ultima+linea

• Death is everything's final limit. (Horace)

līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.

Lit.:

nectere lineas, restes, funes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

linia longinqua per os religata,

Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

Col. 8, 11, 15:

linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

lineae duae ex margaritis,

ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—

In partic.

In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—

Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—

A fishing-line:

tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—

A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

perpendiculo et lineā uti,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

ad regulam et lineam,

Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,

Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

(ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—

A region, tract:

linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—

A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—

Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

lineam cinere ducere,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

candida per medium folium transcurrens,

id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

Gell. 1, 20, 7:

locorum extremae lineae,

Quint. 1, 10, 39:

lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

linea circumcurrens,

a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—

In partic.

A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —

In gen., a way, path:

dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—

A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

lineas poscere,

Quint. 11, 3, 133.—

A feature, lineament:

adulti venustissimis lineis,

Arn. 5, 179 al. —

Trop.

A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

clara gentis Linea,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—

An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—

A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

admoveri lineas sentio,

Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.

Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

quis est ulterior?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

Gallia,

id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

portus,

id. ib. 4, 23:

Hispania,

Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

pars urbis,

Liv. 34, 20, 5:

ripa,

Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 417.—

As subst.

ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

ulteriores non inventi,

Liv. 3, 60, 7:

proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17.—

ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).

Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

Tac. H. 4, 77.—

In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 8:

ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

pudor est ulteriora loqui,

Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—

Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

Quint. 1, 6, 26.—

Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).

Lit., of space:

illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

partes,

id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

orae,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

campi,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

Hesperia,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

Africa,

id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

Geloni,

id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

in plateā ultimā,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

in ultimis aedibus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

spelunca draconis,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

cauda,

i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—

Subst.

ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—

ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

praeponens ultima primis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

ultima signant,

the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—

Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Transf.

Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

tempora,

id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

initium,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

principium,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

memoria pueritiae,

id. Arch. 1, 1:

memoria saeculorum,

Just. 12, 16, 3:

vetustas hominum,

id. 2, 1, 20:

sanguinis auctor,

Verg. A. 7, 49:

ultima quid referam?

Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

aetas est de ferro,

id. ib. 1, 127:

vox,

id. ib. 3, 499:

dicta,

id. ib. 9, 126:

lapis,

i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

aetas,

Quint. 12, 4, 2:

senectus,

id. 11, 1, 10:

virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

Liv. 4, 28, 5:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

perferto et ultima exspectato,

final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

ultima vitae,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

id. 26, 27, 10; so,

ultimo,

Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

and, ultimum,

for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—

Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.

The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

Quint. 2, 2, 15:

ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

scelus,

Curt. 5, 12, 17:

rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

id. 7, 6, 22:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

necessitas,

id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

ad ultimos casus servari,

id. 27, 10, 11:

dedecus,

Curt. 9, 5, 11:

exsecrationes,

Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

poena,

Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

desperatio,

Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

omnia ultima pati,

every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

ultima pati,

Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

ultima audere,

Liv. 3, 2, 11:

priusquam ultima experirentur,

id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

Curt. 3, 1, 7:

consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—

The lowest, meanest (very rare):

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

Vell. 1, 11, 1:

principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

ultima pistoris illa uxor,

the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

Liv. 34, 18, 5:

in ultimis laudum,

id. 30, 30, 4:

in ultimis ponere,

the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.

Lit.:

nectere lineas, restes, funes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

linia longinqua per os religata,

Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

Col. 8, 11, 15:

linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

lineae duae ex margaritis,

ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—

In partic.

In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—

Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—

A fishing-line:

tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—

A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

perpendiculo et lineā uti,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

ad regulam et lineam,

Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,

Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

(ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—

A region, tract:

linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—

A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—

Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

lineam cinere ducere,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

candida per medium folium transcurrens,

id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

Gell. 1, 20, 7:

locorum extremae lineae,

Quint. 1, 10, 39:

lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

linea circumcurrens,

a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—

In partic.

A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —

In gen., a way, path:

dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—

A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

lineas poscere,

Quint. 11, 3, 133.—

A feature, lineament:

adulti venustissimis lineis,

Arn. 5, 179 al. —

Trop.

A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

clara gentis Linea,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—

An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—

A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

admoveri lineas sentio,

Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.

Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

quis est ulterior?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

Gallia,

id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

portus,

id. ib. 4, 23:

Hispania,

Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

pars urbis,

Liv. 34, 20, 5:

ripa,

Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 417.—

As subst.

ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

ulteriores non inventi,

Liv. 3, 60, 7:

proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17.—

ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).

Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

Tac. H. 4, 77.—

In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 8:

ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

pudor est ulteriora loqui,

Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—

Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

Quint. 1, 6, 26.—

Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).

Lit., of space:

illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

partes,

id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

orae,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

campi,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

Hesperia,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

Africa,

id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

Geloni,

id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

in plateā ultimā,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

in ultimis aedibus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

spelunca draconis,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

cauda,

i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—

Subst.

ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—

ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

praeponens ultima primis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

ultima signant,

the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—

Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Transf.

Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

tempora,

id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

initium,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

principium,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

memoria pueritiae,

id. Arch. 1, 1:

memoria saeculorum,

Just. 12, 16, 3:

vetustas hominum,

id. 2, 1, 20:

sanguinis auctor,

Verg. A. 7, 49:

ultima quid referam?

Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

aetas est de ferro,

id. ib. 1, 127:

vox,

id. ib. 3, 499:

dicta,

id. ib. 9, 126:

lapis,

i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

aetas,

Quint. 12, 4, 2:

senectus,

id. 11, 1, 10:

virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

Liv. 4, 28, 5:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

perferto et ultima exspectato,

final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

ultima vitae,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

id. 26, 27, 10; so,

ultimo,

Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

and, ultimum,

for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—

Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.

The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

Quint. 2, 2, 15:

ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

scelus,

Curt. 5, 12, 17:

rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

id. 7, 6, 22:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

necessitas,

id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

ad ultimos casus servari,

id. 27, 10, 11:

dedecus,

Curt. 9, 5, 11:

exsecrationes,

Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

poena,

Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

desperatio,

Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

omnia ultima pati,

every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

ultima pati,

Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

ultima audere,

Liv. 3, 2, 11:

priusquam ultima experirentur,

id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

Curt. 3, 1, 7:

consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—

The lowest, meanest (very rare):

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

Vell. 1, 11, 1:

principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

ultima pistoris illa uxor,

the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

Liv. 34, 18, 5:

in ultimis laudum,

id. 30, 30, 4:

in ultimis ponere,

the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.

Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

quis est ulterior?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

Gallia,

id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

portus,

id. ib. 4, 23:

Hispania,

Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

pars urbis,

Liv. 34, 20, 5:

ripa,

Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 417.—

As subst.

ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

ulteriores non inventi,

Liv. 3, 60, 7:

proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17.—

ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).

Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

Tac. H. 4, 77.—

In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 8:

ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

pudor est ulteriora loqui,

Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—

Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

Quint. 1, 6, 26.—

Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).

Lit., of space:

illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

partes,

id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

orae,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

campi,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

Hesperia,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

Africa,

id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

Geloni,

id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

in plateā ultimā,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

in ultimis aedibus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

spelunca draconis,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

cauda,

i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—

Subst.

ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—

ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

praeponens ultima primis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

ultima signant,

the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—

Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Transf.

Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

tempora,

id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

initium,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

principium,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

memoria pueritiae,

id. Arch. 1, 1:

memoria saeculorum,

Just. 12, 16, 3:

vetustas hominum,

id. 2, 1, 20:

sanguinis auctor,

Verg. A. 7, 49:

ultima quid referam?

Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

aetas est de ferro,

id. ib. 1, 127:

vox,

id. ib. 3, 499:

dicta,

id. ib. 9, 126:

lapis,

i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

aetas,

Quint. 12, 4, 2:

senectus,

id. 11, 1, 10:

virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

Liv. 4, 28, 5:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

perferto et ultima exspectato,

final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

ultima vitae,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

id. 26, 27, 10; so,

ultimo,

Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

and, ultimum,

for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—

Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.

The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

Quint. 2, 2, 15:

ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

scelus,

Curt. 5, 12, 17:

rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

id. 7, 6, 22:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

necessitas,

id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

ad ultimos casus servari,

id. 27, 10, 11:

dedecus,

Curt. 9, 5, 11:

exsecrationes,

Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

poena,

Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

desperatio,

Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

omnia ultima pati,

every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

ultima pati,

Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

ultima audere,

Liv. 3, 2, 11:

priusquam ultima experirentur,

id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

Curt. 3, 1, 7:

consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—

The lowest, meanest (very rare):

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

Vell. 1, 11, 1:

principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

ultima pistoris illa uxor,

the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

Liv. 34, 18, 5:

in ultimis laudum,

id. 30, 30, 4:

in ultimis ponere,

the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.

Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

quis est ulterior?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

Gallia,

id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

portus,

id. ib. 4, 23:

Hispania,

Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

pars urbis,

Liv. 34, 20, 5:

ripa,

Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 417.—

As subst.

ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

ulteriores non inventi,

Liv. 3, 60, 7:

proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17.—

ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).

Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

Tac. H. 4, 77.—

In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 8:

ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

pudor est ulteriora loqui,

Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—

Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

Quint. 1, 6, 26.—

Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).

Lit., of space:

illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

partes,

id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

orae,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

campi,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

Hesperia,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

Africa,

id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

Geloni,

id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

in plateā ultimā,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

in ultimis aedibus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

spelunca draconis,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

cauda,

i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—

Subst.

ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—

ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

praeponens ultima primis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

ultima signant,

the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—

Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Transf.

Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

tempora,

id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

initium,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

principium,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

memoria pueritiae,

id. Arch. 1, 1:

memoria saeculorum,

Just. 12, 16, 3:

vetustas hominum,

id. 2, 1, 20:

sanguinis auctor,

Verg. A. 7, 49:

ultima quid referam?

Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

aetas est de ferro,

id. ib. 1, 127:

vox,

id. ib. 3, 499:

dicta,

id. ib. 9, 126:

lapis,

i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

aetas,

Quint. 12, 4, 2:

senectus,

id. 11, 1, 10:

virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

Liv. 4, 28, 5:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

perferto et ultima exspectato,

final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

ultima vitae,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

id. 26, 27, 10; so,

ultimo,

Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

and, ultimum,

for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—

Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.

The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

Quint. 2, 2, 15:

ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

scelus,

Curt. 5, 12, 17:

rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

id. 7, 6, 22:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

necessitas,

id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

ad ultimos casus servari,

id. 27, 10, 11:

dedecus,

Curt. 9, 5, 11:

exsecrationes,

Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

poena,

Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

desperatio,

Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

omnia ultima pati,

every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

ultima pati,

Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

ultima audere,

Liv. 3, 2, 11:

priusquam ultima experirentur,

id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

Curt. 3, 1, 7:

consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—

The lowest, meanest (very rare):

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

Vell. 1, 11, 1:

principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

ultima pistoris illa uxor,

the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

Liv. 34, 18, 5:

in ultimis laudum,

id. 30, 30, 4:

in ultimis ponere,

the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.

Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

quis est ulterior?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

Gallia,

id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

portus,

id. ib. 4, 23:

Hispania,

Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

pars urbis,

Liv. 34, 20, 5:

ripa,

Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 417.—

As subst.

ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

ulteriores non inventi,

Liv. 3, 60, 7:

proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17.—

ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).

Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

Tac. H. 4, 77.—

In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 8:

ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

pudor est ulteriora loqui,

Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—

Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

Quint. 1, 6, 26.—

Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).

Lit., of space:

illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

partes,

id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

orae,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

campi,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

Hesperia,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

Africa,

id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

Geloni,

id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

in plateā ultimā,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

in ultimis aedibus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

spelunca draconis,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

cauda,

i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—

Subst.

ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—

ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

praeponens ultima primis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

ultima signant,

the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—

Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Transf.

Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

tempora,

id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

initium,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

principium,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

memoria pueritiae,

id. Arch. 1, 1:

memoria saeculorum,

Just. 12, 16, 3:

vetustas hominum,

id. 2, 1, 20:

sanguinis auctor,

Verg. A. 7, 49:

ultima quid referam?

Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

aetas est de ferro,

id. ib. 1, 127:

vox,

id. ib. 3, 499:

dicta,

id. ib. 9, 126:

lapis,

i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

aetas,

Quint. 12, 4, 2:

senectus,

id. 11, 1, 10:

virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

Liv. 4, 28, 5:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

perferto et ultima exspectato,

final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

ultima vitae,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

id. 26, 27, 10; so,

ultimo,

Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

and, ultimum,

for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—

Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.

The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

Quint. 2, 2, 15:

ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

scelus,

Curt. 5, 12, 17:

rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

id. 7, 6, 22:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

necessitas,

id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

ad ultimos casus servari,

id. 27, 10, 11:

dedecus,

Curt. 9, 5, 11:

exsecrationes,

Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

poena,

Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

desperatio,

Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

omnia ultima pati,

every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

ultima pati,

Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

ultima audere,

Liv. 3, 2, 11:

priusquam ultima experirentur,

id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

Curt. 3, 1, 7:

consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—

The lowest, meanest (very rare):

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

Vell. 1, 11, 1:

principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

ultima pistoris illa uxor,

the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

Liv. 34, 18, 5:

in ultimis laudum,

id. 30, 30, 4:

in ultimis ponere,

the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

mors, tis, f. [root mor, v. morior] (dat. morte, Varr. ap. Gell. 24), death in every form, natural or violent (syn.: letum, nex).

Lit.:

omnium rerum mors est extremum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

mortem sibi consciscere,

to kill one's self, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129:

obire,

to die, id. Phil. 5, 17, 48;

Plaut Aul. prol. 15: nam necessest me... cras mortem exequi,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

certae occumbere morti,

to submit to, Verg. A. 2, 62:

aliquem ad mortem dare,

to put to death, kill, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 177:

morti,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 197:

aliquem morte multare,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; so,

per vim,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:

morte multatus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 97; Tac. A. 6, 9; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Lact. 2, 9, 24:

morte punire,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 12; Tac. A. 4, 44; 11, 18:

mortis poena,

Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

morti addici,

id. Off. 3, 10, 45:

omne humanum genus morte damnatum est,

Sen. Ep. 71, 15:

Antonius civium suorum vitae sedebat mortisque arbiter,

Sen. Polyb. 16, 2:

vitae et mortis habere potestatem,

Vulg. Sap. 16, 13:

illata per scelus,

assassination, Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

ad mortem se offerre pro patriā,

id. Tusc. 1, 15, 32: afferre, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

multare aliquem usque ad mortem,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9:

morte cadere,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 15: morte acerbissimā affici, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

multare,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 100:

ad mortem duci,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

cui legatio ipsa morti fuisset,

brought death, id. Phil. 9, 1, 3:

imperfecta,

blindness, Stat. Th. 11, 582: morte suā mori, to die a natural death:

bella res est, mori suā morte,

Sen. Ep. 69, 6:

mors suprema,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173; Sil. 5, 416: mortis fine, Boëth. Consol. 2, 7: quae rapit ultima mors est, Lucil. ap. Sen. Ep. 24, 20: proximus morti = moriens, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8; App. M. 1, 72; cf.:

morti vicinus,

Aug. Serm. 306, 10; Hier. in Joel, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

cui, mors cum appropinquet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

cujus aetati mors propior erat,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 9:

adpropinquante morte,

Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64 sq.:

ut prorogetur tibi dies mortis,

Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6:

circa mortis diem,

id. Ep. 27, 2:

mansurum est vitium usque ad diem mortis,

Cels. 7, 7, 15 init. — Poet.:

mors sola fatetur quantula sint hominum corpuscula,

Juv. 10, 173. —In plur.:

mortes, when several persons are spoken of: praeclarae mortes sunt imperatoriae,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 108:

meorum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 1:

perdere mortes,

to throw away lives, to die in vain, Stat. Th. 9, 58:

hinc subitae mortes,

Juv. 1, 144.—Also of different forms or modes of death:

omnīs per mortīs,

Verg. A. 10, 854; cf.:

omni imagine mortium,

Tac. H. 3, 28; Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—Rarely of an abstract thing:

fere rerum omnium oblivio morsque memoriae,

death, total loss, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142.—

Personified.

Mors, a goddess, the daughter of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. A. 11, 197; Hyg. Fab. praef.—

(Eccl. Lat.) = eum qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum, Vulg. Heb. 2, 14; id. Isa. 28, 15; cf.:

ero mors tua, o mors,

id. Hos. 13, 14; id. Apoc. 6, 8.—

Transf.

A dead body, corpse (mostly poet.): morte campos contegi, with corpses, Att. ap. Non. 110, 31:

mortem ejus (Clodii) lacerari,

body, corpse, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; Cat. 64, 362; Prop. 3, 5, 22:

vitis, quam juxta hominis mors laqueo pependerit,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119; Stat. Th. 1, 768.—Hence, jestingly, of an old man:

odiosum est mortem amplexari,

a corpse, a skeleton, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—

Like phonos, the blood shed by murder:

ensem multā morte recepit,

Verg. A. 9, 348.—

That which brings death (of missiles), a deadly weapon ( poet.):

mille cavet lapsas circum cava tempora mortes,

Stat. Th. 6, 792; Luc. 7, 517:

per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes,

Sil. 9, 369.—Of a sentence or threat of death:

ut auferat a me mortem istam,

Vulg. Ex. 10, 17;

of terrible pangs and anxieties: contritiones mortis,

id. 2 Reg. 22, 5:

dolores mortis,

id. Psa. 18, 4; 116, 3;

of a cruel and murderous officer: aderat mors terrorque sociorum et civium lictor Sestius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.):

mors secunda,

the second death, future punishment, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 11; 20, 6; 14:

mors alone,

id. 1 Joh. 5, 16; also spiritual death, that of a soul under the dominion of sin:

stimulus mortis peccatum est,

id. 1 Cor. 15, 56; Rom. 8, 6 et saep.; cf. Lact. 7, 10 fin.

mors, tis, f. [root mor, v. morior] (dat. morte, Varr. ap. Gell. 24), death in every form, natural or violent (syn.: letum, nex).

Lit.:

omnium rerum mors est extremum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

mortem sibi consciscere,

to kill one's self, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129:

obire,

to die, id. Phil. 5, 17, 48;

Plaut Aul. prol. 15: nam necessest me... cras mortem exequi,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

certae occumbere morti,

to submit to, Verg. A. 2, 62:

aliquem ad mortem dare,

to put to death, kill, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 177:

morti,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 197:

aliquem morte multare,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; so,

per vim,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:

morte multatus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 97; Tac. A. 6, 9; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Lact. 2, 9, 24:

morte punire,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 12; Tac. A. 4, 44; 11, 18:

mortis poena,

Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

morti addici,

id. Off. 3, 10, 45:

omne humanum genus morte damnatum est,

Sen. Ep. 71, 15:

Antonius civium suorum vitae sedebat mortisque arbiter,

Sen. Polyb. 16, 2:

vitae et mortis habere potestatem,

Vulg. Sap. 16, 13:

illata per scelus,

assassination, Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

ad mortem se offerre pro patriā,

id. Tusc. 1, 15, 32: afferre, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

multare aliquem usque ad mortem,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9:

morte cadere,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 15: morte acerbissimā affici, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

multare,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 100:

ad mortem duci,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

cui legatio ipsa morti fuisset,

brought death, id. Phil. 9, 1, 3:

imperfecta,

blindness, Stat. Th. 11, 582: morte suā mori, to die a natural death:

bella res est, mori suā morte,

Sen. Ep. 69, 6:

mors suprema,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173; Sil. 5, 416: mortis fine, Boëth. Consol. 2, 7: quae rapit ultima mors est, Lucil. ap. Sen. Ep. 24, 20: proximus morti = moriens, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8; App. M. 1, 72; cf.:

morti vicinus,

Aug. Serm. 306, 10; Hier. in Joel, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

cui, mors cum appropinquet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

cujus aetati mors propior erat,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 9:

adpropinquante morte,

Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64 sq.:

ut prorogetur tibi dies mortis,

Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6:

circa mortis diem,

id. Ep. 27, 2:

mansurum est vitium usque ad diem mortis,

Cels. 7, 7, 15 init. — Poet.:

mors sola fatetur quantula sint hominum corpuscula,

Juv. 10, 173. —In plur.:

mortes, when several persons are spoken of: praeclarae mortes sunt imperatoriae,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 108:

meorum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 1:

perdere mortes,

to throw away lives, to die in vain, Stat. Th. 9, 58:

hinc subitae mortes,

Juv. 1, 144.—Also of different forms or modes of death:

omnīs per mortīs,

Verg. A. 10, 854; cf.:

omni imagine mortium,

Tac. H. 3, 28; Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—Rarely of an abstract thing:

fere rerum omnium oblivio morsque memoriae,

death, total loss, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142.—

Personified.

Mors, a goddess, the daughter of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. A. 11, 197; Hyg. Fab. praef.—

(Eccl. Lat.) = eum qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum, Vulg. Heb. 2, 14; id. Isa. 28, 15; cf.:

ero mors tua, o mors,

id. Hos. 13, 14; id. Apoc. 6, 8.—

Transf.

A dead body, corpse (mostly poet.): morte campos contegi, with corpses, Att. ap. Non. 110, 31:

mortem ejus (Clodii) lacerari,

body, corpse, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; Cat. 64, 362; Prop. 3, 5, 22:

vitis, quam juxta hominis mors laqueo pependerit,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119; Stat. Th. 1, 768.—Hence, jestingly, of an old man:

odiosum est mortem amplexari,

a corpse, a skeleton, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—

Like phonos, the blood shed by murder:

ensem multā morte recepit,

Verg. A. 9, 348.—

That which brings death (of missiles), a deadly weapon ( poet.):

mille cavet lapsas circum cava tempora mortes,

Stat. Th. 6, 792; Luc. 7, 517:

per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes,

Sil. 9, 369.—Of a sentence or threat of death:

ut auferat a me mortem istam,

Vulg. Ex. 10, 17;

of terrible pangs and anxieties: contritiones mortis,

id. 2 Reg. 22, 5:

dolores mortis,

id. Psa. 18, 4; 116, 3;

of a cruel and murderous officer: aderat mors terrorque sociorum et civium lictor Sestius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.):

mors secunda,

the second death, future punishment, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 11; 20, 6; 14:

mors alone,

id. 1 Joh. 5, 16; also spiritual death, that of a soul under the dominion of sin:

stimulus mortis peccatum est,

id. 1 Cor. 15, 56; Rom. 8, 6 et saep.; cf. Lact. 7, 10 fin.