óbice

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

porta, ae (portabus for portis, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. [from root par-, to pierce, pass through; Gr. peraô, peirô, poros, ford; Lat.: peritus, ex-perior, and v. periculum], a city-gate, a gate.

Lit.:

hic (miles) portas frangit, at ille (amans) fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 20:

rectā portā invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom et vetus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60; id. Ps. 2, 2, 3:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

pedem portā efferre,

id. Att. 8, 2, 4; 7, 2, 6; Verg. A. 4, 130:

ad portam praesto esse,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

portā introire,

id. ib. 23, 55:

egressus portā Capenā,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

extra portam Collinam,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

porta Carmentalis,

Liv. 2, 49, 8:

pars egressa portis erat,

id. 3, 60, 9; 23, 46, 10:

omnibus portis effundi,

id. 24, 1, 3:

portā Capenā Romam ingressus,

id. 26, 10, 1; 33, 26, 9:

signa portis efferre,

id. 27, 2, 5:

portis ruere,

id. 27, 41, 8:

eādem portā signa infesta urbi inferre,

id. 28, 3, 13:

patefactā portā Romani erumpunt,

id. 28, 36, 8:

subito omnibus portis eruptione factā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 19; 5, 51:

omnibus portis prorumpunt,

Tac. H. 4, 20; 34:

portarum claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185:

limina portarum,

id. ib. 2, 803:

portas obice firmā claudere,

Ov. M. 14, 780:

portas reserare hosti,

id. A. A. 3, 577:

portā triumphali ducere funus,

Tac. A. 3, 47:

sanctae quoque res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 8:

vidi Portas (Carthaginis) non clausas, a proof that the people were fearless,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 23.—Connected with urbis:

qui urbis portas occuparent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

bellum a portis hujus urbis avolsum,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1.—With per (rare except in Livy):

per unam portam praesidium Romanum irrumpit,

Liv. 9, 24, 12:

paulo ante lucem per effractam portam urbem ingreditur,

id. 24, 46, 7:

per aversam portam silentio excedere,

id. 10, 34, 4; 4, 46, 6; 23, 47, 8:

elapsus per eam portam quae... ad Darii castra pervenit,

Curt. 4, 10, 25; Vulg. Gen. 34, 20:

in fastigio portae,

id. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—Prov.: porta itineri longissima, the way to the gate is the longest (sc. in making a journey), i. e. it is the first step that costs, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—

Transf., in gen., like our gate, of an avenue, entrance, passage, outlet, door of any kind (syn.: fores, janua, ostium). —Of the gates of a camp:

ab decumanā portā castra munita,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so,

principalis,

Liv. 40, 27:

quaestoria,

id. ib.:

villarum,

Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157: venti, velut agmine facto, Quā data porta, ruunt, [p. 1401] Verg. A. 1, 82.—Of a cage:

ex portā ludis emitti, said of hares,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 30: porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); Verg. G. 3, 261:

somni,

id. A. 6, 893; cf.

eburna,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 41:

ubi portitor aera recepit, Obserat umbrosos lurida porta rogos,

the portal of the infernal regions, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 8: belli portae, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 61 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.):

mortis,

Vulg. Psa. 9, 15:

inferi,

id. Isa. 38, 10:

portae, quae alibi Armeniae, alibi Caspiae, alibi Ciliciae vocantur,

passes, gorges, defiles, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Nep. Dat. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 3, 496:

solis,

the signs of Cancer and Aries in the zodiac, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12, and S. 1, 17: jecoris, a part of the liver (so too in Gr. pulê), Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137:

fluviorum,

Vulg. Nahum, 2, 6.—Of the fundament, Cat. 15, 17.—

Trop.

Et quibus e portis occurri cuique deceret, by what way, by what means, Lucr. 6, 32.—

As the symbol of strength:

portae inferi,

the powers of hell, Vulg. Matt. 16, 18.

prae-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to build before, as a preparation for other buildings, to lay a foundation:

praestructa (opp. ea) quae superposita incumbent,

Col. 1, 5, 9.—

Transf., to build up in front, to block or stop up, to make impassable or inaccessible (mostly poet.):

ille aditum vasti praestruxerat obice montis,

Ov. F. 1, 563:

hospitis effugio praestruxerat omnia Minos,

id. A. A. 2, 21:

porta Fonte praestructa,

stopped up, id. M. 14, 797; cf.:

densato scutorum compage se scientissime praestruebant,

Amm. 14, 2, 10.—

Trop., to make ready or prepare beforehand for any thing: fraus fidem in parvis sibi praestruit, prepares or secures for itself credibility in trifles, Liv. 28, 42, 7:

praestruit ad illud quod dicturus est, multa esse crimina in Verre quae, etc.,

Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 8: tacitas vindictae iras. Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 280:

prius agmina saevo praestrue Marti,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 319.—

To arrange or contrive beforehand: cum praestructum utrumque consulto esset, whereas [p. 1432] it had all been concerted beforehand, Suet. Tib. 53:

id scilicet praestruentes,

Amm. 31, 7.—Hence, praestructus, a, um, P. a., prepared:

praestructum bellis civilibus hostem,

Claud. B. Gild. 285.

quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].

As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).

Usu. with indic. pres.:

quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

quin experimur,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur):

quin continetis vocem?

Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?

Verg. A. 4, 99:

quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam?

Curt. 5, 7, 4:

quin conscendimus equos?

why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—

With imper.:

quin me aspice et contempla,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16:

quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis,

just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18:

quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere,

i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —

With subj. only in orat. obliq.:

quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent,

Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—

Transf.

As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.

In gen.:

curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54:

neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68:

nulla causast quin me condones cruci,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 26:

ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2:

facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,

I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3:

cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret,

id. Quint. 9, 32:

nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus,

id. Att. 11, 15, 3:

neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit,

id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc.,

id. Or. 61, 208:

nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem,

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

neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur,

without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79:

nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent,

without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55:

in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur,

id. B. C. 3, 53:

quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant,

Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5:

paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur,

i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time:

neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret,

id. ib. 3, 81:

nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat,

Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

horum autem nihil est quin intereat,

id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. [p. 1513] Phorm. 4, 4, 16:

nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet,

id. Heant. 4, 2, 8:

cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 4, §

7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.):

non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin,

id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

et vos non dubitatis, quin,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis?

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —

Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.:

non dubitabat, quin,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

cave dubites, quin,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 6:

non dubitabat quin... non posset,

id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

non esse dubium, quin... possent,

no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17:

neque abest suspicio, quin,

a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

quis ignerat, quin?

who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64:

dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet,

hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—

That not, as if not, as though not:

non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod,

not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv 2, 15. —

For corroboration.

But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth:

Hercle quin tu recte dicis,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77: credo;

neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20:

te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even:

credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3:

quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

quin etiam voces jactare,

Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.:

quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—

Rather, yea rather:

nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus,

Liv. 35, 26.—

In corrections, nay, rather:

non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).