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• In miniature

to delay, impede, hold up.

Sorø (Denmark) [dk]

Zary (Poland: Powiat) [pl]

ădauctus, a, um, Part. of adaugeo.

ădauctus, ūs, m. [adaugeo], an increasing, increase, growth:

quaecunque vides hilaro grandescere adauctu,

Lucr. 2, 1122:

lunae (opp. defectio),

Sol. 23 fin.

ENG Baikal teal

NLD Siberische taling

GER Gluckente

FRA sarcelle elegante

ăb-ōmĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to deprecate any thing as an ill omen (not in Cic.).

Lit.: cum dixisset sepulcrum dirutum proram spectare, abominatus, etc., when he had spoken the words “ a ruined sepulchre,” etc., wishing that this ( the sepulchre, or the words spoken) might not be of evil omen, Liv. 30, 25 fin.; so also id. 6, 18, 9; Suet. Claud. 46.—Hence:

quod abominor,

which may God avert, Ov. M. 9, 677; id. P. 3, 1, 105; Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 7 al.—With inf.:

haec universa habere abominabitur,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8.—

In gen. (opp. to opto), to abominate, abhor, detest, Liv. 30, 30, 9; Col. 6, prooem. § 1; Quint. 4, 1, 33.—Hence derivv.,

ăbōmĭnan-ter, adv., abominably, detestably, Cod. Th. 3, 12, 13.—

ăbōmĭnandus, a, um, P. a., abominable, Liv. 9, 38 fin.; Sen. Ben. 1, 9; Quint. 8, 4, 22; 9, 2, 80.

Collat. act. form ăbōmĭno, are:

multam abomina,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82.—

ăbōmĭnor in pass. signif.: saevitia eorum abominaretur ab omnibus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.—So Part.: abominatus, abominated, accursed:

Hannibal,

Hor. Epod. 16, 8:

semimares,

Liv. 31, 12, 8:

bubo funebris et maxime abominatus,

Plin. 10, 12, 16.

ăd-hortor, āri, ātus, 1, v. dep., to encourage, urge, exhort one to a thing, constr. with ad, in, de, or absol.:

nam me meae vitae consuetudo ad C. Rabirium defendendum est adhortata,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1:

ne posset aliquando ad bellum faciendum locus ipse adhortari,

id. Off. 1, 11, 35:

aliquem ad certam laudem,

id. Fam. 1, 7:

loricatos ad discumbendum,

Suet. Calig. 45:

in bellum,

Tac. H. 3, 61:

in ultionem sui,

Suet. Ner. 41:

de re frumentaria Boios atque Aeduos adhortari non destitit,

he did not cease to incite and spur on the Boii and Aedui, in respect to a supply of corn, Caes. B. G. 7, 17.— Absol.:

milites,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

nullo adhortante sibi quisque dux et instigator,

Tac. H. 1, 38.—Followed by ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

adhort. adulescentes, ut turbulenti velint esse,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9:

tandem Bruto adhortante, ne jamdudum operientes destitueret,

Suet. Caes. 81:

adhortor, properent,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35: adhortari se, to rouse or bestir one's self: ferus ipse (leo) sese adhortans rapidum incitat animo, Catull. 63, 85.

: adulati erant ab amicis et adhortati, Cassius ap. Prisc. 791 P.: punctione aliqua adhortati vel titillati, Cael. Aurel. Acut. 2, 3.

ăd-ĭpiscor, eptus, 3, v. dep. [apiscor], to arrive at, to reach.

Lit.: occepi sequi;

vix adipiscendi potestas fuit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 13.—Hence also with acc., to reach, to overtake:

fugientes Gallos Macedones adepti ceciderunt,

Liv. 44, 28; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 2, 30, 14.—Far oftener,

Fig., to attain to by effort, to get, obtain, acquire, to get possession of (by overcoming natural obstacles; diff. from impetrare, to reach or obtain by victory over another's will; and nancisci, by accident, Doed. Syn. III. pp. 145, 146;

IV. p. 369): nuptias effugere ego istas malo quam tu adipiscier,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32: senectutem ut adipiscantur, omnes optant;

eandem accusant adepti,

Cic. de Sen. 2, 4:

summos honores a populo Romano,

id. Clu. 43:

amplissimos dignitatis gradus,

id. Fam. 10, 6:

gloriam,

Vulg. Eccli. 44, 7; 46, 3:

quanta instrumenta (homo) habeat ad obtinendam adipiscendamque sapientiam,

id. Leg. 1, 22, 59 al.; so Caes. B. G. 5, 39; Nep. Them. 9; id. Chabr. 2; Sall. C. 11, 7; Liv. 1, 32; Vell. 2, 116; Tac. A. 11, 22; Suet. Aug. 16; Vulg. Heb. 6, 15.— With ex:

adeptum esse omnia e natura et animo et corpore et vitā,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. Leg. 1, 13, 35; 2, 23, 59.—With ut. adepti sunt, ut dies festos agitare possent, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21.— Absol.:

non potestis adipisci,

Vulg. Jac. 4, 2.

iis adipiscendi magistratus, they should strive for public honors (the consequens for the antecedens), Cic. Off. 1, 21, 72.—

Nero in adipiscenda morte (Epaphroditi) manu adjutus existimabatur, i. e. consciscenda, in committing suicide, Suet. Dom. 14 Oud.; cf. Ov. Tr. 2, 92; Front. 4, 4, 15; and:

invenire mortem,

Verg. A. 2, 645. —

Pass.:

non aetate, verum ingenio, adipiscitur sapientia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 88: haec [p. 37] adipiscuntur, C. Fannius ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.: amitti magis quam adipisci, Fab. Maximus, ib.;

so esp. adeptus,

Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; Sall. C. 7; id. J. 101; Tac. A. 1, 7, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Gell. 15, 13; Prisc. 790 sq.; Rudd. I. p. 288; Kritz ad Sall. C. 7, 3.—

With gen.:

arma, quīs Galba rerum adeptus est,

Tac. A. 3, 55; ib. 6, 45 (here Halm reads apisceretur); Rudd. II. p. 120; Zumpt, § 466.

admĭnĭcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [adminiculum] (orig. belonging to agriculture and botany), to prop up, to support.

Lit.:

vites adminiculatae sudibus,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13; so Col.: vitem adminiculato arborique jungito, de Arb. 16 (Cic. has for this adminiculor, q. v.).—

Trop., = adjuvo (only ante- and post-class.): adminiculavi voluntatem tuam scribendo, Varr. ap. Non. 77, 16: tribunicio auxilio adminiculati, id. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.: id ipsum, quod dicimus, ex illis quoque Homericis versibus adminiculari potest, i. e. confirmari, Gell. 2, 30; so id. 14, 2:

Di vitam hominum adminiculantes,

Censor. 3.—Hence Varr. L. L. 8, § 44 Müll., calls adverbs partes adminiculandi (orationem), auxiliaries of discourse. —Hence, admĭnĭcŭlātus, a, um, P. a., supported; hence, well furnished or provided: memoria adminiculatior, Gell. praef. 1. 1.

admĭnĭcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [adminiculum] (orig. belonging to agriculture and botany), to prop up, to support.

Lit.:

vites adminiculatae sudibus,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13; so Col.: vitem adminiculato arborique jungito, de Arb. 16 (Cic. has for this adminiculor, q. v.).—

Trop., = adjuvo (only ante- and post-class.): adminiculavi voluntatem tuam scribendo, Varr. ap. Non. 77, 16: tribunicio auxilio adminiculati, id. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.: id ipsum, quod dicimus, ex illis quoque Homericis versibus adminiculari potest, i. e. confirmari, Gell. 2, 30; so id. 14, 2:

Di vitam hominum adminiculantes,

Censor. 3.—Hence Varr. L. L. 8, § 44 Müll., calls adverbs partes adminiculandi (orationem), auxiliaries of discourse. —Hence, admĭnĭcŭlātus, a, um, P. a., supported; hence, well furnished or provided: memoria adminiculatior, Gell. praef. 1. 1.

as-sĕquor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm), sĕcūtus (or sĕquutus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep., to follow one in order to come up to him, to pursue.

A.. In gen. (only ante-class. in the two foll. exs.): ne sequere, adsequere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 73 Müll.:

Adsequere, retine,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 89.—Far more freq.,

Esp., to reach one by pursuing him:

sequendo pervenire ad aliquem: nec quicquam sequi, quod adsequi non queas,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Hence, to overtake, come up with a person or thing (with the idea of active exertion; while consequi designates merely a coming up with, a meeting with a desired object, the attainment of a wish; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 147 sq. According to gen. usage, adsequor is found only in prose;

but consequor is freq. found in the poets): si es Romae jam me adsequi non potes, sin es in viā, cum eris me adsecutus, coram agemus,

Cic. Att. 3, 5; [p. 178] poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

Pisonem nuntius adsequitur,

Tac. A. 2, 75.—In the histt. also absol.:

ut si viā rectā vestigia sequentes īssent, haud dubie adsecuturi fuerint,

Liv. 28, 16:

in Bruttios raptim, ne Gracchus adsequeretur, concessit,

id. 24, 20:

nondum adsecutā parte suorum,

arrived, id. 33, 8; Tac. H. 3, 60.—

Trop.

To gain, obtain, procure:

eosdem honorum gradus adsecuti,

Cic. Planc. 25, 60:

immortalitatem,

id. ib. 37, 90:

omnes magistratus sine repulsā,

id. Pis. 1, 2; so Sall. J. 4, 4:

regnum,

Curt. 4, 6 al.:

nihil quicquam egregium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57:

quā in re nihil aliud adsequeris, nisi ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

adsecutas virtute, ne, etc.,

Just. 2, 4.—

To attain to one in any quality, i. e. to come up to, to equal, match; more freq. in regard to the quality itself, to attain to:

Sisenna Clitarchum velle imitari videtur: quem si adsequi posset, aliquantum ab optimo tamen abesset,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2 fin.:

benevolentiam tuam erga me imitabor, merita non adsequar,

id. Fam. 6, 4 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 4 fin.:

qui illorum prudentiam, non dicam adsequi, sed quanta fuerit perspicere possint,

id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:

ingenium alicujus aliquā ex parte,

Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 5: ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum multitudinem alterius adsequatur et exaequet, Auct. ad Her. 4, 20.—

Transf. to mental objects, to attain to by an effort of the under standing, to comprehend, understand:

ut essent, qui cogitationem adsequi possent et voluntatem interpretari,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:

quibus (ratione et intellegentiā) utimur ad eam rem, ut apertis obscura adsequamur,

id. N. D. 3, 15, 38:

ut scribas ad me, quid ipse conjecturā adsequare,

id. Att. 7, 13 A fin.:

Quis tot ludibria fortunae... aut animo adsequi queat aut oratione complecti?

Curt. 4, 16, 10; Sex. Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5:

quid istuc sit, videor ferme adsequi,

Gell. 3, 1, 3:

visum est et mihi adsecuto omnia a principio diligenter ex ordine tibi scribere,

Vulg. Luc. 1, 3:

adsecutus es meam doctrinam,

ib. 2 Tim. 3, 10; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 6.

► Pass. acc. to Prisc. p. 791 P., but without an example; in Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73 fin., instead of the earlier reading, it is better to read, ut haec diligentia nihil eorum investigare, nihil adsequi potuerit; cf. Zumpt ad h. l., and Gronov. Observ. 1, 12, 107; so also B. and K.

a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.

Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.

With ad:

aspice ad me,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

aspicient ad me,

Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

aspicere ad terram,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

ad caelum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38 (Ritschl, spice):

ad Scrofam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. the epitaph of Pacuvius: Adulescens, tametsi properas, te hoc saxum rogat, Ut se[se] aspicias, etc., ap. Gell. 1, 24 fin. —(b With acc.: Aspice hoc sublimen candens, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65: templum Cereris, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 82: me, Pac. ap. Non. p. 470, 20: aspicite (me) religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25:

me huc aspice,

id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

faciem alicujus,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 9.—In Plaut. twice with contra: aspiciam aliquem [p. 176] contra oculis, Cas. 5, 3, 2: Th. Aspicedum contra me. Tr. Aspexi. Th. Vides? Tr. Video, Most. 5, 1, 56; so,

non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

formam alicujus aspicere,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

tergum alicujus,

Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 27:

me,

Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

sic obstupuerant, sic terram intuebantur, sic furtim non numquam inter se aspiciebant, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 13; so Vulg. Jer. 4, 23:

aspicis me iratus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

Liv. 9, 7, 11:

aliquid rectis oculis,

Suet. Aug. 16:

Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

Ov. M. 6, 34:

aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

id. ib. 13, 70:

aliquid oculis aequis,

Verg. A. 4, 372:

aspice vultus Ecce meos,

Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

aspice nos hoc tantum,

look on us thus much only, Verg. A. 2, 690 Wagner: Aspice Felicem sibi non tibi, Romule, Sullam, poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59.—In pass. (rare):

unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

Cic. Mil. 3:

pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

Tac. H. 2, 68; id. G. 13:

super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

id. Agr. 29; 40; id. A. 3, 45; 11, 14:

Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

Cic. Verr. 5, 67; 5, 187; id. Har. Resp. 8:

adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—

Absol.:

Vide amabo, si non, quom aspicias, os inpudens videtur,

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—

With in with acc.:

in terram aspicere,

Vulg. Psa. 101, 20; ib. Isa. 5, 30:

in caelum,

ib. Matt. 14, 9.—

With super with acc.:

super castra aspicere,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —

Transf.

a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

Col. 8, 8, 2:

cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

Tac. Agr. 24:

terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

id. G. 5.—

Of persons:

nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti nec servientium litora aspicientes,

Tac. Agr. 30.—

With the access. idea of purpose (cf.: adeo, aggredior, etc.), to look upon something in order to consider or examine it; and in gen. to consider, survey, inspect (freq. in Liv.):

hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

Ov. M. 6, 14:

Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

Liv. 42, 37:

in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

id. 42, 67 fin.:

Ap. Claudium legatum ad eas res aspiciendas componendasque senatus misit,

id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—

Trop.

In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

sic evolavit oratio, ut ejus vim atque incitationem aspexerim, vestigia ingressumque vix viderim,

observed, noticed, id. ib. 1, 35, 161:

in auctorem fidei,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

in remunerationem,

ib. ib. 11, 26.—So esp., to examine, reflect upon, to consider, weigh, ponder (most freq. in the imperat.: aspice, see, ponder, consider, etc.).

With acc.:

Postea [tu] aspicito meum, quando ego tuum inspectavero,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

neque tanta (est) in rebus obscuritas, ut eas non penitus vir ingenio cernat, si modo (eas) aspexerit,

attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—

With a finite clause.

In the subj.:

qui semel aspexit, quantum dimissa petitis Praestent, etc.,

has weighed, considered, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 96:

aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

ib. ib. 15, 47:

Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

Ov. M. 7, 70:

Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

Verg. E. 4, 52:

Aspice, Plautus Quo pacto partes tutetur amantis ephebi, ut patris attenti... Quantus sit dossennus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 170 sqq.:

Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

Verg. A. 10, 481:

aspice, si quid loquamur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4 sq.:

Aspice, qui coeant populi,

Verg. A. 8, 385:

Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—

In the indic. (rare):

Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

Verg. E. 5, 6:

Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

id. A. 6, 855:

quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

id. ib. 6, 771:

Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

id. Cat. 12, 1:

aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

Vulg. Tob. 13, 6.—Also, to take into consideration, to have in view:

si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

Ov. F. 6, 29.—

Esp.

To look upon with respect, admiration:

erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed eum magis milites quam qui praeerant, aspiciebant,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—

Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —

Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin. —

Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

perii, si me aspexerit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 91; id. Ad. 3, 3, 19:

respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; so id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

Ov. M. 2, 228; 7, 651:

aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

id. ib. 2, 443; 2, 714; 3, 69; 3, 356; 3, 486; 7, 384;

7, 791 et saep.: Quem simul aspexit scabrum intonsumque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90.—Hence trop.: lumen aspicere, to see the light for to be born:

ut propter quos hanc suavissimam lucem aspexerit, eos indignissime luce privārit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 22 fin.; cf. supra, II. B. 3.

haedus (less correctly hoedus, and archaic aedus or ēdus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 19, and see the letter H; Sabine, fedus, like fircus for hircus, cf. Varr. L.L. 5, § 97 Müll., and see the letter F), i, m. [Sanscr. huda, ram; O. H. Germ. Geiz; cf. Gr. chimaros], a young goat, a kid (cf.: hircus, caper).

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 4; 8; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; Verg. G. 4, 10; Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; id. Epod. 2, 60; Mart. 10, 87, 17.—As a fig. for wantonness:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791;

as a fig. of weakness,

Lucr. 3, 7.—

Transf., plur.: Haedi, a small double star in the hand of the Waggoner (Auriga), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; so in plur., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Col. 11, 2, 73:

pluviales Haedi,

Verg. A. 9,668; cf.

nimbosi,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 13. —In sing.:

purus et Orion, purus et Haedus erit,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 56.

am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).

A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

amplectimur tibi genua,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

effigiem Augusti amplecti,

id. A. 4, 67:

magnam Herculis aram,

id. ib. 12, 24:

serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

Lucr. 5, 34:

quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

id. 1, 135:

manibus saxa,

to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

munimento amplecti,

id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

amplectitur intra se insulam,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

Verg. E. 3, 45:

urbes amplecti muro,

Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—

Of space, to embrace:

spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

Tac. A. 12, 56:

quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

id. ib. 4, 49:

domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

Manil. 1, 536.—

Trop.

To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

id. Att. 12, 35.—

In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

id. Caecin. 14, 40:

omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—

To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

id. Mil. 72:

aliquem amicissime,

id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

Cic. Sull. 20;

opp. repudiare,

id. de Or. 1, 24;

opp. removere,

id. Cat. 4, 7:

amplecti virtutem,

id. Phil. 10, 4:

nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

causam rei publicae amplecti,

Cic. Sest. 93;

and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

id. Fl. 18.—

In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).

A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

amplectimur tibi genua,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

effigiem Augusti amplecti,

id. A. 4, 67:

magnam Herculis aram,

id. ib. 12, 24:

serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

Lucr. 5, 34:

quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

id. 1, 135:

manibus saxa,

to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

munimento amplecti,

id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

amplectitur intra se insulam,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

Verg. E. 3, 45:

urbes amplecti muro,

Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—

Of space, to embrace:

spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

Tac. A. 12, 56:

quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

id. ib. 4, 49:

domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

Manil. 1, 536.—

Trop.

To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

id. Att. 12, 35.—

In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

id. Caecin. 14, 40:

omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—

To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

id. Mil. 72:

aliquem amicissime,

id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

Cic. Sull. 20;

opp. repudiare,

id. de Or. 1, 24;

opp. removere,

id. Cat. 4, 7:

amplecti virtutem,

id. Phil. 10, 4:

nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

causam rei publicae amplecti,

Cic. Sest. 93;

and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

id. Fl. 18.—

In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

amplexor, ātus, 1, v. dep. freq. ( act. form amplexo, analog to amplecto, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60; Att. ap. Non. 470, 11; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.; Petr. 63) [amplector], to embrace, encircle (more rare than the simple verb; for the most part only anteclass., and in Cic. and eccl. Lat.).

Lit.:

aram amplexantes,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

tenebit praedam et amplexabitur,

keep it fast, Vulg. Isa. 5, 29.—Esp., in love, at greeting, parting, etc., Plaut. Truc. 5, 33; id. Mil. 5, 40: mitto jam osculari atque amplexari, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 27:

inimicum meum, sic amplexabantur, sic fovebant, sic osculabantur,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9:

Arsinoë corpore suo puerorum corpora amplexata protexit,

Just. 24, 3:

amplexatus est eum,

Vulg. Gen. 33, 4; 45, 14; ib. Jud. 19, 4.—

Trop., to love, honor, cherish, esteem:

Appius totum me amplexatur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

otium,

id. Sest. 45, 98; so id. Clu. 44; id. de Or. 3, 17; id. Fin. 4, 14: species (i. e. ideas) mirifice Plato erat amplexatus, i. e. adamaverat, suas fecerat, id. Ac. 1, 9 al.:

quae amplexamini,

Sall. C. 52, 5.