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  • 21 adsiduissime

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adsiduissime

  • 22 adsiduus

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adsiduus

  • 23 assiduissime

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 24 assiduus

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 25 classis

    classis (old orthog. CLASIS, Column. Rostr.; v. under I. B. 2.), is ( acc. sing. usu. classem; classim, Auct. B. Afr. 9, 2; abl. usu. classe;

    classi,

    Verg. A. 8, 11; Liv. 23, 41, 8; Vell. 2, 79), f. [root cal-, cla-, of clamo, kaleô; prop. the people as assembled or called together], hence,
    I.
    After the division of the Roman people by Servius Tullius into six (or, the citizens who paid tribute alone being reckoned, into five) classes,
    1.
    A class, Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq.; Gell. 6 (7), 13, 1 sq.; Cic. Fl. 7, 15; Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; cf. Dion. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; 7, 59:

    prima classis vocatur... tum secunda classis, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 82: infra classem; v. classicus, I.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    qui (philosophi) mihi cum illo collati, quintae classis videntur,

    i.e. of the lowest rank, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. classicus, I. B.—Hence,
    B. 1.
    Of the land army (mostly very ancient): procincta, Lex Numae in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 189, 13 Müll.: classis procincta [id est exercitus armatus, Gloss.], Fab. Pictor. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 4; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 56, 3:

    classi quoque ad Fidenas pugnatum cum Vejentibus quidam in annales rettulere,

    Liv. 4, 34, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    Hortinae classes populique Latini,

    Verg. A. 7, 716 Serv.—
    2.
    Of men at sea, the fleet, including the troops in it (the usu. signif. in prose and poetry):

    CLASESQVE. NAVALES. PRIMOS. ORNAVET.... CLASEIS. POENICAS...., Column. Rostr., v. 7 sq.: nomina in classem dare,

    Liv. 28, 45, 19:

    cetera classis... fugerunt,

    id. 35, 26, 9:

    ut classem duceret in Ligurum oram,

    id. 40, 26, 8; 41, 24, 13; cf. id. 42, 48, 10:

    navium classis,

    id. 22, 37, 13:

    posteaquam maximas aedificasset ornassetque classes,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

    classem instruere atque ornare,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 135:

    classis ornandae reficiendaeque causā, Liv 9, 30, 4: comparare,

    Cic. Fl. 14, 33:

    facere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42 al.:

    classe navigare,

    by ship, Cic. Fl. 14, 32; cf. Verg. A. 1, 379; 8, 11;

    Hor.C. 3, 11, 48: classes = naves,

    Verg. A. 2, 30:

    geminasque legit de classe biremis,

    id. ib. 8, 79:

    omittere,

    id. ib. 5, 794:

    armare,

    id. ib. 4, 299:

    deducere,

    id. G. 1, 255:

    efficere,

    Nep. Them. 2, 3:

    (Suiones) praeter viros armaque classibus valent,

    Tac. G. 44. —
    II.
    In the post-Aug. per., sometimes, a class, division, in gen.:

    pueros in classes distribuerant,

    Quint. 1, 2, 23; so id. 1, 2, 24; 10, 5, 21; Suet. Tib. 46:

    operarum,

    Col. 1, 9, 7:

    servorum,

    Petr. 74, 7.

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  • 26 multa

    1.
    multa ( mulcta), ae, f. [Sabine, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 5; Oscan, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.], a penalty involving loss of property, a fine, amercement, mulct; in the most ancient times riches consisted only in the possession of flocks and herds; it accordingly signified, at first, a fine in cattle; but in later times, when money was the measure of wealth, it signified a pecuniary fine (whereas poena denotes a punishment of any kind, e. g. corporal punishment, imprisonment, capital punishment):

    vocabulum ipsum multae M. Varro non Latinum, sed Sabinum esse dicit,

    Gell. 11, 1, 5: multam Osce dici putant poenam quidam. M. Varro ait poenam esse, sed pecuniariam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Mull.:

    cum pecore diceretur multa,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 95 Müll. The highest penalty in the earliest times was thirty head of cattle, the lowest a sheep, in specifying which the word ovis is used as of the masculine gender: ego ei unum ovem multam dico, I condemn him to pay, fine him, a legal formula ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4:

    multae dictio ovium et bovium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16.—Later, of a pecuniary fine:

    multa praesens quingentum milium aeris in singulas civitates imposita,

    Liv. 10, 37:

    multam alicui dicere,

    to decree, award, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    indicere,

    Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

    subire,

    Ov. F. 5, 289:

    committere,

    to deserve, incur, Cic. Clu. 37, 103:

    exigere,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 177 Müll.:

    remittere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    irrogare (of the plaintiff, or people's tribune),

    to propose that the accused be fined a certain sum, id. Mil. 14, 36; so,

    petere,

    id. Clu. 33, 91:

    aliquem multā et poenā multare,

    id. Balb. 18, 42:

    multam alicui facere,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8: certare, to contend on both sides whether or not the proposed fine should be paid:

    duo tribuni plebis ducentum milium aeris multam M. Postumio dixerunt: cui certandae cum dies advenisset,

    Liv. 25, 3:

    multae certatio,

    Cic. Leg. 8, 3, 6:

    multa erat Veneri,

    for the benefit of Venus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25:

    multa gravis praedibus Valerianis,

    a heavy loss, great damage, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4.—
    II.
    In gen., a penalty:

    singulos jure jurando adigam non aliter quam stantes cibum capturos esse... hanc multam feretis, etc.,

    Liv. 24, 16, 13:

    haec ei multa esto: vino viginti dies Ut careat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 55.
    2.
    multa, adj. fem., v. multus.

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  • 27 solum

        solum ī, n    the lowest part, bottom, ground, base, foundation, floor, pavement, site: sola marmorea: (templi) Marmoreum, O.: ut eius (fossae) solum pateret, Cs.: (amnis) puro solo excipitur, bed, Cu.—The ground, earth, soil: ubi mollius solum reperit, Cu.: trabes in solo conlocantur, Cs.: clivus ad solum exustus, burned to the ground, L.: urbem ad solum diruere, Cu.; cf. solo aequandae sunt dictaturae, i. e. to be abolished, L.: saturare fimo pingui sola, V.: incultum et derelictum: Duratae solo nives, H.: Fecundum, O.: mite, H.: Urbs Etrusca solo, i. e. on Etruscan soil, V.: nudum, Cu.: solo inmobilis haeret, V.: cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent, their wheaten board, V.: tremit puppis, Subtrahiturque solum, i. e. the supporting sea, V.: caeleste, i. e. the sky, O.—Prov.: quodcumque in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost.—Of the foot, the sole: solorum callum.—A soil, land, country, region, place: solum, in quo tu ortus: pro solo, in quo nati essent, L.: natale, native soil, O. —Esp., in the phrase, vertere or mutare solum, to leave the country, go into exile: quo vertendi, hoc est, mutandi soli causā venerant: eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant: si solum non mutarunt.—Fig., a base, basis, foundation: Auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. C.: solum quoddam atque fundamentum.
    * * *
    I
    only/just/mearly/barely/alone
    II
    bottom, ground, floor; soil, land

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  • 28 acuo

    ăcŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a. ( part. fut. acuturus, not used) [cf. 2. acer], to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne stridorem quidem serrae audiunt, cum acuitur,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40; so,

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 8, 386; Hor. C. 1, 2, 21:

    enses,

    Ov. M. 15, 776:

    gladium,

    Vulg. Deut. 32, 41:

    sagittas,

    id. Jer. 51, 11.— Poet.:

    fulmen,

    Lucr. 6, 278:

    dentes,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 10; cf. Tib. 4, 3, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    First, of the tongue, qs. to whet, i. e. to sharpen, exercise, improve:

    acuere linguam exercitatione dicendi,

    Cic. Brut. 97:

    linguam causis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23; so Vulg. Psa. 139, 4; so in gen.: se, to exercise one's self, to make one's self ready:

    acueram me ad exagitandam hanc ejus legationem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 7: mentem, ingenium, prudentiam, etc.; to sharpen:

    multa, quae acuant mentem, multa quae obtundant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33; so id. Brut. 33; id. Phil. 2, 17; id. de Or. 1, 20.—
    B.
    Acuere aliquem (with or without ad aliquid), to spur on, incite, stir up, arouse:

    ad crudelitatem,

    Cic. Lig. 4; id. Fam. 15, 21:

    illos sat aetas acuet,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 49; Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 110:

    ita duae res, quae languorem afferunt ceteris, illum acuebant, otium et solitudo,

    id. Off. 3, 1; Liv. 28, 19:

    curis acuens mortalia corda,

    Verg. G. 1, 123:

    auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni,

    id. ib. 4, 435:

    quam Juno his acuit verbis,

    id. A. 7, 330.—
    C.
    Aliquid, to rouse up, kindle, excite (mostly poet.):

    saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem et se suscitat irā,

    Verg. A. 12, 108:

    iram,

    Vulg. Sap. 5, 21:

    studia,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, no. 3.—
    D.
    In gramm.: acuere syllabam, to give an acute accent to (opp. gravem ponere), Quint. 1, 5, 22; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 159 Lind.: accentus acutus ideo inventus est, quod acuat sive elevet syllabam.—Hence, ăcūtus, a, um, P.a., sharpened, made pointed; hence,
    A.
    Lit., sharp, pointed ( acer denotes natural sharpness, etc.: acutus, that produced by exertion, skill, etc.: sermo acer, impassioned, passionate; sermo acutus, pointed, acute discourse):

    vide ut sit acutus culter probe,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 4:

    ferrum,

    Hor. A. P. 304:

    cuspis,

    Verg. A. 5, 208:

    gladius,

    Vulg. Psa. 56, 5:

    carex,

    Verg. G. 3, 231; elementa, i. e. pointed, jagged atoms (opp. to perplexa, connected), Lucr. 2, 463:

    nasus,

    Plaut. Cap. 3, 4, 114:

    oculi,

    of a pointed shape, id. Ps. 4, 7, 121:

    aures,

    pointed, Hor. C. 2, 19, 4:

    saxa,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 61; so Verg. A. 1, 45.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of the senses themselves, sharp, keen:

    oculos acrīs atque cicutos,

    Cic. Planc. 66:

    nares,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 29; Cels. 2, 6.—
    b.
    Of objects affecting the senses, sharp, acute; of the voice, soprano or treble: inde loci lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 ed. Vahl.):

    hinnitu,

    Verg. G. 3, 94:

    voces,

    id. Cir. 107; Ov. M. 3, 224:

    stridore,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 15:

    vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

    from the highest treble to the lowest base, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. ib. 3, 57, 216; Somn. Scip. 5; Rep. 6, 18.—
    c.
    In gen., of things affecting the body, of either heat or cold from their similar effects, keen, sharp, violent, severe:

    sol,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

    radii solis,

    Ov. H. 4, 159:

    gelu,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 4; cf. Lucr. 1, 495; Verg. G. 1, 93; so,

    febris,

    Cels. 2, 4:

    morbus,

    id. 3 (opp. longus), rapid.— Subst. with gen.:

    acuta belli,

    violent, severe misfortunes of war, Hor. C. 4, 4, 76 (= graves belli molestias).—
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    Of intellectual qualities, acute, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious (very freq.):

    Antisthenes homo acutus magis quam eruditus,

    Cic. Att. 12, 37; so id. de Or. 1, 51; id. N. D. 1, 16; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:

    homo ingenio prudentiāque acutissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39:

    acutae sententiae,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 5:

    motus animorum ad excogitandum acuti,

    id. Or. 1, 113:

    studia,

    id. Gen. 50:

    conclusiones,

    Quint. 2, 20, 5.—
    2.
    In gramm.: accentus acutus, the acute accent (opp. gravis), Prisc. p. 159, ed. Lindem.— Comp. Plin. 13, 1, 2.— Adv.: ăcūte, sharply, keenly, acutely:. cernere, Lucr. 4, 804; ib. 811:

    conlecta,

    Cic. Deiot. 33:

    excogitat,

    id. Verr. 4, 147:

    respondeo,

    id. Cael. 17:

    scribo,

    id. Verr. 3, 20; so, ăcūtum:

    cernis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

    resonarent,

    ib. 8, 41: and, ăcūta: canis ululat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 9 Müll. (Ann. 346 Vahl.).— Comp., Cic. Inv. 2, 16.— Sup., Cic. Off. 1, 44; id. Verr. 3, 20.

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  • 29 acuta

    ăcŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a. ( part. fut. acuturus, not used) [cf. 2. acer], to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne stridorem quidem serrae audiunt, cum acuitur,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40; so,

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 8, 386; Hor. C. 1, 2, 21:

    enses,

    Ov. M. 15, 776:

    gladium,

    Vulg. Deut. 32, 41:

    sagittas,

    id. Jer. 51, 11.— Poet.:

    fulmen,

    Lucr. 6, 278:

    dentes,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 10; cf. Tib. 4, 3, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    First, of the tongue, qs. to whet, i. e. to sharpen, exercise, improve:

    acuere linguam exercitatione dicendi,

    Cic. Brut. 97:

    linguam causis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23; so Vulg. Psa. 139, 4; so in gen.: se, to exercise one's self, to make one's self ready:

    acueram me ad exagitandam hanc ejus legationem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 7: mentem, ingenium, prudentiam, etc.; to sharpen:

    multa, quae acuant mentem, multa quae obtundant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33; so id. Brut. 33; id. Phil. 2, 17; id. de Or. 1, 20.—
    B.
    Acuere aliquem (with or without ad aliquid), to spur on, incite, stir up, arouse:

    ad crudelitatem,

    Cic. Lig. 4; id. Fam. 15, 21:

    illos sat aetas acuet,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 49; Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 110:

    ita duae res, quae languorem afferunt ceteris, illum acuebant, otium et solitudo,

    id. Off. 3, 1; Liv. 28, 19:

    curis acuens mortalia corda,

    Verg. G. 1, 123:

    auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni,

    id. ib. 4, 435:

    quam Juno his acuit verbis,

    id. A. 7, 330.—
    C.
    Aliquid, to rouse up, kindle, excite (mostly poet.):

    saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem et se suscitat irā,

    Verg. A. 12, 108:

    iram,

    Vulg. Sap. 5, 21:

    studia,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, no. 3.—
    D.
    In gramm.: acuere syllabam, to give an acute accent to (opp. gravem ponere), Quint. 1, 5, 22; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 159 Lind.: accentus acutus ideo inventus est, quod acuat sive elevet syllabam.—Hence, ăcūtus, a, um, P.a., sharpened, made pointed; hence,
    A.
    Lit., sharp, pointed ( acer denotes natural sharpness, etc.: acutus, that produced by exertion, skill, etc.: sermo acer, impassioned, passionate; sermo acutus, pointed, acute discourse):

    vide ut sit acutus culter probe,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 4:

    ferrum,

    Hor. A. P. 304:

    cuspis,

    Verg. A. 5, 208:

    gladius,

    Vulg. Psa. 56, 5:

    carex,

    Verg. G. 3, 231; elementa, i. e. pointed, jagged atoms (opp. to perplexa, connected), Lucr. 2, 463:

    nasus,

    Plaut. Cap. 3, 4, 114:

    oculi,

    of a pointed shape, id. Ps. 4, 7, 121:

    aures,

    pointed, Hor. C. 2, 19, 4:

    saxa,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 61; so Verg. A. 1, 45.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of the senses themselves, sharp, keen:

    oculos acrīs atque cicutos,

    Cic. Planc. 66:

    nares,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 29; Cels. 2, 6.—
    b.
    Of objects affecting the senses, sharp, acute; of the voice, soprano or treble: inde loci lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 ed. Vahl.):

    hinnitu,

    Verg. G. 3, 94:

    voces,

    id. Cir. 107; Ov. M. 3, 224:

    stridore,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 15:

    vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

    from the highest treble to the lowest base, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. ib. 3, 57, 216; Somn. Scip. 5; Rep. 6, 18.—
    c.
    In gen., of things affecting the body, of either heat or cold from their similar effects, keen, sharp, violent, severe:

    sol,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

    radii solis,

    Ov. H. 4, 159:

    gelu,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 4; cf. Lucr. 1, 495; Verg. G. 1, 93; so,

    febris,

    Cels. 2, 4:

    morbus,

    id. 3 (opp. longus), rapid.— Subst. with gen.:

    acuta belli,

    violent, severe misfortunes of war, Hor. C. 4, 4, 76 (= graves belli molestias).—
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    Of intellectual qualities, acute, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious (very freq.):

    Antisthenes homo acutus magis quam eruditus,

    Cic. Att. 12, 37; so id. de Or. 1, 51; id. N. D. 1, 16; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:

    homo ingenio prudentiāque acutissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39:

    acutae sententiae,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 5:

    motus animorum ad excogitandum acuti,

    id. Or. 1, 113:

    studia,

    id. Gen. 50:

    conclusiones,

    Quint. 2, 20, 5.—
    2.
    In gramm.: accentus acutus, the acute accent (opp. gravis), Prisc. p. 159, ed. Lindem.— Comp. Plin. 13, 1, 2.— Adv.: ăcūte, sharply, keenly, acutely:. cernere, Lucr. 4, 804; ib. 811:

    conlecta,

    Cic. Deiot. 33:

    excogitat,

    id. Verr. 4, 147:

    respondeo,

    id. Cael. 17:

    scribo,

    id. Verr. 3, 20; so, ăcūtum:

    cernis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

    resonarent,

    ib. 8, 41: and, ăcūta: canis ululat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 9 Müll. (Ann. 346 Vahl.).— Comp., Cic. Inv. 2, 16.— Sup., Cic. Off. 1, 44; id. Verr. 3, 20.

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  • 30 Flamen

    1.
    flāmen (also ‡

    FILAMEN,

    Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

    in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

    maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

    Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

    Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

    (Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

    Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

    also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

    Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

    Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

    FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

    Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

    AVGVSTALIS,

    ib. 643; 2366:

    DIVI CLAVDII,

    ib. 2218; 3651:

    PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

    ib. 2219:

    SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

    ib. 1171:

    ROMAE,

    ib. 2183:

    flaminem prodere,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

    inaugurare flaminem,

    Liv. 27, 8, 4.
    2.
    flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

    Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

    venti,

    Lucr. 1, 290:

    Cauri,

    id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—
    II.
    Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

    ferunt sua flamina classem,

    Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

    flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 732.
    3.
    Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

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  • 31 flamen

    1.
    flāmen (also ‡

    FILAMEN,

    Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

    in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

    maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

    Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

    Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

    (Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

    Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

    also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

    Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

    Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

    FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

    Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

    AVGVSTALIS,

    ib. 643; 2366:

    DIVI CLAVDII,

    ib. 2218; 3651:

    PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

    ib. 2219:

    SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

    ib. 1171:

    ROMAE,

    ib. 2183:

    flaminem prodere,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

    inaugurare flaminem,

    Liv. 27, 8, 4.
    2.
    flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

    Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

    venti,

    Lucr. 1, 290:

    Cauri,

    id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—
    II.
    Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

    ferunt sua flamina classem,

    Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

    flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 732.
    3.
    Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

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  • 32 fundus

    fundus, i, m. [Sanscr. budh-nas, ground; Gr. puthmên, pundax; O. H. Germ. Bodam; Germ. Boden; v. fodio], the bottom of any thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    armarii fundum exsecuit,

    the bottom of the chest, Cic. Clu. 64, 179:

    ollae,

    Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:

    scyphi,

    Dig. 41, 1, 26:

    (Aetna) fundo exaestuat imo,

    from the lowest bottom, Verg. A. 3, 577; cf.:

    imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,

    id. ib. 2, 419:

    amnis fundo carens,

    Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 122:

    maris,

    Vulg. Judith, 5, 12:

    calicis,

    id. Isa. 51, 17.—Prov.:

    largitio fundum non habet,

    there is no end of giving, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55.—
    * 2.
    Transf. (pars pro toto), a cup:

    hi duo longaevo censentur Nestore fundi,

    Mart. 8, 6, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., a piece of land, a farm, estate (syn.: praedium, villa): fundi appellatione omne aedificium et omnis ager continetur; sed in usu urbana aedificia aedes, rustica villae dicuntur;

    locus vero sine aedificio in urbe area, rure autem ager appellatur: idemque ager cum aedificio fundus dicitur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 211; Cic. Agr. 3, 2 fin.:

    cum inprobata sit eorum sententia qui putaverint furtivum fundum fieri posse,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 51; cf.: non hominum tantum neque rerum moventium... sed fundi quoque et aedium fieri furtum, Masur. Sab. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 13:

    cui nostrum non licet fundos nostros obire?

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:

    nunquam tam mane egredior, quin te in fundo conspicer fodere,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Cic. Caecin. 36, 104; id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Fam. 13, 69, 2; [p. 794] Quint. 4, 2, 131:

    dulcia poma feret cultus tibi fundus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 13 et saep.:

    euge, fundi et aedes, per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 84; cf.:

    si quidem habes fundum atque aedis,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 75:

    nostri fundi calamitas,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 34:

    quasi non fundis exornatae multae incedant per vias,

    i. e. with the price of a farm, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 42:

    unumne fundum pulcherrimum populi Romani, disperire patiemini?

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    nunc is nobis fundus est, i. e. ex quo fructus capiamus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15 Spengel ad loc.—

    Prov.: fundum alienum arat, incultum familiarem deserit,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: fluxas Phrygiae res vertere fundo, i. e. from its foundation, = funditus, Verg. A. 10, 88:

    cenae,

    the principal dish, Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    In partic., publicists' t. t., qs. one who lays the foundation for the decision of a thing, one that approves a thing or ratifies it, the approver (syn. auctor): fundus dicitur populus esse rei, quam alienat, hoc est auctor, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.:

    non ut hujus sententiae legisque fundus fierem,

    Gell. 19, 8, 12:

    negat ex foederato populo quemquam potuisse, nisi is populus fundus factus esset, in hanc civitatem venire, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 8, 19 (where Cicero gives to this legal principle another meaning); cf.:

    quid enim potuit dici imperitius quam foederatos populos fieri fundos oportere?

    id. ib. 8, 20; 11, 27;

    18, 42: municipes sunt cives Romani ex municipiis, legibus suis et suo jure utentes... neque ulla populi Romani lege astricti, nisi populus eorum fundus factus est,

    Gell. 16, 13, 6.—
    2.
    Transf. (ante- and post-class., and rare):

    ut, quae cum ejus filio egi, ei rei fundus pater sit potior,

    may officially confirm, Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 7; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 12; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll. supra.

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  • 33 ile

    īle, is, and īlĕum, ei, and īlĭum, ii, n., usually plur. īlĭa, ĭum, n. (heterocl. dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 499; dat. plur. iliis, Cels. 4, 1 fin.), that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank.
    I.
    Lit., Ov. M. 3, 216; 12, 486; Verg. G. 3, 507; id. A. 7, 499; Hor. Epod. 3, 4:

    ilium vitia,

    Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31:

    ducere ilia,

    to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9; so,

    trahere,

    Plin. 26, 6, 15, § 29:

    rumpere ilia,

    to burst, Verg. E. 7, 26.—
    II.
    Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.—
    B.
    The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.—
    C.
    Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.

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  • 34 ileum

    īle, is, and īlĕum, ei, and īlĭum, ii, n., usually plur. īlĭa, ĭum, n. (heterocl. dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 499; dat. plur. iliis, Cels. 4, 1 fin.), that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank.
    I.
    Lit., Ov. M. 3, 216; 12, 486; Verg. G. 3, 507; id. A. 7, 499; Hor. Epod. 3, 4:

    ilium vitia,

    Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31:

    ducere ilia,

    to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9; so,

    trahere,

    Plin. 26, 6, 15, § 29:

    rumpere ilia,

    to burst, Verg. E. 7, 26.—
    II.
    Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.—
    B.
    The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.—
    C.
    Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.

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  • 35 ilium

    īle, is, and īlĕum, ei, and īlĭum, ii, n., usually plur. īlĭa, ĭum, n. (heterocl. dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 499; dat. plur. iliis, Cels. 4, 1 fin.), that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank.
    I.
    Lit., Ov. M. 3, 216; 12, 486; Verg. G. 3, 507; id. A. 7, 499; Hor. Epod. 3, 4:

    ilium vitia,

    Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31:

    ducere ilia,

    to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9; so,

    trahere,

    Plin. 26, 6, 15, § 29:

    rumpere ilia,

    to burst, Verg. E. 7, 26.—
    II.
    Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.—
    B.
    The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.—
    C.
    Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.

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  • 36 sentina

    sentīna, ae, f.
    I.
    Lit., the filthy water that collects in the bottom of a ship, bilgewater:

    cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 17; * Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

    in nave, quae sentinam trahit,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 2:

    pisces sentinae navium odorem procul fugiunt,

    Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194 al.; Gell. 19, 1, 3:

    mersamque vitiis suis, quasi sentinā, rempublicam pessum dedere,

    Flor. 3, 12, 7. —
    II.
    Transf., the bottom of a ship where the bilge-water is, the hold:

    hi Romam sicuti in sentinam confluxerant,

    Sall. C. 37, 5: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus;

    nunc autem vix est in sentinā locus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3.—
    III.
    Trop.
    1.
    The lowest of the people, the dregs, refuse, rabble of a state or city (good prose; cf.

    faex): si tu exieris, exhaurietur ex urbe tuorum comitum magna et perniciosa sentina rei publicae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12; 2, 4, 7 (cf. Quint. 8, 6, 15); id. Att. 1, 19, 4; id. Agr. 2, 26, 70; Liv. 24, 29, 3; Flor. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    The hangerson of an army, camp-followers, Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.

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  • 37 quam

        quam adv.    [qui].—Relat., in what manner, to what degree, how greatly, how, how much: nescis quam doleam, T.: vide, quam te amarit is: declaravit quam odisset senatum: docebat, quam veteres quamque iustae causae intercederent, Cs.: ut sentias quam vile sit corpus, L.: Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis, H.: ut nobis tempus quam diu diceremus praestitueres: mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat (i. e. mirum est, quam, etc.), wonderfully.—Interrog., how?: quam avidum in pecuniis (hunc fuisse censetis)?: quam multis custodibus opus erit?: quam longe est hinc in saltum vestrum?—In exclamations, how! how very!: quam cupiunt laudari!: quam terribilis aspectu (incedebat)!: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando!: Quam paene regna Proserpinae vidimus! H. —Esp., in comparisons, in what degree, as: nihil est tam populare quam bonitas: quid est oratori tam necessarium quam vox?: tam diu requiesco, quam diu ad te scribo: tam esse clemens tyrannus, quam rex importunus potest: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est, S.: tam sum amicus rei p. quam qui maxime: Non verbis dici potest Tantum quam navigare incommodumst, T.: maria aspera iuro Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam ne, etc., V.: intentis, non ab irā tantum, quam quod urbs videbatur, etc., L.: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, half as much tribute as, etc., L.: nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur imperatoris, L.: quam multā grandine nimbi crepitant, sic ictibus heros Creber pulsat, V.—With ellips. of tam, as much as, to the extent that, as... as: quam voletis multi dicent, as many of you as choose: quam diu vixit, all his life: quam diu tu voles, as long as you will: non militum fiduciā quam iuventutis, not so much, L.: tyrannus, quam qui umquam, saevissimus, never surpassed in cruelty, L.: Huc turba ruebat... Quam multa cadunt folia, as numerous as, V. —With sup. and possum or (old) queo: ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, at the lowest price you can, T.: quam plurimos potest equites educit, S.: quam maximis potest itineribus pervenit, Cs.: quam maxime possem, contenderem, to the utmost of my power.—With sup. and ellips. of possum, in the highest degree, as... as possible, extremely, very: quam minimum spati daretur, the shortest time possible, Cs.: quam plurimo vendere, at the highest price: ut quam primum accederet, as soon as possible: quam primum, forthwith, V. —Colloq.: quam familiariter, very, T.—Implying difference of degree (after a comp. or word of comparison), than: acrior quam ego sum: omnia sunt citius facta quam dixi: nec diutius vixit quam locuta est: ut aditus non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret: istas tu partīs potius quam defectionem vocas?: Nec tibi grata minus pietas... Quam fuit illa Iovi, O.: se temere magis quam satis caute inferre, L.: non locuta est ferocius quam poculum inpavide hausit, L.: speciem gloriae vehementius quam caute appetebat, Ta.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset: ne libentius haec evomere videar quam verius, with more satisfaction than accuracy: pestilentia minacior quam perniciosior, more threatening than destructive, L.: turbavit ordinem non acrior quam pertinacior impetus, L.: quid hoc fieri turpius potest, quam eum... labi: ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium, otherwise than as I wished: quis antea, quis esset, quam cuius gener esset, audivit? sooner... than: pridie quam a me tu coactus eo profitere, on the day before. virtus nihil aliud est quam in se perfecta natura: nil aliud agens quam ut, etc., with no other purpose than, etc., L.: saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit, more than: ultra quam satis est, producitur.—Praegn., after verbs implying preference or superiority, rather than: praestare omnīs perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus parentarent, Cs.: si eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni vellent addicere: esse quam videri bonus malebat, S.: malae rei se quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.: statuit congredi quam refugere, N.—After expressions of time, later than, after that, after: die vicensimo quam creatus erat dictaturā se abdicavit, L.: anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat, L.
    * * *
    I
    how, how much; as, than

    quam + superlative -- as... as possible

    II
    how, than

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  • 38 ūltrō

        ūltrō adv.    [abl. of * ulter; sc. loco], to the farther side, beyond, on the other side.—Only with citro: cursare ultro et citro, to and fro: ultro citroque navigare, back and forth: ultro citro commeantes, hither and thither.—Over and above, besides, moreover, too, furthermore: celavit suos civīs ultroque eis sumptum intulit: cavendo, ne metuant, homines metuendos ultro se efficiunt, L.—Fig., superfluously, gratuitously, wantonly: putant, Sibi fieri iniuriam ultro, L.: sibi ultro per contumelias hostem insultare, L.— Of oneself, one's own accord, unasked, spontaneously, voluntarily: Nolunt, ubi velis; ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro, T.: spes imperi ultro sibi oblata: offerentibus ultro sese militibus, L.: cum id, quod antea petenti denegasset, ultro polliceretur, Cs.: subinvideo tibi, ultro te etiam arcessitum ab eo, of his own motion: cum rex ab Attalo ultro se bello lacessitum diceret, L.—In the phrase, ultro tributa (ultrotributa), payments to contractors for service to the state, appropriations for public works (opp. tributa, vectigalia): ultro tributa infimis (pretiis) locaverunt, i. e. awarded the contracts for public works to the lowest bidders, L.
    * * *
    besides, beyond; to/on the further/other side; voluntarily, unaided; wantonly

    Latin-English dictionary > ūltrō

  • 39 atlantion

    ā̆tlantĭon, ii, n. [Atlas], the lowest vertebra of the neck (so called because on it rests the whole burden of the head and the remaining vertebrae of the neck):

    hunc spinae articulum sive nodum Atlantion vocant,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 99.

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  • 40 basis

    băsis, is and ĕos ( gen. basis, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 27;

    7, 34: baseos,

    Vitr. 10, 15; acc. usu. basim, but BASEM, Inscr. Orell. 1263 al.: basidem, Ven. Fort. 8, 14; abl. usu. basi, but base, Treb. Pol. Gall. 18, 4; Inscr. Grut. 63, 3:

    BASIDE,

    ib. 16, 14; gen. plur. BASIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3272), f., = basis, a pedestal, foot, base.
    I.
    In gen.:

    in basi statuarum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154; 2, 2, 66, § 160; 2, 4, 34, § 74; id. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

    quo (sc. ad sepulcrum) cum patefactus esset aditus, ad adversam basim accessimus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    colossici Apollinis basis,

    Vitr. 10, 6:

    supra basim eriguntur regulae,

    id. 10, 13; Ov. P. 3, 2, 52; Phaedr. 2, epil. 2; Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 244; Suet. Vesp. 23; Inscr. Orell. 49; Vulg. Exod. 26, 19:

    villae,

    the foundation-wall, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    bases virtutis,

    foundations, Vulg. Ecclus. 6, 30.—
    II.
    In partic., prov.: aliquem cum basi suā metiri, to measure a pillar together with its pedestal, i. e. to give false measure, to estimate too high, Sen. Ep. 76, 31.—
    III.
    Esp.
    A.
    In math.:

    basis trianguli,

    the base of a triangle, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    arcus,

    the chord of an arc, Col. 5, 2, 9; 3, 13, 12.—
    B.
    In archit., the lowest part of the shaft of a column, Vitr. 4, 1, 6 (our pedestal is expressed by spira, q. v.).—
    C.
    In gram., the primitive word, the root, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 33.—
    D.
    Of cattle, a track, footprint, Veg. 1, 25, 6; 1, 26, 1; 1, 3, 46 al.

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