īn-flexibilis

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

Charis. p. 162 P.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

Charis. p. 162 P.

torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).

Lit.

In gen.:

cervices oculosque,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

oculum,

to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ora,

to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

oculos ad moenia,

Verg. A. 4, 220:

ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

id. ib. 3, 669:

serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

anguis,

Verg. G. 3, 38:

capillos ferro,

i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

stamina pollice,

id. M. 12, 475:

remis aquas,

id. F. 5, 644:

spumas,

Verg. A. 3, 208:

taxos in arcus,

to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

tegumen torquens immane leonis,

winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

torta circum bracchia vestis,

Tac. H. 5, 22.—

In partic.

To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

Verg. A. 6, 551:

stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

id. G. 1, 309:

jaculum in hostem,

id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

for which: hastam alicui,

Val. Fl. 3, 193:

telum aurata ad tempora,

Verg. A. 12, 536:

tela manu,

Ov. M. 12, 99:

valido pila lacerto,

id. F. 2, 11:

glebas, ramos,

id. M. 11, 30:

cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

Verg. A. 4, 208;

and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—

To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

Verg. G. 2, 247.—

To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

eculeo torqueri,

Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

aliquem servilem in modum,

Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

ira torquentium,

Tac. A. 15, 57:

servum in caput domini,

against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —

Trop.

In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

id. Or. 16, 52:

omnia ad suae causae commodum,

id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

sonum,

to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

Verg. A. 12, 180:

versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

Tac. H. 1, 85.—

In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

Quint. 12, 1, 7:

invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

Aeacus torquet umbras,

holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

vino tortus et irā,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—

To hurl, fling (of language):

curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.

Lit.:

via (labyrinthi),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

quercus,

i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,

Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —

Trop.:

condiciones,

confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

torte penitusque remota,

Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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