īnstinctus

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instinctus, a, um, Part., from instinguo.

instinctus, ūs, m. [instinguo], instigation, impulse (class.; mostly in abl. sing.):

oracula, quae instinctu divino afflatuque funduntur,

inspiration, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. ib. 1, 6 fin.;

1. 31, 66: sine caelesti aliquo mentis instinctu,

id. Tusc. 1, 26:

instinctu decurionum,

Tac. H. 1, 70:

instinctibus daemonum,

Lact. 4, 30: ex instinctu deorum dicere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 5.

dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).

Prop.:

divinae Matris imago,

Lucr. 2, 609:

numen,

id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

stirps,

Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

semen,

id. ib. 1, 78;

and, origo,

Liv. 1, 15:

Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

quasi divino consilio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

divina studia colere,

id. ib. 6, 18:

animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

causa divinior,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

condimenta,

enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

odor (Veneris),

Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

decoris,

id. ib. 5, 647:

ars Palladis,

id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

divinissima dona, i. e.,

most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

in this sense res divina is very freq.,

id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

religiones (opp. fides humana),

Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—

Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

res,

Cic. Lael. 6:

jura,

id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

scelera,

Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

spes,

id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,

The deity, to theion:

divina si faverint,

God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin. —

The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—

That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.

Transf.

Divinely inspired, prophetic:

aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 38:

animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

Nep. Att. 9, 1:

divinarum sagacem flammarum,

Sil. 3, 344:

divini quicquam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

also joined to humani,

id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

vates,

Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

divini pectoris carmina,

Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

divina futuri Sententia,

Hor. A. P. 218:

avis imbrium imminentium,

id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—

Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

Cic. Lael. 18:

ingenio esse divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

caelestes divinaeque legiones,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

orator,

Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

fides,

id. Mil. 33 fin.:

admurmuratio senatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

memoria,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

eloquentia M. Tullii,

Quint. 2, 16, 7:

facultas eloquendi,

id. 10, 1, 81:

ille nitor loquendi,

id. ib. 83:

illa ironia,

id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

domus,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

princeps,

Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

indulgentia,

Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.

(Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

(Acc. to II.)

By divine inspiration, prophetically:

plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —

In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).

Prop.:

divinae Matris imago,

Lucr. 2, 609:

numen,

id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

stirps,

Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

semen,

id. ib. 1, 78;

and, origo,

Liv. 1, 15:

Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

quasi divino consilio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

divina studia colere,

id. ib. 6, 18:

animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

causa divinior,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

condimenta,

enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

odor (Veneris),

Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

decoris,

id. ib. 5, 647:

ars Palladis,

id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

divinissima dona, i. e.,

most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

in this sense res divina is very freq.,

id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

religiones (opp. fides humana),

Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—

Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

res,

Cic. Lael. 6:

jura,

id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

scelera,

Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

spes,

id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,

The deity, to theion:

divina si faverint,

God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin. —

The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—

That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.

Transf.

Divinely inspired, prophetic:

aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 38:

animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

Nep. Att. 9, 1:

divinarum sagacem flammarum,

Sil. 3, 344:

divini quicquam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

also joined to humani,

id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

vates,

Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

divini pectoris carmina,

Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

divina futuri Sententia,

Hor. A. P. 218:

avis imbrium imminentium,

id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—

Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

Cic. Lael. 18:

ingenio esse divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

caelestes divinaeque legiones,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

orator,

Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

fides,

id. Mil. 33 fin.:

admurmuratio senatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

memoria,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

eloquentia M. Tullii,

Quint. 2, 16, 7:

facultas eloquendi,

id. 10, 1, 81:

ille nitor loquendi,

id. ib. 83:

illa ironia,

id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

domus,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

princeps,

Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

indulgentia,

Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.

(Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

(Acc. to II.)

By divine inspiration, prophetically:

plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —

In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).

Prop.:

divinae Matris imago,

Lucr. 2, 609:

numen,

id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

stirps,

Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

semen,

id. ib. 1, 78;

and, origo,

Liv. 1, 15:

Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

quasi divino consilio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

divina studia colere,

id. ib. 6, 18:

animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

causa divinior,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

condimenta,

enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

odor (Veneris),

Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

decoris,

id. ib. 5, 647:

ars Palladis,

id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

divinissima dona, i. e.,

most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

in this sense res divina is very freq.,

id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

religiones (opp. fides humana),

Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—

Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

res,

Cic. Lael. 6:

jura,

id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

scelera,

Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

spes,

id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,

The deity, to theion:

divina si faverint,

God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin. —

The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—

That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.

Transf.

Divinely inspired, prophetic:

aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 38:

animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

Nep. Att. 9, 1:

divinarum sagacem flammarum,

Sil. 3, 344:

divini quicquam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

also joined to humani,

id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

vates,

Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

divini pectoris carmina,

Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

divina futuri Sententia,

Hor. A. P. 218:

avis imbrium imminentium,

id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—

Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

Cic. Lael. 18:

ingenio esse divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

caelestes divinaeque legiones,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

orator,

Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

fides,

id. Mil. 33 fin.:

admurmuratio senatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

memoria,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

eloquentia M. Tullii,

Quint. 2, 16, 7:

facultas eloquendi,

id. 10, 1, 81:

ille nitor loquendi,

id. ib. 83:

illa ironia,

id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

domus,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

princeps,

Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

indulgentia,

Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.

(Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

(Acc. to II.)

By divine inspiration, prophetically:

plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —

In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

fŭrĭa, ae, f., and, more commonly, plur.: fŭrĭae, ārum, f. [furo], violent passion, rage, madness, fury.

Appellatively (only poet. for furor or rabies):

unius ob noxam et furias Ajacis Oï_lei,

Verg. A. 1, 41:

ubi concepit furias,

i. e. became furious, id. ib. 4, 474:

tauri,

Mart. 2, 43, 5:

canum,

Grat. Cyneg. 392:

in furias agitantur equae,

i. e. furious, ardent desire, Ov. A. A. 2, 478; Verg. G. 3, 244; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 68:

auri,

the fierce greediness for gold, Sil. 2, 500:

ergo omnis furiis surrexit Etruria justis,

in just fury, just wrath, Verg. A. 8, 494:

honestae (Sagunti),

Stat. S. 4, 6, 84.—

Of things: tranare sonoras Torrentum furias,

the wild raging, roaring, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 45.—

As a nom. prop.: Fŭrĭae, the three goddesses of vengeance (Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone), the Furies (syn.: Dirae, Eumenides).

Prop.:

Furiae deae sunt speculatrices, credo, et vindices facinorum et scelerum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

ut eos agitent insectenturque Furiae, non ardentibus taedis, sicut in fabulis sed angore conscientiae,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66 sq.; id. Pis. 20, 46; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 47; Verg. A. 3, 331; Hor. S. 2, 3, 135; 1, 8, 45 al.—

Transf., in gen., avenging spirits, tormenting spirits.

Plur.:

itaque eos non ad perficiendum scelus sed ad luendas rei publicae poenas furiae quaedam incitaverunt,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76:

Furiae Catilinae,

id. Par. 4, 1, 27:

sceleratum vicum vocant, quo amens, agitantibus furiis sororis ac viri, Tullia per patris corpus carpentum egisse fertur,

Liv. 1, 48, 7; cf. id. 1, 59 fin.; 40, 10, 1:

his muliebribus instinctus furiis Tarquinius circumire et prensare patres, etc.,

urged on by this female tormenting spiril, this fury of a woman, id. 1, 47, 7.—

Sing., applied to persons who are furious or who are plotting mischief, a fury. —So of Clodius:

illa furia ac pestis patriae,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33;

of the same,

id. ib. 17, 39; cf.

also: illa furia muliebrium religionum, qui non pluris fecerat Bonam Deam quam tres sorores,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 141:

hunc juvenem (i. e. Hannibalem) tamquam furiam facemque hujus belli odi ac detestor,

Liv. 21, 10, 11.

fŭrĭa, ae, f., and, more commonly, plur.: fŭrĭae, ārum, f. [furo], violent passion, rage, madness, fury.

Appellatively (only poet. for furor or rabies):

unius ob noxam et furias Ajacis Oï_lei,

Verg. A. 1, 41:

ubi concepit furias,

i. e. became furious, id. ib. 4, 474:

tauri,

Mart. 2, 43, 5:

canum,

Grat. Cyneg. 392:

in furias agitantur equae,

i. e. furious, ardent desire, Ov. A. A. 2, 478; Verg. G. 3, 244; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 68:

auri,

the fierce greediness for gold, Sil. 2, 500:

ergo omnis furiis surrexit Etruria justis,

in just fury, just wrath, Verg. A. 8, 494:

honestae (Sagunti),

Stat. S. 4, 6, 84.—

Of things: tranare sonoras Torrentum furias,

the wild raging, roaring, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 45.—

As a nom. prop.: Fŭrĭae, the three goddesses of vengeance (Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone), the Furies (syn.: Dirae, Eumenides).

Prop.:

Furiae deae sunt speculatrices, credo, et vindices facinorum et scelerum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

ut eos agitent insectenturque Furiae, non ardentibus taedis, sicut in fabulis sed angore conscientiae,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66 sq.; id. Pis. 20, 46; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 47; Verg. A. 3, 331; Hor. S. 2, 3, 135; 1, 8, 45 al.—

Transf., in gen., avenging spirits, tormenting spirits.

Plur.:

itaque eos non ad perficiendum scelus sed ad luendas rei publicae poenas furiae quaedam incitaverunt,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76:

Furiae Catilinae,

id. Par. 4, 1, 27:

sceleratum vicum vocant, quo amens, agitantibus furiis sororis ac viri, Tullia per patris corpus carpentum egisse fertur,

Liv. 1, 48, 7; cf. id. 1, 59 fin.; 40, 10, 1:

his muliebribus instinctus furiis Tarquinius circumire et prensare patres, etc.,

urged on by this female tormenting spiril, this fury of a woman, id. 1, 47, 7.—

Sing., applied to persons who are furious or who are plotting mischief, a fury. —So of Clodius:

illa furia ac pestis patriae,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33;

of the same,

id. ib. 17, 39; cf.

also: illa furia muliebrium religionum, qui non pluris fecerat Bonam Deam quam tres sorores,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 141:

hunc juvenem (i. e. Hannibalem) tamquam furiam facemque hujus belli odi ac detestor,

Liv. 21, 10, 11.

fŭrĭa, ae, f., and, more commonly, plur.: fŭrĭae, ārum, f. [furo], violent passion, rage, madness, fury.

Appellatively (only poet. for furor or rabies):

unius ob noxam et furias Ajacis Oï_lei,

Verg. A. 1, 41:

ubi concepit furias,

i. e. became furious, id. ib. 4, 474:

tauri,

Mart. 2, 43, 5:

canum,

Grat. Cyneg. 392:

in furias agitantur equae,

i. e. furious, ardent desire, Ov. A. A. 2, 478; Verg. G. 3, 244; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 68:

auri,

the fierce greediness for gold, Sil. 2, 500:

ergo omnis furiis surrexit Etruria justis,

in just fury, just wrath, Verg. A. 8, 494:

honestae (Sagunti),

Stat. S. 4, 6, 84.—

Of things: tranare sonoras Torrentum furias,

the wild raging, roaring, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 45.—

As a nom. prop.: Fŭrĭae, the three goddesses of vengeance (Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone), the Furies (syn.: Dirae, Eumenides).

Prop.:

Furiae deae sunt speculatrices, credo, et vindices facinorum et scelerum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

ut eos agitent insectenturque Furiae, non ardentibus taedis, sicut in fabulis sed angore conscientiae,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66 sq.; id. Pis. 20, 46; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 47; Verg. A. 3, 331; Hor. S. 2, 3, 135; 1, 8, 45 al.—

Transf., in gen., avenging spirits, tormenting spirits.

Plur.:

itaque eos non ad perficiendum scelus sed ad luendas rei publicae poenas furiae quaedam incitaverunt,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76:

Furiae Catilinae,

id. Par. 4, 1, 27:

sceleratum vicum vocant, quo amens, agitantibus furiis sororis ac viri, Tullia per patris corpus carpentum egisse fertur,

Liv. 1, 48, 7; cf. id. 1, 59 fin.; 40, 10, 1:

his muliebribus instinctus furiis Tarquinius circumire et prensare patres, etc.,

urged on by this female tormenting spiril, this fury of a woman, id. 1, 47, 7.—

Sing., applied to persons who are furious or who are plotting mischief, a fury. —So of Clodius:

illa furia ac pestis patriae,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33;

of the same,

id. ib. 17, 39; cf.

also: illa furia muliebrium religionum, qui non pluris fecerat Bonam Deam quam tres sorores,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 141:

hunc juvenem (i. e. Hannibalem) tamquam furiam facemque hujus belli odi ac detestor,

Liv. 21, 10, 11.

in-stringo, nxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To bind, girdle, fasten, chain (rare;

not anteAug.): aliquem vinculis,

Quint. Decl. 5, 16:

adhuc feralibus amiculis instrictus,

App. M. 10, p. 244, 14.— Absol., Isid. 19, 10, 1.—

Of a weapon, to draw, brandish, employ in attack: nam si gladium instrinxit, quid dubium est quin occidendi animo percusserit? Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3.—

Trop., to stimulate, incite:

divino spiritu instrictus,

Liv. 5, 15, 10 Drak. N. cr.; so, uxor dolore, App. M. 8, p. 211; 9, p. 225, 9 (Hild., instinctus):

haec admonitio Tauri non modo non repressit, sed instrinxit etiam nos ad elegantiam Graecae orationis affectandam,

Gell. 17, 20, 7 Hertz.