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Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).

Lit.:

pede pedem alicui premere,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

Verg. A. 7, 518:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

id. ib. 2, 379:

novercae Monstra manu premens,

id. ib. 8, 288:

pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

premere terga genu alicujus,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

ubera plena,

i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

vestigia alicujus,

to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

Juv. 1, 43:

dente frena,

to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

ore aliquid,

to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

aliquid morsu,

Lucr. 3, 663:

presso molari,

with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

pressum lac,

i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

uxorem,

Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

feminas premunt galli,

Mart. 3, 57, 17.—

Transf.

Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

premere litora,

Ov. M. 14, 416:

litus,

to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

aëra,

i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—

Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

premere frena manu,

Ov. M. 8, 37:

ferrum,

to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

capulum,

id. 2, 615.—

Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

toros,

Ov. H. 12, 30:

sedilia,

id. M. 5, 317:

hoc quod premis habeto,

id. ib. 5, 135:

et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

id. ib. 2, 421:

humum,

to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—

To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

aliquid terrā,

to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

nonumque prematur in annum,

kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

ossa male pressa,

i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

ut premerer sacrā lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

molli Fronde crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 147:

canitiem galeā,

id. ib. 9, 612:

mitrā capillos,

Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—

To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

os fingit premendo,

id. A. 6, 80:

caseos,

id. E. 1, 35:

mollem terram,

Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—

To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

hostes de loco superiore,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

id. B. C. 3, 46:

hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

Verg. A. 1, 467:

Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

Verg. A. 8, 473:

obsidione urbem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

ad retia cervum,

Verg. G. 3, 413:

spumantis apri cursum clamore,

id. A. 1, 324:

bestias venatione,

Isid. 10, 282.—

To press down, burden, load, freight:

nescia quem premeret,

on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

tergum equi,

id. ib. 8, 34;

14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

pressae carinae,

Verg. G. 1, 303:

pressus membra mero,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

auro phaleras,

to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—

To press into, force in, press upon:

(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

Ov. F. 1, 355:

presso sub vomere,

Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

presso aratro,

Tib. 4, 1, 161:

alte ensem in corpore,

Stat. Th. 11, 542:

et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

et cubito remanete presso,

leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —

To make with any thing ( poet.):

aeternā notā,

Ov. F. 6, 610:

littera articulo pressa tremente,

id. H. 10, 140:

multā via pressa rotā,

id. ib. 18, 134.—

To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

Ov. M. 2, 135:

humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —

In partic.

To set, plant:

virgulta per agros,

Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—

To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

vestigio leviter presso,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

id. Sest. 5, 13:

sulcum premere,

to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

Front. Strat. 1, 5:

fossa pressa,

Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

Curt. 5, 1, 28.—

To strike to the ground, to strike down:

tres famulos,

Verg. A. 9, 329:

paucos,

Tac. H. 4, 2.—

To press closely, compress, press together, close:

oculos,

Verg. A. 9, 487:

alicui fauces,

Ov. M. 12, 509:

laqueo collum,

to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

Ov. M. 9, 78:

presso gutture,

compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

choked, id. 14, 221:

amplexu presso,

united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

oscula jungere pressa,

to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

pressa basia,

Mart. 6, 34, 1:

presso gradu incedere,

in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

pede presso,

id. 8, 8.—

In partic.

To shorten, tighten, draw in:

pressis habenis,

Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

laxas dure habenas,

id. ib. 1, 63).—

To keep short, prune:

Calenā falce vitem,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

luxuriem falce,

Ov. M. 14, 628:

falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

molle salictum,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—

To check, arrest, stop:

premere sanguinem,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

vestigia pressit,

Verg. A. 6, 197:

attoniti pressere gradum,

Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—

To press out, bring out by pressure:

tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—

To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—

Trop.

To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

aerumnae, quae me premunt,

Sall. J. 14, 22:

pressus gravitate soporis,

bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

invidia et odio populi premi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

premi periculis,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

cum a me premeretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

aliquem verbo,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

criminibus veris premere aliquem,

Ov. M. 14, 401:

cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

mortali urgemur ab hoste,

Verg. A. 10, 375:

premere reum voce, vultu,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

crimen,

to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

confessionem,

to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

argumentum etiam atque etiam,

to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

Verg. A. 3, 47:

maerore pressa,

Sen. Oct. 103:

veritate pressus negare non potuit,

overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—

Transf.

To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

dum nocte premuntur,

Verg. A. 6, 827:

curam sub corde,

id. ib. 4, 332:

odium,

Plin. Pan. 62:

iram,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

id. ib. 13, 16:

interius omne secretum,

Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

dolorem silentio,

Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

aliquid ore,

Verg. A. 7, 103:

jam te premet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—

To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

Liv. 22, 12:

arma Latini,

Verg. A. 11, 402:

opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

famam alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 49:

premere ac despicere,

Quint. 11, 1, 16:

premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—

To surpass, exceed:

facta premant annos,

Ov. M. 7, 449:

ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

id. P. 3, 1, 116:

quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—

To rule ( poet.):

dicione premere populos,

Verg. A. 7, 737:

imperio,

id. ib. 1, 54:

Mycenas Servitio premet,

id. ib. 1, 285.—

To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

premebat reum crimen,

id. 3, 13, 1.—

To compress, abridge, condense:

haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—

To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

sub imo Corde gemitum,

Verg. A. 10, 464:

vocem,

to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

sermones vulgi,

to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—

To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.

Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.

Lit.:

presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

Liv. 8, 8, 9:

presso gradu,

id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

Ov. M. 3, 17.—

Trop.

Of the voice or manner, subdued:

haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—

Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

color pressus,

Pall. 4, 13, 4:

color viridi pressior,

Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

spadices pressi,

Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—

Esp., of an orator or of speech.

Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

Quint. 10, 1, 102:

pressus et demissus stilus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—

Close, exact, accurate:

Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

Gell. 2, 6, 5:

quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

cogitationes pressiores,

id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—

Closely, tightly.

Lit.:

vites pressius putare,

Pall. 12, 9:

pressius colla radere,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—

Trop.

Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—

Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

definire presse et anguste,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

abundanter dicere, an presse,

Quint. 8, 3, 40:

pressius et astrictius scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—

Without ornament, simply:

unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—

Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

definiunt pressius,

id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

Gell. 1, 3, 21.

rĕ-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go back, fall back, give ground, retire, withdraw, recede.

Lit. (class.; cf.:

decedo, abscedo): pone nos recede,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 34:

ego abs te procul recedam,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

hinc,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

illuc,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 7:

recedere loco,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84; cf.:

centuriones ex eo quo stabant loco recesserunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

non modo illum e Galliā non discessisse, sed ne a Mutinā quidem recessisse,

Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

procul a telo veniente,

Ov. M. 12, 359:

de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

ab hoste,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 151:

longius,

Verg. G. 4, 191:

tristis recedo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 35; id. C. 2, 19, 31:

ab Illiturgi,

Liv. 24, 41:

in castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 30 fin. —

In partic., to retire to one's bedchamber, go to rest, Petr. 85, 5; Ov. Ib. 239.—

Transf.

Of inanimate and abstract things:

ut illae undae ad alios accedant, ab aliis autem recedant,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

verba movere loco, quamvis invita recedant,

yield, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 113:

multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimunt,

the departing years, id. A. P. 176:

abeant ac recedant voces illae,

Plin. Pan. 2, 2.—

Of places, things, etc., to stand back, recede (i. e. to be distant or retired;

freq., esp. after the Aug. per.): secreta parentis Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit,

Verg. A. 2, 300; cf. Cat. 64, 43; and:

etsi lata recessit Urbe domus,

Stat. Th. 5, 242; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21:

Palaestina vocabatur, quā contingit Arabas... et quā recedit intus, Damascena,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66:

Magna Graecia in tres sinus recedens Ausonii maris,

id. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 4, 10, 17, § 33; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18.—Of nations:

gens Cappadocum longissime Ponticarum omnium introrsus recedens,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—In a painting, etc.:

pictor vi artis suae efficit, ut quaedam eminere in opere, quaedam recessisse credamus,

Quint. 2, 17, 21; cf.:

venter recessit,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2.— Poet., of places, which appear to recede by our departure from them:

provehimur portu, terraeque urbesque recedunt,

Verg. A. 3, 72:

mea terra recedit,

Ov. M. 8, 139; 11, 466; Sil. 3, 157; Stat. Th. 1, 549 al.—

In gen., to go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place, to abandon a thing, = discedere.

Lit. (in good prose very rare), = discedere, haec effatu' pater, germana, repente recessit, vanished, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 48 Vahl.):

nec vero a stabulis pluviā impendente recedunt Longius (apes),

Verg. G. 4, 191; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2.—

Transf., of things, to separate from any thing (with which it was previously connected):

in aliis ossibus ex toto saepe fragmentum a fragmento recedit,

Cels. 8, 7, 1:

carnes ab ossibus,

Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 22; 19, 5, 23, § 67:

caput e cervice,

Ov. P. 2, 8, 65;

for which also: caput cervice,

id. H. 16, 153; cf. id. F. 6, 708; Luc. 8, 674. —

Trop., to withdraw, depart, desist (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.): si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis, labor ille a vobis cito recedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:

avius a verā longe ratione recedit,

Lucr. 2, 229:

senes, ut in otia tuta recedant, aiunt, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 31:

ab officio recedere,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19; Auct. Her. 3, 3, 5; Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:

ab armis,

i. e. to lay them down, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

penitus a naturā,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

ab eodem exemplo,

Quint. 1, 6, 6; 2, 8, 13; 7, 3, 21:

a sententiis ejus, ab omni voluntate, consiliisque,

Cic. Att. 12, 4, 2: a vitā, i. e. to kill one ' s self, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40 (but Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6, to die, in gen., a doubtful conjecture; Jahn, procedente [p. 1530] vitā):

a veritatis viā longe,

Lact. 2, 8, 1:

ab oppugnatione,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Very freq. of inanimate and abstract subjects:

postquam recessit vita patrio corpore,

Plaut. Merc. prol. 73:

(nomen hostis) a peregrino recessit et proprie in eo, qui arma contra ferret, remansit,

has lost the signification of foreigner, Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; so,

res a consuetudine,

id. Quint. 21, 67; Quint. 2, 13, 11:

figurae sententiarum ab illo simplici modo indicandi recedunt,

id. 9, 2, 1:

ab usu cotidiano,

id. 10, 1, 44 et saep.— Poet., with simple abl.:

sic nunquam corde recedit Nata tuo,

departs, Stat. S. 3, 5, 55.— Absol., to vanish, pass away, disappear:

et pariter Phoebes, pariter maris ira recessit,

Ov. M. 12, 36:

spes,

Luc. 7, 688:

quonam nostri tibi cura recessit?

Verg. A. 2, 595:

fortuna recessit,

id. ib. 3, 53.— With in:

in ventos vita recessit,

passed away into the winds, Verg. A. 4, 705.— Hence, * rĕcessus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), drawn back, receding:

scaena recessior,

standing farther back, Vitr. 5, 8.

sē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go apart, go away, separate, withdraw (class.; not in Cæs.; but cf. secessio).

Lit.

In gen., absol.:

secedant improbi, secernant se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; Ov. M. 6, 490:

prosecutus eram viatico secedentem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 2:

abite et de viā secedite,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

de coetu,

Ov. M. 2, 465:

a vestro potui secedere lusu,

Prop. 1, 10, 9:

utinam nostro secedere corpore possem!

Ov. M. 3, 467.—

Poet., of inanim. subjects, to remove, withdraw; and in the perf., to be distant:

(luna) quantum solis secedit ab orbe,

Lucr. 5, 705:

ab imis terra,

Ov. F 6, 279:

(villa) decem et septem milibus passuum ab urbe secessit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cell. 63.—

In partic.

To go aside, withdraw, [p. 1652] retire:

secede huc nunc jam procul,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 23; so,

huc,

id. Am. 2, 2, 139; id. As. 3, 3, 49; id. Capt. 2, 2, 13:

in abditam partem aedium,

Sall. C. 20, 1:

in utraque latera (cohortes),

Front. Strat. 6, 6, 3:

ad deliberandum,

Liv. 45, 36:

ad consultandum,

Suet. Ner. 15:

lex Spartana vetat secedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 21:

secedit humumque Effodit,

Ov. M. 11, 185. —

In post-Aug. authors (esp. in Suet.), to retire from public into private life; absol.:

integrā aetate ac valetudine statuit repente secedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere,

Suet. Tib. 10:

illuc e comitatu suo,

id. Aug. 98; so Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

ab Urbe,

Suet. Gram. 3:

in insulam, etc.,

Quint. 3, 1, 17; Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Gram. 5; cf.

Rhodum,

id. Caes. 4.—

To seek the exclusive society of any one, to retire from the world:

ad optimos viros,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 1, 1. —

Polit., to separate one's self by rebellion, to revolt, secede (syn.:

deficio, descisco): ut anno XVI. post reges exactos propter nimiam dominationem potentium secederent,

Cic. Corn. 1, p. 450 Orell.:

saepe ipsa plebes armata a patribus secessit,

Sall. C. 33, 3; Suet. Tib. 2:

injussu consulum in Sacrum Montem secessisse,

to have marched out in rebellion, Liv. 2, 32; so,

in Sacrum Montem,

id. 7, 40; Flor. 1, 23:

in Janiculum (plebs),

Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37.—

Trop. (very rare; perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

antequam ego incipio secedere et aliā parte considere,

to dissent from the opinion, Sen. Ep. 117, 4:

a fesso corpore sensus,

Cat. 64, 189:

qui solitarius separatusque a communi malo civitatis secesserit,

has withdrawn himself, Gell. 2, 12, 1:

cum ad stilum secedet,

shall give himself up to writing, Quint. 1, 12, 12:

in te ipse secede,

retire within yourself, Sen. Ep. 25, 7.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.