Ăraxes

Ăraxes, is, m., = Araxês.

A river in Armenia Major, now Aras, Verg. A. 8, 728; Prop. 4, 11, 8; Sen. Hippol. 47; Plin. 6, 9, 9, § 25; Mel. 3, 5, 5.— Trop., a dweller on the Araxes:

pharetratus Araxes,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 32.—

A river in Persia, now Bendemir, Curt. 4, 5, 21. [p. 151]

ē-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin ēvŏlŭam, Cat. 66, 74:

ēvŏlŭisse,

Ov. H. 12, 4), v. a., to roll out, roll forth; to unroll, unfold (class.).

Lit.:

(vis venti) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

Lucr. 6, 141; cf.

silvas,

Ov. M. 12, 519:

cadavera turribus,

Luc. 6, 171:

montes corpore,

Ov. M. 5, 355:

saxa nudis lacertis,

Luc. 3, 481:

intestina,

Cels. 7, 16 et saep.:

vestes,

to open, unfold, Ov. M. 6, 581:

volumen epistolarum,

to open, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

panicum furfure,

i. e. to cleanse, purge, Col. 2, 9 fin.:

quae postquam evolvit,

unfolds, evolves, Ov. M. 1, 24 et saep.:

amnis prorutam in mare evolvendo terram praealtas voragines facit,

Liv. 44, 8; cf.

aquas (Araxes),

Curt. 5, 4, 7.—

Evolvere se, or mid. evolvi, to roll out, roll forth, glide away:

evolvere posset in mare se Xanthus,

discharge itself, Verg. A. 5, 807; cf.:

Danubius in Pontum vastis sex fluminibus evolvitur,

empties, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79:

species (anguis) evoluta repente,

Liv. 26, 19, 7:

per humum evolvuntur,

roll themselves along, Tac. G. 39.—

Transf.

To unroll and read a book:

evolve diligenter ejus eum librum qui est de animo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

volumina,

Quint. 2, 15, 24:

fastos,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 112; Ov. F. 1, 657:

versus,

id. Tr. 2, 307:

jocos,

id. ib. 2, 238; cf.

transf.: poëtas,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.

auctores,

Suet. Aug. 89:

auctores penitus,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

antiquitatem,

Tac. Or. 29 fin. —

To draw out a thread, i. e. to spin, said of the Fates:

quae seriem fatorum pollice ducunt Longaque ferratis evolvunt saecula pensis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 53; and pregn., to spin out, i. e. to spin to an end, said of the Fates:

tunc, quae dispensant mortalia fata, sorores Debuerant fusos evoluisse meos,

Ov. H. 12, 4.—

To obtain, raise:

in hoc triduo Aut terra aut mari alicunde aliqua evolvam argentum tibi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 83.—

Trop.

In gen.: si qui voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere, to unroll, i. e. to clear up (the figure being taken from a book), Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

exitum criminis,

id. Cael. 23:

promissa evolvit somni,

i. e. turns over, revolves, Sil. 3, 216; cf.:

secum femineos dolos,

Sen. Agam. 116:

evolutus integumentis dissimulationis (with nudatus),

unwrapped, stripped, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350:

evolutus bonis,

robbed, Sen. Ep. 74; cf.:

sede patria rebusque summis,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

ex praeda clandestina,

driven away, Liv. 6, 15:

nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis,

Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 5:

se omni turba,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 56.—

In partic., to unfold, disclose, narrate:

naturam rerum omnium,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36: oras belli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 ed. Vahl.):

totam deliberationem accuratius,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7:

rem propositam,

Quint. 1, 1, 20:

condita pectoris,

Cat. 66, 74:

seriem fati,

Ov. M. 15, 152:

haec,

Verg. G. 4, 509 et saep.; cf. with a rel.-clause, Lucr. 1, 954.—

To roll away, of time, i. e. to pass, elapse:

evolutis multis diebus,

Vulg. Gen. 38, 12:

cum evolutus esset annus,

id. 2 Par. 24, 23:

evoluto tempore,

id. Esth. 2, 15.

in-dignor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. indignarier for indignari, Lucr. 3, 870), v. dep. a. [in-dignus], to consider as unworthy or improper, to be angry or displeased at, to be indignant (syn. stomachor).

In gen. (class.).

With acc.:

se ipsum, Lucr. l. l.: ea, quae indignentur adversarii, tibi quoque indigna videri,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 24; Sen. Tranq. 10:

suam vicem,

Liv. 2, 31 fin.:

imperia,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

casum insontis amici,

Verg. A. 2, 93 al. —

With quod:

indignantes milites, quod conspectum suum hostes ferre possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 4; Verg. A. 5, 651.—

With si: nos homunculi indignamur, si quis nostrum interiit, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; so Curt. 6, 5, 5.—

With inf. or acc. and inf.:

cedere peritis indignantur,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

vinci,

Ov. M. 10, 604:

regem ad causam dicendam evocari,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108; so Sall. J. 31, 9; Quint. 10, 1, 101:

veteri parere clienti,

Juv. 5, 64 al. —

With dat. (only post-class.):

quique contaminationi non indignatur,

Dig. 48, 5, 2.—

Absol.:

utrum ridere audientes an indignari debuerint,

Quint. 6, 3, 83; so id. 11, 3, 58; 61; 123 al.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

(venti) indignantes Circum claustra fremunt,

Verg. A. 1, 55:

pontem indignatus Araxes,

disdaining to bear, id. ib. 8, 728:

indignatum magnis stridoribus aequor,

id. G. 2, 162.—

In partic., of wounds, to injure, damage:

ne tumentia indignentur,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 3, 13.— Hence,

indignandus, a, um, P. a., that at which one should be indignant, deserving of indignation:

(vestis) lecto non indignanda saligno,

Ov. M. 8, 660; Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

indignans, antis, P. a., that cannot endure or suffer any thing, impatient, indignant (a favorite word of Ovid):

genus indignantissimum servitutis,

Col. 8, 17, 7:

verbaque quaerenti satis indignantia linguae Defuerunt,

Ov. M. 6, 584:

pectus,

id. F. 4, 896; cf.

corda,

Stat. Th. 3, 599:

bella gerunt venti, fretaque indignantia miscent,

Ov. M. 11, 491.— Adv.: indignanter, indignantly, with indignation (post-class.):

mussitare,

Arn. 3, 103:

ferre,

Amm. 15, 1, 3.

Mēdi, ōrum, m., = Mêdoi, the Medes; poet. also for the Assyrians, Persians, Parthians, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41; Hor. C. 1, 2, 51; 2, 16, 6; Luc. 8, 386; Pers. 3, 53.—In sing.:

Medusque et Indus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 42:

pervigil,

Val. Fl. 5, 604.—Hence,

Mēdus, a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, etc.:

Hydaspes,

Verg. G. 4, 211:

acinaces,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 5:

sagittae,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 11), 11: flumen, i. e. doubtless the Euphrates, the most famous river of the remote East; though some understand it to mean the river Medus, a small branch of the Araxes, mentioned by Strabo, Hor. C. 2, 9, 21.—

Mēdĭa, ae, f., = Mêdia, a country lying between Armenia, Parthia, Hyrcania, and Assyria, the modern Azerbijan, Shirvan, Ghilan, and Mazanderan, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 114; Verg. G. 2, 126.—

Mēdĭcus, a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, Persian, etc.:

vestis,

Persian, Nep. Paus. 3:

rura,

Luc. 8, 368:

arbor,

the orange-tree, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15: mala, Assyrian, i. e. oranges, citrons, id. 15, 14, 14, § 47:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 71:

dea,

i. e. Nemesis, a statue of Parian marble, Aus. Ep. 24, 54.— Mē-dĭcus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Verus, on account of his victory over the Medes, Capitol. Verr. 7; v. Medica.

Mēdus, a, um, v. Medi, II. A.

Mēdus, i, m., son of Ægeus and Medea; the title of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114.

Mēdus, i, m., = Mêdos, a small river of Persia, a tributary of the Araxes, now the Polwar, Curt. 5, 4, 7; v. also Medi.