schools

schŏlastĭcus, a, um.

Adj. = scholastikos, of or belonging to a school, scholastic (post-Aug., and in gen. referring to the schools of rhetoric):

controversiae,

Quint. 4, 2, 92; 4, 2, 97; Tac. Or. 14 fin.:

materia,

Quint. 11, 1, 82:

declamationes,

Gell. 15, 1, 1:

scholasticae atque umbraticae litterae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 3:

lex,

id. ib. 2, 20, 9.— As subst.: schŏlastĭca, ōrum, n. plur., school-exercises:

in scholasticis nonnumquam evenit, ut pro narratione sit propositio,

Quint. 4, 2, 30; 7, 1, 14.—

Subst.: schŏlastĭcus, i, m., one who teaches or studies rhetoric, a lecturer in the schools, a rhetorician (opp. to a public orator):

(Isaeus rhetor) annum sexagesimum excessit et adhuc scholasticus tantum est, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5 sq.; cf.: nunc adulescentuli nostri deducuntur in scenas scholasticorum qui [p. 1642] rhetores vocantur, quos, etc., Tac. Or. 35; 26 fin.; Suet. Rhet. 6; Quint. 12, 11, 16; Petr. 6:

contentis scholasticorum clamoribus,

i. e. with the applause of the scholars, Tac. Or. 15.—Of rhetoricians, who, on account of their knowledge of law, acted as pleaders or advocates in lawsuits, Cod. Th. 8, 10, 2; Aug. Tract. in Joann. 7.—As a term of reproach, a pedant:

heus tu scholastice,

App. M. 2, p. 119, 8; Petr. 61, 4.—

In gen., a man of learning, a scholar, Alex. Aur. ap. Capit. Maxim. jun. 3; Veg. 4, prooem. § 2; Hier. Vir. Ill. 99 al.—Of a grammarian, Verg. Cat. 7, 4.—Hence, adv.: schŏlastĭcē, rhetorically, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 4.

schŏlastĭcus, a, um.

Adj. = scholastikos, of or belonging to a school, scholastic (post-Aug., and in gen. referring to the schools of rhetoric):

controversiae,

Quint. 4, 2, 92; 4, 2, 97; Tac. Or. 14 fin.:

materia,

Quint. 11, 1, 82:

declamationes,

Gell. 15, 1, 1:

scholasticae atque umbraticae litterae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 3:

lex,

id. ib. 2, 20, 9.— As subst.: schŏlastĭca, ōrum, n. plur., school-exercises:

in scholasticis nonnumquam evenit, ut pro narratione sit propositio,

Quint. 4, 2, 30; 7, 1, 14.—

Subst.: schŏlastĭcus, i, m., one who teaches or studies rhetoric, a lecturer in the schools, a rhetorician (opp. to a public orator):

(Isaeus rhetor) annum sexagesimum excessit et adhuc scholasticus tantum est, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5 sq.; cf.: nunc adulescentuli nostri deducuntur in scenas scholasticorum qui [p. 1642] rhetores vocantur, quos, etc., Tac. Or. 35; 26 fin.; Suet. Rhet. 6; Quint. 12, 11, 16; Petr. 6:

contentis scholasticorum clamoribus,

i. e. with the applause of the scholars, Tac. Or. 15.—Of rhetoricians, who, on account of their knowledge of law, acted as pleaders or advocates in lawsuits, Cod. Th. 8, 10, 2; Aug. Tract. in Joann. 7.—As a term of reproach, a pedant:

heus tu scholastice,

App. M. 2, p. 119, 8; Petr. 61, 4.—

In gen., a man of learning, a scholar, Alex. Aur. ap. Capit. Maxim. jun. 3; Veg. 4, prooem. § 2; Hier. Vir. Ill. 99 al.—Of a grammarian, Verg. Cat. 7, 4.—Hence, adv.: schŏlastĭcē, rhetorically, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 4.

schŏlastĭcus, a, um.

Adj. = scholastikos, of or belonging to a school, scholastic (post-Aug., and in gen. referring to the schools of rhetoric):

controversiae,

Quint. 4, 2, 92; 4, 2, 97; Tac. Or. 14 fin.:

materia,

Quint. 11, 1, 82:

declamationes,

Gell. 15, 1, 1:

scholasticae atque umbraticae litterae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 3:

lex,

id. ib. 2, 20, 9.— As subst.: schŏlastĭca, ōrum, n. plur., school-exercises:

in scholasticis nonnumquam evenit, ut pro narratione sit propositio,

Quint. 4, 2, 30; 7, 1, 14.—

Subst.: schŏlastĭcus, i, m., one who teaches or studies rhetoric, a lecturer in the schools, a rhetorician (opp. to a public orator):

(Isaeus rhetor) annum sexagesimum excessit et adhuc scholasticus tantum est, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5 sq.; cf.: nunc adulescentuli nostri deducuntur in scenas scholasticorum qui [p. 1642] rhetores vocantur, quos, etc., Tac. Or. 35; 26 fin.; Suet. Rhet. 6; Quint. 12, 11, 16; Petr. 6:

contentis scholasticorum clamoribus,

i. e. with the applause of the scholars, Tac. Or. 15.—Of rhetoricians, who, on account of their knowledge of law, acted as pleaders or advocates in lawsuits, Cod. Th. 8, 10, 2; Aug. Tract. in Joann. 7.—As a term of reproach, a pedant:

heus tu scholastice,

App. M. 2, p. 119, 8; Petr. 61, 4.—

In gen., a man of learning, a scholar, Alex. Aur. ap. Capit. Maxim. jun. 3; Veg. 4, prooem. § 2; Hier. Vir. Ill. 99 al.—Of a grammarian, Verg. Cat. 7, 4.—Hence, adv.: schŏlastĭcē, rhetorically, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 4.

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anguilla, ae, f. dim. [anguis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; but it may be directly con. with Gr. enchelus; v. anguis], an eel.

Lit.: Muraena anguilla, Linn.; Plin. 9, 21, 38, § 74 al.; Juv. 5, 103.—

Trop.: anguilla est, elabitur, he is an eel; he slips away, is a slippery fellow, prov. of a sly man, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56.—

The hard skin of an eel, used as a whip in schools, Verr. ap. Plin. 9, 23, 39; Isid. Orig. 5, 27.

angŭlus, i, m. [cf. ankulos, crooked, bent, angular, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.; v. ango], an angle, a corner.

Lit.

Math. t. t., an angle:

angulus optusus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

angulus acutus,

Plin. 12, 3, 29, § 50:

meridianus circulus horizonta rectis angulis secat,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 17; so,

ad pares angulos ad terram ferri,

at right angles, perpendicularly, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

Hoc ubi suffugit sensum simul angulus omnis,

Lucr. 4, 360:

figura, quae nihil habet incisum angulis, nihil anfractibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18.—

A corner:

hujus lateris alter angulus qui est ad Cantium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

extremus,

the extreme point, corner, Ov. M. 13, 884; Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178:

arcae anguli,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 12:

quattuor anguli pallii,

ib. Deut. 22, 12:

hic factus est in caput anguli,

the corner-stone, ib. Matt. 21, 42:

anguli oculorum,

the corners of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, 31; Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 126:

anguli parietum,

the angles of walls, id. 2, 82, 84, § 197; so,

murorum,

Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 13:

in angulis platearum,

ib. Matt. 6, 5:

quattuor anguli terrae,

the four quarters of the earth, ib. Apoc. 7, 1.—

Transf.

A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking-place: in angulum abire, * Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 10:

nemo non modo Romae, sed nec ullo in angulo totius Italiae oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes Angulus ridet,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 14:

angulus hic mundi nunc me accipit,

Prop. 5, 9, 65:

gratus puellae risus ab angulo,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 22; Vell. 2, 102, 3.—Contemptuously, of the schools or places of private discussion, in contrast with public, practical life:

quibus ego, ut de his rebus in angulis consumendi otii causā disserant, cum concessero, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57:

earum ipsarum rerum, quas isti in angulis personant, reapse, non oratione perfectio,

id. Rep. 1, 2; Lact. 3, 16.—On the contr. without contempt, in Seneca, Ep. 95.—So also, detractingly, of a little country-seat, in opp. to the city: quod Angulus iste feret piper, that hole, said by the discontented steward, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 23 (so without detraction:

recessus,

Juv. 3, 230).—

: me ex hoc, ut ita dicam, campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias et ad omnes litterarum angulos revocas, into every strait, embarrassment (the figure is taken from a contest or game, in which one strives to get his antagonist into a corner), Cic. Caecin. 29.—

A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf: Gallicus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185 P.

scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = skênê.

Lit., the stage, boards, scene of a theatre:

dum histrio in scaenă siet,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 20:

in scaenă esse Roscium intellegat,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

foris hic extra scaenam fient proelia,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 60:

cum scaena croco Cilici perfusa recens est,

Lucr. 2, 416:

scaenaique simul varios splendere decores,

id. 4, 983:

scaenae magnificentia,

Cic. Mur. 19, 38:

nec vero scaena solum referta est his sceleribus,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus,

Verg. G. 3, 24; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205 et saep.— Plur.:

columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris,

a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 429: aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, on the stage, i. e. in tragedies, Verg. A. 4, 471:

aut agitur res in scaenis,

Hor. A. P. 179.—

Transf.

Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164.—

(Post-Aug.) Of the schools of rhetoric, as scenes for the display of eloquence:

at nunc adulescentuli deducuntur in scaenas scholasticorum, qui rhetores vocantur,

Tac. Or. 35; cf. Plin Ep. 7, 17, 9.—

Trop.

The public stage, the public:

quia maxima quasi oratori scaena videatur contionis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id. Planc. 12, 29:

ubi se a vulgo et scaena in secreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71.—Prov.: scaenae servire, to show one ' s self, live in the public eye, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 8, 2.—

Outward show, parade, pretext: scaena rei totius haec: Pompeius, tamquam Caesarem non impugnet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3; cf.:

ne quid scaenae deesset,

Petr. 117, 10; Suet. Calig. 15:

scaenam ultro criminis parat,

Tac. A. 14, 7 fin. —

Appearance, character:

scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens,

App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.

secta, ae, f. [ part. perf. of seco, sc. via, v. seco, I. C. 2., and II. B. fin. ]; prop., a trodden or beaten way, a path; footsteps; hence, trop., a (prescribed) way, mode, manner, method, principles of conduct or procedure (syn.: ratio, via, etc.); most freq. in the phrase sectam (alicujus) sequi (persequi, etc.), to follow in the footsteps (of any one); hence, also, sectam (alicujus) secuti, a party, faction, sect.

In gen.:

nos, qui hanc sectam rationemque vitae, re magis quam verbis, secuti sumus,

mode of life, Cic. Cael. 17, 40; so,

vitae,

Quint. 3, 8, 38; 12, 2, 6; Plin. Pan. 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 85, 7:

horum nos hominum sectam atque instituta persequimur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

cujus sectam sequi, cujus imperio parere potissimum vellet,

id. Rab. Perd. 8, 22:

sequi ejus auctoritatem, cujus sectam atque imperium secutus est,

id. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

omnis natura habet quasi viam quandam et sectam quam sequatur,

id. N. D. 2, 22, 57:

negant se pro Vitruvio sectamque ejus secutis precatum venisse,

Liv. 8, 19; cf. id. 29, 27; 35, 49; 36, 1;

42, 31: juvenes hortatur, ut illam ire viam pergant et eidem incumbere sectae,

Juv. 14, 121 sq.:

divitioris sectam plerumque secuntur Quamlibet et fortes,

follow, adhere to, Lucr. 5, 1114:

gallae sectam meam exsecutae, mihi comites, etc.,

Cat. 63, 15 et saep.—

In partic., doctrines, school, sect (not freq. until the post-Aug. per.; syn.: schola, disciplina).

In philosophic lang.:

quo magis tuum, Brute, judicium probo, qui eorum philosophorum sectam secutus es,

Cic. Brut. 31, 120; cf.:

inter Stoicos et Epicuri sectam secutos pugna perpetua est,

Quint. 5, 7, 35.— Plur.:

ad morem certas in philosophia sectas sequendi,

Quint. 3, 1, 18:

neque me cujusdam sectae velut quādam superstitione imbutus addixi,

id. 3, 1, 22:

assumptā Stoicorum arrogantiā sectāque,

Tac. A. 14, 57:

Demetrio Cynicam sectam professo,

id. H. 4, 40:

auctoritatem Stoicae sectae praeferebat,

id. A. 16, 32; 6, 22:

inter duos diversarum sectarum velut duces,

Quint. 5, 13, 59. —

In jurisprudence:

hi duo primum veluti diversas sectas fecerunt,

schools, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 47.—

In medicine, a school:

alia est Hippocratis secta, alia Asclepiadis,

Sen. Ep. 95, 9.—

In religion, a sect, Cod. Just. 1, 9, 3:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2:

Nazaraenorum,

Vulg. Act. 24, 5.—

Rarely of a class or guild of men:

sincera et innoxia pastoriae illius sectae integritas,

Flor. 3, 12, 2.—

In Appul., a band of robbers, App. M. 4, pp. 150, 29, and 153, 22.

secta, ōrum, n. [1. seco, I. B. 1.], parts of the body operated upon:

secta recentia,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 126.

umbrātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], remaining in the shade, in retirement, or at home; private, retired, contemplative.

In gen.:

vita umbratilis et delicata,

a dreamy life, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27:

mora segnis et umbratilis,

Col. 1, 2, 1:

cum inerti et umbratili milite,

Amm. 18, 6, 2.—

In partic., of speech, in the manner of the schools (opp. to public, political):

educenda deinde dictio est ex hac domesticā exercitatione et umbratili medium in agmen, in pulverem: in clamorem, in castra atque in aciem forensem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis,

id. Or. 19, 64.— Adv.: umbrātĭlĭter, in outline, slightly:

effingimus,

Sid. Ep. 2, 10.

umbrātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], remaining in the shade, in retirement, or at home; private, retired, contemplative.

In gen.:

vita umbratilis et delicata,

a dreamy life, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27:

mora segnis et umbratilis,

Col. 1, 2, 1:

cum inerti et umbratili milite,

Amm. 18, 6, 2.—

In partic., of speech, in the manner of the schools (opp. to public, political):

educenda deinde dictio est ex hac domesticā exercitatione et umbratili medium in agmen, in pulverem: in clamorem, in castra atque in aciem forensem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis,

id. Or. 19, 64.— Adv.: umbrātĭlĭter, in outline, slightly:

effingimus,

Sid. Ep. 2, 10.