ăd-ŏlesco

prōles, is ( gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles].

Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.;

but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). — Poet.:

propagando procudere prolem,

to bring forth, produce children, Lucr. 5, 856:

prolem est enixa gemellam,

Ov. M. 9, 452:

laudantur simili prole puerperae,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19:

di Romulae genti date remque prolemque,

id. ib. 47:

et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem,

Verg. A. 1, 75:

felix prole parens,

Val. Fl. 5, 384:

tua postuma proles,

Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

aënea,

Ov. M. 1, 125:

argentea,

id. ib. 1, 114:

proles Ausonia,

the Ausonian race, Verg. A. 4, 236:

dic mihi, Teucrorum proles,

Juv. 8, 56.—In prose:

praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

proles illa futurorum hominum,

race, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ( poet.):

Ulixi,

i. e. Telemachus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40:

proles tertia Phorcus,

Ov. M. 7, 477:

Clymeneïa,

i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19:

Apollinea,

i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533:

deūm certissima proles,

Verg. A. 6, 322:

egomet Neptunia proles,

Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities:

Saturni altera proles,

Verg. A. 12, 830:

Bacchi rustica proles,

i. e. Priapus, Tib. 1, 4, 7:

Cyllenia proles,

Verg. A. 4, 268:

fulminis,

i. e. Bacchus, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25:

Jovis,

Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals:

hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit,

Lucr. 1, 259:

duellica equorum,

id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65:

jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum,

id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. — Poet., of plants:

et prolem tarde crescentis olivae,

i. e. the fruit, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—

Transf.

Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

sternitur Arcadiae proles,

Verg. A. 10, 429.—

The testicles (post-class.):

polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.

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.

ălo, ălŭi, altum, and ălĭtum, 3, v. a. (the ante-class. and class. form of the part. perf. from Plautus until after Livy is altus (in Cic. four times); alitus seems to have been first used in the post-Aug. per. to distinguish it from altus, the adj. Altus is found in Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36; Varr. ap. Non. 237, 15; Cic. Planc. 33, 81; id. Brut. 10, 39; id. N. D. 2, 46, 118; id. Fam. 6, 1; Sall. J. 63, 3;

on the contrary, alitus,

Liv. 30, 28; Curt. 8, 10, 8; Val. Max. 3, 4, 4; 5, 4, 7; 7, 4, 1; 9, 3, 8; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 10; Just. 44, 4, 12; Dig. 27, 3, 1; cf. Prisc. 897; Diom. 371; Charis. 220 P.; Wund. ad Cic. Planc. p. 201) [cf.: an-altos = insatiable, alsos = growth (of wood), 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco, elementum; Goth. alan = to bring up; Germ. alt = old; Engl. old, eld, elder, and alderman], to feed, to nourish, support, sustain, maintain (in gen. without designating the means, while nutrire denotes sustenance by animal food; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 7, 32; Doed. Syn. II. p. 99).

Lit.:

quem ego nefrendem alui, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. nefrendes, p. 163 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 5 Rib.): Athenis natus altusque,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36:

alebat eos,

Vulg. Gen. 47, 12:

esurientes alebat,

ib. Tob. 1, 20.—With natus, educatus, or a similar word, several times: Alui, educavi, Att. ap. Non. 422, 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 150 Rib.):

cum Hannibale alto atque educato inter arma,

Liv. 30, 28 (cf. II. infra):

aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; id. Hec. 4, 4, 49:

alere nolunt hominem edacem,

id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21:

quoniam cibus auget corpus alitque,

Lucr. 1, 859; 5, 221 al.:

quae etiam aleret adulescentes,

Cic. Cael. 38:

milites,

id. Verr. 5, 80:

nautas,

id. ib. 5, 87:

exercitum,

id. Deiot. 24:

magnum numerum equitatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

cum agellus eum non satis aleret,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72; so Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

locus ille, ubi altus aut doctus est,

Cic. Planc. 33, 81:

quibus animantes aluntur,

id. N. D. 2, 19:

(animus) aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43 al.:

latrociniis se suosque alebat,

Caes. B. G. 8, 47; 1, 18:

quos manus aut lingua perjurio aut sanguine civili alebat,

Sall. C. 14, 3; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 37, 3; Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

ut nepotem elephantos alere prohiberet,

Cic. Phil. 9, 4:

canes,

id. Sex. Rosc. 56:

quod alerentur regiones eorum ab illo,

Vulg. Act. 12, 20:

velut amnis imbres Quem super notas aluere ripas,

have swollen, Hor. C. 4, 2, 5:

rhombos aequora alebant,

id. S. 2, 2, 48 al.; Ov. M. 9, 339; 3, 411; and in a paradoxical phrase: infelix minuendo corpus alebat, and sustained his body by consuming it, i. e. nourished himself by his own flesh, id. ib. 8, 878 al.—Hence in pass. with the abl. = vesci, to be nourished or sustained with or by something, to live or feed upon:

panico vetere atque hordeo corrupto omnes alebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

quia viperinis carnibus alantur,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27:

locustis eos ali, etc.,

id. 7, 2, 2, § 29:

hoc cibo aliti sunt,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 35.—

Fig., to nourish, cherish, promote, increase, strengthen:

honos alit artes,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4:

in eā ipsā urbe, in quā et nata et alta sit eloquentia,

id. Brut. 10, 39:

hominis mens alitur discendo et cogitando,

id. Off. 1, 30:

haec studia adulescentiam alunt,

id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.

Ochsn. Eclog. 134 al.: civitas, quam ipse semper aluisset,

i. e. whose prosperity he had always promoted, Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

vires,

id. ib. 4, 1:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali augerique luxuriam,

Nep. Phoc. 1 fin.:

alere morbum,

id. Att. 21 fin.:

insita hominibus libido alendi de industriā rumores,

Liv. 28, 24:

regina Vulnus alit venis,

Verg. A. 4, 2:

divitiis alitur luxuriosus amor,

Ov. R. Am. 746:

alitur diutius controversia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32:

quid alat formetque poëtam,

Hor. A. P. 307 al. —Hence, altus, a, um.

arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).

Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

aether,

Ov. M. 1, 151:

sidera,

id. ib. 1, 730:

cedrus,

id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

cervix equi,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

supercilia,

i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

confragosus atque arduus clivis,

steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

ascensus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

Liv. 25, 13:

ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

mons,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

Lucr. 1, 659:

in ardua montis Ite,

Ov. M. 8, 692:

ardua terrarum,

Verg. A. 5, 695:

per arduum scandere,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

in arduo,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

in arduis ponet nidum suum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

ardua Alpium,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

castellorum,

id. A. 11, 9:

ingressi sunt ardua,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —

Trop.

That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

id arduum factu erat,

Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

victoria,

Ov. M. 14, 453:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

nil mortalibus arduum est,

id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

nec fuit in arduo societas,

Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Troublesome, unpleasant:

in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

Gell. 4, 15:

quam arduum onus,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.

► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).

Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

aether,

Ov. M. 1, 151:

sidera,

id. ib. 1, 730:

cedrus,

id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

cervix equi,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

supercilia,

i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

confragosus atque arduus clivis,

steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

ascensus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

Liv. 25, 13:

ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

mons,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

Lucr. 1, 659:

in ardua montis Ite,

Ov. M. 8, 692:

ardua terrarum,

Verg. A. 5, 695:

per arduum scandere,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

in arduo,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

in arduis ponet nidum suum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

ardua Alpium,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

castellorum,

id. A. 11, 9:

ingressi sunt ardua,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —

Trop.

That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

id arduum factu erat,

Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

victoria,

Ov. M. 14, 453:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

nil mortalibus arduum est,

id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

nec fuit in arduo societas,

Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Troublesome, unpleasant:

in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

Gell. 4, 15:

quam arduum onus,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.

► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

ex-ŏlesco, olēvi, ētum, 3, v. inch. n.

To grow out, to attain its full size, grow up.

In gen., so only in the part. perf. exo-letus, a, um, grown up, full grown, mature: exoletus qui excessit olescendi id est crescendi modum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5, 7 Müll.; cf.:

exoletus qui adolescere (olescere?) id est crescere desiit,

id. p. 80, 12 Müll.:

exoleta virgo,

Plaut. Fragm. in Prisc. p. 872 P.—

In partic., to denote an abandoned youth of ripe age:

scortum exoletum,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 17; cf.:

Clodius, qui semper secum scorta, semper exoletos, semper lupas duceret, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; so Mart. 3, 82, 8; Suet. Caes. 49; 76; id. Tib. 43; id. Calig. 24; id. Galb. 22; id. Tit. 7:

remiges,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—

To grow to an end, to stop growing (mostly ante-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.).

Prop.:

multa sunt quae neglegentiā exolescunt et fiunt sterilia,

Col. 2, 18, 3; App. M. 9, p. 232, 17.—

Transf., in gen., to grow out of use, out of date, to become obsolete, to pass away, cease: exolescentes litterae, disappearing, i. e. rubbed off, Suet. Aug. 7:

ne vetustissima Italiae disciplina per desidiam exolesceret,

Tac. A. 11, 15:

rumor validus adeo ut nondum exolescat,

id. ib. 4, 10:

antiquitus instituta,

id. H. 4, 8:

gratia pascui usu continuo,

Col. 7, 3, 20:

cum patris favor haud dum exolevisset,

Liv. 2, 52, 4; cf.:

nondum is dolor exoleverat,

Tac. A. 6, 25:

prima positio vetustate,

Quint. 1, 6, 11:

exolevit fundendi aeris ratio,

Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5:

Calchedonii in totum,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 72.—In the part. perf.:

scorta,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 12:

exoletum jam vetustate odium,

Liv. 2, 35, 8; cf. id. 27, 8, 9:

mos civitatis (with vetus),

Suet. Galb. 4:

et reconditae voces,

id. Aug. 86:

auctores,

Quint. 8, 2, 12:

histrio,

Vell. 2, 28, 3.— Absol.:

exoleta revocavit, aut etiam nova instituit,

Suet. Claud. 22.

ind-ŏles, is, f. [indu = in-olesco; indoles, incrementum, industria, Paul. ex Fest. p. 106 Müll.], an inborn or native quality, natural quality, nature (class.; cf. ingenium).

In gen.:

quae indoles in savio est!

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 10:

frugum pecudum, Liv 38, 17, 10: arborum,

Gell. 12, 1, 16.—

In partic., native quality, natural abilities of men, talents, genius, disposition:

adulescentes bonā indole praediti,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

virtutis,

id. Off. 3, 4, 16; cf.:

virtutum atque vitiorum,

Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

major ad virtutem,

Cic. Or. 13, 41:

segnis,

Tac. A. 12, 26:

praeclara,

id. H. 1, 15:

adulescens laetae indolis,

Gell. 19, 9, 1:

gener ob altam indolem adscitus,

Liv. 21, 2, 4.—In plur.:

bonae animi indoles,

Gell. 19, 12, 5.

ĭn-ŏlesco, lēvi, ŏlĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. (inolesti, Aus. Grat. Act. § 36).

Neutr., to grow in, on, or to any thing.

Lit.:

udo libro,

Verg. G. 2, 77:

necesse est multa diu concreta modis inolescere miris,

id. A. 6, 738; Sil. 8, 583:

tradux a materno sustinetur ubere dum inolescat,

Col. 4, 29, 14.—

Trop.:

assidua veterum scriptorum tractatione inoleverat linguae illius vox,

i. e. had remained fixed in his mind, Gell. 5, 21, 3:

quae nosti, meditando velis inolescere menti,

Aus. Ep. 141.—

Act., to implant:

natura induit nobis inolevitque amorem nostri et caritatem,

Gell. 12, 5, 7:

alicui semina amoris inolesti (= inolevisti),

Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 36:

inolitum nomen urbi,

Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 33 Mai.:

in moribus inolescendis,

Gell. 12, 1, 20.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, v. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete [p. 1244] (class.;

syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.:

haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

obsolevit jam oratio,

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:

vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

laus,

Tac. A. 4, 26:

enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace,

Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., old, worn out, thrown off:

erat veste obsoletā,

Liv. 27, 34:

vestitus,

Nep. Ages. 8, 2:

amiculum,

Curt. 6, 9, 25:

vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus,

in a worn-out dress, id. Pis. 36, 89:

tectum,

old, ruinous, Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

verba,

obsolete, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

obsoleta et vulgaria,

id. Quint. 18, 56.—

Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low:

crimina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 177:

gaudia,

Liv. 30, 42.— Comp.:

obsoletior oratio,

a too ordinary, too negligent style, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33:

honores,

of little worth, Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

color,

Col. 4, 30:

o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 46:

dextra obsoleta sanguine,

defiled, Sen. Agam. 977.—Hence, adv.: obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly:

paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152.

obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, v. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete [p. 1244] (class.;

syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.:

haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

obsolevit jam oratio,

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:

vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

laus,

Tac. A. 4, 26:

enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace,

Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., old, worn out, thrown off:

erat veste obsoletā,

Liv. 27, 34:

vestitus,

Nep. Ages. 8, 2:

amiculum,

Curt. 6, 9, 25:

vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus,

in a worn-out dress, id. Pis. 36, 89:

tectum,

old, ruinous, Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

verba,

obsolete, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

obsoleta et vulgaria,

id. Quint. 18, 56.—

Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low:

crimina,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 177:

gaudia,

Liv. 30, 42.— Comp.:

obsoletior oratio,

a too ordinary, too negligent style, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33:

honores,

of little worth, Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

color,

Col. 4, 30:

o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 46:

dextra obsoleta sanguine,

defiled, Sen. Agam. 977.—Hence, adv.: obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly:

paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152.