pontis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

principio lucis,

at daybreak, Amm. 25, 5, 1:

in principiis dicendi,

at the commencement of a speech, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121;

so of a declaration in a lawsuit,

Juv. 6, 245:

suave quoddam principium dicendi,

Amm. 30, 4, 19: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce:

omnium rerum magnarum principia a dis immortalibus ducuntur,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

principium urbis,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309:

omne principium huc refer,

id. C. 3, 6, 6:

a Jove principium,

Verg. E. 3, 60:

anni,

Liv. 1, 4:

a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium,

Ov. M. 13, 705:

capessere,

to begin, Tac. A. 15, 49.—Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first:

principio... postea, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75:

principio generi animantium omni est a naturā tributum, ut se tueatur,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; id. Fin. 1, 6, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. And. 3, 3, 38; Verg. A. 6, 214; Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; so,

a principio: ac vellem a principio te audissem, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

dixeram a principio, de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157:

in principio,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

principio ut,

as soon as, Plaut. Merc. prol. 40; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people:

adusque principia Carmanorum,

Amm. 23, 6, 74.—

In partic.

Plur., beginnings, foundations, principles, elements (class.):

bene provisa et diligenter explorata principia ponantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 18:

naturae,

id. Off. 3, 12, 52;

for which: principia naturalia,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 35:

principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constant,

first principles, elements, id. Ac. 2, 36, 117.—

Prov.: obsta principiis (cf. the French: ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute),

Ov. R. Am. 91.—

That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria, Rudorff. p. 142; Lex Appar. ap. Haubold, Moment. Leg. p. 85; Plebissc. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

Faucia curia fuit principium,

was the first to vote, Liv. 9, 38 fin. —

In gen., a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor ( poet.):

Graecia principium moris fuit,

Ov. F. 2, 37:

mihi Belus avorum Principium,

ancestor, progenitor, Sil. 15, 748.—Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and [p. 1446] his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities, Inscr. Orell. 2276.—

In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.

The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army:

post principia,

behind the front, Liv. 2, 65; cf.:

hic ero post principia, inde omnibus signum dabo,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11: post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 135, 31: deinde ipse paulatim procedere;

Marium post principia habere,

Sall. J. 50, 2:

traversis principiis, in planum deducit,

id. ib. 49, 6:

equites post principia collocat,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. H. 2, 43. —

The staff-officers, members of the council of war (post-class.):

mittere principia,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30:

a principiis salutari,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10:

advocatis legionum principiis et turmarum,

Amm. 25, 5, 1; Cod. 12, 47, 1.—

A large open space in a camp, in which were the tents of the general, lieutenants, and tribunes, together with the standards, and where speeches were made and councils held; the general's quarters:

jura reddere in principiis,

Liv. 28, 24:

in principiis ac praetorio in unum sermones confundi,

id. 7, 12:

castrorum,

Just. 11, 6, 6:

in castris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum, eoque omnes cotidie convenire (jussit), ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur,

Nep. Eum. 7, 2; Suet. Oth. 1; 6; Flor. 3, 10, 12:

primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat,

Tac. H. 3, 13; 1, 48; Dig. 49, 16, 12; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 16.—

Precedence, preference, the first place:

principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —

Plur., selections, selected passages:

principiorum libri circumferuntur, quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse perfecta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—

In partic., mastery, dominion (post-class.): archê, magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est archê, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum, Tert. adv. Hermog. 19.

princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).

In gen.:

origo principii nulla est: nam ex principio oriuntur omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

quid est cujus principium aliquod sit, nihil sit extremum?

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

nec principium, nec finem habere,

id. Sen. 21, 78:

cujus criminis neque principium invenire, neque evolvere exitum possum,

id. Cael. 23, 56:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

bellorum atque imperiorum,

id. Balb. 3, 9:

principium pontis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

principio lucis,

at daybreak, Amm. 25, 5, 1:

in principiis dicendi,

at the commencement of a speech, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121;

so of a declaration in a lawsuit,

Juv. 6, 245:

suave quoddam principium dicendi,

Amm. 30, 4, 19: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce:

omnium rerum magnarum principia a dis immortalibus ducuntur,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

principium urbis,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309:

omne principium huc refer,

id. C. 3, 6, 6:

a Jove principium,

Verg. E. 3, 60:

anni,

Liv. 1, 4:

a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium,

Ov. M. 13, 705:

capessere,

to begin, Tac. A. 15, 49.—Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first:

principio... postea, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75:

principio generi animantium omni est a naturā tributum, ut se tueatur,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; id. Fin. 1, 6, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. And. 3, 3, 38; Verg. A. 6, 214; Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; so,

a principio: ac vellem a principio te audissem, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

dixeram a principio, de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157:

in principio,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

principio ut,

as soon as, Plaut. Merc. prol. 40; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people:

adusque principia Carmanorum,

Amm. 23, 6, 74.—

In partic.

Plur., beginnings, foundations, principles, elements (class.):

bene provisa et diligenter explorata principia ponantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 18:

naturae,

id. Off. 3, 12, 52;

for which: principia naturalia,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 35:

principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constant,

first principles, elements, id. Ac. 2, 36, 117.—

Prov.: obsta principiis (cf. the French: ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute),

Ov. R. Am. 91.—

That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria, Rudorff. p. 142; Lex Appar. ap. Haubold, Moment. Leg. p. 85; Plebissc. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

Faucia curia fuit principium,

was the first to vote, Liv. 9, 38 fin. —

In gen., a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor ( poet.):

Graecia principium moris fuit,

Ov. F. 2, 37:

mihi Belus avorum Principium,

ancestor, progenitor, Sil. 15, 748.—Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and [p. 1446] his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities, Inscr. Orell. 2276.—

In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.

The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army:

post principia,

behind the front, Liv. 2, 65; cf.:

hic ero post principia, inde omnibus signum dabo,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11: post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 135, 31: deinde ipse paulatim procedere;

Marium post principia habere,

Sall. J. 50, 2:

traversis principiis, in planum deducit,

id. ib. 49, 6:

equites post principia collocat,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. H. 2, 43. —

The staff-officers, members of the council of war (post-class.):

mittere principia,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30:

a principiis salutari,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10:

advocatis legionum principiis et turmarum,

Amm. 25, 5, 1; Cod. 12, 47, 1.—

A large open space in a camp, in which were the tents of the general, lieutenants, and tribunes, together with the standards, and where speeches were made and councils held; the general's quarters:

jura reddere in principiis,

Liv. 28, 24:

in principiis ac praetorio in unum sermones confundi,

id. 7, 12:

castrorum,

Just. 11, 6, 6:

in castris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum, eoque omnes cotidie convenire (jussit), ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur,

Nep. Eum. 7, 2; Suet. Oth. 1; 6; Flor. 3, 10, 12:

primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat,

Tac. H. 3, 13; 1, 48; Dig. 49, 16, 12; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 16.—

Precedence, preference, the first place:

principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —

Plur., selections, selected passages:

principiorum libri circumferuntur, quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse perfecta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—

In partic., mastery, dominion (post-class.): archê, magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est archê, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum, Tert. adv. Hermog. 19.

versus ( vors-), a, um, Part. of verto.

versus ( vors-), adv. and prep., v. verto, P. a. fin.

versus ( vors-), ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the plur. versi, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 712 P.: versorum, Laber. ib.: versis, Val. ib.), m. [verto, a turning round, i. e. of the plough].

A furrow, Col. 2, 2, 25; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177.—

Transf., a line, row.

In gen.:

in versum distulit ulmos,

Verg. G. 4, 144:

remorum,

Liv. 33, 30, 5; cf. Verg. A. 5, 119:

foliorum,

Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122:

creber catenarum,

Sil. 7, 658.—

In partic., a line of writing; and in poetry, a verse:

ut primum versum (legis) attenderet,

Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:

deplorat primis versibus mansionem suam,

id. Att. 2, 16, 4; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

magnum numerum versuum ediscere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14; Nep. Epam. 4, 6; Liv. 41, 24, 13; Quint. 1, 4, 3; 7, 1, 37; 10, 1, 38; 10, 1, 41; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 16; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

si quis minorem gloriae fructum putat ex Graecis versibus percipi quam ex Latinis, vehementer errat,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23; id. de Or. 2, 64, 257; 3, 50, 194; id. Or. 20, 67; Quint. 9, 4, 48 sq.; 11, 2, 39; 11, 2, 51; Hor. S. 1, 10, 54; 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 2, 2, 52; Verg. E. 5, 2.—

The note, song of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 83.—

A land-measure, = Gr. plethron, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1.—

A kind of dance, or a turn, step, pas in a dance, Plaut. Stich. 5, 7, 2.

versus ( vors-), a, um, Part. of verto.

versus ( vors-), adv. and prep., v. verto, P. a. fin.

versus ( vors-), ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the plur. versi, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 712 P.: versorum, Laber. ib.: versis, Val. ib.), m. [verto, a turning round, i. e. of the plough].

A furrow, Col. 2, 2, 25; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177.—

Transf., a line, row.

In gen.:

in versum distulit ulmos,

Verg. G. 4, 144:

remorum,

Liv. 33, 30, 5; cf. Verg. A. 5, 119:

foliorum,

Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122:

creber catenarum,

Sil. 7, 658.—

In partic., a line of writing; and in poetry, a verse:

ut primum versum (legis) attenderet,

Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:

deplorat primis versibus mansionem suam,

id. Att. 2, 16, 4; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

magnum numerum versuum ediscere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14; Nep. Epam. 4, 6; Liv. 41, 24, 13; Quint. 1, 4, 3; 7, 1, 37; 10, 1, 38; 10, 1, 41; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 16; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

si quis minorem gloriae fructum putat ex Graecis versibus percipi quam ex Latinis, vehementer errat,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23; id. de Or. 2, 64, 257; 3, 50, 194; id. Or. 20, 67; Quint. 9, 4, 48 sq.; 11, 2, 39; 11, 2, 51; Hor. S. 1, 10, 54; 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 2, 2, 52; Verg. E. 5, 2.—

The note, song of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 83.—

A land-measure, = Gr. plethron, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1.—

A kind of dance, or a turn, step, pas in a dance, Plaut. Stich. 5, 7, 2.