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1 verso
1. prep towardsandare verso casa head for homeverso le otto about eight o'clock2. m di poesie verse( modo) mannernon c'è verso there is no way* * *verso1 prep.1 ( con riferimento a direzione) toward (s); -ward (s): andavano verso i monti, verso Milano, they went toward (s) the mountains, toward (s) Milan; era diretto verso la stazione, he was heading toward (s) the station; vidi un'auto che veniva verso di me, I saw a car coming toward (s) me; volse lo sguardo verso il cielo, he gazed skyward (s); verso l'interno, l'esterno, inward (s), outward (s); verso est, ovest, nord, sud, eastward (s), westward (s), northward (s), southward (s) (o toward the east, west, north, south); proseguendo verso est..., continuing eastward (s)...; quando arrivate allo svincolo, prendete la strada che va verso ovest, when you reach the motorway crossing, take the road going west (wards) (o the road towards the west) // guardare verso qlcu., to look in s.o.'s direction // andare verso casa, to go home // verso dove è diretto quel treno?, where is that train bound for? // una finestra verso la strada, a room facing (o looking on to) the street // la mia camera guarda verso est, I have an east-facing room2 ( dalle parti di, in prossimità di) near: verso la stazione, near the station; verso via Garibaldi, near Via Garibaldi; abita verso Torino, he lives near Turin; il deragliamento è avvenuto verso il confine svizzero, the derailment occurred near the Swiss border3 ( riferito a tempo) ( circa) about; ( non oltre) toward (s): era verso (la) mezzanotte, it was about (o towards) midnight; chiamami verso le cinque, call me (at) about five o'clock; verso sera, toward (s) evening; verso la fine della settimana, dell'anno, towards the end of the week, the year; si sposò verso i trent'anni, he got married when he was about thirty // tornerò verso i primi del mese, I'll be back at the beginning of the month4 ( nei riguardi di) to, towards; ( contro) against: mostrare comprensione verso i deboli, to show understanding towards the weak; essere gentile verso qlcu., to be kind to s.o.; l'esercito avanzò verso il nemico, the army advanced against (o on) the enemy.verso2 s.m.2 ( poesia) verse [U]; poetry [U]; ( riga di poesia) line (of verse): versi d'occasione, occasional verse; in verso esametro, in hexameter verse; in verso sciolto, in blank verse; una strofa di sei versi, a six-line verse; mi piacciono i suoi versi, I like his poetry; studiate i primi venti versi, study the first twenty lines; comporre versi, to write verse; recitare versi, to recite lines of verse; mettere in versi una leggenda, to put a legend into verse; scrivere in versi, to write in verse4 ( di animali) call, cry: nella foresta si sentono i versi di uccelli e altri animali, in the wood you can hear the cries of birds and other animals; riconosceva ogni animale dal suo verso, he could recognize every animal by its cry5 ( cadenza) cadence, sound6 ( gesto) (habitual) gesture; ( maleducato) (rude) gesture; ( smorfia) grimace, face // rifare il verso a qlcu., to mimic s.o.7 ( direzione) direction, way; ( lato) side: prendete per questo verso e poi voltate a sinistra, go this way and then turn left; il vento soffia sempre da quel verso, the wind always blows from that direction; spazzolare una stoffa contro il suo verso, to brush a cloth against the grain; andare nello stesso verso, to go in the same direction // per un verso lo approvo, per l'altro no, in one way I approve of him, but in another I don't // quella persona non mi va a verso, I don't like that person // esaminare la questione da tutti i versi, to examine the matter from all sides // lasciare andare le cose per il loro verso, to let things take their course // prendere qlcu. per il suo verso, to handle s.o. in the right way8 ( modo, maniera) way: non c'è verso di saperlo, there is no way of knowing; ho cercato di convincerlo, ma non c'è stato verso, I tried to convince him but I didn't get anywhere; per un verso o per un altro egli riesce sempre, in one way or another he is always successful9 ( ragione) reason: ora per un verso ora per un altro non riesco mai ad andare a teatro, for one reason or another I never manage to go to the theatre; per un verso o per l'altro erano tutti insoddisfatti, for one reason or another they were all dissatisfied.verso3 s.m. ( retro) verso*, reverse, back: il verso di una moneta, di una pagina, the verso (o reverse o back) of a coin, of a page; verso di un assegno, di una cambiale, back of a cheque, of a bill of exchange◆ agg.: pollice verso, thumbs down.* * *I ['vɛrso] sm inv(di pagina) verso, (di moneta) reverseII ['vɛrso] sm1) (di animale, uccello) call, cryqual è il verso del gatto? — what noise o sound does a cat make?
ha fatto un verso di dolore — she cried out in pain o gave a cry of pain
fare il verso a qn — (imitare) to take sb off, mimic sb
2) (riga: di poesia) line, verseversi smpl, (poesia) verse sg III ['vɛrso] prep1) (in direzione di) toward(s), tostavo camminando verso la stazione quando l'ho visto — I was walking towards the station when I saw him
è tardi, faremmo bene ad avviarci verso casa — it's late, we'd better head for home
guardare verso il cielo — to look heavenwards o skywards
2) (nei pressi di) near, around (about)abito verso il centro — I live near the centre Brit o center Am
3) (in senso temporale) about, aroundarrivi verso che ora? — around o about what time will you arrive?
4) (nei confronti di) for, towardsdimostrare rispetto verso gli anziani — to show respect for o towards the elderly
* * *I 1. ['vɛrso]sostantivo maschile1) metr. line (of verse)2) (grido caratteristico) (di animali) cry; (di uccelli) call3) (imitazione)(ri)fare il verso a qcn. — to take sb. off
4) (direzione) way, directionandare per il verso sbagliato — fig. [ piano] to go awry
andare per il proprio verso — fig. [ cosa] to take its course
5) (modo, maniera) way6) (lato)2.per un verso..., per l'altro... — on the one hand..., on the other hand...
mettere in -i — to versify o put into verse
- i liberi — free verse
- i sciolti — blank verse
••II ['vɛrso] III ['vɛrso]prendere qcn., qcs. per il verso giusto, sbagliato — to get on the right, wrong side of sb., sth
1) (in direzione di) toward(s)venne verso di me, verso il bambino — he came toward(s) me, the child
guardare verso qcn. — to look in sb.'s direction
viaggiare verso nord — to travel northward(s) o toward(s) the north
verso l'alto, il basso — upward(s), downward(s)
verso l'interno, l'esterno — inward(s), outward(s)
girare qcs. verso destra, sinistra — to turn sth. to the right, left
3) (di tempo)verso mezzogiorno — about o around noon
verso la fine di maggio — toward(s) o around the end of May
4) (nei riguardi di) toward(s), to* * *verso1/'vεrso/I sostantivo m.2 (grido caratteristico) (di animali) cry; (di uccelli) call; qual è il verso del leone? what noise does the lion make?3 (imitazione) (ri)fare il verso a qcn. to take sb. off4 (direzione) way, direction; andare nello stesso verso to go in the same direction; andare per il verso sbagliato fig. [ piano] to go awry; andare per il proprio verso fig. [ cosa] to take its course5 (modo, maniera) way; non c'è verso di fare there is no way of doing; fargli ammettere che ha torto? non c'è verso! make him admit he's wrong? no chance!6 (lato) per un verso..., per l'altro... on the one hand..., on the other hand...; mettere la gonna per il verso sbagliato to put one's skirt on the wrong way aroundII versi m.pl.per un verso o per l'altro one way or another; prendere qcn., qcs. per il verso giusto, sbagliato to get on the right, wrong side of sb., sth.\————————verso2/'vεrso/m.inv.(rovescio) (di foglio) back; (di moneta) reverse.————————verso3/'vεrso/1 (in direzione di) toward(s); venne verso di me, verso il bambino he came toward(s) me, the child; guardare verso qcn. to look in sb.'s direction; spostarsi da sinistra verso destra to move from left to right; migrazioni verso sud migration to the south; dirigersi verso casa to head for home; viaggiare verso nord to travel northward(s) o toward(s) the north; verso l'alto, il basso upward(s), downward(s); verso l'interno, l'esterno inward(s), outward(s); girare qcs. verso destra, sinistra to turn sth. to the right, left2 (nei pressi di) ci fermeremo verso Mantova we'll stop near Mantua3 (di tempo) verso sera toward(s) evening; verso mezzogiorno about o around noon; verso la fine di maggio toward(s) o around the end of May4 (nei riguardi di) toward(s), to. -
2 est
m easta est di east of* * *est s.m.1 east: a est di Londra, east of London; vento dell'est, east wind; nel nostro viaggio verso est, on our eastward journey; viaggiammo verso est, we travelled eastwards; diretto a est, eastbound (o in an easterly direction)2 (estens.) ( zona) east: l'est della Francia, the east of France // i paesi dell'est, the Eastern countries.* * *[ɛst]1. sm1) east2) Pol2. agg inv(gen) east, (regione) easternè partito in direzione est — he set off eastwards o in an eastward direction
* * *[ɛst] 1.sostantivo maschile invariabile1) eastandare a est — to go east o eastward(s)
vento da est — east(erly) wind, easterly
l'est della Francia — the east of France, eastern France
2) (Europa orientale) eastern Europe2.Berlino est — stor. East Berlin
* * *est/εst/ ⇒ 29I m.inv.1 east; andare a est to go east o eastward(s); Venezia è a est di Milano Venice is east of Milan; vento da est east(erly) wind, easterly; l'est della Francia the east of France, eastern France2 (Europa orientale) eastern Europe; i paesi dell'Est the East European countries[lato, versante] east; [ zona] eastern; Berlino est stor. East Berlin; nella zona est di Londra in east London. -
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[ɛst]1. sm1) east2) Pol2. agg inv(gen) east, (regione) easternè partito in direzione est — he set off eastwards o in an eastward direction
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4 verso
verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).I.Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:B.turbinem puer,
Tib. 1, 5, 4:turdos in igni,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:ova non acri favillā,
Ov. M. 8, 667:cum versati appositi essent pisces,
Quint. 6, 3, 90:vinclorum inmensa volumina,
Verg. A. 5, 408:manum,
Ov. M. 12, 493:lumina,
id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;7, 579: cardinem,
id. ib. 4, 93:fusum,
id. ib. 4, 221;6, 22: corpus,
id. Am. 1, 2, 4:sortem urnā,
to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:ligonibus glaebas,
to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,rura (juvenci),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:terram,
Ov. R. Am. 173:desectum gramen,
hay, id. M. 14, 646:currum in gramine,
i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:oves,
to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:pulsat versatque Dareta,
id. A. 5, 460:me versant in litore venti,
id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,
handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,
I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:mundum versari circum axem caeli,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:qui (orbes) versantur retro,
id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,
Cic. Fat. 18, 42:ne versari aves possent,
Col. 8, 7, 1.—Trop.1.In gen., to turn, twist, bend:2.versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,
Cic. Cael. 6, 13:ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,
id. Clu. 26, 70:eadem multis modis,
id. Or. 40, 137:causas,
i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?
id. 5, 14, 32:verba,
to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:fors omnia versat,
turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,
Tib. 1, 5, 70:huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,
id. ib. 5, 28, 86:versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,
Curt. 6, 6, 27.—In partic. (rare in Cic.).a.Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:b.versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:haerere homo, versari, rubere,
to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):miserum toto cubili,
Prop. 1, 14, 21:illum toto versant suspiria lecto,
id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):odiis domos,
to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,
i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,
alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:pectora,
id. ib. 2, 45:muliebrem animum in omnes partes,
Liv. 1, 58, 3:patrum animos,
id. 1, 17, 1:pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),
id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,
Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:II.volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,
Liv. 3, 34, 4:illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,
Verg. A. 4, 563; so,dolos,
id. ib. 2, 62:versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,
Hor. A. P. 39:ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,
Quint. 8, 3, 13:versenturque omni modo numeri,
examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:somnia decies,
to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,
examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.A.Lit.:B.vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,
Plaut. Am. prol. 128:in medio pariete,
id. Cas. 1, 52:non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,
Cic. Quint. 18, 59:in fundo,
id. Mil. 20, 53:in castris,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24:inter aciem,
id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:intra vallum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 96:alicui inter femina,
Suet. Tib. 44:nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;apud praefectos regis,
Nep. Con. 2, 4.—Trop.1.In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:2. a.nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,
Cat. 64, 149:ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:in clarissimā luce,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,
id. Planc. 10, 26:in simili culpā,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,
Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,
i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,
id. Sest. 21, 47:haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,
id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:aliquid in dubitatione versatur,
id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,
waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—Of persons.(α).With in and abl. (class.):(β).opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:in omnibus ingenuis artibus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:versabor in re difficili,
id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,
id. Arch. 12, 30;ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,
id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:si diutius in hoc genere verser,
id. ib. 1, 46, 70:multum in imperiis,
Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):(γ).circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?
Quint. 2, 21, 19.—With inter:b.inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.—Of abstract subjects.(α).With in and abl. (class.):(β).haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,
depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,
is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,
Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,
id. Off. 1, 6, 19:omnia quae in causā versarentur,
Quint. 7, 1, 4:epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,
id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,
id. 5, 2, 1.—With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):(γ).haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,
Quint. 6, 2, 20:circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,
id. 3, 6, 23:quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,
id. 2, 15, 15.—With abl.:c.itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,
Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—Part. perf.:homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,
Cic. Quint. 1, 3:viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,
id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:semper inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,
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5 versō or vorsō
versō or vorsō āvī, ātus, āre, freq. [verto], to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over: Sisyphus versat Saxum, C. poët.: turdos in igni, H.: Ova non acrifavillā, O.: vinclorum volumina, V.: pollice fusum, O.: sortem urnā, shake, H.: ligonibus glaebas, break up, H.: desectum gramen, i. e. make hay, O.: currum in gramine, i. e. wheel about, V.: oves, pasture, V.: exemplaria Graeca, i. e. peruse, H.: versabat se in utramque partem, i. e. kept displaying hesitation: qui (orbes) versantur retro.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso (alluding to Sisyphus), i. e. I have wasted time enough with this man, T.—In pass, to move about, dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be: non ad solarium, non in campo versatus est: inter aciem, Cs.: intra vallum, Cs.: apud praefectos regis, N.—Fig., to turn, twist, bend, manage, direct: versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus: multis modis eadem: verba, i. e. to pervert: fors omnia versat, changes, V.: huc et illuc vos: se ad omnīs cogitationes, Cu.—To upturn, discompose, disturb, vex, agitate: haerere homo, versari, to be disturbed: odiis domos, subvert, V.: domum, O.: sic fortuna utrumque versavit, ut, etc., i. e. treated each in turn, Cs.: in omnes partes muliebrem animum, L.—To turn over, think over, reflect upon, revolve, consider, meditate: in animis secum unamquamque rem, L.: nefas in pectore, V.: versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri, H.— Pass, to be, be circumstanced, be situated: nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser, T.: ergo illi nunc in pace versantur: in simili culpā, Cs.: mihi ante oculos dies noctīsque versaris: Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum, waged with many vicissitudes: partes, in quibus irae libidinesque versentur.—To occupy oneself, be engaged, be busied, be employed: homo saepe in Caede versatus: qui in re p. versamur: multum in imperiis, N.: is missum ad dilectūs agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc., i. e. having fulfilled his mission honorably, etc., Ta.—To be concerned, belong, depend, turn: haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur: dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur. -
6 sud-est
sud-est s.m. southeast: di, del sud-est, southeastern; verso sud-est, southeastward; rivolto a sud-est, facing southeast; vento di sud-est, southeasterly wind.* * *[su'dɛst] 1.sostantivo maschile invariabile southeast2.* * *sud-est/su'dεst/ ⇒ 29I m.inv.southeast; vento di sud-est southeasterly wind; il Sud-Est asiatico South-East Asia -
7 nord-est
* * *[nor'dɛst] 1.sostantivo maschile invariabile northeast2.* * *nord-est/nor'dεst/ ⇒ 29I m.inv.northeast; vento di nord-est northeasterly wind -
8 vorsor
verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).I.Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:B.turbinem puer,
Tib. 1, 5, 4:turdos in igni,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:ova non acri favillā,
Ov. M. 8, 667:cum versati appositi essent pisces,
Quint. 6, 3, 90:vinclorum inmensa volumina,
Verg. A. 5, 408:manum,
Ov. M. 12, 493:lumina,
id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;7, 579: cardinem,
id. ib. 4, 93:fusum,
id. ib. 4, 221;6, 22: corpus,
id. Am. 1, 2, 4:sortem urnā,
to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:ligonibus glaebas,
to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,rura (juvenci),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:terram,
Ov. R. Am. 173:desectum gramen,
hay, id. M. 14, 646:currum in gramine,
i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:oves,
to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:pulsat versatque Dareta,
id. A. 5, 460:me versant in litore venti,
id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,
handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,
I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:mundum versari circum axem caeli,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:qui (orbes) versantur retro,
id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,
Cic. Fat. 18, 42:ne versari aves possent,
Col. 8, 7, 1.—Trop.1.In gen., to turn, twist, bend:2.versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,
Cic. Cael. 6, 13:ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,
id. Clu. 26, 70:eadem multis modis,
id. Or. 40, 137:causas,
i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?
id. 5, 14, 32:verba,
to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:fors omnia versat,
turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,
Tib. 1, 5, 70:huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,
id. ib. 5, 28, 86:versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,
Curt. 6, 6, 27.—In partic. (rare in Cic.).a.Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:b.versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:haerere homo, versari, rubere,
to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):miserum toto cubili,
Prop. 1, 14, 21:illum toto versant suspiria lecto,
id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):odiis domos,
to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,
i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,
alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:pectora,
id. ib. 2, 45:muliebrem animum in omnes partes,
Liv. 1, 58, 3:patrum animos,
id. 1, 17, 1:pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),
id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,
Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:II.volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,
Liv. 3, 34, 4:illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,
Verg. A. 4, 563; so,dolos,
id. ib. 2, 62:versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,
Hor. A. P. 39:ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,
Quint. 8, 3, 13:versenturque omni modo numeri,
examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:somnia decies,
to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,
examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.A.Lit.:B.vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,
Plaut. Am. prol. 128:in medio pariete,
id. Cas. 1, 52:non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,
Cic. Quint. 18, 59:in fundo,
id. Mil. 20, 53:in castris,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24:inter aciem,
id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:intra vallum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 96:alicui inter femina,
Suet. Tib. 44:nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;apud praefectos regis,
Nep. Con. 2, 4.—Trop.1.In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:2. a.nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,
Cat. 64, 149:ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:in clarissimā luce,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,
id. Planc. 10, 26:in simili culpā,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,
Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,
i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,
id. Sest. 21, 47:haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,
id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:aliquid in dubitatione versatur,
id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,
waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—Of persons.(α).With in and abl. (class.):(β).opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:in omnibus ingenuis artibus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:versabor in re difficili,
id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,
id. Arch. 12, 30;ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,
id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:si diutius in hoc genere verser,
id. ib. 1, 46, 70:multum in imperiis,
Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):(γ).circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?
Quint. 2, 21, 19.—With inter:b.inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.—Of abstract subjects.(α).With in and abl. (class.):(β).haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,
depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,
is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,
Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,
id. Off. 1, 6, 19:omnia quae in causā versarentur,
Quint. 7, 1, 4:epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,
id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,
id. 5, 2, 1.—With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):(γ).haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,
Quint. 6, 2, 20:circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,
id. 3, 6, 23:quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,
id. 2, 15, 15.—With abl.:c.itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,
Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—Part. perf.:homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,
Cic. Quint. 1, 3:viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,
id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:semper inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,
Tac. Agr. 7. -
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verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3 ( inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vart-, to apply one's self, turn; cf. vart-ukas, round].I. A.Lit.:B.(luna) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis,
Lucr. 5, 724:speciem quo,
id. 4, 242:ora huc et huc,
Hor. Epod. 4, 9:terga,
Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6:gradu discedere verso,
id. M. 4, 338:verso pede,
id. ib. 8, 869:pennas,
i. e. to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6):cardinem,
Ov. M. 14, 782:fores tacito cardine,
Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to turn or tip up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2:versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,
inverted, Verg. A. 1, 478:verte hac te, puere,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.:verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,
Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) stola, vertit se et recollegit,
Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9:ante tuos quotiens verti me, perfida, postes,
Prop. 1, 16, 43:Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt,
turned about, wheeled about, fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.:vertere terga,
to turn one's back, run away, betake one's self to flight, id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf.also: hostem in fugam,
to put to flight, rout, id. 30, 33, 16;Auct. B. Afr. 17: iter retro,
Liv. 28, 3, 1:hiems (piscis) ad hoc mare,
Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed towards, looking towards, Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.:mare ad occidentem versum,
id. 36, 15, 9:Scytharum gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit,
Curt. 7, 7, 3:(Maeander) nunc ad fontes, nunc in mare versus,
Ov. M. 8, 165: terram aratro, to turn up or over, to plough, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28:ferro terram,
Verg. G. 1, 147:glaebas (aratra),
Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477:solum bidentibus,
Col. 4, 5:agros bove,
Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43):collem,
Col. 3, 13, 8:freta lacertis (in rowing),
Verg. A. 5, 141:ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to turn or incline one's self towards, Lucr. 5, 1199:congressi... ad caedem vertuntur,
Liv. 1, 7, 2; so,versi in fugam hostes,
Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.:Philippis versa acies retro,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 26:sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus,
to whirl themselves about, Lucr. 5, 503:magnus caeli si vortitur orbis,
id. 5, 510:vertitur interea caelum,
revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250:squamarum serie a caudā ad caput versā,
reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—Trop.1.In gen., to turn:2.ne ea, quae reipublicae causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8:in suam rem litem vertendo,
Liv. 3, 72, 2:usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere Graeci,
Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.:aliquid in rem vertere,
turn to account, make profitable, Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.:edocere, quo sese vertant sortes,
Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671:ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā,
Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:idque omen in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii,
Curt. 4, 2, 13:in religionem vertentes comitia biennic habita,
making a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 5, 14, 2:aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa,
id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3:id ipsum quod iter belli esset obstructum, in prodigium et omen imminentium cladium vertebatur,
Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.:vertere in se Cotyi data,
to appropriate, id. A. 2, 64:perii! quid agam? quo me vertam?
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1:quo se verteret, non habebat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:Philippus totus in Persea versus,
inclined towards him, Liv. 40, 5, 9:toti in impetum atque iram versi,
id. 25, 16, 19:si bellum omne eo vertat,
id. 26, 12, 13:di vortant bene, Quod agas,
cause to turn out well, prosper, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. infra, II. B.; so,in melius somnia,
Tib. 3, 4, 95.—In partic.a.To turn, i. e. to change, aller, transform (syn. muto):b.Juppiter In Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem,
Plaut. Am. prol. 121:in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti,
id. Most. 1. 3, 61:omnes natura cibos in corpora viva Vertit,
Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula laeta In pecudes; vertunt pecudes [p. 1978] in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.:cum terra in aquam se vertit,
Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31:verte omnis tete in facies,
Verg. A. 12, 891:ego, quae memet in omnia verti,
id. ib. 7, 309:tot sese vertit in ora,
id. ib. 7, 328:inque deum de bove versus erat,
Ov. F. 5, 616:Auster in Africum se vertit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7:semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere jussa potest,
Verg. A. 10, 35:hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit,
Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.:fortuna hoc militiae probrum vertit in gloriam,
id. 9, 10, 28:versus civitatis status,
Tac. A. 1, 4:versis ad prospera fatis,
Ov. H. 16, 89: solum, to change one's country, i. e. to emigrate or go into exile, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. solum. —With abl. (rare and poet.):nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur,
Ov. M. 10, 157; cf.muto.—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere,
to turn into smoke, dissipate, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.:omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores,
Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9):saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos;c.vorterunt sese memoriae,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.:vorsis gladiis depugnarier,
id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.:d. e.transfero, interpretor, reddo): Philemo scripsit, Plautus vortit barbare,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 19:si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7:verti etiam multa de Graecis,
id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit,
Liv. 25, 39, 12.—In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto):f.Callicratidas cum multa fecisset egregie, vertit ad extremum omnia,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:agerent, verterent cuncta,
Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36:Cycnum Vi multā,
Ov. M. 12, 139:fluxas Phrygiae res fundo,
Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652:vertere ab imo moenia Trojae,
id. ib. 5, 810:Ilion fatalis incestusque judex... vertit in pulverem,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 20:proceras fraxinos,
id. ib. 3, 25, 16:ab imo regna,
Sen. Hippol. 562:Penates,
id. Troad. 91:puppem,
Luc. 3, 650:fortunas,
Amm. 28, 3, 1.—Mid., from the idea of turning round in a place, to be engaged in, to be in a place or condition; also to turn, rest, or depend upon a thing:g.jam homo in mercaturā vortitur,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109:res in periculo vortitur,
id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so,res vertitur in majore discrimine,
Liv. 6, 36, 7:ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis,
Verg. A. 11, 683:omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so,spes civitatis in dictatore,
Liv. 4, 31, 4:totum id in voluntate Philippi,
id. 37, 7, 8:causa in jure,
Cic. Brut. 39, 145:hic victoria,
Verg. A. 10, 529:cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,
Liv. 36, 7, 1:puncto saepe temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti,
id. 3, 27, 7.— Impers.:vertebatur, utrum manerent in Achaico concilio Lacedaemonii, an, etc.,
Liv. 39, 48, 3.—To ascribe, refer:h.quae fuerunt populis magis exitio quam fames morbique, quaeque alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt,
Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent,
id. 28, 11, 1.—= considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).II. A.Lit.:B.depulsi aemulatione alio vertunt,
Tac. A. 1, 18:eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10:utinam mea vocula dominae vertat in auriculas!
Prop. 1, 16, 28:versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus,
Liv. 38, 26, 8 (but in Lucr. 5, 617 the correct read. is cancri se ut vortat).—Trop., to turn, change, etc.:b.jam verterat fortuna,
Liv. 5, 49, 5:libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur,
id. 2, 3, 3:totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae,
Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat pernicies in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37:quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.:ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit,
Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem factura, against, Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch:neque inmerito suum ipsorum exemplum in eos versurum,
Liv. 7, 38, 6:si malus est, male res vortunt, quas agit,
turn out badly, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so,quae res tibi vertat male,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus),
Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8:quod bene verteret,
Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14:hos illi (quod nec vertat bene), mittimus haedos,
Verg. E. 9, 6.—Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month:(β).anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses),
Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,anno vertente,
id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.:apparuisse numen deorum intra finem anni vertentis,
Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:tu si hanc emeris, Numquam hercle hunc mensem vortentem, credo, servibit tibi,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—Pregn.: annus vertens, the great year or cycle of the celestial bodies (a space of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus ( vors-), or (much less freq.) ver-sum ( vors-), adv., turned in the direction of, towards a thing; usu. after the name of a place to which motion is directed (orig. a part., turned towards, facing, etc., and so always in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).A.Form versus (vors-).1.After ad and acc.:2.T. Labienum ad Oceanum versus... proficisci jubet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad Alpes versus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:ad Cercinam insulam versus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam versus, Auct. B. Hisp. 11: modo ad Urbem, modo in Galliam versus,
Sall. C. 56, 4. —After in and acc.:3.in agrum versus,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:in forum versus,
Cic. Lael. 25, 96:in Arvernos versus,
Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem versus venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands):4.verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,
Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:Brundisium versus,
id. Fam. 11, 27, 3:Ambraciam versus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 36:Massiliam versus,
id. ib. 2, 3:Narbonem versus,
id. B. G. 7, 7.—After other advv.:B.deorsum versus,
Cato, R. R. 156, 4:sursum versus,
Cic. Or. 39, 135:dimittit quoquo versus legationes,
Caes. B. G. 7, 4:ut quaedam vocabula utroque versus dicantur,
Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs deorsum, sursum, etc.—Form versum (vors-).1.After ad and acc.:2.animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri,
Sall. J. 58, 4.—After other advv.:► Versus is said by many lexicons to be also a prep.cunas rursum vorsum trahere,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63):lumbis deorsum versum pressis,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,
Cato, R. R. 33, 1:cum undique versum circumfluat,
Gell. 12, 13, 20:utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8., but no ancient authority can be safely cited for this use. The true readings are:in Italiam versus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1:adversus aedem,
Liv. 8, 20, 8:in forum versus,
Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 21. -
10 direzione
f directiondi società managementdi partito leadershipufficio officesede generale head officein direzione di Roma in the direction of Rome* * *direzione s.f.1 ( guida) direction, guidance; control; ( di partito e simili) leadership; (di azienda ecc.) management; ( di scuola) headship; ( di giornale) editorship; ( supervisione) supervision, superintendence: le ricerche furono condotte sotto la direzione di un premio Nobel, the research was conducted under the direction (o guidance) of a Nobel prizewinner; gli offrirono la direzione del partito, ma egli rifiutò, they offered him the leadership of the party, but he refused it; sta a te prendere la direzione degli affari, it is up to you to take control (o charge) of affairs; affidare a qlcu. la direzione dell'azienda, to entrust someone with the management of the firm; assumere la direzione dell'azienda, to take over the management of the business (o to take charge of the business); partecipare alla direzione, to share in the management; direzione dei lavori, supervision of works; sai chi è incaricato della direzione dei lavori?, do you know who is in charge of (o supervising) the work?2 ( organo direttivo) ( di società, ente) management; ( di partito) leadership: alta direzione, top management; quali sono le decisioni della direzione?, what are the decisions of the management?; la direzione del giornale ha deciso alcuni cambiamenti, the management of the newspaper has decided on certain changes; è di competenza della direzione del personale, it's the province of personnel management // la direzione delle poste, Post Office management3 ( sede) head office, administrative offices (pl.); administrative department; (amer.) front office; ( ufficio del direttore) manager's office: direzione marittima, harbour master's office; passate domani in direzione, call in at the manager's office tomorrow; recarsi in direzione, to go to the management4 ( senso, verso) direction; course; way: in direzione di, in the direction of (o towards); l'ho visto andare in direzione del centro, I saw him going in the direction (o towards) the centre; in direzione di casa, homeward (-bound); si allontanò in direzione del paese, he walked away in the direction of the village; in quale direzione?, in which direction?; nella stessa direzione, in the same direction; che direzione avete preso?, which way did you go?; cambiare di direzione, to change one's direction (o to alter one's course), (mar.) to veer; la direzione della marea, the set (o direction) of the tide; direzione del nord, ( indicata da una bussola) magnetic (o compass) meridian; (astr.) direzione apparente, apparent direction; (mil., topografia) angolo di direzione, bearing* * *[diret'tsjone]sostantivo femminile1) (senso, verso) direction, way (anche fig.)in o nella direzione di in the direction of; in direzione est in an eastward direction, eastbound; cambiare direzione to change course; sbagliare direzione to go in the wrong direction, to go the wrong way; navigare in direzione sud — to sail due south
2) (gestione, guida) direction, running; (di giornale) editing; scol. headship3) (dirigenza, vertici) direction, (senior) management; (di partito) leadership4) (ufficio) direction, manager's office* * *direzione/diret'tsjone/sostantivo f.1 (senso, verso) direction, way (anche fig.); in o nella direzione di in the direction of; in direzione est in an eastward direction, eastbound; cambiare direzione to change course; sbagliare direzione to go in the wrong direction, to go the wrong way; navigare in direzione sud to sail due south2 (gestione, guida) direction, running; (di giornale) editing; scol. headship; gli è stata affidata la direzione del progetto he's been put in charge of the project3 (dirigenza, vertici) direction, (senior) management; (di partito) leadership4 (ufficio) direction, manager's office. -
11 sud
m southsud ovest south-westsud est south-eastal sud di (to the) south of* * *sud s.m. south: casa esposta a sud, house looking (o facing) south; ho viaggiato a lungo nel sud dell'Europa, I have travelled a lot in the south of Europe; l'Inghilterra è a sud della Scozia, England lies to the south of Scotland; Roma è a sud di Firenze, Rome is to the south of Florence; venire dal sud, to come from the south; vivere al sud, to live in the south // l'America del Sud, la Carolina del Sud, South America, South Carolina; Polo Sud, South Pole // il Sud del mondo, the Third World // del sud, southern (o south): abitanti del sud, southerners (o southern people); i paesi del sud, southern countries; vento del sud, south wind // verso, a sud, southward (s) (o south): la nave è diretta a sud, the ship is heading south (wards); percorse tre miglia ci dirigemmo a sud, after travelling three miles we headed south; navigare, viaggiare verso sud, to sail, to travel south.* * *[sud]1. smverso sud — south, southwards
2. agg inv(gen) south, (regione) southernpartirono in direzione sud — they set off southwards o in a southerly direction, they headed south
* * *[sud] 1.sostantivo maschile invariabile1) southandare a sud — to go south o southward(s)
2) geogr. pol. South; (Italia meridionale) the south of Italy, southern Italy2.* * *sud/sud/ ⇒ 29I m.inv.1 south; andare a sud to go south o southward(s); Roma è a sud di Torino Rome is south of Turin; vento da sud south(erly) wind; il sud dell'Europa southern Europe2 geogr. pol. South; (Italia meridionale) the south of Italy, southern Italy; il sud del mondo the south part of the world[facciata, costa] south; [ zona] southern; polo Sud south pole; nella zona sud di Londra in south London. -
12 aprire
"to open;Losbrechen;romper"* * *openrubinetto turn on* * *aprire v.tr.1 to open (anche fig.): apri la finestra, per favore, open the window, will you?; ho aperto una bottiglia di vino, I've opened a bottle of wine; non riesco ad aprire questa borsa, I can't open this bag (o I can't get this bag open); mi piace aprire i regali a Natale, I enjoy opening presents at Christmas; hanno aperto una filiale a Ginevra, they've opened (up) a branch office in Geneva; vorrei aprire una scuola, I'd like to open (up) a school; aprire la mente, l'animo (a qlcu.), to open one's mind, heart (to s.o.); aprì gli occhi e sorrise, he opened his eyes and smiled; è tempo che apra gli occhi, (fig.) it's time he opened his eyes; quel libro mi ha aperto gli occhi, that book was a real eye-opener; apri bene la bocca!, open up your mouth! // aprire la bocca dallo stupore, to gape // aprire le braccia, to open (o stretch out) one's arms; ( accogliere) to welcome (s.o.) // aprire un pesce per pulirlo, to cut a fish open to clean it // aprire una porta con un calcio, to kick a door open // aprire una porta chiusa a chiave, to unlock a door // aprire bruscamente (una porta, una finestra), to fling (o to throw) open // farò aprire una porta in quel muro, I'll have a door put in the wall // aprire un corteo, to lead a procession // (comm.) aprire un conto, to open an account // (sport) aprire il gioco, ( allargarlo) to open out // (mil.) aprire il fuoco, to open fire5 ( incominciare) to begin*, to open: aprì la serie, he began the series; aprì il discorso con parole di ringraziamento, he opened his speech with some words of thanks◆ v. intr.1 to open: i negozi aprono alle tre e mezzo, the shops open at half past three2 ( a carte) to open◘ aprirsi v.rifl. o intr.pron.1 to open (anche fig.): le finestre si aprivano su un parco, the windows opened on a park; la lettera si apriva con una minaccia, the letter opened with a threat; la porta si aprì lentamente, the door slowly opened // mi si è aperta la borsa ed è uscito tutto, my bag opened and everything fell out // aprire con violenza, to burst open // aprire un varco tra la folla, to push one's way through the crowd // apriti cielo!, (fam.) good heavens! (o Good God!)2 (econ.) to open out6 ( rasserenarsi di tempo) to clear up: il cielo si è aperto all'improvviso, the sky cleared up all of a sudden.* * *1. [a'prire]vb irreg vt1) (gen) to open, (porta chiusa a chiave) to unlock, (camicia) to undo, unfasten, (ali), (anche), fig to spreadva' ad aprire (la porta) — go and open o answer the door
dai, non apri i regali? — come on, aren't you going to open your presents?
non ha aperto bocca — he didn't say a word, he didn't open his mouth
2) (acqua, rubinetto) to turn on, (gas) to turn on, switch onaprire (il gioco) Carte — to open play
aprire una sessione Inform — to log on
5) (Dir : testamento) to read2. vi3. vip (aprirsi)(gen) to open, (fiore) to open (up)davanti a quella scena le si è aperto il cuore — (commuoversi) she was moved by the scene before her, (rallegrarsi) the scene gladdened her heart
apriti cielo! — heaven forbid!, (cominciare) to start, open
4. vr (aprirsi)aprirsi (con qn) — to open one's heart (to sb), confide (in sb)
* * *[a'prire] 1.verbo transitivo1) to open [bottiglia, porta, lettera, cassetto, ombrello, paracadute, libro, file]; (spiegare) to open (out), to spread* (out), to unfold [giornale, cartina]; (scartare) to unwrap [regalo, pacco]; (tirare giù) to undo* [ cerniera lampo]; (tirare indietro) to draw* back [tende, sipario]aprire gli occhi, la bocca — to open one's eyes, mouth
2) (allargare)aprire le braccia, le gambe — to open o spread one's arms, legs
4) (cominciare) to open [seduta, dibattito, trattative, inchiesta]; (essere in testa a) to head [ corteo]5) (mettere in funzione) to turn on [ rubinetto]6) econ. to open up [ mercato]2.1) (aprire la porta) to open up (a for)2) (iniziare l'attività) [negozio, locale] to openaprire in ribasso, in rialzo — [ Borsa] to open down, up
3) gioc. (a carte, a scacchi) to open3.verbo pronominale aprirsi1) [porta, scatola, cassetto, paracadute] to open-rsi su qcs. — [finestra, stanza] to open into o onto sth
2) (cominciare) [negoziato, spettacolo, processo] to open4) (allargarsi) [ strada] to open out, to widen; (fendersi) [ terreno] to crack5) (sbocciare) [ fiore] to open (out, up)6) (diradarsi) [ nuvole] to break*, to part; (rischiararsi) [ cielo] to clear (up)••aprire gli occhi a qcn. su qcs. — to open sb.'s eyes to sth.
aprire la strada a — (agevolare) to clear the way for; (dare avvio) to show the way forward to
aprire il fuoco su qcn. — to open fire on sb.
* * *aprire/a'prire/ [91]1 to open [ bottiglia, porta, lettera, cassetto, ombrello, paracadute, libro, file]; (spiegare) to open (out), to spread* (out), to unfold [ giornale, cartina]; (scartare) to unwrap [ regalo, pacco]; (tirare giù) to undo* [ cerniera lampo]; (tirare indietro) to draw* back [ tende, sipario]; aprire gli occhi, la bocca to open one's eyes, mouth2 (allargare) aprire le braccia, le gambe to open o spread one's arms, legs; aprire le ali to spread one's wings4 (cominciare) to open [ seduta, dibattito, trattative, inchiesta]; (essere in testa a) to head [ corteo]5 (mettere in funzione) to turn on [ rubinetto]6 econ. to open up [ mercato](aus. avere)2 (iniziare l'attività) [ negozio, locale] to open; aprire la domenica to open on Sundays; aprire in ribasso, in rialzo [ Borsa] to open down, up3 gioc. (a carte, a scacchi) to openIII aprirsi verbo pronominale1 [ porta, scatola, cassetto, paracadute] to open; -rsi su qcs. [ finestra, stanza] to open into o onto sth.2 (cominciare) [ negoziato, spettacolo, processo] to open3 (mostrare disponibilità verso) - rsi all'Est to open up to the East5 (sbocciare) [ fiore] to open (out, up)non aprire bocca to hold one's peace; aprire gli occhi to get the picture; aprire gli occhi a qcn. su qcs. to open sb.'s eyes to sth.; aprire bene le orecchie to pin one's ears back; aprire la mente to broaden the mind; aprire la strada a (agevolare) to clear the way for; (dare avvio) to show the way forward to; aprire le porte a to open the door(s) to; aprire il fuoco su qcn. to open fire on sb.; apriti cielo! good heavens! -
13 revolvo
rĕ-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll back; to unroll, unwind; to revolve, return (class.; esp. freq. since the Aug. per.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:b.Draco revolvens Sese, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: (pelagus) gelidum ab imo fluctum revolvit in partem superiorem,
Col. 8, 17, 1:fluctus (hibernus auster),
Tac. A. 6, 33:retro Aestum (ventus),
Sen. Agam. 487:retro sua fila (Sorores),
id. Herc. Fur. 182; cf.:inmites scis nulla revolvere Parcas Stamina,
Stat. Th. 7, 774:lapidem,
Vulg. Matt. 28, 2. — Poet.:(pontus) aestu revoluta resorbens Saxa,
i. e. from which the waves are rolled back, Verg. A. 11, 627:addiderat Civilis obliquam in Rhenum molem, cujus objectu revolutus amnis adjacentibus superfunderetur,
Tac. H. 5, 14:rursus perplexum iter omne revolvens Fallacis silvae,
going over again, Verg. A. 9, 391:revoluta aequora,
id. ib. 10, 660 Wagn. —Mid., to come or go back, to revolve, return, etc. (syn. revertor):B.itaque revolvor identidem in Tusculanum,
Cic. Att. 13, 26, 1:ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit: Ter revoluta toro est,
fell back, sank back, Verg. A. 4, 691:spissā jacuit revolutus harenā,
id. ib. 5, 336:revoluta rursus eodem est,
Ov. M. 10, 63 (a little before: relapsa est).— Poet., of returning time:dies,
Verg. A. 10, 256:saecula,
Ov. F. 4, 29; cf.:centesimā revolvente se lunā,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217:saecula revolvuntur,
Claud. Phoen. 104.—In partic., to unroll, turn over, read over, repeat (not ante-Aug.;II.syn. verso): tuas adversus te Origines revolvam,
Liv. 34, 5:taedium illud et scripta et lecta saepius revolvendi,
Quint. 11, 2, 41:cum loca jam recitata revolvimus irrevocati,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223:antiqua,
Sil. 8, 49; Mart. 6, 64, 15; 11, 1, 4.—Trop.A.In gen.:b.in iis, quae denominata sunt, summa paupertas in eadem nos frequentissime revolvit,
leads back, Quint. 12, 10, 34: iterum revolvere casus Iliacos, to go through again, to undergo or experience again, Verg. A. 10, 61.—Mid., to return to any thing; with in:B.in eandem vitam te revolutum denuo Video esse,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 69; cf.:in luxuriam,
Just. 30, 1, 7:in metus,
Sen. Thyest. 418:in ista,
Ov. M. 10, 335:animus in sollicitudinem revolutus est,
Curt. 4, 10, 31: iterum in pejora revolvi, [p. 1592] Sil. 14, 174:rursus in veterem fato revoluta figuram,
Verg. A. 6, 449.— With ad:omnia necessario a tempore atque homine ad communes rerum et generum summas revolventur,
Cic. de Or 2, 31, 135:ad patris revolvor sententiam,
id. Ac. 2, 48, 148:ad ejus causae seposita argumenta revolvi nos oportet,
id. de Or 2, 30, 130:ad illa elementa,
id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:ad dispensationem annonae,
Liv. 4, 12 fin.:ad vana et totiens irrisa,
Tac. A. 4, 9:ad memoriam conjugii et infantiam liberorum,
id. ib. 11, 34:ad vitia,
id. ib. 16, 18:ad irritum (labor et victoria),
id. H. 3, 26:rursus ad superstitionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 8.— With adv.:primum eodem revolveris,
Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13:eo, quo minime volt, revolvitur,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:cum majore periculo eodem revolvuntur,
Cels. 7, 26, 2; cf.:eo revolvi rem, ut, etc.,
Liv. 5, 11.—In partic., to relate again, repeat; to brood or reflect upon (not anteAug.):sed quid ego haec nequicquam ingrata revolvo?
Verg. A. 2, 101:facta,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 35:dicta factaque ejus secum,
Tac. Agr. 46:iras in animo,
id. A. 4, 21; 3, 18:visa,
Ov. F. 4, 667 (with secum jussa refert):curas (animus),
Sen. Oedip. 764 (with repetit metus). -
14 crīmen
crīmen inis, n [2 CER-], a judgment, charge, accusation, reproach: crimini credidisse, T.: fidem criminibus facere, L.: respondere criminibus: falsis criminibus circumventus, calumnies, S.: fictum, O.: cui crimina noxia cordi, scandals, V.: sermones pleni criminum in Patres, slanders, L.: sceleris maximi: ubi est crimen quod reprehenditis? i. e. the point of the accusation: crimine verso Arguit, etc., throwing back the charge, O.: sciebas tibi crimini datum iri? would be made a reproach?: Non tibi crimen ero, O.: Crimen, amor, vestrum, a reproach, Love, to you (i. e. to Cupido and Venus), V.: crimen inferre, offerre: in quos crimen intendebatur, L.: esse in crimine, to stand charged with: Cum tanto commune viro, shared, O.: sine crimine, blameless, H.: posteritatis, the reproach, O.: quae te mihi crimina mutant? slanders, Pr.— A crime, fault, offence: meum, L.: crimine ab uno Disce omnīs, V.: cui frigida mens est Criminibus, numbed by, Iu.: sere crimina belli, provocations, V.: malorum, the source, V.—Plur. for sing: video tuum, mea crimina, volnus, O.: impressā signat sua crimina gemmā, the recital of, O.* * *indictment/charge/accusation; blame/reproach/slander; verdict/judgment (L+S); sin/guilt; crime/offense/fault; cause of a crime, criminal (L+S); adultery -
15 cardo
cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:B.paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,
Verg. A. 2, 480:cardo stridebat,
id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:num muttit cardo?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:immoti,
Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:singuli,
id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:facili patuerunt cardine valvae,
Juv. 4, 63:versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,
opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,
Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —Meton.1.Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:b.cardo securiclatus,
axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—2.In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:II.caeli,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:mundi,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:cardo glacialis ursae,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:Arctoae cardo portae,
Stat. Th. 7, 35;hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,
the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:occiduus,
Luc. 4, 672:medius,
id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,
Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:anni,
Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:temporum,
id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:extremus,
old age, Luc. 7, 381.—Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,
at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):fatorum in cardine summo,
Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:causae,
id. 5, 12, 3:satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,
Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,
Lact. 3, 7, 6. -
16 Mars
Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:II.legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,
Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,
Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,
Verg. E 10, 44:torvus,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:cruentus,
id. ib. 2, 14, 13:ferus,
Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:ferox,
id. M. 13, 11:bellicus,
id. F. 3, 1:fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,
Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:per Martem, a soldier's oath,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—Transf.A.War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):B.Martem accendere cantu,
to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:apertus,
fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,
id. 2, 46, 3:terribili Marte ululare,
Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:captam sine Marte,
Stat. Ach. 1, 401:quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,
Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:Mars forensis,
a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,
id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:C.cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,
Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:aequo Marte,
with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:pari Marte,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:aequato Marte,
Liv. 1, 25:verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),
id. 29, 3, 11:vario Marte pugnatum est,
Quint. 8, 6, 24:incerto Marte,
Tac. H. 4, 35:anceps,
Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:dubius,
Vell. 2, 55, 3.—The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:III. a.Martis sidus,
Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,Of or belonging to Mars:b.lupus,
sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:legio,
Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:miles,
Ov. M. 14, 798:proles,
i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:anguis,
sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:judicium,
i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;v. campus: harena,
a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:gramen,
i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:Martii Calendis,
Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):moenia,
i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:tellus,
i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:conjux,
i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:proles,
i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—Transf.1.Warlike, martial:2.Martia Penthesilea,
Verg. A. 11, 661:Martia saeculi voluptas,
Mart. 5, 24, 1:Martius aeris rauci canor,
Verg. G. 4, 71:vulnera,
id. A. 7, 182:Thebe,
i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—Of or belonging to the planet Mars:IV.ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,
Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—Martĭālis, e, adj.A.Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;B.7, § 45 ib.: lupus,
sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:ludi,
in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,
Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5. -
17 Martiales
Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:II.legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,
Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,
Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,
Verg. E 10, 44:torvus,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:cruentus,
id. ib. 2, 14, 13:ferus,
Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:ferox,
id. M. 13, 11:bellicus,
id. F. 3, 1:fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,
Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:per Martem, a soldier's oath,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—Transf.A.War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):B.Martem accendere cantu,
to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:apertus,
fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,
id. 2, 46, 3:terribili Marte ululare,
Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:captam sine Marte,
Stat. Ach. 1, 401:quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,
Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:Mars forensis,
a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,
id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:C.cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,
Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:aequo Marte,
with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:pari Marte,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:aequato Marte,
Liv. 1, 25:verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),
id. 29, 3, 11:vario Marte pugnatum est,
Quint. 8, 6, 24:incerto Marte,
Tac. H. 4, 35:anceps,
Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:dubius,
Vell. 2, 55, 3.—The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:III. a.Martis sidus,
Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,Of or belonging to Mars:b.lupus,
sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:legio,
Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:miles,
Ov. M. 14, 798:proles,
i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:anguis,
sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:judicium,
i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;v. campus: harena,
a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:gramen,
i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:Martii Calendis,
Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):moenia,
i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:tellus,
i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:conjux,
i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:proles,
i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—Transf.1.Warlike, martial:2.Martia Penthesilea,
Verg. A. 11, 661:Martia saeculi voluptas,
Mart. 5, 24, 1:Martius aeris rauci canor,
Verg. G. 4, 71:vulnera,
id. A. 7, 182:Thebe,
i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—Of or belonging to the planet Mars:IV.ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,
Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—Martĭālis, e, adj.A.Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;B.7, § 45 ib.: lupus,
sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:ludi,
in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,
Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5. -
18 furtim
furtim, adv. [fur; hence, like a thief, i. e.], by stealth, secretly, privily (rare but class.; cf.:* (β).clam, clanculum, furtive): at enim hic clam furtim esse volt, ne qui sciant,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 49:sine lictoribus profectum clam furtim, etc.,
Liv. 21, 63, 9:ut furtim tota decemviris traditur!
Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 41: quae (lagenae) furtim essent exsiccatae, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2: alterum genus est imitatione;admodum ridiculum, sed nobis tantum licet furtim, si quando, et cursim,
Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 252:(Janua) neu furtim verso cardine aperta sones,
Tib. 1, 2. 10:quid juvat, immensum te argenti pondus et auri Furtim defossā timidum deponere terrā?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 42:per infrequentiam furtim senatusconsultum factum,
Liv. 39, 4, 8:nunc in Aristippi furtim praecepta relabor,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 18:furtim magis quam bello Marsacos incursabat,
by stealthy incursions, Tac. H. 4, 56 fin.:furtim et per latrocinia ad honores nituntur,
Sall. J. 4, 7:furtim et celeritate proelium vitare,
id. H. Fragm. 1, 65 Dietsch. —Poet., connected with a noun in the Greek manner:concubitusque tuos furtim,
secret, clandestine intercourse, Tib. 2, 5, 53. -
19 marmor
marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.I.Lit.:II.in omni marmore,
Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:Parium marmor,
Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:tu secanda marmora Locas,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:templum de marmore ponam,
Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:vivos ducent de marmore vultus,
id. A. 6, 848:parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,
Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:A MARMORIBVS,
one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:marmora,
kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—Transf.A.Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—B.A marble, i. e.,1.A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:2.Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,
Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:duo marmora,
id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:lacrimas marmora manant,
id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—3.In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—C. D.A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—E.A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:F. G.plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,
Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,
id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:lento luctantur marmore tonsae,
Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:Libycum,
id. A. 7, 718:spumant vada marmore verso,
id. ib. 10, 208:marmora pelagi,
Cat. 63, 88:infidum,
Sil. 14, 464:medium,
the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568. -
20 marmur
marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.I.Lit.:II.in omni marmore,
Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:Parium marmor,
Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:tu secanda marmora Locas,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:templum de marmore ponam,
Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:vivos ducent de marmore vultus,
id. A. 6, 848:parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,
Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:A MARMORIBVS,
one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:marmora,
kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—Transf.A.Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—B.A marble, i. e.,1.A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:2.Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,
Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:duo marmora,
id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:lacrimas marmora manant,
id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—3.In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—C. D.A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—E.A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:F. G.plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,
Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,
id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:lento luctantur marmore tonsae,
Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:Libycum,
id. A. 7, 718:spumant vada marmore verso,
id. ib. 10, 208:marmora pelagi,
Cat. 63, 88:infidum,
Sil. 14, 464:medium,
the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.
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