plĕcto

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plĕcto, xi and xŭi, xum, 3, v. a. [root plek-; Gr. plekô, plokê; Lat. plicin sim-plic-is, im-plic-o, etc.; cf. 3. plaga].

To plait, braid, interweave (rare; mostly in the part. perf. and poet.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: plico, flecto, necto].

Lit.:

crines plexueris,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 13:

coronam de spinis,

id. Matt. 27, 29:

plexa colligata significat ex Graeco, cui nos etiam praepositionem adicimus, cum dicimus perplexa,

Fest. p. 230 Müll.:

plexae coronae,

Lucr. 5, 1399:

flores plexi,

Cat. 64, 284:

colligationes,

Vitr. 10, 1.—

Trop.: ple-xus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous (ante-class.): plexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4.—

To twist, bend, turn:

monstrabat vitulus quo se pacto plecteret,

Phaedr. 5, 9, 3 dub. (al. flecteret).

plēcto, ĕre, v. a. [plêttô], to beat, punish; in class. lang. usually in pass., to be punished, suffer punishment, be beaten.

Act. (post-class;

syn. punio): capite aliquem plectere,

Cod. Just. 9, 20, 7: quae sibi ignoscunt et plectunt deum, Aus. Idyll. 6 praef.—

Lit.:

Venusinae Plectantur silvae,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 26:

ego plectar pendens,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43:

tergo plecti,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 105; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14. ut in suo vitio quisque plectatur, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ut in judiciis culpa plectatur,

id. Clu. 2, 5:

jure igitur plectimur,

id. Off. 2, 8, 28:

multis in rebus neglegentiā plectimur,

because of negligence, id. Lael. 26, 85:

inscia quod crimen viderunt lumina, plector,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 49.—With gen.:

insimulationis falsae plecti,

App. Mag. p. 274, 14. —With abl.:

morte plectendum est (sc. peccatum),

Vulg. Deut. 21, 22.—

Transf., in gen., to blame:

cavit, ne quā in re jure plecteretur,

Nep. Att. 116.

to punish.

plexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. plecto.

plexus, ūs, m. [1. plecto], a twining, plaiting, braid ( poet.), Manil. 5, 147 dub. (al. flexum, fluctum).

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flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].

Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).

Lit.

In gen.:

animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

ora retro,

Ov. M. 3, 188:

vultus ad illum,

id. ib. 4, 265;

10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

id. ib. 8, 367:

geminas acies huc,

to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

oculos,

id. ib. 8, 698:

equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

equum,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

currum de foro in Capitolium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

plaustrum,

Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

habenas,

Ov. M. 2, 169:

cursus in orbem,

id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

cursus in laevum,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

iter ad Privernum,

Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

iter Demetriadem,

id. 35, 31, 3:

tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

arcus,

to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

Verg. A. 5, 500:

flexum genu,

Ov. M. 4, 340:

artus,

Liv. 21, 58, 9:

flexi crines,

curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

flexum mare,

i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

flexi fractique motus,

contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

(milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

modo flector in anguem,

I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—

In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

Lucr. 5, 1406:

vocem,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

vitam flectere fingereque,

id. Sull. 28, 79:

mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

id. Balb. 17, 39:

aliquem a proposito,

Liv. 28, 22, 11:

scribentis animum a vero,

id. 1 praef. 5:

animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

Quint. 4, 2, 80:

animos ad publica carmina,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

Liv. 28, 44, 8:

juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

Hor. A. P. 163:

quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—

In partic.

To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

judices,

Quint. 6, 1, 9:

flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

precibus si flecteris ullis,

Verg. A. 2, 689:

flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

Verg. A. 6, 376:

animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

ingenium alicujus aversum,

Sall. J. 102, 3:

si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

si flectitur ira deorum,

Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

ad deditionem primos,

Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

flexi in misericordiam,

Amm. 12, 27.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

flexit viam,

Liv. 1, 60, 1:

dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

Tac. H. 5, 24.—

To refer to or apply to any one:

versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

Tac. A. 6, 29:

Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

id. ib. 4, 16.—

In grammar.

To form a word from another language:

verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

Quint. 8, 3, 36:

hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

Gell. 4, 3 fin. —

To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—

Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.

Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

Verg. A. 9, 372:

ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

Liv. 3, 8, 6;

Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

id. 28, 16, 3:

inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

Tac. H. 2, 70:

in Capitolium,

Suet. Tib. 20.—

Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

ad providentiam sapientiamque,

Tac. A. 13, 3:

in ambitionem,

id. ib. 4, 37:

a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., bent, winding:

error,

Ov. M. 8, 160:

zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—

Trop., of tones, lengthened:

infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 172.

implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

App. Mag. p. 278:

inplexis ita principiis,

Lucr. 3, 33:

dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

Verg. G. 4, 482:

manibus implexis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—

Trop.:

vidua implexa luctu continuo,

implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

App. Mag. p. 278:

inplexis ita principiis,

Lucr. 3, 33:

dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

Verg. G. 4, 482:

manibus implexis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—

Trop.:

vidua implexa luctu continuo,

implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

per-plexus, a, um, adj. [plecto], entangled, involved, intricate, confused (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

figurae,

Lucr. 2, 102; cf. id. 2, 459; 463:

foramina linguae,

id. 4, 621:

corpora terraï,

id. 5, 452:

iter silvae,

Verg. A. 9, 391; Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

nervi,

Vulg. Job, 40, 12.—

Trop., intricate, involved, confused, perplexed, unintelligible, dark, ambiguous, obscure, inscrutable:

sermones,

Liv. 40, 5:

perplexius carmen,

id. 25, 12:

perplexum Punico astu responsum,

id. 35, 14 fin. —As subst., intricacy, perplexity:

ignorare se dixit, quidnam perplexi sua legatio haberet,

id. 34, 57.— Comp.:

ratio perplexior,

Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 62.—Hence, adv.: perplexē, confusedly, perplexedly, obscurely:

pergin', scelesta, mecum perplexe loqui?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 1:

defectionem haud perplexe indicavere,

Liv. 6, 13; Curt. 8, 5, 13.— Comp.:

perplexius errare,

Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 847:

disputans,

Amm. 25, 3, 23.—

Carefully, with minute care:

interrogando,

Amm. 15, 1, 1.

plāga, ae, f. [cf. plango], = plêgê, a blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

(pueris) dant animos plagae,

Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7:

plagae et vulnera,

Tac. G. 7.—Of the shock of atoms striking together, Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.—

In partic., a blow which wounds or injures; a stroke, cut, thrust; a wound (class.).

Absol.:

plagis costae callent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4:

quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo,

refreshed by a flogging, id. Ep. 1, 2, 18:

plagas pati,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13:

plagas perferre,

to bear, receive blows, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

plagam accipere,

id. Sest. 19, 44:

plagam mortiferam infligere,

to inflict a mortal wound, id. Vatin. 8, 20:

plaga mediocris pestifera,

id. Off. 1, 24, 84:

verbera et plagas repraesentare,

stripes and blows, Suet. Vit. 10:

plagis confectus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140:

flagelli plaga livorem facit,

Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21:

plagam curare,

Cels. 5, 26, 24:

suere,

id. 5, 26, 23.—

With gen.:

scorpionum et canum plagas sanare,

Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—

Transf., a welt, scar, stripe:

etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo,

swollen welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.—

Trop.

A blow, stroke; an injury, misfortune (class.):

illa plaga est injecta petitioni tuae maxima,

that great blow was given, that great obstacle was presented, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sic nec oratio plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc.,

makes a deep impression, id. Or. 68, 228:

levior est plaga ab amico, quam a debitore,

loss, injury, id. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

hac ille perculsus plaga non succubuit,

blow, disaster, Nep. Eum. 5.—

A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.):

leprae,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—

An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19:

caecitatis,

id. Tob. 2, 13.—

Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.):

percussit eos plagā magnā,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.

plăga, ae, f. [root plak- of Gr. plakous; cf. planca, plancus, plānus].

A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Curt. p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869;

syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria,

the ethereal regions, the air, Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30:

et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui,

zones, Verg. A. 7, 226:

ardens,

the torrid zone, Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136:

ea plaga caeli,

Just. 42, 3, 2:

ad orientis plagam,

Curt. 4, 37, 16:

ad orientalem plagam,

on the east, in the eastern quarter, Vulg. Deut. 4, 41:

contra orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam collis,

side, id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.—

In partic., a region, district, canton (only in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15.

plăga, ae, f. [root plek-; Gr. plekô, weave, entwine; cf. plecto, plico, du-plex], a hunting-net, snare, gin (class.; syn.: retia, casses).

Lit.:

canes compellunt in plagas lupum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35:

tendere plagas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

extricata densis Cerva plagis,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768:

nodosae,

id. F. 6, 110:

inque plagam nullo cervus agente cadit (al. plagas),

id. A. A. 3, 428:

aut trudit... Apros in obstantes plagas,

Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the spider's web:

illa difficile cernuntur, atque ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in sinum,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.— Sing. (very rare):

sic tu... tabulam tamquam plagam ponas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.—

Trop., a snare, trap, toil (class.;

syn. pedica): se impedire in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

se in plagas conicere,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 11:

quas plagas ipsi contra se Stoici texuerunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147:

in illas tibi majores plagas incidendum est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

Antonium conjeci in Caesaris Octaviani plagas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 4:

speculabor, ne quis nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, i. e. arrectis attentisque auribus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 14.— Sing. (rare) hanc ergo plagam effugi, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 5.—

A bedcurtain, a curtain (ante-class.; v. plagula), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28:

eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis,

id. ib. 378, 9:

chlamydes, plagae, vela aurea,

id. ib. 537, 23.

plectĭbĭlis, e, adj. [2. plecto].

Pass., deserving punishment (post-class.):

invidia,

Sid. Ep. 4, 6: usurpatio, Cod. Th. 14, 3, 16.—

Act., penal: severitas, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 161.

plectĭlis, e, adj. [1. plecto], plaited.

Lit. (ante-class.):

corona plectilis,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop., complicated, involved, intricate (post-class.): syllogismi, Prud. Apoth. praef. 2, 36.

pūnĭo or (in archaic form) poenĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4 (sync. imp. poenibat, Lucr. 6, 1238), v. a., and pūnĭor ( poen-), ītus, 4, v. dep. a. [poena].

To inflict punishment upon, to punish (syn.: castigo, animadverto, plecto, multo).

In act. form:

peccata punimus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66:

punire sontes,

id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

Philemonem morte puniit,

Suet. Caes. 74:

alio punito,

id. Calig. 30:

lex omnis aut punit aut jubet, etc.,

Quint. 7, 5, 5; cf. id. 7, 1, 48.— Pass.:

tergo ac capite puniri,

Liv. 3, 55 fin.; Ov. M. 9, 778.—

In dep. form:

qui punitur aliquem,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

inimicos puniuntur,

id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

hominum necem,

id. Phil. 8, 2, 7:

crudelius poeniri quam erat humanitatis meae postulare,

id. Mil. 13, 33; id. Inv. 2, 27, 80; 2, 28, 83; Quint. 9, 3, 6; Gell. 20, 1, 7:

punita sum funestum praedonem,

App. M. 8, p. 207, 17.—

In indeterm. form:

ipse se puniens,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65:

prohibenda autem maxime est ira in puniendo,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89 fin. —

To take vengeance for, to avenge, revenge,= ulcisci (rare):

Graeciae fana punire,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

iracundia est cupiditas puniendi doloris,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 220:

meam domum a judicibus puniendam putavit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 8, 16.— Dep.:

ut clarissimorum omnium crudelissimam puniretur necem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7.