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fastīdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. and a. [fastidium], to feel disgust, loathing, or nausea, to shrink or flinch from any thing unpleasant to the taste, smell, hearing, etc.; to loathe, dislike, despise (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: taedet, reprobo, reicio, respuo, repudio).

Lit.

Neutr.:

bi bendum hercle hoc est, ne nega: quid hic fastidis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; cf.:

fastidientis stomachi est multa degustare,

Sen. Ep. 2:

majus infundam tibi Fastidienti poculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 78:

ut fastidis!

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 58.—

Act. (perh. not till the Aug. per.):

num esuriens fastidis omnia praeter Pavonem rhombumque?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 115:

olus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 15:

pulmentarium,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 23:

cactos in cibis,

Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

fluvialem lupum,

Col. 8, 16, 4: vinum, Poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59:

euphorbiae sucus fastidiendum odorem habet,

disgusting, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 79:

aures... redundantia ac nimia fastidiunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 116.—

Trop., of mental aversion, to be disdainful, scornful, haughty; to disdain, despise, scorn.

Neutr.:

ut fastidit gloriosus!

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 34:

vide ut fastidit simia!

id. Most. 4, 2, 4:

in recte factis saepe fastidiunt,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—

With gen. (like taedet):

fastidit mei,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 67; so, mei, Titin. ap. Non. 496, 15:

bonorum,

Lucil. ib. 18.—

Act. (perh. not before the Aug. per.).

With acc.:

(populus) nisi quae terris semota suisque Temporibus defuncta videt, fastidit et odit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 22:

vilice silvarum et agelli, Quem tu fastidis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

lacus et rivos apertos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

vitium amici,

id. S. 1, 3, 44:

preces alicujus,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

hoc lucrum,

Quint. 1, 1, 18:

grammatices elementa tamquam parva,

id. 1, 4, 6:

minores,

Mart. 3, 31, 5:

omnes duces post Alexandrum,

Just. 14, 2:

dominationibus aliis fastiditus (i. e. a prioribus principibus despectus),

Tac. A. 13, 1:

ut quae dicendo refutare non possumus, quasi fastidiendo calcemus,

Quint. 5, 13, 22:

oluscula,

Juv. 11, 80.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects: te cum fastidierit popina dives, etc.,

Mart. 5, 44, 10: somnus agrestium Lenis virorum non humiles domos Fastidit umbrosamve ripam, Hor. C. 3, 1, 23.—In the part. perf.:

laudatus abunde, Non fastiditus si tibi, lector, ero,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 31; cf.:

aliquem non fastiditis annumerare viris,

id. ib. 2, 120:

vetulus bos, ab ingrato jam fastiditus aratro,

Juv. 10, 270.—In the neutr. absol.: res ardua vetustis novitatem dare... fastiditis gratiam, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 15.—In the part. fut. pass. with supine:

quia (verba) dictu fastidienda sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—

With an object-clause:

a me fastidit amari,

Ov. R. Am. 305:

jocorum legere fastidis genus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 2; Petr. 127:

fastidit praestare hanc inferioribus curam,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

fastidit balsamum alibi nasci,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135:

an creditis, aequo animo iis servire, quorum reges esse fastidiant?

Curt. 4, 14, 16 et saep.:

ne fastidieris nos in sacerdotum numerum accipere,

Liv. 10, 8, 7:

plebs coepit fastidire, munus vulgatum a civibus isse in socios,

id. 2, 41, 4; Quint. 5, 11, 39.—Hence,

Adv.: fastīdĭenter, disdainfully, scornfully:

parentibus fastidienter appellatis,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 11.—

Part.: fastīdītus, a, um, in act. signif., disdaining, despising (post-Aug.):

ne me putes studia fastiditum,

Petr. 48.

imbēcillus ( inb-), a, um (also im-bēcillis, e, Sen. de Ira, 3, 28, 3; id. de Clem. 2, 6, 3; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 93 sq.), adj., weak, feeble (class.; cf.: debilis, imbellis).

Of the body.

Of living beings:

cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

multi sunt imbecilli senes... quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius! quam tenui aut nulla potius valetudine!

id. de Sen. 11, 35:

et absentes (amici) assunt et egentes abundant et imbecilli valent, etc.,

id. Lael. 7, 23:

imbecilliores (opp. firmiores),

Quint. 5, 10, 49:

Marius et valetudine et natura imbecillior,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 3:

nemo e nobis imbecillus fuit, cujus salus ac valetudo non sustentaretur Caesaris cura,

indisposed, Vell. 2, 114, 1.— Subst.:

imbecillorum esse aecum misererier,

Lucr. 5, 1023.—

Of things:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 13:

frons,

id. 12, 5, 4:

pulsus venarum (with exigui),

Cels. 3, 19:

imbecillissimus ac facillimus sanguis,

Sen. Ben. 4, 18:

accedent anni et tractari mollius aetas Imbecilla volet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 86:

nescio quomodo imbecillior est medicina quam morbus,

Cic. Att. 10, 14. 2:

terra infecunda ad omnia atque imbecilla,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 35:

vina (opp. valida),

id. 14, 21, 27, § 134:

imbecillissimam materiam esse omne olus,

the least nourishing, Cels. 2, 18.—In a different sense:

ovum durum valentissimae materiae est, molle vel sorbile imbecillissimae,

very easy of digestion, Cels. 2, 18:

simulacra vultus imbecilla ac mortalia sunt: forma mentis aeterna,

Tac. Agr. 46:

regnum vobis trado firmum, si boni eritis: si mali, imbecillum,

Sall. J. 10, 6.—

Of the mind:

qui eam superstitionem imbecilli animi atque anilis putent,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

ingenia,

Quint. 2, 8, 12; cf.:

imbecilliores vel animo vel fortuna,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Rep. 1, 34:

motus fortunae,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 71:

ab imbecillis accusatoribus accusari,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:

suspiciones,

Tac. A. 2, 76.— Subst.:

ignavi et imbecilli,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32; Sen. Ep. 85.—Hence, adv.: imbēcillē, weakly, feebly, faintly (very rare; perh. only in the comp.):

iis, quae videntur, imbecillius assentiuntur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

imbecillius horrent dolorem,

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.

imbēcillus ( inb-), a, um (also im-bēcillis, e, Sen. de Ira, 3, 28, 3; id. de Clem. 2, 6, 3; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 93 sq.), adj., weak, feeble (class.; cf.: debilis, imbellis).

Of the body.

Of living beings:

cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

multi sunt imbecilli senes... quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius! quam tenui aut nulla potius valetudine!

id. de Sen. 11, 35:

et absentes (amici) assunt et egentes abundant et imbecilli valent, etc.,

id. Lael. 7, 23:

imbecilliores (opp. firmiores),

Quint. 5, 10, 49:

Marius et valetudine et natura imbecillior,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 3:

nemo e nobis imbecillus fuit, cujus salus ac valetudo non sustentaretur Caesaris cura,

indisposed, Vell. 2, 114, 1.— Subst.:

imbecillorum esse aecum misererier,

Lucr. 5, 1023.—

Of things:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 13:

frons,

id. 12, 5, 4:

pulsus venarum (with exigui),

Cels. 3, 19:

imbecillissimus ac facillimus sanguis,

Sen. Ben. 4, 18:

accedent anni et tractari mollius aetas Imbecilla volet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 86:

nescio quomodo imbecillior est medicina quam morbus,

Cic. Att. 10, 14. 2:

terra infecunda ad omnia atque imbecilla,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 35:

vina (opp. valida),

id. 14, 21, 27, § 134:

imbecillissimam materiam esse omne olus,

the least nourishing, Cels. 2, 18.—In a different sense:

ovum durum valentissimae materiae est, molle vel sorbile imbecillissimae,

very easy of digestion, Cels. 2, 18:

simulacra vultus imbecilla ac mortalia sunt: forma mentis aeterna,

Tac. Agr. 46:

regnum vobis trado firmum, si boni eritis: si mali, imbecillum,

Sall. J. 10, 6.—

Of the mind:

qui eam superstitionem imbecilli animi atque anilis putent,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

ingenia,

Quint. 2, 8, 12; cf.:

imbecilliores vel animo vel fortuna,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Rep. 1, 34:

motus fortunae,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 71:

ab imbecillis accusatoribus accusari,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:

suspiciones,

Tac. A. 2, 76.— Subst.:

ignavi et imbecilli,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32; Sen. Ep. 85.—Hence, adv.: imbēcillē, weakly, feebly, faintly (very rare; perh. only in the comp.):

iis, quae videntur, imbecillius assentiuntur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

imbecillius horrent dolorem,

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.

laudo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [laus], to praise, laud, commend, extol, eulogize, approve (cf.: celebro, praed co).

Lit.

In gen.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

coram in os te laudare,

to praise to one's face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5; cf.:

in faciem,

Lact. 3, 14, 7:

vituperare improbos asperius, laudare bonos ornatius,

Cic. de Or. 2, [p. 1043] 9, 35:

et efferre aliquid,

id. ib. 2, 75, 304:

rationem,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

sententiam alicujus,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

id. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

legem ipsam,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 2:

magnifice,

id. Brut. 73, 254:

agricolam laudat juris peritus,

praises him as happy, extols his happiness, Hor. S. 1, 1, 9; so,

diversa sequentes,

id. ib. 1, 1, 3; 109: volucrem laudamus equum, praise as swift, i. e. for swiftness, Juv. 8, 57:

laudatur dis aequa potestas,

id. 4, 71.—Part. as subst.:

prava laudantium sermo,

Sen. Ep. 123, 9.— Pass. with dat.:

numquam praestantibus viris laudata est in una sententia perpetua permansio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

Germanicus cunctis laudatus,

by all, Tac. A. 4, 57 fin.:

herba laudata Eratostheni,

Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86:

laudataque quondam ora Jovi,

Ov. M. 2, 480.—

Poet., with object.-gen.:

laudabat leti juvenem,

pronounced him happy on account of his death, Sil. 4, 260.—

With in and abl.:

in quo tuum consilium nemo potest non maxime laudare,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

juvenes laudari in bonis gaudent,

Quint. 5, 12, 22:

scriptores iamborum saepe in illis laudantur,

id. 10, 1, 9.—

Pass. with inf. ( poet.):

extinxisse nefas Laudabor,

Verg. A. 2, 585.—

With quod:

quod viris fortibus honos habitus est, laudo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

laudat Africanum Panaetius, quod fuerit abstinens,

id. Off. 2, 22, 76:

jamne igitur laudas, quod de sapientibus alter Ridebat, etc.,

Juv. 10, 28:

non laudans, quod non in melius, sed in deterius, convenitis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 17.—

With quoniam:

utrumque laudemus, quoniam per illos ne haec quidem genera laude caruerunt,

Cic. Brut. 30, 116.—

With cum (very rare):

te quidem, cum isto animo es, satis laudare non possum,

Cic. Mil. 36, 99:

jam id ipsum consul laudare, cum initiatam se (Hispala) non infitiaretur,

Liv. 39, 12, 7.—

With si:

consilium laudo artificis, si munere tanto Praecipuam in tabulis ceram senis abstulit orbi,

Juv. 4, 18.—

In partic.

To pronounce a funeral oration over a person:

quem cum supremo ejus die Maximus laudaret,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75; id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5.—

In medicine, to recommend as a remedy:

apri cerebrum contra serpentes laudatur,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 152; 29, 3, 12, § 54.—

To praise, compliment, i. e. dismiss with a compliment, leave, turn from ( poet.):

laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito,

Verg. G. 2, 412: cf.:

probitas laudatur et alget,

Juv. 1, 74 —

Transf., to adduce, name, quote, cite a person as any thing:

laudare significat priscā linguā nominare appellareque,

Gell. 2, 6, 16; cf.: laudare ponebatur apud antiquos pro nominare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

id ut scias, Jovem supremum testem laudo,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 66:

quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

auctores,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 68; cf.:

ut auctoribus laudandis ineptiarum crimen effugiam,

id. ib. 3, 49, 187: auctore laudato, Cod. 8, 45, 7.—Hence, laudātus, a, um, P. a., extolled, praiseworthy, esteemed, excellent:

laudari a laudato viro,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; Naev. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

omnium laudatarum artium procreatrix,

Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

hunc ubi laudatos jactantem in sanguine vultus videt,

Ov. M. 5, 59:

olus laudatum in cibis,

Plin. 22, 22, 33, § 74.— Comp.:

saccharon et Arabia fert, sed laudatius India,

Plin. 12, 8, 17, § 32.— Sup.:

laudatissimus caseus,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241:

virgo laudatissima formae dote,

Ov. M. 9, 715.—Hence, adv.: laudātē, laudably, admirably:

regias domos laudatissime ebore adornans,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46 (al. lautissime).

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

Măcăreus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Makareus.

A son of Æolus, who lived in incest with his sister Canace, Ov. H. 11, 21; id. Ib. 564; Hyg. Fab. 242.—Hence,

Măcărēïs, ĭdis, f., = Makarêïs, daughter of Macareus, Isse; acc. Græc., Macarēïda, Ov. M. 6, 124.—

A companion of Ulysses before Troy, and afterwards of Æneas in Italy, Ov. M. 14, 159; 441.—In voc. Græc., Macareu, Ov. M. 14, 318.—

A Centaur, Ov. M. 12, 452.

Măcăreus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Makareus.

A son of Æolus, who lived in incest with his sister Canace, Ov. H. 11, 21; id. Ib. 564; Hyg. Fab. 242.—Hence,

Măcărēïs, ĭdis, f., = Makarêïs, daughter of Macareus, Isse; acc. Græc., Macarēïda, Ov. M. 6, 124.—

A companion of Ulysses before Troy, and afterwards of Æneas in Italy, Ov. M. 14, 159; 441.—In voc. Græc., Macareu, Ov. M. 14, 318.—

A Centaur, Ov. M. 12, 452.

mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.

mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. amaô, mow, reap; amê, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).

Lit.:

cum est matura seges, metendum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3:

sunt autem metendi genera complura,

Col. 2, 21, 2:

in metendo occupatos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pabula falce,

to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84:

farra,

id. F 2, 519:

arva,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.:

ut sementem feceris, ita et metes,

as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.:

ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent,

Vulg. Os. 8, 7:

qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala,

id. Prov. 22, 8:

mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur,

i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80:

sibi quisque ruri metit,

every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris;

tibi item metes,

id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.:

postremus metito,

Verg. G. 2, 410; so,

vindemiam,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.—

Transf.

In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ( poet.):

virgā lilia summa metit,

Ov. F. 2, 706:

barbam forfice,

Mart. 7, 95, 12:

capillos,

id. 10, 83, 11:

olus,

to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74:

et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper,

laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40:

ille metit barbam,

Juv. 3, 186. —

In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down:

proxima quaeque metit gladio,

Verg. A. 10, 513:

primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147:

agmina plura metam,

Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death:

metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: anankaiôs d echei bion therizein), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.—

To inhabit a region ( poet.):

qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,

Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).

Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

Mīsēnum, i, n., = Misênon, a promontory, town, and harbor in Campania, now Punta di Miseno, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Plin. Ep. 6, 20; Suet. Aug. 49; Tac. A. 4, 5; 14, 13; cf.: Misenum promontorium a Miseno tubicine Aeneae ibi sepulto est appellatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.;

also called Promontorium Misenum,

Tac. A. 14, 4;

and Miseni,

Liv. 24, 13, 6; and poet. in the plur.: Mīsēna, ōrum, Prop. 1, 11, 4.—Hence,

Mīsēnus, i, m.

In fable, son of Æolus, a trumpeter of Æneas, buried at the promontory of Misenum, whence it received its name, Verg. A. 6, 162 sq.; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 3; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. —

For Misenum; v. above.—

Mī-sēnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Misenum:

villa,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 8:

classis,

Tac. H. 3, 57.—

Mīsēnātes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Misenum, Veg. Mil. 4, 31.—

Mīsēnus, i, m. (sc. mons), the promontory of Misenum:

(mons) qui nunc Misenus ab illo dicitur,

Verg. A. 6, 234.

Mīsēnum, i, n., = Misênon, a promontory, town, and harbor in Campania, now Punta di Miseno, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Plin. Ep. 6, 20; Suet. Aug. 49; Tac. A. 4, 5; 14, 13; cf.: Misenum promontorium a Miseno tubicine Aeneae ibi sepulto est appellatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.;

also called Promontorium Misenum,

Tac. A. 14, 4;

and Miseni,

Liv. 24, 13, 6; and poet. in the plur.: Mīsēna, ōrum, Prop. 1, 11, 4.—Hence,

Mīsēnus, i, m.

In fable, son of Æolus, a trumpeter of Æneas, buried at the promontory of Misenum, whence it received its name, Verg. A. 6, 162 sq.; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 3; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. —

For Misenum; v. above.—

Mī-sēnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Misenum:

villa,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 8:

classis,

Tac. H. 3, 57.—

Mīsēnātes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Misenum, Veg. Mil. 4, 31.—

Mīsēnus, i, m. (sc. mons), the promontory of Misenum:

(mons) qui nunc Misenus ab illo dicitur,

Verg. A. 6, 234.

Mīsēnum, i, n., = Misênon, a promontory, town, and harbor in Campania, now Punta di Miseno, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Plin. Ep. 6, 20; Suet. Aug. 49; Tac. A. 4, 5; 14, 13; cf.: Misenum promontorium a Miseno tubicine Aeneae ibi sepulto est appellatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.;

also called Promontorium Misenum,

Tac. A. 14, 4;

and Miseni,

Liv. 24, 13, 6; and poet. in the plur.: Mīsēna, ōrum, Prop. 1, 11, 4.—Hence,

Mīsēnus, i, m.

In fable, son of Æolus, a trumpeter of Æneas, buried at the promontory of Misenum, whence it received its name, Verg. A. 6, 162 sq.; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 3; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. —

For Misenum; v. above.—

Mī-sēnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Misenum:

villa,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 8:

classis,

Tac. H. 3, 57.—

Mīsēnātes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Misenum, Veg. Mil. 4, 31.—

Mīsēnus, i, m. (sc. mons), the promontory of Misenum:

(mons) qui nunc Misenus ab illo dicitur,

Verg. A. 6, 234.