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  • 1 suāvitās

        suāvitās ātis, f    [suavis].—To the senses, sweetness, pleasantness, agreeableness: piscium: odorum: villa mirificā suavitate: conquirere suavitates.—Fig., to the mind, pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness: mira in cognoscendo: sermonum atque morum: propter multas suavitates humanitatis tuae.
    * * *
    charm, attractiveness; sweetness

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  • 2 vel

        vel adv.    [1 vel], or even, if you will, or indeed, even, assuredly, certainly: vel rex semper maxumas Mihi agebat gratias, T.: sed tamen vel regnum malo quam liberum populum: Vel Priamo miseranda manus, V.: ego vel Prochytam praepono Suburae, Iu.: populus R. suam auctoritatem vel contra omnīs possit defendere: timebant ne Romana plebs... vel cum servitute pacem acciperet, even if it should bring slavery, Cs.: existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intellegant: quae non modo summa bona, sed nimirum audebo vel sola dicere: hoc ascensu vel tres armati quamlibet multitudinem arcuerint, L.: a plerisque vel dicam ab omnibus, I may even say.—With sup. of adj. or adv, perhaps, it may be, if you will: adulescens vel potentissimus nostrae civitatis: domus vel optima Messanae, notissima quidem certe, i. e. the most famous, if not the finest.—Intensive, the very, the utmost, the most... possible: hoc in genere nervorum vel minimum, suavitatis autem est vel plurimum, the very least... the utmost possible: vel extremo spiritu experiri, etc., with his very latest breath: cuius (sc. Hannibalis) eo tempore vel maxima apud regem auctoritas erat, L.: peculatus vel acerrime vindicandus, with the utmost severity.—Introducing a single instance, for instance, for example, as for example, in particular, especially: Vel heri in vino quam inmodestus fuisti, T.: sed suavīs accipio litteras, vel quas proxime acceperam, quam prudentīs!: est tibi ex his ipsis qui adsunt bella copia, vel ut a te ipso ordiare, i. e. especially if you begin with yourself.
    * * *
    I
    even, actually; or even, in deed; or
    II
    or

    vel... vel -- either... or

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  • 3 artifex

    artĭfex, fĭcis, m. [ars-facio].
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    1.. One that is master in the liberal arts (while opifex is a master in the artes sordidae; cf. ars, I. B. 1.), an artist, artificer:

    illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12:

    reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex (i. e. architectus) inire rationem potuit,

    Liv. 42, 3:

    in armamentario multis talium operum (sc. tormentorum) artificibus de industriā inclusis,

    id. 29, 35:

    ut aiunt in Graecis artificibus eos auloedos esse, qui citharoedi fieri non potuerint, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 169 al.:

    artifices scaenici,

    Cic. Arch. 5, 10; id. Quinct. 25; Suet. Caes. 84:

    artifex lignorum,

    a carpenter, Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 11; so,

    artifex lignarius,

    ib. Isa. 44, 13:

    artifices lapidum,

    masons, ib. 2 Reg. 5, 11:

    artifex aerarius,

    a worker in bronze, ib. 3 Reg. 7, 14 (often thus used in Vulg. for opifex).—Also absol.:

    artifex,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 70:

    multi artifices ex Graeciā venerunt,

    Liv. 39, 22; so id. 5, 1; 5, 7; 5, 2; 41, 20; so Vulg. Exod. 36, 4; ib. Isa. 40, 20; ib. Act. 19, 24 et saep.—So of a charioteer, as in Gr. technitês:

    ne hoc gloriae artificis daretur (auriga standing just before),

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—Of a physician, Liv. 5, 3. —Of an orator or writer:

    Graeci dicendi artifices et doctores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

    cum contra talem artificem (sc. Hortensium oratorem) dicturus essem,

    id. Quinct. 24 fin.:

    politus scriptor atque artifex,

    id. Or. 51, 172. —
    2.
    Trop., a master in any thing, in doing any thing, etc.:

    artifices ad corrumpendum judicium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71:

    artifex callidus comparandarum voluptatum,

    id. Fin. 2, 35, 116:

    Cotta in ambitione artifex,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47:

    serendae in alios invidiae artifex,

    Tac. H. 2, 86 al. —
    B.
    A maker, originator, author, contriver:

    si pulcher est hic mundus, si probus ejus artifex, etc.,

    Cic. Tim. 2:

    cujus (civitatis) artifex et conditor (est) Deus,

    Vulg. Heb. 11, 10:

    artifex omnium natura,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

    si indocta consuetudo tam est artifex suavitatis,

    id. Or. 48, 161:

    artificem (sc. malorum) mediis immittam Terea flammis,

    Ov. M. 6, 615:

    vadit ad artificem dirae Polymestora caedis,

    id. ib. 13, 551:

    sceleris infandi artifex,

    Sen. Agam. 975.—Ironic.:

    O artificem probum!

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29.—Also for a sly, cunning contriver, inventor of a thing (cf. ars, II. fin.):

    et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 125; 11, 407. —
    II.
    Adj.
    A.
    Act., skilled in a thing; skilful, practised, ingenious, dexterous:

    Bomilcar et per homines talis negotii artifices itinera explorat,

    Sall. J. 35, 5:

    miles decollandi artifex,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    artifex faber de silvā,

    Vulg. Sap. 13, 11:

    tam artifices saltationis,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—Also of inanimate things:

    artifices Natura manus admovit,

    Ov. M. 15, 218:

    Tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus,

    Prop. 5, 2, 62:

    artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus,

    Cic. Brut. 25, 95:

    mobilitas ignea artifex ad formanda corpora,

    Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187:

    vir tam artificis ingenii,

    id. 8, 16, 21, § 55 al. — Poet. with inf.:

    venter, negatas artifex sequi voces,

    Pers. prol. 11.—
    B.
    Pass., skilfully prepared or made, artistic, artificial, ingenious:

    quattuor artifices vivida signa boves,

    Prop. 3, 29, 8:

    tantae tamque artifices argutiae,

    Plin. 10, 29, 4, § 85:

    artifex dimicatio,

    id. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

    motus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 8:

    manus libratur artifici temperamento,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, §

    115: artifex vultus,

    Pers. 5, 40:

    plaga,

    Sol. 35 al. — Poet. of a horse, broken, trained, Ov. A. A. 3, 556.

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  • 4 destillo

    dē-stillo (or di-stillo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to drip or trickle down, to distil (not in Cic.).
    I.
    Prop.: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, * Verg. G. 3, 281; cf.:

    ex athere,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 12:

    de capite in nares humor (from a cold),

    Cels. 4, 2, 4:

    nubes distillaverunt aquis,

    Vulg. Judic. 5, 4 al. —
    II.
    Transf.:

    tempora nardo,

    to drop, distil, Tib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

    destillante arboribus odore mirae suavitatis,

    Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198.

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  • 5 Hercules

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 6 Herculiani

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 7 Herculius

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 8 impertio

    impertio ( inp-; also impartio, Liv. 38, 36), īvi or ĭi, ītum (old fut. impertibis, Nov. ap. Non. 27, 33; Com. Fragm. v. 12 Rib.), 4 (also in the dep. form im-pertior; inf. impertiri, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 22; Verg. Cat. 15; App. M. 3, p. 215 al.), v. a. [in-partio], to share with another, to communicate, bestow, impart a thing (class.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf. communico, participo, partior).—With dat.:

    si quam praestantiam virtutis, ingenii, fortunae consecuti sunt, impertiant ea suis communicentque cum proximis,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

    oneris mei partem nemini impertio,

    id. Sull. 3, 9:

    te exorabo, ut mihi quoque et Catulo tuae suavitatis aliquid impertias,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

    imperti etiam populo potestatis aliquid,

    id. Rep. 2, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 37, 27:

    si aliquid impertivit tibi sui consilii,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    unum diem festum Marcellis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51:

    dolorem suum nobis,

    id. Att. 2, 23, 2: molestias senectutis suae vestris familiis, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 37, 25 (Rep. 5, 8 Mos.):

    Terentia impertit tibi multam salutem,

    salutes thee heartily, id. Att. 2, 12, 4:

    hominibus indigentibus de re familiari,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 54:

    talem te et nobis impertias,

    wouldst show, id. Rosc. Am. 4, 11:

    a te peto, ut aliquid impertias temporis huic quoque cogitationi,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 3:

    tantum temporis huic studio,

    id. Balb. 1, 3:

    aures studiis honestis,

    Tac. A. 14, 21:

    aliquid suorum studiorum philosophiae quoque,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6: meum laborem hominum periculis sublevandis, id. Mur. 4, 8:

    aliis gaudium suum,

    Liv. 27, 51, 4:

    conjugibus liberisque tam laetum nuntium,

    id. 27, 51, 7.— With ad:

    nihil tuae prudentiae ad salutem meam,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7:

    (ignis) ceteris naturis omnibus salutarem impertit et vitalem calorem,

    id. N. D. 2, 10, 27.—In pass.:

    huic plausus maximi, signa praeterea benevolentiae permulta a bonis impertiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

    viro forti collegae meo laus impertitur,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 14:

    pro his impertitis oppugnatum patriam nostram veniunt,

    i. e. for these favors, benefits, Liv. 21, 41, 13. — Absol.: quibus potest, impertit, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 22:

    si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti: si non, his utere mecum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 68.—
    II.
    Transf.: aliquem aliqua re, to make one a sharer or partaker in any thing, to present him with (very rare;

    not in Cic.): advenientem peregre erum suum Stratippoclem Salva impertit salute Epidicus,

    greets, wishes health, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 23:

    Parmenonem suum plurima salute,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 40:

    obsecret, se ut nuntio hoc impertiam,

    id. Stich. 2, 1, 27:

    neque quemquam osculo impertiit, ac ne resalutatione quidem,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    solos numquam donis impertiendos putavit,

    id. Aug. 25:

    reliquit eum nullo praeter auguralis sacerdotii honore impertitum,

    id. Claud. 4.— Pass.:

    doctrinis, quibus puerilis aetas impertiri debet,

    Nep. Att. 1, 2.— In dep. form:

    cesso eram hoc malo impertiri propere?

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 22.

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  • 9 inpertio

    impertio ( inp-; also impartio, Liv. 38, 36), īvi or ĭi, ītum (old fut. impertibis, Nov. ap. Non. 27, 33; Com. Fragm. v. 12 Rib.), 4 (also in the dep. form im-pertior; inf. impertiri, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 22; Verg. Cat. 15; App. M. 3, p. 215 al.), v. a. [in-partio], to share with another, to communicate, bestow, impart a thing (class.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf. communico, participo, partior).—With dat.:

    si quam praestantiam virtutis, ingenii, fortunae consecuti sunt, impertiant ea suis communicentque cum proximis,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

    oneris mei partem nemini impertio,

    id. Sull. 3, 9:

    te exorabo, ut mihi quoque et Catulo tuae suavitatis aliquid impertias,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

    imperti etiam populo potestatis aliquid,

    id. Rep. 2, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 37, 27:

    si aliquid impertivit tibi sui consilii,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    unum diem festum Marcellis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51:

    dolorem suum nobis,

    id. Att. 2, 23, 2: molestias senectutis suae vestris familiis, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 37, 25 (Rep. 5, 8 Mos.):

    Terentia impertit tibi multam salutem,

    salutes thee heartily, id. Att. 2, 12, 4:

    hominibus indigentibus de re familiari,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 54:

    talem te et nobis impertias,

    wouldst show, id. Rosc. Am. 4, 11:

    a te peto, ut aliquid impertias temporis huic quoque cogitationi,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 3:

    tantum temporis huic studio,

    id. Balb. 1, 3:

    aures studiis honestis,

    Tac. A. 14, 21:

    aliquid suorum studiorum philosophiae quoque,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6: meum laborem hominum periculis sublevandis, id. Mur. 4, 8:

    aliis gaudium suum,

    Liv. 27, 51, 4:

    conjugibus liberisque tam laetum nuntium,

    id. 27, 51, 7.— With ad:

    nihil tuae prudentiae ad salutem meam,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7:

    (ignis) ceteris naturis omnibus salutarem impertit et vitalem calorem,

    id. N. D. 2, 10, 27.—In pass.:

    huic plausus maximi, signa praeterea benevolentiae permulta a bonis impertiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

    viro forti collegae meo laus impertitur,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 14:

    pro his impertitis oppugnatum patriam nostram veniunt,

    i. e. for these favors, benefits, Liv. 21, 41, 13. — Absol.: quibus potest, impertit, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 22:

    si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti: si non, his utere mecum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 68.—
    II.
    Transf.: aliquem aliqua re, to make one a sharer or partaker in any thing, to present him with (very rare;

    not in Cic.): advenientem peregre erum suum Stratippoclem Salva impertit salute Epidicus,

    greets, wishes health, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 23:

    Parmenonem suum plurima salute,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 40:

    obsecret, se ut nuntio hoc impertiam,

    id. Stich. 2, 1, 27:

    neque quemquam osculo impertiit, ac ne resalutatione quidem,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    solos numquam donis impertiendos putavit,

    id. Aug. 25:

    reliquit eum nullo praeter auguralis sacerdotii honore impertitum,

    id. Claud. 4.— Pass.:

    doctrinis, quibus puerilis aetas impertiri debet,

    Nep. Att. 1, 2.— In dep. form:

    cesso eram hoc malo impertiri propere?

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 22.

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  • 10 lepor

    lĕpor and lĕpos, ōris, m. [perh. root lamp-; Gr. lampô, lampros; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna], pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm.
    I.
    In gen.:

    quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32:

    aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla,

    Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133:

    omnis vitae lepos,

    Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability:

    affluens omni lepore ac venustate,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55. —
    B.
    As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer:

    respice, o mi lepos,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4.—
    C.
    Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.:

    sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia,

    Plaut. As. prol. 13:

    ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27:

    urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos,

    id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

    floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

    omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores,

    id. Or. 27, 96.

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  • 11 me hercule

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 12 mehercule

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mehercule

  • 13 mehercules

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 14 metallum

    mĕtallum, i, n., = metallon, a mine or quarry, of gold, silver, iron, or stone; voc. metalle, as if from metallus, Spart. Pesc. Nig. 126.
    I.
    Lit., the place where metals are dug, a mine:

    metalla vetera intermissa recoluit, et nova multis locis instituit,

    Liv. 39, 24:

    sandaracae,

    Vitr. 7, 7, 5:

    aurifera,

    gold-mines, Luc. 3, 209:

    silicum,

    stone-quarry, id. 4, 304:

    miniarium,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:

    praeter annuum, quod ex metallis regiis capia, vectigal,

    Liv. 42, 12: herba tantae suavitatis, ut metallum esse coeperit, a mine, i. e. that a tax was raised from it as from a mine, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 44: damnare in metallum, to condemn to labor in the mines or quarries:

    damnatus in metallum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    condemnare aliquem ad metalla,

    Suet. Calig. 27:

    mediocrium delictorum poenae sunt metallum, ludus, deportatio,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 3, 5:

    dare aliquem in metallum,

    Dig. 48, 19, 8:

    metallo plecti,

    ib. 47, 11, 7:

    puniri,

    ib. 48, 13, 6.—
    II. 1.
    A metal, as gold, silver, or iron:

    ubicumque una inventa vena argenti est, non procul invenitur alia. Hoc quidem et in omni fere materia: unde metalla Graeci videntur dixisse,

    Plin. 33. 6, 31, §

    96: auri,

    Verg. A. 8, 445:

    potior metallis libertas,

    i. e. gold and silver, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39:

    aeris,

    Verg. G. 2, 165:

    pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus, quorum... nomen a nullo posuit natura metallo,

    Juv. 13, 30.—
    2.
    Other things dug from the earth.
    (α).
    Marble, Stat. S. 4, 3, 98.—
    (β).
    Precious stone:

    radiantium metalla gemmarum,

    Pacat. Pan. 4.—
    (γ).
    Chalk:

    admiscetur creta... Campani negant alicam confici sine eo metallo posse,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 114.—
    (δ).
    Sulphur:

    utque est ingenium vivacis metalli (sulphuris),

    App. M. 9. p. 228, 23.—
    (ε).
    Salt:

    metallum fragile,

    Prud. Hamart. 744.—
    III.
    Trop., metal, stuff, material:

    saecula meliore metallo,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 184:

    mores meliore metallo,

    id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 137.

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  • 15 pomeridianus

    pōmĕrīdĭānus ( postm-), a, um, adj. [post-meridianus], in the afternoon, post-meridian:

    impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causā liceret, et pomeridianus quadrigas quam postmeridianus libentius dixerim,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157:

    pomeridianum tempus,

    id. de Or. 3, 5, 17;

    also: postmeridianum tempus,

    id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7:

    dies,

    Sen. Ep. 7, 3, 1:

    horae,

    Suet. Gram. 24:

    gnomonis umbra,

    Vitr. 1, 6:

    pomeridiana sessio (opp. ambulatio antemeridiana),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121:

    litterae,

    id. Att. 12, 53 fin.

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  • 16 sal

    sal, sălis ( neutr. collat. form of the nom. sălĕ, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, or Ann. v. 378 Vahl.; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 17; also, in the regular form sometimes neutr. in sing., v. infra, I.; but plur. always sales, m.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 697 sq.; dat. plur.: infusis salis, Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.), m. [root sal-, to stream, flow; cf. hals; perh. also found in insula, salix].
    I.
    Lit., salt.
    a.
    Sing.
    (α).
    Masc.: ex sale, qui apud Carthaginienses fit, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.:

    salem candidum sic facito,

    id. R. R. 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8; Col. 6, 17, 7; 8, 6 Schneid. N. cr.; 12, 6, 2; 12, 21, 2 al.; Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 95; id. Curc. 4, 4, 6; id. Pers. 3, 3, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 644 ib.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46 et saep.—Prov.:

    salem cum pane edit,

    Plin. 31, 8, 41, § 89.—
    (β).
    Neutr.: nunc vides in conviviis ita poni et sal et mel, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; so, aliud, Fabian. ib. p. 82 P.;

    tritum,

    Veg. 2, 24, 4 al.; v. also infra, II.—
    (γ).
    Doubtful gen.:

    multos modios salis,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

    (caseum) parco sale reponunt,

    Verg. G. 3, 403; Caes. B. C. 2, 37:

    salis vendendi arbitrium,

    Liv. 29, 6; 45, 29; Hor. S. 1, 3, 14; 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 74; Col. 7, 8, 5; Cels. 2, 24; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—
    b.
    Plur.:

    quin aspergi solent sales: melior fossilis quam marinus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 6; Col. 7, 4, 8; 8, 6, 1; Pall. 9, 2 Mai; id. Nov. 19; Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Ov. M. 15, 286.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    Poet., the salt water, brine, sea.
    a.
    Sing., Enn. 1. 1.:

    supra rorem salis edita pars est remorum,

    Lucr. 4, 438:

    et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 173; 1, 35; 3, 385; 5, 848; 5, 866; 6, 697; 10, 214; Ov. P. 1, 1, 70; Val. Fl. 4, 722.—
    b.
    Plur.:

    sales amari,

    Ov. M. 15, 286:

    aequorei,

    Luc. 10, 257.—
    2.
    A speck on precious stones shaped like a grain of salt. — Sing.:

    sal,

    Plin. 37, 6, 22, § 83; 37, 8, 37, § 117; 37, 2, 10, § 28.— Plur.:

    sales,

    Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 22.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm, a witticism, witty saying (class. in sing. and plur.;

    syn.: lepos, facetiae, festivitas): (sal) adeo necessarium elementum est, ut transierit intellectus ad voluptates animi quoque. Nam ita sales appellantur, omnisque vitae lepos et summa hilaritas laborumque requies non alio magis vocabulo constat,

    Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.
    a.
    Sing.:

    qui habet salem, quod in te est,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 10; cf.:

    nulla venustas, Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis,

    Cat. 86, 4:

    Caesar inusitatum nostris oratoribus leporem quendam et salem est consecutus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98; cf. id. N. D. 2, 29, 74:

    sale vero et facetiis Caesar vicit omnis,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

    (litterae) tum humanitatis sparsae sale,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    qui (versus) dum denique habent salem ac leporem,

    Cat. 16, 7:

    P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 128; cf.:

    argutiae facetissimi salis,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117:

    salis satis est, sannionum parum, Cic Fam. 9, 16, 10: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    (Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 3; cf.

    of the same: acerbitas et abundantia salis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 94:

    hic delectatur iambis, Ille Bioneïs sermonibus et sale nigro,

    i. e. biting wit, sarcasm, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60; Cat. 13, 5:

    qui plurimum in scribendo et salis haberet et fellis nec candoris minus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 1. —
    (β).
    Neutr. (ante-class.): quicquid loquitur, sal merum est, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.; so, (puella) Charitôn mia, tota merum sal, Lucr. 4, 1162.—
    b.
    Plur.:

    Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

    vestri proavi Plautinos Laudavere sales,

    Hor. A. P. 271; Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 2:

    periculosi sales,

    id. Tranq. 1, 4:

    libaboque tuos, scite Menandre, sales,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 28:

    huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales, qui in dicendo minimum quantum valent: quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,

    Cic. Or. 26, 87; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 15; 10, 1, 117:

    (Ciceronem) in salibus aliquando frigidum,

    id. 12, 10, 12:

    a salibus suffusis felle refugi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 565:

    protervi sales,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 6:

    salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

    Juv. 9, 11.—
    * B.
    (Borrowed from the use of salt as a relish.) Good taste, elegance:

    tectum antiquitus constitutum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 2.—
    C.
    Sharpness, pungency, stimulus, incentive:

    quae (sc. calor, sanguis) aviditatem naturali sale augent,

    Plin. 10, 72, 93, § 198.

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  • 17 specimen

    spĕcĭmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], that by which a thing is seen, known, or recognized.
    I.
    Lit., a mark, token, proof, example, indication, evidence, sign (class.; used only in sing.; cf.:

    exemplum, exemplar): nunc specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 2, 15:

    tum Specimen cernitur, quo eveniat aedificatio,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 52:

    hoc specimen verum esse videtur, Quam celeri motu rerum simulacra ferantur,

    Lucr. 4, 209:

    ingenii specimen est quoddam transilire ante pedes posita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

    ingenii, ingenui hominis,

    id. Fragm. Pis. 1, 2:

    popularis judicii,

    id. Brut. 50, 188:

    eximium consilii specimen,

    Liv. 8, 7, 18:

    anticum specimen animorum,

    id. 38, 17, 20:

    securitatis,

    Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 196:

    Solis avi,

    Verg. A. 12, 164:

    tellus Tale dabit specimen,

    id. G. 2, 241:

    matris Horae,

    Val. Fl. 6, 57:

    specimen dare alicui in aliquā re,

    to furnish proof, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27; cf.:

    Romanae fidei specimen gentibus dare,

    Liv. 38, 58, 6; 25, 36, 16:

    virtutis,

    id. 5, 26, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    ad specimen virtutis ostendendum,

    id. 28, 21, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., a pattern, model, example, ideal (so a favorite word with Cic.):

    specimen sationis et insitionis origo Ipsa fuit Natura,

    Lucr. 5, 1361; cf. id. 5, 186:

    specimen humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    temperantiae prudentiaeque specimen est Q. Scaevola,

    id. N. D. 3, 32, 80:

    innocentiae,

    id. Pis. 39, 95:

    is ordo ceteris specimen esto,

    id. Leg. 3, 3, 10:

    num dubitas, quin specimen naturae capi deceat ex optumā quāque naturā?

    id. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

    unicum antiquitatis specimen,

    Tac. A. 3, 4.—
    B.
    An ornament, honor:

    antiquum imperii,

    Sen. Thyest. 223:

    egregium,

    id. Phoen. 80:

    summum,

    Amm. 23, 6, 23:

    tibi specimen gloriosum arrogaris,

    App. M. 1, p. 112 fin.

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  • 18 transfero

    trans-fĕro, tŭli, lātum (also written trālātum), ferre, v. a., to bear across; to carry or bring over; to convey over, transport, transfer (syn.: traduco, traicio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cadum modo hinc a me huc cum vino transferam,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7:

    hoc (simulacrum Dianae) translatum Carthaginem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72:

    mustela catulos suos cottidie transfert mutatque sedem,

    Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 59:

    Caesar paulo ultra eum locum castra transtulit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    castra trans Peneum,

    Liv. 42, 60, 3:

    castra Baetim, Auct. B. Alex. 60, 5: signa ex statione,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 60:

    signa,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    ad se ornamenta ex his (hortis),

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

    copias in Boeotiam,

    Just. 2, 14, 3.—

    Of personal objects: illinc huc transferetur virgo,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 13:

    Naevius trans Alpes usque transfertur,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 12; cf.:

    ex hoc hominum numero in impiorum partem atque in parricidarum coetum ac numerum transferetis?

    id. Sull. 28, 77:

    o Venus... vocantis Ture te multo Glycerae decoram Transfer in aedem,

    transport thyself, Hor. C. 1, 30, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Botanical t. t., of plants, to transplant; to transfer by grafting (syn. transero):

    semina, quae transferuntur e terrā in terram,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 39, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 40, 4; Col. Arb. 1, 5; 20, 2:

    videndum quā ex arbore in quam transferatur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; 1, 41, 1:

    omnia translata meliora grandioraque fiunt,

    Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 183.—
    2.
    To transfer by writing from one book into another; to copy, transcribe (syn. transcribo):

    litterae... de tabulis in libros transferuntur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; so,

    rationes in tabulas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 3, 8:

    de tuo edicto in meum totidem verbis,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    versus translati,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    3.
    To carry along, carry in public, bear in triumph (rare):

    triduum triumphavit. Die primo arma tela signaque aerea et marmorea transtulit,

    Liv. 34, 52, 4:

    in eo triumpho XLIX. coronae aureae translatae sunt,

    id. 37, 58, 4:

    tantundem auri atque argenti in eo triumpho translatum,

    id. 39, 42, 4:

    transtulit in triumpho multa militaria signa spoliaque alia,

    id. 45, 43, 4:

    cum in triumpho Caesaris eborea oppida essent translata,

    Quint. 6, 3, 61.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to convey, direct, transport, transfer:

    in Celtiberiam bellum transferre,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    cum videat omne ad se bellum translatum,

    id. B. G. 7, 8; Liv. 3, 68, 13:

    concilium Lutetiam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

    disciplina in Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

    id. ib. 6, 13:

    sed, si placet, sermonem alio transferamus,

    turn, direct, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

    translatos alio maerebis amores,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 23:

    amorem huc,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94:

    amorem In mares,

    Ov. M. 10, 84:

    similitudinem ab oculis ad animum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14:

    animum ad accusandum,

    id. Mur. 22, 46:

    quod ab Ennio positum in unā re transferri in multas potest,

    id. Off. 1, 16, 51:

    definitionem in aliam rem,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 43:

    hoc idem transfero in magistratus,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126:

    nihil est enim, quod de suo genere in aliud genus transferri possit,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    culpam in alios,

    id. Font. 4, 8; id. Att. 15, 28:

    transferendi in nos criminis causa,

    id. Sest. 38, 82:

    suscepere duo manipulares imperium populi Romani transferendum et transtulerunt,

    Tac. H. 1, 25: invidiam criminis, i. e. to avert from one ' s self, id. A. 2, 66:

    ut quisque obvius, quamvis leviter audita in alios transferunt,

    id. ib. 2, 82:

    in jus Latii nationes Alpium,

    id. ib. 15, 32:

    ad se Lacedaemonii arma,

    Just. 5, 1, 8; 38, 1, 8.—With se, to turn one ' s attention, devote one ' s self:

    se ad artes componendas,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

    se ad album et rubricas,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    se ad genus dicendi,

    Tac. Or. 19.—In eccl. Lat., to remove from the world without death:

    translatus in paradisum,

    Vulg. Ecclus. 44, 16; id. Heb. 11, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To put off, postpone, defer, in respect of time (syn.: differo, prolato): causa haec integra in proximum annum transferetur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 2:

    subito reliquit annum suum seseque in proximum annum transtulit,

    i. e. postponed his suit, Cic. Mil. 9, 24.—
    2.
    Of speaking or writing.
    a.
    To [p. 1890] translate into another language (cf.:

    verto, reddo, interpretor, exprimo): istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; cf.:

    si ad eorum cognitionem divina illa ingenia transferrem... locos quidem quosdam transferam, et maxime ab iis quos modo nominavi,

    id. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    Quint. 1, 6, 3:

    qui haec ex Graeco transtulerunt,

    id. 2, 15, 21:

    volumina in linguam Latinam,

    Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22:

    quod Cicero his verbis transfert, etc.,

    Quint. 5, 11, 27: kat antilêpsin Latine ad verbum translatum non invenio, id. 7, 4, 4; 7, 4, 7:

    simul quae legentem fefellissent, transferentem fugere non possunt,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2.—
    b.
    To transfer to a secondary or figurative signification, to use figuratively or tropically:

    utemur verbis aut iis, quae propria sunt... aut iis, quae transferuntur et quasi alieno in loco collocantur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 5 sq.; 9, 1, 4:

    cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

    Cic. Or. 25, 82:

    translata verba atque immutata. Translata dico, ut saepe jam, quae per similitudinem ab aliā re aut suavitatis aut inopiae causā transferuntur,

    id. ib. 27, 92:

    intexunt fabulas, verba apertius transferunt,

    id. ib. 19, 65.—
    c.
    Rhet. t. t.:

    translatum exordium est, quod aliud conficit, quam causae genus postulat,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 71.—
    3.
    To apply, make use of (for a new purpose, etc.):

    hoc animi vitium ad utilitatem non transferemus,

    Quint. 6, 2, 30; cf.:

    inde stellionum nomine in male translato,

    Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89 Jan. (al. in maledictum; cf. 2. b. supra).—
    4.
    To change, transform:

    omnia In species translata novas,

    Ov. M. 15, 420:

    civitas verterat se transtuleratque,

    Tac. H. 4, 11; cf.:

    cum ebur et robur in o litteram secundae syllabae transferunt,

    Quint. 1, 6, 22.

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  • 19 vel

    vĕl, conj. and adv. [old imv. of volo] prop., will, choose, take your choice; hence,
    I.
    As disjunctive conjunction, to introduce an alternative as a matter of choice or preference, or as not affecting the principal assertion (while aut introduces an absolute or essential opposition; cf. Madv. Gr. § 436; Zumpt, Gr. § 339; Fischer, Gr. § 383).
    A.
    Singly.
    1.
    In gen., or (if you will), or else, or (at your pleasure), or (at least), or (it is indifferent), or (what is the same thing), etc.:

    dic igitur me passerculum... haedillum me tuom dic esse vel vitellum,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 77: viginti minis? Ba. Utrum vis, vel quater quinis minis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 111:

    lege vel tabellas redde,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 29:

    in solem ponito vel sine sale in defrutum condito,

    Cato, R. R. 7: orabant (sc. Ubii), ut sibi auxilium ferret... vel... exercitum modo Rhenum transportaret, or at least, i. e. or, if he preferred it, Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

    ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    in unius voluntate vel moribus,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

    in unā urbe vel in hac ipsā,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

    constituere vel conservare,

    id. ib. 2, 38, 64:

    in ardore caelesti, qui aether vel caelum nominatur,

    id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

    transfer idem ad modestiam vel temperantiam,

    id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; cf. Madv. ad id. ib. 2, 25, 81:

    unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem, vel dicam, jam effecissem,

    id. Att. 9, 7, 1: haec neque confirmare argumentis neque refellere in animo est;

    ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,

    Tac. G. 3.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    With potius, to correct or make more precise what has been said, or rather:

    ex hoc populo indomito vel potius immani,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    post obitum vel potius excessum Romuli,

    id. ib. 2, 30, 53:

    cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit,

    id. Lig. 7, 22:

    vide quid licentiae nobis tua liberalitas det, vel potius audaciae,

    id. ib. 8, 23:

    ludorum plausus vel testimonia potius,

    id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

    quam valde ille reditu vel potius reversione meā laetatus!

    id. Att. 16, 7, 5; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

    novem tibi orbibus, vel potius globis conexa sunt omnia,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    plurimas vel potius omnes ex se ipso virtutes contulit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 109.—In climax after a negative:

    tu certe numquam in hoc ordine vel potius numquam in hac urbe mansisses,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38.—
    b.
    So corrective, without potius:

    sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:

    clariore vel plane perspicua,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Lael. 12, 41:

    Capua ab duce eorum Capye, vel. quod propius vero est, a campestri agro appellata,

    Liv. 4, 37, 1:

    cum P. Decius se in Samnium vel in Etruriam proficisci paratum esse ostendisset,

    id. 10, 26, 4.—Esp. in the phrase vel dicam, or let me rather say, or rather:

    quando enim nobis, vel dicam aut oratoribus bonis aut poëtis, ullus... ornatus defuit?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10; id. Brut. 57, 207; id. Cael. 31, 75; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; id. Att. 9, 7, 1; Suet. Calig. 13.—So intensive, or I may even say (cf. II. A. 3. infra):

    omnes binos consules, vel dicam amplius, omnia nomina,

    Varr. L. L. 8, p. 106 Bip.:

    a plerisque vel dicam ab omnibus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 3; id. Brut. 70, 246.—
    c.
    Vel etiam, or even:

    ut expositio quarundam rerum gestarum vel etiam fabulosarum,

    Quint. 4, 3, 12. —
    d.
    = aut, or else.
    (α).
    With an alternative necessary consequence:

    id autem nec nasci potest nec mori, vel concidat omne caelum omnisque natura consistat necesse est,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 Tischer ad loc.:

    vel tu ne faceres tale in adulescentiā,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 22.—
    (β).
    In gen. ( poet. and post class.):

    si copias armatorum... secum expenderent, vincendum illā acie vel cadendum esse,

    Tac. A. 14, 35:

    mortem omnibus ex naturā aequalem oblivione apud posteros vel gloriă distingui,

    id. H. 1, 21; cf. id. A. 14, 61; 14, 62:

    quod imperium variā sorte laetum rei publicae aut atrox, principibus prosperum vel exitio fuit,

    id. H. 2, 1 init.; 2, 10; 2, 68; cf. Ov. M. 9, 624 sq.; 15, 601 sq.—
    e.
    In a subordinate alternative after aut:

    nec aut tibi ipsi aut huic Secundo vel huic Apro ignotas,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    ne contra Gai quidem aut Claudii vel Neronis... domum,

    id. H. 2, 76:

    abscedens in hortos aut Tusculanum vel Antiatem in agrum,

    id. A. 14, 3 init.:

    dementiae quoque judicia aut propter id quod factum est aut propter id quod adhuc fieri vel non fieri potest instituuntur,

    Quint. 7, 4, 29.—
    B.
    As co-ordinate.
    1.
    Vel... vel, either... or, be it... or; in gen. (class.; but where the alternatives are necessary and exclusive, that is, where one must be right and the other wrong, aut... aut is used; v. infra, and cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 11, 27): sed hic numquis adest? Pa. Vel adest vel non, i. e. just as you please, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28 Brix ad loc.:

    paucis me misit ad eam... vel ut ducentos Philippos reddat aureos, vel ut hinc eat secum,

    id. Bacch. 4, 1, 18 sq.:

    ubi illic biberit, vel servato meum modum vel ego dabo,

    id. Stich. 5, 4, 37:

    vel tu me vende, vel face quod tibi lubet,

    id. Pers. 3, 1, 70:

    nunc quamobrem huc sum missa, amabo, vel tu mihi ajas, vel neges,

    id. Rud. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 44:

    Allobrogibus sese vel persuasuros... existimabant, vel vi coacturos, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

    ut (Romani) vel sibi agros attribuant vel patiantur eos tenere, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 7:

    vel sumptuosae vel desidiosae illecebrae,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

    in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

    maximum virtutis vel documentum, vel officium,

    id. ib. 1, 20, 33:

    pace vel Quirini vel Romuli dixerim,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 42:

    erant quaestiones vel de caede vel de vi,

    id. Mil. 5, 13; 7, 20; id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; id. Lig. 6, 17; id. Deiot. 1, 1; 5, 13; id. Brut. 69, 242:

    animus vel bello vel paci paratus,

    Liv. 1, 1, 8:

    hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit vel paci decorum vel bello,

    id. 1, 42, 5: Etruriam et Samnium provincias esse;

    utram mallet eligeret: suo exercitu se vel in Etruriā vel in Samnio rem gesturum,

    id. 10, 19, 9:

    gladioque ruptis omnibus loris, oraculi sortem vel elusit vel implevit,

    Curt. 3, 1, 18:

    nihil illo fuisset excellentius vel in vitiis vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; 2, 1; id. Milt. 3, 4.—
    b.
    Connected with aut, but not corresponding to it (cf. infra, 2. e.):

    num aut tuum aut cujusquam nostrum nomen vel Caucasum hunc transcendere potuit vel illum Gangem transnatare?

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

    ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

    id. Sen. 16, 57:

    si velim scribere quid aut legere aut canere vel voce vel fidibus, aut geometricum quiddam aut physicum aut dialecticum explicare, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 59, 122.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    With weakened disjunctive force (nearly = et... et). quemadmodum ille vel Athenis vel Rhodi se doctissimorum hominum sermonibus dedisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 3:

    multos sine ratione, sine litteris, quā vel inpudentia vel fames duxit, ruentes,

    Quint. 2, 20, 2:

    affectus vel illos mites vel hos concitatos in suā potestate habuisse,

    id. 10, 1, 48: eadem quaestio potest eundem vel accusatorem facere vel reum, id. 3, 6, 18: et nundina vetera ex ordine instituit, vel dies vel tempora, Lampr Alex. Sev. 43: pestilentia tanta exstiterat vel Romae, vel Achaicis urbibus, ut, etc., Treb. Gall. 5.—
    b.
    More than twice, either... or... or, etc. tu vel suda, vel peri algu, vel tu aegrota, vel vale, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 24:

    hance tu mihi vel vi vel clam vel precario Fac tradas: meā nil re fert, dum potiar modo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

    vel in tempestate, vel in agris, vel in corporibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    vel quod ita vivit vel quod ita rem publicam gerit vel quod ita factus est,

    id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

    vel spectator laudum tuarum vel particeps vel socius vel minister consiliorum,

    id. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. Red. Quir. 9, 23;

    so eight times,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 6. —
    c.
    The second (or last) vel strengthened,
    (α).
    By etiam:

    quae vel ad usum vitae vel etiam ad ipsam rem publicam conferre possumus,

    or even, Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 30; so id. ib. 1, 29, 45; 2, 1, 1; cf.:

    ut vel ea defendam, quae Pompejus velit, vel taceam, vel etiam ad nostra me studia referam litterarum,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 3.—
    (β).
    By vero etiam:

    in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, vel vero etiam negotiis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4.—
    (γ).
    By omnino: haec vel ad odium, vel ad misericordiam, vel omnino ad animos judicum movendos ex iis quae sunt ante posita, sumentur ( or in general), Cic. Part. Or. 36, 128.—
    d.
    Rarely after a negative = neque, nor:

    neque satis Bruto... vel tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—
    e.
    In irregular construction, without the second vel:

    utrumque est in his, quod ab hoc oratore abhorreat: vel quod omnis, qui sapientes non sint, insanos esse dicunt... accedit quod, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65; id. Att. 11, 7, 5; cf. esp. Lucr. 5, 383 sqq. Munro ad loc. —
    f.
    Vel... vel = aut... aut:

    habere ea, quae secundum naturam sint, vel omnia vel plurima et maxima,

    i. e. so nearly all that the difference is unimportant, Cic. Fin. 4, 11, 27; cf.

    Madv. ad loc.: cum bonā quidem spe, ut ait idem, vel vincendi vel in libertate moriendi,

    id. Att. 7, 9, 4.—For vel... vel, in a subordinate alternative after aut, v. the examples under I. B. 1. b. supra.—
    g.
    Vel, correl. with aut (post-Aug. and rare):

    verborum quoque vis ac proprietas confirmatur vel praesumptione... aut reprehensione,

    Quint. 9, 2, 18:

    voces... aut productione tantum vel correptione mutatae,

    id. 9, 3, 69 (but the line Ov. M. 1, 546, is spurious); so,

    aut... aut... vel: ut aut de nomine aut scripto et sententiā vel ratiocinatione quaeratur,

    Quint. 3, 6, 72:

    aut... aut... aut... aut... vel,

    id. 8, 6, 68 sq.; cf.:

    ubi regnat Protogenes aliquis vel Diphilus aut Erimarchus,

    Juv. 3, 120.
    II.
    As intens. particle (prop. ellipt., implying an alternative the first member of which is omitted, something else or even this, etc.).
    A.
    In gen., or even, if you will, or indeed, or... itself, even, assuredly, certainly.
    1.
    With subst.:

    tum opsonium autem pol vel legioni sat est,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 24; id. Capt. 1, 2, 23; id. Curc. 5, 2, 13:

    ita me di ament, vel in lautumiis, vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, Quam, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: Ep. Si arte poteris accubare. Ge. Vel inter cuneos ferreos, id. Stich. 4, 2, 39:

    vel rex semper maxumas Mihi agebat gratias,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 7:

    sed tamen vel regnum malo quam liberum populum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 34, 46:

    isto quidem modo vel consulatus vituperabilis est,

    id. Leg. 3, 10, 23:

    cum se vel principes ejus consilii fore profiterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

    vel Priamo miseranda manus,

    Verg. A. 11, 259:

    ego vel Prochytam praepono Suburae,

    Juv. 3, 5:

    facile me paterer vel illo ipso acerrimo judice quaerente vel apud Cassianos judices... pro Sex. Roscio dicere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85:

    populus Romanus auctoritatem suam vel contra omnes defendere potest,

    even if necessary, id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63:

    id se probaturum vel ipso Verginio judice,

    Liv. 3, 44, 10:

    belli necessitatibus eam patientiam non adhibebimus, quam vel lusus ac voluptas elicere solet?

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    timebant ne Romana plebs... vel cum servitute pacem acciperet,

    even if it should involve their enslavement, id. 2, 9, 5.—
    2.
    With adjj.: Ch. Pax, te tribus verbis volo. Sy. Vel trecentis, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 122: Ca. Ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo... Ba. Animo bono es. Vel sex mensis opperibor, id. Ps. 1, 3, 89; cf.: jam hercle vel ducentae [p. 1964] minae, id. ib. 1, 3, 68;

    1, 3, 111: hoc ascensu vel tres armati quamlibet multitudinem arcuerint,

    Liv. 9, 24, 7: Ph. Dane suavium? Di. Immo vel decem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22:

    ego illum eunuchum, si opus sit, vel sobrius,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 26:

    si sit opus, vel totum triduom,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 17:

    haec sunt omnia ingenii vel mediocris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119.—
    3.
    With verbs: namque edepol quamvis desubito vel cadus vorti potest, may even be turned over, i. e. will be empty, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 39:

    ubi ego hinc abiero, vel occidito,

    if you will, even, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 93:

    per me vel stertas licet, inquit Carneades, non modo quiescas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93:

    ut ipsis sententiis, quibus proluserunt, vel pugnare possint,

    id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

    cum vel abundare debeam, cogor mutuari,

    id. Att. 15 15, 3—
    4.
    With pronn.:

    videndum erit, quid quisque vel sine nobis aut possit consequi aut non possit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intellegant,

    id. Fin. 5, 11, 33:

    est tibi ex his ipsis qui assunt bella copia, vel ut a te ipso ordiare,

    especially as you can begin with yourself, id. Rep. 2, 40, 67.—
    B.
    With superlatives, to denote the highest possible degree, the very; the utmost; the most...possible.
    1.
    With adjj.: hoc invenisset unum ad morbum illum homini vel bellissimum, the very loveliest, the most beautiful possible, Lucil. ap. Non. 527, 28:

    vidi in dolore podagrae ipsum vel omnium maximum Stoicorum Posidonium,

    Cic. Fragm. ib. 32:

    hoc in genere nervorum vel minimum, suavitatis autem est vel plurimum,

    the very least... the utmost possible, id. Or. 26, 91:

    quarum duarum (civitatum) si adessent (legationes), duo crimina vel maxima minuerentur,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 14:

    patre meā sententiā vel eloquentissimo temporibus illis,

    the most eloquent possible, id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

    quod erat ad obtinendam potentiam nobilium vel maximum, vehementer id retinebatur,

    id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

    cujus (sc. Hannibalis) eo tempore vel maxima apud regem auctoritas erat,

    Liv. 36, 41, 2:

    vident unum senatorem vel tenuissimum esse damnatum,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46:

    fora templaque occupabantur, ut vel exspectatissimi triumphi laetitia praecipi posset,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51:

    sed vel potentissima apud Amphictyonas aequi tractatio est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 118; 11, 1, 81.—
    2.
    With advv.:

    vel studiosissime quaerere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

    cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

    vel maxime confirmare,

    id. N. D. 2, 65, 162; so,

    vel maxime,

    id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; id. Att. 9, 12, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 4, 3, 4.—
    C.
    In adding an instance implying that other instances might be mentioned at will, or this one; for instance, for example, as for example, in particular:

    Per pol quam paucos reperias Fideles amatores... Vel hic Pamphilus jurabat quotiens Bacchidi, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 3:

    vel heri in vino quam inmodestus fuisti,

    id. Heaut. 3, 3, 7: nullast tam facilis res quin difficilis siet Quom invitus facias;

    vel me haec deambulatio... ad languorum dedit,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 1:

    sed suavis accipio litteras, vel quas proxime acceperam, quam prudentis!

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 1:

    cujus innumerabilia sunt exempla, vel Appii majoris illius, qui, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 70, 284.—
    D.
    Concessive.
    1.
    With superlatives, perhaps:

    adulescens vel potentissimus nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Rosc. A. 2, 6:

    domus vel optima Messanae, notissima quidem certe,

    the best known, at any rate, if not the finest, id. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3.—
    2.
    = saltem, at least:

    quā re etsi minus veram causam habebis, tamen vel probabilem aliquam poteris inducere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 2:

    plurimi semetipsos exhortantur vel aliquas partes earum (scientiarum) addiscere, quamvis universas percipere non possint,

    Col. 11, 1, 11:

    ac, ni flexisset animos, vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

    Suet. Ner. 47:

    ut messe vel unā releves colla perusta,

    Mart. 10, 12, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 8; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43.

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