viriditās

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vĭrĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [viridis], green color, greenness, verdure, viridity.

Lit.:

herbescens viriditas,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

pratorum,

id. ib. 16, 57:

maris,

Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76.—

Transf., freshness, briskness, vigor:

senectus aufert eam viriditatem, in quā etiam nunc erat Scipio,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

vigere et habere quandam viriditatem,

id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

laurea illa amittit longo intervallo viriditatem,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29.

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ăd-ŏlesco, ēvi (rare ui, Varr. ap. Prisc. 872 P.;

adolēsse sync. for adolevisse,

Ov. H. 6, 11), ultum, 3, v. inch. [1. adoleo], to grow up, to grow (of everything capable of increase in magnitude).

In gen.

Lit., of men, animals, plants; seasons, passions, etc.;

but esp. of age: postquam adolevit ad eam aetatem, uti, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 47:

ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas,

Lucr. 3, 450; cf. 4, 1035;

2, 1123: adultum robur,

id. 2, 1131; 5, 798: postquam adoluerit haec juventus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.:

qui adoleverit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35:

viriditas herbescens, quae sensim adolescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

ter senos proles adoleverat annos,

Ov. F. 3, 59:

adolescere ramos cernat,

id. M. 4, 376:

adolēsse segetes,

id. H. 6, 11:

simul atque adoleverit aetas,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 34:

cum matura adoleverit aetas,

Verg. A. 12, 438.—Hence, transf. from age to the person, to grow up, come to maturity, mature:

adulta virgo,

Liv. 26, 50 al.:

arundines non sine imbre adolescunt,

Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:

in amplitudinem,

id. 12, 1, 3, § 7:

in crassitudinem,

id. 13, 7, 15, § 58; so 16, 34, 62, § 151;

8, 14, 14, § 36 al.: ac dum prima novis adolescit frondibus aetas,

Verg. G. 2, 362:

quoad capillus adolesceret,

Gell. 17, 9. —

Fig., to grow, increase, augment, to become greater:

cupiditas agendi adolescit una cum aetatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

ratio cum adolevit,

id. Leg. 1, 7:

ingenium brevi adolevit,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

postquam res publica adolevit,

id. C. 51, 40; id. J. 2:

quantum superbiae socordiaeque Vitellio adoleverit,

Tac. H. 2, 73:

Cremona numero colonorum, adolevit,

id. ib. 3, 34:

ver adolescit,

advances, id. A. 13, 36; 2, 50:

caepe revirescit, decedente luna, inarescit adolescente,

Gell. 20, 8.—

Esp., in sacrificial lang., to be kindled, to burn (cf. 1. adoleo):

Panchaeis adolescunt ignibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 379.—Hence, ădŏlescens, entis, v. adules-.— ădultus, a, um, P. a., grown up, adult.

Lit.

Of living beings:

Ab his ipsis (virginibus), cum jam essent adultae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

virgo,

id. Brut. 96, 330; Liv. 26, 50; Hor. C. 3, 2, 8 al.; cf.:

adultae aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

pueri,

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

liberi,

Suet. Tib. 10:

filius,

id. Claud. 39:

catuli,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 22:

locustae,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

fetus (apum),

Verg. G. 4, 162.— Comp.:

(hirundinum) pullorum adultiores,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92.—

Of things (concrete and abstract):

vitium propagine,

Hor. Epod. 2, 9:

crinis,

Stat. S. 2, 122:

lanugo,

Amm. 16, 12 al.:

aetas,

Lucr. 2, 1123; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

aestas,

advanced, Tac. A. 2, 23:

autumnus,

id. ib. 11. 31:

nox,

id. H. 3, 23.—

Fig., grown, matured, adult:

populus adultus jam paene et pubes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; so,

qui non nascentibus Athenis, sed jam adultis fuerunt,

id. Brut. 7, 27; cf.:

nascenti adhuc (eloquentiae) nec satis adultae,

Tac. Or. 25:

res nondum adultae,

Liv. 2, 1, 6:

pestis rei publicae (of Catiline),

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

auctoritas nondum adulta,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 15, 73; cf.:

incipiens adhuc et necdum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31 al.

ăd-ŏlesco, ēvi (rare ui, Varr. ap. Prisc. 872 P.;

adolēsse sync. for adolevisse,

Ov. H. 6, 11), ultum, 3, v. inch. [1. adoleo], to grow up, to grow (of everything capable of increase in magnitude).

In gen.

Lit., of men, animals, plants; seasons, passions, etc.;

but esp. of age: postquam adolevit ad eam aetatem, uti, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 47:

ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas,

Lucr. 3, 450; cf. 4, 1035;

2, 1123: adultum robur,

id. 2, 1131; 5, 798: postquam adoluerit haec juventus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.:

qui adoleverit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35:

viriditas herbescens, quae sensim adolescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

ter senos proles adoleverat annos,

Ov. F. 3, 59:

adolescere ramos cernat,

id. M. 4, 376:

adolēsse segetes,

id. H. 6, 11:

simul atque adoleverit aetas,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 34:

cum matura adoleverit aetas,

Verg. A. 12, 438.—Hence, transf. from age to the person, to grow up, come to maturity, mature:

adulta virgo,

Liv. 26, 50 al.:

arundines non sine imbre adolescunt,

Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:

in amplitudinem,

id. 12, 1, 3, § 7:

in crassitudinem,

id. 13, 7, 15, § 58; so 16, 34, 62, § 151;

8, 14, 14, § 36 al.: ac dum prima novis adolescit frondibus aetas,

Verg. G. 2, 362:

quoad capillus adolesceret,

Gell. 17, 9. —

Fig., to grow, increase, augment, to become greater:

cupiditas agendi adolescit una cum aetatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

ratio cum adolevit,

id. Leg. 1, 7:

ingenium brevi adolevit,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

postquam res publica adolevit,

id. C. 51, 40; id. J. 2:

quantum superbiae socordiaeque Vitellio adoleverit,

Tac. H. 2, 73:

Cremona numero colonorum, adolevit,

id. ib. 3, 34:

ver adolescit,

advances, id. A. 13, 36; 2, 50:

caepe revirescit, decedente luna, inarescit adolescente,

Gell. 20, 8.—

Esp., in sacrificial lang., to be kindled, to burn (cf. 1. adoleo):

Panchaeis adolescunt ignibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 379.—Hence, ădŏlescens, entis, v. adules-.— ădultus, a, um, P. a., grown up, adult.

Lit.

Of living beings:

Ab his ipsis (virginibus), cum jam essent adultae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

virgo,

id. Brut. 96, 330; Liv. 26, 50; Hor. C. 3, 2, 8 al.; cf.:

adultae aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

pueri,

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

liberi,

Suet. Tib. 10:

filius,

id. Claud. 39:

catuli,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 22:

locustae,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

fetus (apum),

Verg. G. 4, 162.— Comp.:

(hirundinum) pullorum adultiores,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92.—

Of things (concrete and abstract):

vitium propagine,

Hor. Epod. 2, 9:

crinis,

Stat. S. 2, 122:

lanugo,

Amm. 16, 12 al.:

aetas,

Lucr. 2, 1123; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

aestas,

advanced, Tac. A. 2, 23:

autumnus,

id. ib. 11. 31:

nox,

id. H. 3, 23.—

Fig., grown, matured, adult:

populus adultus jam paene et pubes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; so,

qui non nascentibus Athenis, sed jam adultis fuerunt,

id. Brut. 7, 27; cf.:

nascenti adhuc (eloquentiae) nec satis adultae,

Tac. Or. 25:

res nondum adultae,

Liv. 2, 1, 6:

pestis rei publicae (of Catiline),

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

auctoritas nondum adulta,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 15, 73; cf.:

incipiens adhuc et necdum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31 al.

ē-mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to bring forth, bring to light, raise up (very rare; mostly with se, or pass. in mid. sense), to come forth, come out, to rise up, emerge (not in Plaut., Caes., Verg., or Hor.).

Lit.:

emersere e gurgite vultus Nereides,

Cat. 64, 14:

ex undis Cancri pars sese emergit in astra,

Manil. 5, 198;

se torrens imo hiatu,

Auct. Aetn. 118:

se lux pelago,

Avien. Perieg. 126:

tibi (somnianti) subito sum visus emersus e flumine,

Cic. Div. 2, 68; so,

emersus e palude,

Liv. 1, 13:

emersus paludibus,

Tac. A. 1, 65.— Poet.:

cernis et emersas in lucem tendere noctes,

Ov. M. 15, 186;

nox emersa,

id. F. 3, 399.—

Trop., to extricate or free one's self, to raise one's self up, to rise:

sese ex malis,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 30 Ruhnk.; so Nep. Att. 11, 1:

homo emersus subito ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

Cic. Sest. 9; cf.:

tu emersus e caeno,

id. Vatin. 7, 17:

velut emerso ab admiratione animo,

Liv. 8, 7 fin. —Once perh. act.:

ut possim rerum tantas emergere moles,

Manil. 1, 116.—Far more freq. and class.,

Neutr. (i. q. the preceding emergere se), to come forth, come up, arise, emerge.

Lit.

In gen.:

equus emersit e flumine,

Cic. Div. 2, 31 fin.:

e vadis,

id. Cael. 21:

ex alto,

id. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

de paludibus,

Liv. 22, 3:

ab infima ara (anguis),

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

sub exsistentibus glebis (pisces),

Liv. 42, 2: extra aquam Plin. 13, 18, 32, § 109; 2, 88, 89, § 203:

foras (with exsilire),

Lucr. 2, 200:

ad ortus,

id. 5, 697:

in suam lucem (luna),

Liv. 44, 37 et saep.:

ex Antiati in Appiam ad Tres Tabernas,

to get away, escape, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2; cf.:

e patrio regno (with Cappadociae latebris se occultare),

id. de Imp. Pomp. 3:

aegre in apertos campos (Manlius),

Liv. 21, 25 al. — Absol.:

aves, quae se in mari mergerent: quae cum emersissent, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49; cf. id. Fin. 3, 14 fin.: sol. id. Arat. 76 (also, id. N. D. 2, 44, 113); Tac. G. 45; cf.

stellae,

Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58 al. — Impers. tot res repente circumvallant, unde emergi non potest, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 4.—

In partic., to come forth, come up, break forth, as a plant or animal, when it springs up or is born:

viriditas e vaginis emergit, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

flos ex caule,

Plin. 21, 17, 66, § 106:

totus infans utero,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

ova,

id. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

ventus,

id. 2, 82, 84, § 198.—

Trop., to extricate one's self from, to raise one's self up, to emerge, get clear:

ex sermone emersit,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus,

id. Pis. 12, 27:

ex peculatus judicio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

ex paternis probris ac vitiis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 69:

ex mendicitate,

id. Vatin. 9 fin.:

vixdum e naufragiis prioris culpae cladisque,

Liv. 5, 52, 1:

ex obnoxia pace,

id. 9, 10:

ex omni saevitia fortunae (virtus),

id. 25, 38; Dig. 47, 10, 5 fin.: cum tam multa ex illo mari (sc. Ponto) bella emerserint, have arisen, [p. 642] broken out, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58:

equidem multos vidi emersisse aliquando, et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse,

have raised themselves up, have risen, Cic. Cael. 12:

hac autem re incredibile est quantum civitates emerserint,

have raised themselves up, elevated themselves, id. Att. 6, 2, 4; cf.:

ad summas opes,

Lucr. 2, 13; 3, 63:

in quod fastigium,

Vell. 2, 65; Juv. 3, 164:

quamvis enim demersae sint leges, emergunt tamen haec aliquando,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf. id. Clu. 65, 183:

nunc emergit amor,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf.

dolor,

id. ib. 9, 6, 5:

ex quo magis emergit, quale sit decorum illud, etc.,

appears, is evident, id. Off. 1, 31; cf.:

tanti sceleris indicium per Fulviam emersit,

Flor. 4, 1, 6.

ē-rĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to raise or set up, to erect (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

rubrum jubar,

Lucr. 4, 404:

caput,

id. 5, 1208:

ar borem (with extollere),

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

hominem,

to form erect, id. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

os,

id. ib. 3, 85;

jacentem,

Curt. 7, 3, 17:

hastas,

Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10:

digitum,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

manus ad tectum,

id. 11, 3, 118; cf.:

scalas ad moenia,

Liv. 32, 14:

agmen in adversum clivum,

to lead up, id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36:

aciem in collem,

id. H. 4, 71:

oculos,

i. e. to raise. Cic. Sest. 31, 68.—

With se, [p. 656] or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one's self up, to rise:

connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

sese aut sublevare (Alces),

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2:

statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.:

in ungues,

id. 11, 3, 120:

in armos (equus),

Stat. Th. 6, 502:

in auras,

Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512:

sub auras,

Verg. A. 8, 25:

ad sidera (fumus),

id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.— Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.—

In partic.

To build, construct, erect (rarely):

turres,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1:

saxeas turres,

Flor. 3, 2 fin.:

quis totidem erexit villas,

Juv. 1, 94. —

Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed:

Albanus erigit totam aciem,

Liv. 1, 27, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to arouse, excite:

erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite,

Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf.

aures (with animum attendere),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

animos ad audiendum,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset,

had aroused, excited, Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.:

aculeos severitatis in rem, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 12, 29:

libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat,

id. Planc. 13 fin.:

paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis,

id. de Or. 2, 12 fin. —

In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage:

erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

spem,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.:

rempublicam ex tam gravi casu,

Liv. 6, 2, 1:

multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae,

id. 21, 19:

Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum,

Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3:

Lusitanos,

id. 2, 17, 15:

fiduciam Pori,

Curt. 8, 13, 16:

animos ad spem,

id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.:

non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit,

Cic. Deiot. 14; so,

se,

id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.:

se in spem,

Liv. 3, 1, 2:

se ad spem libertatis,

Just. 11, 1, 2:

se ad imitationem,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.—Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.

Prop.:

primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.:

erectus et celsus status,

ib. Or. 18, 59:

incessus,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

vultus,

Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.:

coxae,

Cels. 7, 16:

viriditas culmo geniculato,

Cic. de Sen. 15:

prorae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.:

petra in metae modum,

Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.— Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.—

Trop.

Elevated, lofty, noble:

celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf.

animus (with magnus),

id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.:

erectior homo,

id. Off. 1, 30:

habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.—

In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.—

Intent, attentive, on the stretch:

judices,

Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.:

suspensique (Horatii),

Liv. 1, 25:

plebs, civitas exspectatione,

id. 2, 54; 3, 47:

vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes),

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

mens circa studia,

Quint. 1, 3, 10:

studium in legendo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

multitudo,

Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.:

erecta in Othonem studia,

lively sympathies, id. ib. 2, 11.— Comp.:

ad agendum erectiores,

Quint. 9, 4, 12.—

Animated, encouraged, resolute:

legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75:

nunc vero multo sum erectior,

id. Phil. 4, 1, 2:

erectis animis,

Tac. A. 3, 7.— Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.:

judicare,

Gell. 7, 3 fin.:

loqui,

Amm. 15, 5.

ēvānĭdus, a, um, adj. [evanesco], vanishing, passing away (not ante-Aug., and very rare).

Lit.:

pectora,

Ov. M. 5, 435:

oleae,

i. e. frail, without strength, Col. Arb. 17, 3; cf.

arbores,

Vitr. 2, 10:

materia vetustate,

id. 2, 8:

evanida et siticulosa calx,

id. 7, 2;

and, viriditas,

Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 70.—

Trop.:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 653:

gaudium (with leve),

Sen. Ep. 35.

fī̆bra, ae, f. [acc. to Doed. Syn. 3, p. 22, kindr. with filum (cf. the Eng. string in both senses)], a fibre, filament, in a plant, in a part of an animal's body, etc. (cf. nervus).

Lit.:

viriditas herbescens, nixa fibris stirpium, sensim adolescit,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

omnes radicum fibras evellere,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

recurvae radicis,

Ov. M. 14, 633:

alliorum,

Verg. M. 88:

tubera undique terra circumdata nullisque fibris nixa aut saltem capillamentis,

Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33; Col. 11, 2, 9; 11, 3, 21:

pulmo in duas fibras ungulae bubulae modo dividitur..jecur in quatuor fibras dividitur,

i. e. parts, divisions, Cels. 4, 11:

perlucentes numerare in pectore fibras,

Ov. M. 6, 391:

quid fissum in extis, quid fibra valeat, accipio,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; cf.:

pericula praemonent, non fibris modo extisque, sed alia quadam significatione,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102:

altera fibra (jecoris),

id. 11, 37, 76, § 196; 32, 6, 21, § 60: fibrae cincinnorum madentes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 120 et saep.—

Transf., entrails in gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tura focis, vinumque dedit fibrasque bidentis,

Ov. F. 4, 935; cf.:

caesorumque boum fibris de more crematis,

id. M. 13, 637:

Promethea,

i. e. the liver devoured by the vulture, Val. Fl. 7, 355; cf. Verg. A. 6, 600: conscia deorum (as giving prognostics;

v. above I.),

Tib. 1, 8, 3; cf.:

sibi commissos fibra locuta deos,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 104:

fibraeque repente Conticuere,

Sil. 1, 138:

neque mihi cornea fibra est,

i. e. I am not so callous, insensible, Pers. 1, 47.—

Trop., like our word bowels, of the interior of the earth:

persequimur omnes ejus (terrae) fibras,

Plin. 33 praef. § 1.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

prātum, i, n. (collat. form prātus, m., Gromat. Vet. p. 322, 5) [root prat-; Sanscr. prath, to spread out; cf. Gr. platus, platanos], a meadow (class.).

Lit.:

pratum irriguum, aut siccum,

Cato, R. R. 8, 1:

stercorare,

id. ib. 8, 50:

irrigua facere,

id. ib. 8, 9; Varr. R. R. 2 prooem.:

pratorum viriditas,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

irrigare,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2:

cratire, secare, caedere, sicilire,

Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258; 18, 3, 4, § 20:

cultus prati,

Col. 2, 17, 1:

siccaneum, aut riguum,

id. 2, 17, 3; Inscr. Grut. 204.—

Transf.

Meadow-grass ( poet.):

condita prata in patinis proferre,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 22; Ov. A. A. 1, 299.—

A broad field, plain; poet., of the sea:

rostro Neptunia prata secare,

Cic. Arat. 129.

prātum, i, n. (collat. form prātus, m., Gromat. Vet. p. 322, 5) [root prat-; Sanscr. prath, to spread out; cf. Gr. platus, platanos], a meadow (class.).

Lit.:

pratum irriguum, aut siccum,

Cato, R. R. 8, 1:

stercorare,

id. ib. 8, 50:

irrigua facere,

id. ib. 8, 9; Varr. R. R. 2 prooem.:

pratorum viriditas,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

irrigare,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2:

cratire, secare, caedere, sicilire,

Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258; 18, 3, 4, § 20:

cultus prati,

Col. 2, 17, 1:

siccaneum, aut riguum,

id. 2, 17, 3; Inscr. Grut. 204.—

Transf.

Meadow-grass ( poet.):

condita prata in patinis proferre,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 22; Ov. A. A. 1, 299.—

A broad field, plain; poet., of the sea:

rostro Neptunia prata secare,

Cic. Arat. 129.