ănĭmans

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ănĭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [anima and animus].

To fill with breath or air (cf. anima, I. and II.):

duas tibias uno spiritu,

to blow upon, App. Flor. 3, p. 341, 25:

bucinas,

Arn. 6, p. 196.—More freq.,

To quicken, animate (cf. anima, II. C.): quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, creat, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57; Lucr. 2, 717:

vitaliter esse animata,

id. 5, 145:

formare, figurare, colorare, animare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110. stellae divinis animatae mentibus, id. Rep. 6, 15; Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 66. —

To endow with, to give, a particular temperament or disposition of mind (cf. animus, II. B. 1. b.):

utcumque temperatus sit aër, ita pueros orientes animari atque formari, ex eoque ingenia, mores, animum fingi,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: Mattiaci ipso terrae suae solo ac caelo acrius animantur, i. e. ferociores redduntur, are rendered more spirited, * Tac. G. 29.—

In Ovid in a pregnant signif.: aliquid in aliquid animare, to transform a lifeless object to a living being, to change into by giving life (cf. anima, II. C. 3.):

guttas animavit in angues,

Ov. M. 4, 619:

in Nymphas animatā classe marinas,

id. ib. 14, 566.—

Trop., of colors, to enliven:

si quid Apellei gaudent animāsse colores,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 64.—Of torches, to light or kindle:

animare ad crimina taxos,

Claud. Rapt. 3, 386.—Sometimes = recreare, to refresh, revive:

cibo potuque animavit,

Hyg. Fab. 126:

florem,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77; so Pall. 4, 10; or in gen., to encourage, help:

ope animari, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 3: copiis,

ib. 14, 4, 10, § 5.—And with inf. = incitare, to move, incite to:

Ut hortatu vestro Eustathius, quae de scommate paulo ante dixerit, animetur aperire,

Macr. S. 7, 3.—Hence, ănĭmātus, a, um, P. a.

Animated (cf. anima, II. C.): virum virtute verā vivere animatum addecet, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17.—

(Acc. to C.) Brought or put into a particular frame of mind, disposed, inclined, minded, in some way (freq. and class.):

hoc animo decet animatos esse amatores probos,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 20: avi et atavi nostri, quom allium ac caepe eorum verba olerent, tamen optime animati erant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 7 (where the play upon olere and animati is to be noticed):

animatus melius quam paratus,

better disposed than prepared, Cic. Fam. 6, 6:

socii infirme animati,

id. ib. 15, 1:

sic animati esse debetis, ut si ille adesset,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

ut quem ad modum in se quisque, sic in amicum sit animatus,

id. Am. 16, 57:

insulas non nullas bene animatas confirmavit,

well affected, Nep. Cim. 2, 4; Liv. 29, 17:

male animatus erga principem exercitus,

Suet. Vit. 7:

circa aliquem,

Just. 14, 1:

hostili animo adversus rem publicam animatus,

Dig. 48, 4, 1: animatus in necem alicujus, Macr S. 1, 11.—In Plaut. with inf.: si quid animatus es facere, Truc. 5, 74.—

Endowed with courage, courageous, stouthearted (cf. animus, II. 2. a. and animosus;

only in ante-class. poetry): milites armati atque animati probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 18: cum animatus iero, satis armatus sum, Att. ap. Non. p. 233, 18:

hostis animatus,

id. ib. p. 233, 18.—

* Sup. Auct. Itin. Alex. 13.— Adv. not used.—

Neutr., to be animate, living (cf. anima, II. C.); so only ănĭ-mans, antis (abl. com. animante, but animanti in Cic. Tim. 6; gen. plur. animantium in Cic., animantum in Lucr., Manil. 4, 374, and App. Mag. 64, p. 536),

P. a., animate, living:

quos (deos) Vitellius ne animantes quidem esse concedat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 11:

mundum ipsum animantem sapientemque esse,

id. ib. 1, 10, 23:

animans composque rationis mundus est,

id. ib. 2, 8, 22. —Hence,

Subst., any living, animate being; an animal (orig. in a wider sense than animal, since it included men, animals, and plants; but usu., like that word, for animals in opp. to men. The gender varies in the best class. writers between masc., fem., and neutr. When it designates man, it is masc.; brutes, com. fem.; in its widest sense, it is neutr.):

sunt quaedam, quae animam habent, nec sunt animalia, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 58, 10 sq.; Lucr. 2, 669; 2, 943:

genus omne animantum,

id. 1, 4; so id. 1, 194; 1, 350; 1, 1033; 1, 1038; 2, 78; 2, 880; 2, 921; 2, 943; 2, 1063; 2, 1071; 3, 266; 3, 417; 3, 720; 5, 431; 5, 855;

5, 917: animantium genera quattuor,

Cic. Tim. 10; 11 fin.:

animantium aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

cum ceteras animantes abjecisset ad pastum, solum hominem erexit,

id. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

animantia, quae sunt nobis nota,

id. Tim. 4.—Of animals, living beings, as opp. to plants:

Jam vero vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt atque ita se erigunt, ut animantes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120.— Of man: hic stilus haud petet ultro Quemquam animantem, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 40.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

fĭgūra, ae, f. [v. fingo], a form, shape, figure (syn.: forma, species; tropus).

Lit.

In gen.:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.:

hominum, vel etiam ceterarum animantium forma et figura,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 179; and:

quae figura, quae species humanā potest esse pulchrior?... Quod si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, deus autem animans est: ea figura profecto est, quae pulcherrima sit omnium, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 18, 47 sq.;

with this cf.: esse aliquem humana specie et figura, qui, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63; Liv. 29, 17, 11:

uri sunt specie et colore et figura tauri,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 1:

gemina tauri juvenisque,

the Minotaur, Ov. M. 8, 169:

Himera in muliebrem figuram habitumque formata,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87; cf.:

figura et lineamenta hospitae,

id. ib. 36, §

89: conformatio quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

pulmonum vis et figura,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

formae figura,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69:

navium figura (shortly before: navium species),

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 2:

lapidis,

Ov. M. 3, 399:

dohorum,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90: lenticulae dimidiae, id. 27, 12, 98, § 124:

quadriangula grani,

id. 13, 22, 38, § 118:

triquetra,

id. 3, 16, 20, § 121:

rotunditatis aut proceritatis,

id. 13, 4, 9, § 49 et saep.—

Concr., a sketch, figure, drawing (lat. Lat.): figurae quae schêmata vocant, Gell. 1, 20, 1; 2, 21, 10: kubos est figura ex omni latere quadrata, id. 1, 20, 4.—

In partic.

In the lang. of the Epicurean philosophy applied to the atoms or molecular parts of bodies:

caelestem fulminis ignem Subtilem magis e parvis constare figuris,

Lucr. 2, 385; 2, 682 sq.; 778; 3, 190 al.; cf.:

illas figuras Epicuri, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere,

Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.—

Poet., a form, shade, phantom of the dead:

in somnis, cum saepe figuras Contuimur miras simulacraque luce carentum,

Lucr. 4, 34:

morte obita quales fama est volitare figuras,

Verg. A. 10, 641:

CVM VITA FVNCTVS IVNGAR TIS (i. e. tuis) VMBRA FIGVRIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4847.—

Trop., quality, kind, form, species, nature, manner.

In gen.:

de figura vocis satis dictum est,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 25:

majus et minus et aeque magnum ex vi et ex numero et ex figura negotii consideratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41:

figura orationis plenioris et tenuioris,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212; cf.:

suam quandam expressit quasi formam figuramque dicendi,

id. ib. 2, 23, 98:

occurrunt animo pereundi mille figurae,

kinds, Ov. H. 10, 81:

edidit innumeras species, partimque figuras rettulit antiquas, etc.,

id. M. 1, 436; cf.:

capiendi figurae (for which, shortly after: species capiendi),

Dig. 39, 6, 31:

condicionis,

ib. 35, 2, 30. —

In partic.

Gram. t. t., form of a word, inflection:

alia nomina, quod quinque habent figuras, habere quinque casus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 52; cf.:

non debuisse ex singulis vocibus ternas vocabulorum figuras fieri, ut albus, alba, album,

id. ib. 9, §

55: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget,

Quint. 1, 4, 29; 8, 2, 15 Spald.—

Rhet. t. t., a figure of speech, schêma, Cic. de Or. 3, 53 sq.; id. Or. 39 sq.; Quint. 9, 1 sq. et saep.—

Esp., one which contains hints or allusions, Suet. Vesp. 13; id. Dom. 10; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 82.

necnĕ, adv. [neque-ne], or not, is used in the second half of a disjunctive interrogation, corresponding to -ne or utrum, and also without a corresp interrog, particle in the first half (usually in indirect interrogations, and without repeating the verb).

In indirect interrogations.

Without [p. 1196] a verb:

quaero, potueritne Roscius ex societate partem suam petere necne,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 52:

jam dudum ego erro, qui quaeram, utrum emeris necne,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

utrum proelium committi ex usu esset necne,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50:

nunc habeam necne, incertum est,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 43:

posset agi lege necne pauci quondam sciebant,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

accipiat enim actionem necne ad eventum pertinet,

Quint. 3, 6, 73; cf. id. 1, 4, 21;

and Spald. on 7, 3, 30: idcirco quidam, comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 45.—

With a verb:

Aristo dubitat omnino, deus animans necne sit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37:

hoc doce doleam necne doleam nihil interesse,

id. Tusc. 2, 12, 29:

fiat necne fiat, id quaeritur,

id. Div. 1, 39, 86:

quaeritur sintne di necne sint,

id. N. D. 1, 22, 61:

di utrum sint necne sint, quaeritur,

id. ib. 3, 7, 17.—

In a direct interrogation (rare):

sunt haec tua verba necne?

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41.

rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n. [Gr. herpô; Sanscr. root sarp-, creep; cf. Lat. serpo, serpens], to creep, crawl (cf. serpo).

Lit.

Of animals:

repens animans,

Lucr. 3, 388:

cochleae inter saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 2:

millipeda,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

formica,

id. 37, 11, 72, § 187:

muraenae,

id. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

volpecula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29 dub.:

elephas genibus in catervas,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 20 et saep.—

Of creeping children, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Stat. Th. 9, 427.—

Of other persons in gen.:

quā unus homo inermis vix poterat repere,

Nep. Hann. 3 fin.:

super altitudinem fastigii (templi),

Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44:

Pyrrho regi, quo die periit, praecisa hostiarum capita repsisse,

id. 11, 37, 77, § 197.—

Transf., to creep, crawl, of persons travelling slowly:

milia tum pransi tria repimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25.—Of persons swimming:

qui flumen repunt,

Arn. 1, 20.— Of cranes slowly stalking, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.).—Of boats moving slowly along: aequore in alto ratibus repentibus, Poet. (Enn.?) ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll. (cf. Enn. p. 87 Vahl.;

Trag. Rel. p. 292 Rib.).—Of water flowing slowly: aqua palustris, quae pigro lapsu repit,

Col. 1, 5, 3.—

Of clouds,

Lucr. 6, 1121.—

Of fire: ignis per artus,

Lucr. 6, 661.—Of plants, Col. Arb. 4 fin.; 16, 4: genus cucurbitarum, quod humi repit, Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70; 22, 22, 39, § 82.—Of movable towers, Luc. 3, 458.—Of the stealthy advance of a snare, Stat. S. 1, 2, 60.—

Trop.:

sermones Repentes per humum,

i. e. low, common, mean, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251.