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1 umbra
I.Lit.:B.cum usque quaque umbra est, tamen Sol semper hic est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 79:illa platanus, cujus umbram secutus est Socrates,
Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28:fiebat, ut incideret luna in eam metam, quae esset umbra terrae, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 6, 17:colles... afferunt umbram vallibus,
id. Rep. 2, 6, 11:nox Involvens umbrā magnā terramque polumque,
Verg. A. 2, 251:spissis noctis se condidit umbris,
id. ib. 2, 621:majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,
id. E. 1, 84; 5, 70:pampineae,
id. ib. 7, 58:certum est mihi, quasi umbra, quoquo ibis tu, te persequi,
Plaut. Cas. 1, 4; cf. id. Most. 3, 2, 82.—Prov.: umbras timere, to be afraid of shadows, i. e. to fear without cause, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4:umbram suam metuere,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 2, 9:ipse meas solus, quod nil est, aemulor umbras,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 19.—Transf.1.In painting, the dark part of a painting, shade, shadow:2.quam multa vident pictores in umbris et in eminentiā, quae nos non videmus!
Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20; so (opp. lumen) Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 35, 11, 40, § 131; 33, 3, 57, § 163.—A shade, ghost of a dead person ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:3.Manes, Lemures): nos ubi decidimus, Quo dives Tullus et Ancus, Pulvis et umbra sumus,
Hor. C. 4, 7, 16:ne forte animas Acherunte reamur Effugere aut umbras inter vivos volitare,
Lucr. 4, 38; cf.:cornea (porta), quā veris facilis datur exitus umbris,
Verg. A. 6, 894; Tib. 3, 2, 9; Verg. A. 5, 734; Hor. C. 2, 13, 30; id. S. 1, 8, 41; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 18; Suet. Calig. 59 al.:Umbrarum rex,
i. e. Pluto, Ov. M. 7, 249; so,dominus,
id. ib. 10, 16.— In the plur. umbrae, of a single dead person:matris agitabitur umbris,
Ov. M. 9, 410; 8, 476; 6, 541; Verg. A. 6, 510; 10, 519 al.—Like the Greek skia, an uninvited guest, whom an invited one brings with him (cf. parasitus), Hor. S. 2, 8, 22; id. Ep. 1, 5, 28; Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 27; so, of an attendant:4.luxuriae,
Cic. Mur. 6, 13.—A shade, shady place, that which gives a shade or shadow (as a tree, house, tent, etc; poet.);5.of trees: nudus Arboris Othrys erat nec habebat Pelion umbras,
Ov. M. 12, 513; so id. ib. 10, 88; 10, 90; 14, 447; Verg. G. 1, 157, id. E. 9, 20; 5, 5; Sil. 4, 681:Pompeiā spatiabere cultus in umbrā,
i. e. in the Pompeian portico, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 75; so,Pompeia,
Ov. A. A. 1, 67; 3, 387:vacuā tonsoris in umbrā,
in the cool barber's shop, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50:studia in umbrā educata,
in the closet, study, Tac. A. 14, 53; cf.:rhetorica,
i. e. the rhetorician's school, Juv. 7, 173:dum roseis venit umbra genis,
i. e. down, beard, Stat. Th. 4, 336; cf.: dubia lanuginis, Claud. Nupt. Pall. et Celer. 42: nunc umbra nudata sua jam tempora moerent, i. e. of hair, Petr. poët. 109: summae cassidis umbra, i. e. the plume or crest, Stat. Th. 6, 226:sed non erat illi Arcus et ex umeris nullae fulgentibus umbrae,
i. e. quivers, id. S. 3, 4, 30.—A fish, called also sciaena; a grayling, umber: Salmo thymallus, Linn.; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 7 Vahl.); Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; Ov. Hal. 111; Col. 8, 16, 8; Aus. Idyll. 10, 90.—II.Trop., like the Engl. shadow or shade.A.Opp. to substance or reality, a trace, obscure sign or image, faint appearance, imperfect copy or representation, semblance, pretence (cf. simulacrum):B.veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus, umbrā et imaginibus utimur,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:umbra et imago civitatis,
id. Rep. 2, 30, 53:umbra et imago equitis Romani,
id. Rab. Post. 15, 41: o hominem amentem et miserum, qui ne umbram quidem umquam tou kalou viderit! id. Att. 7, 11, 1:in quo ipsam luxuriam reperire non potes, in eo te umbram luxuriae reperturum putas?
id. Mur. 6, 13: in comoediā maxime claudicamus... vix levem consequimur umbram, Quint. 10, 1, 100:sub umbrā foederis aequi servitutem pati,
Liv. 8, 4, 2:umbras falsae gloriae consectari,
Cic. Pis. 24, 57:umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:mendax pietatis umbra,
Ov. M. 9, 459:libertatis,
Luc. 3, 146:belli,
Sil. 15, 316:umbras quasdam veritatis habere,
Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 17; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 273.—Shelter, cover, protection:C.umbra et recessus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101:umbrā magni nominis delitescunt,
Quint. 12, 10, 15:umbra vestri auxilii tegi possumus,
Liv. 7, 30, 18:sub umbrā auxilii vestri latere volunt,
id. 32, 21, 31:sub umbrā Romanae amicitiae latebant,
id. 34, 9, 10:morum vitia sub umbrā eloquentiae primo latebant,
Just. 5, 2, 7.— -
2 caecus
caecus adj. with (once in H.) comp. [SCA-], not seeing, blind: qui caecus annos multos fuit: corpus, the blind part, back, S. — Prov.: ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit, H.: apparet id quidem etiam caeco, a blind man can see that, L.— Fig., of persons, mentally or morally blind, blinded: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos efficit caecos, etc.: mater caeca crudelitate: cupidine, S.: amentiā: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit, H.: mens, Ta.: ad has belli artes, L.: Hypsaeā caecior, H.—Of wolves: quos ventris Exegit caecos rabies, blind to danger, V.—Meton., of passions: avaritia: praedae cupido, O.: amor sui, H.: festinatio, L.: timor, Ph. — Praegn., blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless: caecae suspitionis tormentum: caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: consilium, rash: casus.—Not seen, not discernible, invisible, concealed, hidden, obscure, dark: vallum, Cs.: fores, private, V.: tabes, O.: volnus, in the back, V.: domūs scelus, V.: viae, blind ways, Tb.: res caecae et ab aspectūs iudicio remotae: fata, H.: eventus, V.: tumultus, secret conspiracies, V.: stimuli in pectore, O.: murmur, muffled, V. — Obstructing the sight, dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure: nox, Ct.: caligo, V.: in nubibus ignes, i. e. deepening the gloom, V.: domus, without windows: pulvis, V.: acervus, chaotic, O.: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent! i. e. dissimulation, O.: exspectatio, i. e. of an uncertain result: crimen, that cannot be proved, L.* * *Icaeca -um, caecior -or -us, caecissimus -a -um ADJblind; unseeing; dark, gloomy, hidden, secret; aimless, confused, random; rashII -
3 Caeci
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
4 caecum
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
5 Caecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
6 caecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
7 cecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
8 coecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
9 operio
ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. [pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro], to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).I.Lit.A.Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.:B.capite operto esse,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34:operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,
Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing:aeger multā veste operiendus est,
Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.:fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:summas amphoras auro et argento,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3:mons nubibus,
Ov. P. 4, 5, 5:(rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,
Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28:reliquias malae pugnae,
i. e. to bury, Tac. A. 15, 28:operiet eos formido,
Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.—Transf., to shut, close (syn.:II.claudo, praecludo, obsero): fores,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 1:ostium,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33:iste opertā lecticā latus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: oculos, to shut, close (opp. patefacere), Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf.:opertos compressosve (oculos),
Quint. 11, 2, 76.—Trop.1.To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble:2.quo pacto hoc operiam?
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam):non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,
Quint. 2, 13, 12:quotiens dictu deformia operit,
id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18:luctum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:domestica mala tristitia,
Tac. A. 3, 18.—To overwhelm, burden, [p. 1268] as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.):3.contumeliis opertus,
loaded, overwhelmed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.:judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,
id. Clu. 22, 61:infamiā,
Tac. H. 3, 69.—Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.):qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.— ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.):operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9:res,
Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:operta bella,
Verg. G. 1, 465:cineres,
Hor. C. 2, 8, 9:hamum,
id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.:Apollinis operta,
the dark, ambiguous oracles, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115:telluris operta subire,
the depths, Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32:litterarum,
a secret, Gell. 17, 9, 22.— Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.):operte et symbolice,
Gell. 4, 11, 10. -
10 lingua
lingua (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the letter D), ae, f. [Sanscr. jihvā; original Lat. form. dingua; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue. Not from the root lih, lich, v. lingo], the tongue.I.Lit.:II.fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a kiss in which the tongues touched each other),
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105:lingua haeret metu,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7:in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:linguā haesitantes,
id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:linguā properanti legere,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 9:linguā titubante loqui,
id. Tr. 3, 1, 21:quo facilius verba ore libero exprimeret, calculos lingua volvens dicere domi solebat (Demosthenes),
Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to thrust out the tongue, in token of derision or contempt, Liv. 7, 10: so,lingua ejecta,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266:lingua minor,
the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as mock term of endearment:hujus voluptas, te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus labellum, hujus lingua,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. part.: homo malae linguae, a fellow with a bad tongue, i. q. fellator, Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—Transf.A.Since the tongue is an organ of speech, a tongue, utterance, speech, language:2.largus opum, lingua melior,
Verg. A. 11, 338:facilem benevolumque lingua tua jam tibi me reddidit,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47:Latium beare divite linguā,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:lingua quasi flabello seditionis contionem ventilare,
Cic. Fl. 23, 54:linguam continere,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:tenere,
Ov. F. 2, 602:moderari,
Sall. J. 84:linguae solutio,
Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:linguam solvere ad jurgia,
Ov. M. 3, 261:quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83:ut vitemus linguas hominum,
id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:Aetolorum linguas retundere,
to check their tongues, bring them to silence, Liv. 33, 3; cf.:claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam,
Amm. 16, 12, 61:si mihi lingua foret,
Ov. H. 21, 205:ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro,
Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. give attention, " be silent that you may hear," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71:linguis animisque faventes,
Juv. 12, 83:nam lingua mali pars pessima servi,
id. 9, 121:mercedem imponere linguae,
i. e. to speak for pay, id. 7, 149:usum linguae reciperare,
Amm. 17, 12, 10:linguā debili esse,
to stammer, Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, tongue, i. e. readiness in speech, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —The tongue or language of a people:b.lingua Latina, Graeca,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:Graeca et Latina lingua,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:(Massilia) tam procul a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa,
Cic. Fl. 26, 63:quod quidem Latina lingua sic observat, ut, etc.,
id. Or. 44, 150:Gallicae linguae scientiam habere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 47:qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli, appellantur,
id. ib. 1, 1:dissimili linguā,
Sall. C. 6, 2:linguā utrāque,
i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1;1, 1, 14: Mithridates, cui duas et viginti linguas notas fuisse,
id. 11, 2, 50:haud rudis Graecae linguae,
Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2:Syrus in Tiberim Orontes et linguam et mores vexit,
Juv. 3, 63.—Dialect, idiom, mode of speech (post-Aug.): illis non verborum modo, sed. linguarum etiam se inter differentium copia est. Quint. 12, 10, 34:3.Crassus quinque Graeci sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, qua quisque apud eum linguā postulasset, eadem jus sibi redditum ferret,
id. 11, 2, 50:utar enim historicā linguā,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3:si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem,
id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—Poet. of animals. the voice, note, song, bark, etc.:4. B.linguae volucrum,
Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177:linguam praecludere (canis),
Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—Of tongue-shaped things.1.A plant, also called lingulaca, Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—2.Lingua bubula, a plant, oxtongue, bugloss, Cato, R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—3.Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.;4.and lingua canis,
App. Herb. 96, the plant hound's-tongue, also called cynoglossos; q. v.—A tongue of land: id promontorium, Cujus lingua in altum proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.:5.lingua in altum mille passuum excurrens,
Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12:eminet in altum lingua, in qua urbs sita est,
Liv. 44, 11:tenuem producit in aequora linguam,
Luc. 2, 614; cf.: lingua dicitur promontorii genus non excellentis sed molliter in planum devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—A spoonful, as a measure, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—6.The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—7.The short arm of a lever:vectis lingua sub onus subdita,
Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. ligula, VII.). -
11 premo
I.Lit.:B.pede pedem alicui premere,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,
Verg. A. 7, 518:veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,
id. ib. 2, 379:novercae Monstra manu premens,
id. ib. 8, 288:pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,
i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,
press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:premere terga genu alicujus,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:ubera plena,
i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:vestigia alicujus,
to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,
Juv. 1, 43:dente frena,
to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:ore aliquid,
to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:aliquid morsu,
Lucr. 3, 663:presso molari,
with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:pressum lac,
i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:Hister Peucen premerat Antro,
forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:uxorem,
Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:feminas premunt galli,
Mart. 3, 57, 17.—Transf.1.Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:2.premere litora,
Ov. M. 14, 416:litus,
to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:aëra,
i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:3.premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:capulum,
id. 2, 615.—Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:4.toros,
Ov. H. 12, 30:sedilia,
id. M. 5, 317:hoc quod premis habeto,
id. ib. 5, 135:et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,
id. ib. 2, 421:humum,
to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:frondes tuo premis ore caducas,
id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):5.aliquid terrā,
to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:nonumque prematur in annum,
kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:ossa male pressa,
i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:ut premerer sacrā lauro,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:molli Fronde crinem,
Verg. A. 4, 147:canitiem galeā,
id. ib. 9, 612:mitrā capillos,
Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):6.quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,
they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:os fingit premendo,
id. A. 6, 80:caseos,
id. E. 1, 35:mollem terram,
Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:7.hostes de loco superiore,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,
id. B. C. 3, 46:hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,
Verg. A. 1, 467:Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,
Nep. Hann. 11, 5:hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,
Verg. A. 8, 473:obsidione urbem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:ad retia cervum,
Verg. G. 3, 413:spumantis apri cursum clamore,
id. A. 1, 324:bestias venatione,
Isid. 10, 282.—To press down, burden, load, freight:8.nescia quem premeret,
on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:tergum equi,
id. ib. 8, 34;14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,
Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):pressae carinae,
Verg. G. 1, 303:pressus membra mero,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,
Caes. B. G. 4, 24:auro phaleras,
to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—To press into, force in, press upon:b.(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,
Ov. F. 1, 355:presso sub vomere,
Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:presso aratro,
Tib. 4, 1, 161:alte ensem in corpore,
Stat. Th. 11, 542:et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,
Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:et cubito remanete presso,
leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —To make with any thing ( poet.):9.aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:b.nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,
Ov. M. 2, 135:humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,
id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,
sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —In partic.(α). (β).To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:(γ). 10.vestigio leviter presso,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,
id. Sest. 5, 13:sulcum premere,
to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),
Front. Strat. 1, 5:fossa pressa,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:cavernae in altitudinem pressae,
Curt. 5, 1, 28.—To press closely, compress, press together, close:b.oculos,
Verg. A. 9, 487:alicui fauces,
Ov. M. 12, 509:laqueo collum,
to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,
Ov. M. 9, 78:presso gutture,
compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,
i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,
choked, id. 14, 221:amplexu presso,
united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:oscula jungere pressa,
to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,pressa basia,
Mart. 6, 34, 1:presso gradu incedere,
in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:pede presso,
id. 8, 8.—In partic.(α).To shorten, tighten, draw in:(β).pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—To keep short, prune:(γ).Calenā falce vitem,
Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:luxuriem falce,
Ov. M. 14, 628:falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),
Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:molle salictum,
Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—To check, arrest, stop:11.premere sanguinem,
Tac. A. 15, 64:vestigia pressit,
Verg. A. 6, 197:attoniti pressere gradum,
Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—To press out, bring out by pressure:12.tenerā sucos pressere medullā,
Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—II.Trop.A.To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):B.ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,
id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:aerumnae, quae me premunt,
Sall. J. 14, 22:pressus gravitate soporis,
bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13:invidia et odio populi premi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:premi periculis,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:cum a me premeretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:aliquem verbo,
id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:criminibus veris premere aliquem,
Ov. M. 14, 401:cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,
was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;mortali urgemur ab hoste,
Verg. A. 10, 375:premere reum voce, vultu,
Tac. A. 3, 67:crimen,
to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:confessionem,
to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:argumentum etiam atque etiam,
to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,
Verg. A. 3, 47:maerore pressa,
Sen. Oct. 103:veritate pressus negare non potuit,
overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—Transf.1.To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):2.dum nocte premuntur,
Verg. A. 6, 827:curam sub corde,
id. ib. 4, 332:odium,
Plin. Pan. 62:iram,
Tac. A. 6, 50:pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,
id. ib. 13, 16:interius omne secretum,
Sen. Ep. 3, 4:dolorem silentio,
Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:aliquid ore,
Verg. A. 7, 103:jam te premet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:b.premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12:arma Latini,
Verg. A. 11, 402:opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:famam alicujus,
Tac. A. 15, 49:premere ac despicere,
Quint. 11, 1, 16:premere tumentia, humilia extollere,
id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—To surpass, exceed:c.facta premant annos,
Ov. M. 7, 449:ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,
id. P. 3, 1, 116:quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—To rule ( poet.):3.dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:4.quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,
Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:premebat reum crimen,
id. 3, 13, 1.—To compress, abridge, condense:5.haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—To check, arrest, repress, restrain:6.cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,
Cic. Brut. 97, 332:sub imo Corde gemitum,
Verg. A. 10, 464:vocem,
to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:sermones vulgi,
to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:I. A.(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.Lit.:B.presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,
Liv. 8, 8, 9:presso gradu,
id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
Ov. M. 3, 17.—Trop.1.Of the voice or manner, subdued:2.haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:II.color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—Esp., of an orator or of speech.A.Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):B.fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,
id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,
Quint. 10, 1, 102:pressus et demissus stilus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—Close, exact, accurate:B.Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,
Gell. 2, 6, 5:quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,
stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:cogitationes pressiores,
id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—Closely, tightly.1.Lit.:2.vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—Trop.a.Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:b.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:(β).definire presse et anguste,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:abundanter dicere, an presse,
Quint. 8, 3, 40:pressius et astrictius scripsi,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—Without ornament, simply:(γ).unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:definiunt pressius,
id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,
Gell. 1, 3, 21. -
12 obliviscor
oblīviscor, lītus (archaic inf. obliscier. Att. Tr. 190; 488), 3, v. dep. [ob and livor, q. v.; livēre, to become dark; hence, to have the mind darkened, forget], to forget; constr. with gen. of pers. and with gen. or acc. of thing; less freq. with inf. or a rel.clause (class.; cf. dedisco).(α).With gen. of person:(β).vivorum memini, nec tamen Epicuri licet oblivisci,
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: nescio hercule, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam;ita prorsum oblitus sum mei,
I have so completely forgotten myself, been lost in thought, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 15:regisque ducumque meique,
Ov. M. 13, 276:dum tu ades, sunt oblitae sui,
Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1:nec oblitus sui est Ithacus discrimine tanto,
was not forgetful of himself, untrue to his nature, Verg. A. 3, 629; cf. Val. Fl. 3, 664: sui, to forget one's self, know nothing of one's former self, sc. after death, Sen. Herc. Fur. 292; also, to forget one's self in a character represented or assumed:tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitāsset,
Tac. Or. 2. —With gen. of thing:(γ).meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,
Sid. Ep. 4, 12:nec umquam obliviscar noctis illius, etc.,
Cic. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:oblivisci temporum meorum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 8:ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti,
id. ib. 1, 7, 7:veterumque oblitus honorum,
Ov. M. 7, 543; Just. 4, 2, 5:oblivisci veteris contumeliae, recentium injuriarum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 14:controversiarum ac dissensionum,
id. ib. 7, 34:pristini instituti,
id. B. C. 3, 57:offensarum,
Tac. H. 2, 1:tot exemplorum,
Quint. 9, 2, 86.—With acc. of thing:(δ).qui quod dedit id ob litust datum,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 24:officium meum,
id. Cas. 1, 1, 16:injurias,
Cic. Cael. 20, 50; cf.:artificium obliviscatur,
id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:res praeclarissimas,
id. Mil. 23, 63:totam causam,
id. Brut. 60, 218:haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,
Liv. 5, 5, Drak. N. cr.:ut alia obliviscar,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87.—With acc. of person:obliti sunt Deum,
Vulg. Psa. 105, 21; 49, 22.—With inf.:(ε).oblita pharetram tollere,
Ov. M. 2, 439:suas quatere pennas,
id. ib. 4, 676: dicere aliquid. Ter. And. 5, 1, 22:obliviscor, Roscium et Cluvium viros esse primarios,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 50.—With a rel.clause:b.in scriptis obliviscebatur, quid paulo ante posuisset,
Cic. Brut. 60, 218.—Poet., transf., of things:c.saeclis obliviscentibus,
i. e. causing forgetfulness, Cat. 68, 43:oblito pectore,
id. 64, 207: pomaque degenerant sucos oblita priores, forgetting, i. e. being deprived of losing, Verg. G. 2, 59; imitated by Col. poët. 10, 408.—Prov.:d.oblivisci nomen suum,
to forget one's own name, to have a bad memory, Petr. 66.—Part. fut. pass.:► In Pass.oblitusque meorum, obliviscendus et illis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 9:obliviscendi stratiotici,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 49.signif. ( poet. and late Lat.):post emancipationem in totum adoptivae familiae obliviscuntur,
Dig. 23, 2, 60, § 6:oblita carmina,
Verg. E. 9, 53; Val. Fl. 2, 388:oblitos superūm dolores,
id. 1, 791:suis hominibus oblitus,
August. Mus. 4, 4.
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