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dĕcet, cuit, 2, v. impers. [Sanscr. dacas, fame; Gr. dokeô, to seem, think; Lat. decus, dignus]. It is seemly, comely, becoming,; it beseems, behooves, is fitting, suitable, proper (for syn. v. debeo init.):

decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae,

Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf. also nunc quid aptum sit, hoc est, quid maxime deceat in oratione videamus, id. de Or. 3, 55, 210 (very freq. and class.; not in Caes.).—Constr., with nom. or inf. of the thing, and with acc.; less freq. with dat. of the pers.; sometimes absol.

With nom. rei

and acc. pers.: Ph. Quin me aspice et contempla, ut haec (sc. vestis) me decet. Sc. Virtute formae id evenit, te ut deceat, quicquid habeas, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16 sq.; cf.:

quem decet muliebris ornatus, quem incessus psaltriae, Cic. Clod. fragm. 5, p. 105 ed. Beier: te toga picta decet,

Prop. 4, 4, 53 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 30; Quint. 8, 5, 28;

and nec habitus triumphalis feminas deceat,

id. 11, 1, 3; cf.:

omnis Aristippum color decuit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23:

intonsus crinis deum,

Tib. 1, 4, 38; cf.:

neglecta decet multas coma,

Ov. A. A. 3, 153; id. F. 2, 106 et saep.:

id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime suum,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

quod omnes et semper et ubique decet,

Quint. 11, 1, 14:

non si quid Pholoen satis, Et te, Chlori, decet,

Hor. Od. 3, 15, 8 et saep.:

qui flexus deceat miserationem,

Quint. 1, 11, 12:

civitatem quis deceat status,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 25 et saep.—In plur.:

quem tenues decuere togae nitidique capilli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

te non citharae decent,

id. Od. 3, 15, 14:

alba decent Cererem: vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619; id. M. 1, 457 et saep.:

nec velle experiri, quam se aliena deceant,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113; Quint. 6, 1, 25:

illa quoque diversa bonum virum decent,

id. 11, 1, 42 et saep.:

duo verba uni apposita ne versum quidem decuerint,

id. 8, 6, 43.—

Without acc. pers.:

nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,

Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.:

quid deceat et quid aptum sit personis,

id. Off. 1, 34 fin.:

casus singularis magis decuit,

Quint. 8, 3, 20; id. 11, 3, 161 et saep.:

idem fere in omni genere causarum et proderit et decebit,

id. 11, 1, 14; cf. id. 9, 4, 21.—In plur.:

ubi lepos, joci, risus, vinum, ebrietas decent,

Plaut. Ps. prol. 20:

cum magna pars est exhausta orationis, pene omnia decent,

Quint. 11, 3, 147; 150; id. 11, 1, 48 et saep. —

With dat.:

istuc facinus nostro generi non decet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 188: certa est ratio quae deceat philosopho, Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 13; Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 34; cf. infra. —

With inf.

and acc. pers.:

non te mihi irasci decet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 24:

hanc maculam nos decet effugere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

oratorem irasci minime decet,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Quint. 12, 6, 3; Ov. M. 3, 265; so freq. with inf. pass.:

specimen naturae capi debet ex optima quaque natura,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

Verg. A. 12, 797; Ter. And. prol. 16. —

Without acc.:

injusta ab justis impetrare non decet,

Plaut. Am. prol. 35:

exemplis grandioribus decuit uti,

Cic. Div. 1, 20; Ov. M. 8, 27:

nunc decet caput impedire myrto: nunc et in umbrosis Fauno decet immolare lucis,

Hor. Od. 1, 4, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 17, 2; Pers. 3, 27.—

With dat.:

decet tantae majestati eas servare leges, quibus, etc.,

Dig. 32, 1, 23:

ita uti liberali esse ingenio decet,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 89:

prima certe pensari decet populo utrum, etc.,

Liv. 34, 58, 8.

with acc. pers.:

ita ut vos decet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40; cf.:

facis, ut te decet,

Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 10; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 10:

ita uti fortes decet milites,

id. Eun. 4, 7, 44; cf.: id. Andr. 2, 6, 14:

illum decet,

Quint. 9, 4, 15 et saep.—

Without case:

eia haud sic decet,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf. id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:

fecisti ut decuerat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 66:

minus severe quam decuit,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1:

velata parte oris, quia sic decebat,

it was becoming, Tac. A. 13, 45:

nihil aliter ac deceat,

id. Att. 6, 3, 8: perge;

decet,

Verg. A. 12, 153 et saep.—

With dat.:

ita nobis decet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 5; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 12:

locum editiorem quam victoribus decebat,

Sall. H. 1, 98 (Serv. Verg. A. 8, 127.)— Hence, dĕcens, entis, P. a. (freq. in Hor., Ov., and post-Aug. prose, esp. Quint.; not in Verg.; in Cic. once adverbially, and cf. decentia), seemly, becoming, decent, proper, fit:

amictus,

Ov. Pont. 2, 5, 52; cf.:

decentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 156;

and sinus (togae) decentissimus,

id. 11, 3, 140:

ornatus,

id. 2, 15, 21:

motus,

Hor. Od. 4, 13, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

corporis decens et accommodatus orationi motus,

id. 11, 3, 29;

and allevatio atque contractio humerorum,

id. 11, 3, 83:

decentissimum sponsalium genus,

Sen. Ben. 1, 9 et saep.:

quid verum atque decens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

decentius erit servare pudorem,

Quint. 11, 1, 78; cf. 8, 6, 6.—

Esp. of corporeal fitness and symmetry, regularly, symmetrically, handsomely shaped; well-formed; noble:

forma,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 9; cf.:

habitus decentior quam sublimior,

Tac. Agr. 44:

facies,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 33:

malae,

Hor. Od. 3, 27, 53:

Venus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 6; cf.:

Cynthia,

Prop. 4, 8, 52 (5, 8, 52 M.):

Gratiae,

Hor. Od. 1, 4, 6:

(Paullus) et nobilis et decens,

id. ib. 4, 1, 13: pulcher et decens toto corpore, Suct. Dom. 18; cf. Juv. 6, 161:

sumptis decentior armis Minerva,

Ov. H. 5, 35; Quint. 8, 3, 10 et saep.— Adv.: decenter (acc. to no. 1), becomingly, decently, properly, fitly:

fictis nominibus decenter uti,

Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 5; cf.:

fieri,

Quint. 11, 1, 79:

singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter,

Hor. A. P. 92; cf.:

maesta,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 44.— Comp.: Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216; Quint. 9, 1, 21 al.— Sup., a false reading for diligentissime, Cic. Caes. 26, 74.

fĭgūra, ae, f. [v. fingo], a form, shape, figure (syn.: forma, species; tropus).

Lit.

In gen.:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.:

hominum, vel etiam ceterarum animantium forma et figura,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 179; and:

quae figura, quae species humanā potest esse pulchrior?... Quod si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, deus autem animans est: ea figura profecto est, quae pulcherrima sit omnium, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 18, 47 sq.;

with this cf.: esse aliquem humana specie et figura, qui, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63; Liv. 29, 17, 11:

uri sunt specie et colore et figura tauri,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 1:

gemina tauri juvenisque,

the Minotaur, Ov. M. 8, 169:

Himera in muliebrem figuram habitumque formata,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87; cf.:

figura et lineamenta hospitae,

id. ib. 36, §

89: conformatio quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

pulmonum vis et figura,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

formae figura,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69:

navium figura (shortly before: navium species),

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 2:

lapidis,

Ov. M. 3, 399:

dohorum,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90: lenticulae dimidiae, id. 27, 12, 98, § 124:

quadriangula grani,

id. 13, 22, 38, § 118:

triquetra,

id. 3, 16, 20, § 121:

rotunditatis aut proceritatis,

id. 13, 4, 9, § 49 et saep.—

Concr., a sketch, figure, drawing (lat. Lat.): figurae quae schêmata vocant, Gell. 1, 20, 1; 2, 21, 10: kubos est figura ex omni latere quadrata, id. 1, 20, 4.—

In partic.

In the lang. of the Epicurean philosophy applied to the atoms or molecular parts of bodies:

caelestem fulminis ignem Subtilem magis e parvis constare figuris,

Lucr. 2, 385; 2, 682 sq.; 778; 3, 190 al.; cf.:

illas figuras Epicuri, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere,

Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.—

Poet., a form, shade, phantom of the dead:

in somnis, cum saepe figuras Contuimur miras simulacraque luce carentum,

Lucr. 4, 34:

morte obita quales fama est volitare figuras,

Verg. A. 10, 641:

CVM VITA FVNCTVS IVNGAR TIS (i. e. tuis) VMBRA FIGVRIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4847.—

Trop., quality, kind, form, species, nature, manner.

In gen.:

de figura vocis satis dictum est,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 25:

majus et minus et aeque magnum ex vi et ex numero et ex figura negotii consideratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41:

figura orationis plenioris et tenuioris,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212; cf.:

suam quandam expressit quasi formam figuramque dicendi,

id. ib. 2, 23, 98:

occurrunt animo pereundi mille figurae,

kinds, Ov. H. 10, 81:

edidit innumeras species, partimque figuras rettulit antiquas, etc.,

id. M. 1, 436; cf.:

capiendi figurae (for which, shortly after: species capiendi),

Dig. 39, 6, 31:

condicionis,

ib. 35, 2, 30. —

In partic.

Gram. t. t., form of a word, inflection:

alia nomina, quod quinque habent figuras, habere quinque casus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 52; cf.:

non debuisse ex singulis vocibus ternas vocabulorum figuras fieri, ut albus, alba, album,

id. ib. 9, §

55: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget,

Quint. 1, 4, 29; 8, 2, 15 Spald.—

Rhet. t. t., a figure of speech, schêma, Cic. de Or. 3, 53 sq.; id. Or. 39 sq.; Quint. 9, 1 sq. et saep.—

Esp., one which contains hints or allusions, Suet. Vesp. 13; id. Dom. 10; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 82.

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.

index, dĭcis, com. [1. indico], he who ( that which) points out, a pointer, indicator (class.).

Lit.

Of things.

Of the forefinger, index-finger.

With digitus:

indice monstraret digito,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 70.—

Alone:

sed plane pollex, non index,

Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1. —

In gen., an index, sign, mark, indication, proof:

complexus, summae benevolentiae falsi indices in amore simulato,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quia continetis vocem, indicem stultitiae vestrae,

id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18: auctoris anulus index, Ov. P. 2, 10, 3:

lacrimas paenitentiae indices profuderunt,

Curt. 5, 10, 13:

herbae horarum indices heliotropium ac lupinum,

Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 252:

imago animi vultus, indices oculi,

Cic. Or. 18, 60:

Janum indicem pacis bellique fecit,

Liv. 1, 19, 2.—

Of persons.

In gen., one who indicates or discloses, a discoverer, director, guide, informer, discloser, witness:

haec omnia indices detulerunt, rei confessi sunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5:

Sestius ab indice Cn. Nerio de ambitu est postulatus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; id. Clu. 7, 21:

immittere ad rei probationem,

Just. 32, 2 fin.:

idem et testis,

Tac. A. 4, 28.—

Esp., in a bad sense, an informer, betrayer, spy:

Catilinam vallatum indicibus atque sicariis,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

saeptus armatis indicibus,

id. Sest. 44, 95; id. Vat. 10, 24.—

Transf.

Of books.

A title, superscription:

deceptus indicibus librorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

alteri (libello) Gladius, alteri Pugio index erat,

Suet. Cal. 49:

index orationis P. Scipionis nomen M. Naevii habet,

Liv. 38, 56. —

An index, catalogue, table, list, summary:

ut non indicem certe ex bibliotheca sumptum transferre in libros suos possit,

Quint. 10, 1, 57:

philosophorum,

Sen. Ep. 39, 2; cf. Gell. 3, 3, 1:

hactenus omnia jura quasi per indicem tetigisse satis est,

Gai. Inst. 3, 54:

quasi per indicem rem exponere,

id. ib. 4, 15:

fungar indicis partibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 2.—

Of paintings or statues, an inscription:

nec quaeris, quid quaque index sub imagine dicat,

Tib. 4, 1, 30:

tabula in aedem Matris Matutae cum indice hoc posita est, etc.,

Liv. 41, 28, 8.—

Of a touchstone:

in durum silicem, qui nunc quoque dicitur Index,

Ov. M. 2, 706.

gnārus, a, um (also ante- and postclass. form gnārŭris, e, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17; id. Poen. prol. 47; Aus. Ep. 22, 19; Arn. 3, 113; and cf.: gnaruris gnôrimos, Gloss. Philox.—Another form is ‡ nārus, like navus, notus, acc. to Cic. Or. 47, 158), adj. [Sanscr. gna-, ganāmi, know; Gr. gignôskô; Lat. gnosco, nosco, narrare, etc.], knowing or acquainted with a thing; skilful, practised, expert (syn. doctus, eruditus, peritus).

Lit. (rare but class.); constr. with gen., or with a rel. or object-clause; ante- and post-class. with acc.

With gen.:

nec loci gnara sum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28: loci, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 700 P.;

rei publicae,

Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

armorum et militiae,

Col. 1 praef. §

4: artis,

Just. 11, 7:

temporis,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 30; cf. Tac. Agr. 6:

si modo vinitor gnarus est iis utendi,

Col. 4, 25, 1:

nostri tergi,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 6:

venandi,

Vulg. Gen. 25, 27.—

With rel.clause:

Periclem uberem et fecundum fuisse, gnarumque, quibus orationis modis, etc.,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

nemine gnaro aut opinante, quidnam coepturus esset,

Suet. Calig. 46.—

With object-clause:

Hasdrubal satis gnarus, Hannibalem transitus quosdam pretio mercatum,

Liv. 23, 29, 5; cf. id. 33, 5, 4; Tac. H. 2, 29; 65; 5, 19 al.:

concha cum manum videt, comprimit sese operitque opes suas, gnara propter illas se peti,

Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110.—

With acc.:

simul gnarures vos volo esse hanc rem mecum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17:

ut mecum sitis gnarures,

id. Poen. prol. 47.—

Transf., pass., known (for the usual notus; post-Aug.;

very rare, except in Tac.): in paludem gnaram vincentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

idque nulli magis gnarum quam Neroni,

id. ib. 15, 61; cf.:

gnarum id Caesari,

id. ib. 1, 5 (opp. incognita), App. Mag. p. 281, 9.— Absol.:

conspicui eoque gnari,

Tac. A. 6, 35.— Comp. not in use.— Sup., Sol. 51 fin.

gnārus, a, um (also ante- and postclass. form gnārŭris, e, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17; id. Poen. prol. 47; Aus. Ep. 22, 19; Arn. 3, 113; and cf.: gnaruris gnôrimos, Gloss. Philox.—Another form is ‡ nārus, like navus, notus, acc. to Cic. Or. 47, 158), adj. [Sanscr. gna-, ganāmi, know; Gr. gignôskô; Lat. gnosco, nosco, narrare, etc.], knowing or acquainted with a thing; skilful, practised, expert (syn. doctus, eruditus, peritus).

Lit. (rare but class.); constr. with gen., or with a rel. or object-clause; ante- and post-class. with acc.

With gen.:

nec loci gnara sum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28: loci, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 700 P.;

rei publicae,

Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

armorum et militiae,

Col. 1 praef. §

4: artis,

Just. 11, 7:

temporis,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 30; cf. Tac. Agr. 6:

si modo vinitor gnarus est iis utendi,

Col. 4, 25, 1:

nostri tergi,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 6:

venandi,

Vulg. Gen. 25, 27.—

With rel.clause:

Periclem uberem et fecundum fuisse, gnarumque, quibus orationis modis, etc.,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

nemine gnaro aut opinante, quidnam coepturus esset,

Suet. Calig. 46.—

With object-clause:

Hasdrubal satis gnarus, Hannibalem transitus quosdam pretio mercatum,

Liv. 23, 29, 5; cf. id. 33, 5, 4; Tac. H. 2, 29; 65; 5, 19 al.:

concha cum manum videt, comprimit sese operitque opes suas, gnara propter illas se peti,

Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110.—

With acc.:

simul gnarures vos volo esse hanc rem mecum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17:

ut mecum sitis gnarures,

id. Poen. prol. 47.—

Transf., pass., known (for the usual notus; post-Aug.;

very rare, except in Tac.): in paludem gnaram vincentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

idque nulli magis gnarum quam Neroni,

id. ib. 15, 61; cf.:

gnarum id Caesari,

id. ib. 1, 5 (opp. incognita), App. Mag. p. 281, 9.— Absol.:

conspicui eoque gnari,

Tac. A. 6, 35.— Comp. not in use.— Sup., Sol. 51 fin.

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = hairesis.

A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (=secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2;

as Greek,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

Pythagorae haeresim sequi,

Vitr. 5 praef. —

Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.:

Ariana,

the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2.— Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.—

Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana... risisse me satis,

i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.—

A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = hairesis.

A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (=secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2;

as Greek,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

Pythagorae haeresim sequi,

Vitr. 5 praef. —

Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.:

Ariana,

the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2.— Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.—

Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana... risisse me satis,

i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.—

A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = hairesis.

A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (=secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2;

as Greek,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

Pythagorae haeresim sequi,

Vitr. 5 praef. —

Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.:

Ariana,

the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2.— Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.—

Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana... risisse me satis,

i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.—

A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

vĕhĕmens ( veemens, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120 K. and H.; more freq. vēmens, Ter. And. 1, 1, 123; Cat. 50, 21; and Lucr. always, Lachm., Munro), entis, adj. [perh. Sanscr. vahis, out of, and mens; cf. vē-], very eager, violent, furious, impetuous, ardent, vehement, etc. (syn. violentus).

Lit.:

vehemens in utramque partem, Menedeme, es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31:

Galba non in agendo solum, sed etiam in meditando vehemens atque incensus,

Cic. Brut. 22, 88: in alios, id. Sull. 31, 87:

vehemens feroxque naturā,

id. Vatin. 2, 4;

with severus (opp. lenissimus),

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12;

with inexorabilis,

id. Sull. 31, 87;

with dissolutus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104;

with acer,

id. Caecin. 10, 28;

with fortis,

id. Off. 1, 28, 100:

vehemens lupus et sibi et hosti Iratus pariter,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 28:

canis,

Phaedr. 2, 3, 1.—Of abstract things:

acer et vehemens incitatio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

genus orationis vehemens atque atrox,

id. ib. 2, 49, 200:

vehemens et pugnax exordium dicendi,

id. ib. 2, 78, 317:

vehemens et aspera quaestio,

Quint. 5, 10, 113:

vehemens et grave senatusconsultum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3. —

Transf., in gen., active, forcible, vigorous, powerful, mighty, strong:

satis vemens causa ad objurgandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 123:

Arcturus signum sum omnium acerrimum: Vehemens sum exoriens: quom occido vehementior,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 71:

imber,

Lucr. 6, 517:

vehementior cursus fluminum,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

vehementissimus cursus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

fuga,

id. ib. 8, 48:

ictus,

Lucr. 6, 311:

pilum... vehementius ictu missuque telum,

Liv. 9, 19, 7:

impetus,

Amm. 19, 11, 15:

brassica... tenui suco vehementissima,

very powerful, very efficacious, Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

medicamentum efficacius et vehementius,

Scrib. Comp. 70:

vitis vehementioribus statuminibus impedanda est,

stronger, Col. 4, 16, 2:

vitis vehemens multaque materia frondens,

vigorous, id. 3, 1, 5:

palus,

thick, stout, id. 4, 12, 1:

violentia vini,

Lucr. 3, 482:

vis frigorum aut calorum,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 235; cf.:

vis in oratione vehementissima,

Quint. 9, 4, 13:

vehementior lethargus,

Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238:

dolor capitis,

id. 24, 9, 38, § 62:

usus strigilis,

Suet. Aug. 80:

argumentum vehementius,

Quint. 7, 6, 7:

conviva salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

Juv. 9, 11.