tenta

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tento or tempto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( part. gen. plur. tentantum, Verg. G. 2, 247), v. freq. a. [tendo], to handle, touch, feel a thing (class.; cf.: tango, tracto).

Lit.

In gen.:

rem manu,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

manibus pectora,

Ov. M. 10, 282; 10, 289:

loca feminarum digitis,

Col. 8, 11, 8:

ficum rostro,

Ov. F. 2, 254:

flumen vix pede (with attingere),

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

quadratum,

Lucr. 4, 234:

caput in tenebris,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 26:

pullos singulos,

Col. 8, 5, 17:

invisos amictus,

Verg. G. 3, 563:

aciem pugionum,

Suet. Ner. 49; cf.:

acumen stili,

id. Rhet. 5:

bracchia emittit temptanti maria similis Sarpedon,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98:

pullos,

Col. 8, 5, 17; 8, 11, 8.—

In partic.

In medic. lang.:

venas,

to feel the pulse, Quint. 11, 3, 88; Suet. Tib. 72; Ov. H. 20, 139.—

To try the strength of, make an attempt upon, i. e. to attack, assail (cf.: aggredior, adorior).

Of warfare:

scalis et classe moenia oppidi tentans,

Caes. B. C. 3, 40:

opera nostra,

id. B. G. 7, 73:

urbem,

Liv. 33, 5, 3; 26, 38, 5:

munitiones,

id. 9, 35, 1:

moenia Aiexandriae,

id. 45, 11:

Achaiam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 55 Britanniam, Suet. Claud. 17:

aggredi et tentare,

Vell. 2, 113, 3:

aliquem auxiliis Thraciae,

Flor. 2, 14, 4.—

Of disease, poison, etc.:

animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 31; cf.:

gravis auctumnus omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

temptari a morbo,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174:

praecordiorum inflatione tentari,

Suet. Aug. 81:

tentatus est motiunculis levibus,

id. Vesp. 24; Hor. S. 2, 3, 163; id. Ep. 1, 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 441 al.:

vina temptant caput,

attack, affect, Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 35.— Absol.:

temptantis aquas non nocere,

unwholesome, Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68; cf. Verg. G. 2, 94.—

Transf., to try; to prove, put to the test; to attempt, essay a course of action, etc. (so most freq.; syn.: experior, periclitor).

In gen., constr. with acc., with inf., with rel.-clause, with ut, or absol.

With acc.:

cum se ipse perspexerit totumque tentarit, intelleget, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59; cf.:

se in arte memoriae,

Quint. 11, 2, 34 (preceded by memoriam suam experiri):

tentarem te, quo animo accipias,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

quo utamur quasi equis temptatis, sic amicitiā aliquā parte periclitatis moribus amicorum,

id. Lael. 17, 63;

alicujus scientiam auguratus,

id. Div. 1, 17, 32:

tentarem summi regis prudentiam,

id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98:

ut satis impulsas tentavit pollice chordas,

Ov. M. 10, 145:

culturam agelli, Lucr 5, 1368: iter per provinciam per vim, Caes B. G. 1, 14: negatā iter viā,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 22 Bosporum, id. ib. 3, 4, 31:

Thetim ratibus,

Verg. E. 4, 32:

Oceanum,

Tac. G. 34 fin.:

Istrum, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 135: aditus,

Verg. A. 4, 293:

temptanda via est,

id. G. 3, 8:

ad tentandum vadum fluminis,

Curt. 4, 9, 15:

nullo modo animus audientis aut incitari aut leniri potest, qui modus a me non tentatus sit,

Cic. Or. 38, 132:

rem frustra,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

belli fortunam,

id. B. G. 1, 36; so,

fortunam,

id. ib. 3, 6; 7, 64; Sall. J. 7, 1:

periculum,

Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

quaestionem,

id. Clu. 57, 157:

patientiam vestram,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 19:

spem pacis,

Liv. 21, 12, 3; cf.:

spem triumphi,

id. 28, 38, 4: libertatem, [p. 1856] id. 6, 18, 11:

relationem,

id. 33, 23, 3:

intercessionem,

id. 9, 8, 13:

silentium nequicquam per praeconem,

id. 8, 33, 2:

crimina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 80:

majora,

id. ib. 1, 17, 24:

caelestia,

id. ib. 1, 17, 34 et saep.—

With rel.-clause:

tentavi, quid in eo genere possem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

tentabam, spiraret an non,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 26:

quae sit fortuna facillima, temptat,

Verg. A. 11, 761:

cum tentaret si qua res esset cibi,

something to eat, Phaedr. 4, 7, 4:

tenta, Chrysogonus quanti doceat,

Juv. 7, 175.—

With inf.:

aquā prohibere hostem tentare coepit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

tentabo etiam de hoc dicere,

Quint. 6, 2, 29; 2, 14, 1:

(sol) caelum radiis accendere tentans,

Lucr. 5, 659:

tentarunt aequore tingi,

Ov. M. 2, 172:

(vestis) frustra tentata revelli,

id. ib. 9, 168:

taurus irasci in cornua temptat,

Verg. A. 12, 104:

nemo in sese tentat descendere,

Pers. 4, 23:

litteras deferre,

Curt. 3, 7, 13; Juv. 7, 5.—

With ut:

cum ille Romuli senatus tentaret post Romuli excessum, ut ipse gereret sine rege rem publicam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 23:

quid aliud hoc judicio tentatur, nisi ut id fieri liceat?

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; Suet. Caes. 11.— Impers. pass.:

tentatum a L. Sextio tribuno plebis, ut rogationem ferret, etc.,

Liv. 4, 49, 6.—

Absol.:

tenta quā lubet,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 20:

ne tentando cautiorem faceret,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 23.—

In partic., to try any one, in a friendly or hostile manner; to urge, incite; to tempt, sound, tamper with; also, to excite, disquiet, disturb, agitate:

quem ego toties omni ratione tentans ad disputandum elicere non potuissem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

cum per Drusum saepe tentassem,

id. ib. 1, 21, 97:

utrum admonitus an tentatus an, etc.... pervenerit ad hanc improbitatem nescio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

cum a proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

animos servorum spe et metu, ut, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 63, 176:

animos popularium,

Sall. J. 48, 1:

animos singulorum ad res novas,

Suet. Tib. 12 fin.:

animum precando,

Verg. A. 4, 113:

judicium pecunia,

Cic. Clu. 4, 9; 30, 80:

aliquem promissis et minis,

Tac. H. 1, 75; cf.:

tentatā Othonianorum fide per colloquium et promissa,

id. ib. 2, 20:

tribunos de fugae societate,

Suet. Ner. 47:

deos multā caede bidentium,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 14:

Junonem tentare Ixion ausus,

Tib. 1, 3, 73; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Val. Max. 6, 1, 7:

nationes lacessere bello et tentare,

to agitate, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; cf.:

ut exsul potius tentare quam consul vexare rem publicam posses,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

in his rebus evertendis unius hominis senectus, infirmitas solitudoque tentata est,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2:

militis iras,

Luc. 2, 529; Vulg. Gen. 22, 1 et saep.

ăd-ōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

In the earliest per., to speak to or accost one, to address; hence, also, to treat of or negotiate a matter with one:

adorare veteribus est alloqui,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 677:

immo cum gemitu populum sic adorat,

App. Met. 2, p. 127; 3, p. 130: adorare apud antiquos significabat agere: unde et legati oratores dicuntur, quia mandata populi agunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.; cf. oro and orator.— Hence, also, in judicial lang., to bring an accusation, to accuse; so in the Fragm. of the XII. Tab. lex viii.: SEI (Si) ADORAT FVRTO QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ERIT, Fest. S. V. NEC, p. 162 Müll.—

In the class. per., to speak to one in order to obtain something of him; to ask or entreat one, esp. a deity, to pray earnestly, to beseech, supplicate, implore; constr. with acc., ut, or the simple subj.:

quos adorent, ad quos precentur et supplicent,

Liv. 38, 43:

affaturque deos et sanctum sidus adorat,

Verg. A. 2, 700:

in rupes, in saxa (volens vos Turnus adoro) Ferte ratem,

id. ib. 10, 677:

Junonis prece numen,

id. ib. 3, 437:

prece superos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 41:

non te per meritum adoro,

id. H. 10, 141.—With the thing asked for in the acc. (like rogo, peto, postulo):

cum hostiā caesā pacem deūm adorāsset,

Liv. 6, 12 Drak.—With ut:

adoravi deos, ut, etc.,

Liv. 7, 40; Juv. 3, 300:

adorati di, ut bene ac feliciter eveniret,

Liv. 21, 17:

Hanc ego, non ut me defendere temptet, adoro,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 55.—With the subj. without ut, poet.:

maneat sic semper adoro,

I pray, Prop. 1, 4, 27.—

Hence,

Dropping the idea of asking, entreating, to reverence, honor, adore, worship the gods or objects of nature regarded as gods; more emphatic than venerari, and denoting the highest degree of reverence (Gr. proskunein); the habitus adorantium was to put the right hand to the mouth and turn about the entire body to the right (dextratio, q. v.); cf. Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Liv. 5, 21; App. M. 4, 28. —Constr. with acc., dat., with prepp. or absol.

With acc.:

Auctoremque viae Phoebum taciturnus adorat,

Ov. M. 3, 18:

Janus adorandus,

id. F. 3, 881:

in delubra non nisi adoraturus intras,

Plin. Pan. 52:

large deos adorare,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62:

nil praeter nubes et caeli numen adorat,

Juv. 14, 97:

adorare crocodilon,

id. 15, 2.—

In eccl. Lat. of the worship of the true God: adoravit Israel Deum,

Vulg. Gen. 47, 31:

Dominum Deum tuum adorabis,

ib. Matt. 4, 10:

Deum adora,

ib. Apoc. 22, 9;

so of Christ: videntes eum adoraverunt,

ib. Matt. 28, 17;

adorent eum omnes angeli Dei,

ib. Heb. 1, 6.—

With dat. (eccl.): adorato ( imperat.) Domino Deo tuo, Vulg. Deut. 26, 10:

nec adorabis deo alieno,

id. Ital. Ps. 80, 10 Mai (deum alienum, Vulg.):

qui adorant sculptibus,

ib. ib. 96, 7 Mai (sculptilia, Vulg.).—

With prepp. (eccl.):

si adoraveris coram me,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 7:

adorabunt in conspectu tuo,

ib. Apoc. 15, 4:

adorent ante pedes tuos,

ib. ib. 3, 9; 22, 8.—

Absol. (eccl.):

Patres nostri in hoc monte adoraverunt,

Vulg. Joan. 4, 20 bis.; ib. Act. 24, 11.—And,

The notion of religious regard being dropped, to reverence, admire, esteem highly:

adorare priscorum in inveniendo curam,

Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 1:

Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

veteris qui tollunt grandia templi pocula adorandae rubiginis,

Juv. 13, 148:

nec tu divinam Aeneida tenta, Sed longe sequere et vestigia semper adora,

Stat. Th. 12, 816.—

Under the emperors the Oriental custom being introduced of worshipping the Cæsars with divine ceremony, to worship, to reverence:

C. Caesarem adorari ut deum constituit, cum reversus ex Syria, non aliter adire ausus esset quam capite velato circumvertensque se, deinde procumbens,

Suet. Vit. 2; App. M. 4, 28; Min. Fel. 2, 5:

non salutari, sed adorari se jubet (Alexander),

Just. 12, 7:

adorare Caesarum imagines,

Suet. Calig. 14: coronam a judicibus ad se delatam adoravit, did obeisance before, id. Ner. 12:

adorare purpuram principis,

i. e. touched his purple robe and brought it to the mouth in reverence, Amm. 21, 9.—Of adulation to the rabble, to pay court to:

nec deerat Otho protendens manus, adorare volgum,

Tac. H. 1, 36.

; for in Arch. 11, 28, where adoravi was given by Mai in Fragm. p. 124, Halm reads adhortatus sum, and B. and K. adornavi.

nūmen, ĭnis, n. [for nuimen, root nu-; Gr. neuô, nod; Lat. nuo in re-nuo, etc], prop., a nodding with the head, a nod: numen quasi nutus dei ac potestas dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—Hence, trop., a nod, i. e. command, will.

In gen.:

ad numen mentis momenque moveri,

Lucr. 3, 144 (but id. 2, 632, and 4, 179, the correct reading is momine, v. Lachm.).—

In partic., the divine will, the will or power of the gods, divine sway (the class. signif. of the word):

numen dicunt esse imperium, dictum ab nutu: numina sunt, quojus imperium maximum esse videatur,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 85 Müll.:

deo, cujus numini parent omnia,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

multa saepe prodigia vim ejus (Cereris) numenque declarant,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

di inmortales suo numine atque auxilio sua templa atque urbis tecta defendunt,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

numen interdictumque deorum immortalium,

id. Pis. 21, 48: nox et Diana, Nunc, nunc adeste, nunc in hostiles domos Iram atque numen vertite, Hor. Epod. [p. 1225] 5, 54.—To Fortune:

nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia,

Juv. 10, 365.—Hence, transf., of the will, might, authority of powerful persons:

flectere tenta Caesareum numen, numine, Bacche, tuo,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 45; cf. id. P. 4, 13, 24:

annuite, Patres Conscripti, nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis,

Liv. 7, 30; cf.:

quanta potestas, quanta majestas, quantum denique numen, sit historiae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 27, 1.—

Godhead, divinity, deity, divine majesty, etc.:

numina Palladis,

Verg. A. 3, 543:

per Dianae numina,

Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

venerantur numina nymphae, Mygdonidesque nurus,

Ov. M. 6, 44:

audis... positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 8.—Concr., a divinity, deity, a god, goddess:

caeleste numen,

Liv. 1, 21, 1; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; 5, 1, 3; Amm. 19, 1, 4:

summum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 30, 4; Amm. 15, 8, 9; 17, 7, 3 al.:

templa et effigies numinum,

Tac. A. 1, 10; 1, 73; 3, 71; 15, 45; Suet. Calig. 22:

nos magna precati Numina,

Verg. A. 3, 634:

si quem Numina laeva sinunt,

id. G. 4, 7:

promissaque numine firmat,

i. e. by calling a god to witness, by an oath, Ov. M. 10, 430:

vadimus immixti haud numine nostro,

the divinity not with us, Verg. A. 2, 396, cf. sqq.:

hospes numinis Idaei,

Juv. 3, 138:

in contumeliam numinum,

Plin. Pan. 11:

Titus numinibus aequatus est,

id. ib. 35:

numinis loco habere,

Tac. G. 8:

numina quibus sacrificabat,

Val. Max. 5, 10, ext. 2:

ea numina, i. e. Apollo and Diana,

Tac. A. 3, 61; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 18, 13, 35, § 132.—Of the manes of a beloved person:

juro per illos manes, numina mei doloris,

Quint. 6 prooem. § 10 Spald.

rumpo, rūpi, ruptum ( inf. paragog. rumpier, Afran. Com. 127), 3, v. a. [root rup], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture; to break asunder, burst in pieces, force open, etc. (very freq. and class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets; cf. frango).

Lit.: SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Fest. S. V. TALIO, p. 274; and ap. Gell. 20, 1, 14; cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.:

vincula,

Lucr. 3, 83; Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Prop. 4, 10, 4; Verg. A. 10, 233 al.:

catenas,

Prop. 3, 13, 11; Hor. S. 2, 7, 70; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3:

frena pudoris,

Prop. 4, 18, 3:

obstantia claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

teretes plagas (aper),

id. C. 1, 1, 28:

pontem,

to break down, Liv. 7, 9; cf.:

rupti torrentibus pontes,

Quint. 2, 13, 16:

montem aceto (Hannibal),

Juv. 10, 153:

Alpes,

Sil. 11, 135:

arcum,

Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

plumbum (aqua),

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

carinam (sinus Noto remugiens),

id. Epod. 10, 20:

tenta cubilia tectaque,

id. ib. 12, 12:

vestes,

Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:

tenues a pectore vestes,

id. A. A. 3, 707:

sinus pariterque capillos,

id. M. 10, 722:

linum ruptum aut turbata cera,

Quint. 12, 8, 13:

praecordia ferro,

to penetrate, Ov. M. 6, 251; 5, 36; cf.:

guttura cultro,

to cut, id. ib. 15, 465:

colla securi,

id. ib. 12, 249:

nubem (vis venti),

to sunder, rive, Lucr. 6, 432:

fulmen nubes rumpit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 58, 1:

spiritus rumpit nubes,

id. ib. 2, 54, 3:

ruptae nubes et in pronum solutae,

id. ib. 5, 12, 1:

caelum,

Sil. 3, 196:

polum,

id. 1, 135: turbo ruptus, breaking or bursting forth, Verg. A. 2, 416 et saep.:

tuā causā rupi ramices,

burst, ruptured, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30:

suos ramices,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 37:

inflatas vesiculas,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

pectora fremitu (leones),

Lucr. 3, 297:

illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes,

filled to repletion, Verg. G. 1, 49; Col. 10, 307:

frugibus rupta congestis horrea,

Sid. 1, 6:

ilia,

Cat. 11, 20; 80, 7; Verg. E. 7, 26; cf. with a personal object:

rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15.—Esp. reflexively, to burst or split one ' s self, to burst, split, etc.:

me rupi causā currendo tuā,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 43; id. Capt. prol. 14; Lucil. ap. Non. 88, 11; 382, 23:

ut me ambulando rumperet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 21:

non, si te ruperis, Par eris,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 319.— Mid.: ego misera risu clandestino rumpier, to burst, split, Afran. ap. Non. 382, 21 (Com. Rel. p. 154 Rib.); so,

frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

Verg. E. 8, 71:

quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, nunc ne movear quidem,

could have burst, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

et inflatas rumpi vesiculas,

id. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf.:

rumpantur iniqui, Vicimus,

Prop. 1, 8, 27:

miser Rumperis (sc. irā) et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136: rumpere viam, iter, etc., to force a passage, make one ' s way by force: ferro rumpenda per hostes Est via, a passage must be burst or forced through, Verg. A. 10, 372; cf.:

eo nisi corporibus armisque rupere cuneo viam,

Liv. 2, 50:

rupta via,

Quint. 9, 4, 63:

viam igne,

Stat. Th. 8, 469:

iter ferro,

Sil. 4, 196 (with reserare viam);

15, 782: Alpes,

id. 11, 135:

rupto sonuit sacer aequore Titan,

Val. Fl. 2, 37:

cursus,

id. ib. 1, 3; Sil. 7, 568 et saep.:

rumpere media agmina,

to burst through, break through, Verg. A. 12, 683; cf.:

proelia misso equo,

Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 10, 62):

ruptā mersum caput obruit undā,

Ov. M. 11, 569:

mediam aciem,

Liv. 26, 5:

pugnantibus acies rumpenda,

Just. 1, 6, 11:

ordines,

Liv. 6, 13:

aditus,

Verg. A. 2, 494:

parvos hiatus,

Sil. 5, 616:

fontem,

to break open, cause to break forth, Ov. M. 5, 257:

fontes abyssae magnae,

Vulg. Gen. 7, 11: se rumpere, to break out, burst forth ( = erumpere):

ubi sub lucem densa inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii,

Verg. G. 1, 446:

tantus se nubibus imber Ruperat,

id. A. 11, 548:

unde altus primum se erumpit Enipeus,

id. G. 4, 368; so,

rumpi, in mid. force: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus,

id. ib. 3, 428:

alicui reditum,

to cut off, Hor. Epod. 13, 15.— Absol.: offendit, fregit, rumpit, icit poculo, wounds, Afran. ap. Non. 124, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 173 Rib.); so, si quis rumpet occidetve insciens ne fraus esto, an ancient form of rogation in Liv. 22, 10, 5; cf. Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 17. —

Trop., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt, etc.:

hunc quisquam... foedera scientem neglexisse, violasse, rupisse dicere audebit?

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; so,

foedera,

Lucr. 2, 254; Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35:

foedus,

Liv. 3, 25, 5; 42, 40, 3:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 2, 15; Tac. A. 13, 36; id. H. 3, 19:

sacramenti religionem,

Liv. 28, 27:

reverentiam sacramenti,

Tac. H. 1, 12:

fidem induciarum, pacis, etc.,

Liv. 9, 40 fin.; 24, 29; Verg. G. 4, 213; Flor. 4, 2, 16:

jus gentium,

Liv. 4, 17:

hostium jus et sacra legationis et fas gentium,

Tac. A. 1, 42:

rogationes vos rogatas rumpitis,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24:

edicta,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 22:

decreta,

Ov. M. 15, 780:

leges,

Luc. 4, 175:

constat, agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

is made void, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; cf.:

jura testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum,

id. ib. 1, 38, 173:

nuptias,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 7:

amores,

Verg. A. 4, 292:

condiciones pacis,

Vell. 2, 48, 5:

obsequium,

Suet. Galb. 16:

fata aspera,

Verg. A. 6, 882:

fati necessitatem humanis consiliis,

Liv. 1, 42:

ne me e somno excitetis et rumpatis visum,

break in upon, interrupt, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; so,

somnum,

Verg. A. 7, 458; cf. Sen. Ep. 51, 12:

sacra,

Verg. A. 8, 110:

carmina,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 539:

ut vero amplexus fessi rupere supremos,

Val. Fl. 5, 32:

strepitu silentia rumpi,

Lucr. 4, 583:

silentia (verbis),

Verg. A. 10, 64; Ov. M. 1, 208; 11, 598; Hor. Epod. 5, 85; Val. Fl. 3, 509; Plin. Pan. 55, 4:

diutinum silentium,

App. M. 10, p. 239, 14:

taciturnitatem,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

patientiam,

Suet. Tib. 24:

en age, segnes Rumpe moras,

break off, end delay, Verg. G. 3, 43; so,

rumpe moras,

id. A. 4, 569; 9, 13; Ov. M. 15, 583 Bach, N. cr.; Val. Fl. 1, 306; Mart. 2, 64, 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf.:

rumpunt moras,

Luc. 1, 264:

otia,

Verg. A. 6, 813.— Poet.: rumpit has imo pectore voces, breaks forth, breaks out in, gives vent to, utters, etc., Verg. A. 11, 377; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 2, 129; 3, 246; Sil. 8, 301; Tac. A. 6, 20:

questus,

Verg. A. 4, 553; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 249:

gemitum,

Sil. 4, 458.

tŏno, ŭi, 1 (collat. form of third conj.: tonimus, Varr. ap. Non. 49, 21), v. n. and a. [root in Sanscr. tan-, to stretch, extend; Gr. teinô; whence teneo, tendo, tenus; cf. O. H. Germ. donar; Engl. thunder], to thunder.

Lit.: ingens Porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 261: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

ut valide tonuit!

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; so id. ib. 5, 1, 78:

si fulserit, si tonuerit,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Jove tonante,

id. ib. 2, 18, 43; id. Phil. 5, 3, 7:

tonans Juppiter,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 1; id. Epod. 2, 29; Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 23:

sub axe tonanti Sternitur aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 820:

pater nudā de rupe tonabat,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7:

nec si consulto fulmina missa tonent,

id. 2, 34 (3, 32), 54:

Diespiter per purum tonantes Egit equos,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 7:

Juppiter, tona,

Sen. Med. 5, 31.—

Transf., in gen.

Neutr., to make a loud, thundering noise, to roar, rattle, crash, etc. (cf.:

crepo, strepo): tympana tenta tonant,

Lucr. 2, 618:

Aetna horrificis ruinis,

Verg. A. 3, 571:

caelum omne fragore,

id. ib. 9, 541; cf. id. ib. 12, 757:

domus afflicta massa,

Val. Fl. 4, 612:

nemus fragore vasto,

Sen. Troad. 173; Mart. 9, 69, 4.—Of loud, thundering speech:

Pericles fulgere, tonare, dictus est,

Cic. Or. 9, 29; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 19;

Col. praef. § 30: qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40; Verg. A. 11, 383.—

Act., to thunder forth, to say or name with a thundering voice:

tercentum tonat ore deos,

invokes with thundering voice, Verg. A. 4, 510:

verba foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

aspera bella,

Mart. 8, 3, 14:

talia celso ore,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 83:

Cicerona,

id. Ep. 3, 4.—Hence, P. a., as epithet of Jupiter: Tŏnans, antis, m., the thunderer, god of thunder, Ov. M. 1, 170; 2, 466; 11, 198; id. H. 9, 7; id. F. 6, 33; cf.:

Capitolinus Tonans,

id. ib. 2, 69:

sceptriferi Tonantes, Jupiter and Juno,

Sen. Med. 59.—Also of Saturn:

falcifer Tonans,

Mart. 5, 16, 5.

tŏno, ŭi, 1 (collat. form of third conj.: tonimus, Varr. ap. Non. 49, 21), v. n. and a. [root in Sanscr. tan-, to stretch, extend; Gr. teinô; whence teneo, tendo, tenus; cf. O. H. Germ. donar; Engl. thunder], to thunder.

Lit.: ingens Porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 261: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

ut valide tonuit!

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; so id. ib. 5, 1, 78:

si fulserit, si tonuerit,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Jove tonante,

id. ib. 2, 18, 43; id. Phil. 5, 3, 7:

tonans Juppiter,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 1; id. Epod. 2, 29; Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 23:

sub axe tonanti Sternitur aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 820:

pater nudā de rupe tonabat,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7:

nec si consulto fulmina missa tonent,

id. 2, 34 (3, 32), 54:

Diespiter per purum tonantes Egit equos,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 7:

Juppiter, tona,

Sen. Med. 5, 31.—

Transf., in gen.

Neutr., to make a loud, thundering noise, to roar, rattle, crash, etc. (cf.:

crepo, strepo): tympana tenta tonant,

Lucr. 2, 618:

Aetna horrificis ruinis,

Verg. A. 3, 571:

caelum omne fragore,

id. ib. 9, 541; cf. id. ib. 12, 757:

domus afflicta massa,

Val. Fl. 4, 612:

nemus fragore vasto,

Sen. Troad. 173; Mart. 9, 69, 4.—Of loud, thundering speech:

Pericles fulgere, tonare, dictus est,

Cic. Or. 9, 29; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 19;

Col. praef. § 30: qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40; Verg. A. 11, 383.—

Act., to thunder forth, to say or name with a thundering voice:

tercentum tonat ore deos,

invokes with thundering voice, Verg. A. 4, 510:

verba foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

aspera bella,

Mart. 8, 3, 14:

talia celso ore,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 83:

Cicerona,

id. Ep. 3, 4.—Hence, P. a., as epithet of Jupiter: Tŏnans, antis, m., the thunderer, god of thunder, Ov. M. 1, 170; 2, 466; 11, 198; id. H. 9, 7; id. F. 6, 33; cf.:

Capitolinus Tonans,

id. ib. 2, 69:

sceptriferi Tonantes, Jupiter and Juno,

Sen. Med. 59.—Also of Saturn:

falcifer Tonans,

Mart. 5, 16, 5.

ūber, ĕris, n. [Gr. outhar; Sanscr. ūdhar; cf. O. H. Germ. uter; Engl. udder; cf. the letter B], a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck (mostly poet. and in post Aug. prose).

Sing., Lucr. 1, 887: lactantes ubere toto, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 Vahl.):

(vitula) binos alit ubere fetus,

Verg. E. 3, 30:

ut vix sustineant distentum cruribus uber,

Ov. M. 13, 826:

vituio ab ubere rapto,

id. F. 4, 459:

cum a nutricis ubere auferretur,

Suet. Tib. 6.—

Plur. (so most freq.):

saepe etiam nunc (puer) Ubera mammarum in somnis lactantia quaeret,

Lucr. 5, 885:

lactea,

Verg. G. 2, 524:

capreoli Bina die siccant ovis ubera,

id. E. 2, 42; cf.:

ad sua quisque fere decurrunt ubera lactis (agni),

Lucr. 2, 370:

lactis,

Tib. 1, 3, 46:

mammarum,

Gell. 12, 1, 7:

candens lacteus umor Uberibus manat distentis,

Lucr. 1, 259:

distenta,

Hor. Epod. 2, 46:

equina,

id. ib. 8, 8:

tenta,

id. ib. 16, 50: natos uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; cf.:

(Romulus) cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

uberaque ebiberant avidi lactantia nati,

Ov. M. 6, 342:

sua quemque mater uberibus alit,

Tac. G. 20.—

Transf.

Of the earth, the fruitful breast, etc.:

alma tellus annuā vice mortalibus distenta musto demittit ubera,

Col. 3, 21, 3: ubera campi, id. poët. 10, 90. —

A cluster or mass in the shape of an udder, of bees hanging from trees when swarming, Pall. Jun. 7, 6 and 9.—

Richness, fruitfulness, fertility:

quique frequens herbis et fertilis ubere campus,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

divitis agri,

id. A. 7, 262:

glebae,

id. ib. 1, 531:

in denso non segnior ubere Bacchus,

id. G. 2, 275; cf.:

pecorique et vitibus almis Aptius uber erit,

id. ib. 2, 234:

vitis,

Col. 4, 27, 5:

palmitis Etrusci,

Claud. B. G. 504.

ūber, ĕris (abl. uberi;

but ubere campo,

Col. 6, 27, 1), adj [1. uber; cf. ibid. II. C.], rich in something, full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive (class.; syn.: ferax, fertilis, fecundus).

Lit.:

seges spicis uberibus et crebris,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

messis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 23:

fruges,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 5: itaque res uber fuit, antequam vastassent regiones, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 647 P.:

Umbria me genuit terris fertilis uberibus,

Prop. 1, 22, 10; cf.:

in uberi agro,

Liv. 29, 25, 12:

uber solum,

Tac. H. 5, 6:

(Neptunus) Piscatu novo me uberi compotivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6:

onus,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 64; cf. Col. 6, 27: bellum, productive in booty, Just. 38, 7, 9: gravis imber et uber. copious, Lucr. 6, 290:

guttae,

id. 1, 349:

aquae,

Ov. M. 3, 31:

aqua prolluens et uber,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 3:

rivi,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 10.— Comp.: agro bene culte nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie [p. 1923] ornatius, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

neque enim robustior aetas Ulla nec uberior (aestate),

Ov. M. 15, 208:

subtemen,

fuller, stouter, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20.— Sup.:

uberrimi laetissimique fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156.— With abl.:

arbor ibi niveis uberrima pomis,

Ov. M. 4, 89:

(Sulmo) gelidis uberrimus undis,

id. Tr. 4, 10, 3:

uberrimus quaestus,

the most profitable, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, exceedingly stout, plump, or fat, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.— With gen.:

regio cum aeris ac plumbi uberrima, tum et minio,

Just. 44, 3, 4: frugum, Att. ap. Non. 498, 6.— Absol.:

teneant uberrima Teucer Et Libys,

the most fruitful regions, Val. Fl. 1, 510.—

Trop., full, rich, copious, esp. of style and language:

hoc Periclem praestitisse ceteris dicit oratoribus Socrates, quod is Anaxagorae physici fuerit auditor, a quo censet eum uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 113:

theses ad excitationem dicendi mire speciosae atque uberes,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.— Comp.:

nullus feracior in eā (philosophiā) locus est nec uberior quam de officiis,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

aut majore delectatione aut spe uberiore commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

quis uberior in dicendo Platone?

id. Brut. 31, 121:

uberiores litterae,

id. Att. 13, 50, 1:

Catoni seni comparatus C. Gracchus plenior et uberior,

Tac. Or. 18:

haec Africanus Petreiusque pleniora etiam atque uberiora Romam ad suos perscribant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

tuasque Ingenio laudes uberiore canunt,

Ov. Tr. 2, 74:

in juvenibus etiam uberiora paulo et paene periclitantia feruntur,

Quint. 11, 1, 32.— Sup.:

doctissimi homines ingeniis uberrimis adfluentes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (dub.;

bracketed by B. and K.): uberrima supplicationibus triumphisque provincia,

full of, id. Pis. 40, 97:

uberrimae litterae,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

nec decet te ornatum uberrimis artibus,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

oratorum eā aetate uberrimus erat,

Tac. A. 3, 31 fin. —Hence, adv., used only in the comp. and sup.

Lit., more fruitfully, more fully, more copiously or plentifully:

uberius nulli provenit ista seges,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 12:

flere uberius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

mores mali quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrime,

most luxuriantly, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—

Trop., of style, etc., copiously, fully, Quint. 10, 3, 2:

haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

loqui (with planius),

id. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

dicere (with latius),

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11:

explicare (with latius),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

locus uberrime tractatus,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3.