sets

fulmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from fulgimen, v. fulgeo], lightning that strikes or sets on fire, a thunderbolt (opp. fulgur, lightning).

Lit.:

placet Stoicis, eos anhelitus terrae cum se in nubem induerint ejusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque dirumpere, tum et fulgores et tonitrua exsistere: si autem nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

non enim te puto esse eum, qui Jovi fulmen fabricatos esse Cyclopas in Aetna putes,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43:

inter fulmina et tonitrua,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15; cf.

under II.: Phaëthon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf.:

Romulus lactens fulmine ictus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 47 (for which more usually:

e caelo ictus,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16):

fulmine tactus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 144:

fulminis ictu concidere,

id. ib. 2, 20, 45:

fulmine percussus,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 35, 84:

fulmina emittere... fulmen jacere,

id. ib. 2, 19, 44 sq.:

fulminis ictus evadere,

Juv. 12, 17:

fulmine justo ruere,

id. 8, 92:

ideo plurima aestate fiunt fulmina, qua plurimum calidi est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 2:

validum,

Lucr. 6, 228:

igniferum,

id. 6, 379:

caducum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

qualem ministrum fulminis alitem, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 4, 1:

quem (Periclem) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf.

fulgeo, I. B.: ipse Pater corusca fulmina molitur dextra,

Verg. G. 1, 330:

fulmen erat, Genitor quae plurima caelo deicit,

id. A. 8, 427:

fulmina pauper creditur atque deos,

Juv. 3, 145.—Respecting the nature of lightnings, and their religious interpretation [p. 791] among the Etruscans and Romans, cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 12 sq.; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 43; 230.—

Trop., a thunderbolt, i. q. destructive power, crushing calamity:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus ac paene fulminibus ipsis obvium ferre conservandorum civium causa,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4 (so we should read, and not fluminibus; cf. the passage quoted above from Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; besides, if the figure were that of waves, it would be expressed not by fluminibus, but by fluctibus; v. fluctus, II. B.); cf.:

fulmina fortunae contemnere,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66:

juro per mea mala, has me in illo (puero) vidisse virtutes ingenii, ut prorsus posset hinc esse tanti fulminis (i. e. mortis pueri) metus, quod observatum fere est, celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,

Quint. 6 praef. § 10; cf. Liv. 45, 41, 1:

quam fulmine justo Et Capito et Numitor ruerint, damnante senatu,

Juv. 8, 92; cf. Liv. 6, 39, 7.—Of oratory:

ain' tandem? insanire tibi videris (Paetus), quod imitere verborum meorum, ut scribis, fulmina? etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

(stilus) nec acumine posteriorum nec fulmine utens superiorum (al. flumine),

id. Or. 6, 21.— Poet.:

fulmen habent acres in aduncis dentibus apri,

i. e. destructive power, Ov. M. 10, 550; cf. id. ib. 1, 305:

(aper) Erectus setis et aduncae fulmine malae,

Stat. Th. 2, 470; see fulmineus, II.: tune illum (Hannibalem), cum frons propior lumenque corusco Igne micat, tune illa viri, quae vertice fundit, Fulmina pertuleris, fiery flashings (of the eye), Sil. 11, 342.—Applied to the Scipios, as heroes and conquerors of the Carthaginians:

Scipiades, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034;

imitated: duo fulmina belli Scipiadae,

Verg. A. 6, 843:

ubi nunc sunt fulmina gentis Scipiadae?

Sil. 7, 106:

duo fulmina nostri imperii, Cn. et P. Scipiones,

these two thunderbolts of our empire, Cic. Balb. 15, 34.—Prov.:

Fulmen est, ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia,

Pub. Syr. 184 Rib.

incensor, ōris, m. [incendo], one who kindles or sets fire to (post-class.).

Lit.:

messium,

Dig. 48, 19, 16, § 9; Paul. Sent. 5, 20; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 3, 2: specularum, i. e. who kindles beacons, App. de Mundo, p. 69. —

Trop., an inciter, instigator:

turbarum,

Amm. 31, 9, 4.

incentīvus, a, um, adj. [id.], that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).

Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.—

Transf., superior:

vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum),

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.—

Trop., that provokes or incites:

lues,

Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence,

Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive:

peccaminis,

Prud. Apoth. 929:

vitiorum,

Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.

incentīvus, a, um, adj. [id.], that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).

Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.—

Transf., superior:

vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum),

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.—

Trop., that provokes or incites:

lues,

Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence,

Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive:

peccaminis,

Prud. Apoth. 929:

vitiorum,

Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.

incentīvus, a, um, adj. [id.], that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).

Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.—

Transf., superior:

vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum),

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.—

Trop., that provokes or incites:

lues,

Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence,

Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive:

peccaminis,

Prud. Apoth. 929:

vitiorum,

Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.

incentor, ōris, m. [id.], one who sets the tune or begins to sing, a precentor, singer (post-class.).

Lit.:

carminis,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 32:

incentore canam Phoebo Musisque magistris,

Avien. Perieg. 895; Isid. 6, 9, 13.—

Trop., an inciter, exciter:

igneus turbarum,

Amm. 15, 1, 2:

civilis belli,

Oros. 5, 19:

rebellionis totius,

id. 6, 11.

occāsus, a, um, Part., from occĭdo.

occāsus, ūs, m. [occĭdo].

A falling, going down (class.; cf. obitus).

Lit., a going down, setting, of the heavenly bodies;

esp. of the sun: ante occasum Maiae,

Verg. G. 1, 225:

ortus occasusque signorum,

the rising and setting of the constellations, Quint. 1, 4, 4:

solis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50; 2, 11; 3, 15; Liv. 9, 32.— Absol.:

praecipiti in occasum die,

Tac. H. 3, 86.—

Transf., the quarter of the heavens in which the sun sets, sunset, the west:

inter occasum solis et septentriones,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

ab ortu ad occasum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49. — Plur., Ov. M. 2, 190:

ager Longus in occasum,

Verg. A. 11, 317:

de terrā occasus solis,

Vulg. Zach. 8, 7.—

Trop., downfall, ruin, destruction, end, death:

post obitum occasumque vestrum,

Cic. Pis. 15, 34:

occasus interitusque rei publicae,

id. ib. 8, 18: id. Sull. 11, 33:

Iliaci cineres et flamma extrema meorum, Testor, in occasu vestro, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 432; cf.

Trojae,

id. ib. 1, 238:

post L. Aelii nostri occasum,

death, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

odii,

Quint. Decl. 9, 18.—

For occasio, an occasion, opportunity, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 164; 171; 292 Vahl.).

pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308:

posivi,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris,

id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIER unt, Inscr. Orell. 5061:

POSIT, contr. from posivit,

ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = proti, pros, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.

Lit.

In gen.:

tabulas in aerario ponere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

castra,

to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.:

castra iniquo loco,

id. ib. 1, 81:

milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit,

id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

tabulas obsignatas in publico,

Cic. Fl. 9, 21:

sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi,

Liv. 38, 35, 4:

tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur,

Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12:

collum in Pulvere,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.:

artus in litore ponunt,

Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.:

saxo posuit latus,

Val. Fl. 4, 378:

in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt,

seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.—With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione):

Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit,

Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

stipes erat, quem... in flammam triplices posuere sorores,

Ov. M. 8, 452:

omnia pone feros in ignes,

id. R. Am. 719:

oleas in solem,

Cato, R. R. 7:

coronam in caput,

Gell. 3, 15, 3.—With sub and abl.:

pone sub curru nimium propinqui,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

fundamenta,

Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3:

ubi pedem poneret non habebat,

might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

genu or genua,

to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13:

num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit?

id. 4, 6, 28:

oculos,

to cast one's eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6:

faciem,

to turn one's face, id. ib. 42, 15.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops:

ibi praesidium ponit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

praesidium ibi,

id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.:

legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā,

id. ib. 3, 34:

insidias contra aliquem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.—

To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.):

opus,

Ov. M. 8, 160:

templa,

Verg. A. 6, 19:

aras,

id. ib. 3, 404:

tropaeum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so,

in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita,

in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.—

Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art:

Alcimedon duo pocula fecit... Orpheaque in medio posuit,

Verg. E. 3, 46:

hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.—

To set, set out, plant trees, etc. ( poet. and in postAug. prose;

syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites,

Verg. E. 1, 74:

vitem,

Col. 4, 1; cf.:

ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die,

planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.—

To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium;

Ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

pocula fagina,

Verg. E. 3, 36:

invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit,

id. A. 5, 292:

praemia,

id. ib. 5, 486:

praemium,

Liv. 41, 23, 10.—

In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.:

pecuniam apud aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165:

dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. A. P. 421:

pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere,

id. Epod. 2, 70.—

To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere):

Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

custos frumento publico est positus,

Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

puer super hoc positus officium,

Petr. 56, 8.—

To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81:

posito pavone,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422:

positi Bacchi cornua,

Ov. A. A. 1, 231:

vinum,

Petr. 34, 7:

calidum scis ponere sumen,

Pers. 1, 53:

porcum,

Mart. 8, 22, 1:

da Trebio, pone ad Trebium,

Juv. 5, 135.—

To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere):

cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.:

veste positā,

id. ib. 1, 47, 113:

velamina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.:

velamina de corpore,

id. M. 4, 345:

arma,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

sarcinam,

Petr. 117, 11:

barbam,

Suet. Calig. 5; cf.:

bicolor positis membrana capillis,

Pers. 3, 10:

libros de manibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.:

cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

To lay out for the grave:

toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater,

Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.—Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto,

Lucr. 3, 871:

te... patriā decedens ponere terrā,

Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480:

ubi corpus meum positum fuerit,

Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370:

IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT,

ib. 4550; 4495:

HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES,

Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.—

Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider:

si bene calculum ponas,

Petr. 115, 16:

examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin. —

To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono):

qui suas ponunt in statione comas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 434:

quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas?

id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.—

To subdue, calm, allay, quiet:

quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 16:

magnos cum ponunt aequora motus,

Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.—Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate ( poet. and late Lat.):

cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

Verg. A. 7, 27:

tum Zephyri posuere,

id. ib. 10, 103:

simul ac ventus posuit,

Gell. 2, 30, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.):

pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui,

id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā,

Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam):

se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere,

Liv. 44, 14, 7:

in laude positus,

Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

aliquem in metu non ponere,

i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55:

virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9:

aliquid in conspectu animi,

id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.:

sub uno aspectu ponere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199:

super cor,

to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.—With in and acc.:

te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.—Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate's decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.—

In partic.

Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon:

credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

spem in aliquo,

id. ib. 6, 1, 11:

salutis auxilium in celeritate,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.:

spem salutis in virtute,

id. ib. 5, 34, 2:

ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc.,

regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.—In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon:

ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis,

Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate,

id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27:

in te positum est, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8. —

To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing:

tempus in cogitatione ponere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

diem totum in considerandā causā,

id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6:

sumptum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.:

totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione,

id. Mur. 22, 45:

id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere,

id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.:

itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat,

id. Att. 11, 22, 2.—

To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things:

mortem in malis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29:

in beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

in laude,

to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71:

in vitiis poni,

to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.—

To appoint, ordain, make something:

leges,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

festos laetosque ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore,

to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere):

sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63:

qui tibi nomen Insano posuere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to [p. 1397] reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3:

pecuniae,

Dig. 46, 3, 89.—

To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods:

Veneri ponere vota,

Prop. 3, 12, 18:

nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25:

hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo,

Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506:

ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.:

quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100:

recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum;

at, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25:

positum sit igitur in primis, etc.,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

id. Brut. 45, 165:

aliquid pro certo ponere,

Liv. 10, 9 fin.:

nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant... Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur,

Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.—

Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum,

id. ib. 1, 47, 88:

ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum,

id. Top. 11, 50:

horum exempla posui ex jure civili,

id. ib. 14, 58:

horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus,

Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.—

To set before the mind, represent, describe:

nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc.,

Pers. 1, 70:

pone Tigellinum,

Juv. 1, 155.—

To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere):

mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis?

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2:

ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo,

id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.:

ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet,

id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

ponere praemium,

Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.:

doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito,

id. Lael. 5, 17; so,

cum ita positum esset, videri, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.—

To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere):

vitam propera ponere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

vitia,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

curas,

Liv. 1, 19:

metum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6:

iram,

Hor. A. P. 160:

moras,

id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816:

animos feroces,

Liv. 8, 1:

corda ferocia,

Verg. A. 1, 302:

vires (flammae),

id. ib. 5, 681:

ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse,

had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also,

tirocinium,

Just. 12, 4, 6:

animam,

to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.—Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender:

Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant,

Liv. 6, 10, 5:

dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet,

id. 4, 10, 3; cf.:

positis armis,

id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.—

To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.):

cornu tuum ponam ferreum,

Vulg. Mich. 4, 13:

posuit me desolatam,

id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi:

ponam Samariam quasi acervum,

id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.:

posuerunt eam in ruinam,

id. Isa. 23, 13.—

To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.—Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere:

Roma in montibus posita,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

portus ex adverso urbi positus,

Liv. 45, 5:

tumulus opportune ad id positus,

id. 28, 13:

urbs alieno solo posita,

id. 4, 17.— Poet.:

somno positus = sopitus,

lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).

Lit.:

pilae in mare praecipitatae,

Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:

pinus,

Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:

se e Leucade,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

se a tecto,

Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

se de turri,

Liv. 23, 37:

sese in fossas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:

plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

Liv. 21, 14, 1:

se in Tiberim,

id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;

Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:

cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:

lux Praecipitatur aquis,

sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:

hac te praecipitato,

run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—

Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

vitem,

Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

partem (vitis),

Col. 4, 20, 4:

palmitem,

id. 5, 6, 33.—

Trop.

To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:

semet ipse praecipitare,

to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:

se in exitium,

Cels. 3, 21:

se in insidias,

Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):

furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:

spem festinando praecipitare,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

in senectam praecipitare,

to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:

quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—

To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae Praecipitent obitum,

hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

vindemiam,

Col. 3, 21, 10:

consulta viri,

Sil. 3, 166:

ne praecipitetur editio,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

consilia raptim praecipitata,

precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

moras,

i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:

Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

Val. Fl. 2, 390:

cursum,

Juv. 15, 78.—

With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

Verg. A. 11, 3:

si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

Stat. Th. 1, 679. —

Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).

Lit.:

praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

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

de montibus altis ad terram,

Lucr. 4, 1021:

ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:

Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:

in amni praecipitante,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

nimbi In vada praecipitant,

Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:

in fossam,

Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;

39, 2, 3: in insidias,

id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:

non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

Verg. A. 4, 565:

sol praecipitans,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Trop.

To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,

praecipitantem impellamus,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

praecipitante re publicā,

id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:

cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

Liv. 27, 40:

ad exitium praecipitans,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—

To be too hasty:

cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:

agens mannos ad villam,

Lucr. 3, 1063.

quĭris or cŭris [Sabine], a spear:

sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis,

Ov. F. 2, 477.

Quĭrīs, ītis, and mostly plur., Quĭ-rītes, tĭum (or tum, Aus. Prof. 22, 9), m. [Cures].

Originally, the inhabitants of the Sabine town Cures, the Quirites (very rare):

prisci Quirites,

Verg. A. 7, 710 Serv.: veteres illi Sabini Quirites, Col. praef. § 19. —After the Sabines and the Romans had united in one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani: post foedus Titi (Tatii) et Romuli placuit, ut quasi unus de duobus fieret populus. Unde et Romani Quirites dicti sunt, quod nomen Sabinorum fuerat a civitate Curibus;

et Sabini a Romulo Romani dicti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 710; cf. Liv. 1, 13.— Joined with populus Romanus, the technical expression is usually POPVLVS ROMANVS QVIRITIVM, qs. the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens, the Roman nation of Quirites; but not unfreq. also in apposition: POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIBVS (like homines prisci Latini, and populus priscorum Latinorum): QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, REIQVE PVBLICAE POPVLI ROMANI QVIRITIVM... OMNES QVIRITES, PEDITES ARMATOS PRIVATOSQVE VOCA INLICIVM HVC AD ME, Tab. Censor. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Müll.:

populo Romano Quiritium,

Liv. 8, 9; 41, 16:

populus Romanus Quiritium,

id. 1, 32:

populi Romani Quiritium,

id. 1, 24; 32; 10, 28; 22, 10 al.— In the other form: POPVLD ROMANO QVIRITIBVS, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. [p. 1516] Arv. tab. 24, 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 41, 2, 24; so, an ancient formula ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14, acc. to the MSS.; so,

too,

id. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —We rarely meet with the form populo Romano Quiritibusque, Liv. 8, 6 (al. om. que); cf.

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dici, p. 67 Müll.: devovisse eos se pro patriā Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41:

Quiritium Romanorum exercitus,

id. 26, 2:

factum hoc populi Romain Quiritibus ostentum Cimbricis bellis,

to the citizens of the Roman nation, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

It was a reproach for soldiers to be addressed as Quirites,

Tac. A. 1, 42; Suet. Caes. 70; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52 sq.; Luc. 5, 358:

Quiritium fossae dicuntur, quibus Ancus Marcius circumdedit urbem, quam secundum ostium Tiberis posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam, et quia populi opera eas faceret, appellavit Quiritium,

Fest. p. 254 Müll.: jus Quiritium, full Roman citizenship:

ago gratias, domine, quod et jus Quiritium libertis necessariae mihi feminae, et civitatem Romanam Harpocrati iatraliptae meo indulsisti,

Plin. Ep. 10, 6 (22), 1:

Latinis jus Quiritium (constituit),

Suet. Claud. 19: Latini jus Quiritium consequuntur his modis, beneficio principali, etc., Ulp. Reg. tit. 4, de Latinis.— Sing.: Quiris (also Quiritis, acc. to Prisc. p. 633 P.), a Roman citizen, a Quirite: ollus Quiris Leto datus, an ancient formula in Fest. p. 254 Müll.:

dona Quiritis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 7:

reddere jura Quiriti,

Ov. M. 14, 823:

minimum de plebe Quiritem,

id. Am. 1, 7, 29; Juv. 8, 47: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, makes a Roman citizen, sets free (for in the ceremony of manumission the slave was turned around), Pers. 5, 75:

quis te redonavit Quiritem Dis patriis?

an uninjured Roman citizen, Hor. C. 2, 7, 3:

epulis repleto Quirite, i. e. populo Romano,

Claud. Carm. 12, 16:

Romani more Quiritis, i. e. civis,

Luc. 2, 386: Quiris Eoüs, an eastern Roman, i. e. an inhabitant of Constantinople, Sid. Carm. 1, 31.— In fem.:

Q. TVLLIVS Q. F. PONTIFEX SACR. IVNONIS QVIRITIS,

Inscr. Grut. 308, 1. —

( Poet. transf.) Of bees, citizens, commonalty:

ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

Verg. G. 4, 201.

quĭris or cŭris [Sabine], a spear:

sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis,

Ov. F. 2, 477.

Quĭrīs, ītis, and mostly plur., Quĭ-rītes, tĭum (or tum, Aus. Prof. 22, 9), m. [Cures].

Originally, the inhabitants of the Sabine town Cures, the Quirites (very rare):

prisci Quirites,

Verg. A. 7, 710 Serv.: veteres illi Sabini Quirites, Col. praef. § 19. —After the Sabines and the Romans had united in one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani: post foedus Titi (Tatii) et Romuli placuit, ut quasi unus de duobus fieret populus. Unde et Romani Quirites dicti sunt, quod nomen Sabinorum fuerat a civitate Curibus;

et Sabini a Romulo Romani dicti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 710; cf. Liv. 1, 13.— Joined with populus Romanus, the technical expression is usually POPVLVS ROMANVS QVIRITIVM, qs. the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens, the Roman nation of Quirites; but not unfreq. also in apposition: POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIBVS (like homines prisci Latini, and populus priscorum Latinorum): QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, REIQVE PVBLICAE POPVLI ROMANI QVIRITIVM... OMNES QVIRITES, PEDITES ARMATOS PRIVATOSQVE VOCA INLICIVM HVC AD ME, Tab. Censor. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Müll.:

populo Romano Quiritium,

Liv. 8, 9; 41, 16:

populus Romanus Quiritium,

id. 1, 32:

populi Romani Quiritium,

id. 1, 24; 32; 10, 28; 22, 10 al.— In the other form: POPVLD ROMANO QVIRITIBVS, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. [p. 1516] Arv. tab. 24, 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 41, 2, 24; so, an ancient formula ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14, acc. to the MSS.; so,

too,

id. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —We rarely meet with the form populo Romano Quiritibusque, Liv. 8, 6 (al. om. que); cf.

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dici, p. 67 Müll.: devovisse eos se pro patriā Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41:

Quiritium Romanorum exercitus,

id. 26, 2:

factum hoc populi Romain Quiritibus ostentum Cimbricis bellis,

to the citizens of the Roman nation, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

It was a reproach for soldiers to be addressed as Quirites,

Tac. A. 1, 42; Suet. Caes. 70; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52 sq.; Luc. 5, 358:

Quiritium fossae dicuntur, quibus Ancus Marcius circumdedit urbem, quam secundum ostium Tiberis posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam, et quia populi opera eas faceret, appellavit Quiritium,

Fest. p. 254 Müll.: jus Quiritium, full Roman citizenship:

ago gratias, domine, quod et jus Quiritium libertis necessariae mihi feminae, et civitatem Romanam Harpocrati iatraliptae meo indulsisti,

Plin. Ep. 10, 6 (22), 1:

Latinis jus Quiritium (constituit),

Suet. Claud. 19: Latini jus Quiritium consequuntur his modis, beneficio principali, etc., Ulp. Reg. tit. 4, de Latinis.— Sing.: Quiris (also Quiritis, acc. to Prisc. p. 633 P.), a Roman citizen, a Quirite: ollus Quiris Leto datus, an ancient formula in Fest. p. 254 Müll.:

dona Quiritis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 7:

reddere jura Quiriti,

Ov. M. 14, 823:

minimum de plebe Quiritem,

id. Am. 1, 7, 29; Juv. 8, 47: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, makes a Roman citizen, sets free (for in the ceremony of manumission the slave was turned around), Pers. 5, 75:

quis te redonavit Quiritem Dis patriis?

an uninjured Roman citizen, Hor. C. 2, 7, 3:

epulis repleto Quirite, i. e. populo Romano,

Claud. Carm. 12, 16:

Romani more Quiritis, i. e. civis,

Luc. 2, 386: Quiris Eoüs, an eastern Roman, i. e. an inhabitant of Constantinople, Sid. Carm. 1, 31.— In fem.:

Q. TVLLIVS Q. F. PONTIFEX SACR. IVNONIS QVIRITIS,

Inscr. Grut. 308, 1. —

( Poet. transf.) Of bees, citizens, commonalty:

ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

Verg. G. 4, 201.

rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).

Neutr. (very freq. and class.).

Lit. Rarely of persons:

caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,

Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:

ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

spectacula runnt,

fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:

parietes ruunt,

id. Most. 1, 2, 36:

lateres veteres,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,

aedes,

id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:

omnia tecta (supra aliquem),

Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:

altae turres,

Lucr. 5, 307:

moles et machina mundi,

id. 5, 96:

murus,

Liv. 21, 11:

templa deum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;

aulaea,

id. ib. 2, 8, 71:

acervus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:

murus latius quam caederetur,

Liv. 21, 11:

tecta in agris,

id. 4, 21:

silices a montibus altis,

Lucr. 5, 314:

alto a culmine Troja,

Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:

caeli templa,

Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:

caelum imbribus immodicis,

Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:

caelum in se,

Liv. 40, 58:

ruit imbriferum ver,

i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:

turbidus imber aquā,

id. A. 5, 695:

tempestas,

Tac. A. 1, 30.

Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —

Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:

volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

(Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,

id. ib. 7, 20, 1:

huc omnis turba ruebat,

Verg. A. 6, 305:

Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,

id. ib. 8, 648:

per proelia,

id. ib. 12, 526:

quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,

Tac. Agr. 37:

contis gladiisque ruerent,

id. A. 6, 35:

in aquam caeci ruebant,

Liv. 1, 27 fin.:

in castra fugientes,

id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:

promiscue in concubitus,

id. 3, 47:

eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,

id. 27, 41:

ad urbem infesto agmine,

id. 3, 3:

ad portas,

Tac. A. 1, 66:

ad convivium,

id. H. 2, 68 fin.:

per vias,

id. ib. 5, 22:

destinatā morte in proelium,

Flor. 2, 18, 12:

ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,

Curt. 4, 15, 3:

de montibus amnes,

Verg. A. 4, 164:

flumina per campos,

Ov. M. 1, 285:

in Galliam Rhenus,

Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:

vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,

i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:

revoluta ruebat dies,

was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:

antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 44.—

Trop.

(Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):

ratio ruat omnis,

Lucr. 4, 507:

quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,

by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:

tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,

Just. 5, 1, 9.—

(Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):

tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,

Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:

emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,

to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:

cum cotidie rueret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:

compescere ruentes,

Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:

ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,

id. ib. 1, 46:

crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,

Liv. 3, 53:

in servitium,

Tac. A. 1, 7:

in exitium,

id. H. 1, 84:

in sua fata,

Ov. M. 6, 51:

omnia fatis In pejus,

Verg. G. 1, 200:

quo scelesti ruitis?

Hor. Epod. 7, 1:

quo ruis,

Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:

multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,

Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:

quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:

scire ruunt,

Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:

ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,

Liv. 8, 24.—

Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)

Lit.:

imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

naves (vis venti),

Lucr. 1, 272:

res impetibus crebris (venti),

id. 1, 293:

ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:

immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,

Verg. A. 9, 516:

cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,

breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—

Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:

totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),

Verg. A. 1, 85:

spumas salis aere,

id. ib. 1, 35:

cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,

id. ib. 11, 211:

atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),

id. G. 2, 308:

unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:

in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;

caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,

Dig. 19, 1, 17:

in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,

ib. 50, 16, 241:

ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,

Fest. p. 262 Müll.:

ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,

Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

ūter, tris, m. ( neutr. collat. form of plur. utria, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 231, 31; gen. plur. utrium, Sall. J. 91, 1) [kindr. with uterus; v. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7], a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide, a skin for wine, oil, water, etc., Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

unctos salire per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384; Curt. 7, 5, 10; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 29; Juv. 15, 20; Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 31; 28, 18, 73, § 240; Scrib. Comp. 84; Just. 1, 8, 13; Dig. 33, 6, 3. —Often inflated and used for crossing streams, Caes. B. C. 1, 48 Herz.; Liv. 21, 27, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176; Amm. 30, 1, 9.— Poet.: crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem, the swelling skin, i. e. the vain man, Hor. S. 2, 5, 98.

ŭter, tri, m., v. uterus init.

ŭter, ūtra, ūtrum ( gen. utrīus; dat. utri; gen. sing., scanned utrĭus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15; cf. uterque; gen. and dat. fem. utrae, acc. to Charis. p. 132 P.), pron. [for cuter, in form comp. of quis; cf. Engl. who, whe - ther; cf. also Sanscr. katara, uter, and Gr. poteros; Ionic, koteros].

Interrogatively.

In direct questions.

With gen. part.; sed uter vostrorum'st celerior? Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 42:

agnūm horum uter est pinguior?

id. ib. 2, 5, 1:

uter nostrum popularis est? tune an ego?

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11:

uter est insanior horum?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102:

peccat uter nostrum cruce dignius?

id. ib. 2, 7, 47.—

With ex and abl.:

uter ex his tibi sapiens videtur?

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—

Neutr. and with apposit.-clause: utrum est melius? virginemne an viduam uxorem ducere? Naev. ap. Non. p. 136, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 53 Rib.):

utrum igitur mavis? statimne nos vela facere, an... paululum remigare?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; id. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84.—With plur. verb:

uter meruistis culpam?

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 29:

uter eratis, tun' an ille, major?

id. ib. 5, 9, 60.— Plur., of two parties:

sed utriscum rem esse mavis?

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 51.—

In indirect questions.

With gen. part.:

nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 58:

harum duarum condicionum utram malis vide,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 85: is vestrorum uter sit, cui signum datum est, Cette, Pac. ap. Non. p. 85, 4 (Trag. Rel. v. 62 Rib.):

quod utri nostrum sanctius sit, jam pridem sentis Liv 40, 9, 7: utrius horum Verba probes et facta, doce,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15.—

With ex and abl.: de praemiis quaeritur: ex duobus, uter dignior;

ex pluribus, quis dignissimus,

Quint. 7, 4, 21.—

With de and abl. (very rare):

utrum de his potius, dubitasset aliquis, quin alterum, nemo,

Cic. Brut. 50, 189.

Absol.: omnibus cura viris uter esset induperator, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 86 Vahl.):

et tamen utrum malis scio,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 15:

utro frui malis, optio sit tua,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

sortirenturve, uter comitiis ejus anni praeesset,

Liv. 35, 20, 3:

non tantum utrum melius, sed quid sit optimum quaeritur,

Quint. 3, 8, 33:

dijudicari, uter populus alteri pariturus esset,

Vell. 2, 90, 3:

elige, utrum facias,

Ov. M. 9, 548:

ignorante rege uter Orestes esset,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

considerando, utra lex ad majores res pertineat,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

dubitare visus est Sulpicius et Cotta, utrius oratio propius ad veritatem videretur accedere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 262:

ita ut oculis, in utram partem fluit (flumen), judicari non possit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

certamen consulibus inciderat, uter dedicaret aedem,

Liv. 2, 27, 5:

videamus uter plus scribere possit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 16.— Plur., of two parties or sets:

sed utros ejus habueris libros—duo enim sunt corpora—an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 4:

quaestio sequitur ex ipsis (testibus), utri meliores viri,

Quint. 5, 7, 34:

nec promptum est dicere, utros peccare validius putem,

id. 10, 3, 12.— Neutr. with apposit. - clause:

cogitare, utrum esset Agrigentinis utilius, suisne servire anne populo Romano obtemperare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73:

videte utrum sit aequius, hominem dedi inimicissimis nationibus an reddi amicis,

id. Font. 18, 41 (14, 31).—

Repeated, which of two... the other:

ut nihil jam aliud quaerere debeatis, nisi uter utri insidias fecerit,

Cic. Mil. 9, 23:

ut... neque dijudicari posset, uter utri virtute anteferendus videretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

scire de filiis tuis, uter ab utro petitus fraude et insidiis esset,

Liv. 40, 55, 3:

ambigitur uter utro sit prior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55:

si non intellegitur, uter ab utro eversus sit,

Dig. 9, 2, 45.—

Strengthened by ne:

uterne Ad casus dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui Pluribus assuerit mentem, etc., An qui contentus parvo?

Hor. S. 2, 2, 107.—

Transf.

Indef. rel., whichsoever of two, the one which:

utram harum vis condicionem accipe,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13:

convenit, victi utri sint in eo proelio... focos, seque uti dederent,

id. Am. 1, 1, 71:

horum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum,

Cic. Sest. 42, 92:

utrum enim horum dixeris, in eo culpa et crimen haerebit,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 45, § 106:

quotiens ille tibi optionem facturus sit, ut eligas utrum velis, factum esse necne... utrum dixeris, id contra te futurum,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

utrum igitur eorum accidisset, verum oraculum fuisset,

id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

uter enim... penetrarit et uter... accesserit, is vincat necesse est,

id. Part. Or. 36, 123:

utrum placet, sumite... daret, utrum vellet subclamatum est,

Liv. 21, 18, 13:

utri eorum dedicatio jussu populi data esset, eum praeesse annonae,

id. 2, 27, 5:

utrius partis melior fortuna belli esset, ad ejus societatem inclinaturos,

id. 31, 32, 5:

uter aedilis fueritve Vestrum praetor, is sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 5, 28:

utro exercitu mallet ex duobus, quos, etc.,

Liv. 36, 1, 9:

ut ipse optet, ex duobus ab lege constitutis suppliciis utrum velit pendere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 23, 6.—

Indef., either of the two, one or the other, one of two: uti tu ad Laelium Luciumve consulem sive quem ad uter eorum jusserit proferes, Vet. Form. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 2:

omnium controversiarum, quae essent inter aratorem et decumanum, si uter velit, edicit se recuperatores daturum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: quid? si una tabula sit, duo naufragi aeque sapientes;

sibine uter rapiat, an alter cedat alteri?

id. Off. 2, 23, 90:

si cum utro eorum actum est, cum altero agi non potest,

Dig. 9, 2, 45, § 3. —

Whichsoever of more than two:

quorum utrum ei acciderit,

Vitr. 7 praef. — Hence, adv.: ū̆trō, to which of two places, to which side or part:

nescit utro potius ruat et ruere ardet utroque,

Ov. M. 5, 166; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179; v. also utrum.

ŭter-que, utrăque, utrumque ( gen. sing. utriusque, always with ĭ, Plaut. Truc [p. 1945] 4, 3, 20; Lucr. 4, 503; Cat. 68, 39; Hor. C. 3, 8, 5; Ov. M. 6, 506; old gen. and dat. sing. fem. utraeque, acc. to Charis. 2, 3, p. 132; gen. plur. utrumque, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129 B. and K.), pron., each (of two), either, each one, one and the other, one as well as the other, both (applied to two subjects regarded severally, while ambo regards the two as a pair; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 141, Anm. 2).

In gen.

With substt.

In gen.:

imperator uterque hinc et illinc Jovi Vota suscipere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74: tibi in utrāque parte pollet et pariter potest, Afran. ap. Non. p. 375, 5 (Com. Rel. v. 226 Rib.):

causae utriusque figurae,

Lucr. 4, 503; 4, 1212:

quascumque (insulas) in liquentibus stagnis Marique vasto fert uterque Neptunus,

Cat. 31, 3:

parique fastigio steterit in utrāque fortunā,

Nep. Att. 14, 2:

docte sermones utriusque linguae,

Greek and Latin, Hor. C. 3, 8, 5; cf.:

insignis utriusque linguae monimentis,

Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

Quid... gentes ab utroque jacentes Oceano numerem?

Ov. M. 15, 829:

litora sub utroque jacentia Phoebo,

i. e. the rising and the setting sun, id. ib. 1, 338:

nutu (Jovis) tremefactus uterque Est polus,

id. F. 2, 489:

limes uterque poli,

Stat. Th. 1, 157:

deus est in utroque parente,

father and mother, Ov. M. 13, 147:

cum jam tempus esset deducendi ab Samnio exercitus aut utriusque aut certe alterius,

Liv. 10, 44, 6:

densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

numen utriusque Dianae,

Mart. Spect. 13, 5.—

Esp. in the phrase in utramque partem, in either way or direction, on both sides, for and against, etc.:

vemens in utramque partem es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31:

magnam vim esse in fortunā in utramque partem, vel ad secundas res, vel ad adversas, quis ignorat,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19; 2, 10, 37:

in utramque partem disserere = pro et contra,

id. Rep. 3, 6, 4; id. de Or. 3, 27, 107:

utramque in partem multa dicuntur,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 124:

magna est vis conscientiae, et magna in utramque partem, ut neque timeant... et putent, etc.,

id. Mil. 23, 61:

suam sententiam in utramque partem esse tutam,

on either assumption, Caes. B. G. 5, 29.—

In gen.:

aequom'st, quod in rem esse utrique arbitremur, Et mihi te et tibi me consulere,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 10:

conveniunt adhuc utriusque verba,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 20:

verum utrique mos geratur amborum ex sententiā,

id. ib. 5, 69:

sed uterque (sapiens appellatus est) alio quodam modo,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

ut aut uterque inter se aut neuter satis duret,

id. Quint. 8, 30:

tu mihi videris utrumque facturus,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22:

quare qui utrumque voluit et potuit,

id. ib. 3, 3, 6:

uterque cum equitatu veniret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

hic, qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20: cum utrique sis maxime necessarius, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 2;

opp. unus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

quod tibi non utriusque petenti copia facta'st,

Cat. 68, 39:

utque fide pignus dextras utriusque poposcit,

Ov. M. 6, 506:

vitium est utriusque,

Mart. 3, 27, 3:

cum esset et aequalis Mars utriusque,

id. Spect. 29, 2.—

Esp., in apposit. with nouns or clauses:

apud Antiphonem uterque, mater et pater, Quasi deditā operā domi erant,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 1:

Maecenas atque Coccejus, missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S 1, 5, 28:

ego utrumque meum puto esse, et quid sentiam ostendere et quod feceris defendere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25.—With pron. understood:

verum, Demea, Curemus aequam uterque partem,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50; so freq. with neutr. pron. where the gen. would be ambiguous (cf. 3. infra):

id utrumque tardum fructum reddit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176: quod (aquam et pabulum) utrumque large palus praebere poterat, Auct. B. Alex. 1 fin. —Once with nom. masc.: nam qui instat alicui... aut contra de alicujus periculo festinatur, is uterque infestus dicitur, Nigid. ap. Gell 9, 12, 6.—

With gen. part. (class. with pers. pronn., etc.; cf.

Zumpt, Gr. § 429): utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris,

Cic. Lael. 4, 16:

uterque nostrum id sibi suscipiendum putavit,

id. Sull. 4, 13:

horum uterque ita cecidit victus ut victor idem regnaverit... utrique horum secunda fortuna regnum est largita,

id. Har. Resp. 25, 54:

domus utriusque nostrum aedificatur strenue,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: cum eorum, de quibus dicimus, aut utrumque, aut unum quodque certe concluditur verbo, etc., Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37:

ante utriusque horum obitum,

Vell. 2, 103, 1; v. also I. B. 1. and 3. infra.—Also with substt., accompanied by adj. pron.:

earum enim rerum utramque a corde proficisci,

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:

quarum civitatum utraque foederata est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

quorum generum in utroque magnus noster Cato est,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

utriusque harum rerum expers,

id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65.—Rarely with substt. alone ( poet. and post-Aug.):

et haec utinam Viscorum laudet uterque!

Hor. S. 1, 10, 83:

uterque legatorum et quisquis... remissi,

Vell. 2, 50, 3:

post utriusque adulescentium obitum,

id. 2, 103, 2:

obiit, utroque liberorum superstite, Tiberio Drusoque Neronibus,

Suet. Tib. 4 fin. —

In partic.

With plur. predic. (rare in the best prose; not in Cic.; cf.

infra): uterque insaniunt,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 31:

deinde uterque imperator in medium exeunt,

id. Am. 1, 1, 68; cf. Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 1, A, 2, b, supra:

facite ut uterque sublimiter stent,

Cato, R. R. 70, 2:

uterque eorum ex castris exercitum ducunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30:

illae (naves) conflixerunt, ut utraque ex concursu laborarent,

id. ib. 2, 6:

uterque cum illo gravis inimicitias exercebant,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

utraque festinant,

Ov. M. 6, 59:

uterque ambigui,

Tac. H. 2, 97:

uterque opibus perviguere,

id. A. 4, 34:

decernitur ut uterque in regnum restituantur,

Just. 38, 3, 4; Val. Max. 5, 4, 6; Vell. 2, 66, 1; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 20; cf. plur. in consecutive clauses:

hic cum uterque me intueretur, seseque ad audiendum significarent paratos,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 1 Madvig ad loc.:

quorum utrumque audivi, cum mihi nihil sane praeter sedulitatem probarent, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 5, 16.—

With predicate in first or second person (mostly post-Aug.):

sed uterque mensuram implevimus, ego et tu,

Tac. A. 14, 54 init.:

quid ergo inter me et te interest, si uterque habere volumus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

uterque magnum beneficium dedistis,

id. Contr. 4 (8), 24, 4:

quod uterque cuperemus,

Front. Ep. ad Am. 1, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14, II. B. infra.—

In reciprocal uses, one... the other, each... the other, either... the other, one another, etc.

Uterque repeated in another case (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.):

quia uterque utrique est cordi,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 17:

cum uterque utrique esset exercitus in conspectu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35 (al. uterque utrimque):

cum uterque utrique insidiaretur, Auct. B. Alex. 4, 1: uterque utrumque vituperato,

Varr. Fragm. p. 131 Durdr.—

With a case of alter:

ita est utraque res sine alterā debilis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

quorum uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum,

id. Off. 1, 1, 4:

cum enim uterque alteri obiciat, palam est utrumque fecisse,

Quint. 11, 3, 168:

invictum tamen ab altero utrumque servavit,

Just. 6, 2, 9:

arceri utrumque genus ab altero narrant,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171; Cels. 5, 26, 35 fin.; Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. § 30.—

Regularly of two parties, sets, or classes, each including a plurality: Praenestini et Lanuvini hospites: suopte utrosque decuit acceptos cibo, etc., Naev. ap. Macr. S. 3, 18, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 21 Rib.): non cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes, Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 Vahl.):

utrosque pergnovi probe,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 50:

quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

a quibus utrisque (actoribus et poëtis) summittitur aliquid, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 102:

quos ego utrosque in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

his utrisque (Atrebatis et Viromanduis) persuaserant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

Aetolorum utraeque manus Heracleam sese incluserunt,

Liv. 36, 16, 5; Sall. J. 76, 4:

utrique (plebis fautores et senatus) victoriam crudeliter exercebant,

id. C. 38, 4; Suet. Claud. 21; cf.: hic igitur Q. Ligarius... nunc a te supplex fratris salutem petit: quam hujus admonitus officio cum utrisque his dederis, tris fratres optimos... rei publicae condonaveris, i. e. two brothers on one side and Ligarius on the other, Cic. Lig. 12, 36:

Marius impigre suorum et hostium res pariter attendere, cognoscere, quid boni utrisque aut contra esset,

Sall. J. 88, 2: cujus flamma ut ab oppidanis et oppugnatoribus est visa, utrisque venit in opinionem, etc., Nep. Milt. 7, 3.—So with collective nouns:

primo impetu simul utraque cornua et Numidae pulsi,

Liv. 30, 8, 7; cf.:

utraque oppida,

id. 42, 54, 8:

utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,

Tac. G. 34.—

Freq. also of two individual subjects, esp. when regarded as belonging together (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1175):

nec clam te est quam illi utraeque nunc inutiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 52:

hoc beneficio utrique ab utrisque vero devincimini, Ut, etc.,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 14:

utrique imperatores exeunt,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 68 Ussing (Fleck., uterque imperator): sed qui utrosque error vos agitat, Expedibo, Pomp. ap. Non. 505, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 175 Rib.): suis utrisque superstitibus praesentibus istam viam dico, Leg. Form. ap. Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

binos habebam (scyphos): jnbeo promi utrosque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores... utraeque in eā fugā perierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

hi utrique ad urbem imperatores erant (Q. Marcius et Q. Metellus),

Sall. C. 30, 4:

animus ferox inopia rei familiaris et conscientia scelerum, quae utraque eis artibus auxerat,

id. ib. 5, 7:

illa utrosque (patrem et aviam) intuens,

Tac. A. 16, 11; id. Or. 2:

palmas utrasque tetendit,

Verg. A. 6, 685:

quod utrorum Dionysiorum opibus Corinthi saepe adjuti fuerant,

Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

utrique (Mithridates et Datames) locum qui explorarent mittunt,

id. Dat. 2, 2:

laudare senis utraque consilia,

Liv. 9, 12, 2:

utrisque consulibus Italia decreta est,

id. 27, 22, 2:

in invidiā censores cum essent... Cn. Baebius diem ad populum utrisque dixit,

id. 29, 37, 17; 32, 17, 15; 34, 25, 5;

42, 54, 8: Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

Tac. A. 11, 1 init.:

Natalem multa cum Scaevino collocutum, et esse utrosque C. Pisonis intimos,

id. ib. 15, 55 fin.:

pater filiam, avia neptem, illa utrosque intuens,

id. ib. 16, 11:

nam Mago Cambyses aures utrasque praeciderat,

Just. 1, 9, 17; 9, 7, 8:

crederes imperatum, ut acies utraeque tela cohiberent,

Curt. 7, 4, 35.—Hence,

ŭtrōquĕ, adv.

Lit., of place, to both places, parts, or sides, in both directions:

utroque citius quam vellemus, cursum confecimus,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1:

exercitus utroque ducti,

Liv. 8, 29, 7:

jactantem utroque caput,

Verg. A. 5, 469:

nunc huc, nunc illuc et utroque sine ordine curro,

Ov. H. 10, 19:

nescit, utro potius ruat, et ruere ardet utroque,

id. M. 5, 166. —

Transf., in both directions, in either point of view, both ways, etc.:

auctores utroque trahunt,

Liv. 1, 24, 1:

medium maxime et moderatum utroque consilium,

id. 2, 30, 1:

utroque firmiores qui in callibus versentur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1.—

Esp., connected with versum ( vorsum; sometimes written in one word, utroqueversum):

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8: accidit, ut quaedam vocabula ambigua sint et utroque versum dicantur, i. e. in a twofold sense, denoting augmentation or diminution, Gell. 5, 12, 10.—

ŭtrasquĕ, adv. (acc. to the analogy of alias, alteras), both times (ante-class.): in Hispaniā pugnatum bis: utrasque nostri loco moti, Cass. Hem. ap. Non. 183, 24; Caecil. ib. 183, 25.