ōdī

pĕr-ōdi, ōsus, ōdisse, v. a., to hate greatly, to detest (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

plebs consulum nomen perosa erat,

Liv. 3, 34, 8 Drak.:

omnes, qui legitimam disciplinam non sint perosi,

Quint. 1, 10, 30; Col. 9, 5, 2: populum Romanum perosi sunt, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21:

culpam,

Manil. 5, 409.—Usually,

In part. perf.: pĕrōsus, a, um.

In act. signif., detesting, hating greatly:

lucem perosi,

Verg. A. 6, 435:

genus omne Femineum,

id. ib. 9, 141:

Creten longumque perosus Exsilium,

Ov. M. 8, 183:

ignem,

id. ib. 2, 379:

opes,

id. ib. 11, 146:

Achillem,

id. ib. 12, 582; 14, 693; id. Tr. 4, 4, 81:

superbiam regis,

Liv. 3, 39, 4; Col. 8, 8, 6; 8, 11, 16; Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. A. 4, 67; 14, 26; 16, 14; id. H. 2, 16; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4:

perosus decemvirorum scelera,

Liv. 3, 58, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 1; Prud. steph 3, 41.—

In pass. signif., thoroughly hated or hateful (post-class.):

thalami,

Juvenc. 3, 482:

deo,

Tert. Poen. 5.— Comp.:

veritas tanto perosior quanto plenior,

Tert. Anim. 1 fin.:

nihil deo perosius gloria,

id. Virg. Vel. 16.—Hence, adv.: pĕrōsē, hatefully, App. Mag. 38.

pĕr-ōdi, ōsus, ōdisse, v. a., to hate greatly, to detest (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

plebs consulum nomen perosa erat,

Liv. 3, 34, 8 Drak.:

omnes, qui legitimam disciplinam non sint perosi,

Quint. 1, 10, 30; Col. 9, 5, 2: populum Romanum perosi sunt, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21:

culpam,

Manil. 5, 409.—Usually,

In part. perf.: pĕrōsus, a, um.

In act. signif., detesting, hating greatly:

lucem perosi,

Verg. A. 6, 435:

genus omne Femineum,

id. ib. 9, 141:

Creten longumque perosus Exsilium,

Ov. M. 8, 183:

ignem,

id. ib. 2, 379:

opes,

id. ib. 11, 146:

Achillem,

id. ib. 12, 582; 14, 693; id. Tr. 4, 4, 81:

superbiam regis,

Liv. 3, 39, 4; Col. 8, 8, 6; 8, 11, 16; Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. A. 4, 67; 14, 26; 16, 14; id. H. 2, 16; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4:

perosus decemvirorum scelera,

Liv. 3, 58, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 1; Prud. steph 3, 41.—

In pass. signif., thoroughly hated or hateful (post-class.):

thalami,

Juvenc. 3, 482:

deo,

Tert. Poen. 5.— Comp.:

veritas tanto perosior quanto plenior,

Tert. Anim. 1 fin.:

nihil deo perosius gloria,

id. Virg. Vel. 16.—Hence, adv.: pĕrōsē, hatefully, App. Mag. 38.

praebĕo, ŭi, ĭtum (old inf. praeberier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; id. Am. 4, 2, 7), 2, v. a. [contr. from praehibeo, q. v. from prae-habeo], to hold forth, reach out, proffer, offer (class., esp. in the trop. signif.; syn.: ministro, suppedito, suggero).

Lit.:

canis parvulo praebens ubera,

Just. 1, 4:

cibum de manu,

Col. 9, 1, 6: collum cultris, Juv [p. 1411] 10, 269:

praebenda gladio cervix,

id. 10, 345:

jugulum,

Sen. Agam. 973:

cervicem,

Petr. 97:

os ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

verberibus manus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 16:

aures,

to give ear, listen, attend, Liv. 38, 52; Vulg.Sap. 6, 3: aurem, id. Job, 6, 28.—

Transf., in gen., to give, grant, furnish, supply:

aurum, vestem, purpuram Bene praebeo, nec quicquam eges,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 11:

panem,

Nep. Them. 10, 3:

sumptum,

Just. 31, 4, 1:

spectaculum,

Sall. J. 14, 23:

sponsalia,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 1: vicem, to supply the place of:

vicem postium,

to supply the place of posts, serve as posts, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:

eundem usum,

id. 28, 11, 49, § 179.—

Trop., to give, grant, furnish, render, cause, make, occasion; to show, exhibit, represent; and with se, to show, approve, behave one's self in a certain manner:

operam reipublicae,

Liv. 5, 4:

materiam seditionis,

id. 3, 46:

honorem alicui,

Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19 (al. perhibuit):

fidem alicui in periculis,

Nep. Att. 4, 4.—Esp. with se and acc. of adj.:

se talem alicui, qualem, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11:

in re misericordem et in testimonio religiosum se praebuit,

id. Caecin. 10, 26:

Pompeius se auctorem meae salutis praebuit,

id. Sest. 50, 107:

in eo vehementer se moderatum praebere,

id. Off. 2, 21, 73:

se in malis hominem praebuit,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 3:

se dignum suis majoribus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 3:

in eos, qui ea perficere voluerunt, me severum vehementemque praebeo,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

me similem in utroque praebui,

towards both, id. Sull. 8, 16.—With nom. of adj. (very rare):

ut vobis videtur, praebebit se periculis fortis,

Sen. Ep. 85, 26.—With abl.:

pari se virtute praebuit,

Nep. Dat. 2, 1:

in eo magistratu pari diligentiā se Hannibal praebuit,

id. Hann. 7, 5.—So, also, without se:

Phormio in hac re ut aliis strenuum hominem praebuit,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 12; so, too, in neutr. signif. of a woman, to surrender herself to her lover:

odi quae praebet, quia sit praebere necesse,

Ov. A. A. 2, 685:

praebere se legibus,

i. e. to resign one's self to, submit to, Sen. Ep. 70, 9:

praebere causam tollendi indutias,

to give, Liv. 30, 4:

suspicionem insidiarum,

Nep. Dat. 10, 3:

spem impunitatis aut locum peccandi,

Col. 11, 1:

gaudium et metum,

Liv. 25, 27:

tumultum,

id. 28, 1:

opinionem timoris,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

sonitum,

Liv. 7, 36:

caput argutae historiae,

matter for an entertaining story, Prop. 3 (4), 20, 28:

ludos,

to furnish sport, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 9.—With an obj.-clause, to permit, allow, let a thing be done ( poet.):

quae toties rapta est, praebuit ipsa rapi,

suffered herself to be carried off, Ov. H. 5, 132.—Hence, praebĭta, ōrum, n., what is furnished for support, allowance (postAug.):

annua,

Col. 1, 8, 17:

praebitis annuis privavit,

Suet. Tib. 50.

pŭer, ĕri (old voc. puere, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2; 5, 2, 42; id. Most. 4, 2, 32 et saep.; Caecil. and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; gen. plur. puerūm, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50), m. (v. infra) [root pu-, to beget; v. pudes; and cf. pupa, putus], orig. a child, whether boy or girl:

pueri appellatione etiam puella significatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 163.—Thus, as fem.: sancta puer Saturni filia, regina, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

prima incedit Cereris Proserpina puer,

i.e. daughter of Ceres, Naev. ib. p. 697 P.: mea puer, mea puer, Poët. ap. Charis. p. 64 P.; Ael. Stil. and As. ib. p. 64 P.—Hence, freq. in the plur. pueri, children, in gen., Plaut. Poen. prol. 28; 30:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

cinis eorum pueros tarde dentientes adjuvat cum melle,

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7; id. C. 4, 9, 24.—

In partic.

A male child, a boy, lad, young man (strictly till the seventeenth year, but freq. applied to those who are much older):

puero isti date mammam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1:

aliquam puero nutricem para,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 104; 5, 2, 4:

homini ilico lacrimae cadunt Quasi puero,

id. Ad. 4, 1, 21:

quo portas puerum?

id. And. 4, 3, 7:

nescire quid antea quam natus sis, acciderit, id est semper esse puerum,

Cic. Or. 34, 120; Ov. P. 4, 12, 20:

laudator temporis acti Se puero,

when he was a boy, Hor. A. P. 173; cf.:

foeminae praetextatique pueri et puellae,

Suet. Claud. 35.—A puero, and with plur. verb, a pueris (cf. Gr. ek paidos, ek paidôn), from a boy, boyhood, or childhood (cf. ab):

doctum hominem cognovi, idque a puero,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4; id. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

diligentiā matris a puero doctus,

id. Brut. 27, 104;

Hor S. 1, 4, 97: ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2.—In like manner: ut primum [p. 1487] ex pueris excessit Archias, as soon as he ceased to be a child, Cic. Arch. 3, 4.—

A grown-up youth, young man, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

puer egregius praesidium sibi primum et nobis, deinde summae rei publicae comparavit, of Octavian at the age of nineteen,

id. ib. 12, 25, 4 (cf. Vell. 2, 61, 1; Tac. A. 13, 6); cf.

of the same: nomen clarissimi adulescentis vel pueri potius,

Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3;

of Scipio Africanus, at the age of twenty,

Sil. 15, 33; 44 (coupled with juvenis, id. 15, 10 and 18);

of Pallas, in military command,

Verg. A. 11, 42.—

An unmarried man, a bachelor, Ov. F. 4, 226.—

As a pet name, or in familiar address, boy, fellow, Cat. 12, 9; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—

Transf.

A little son, a son ( poet.), Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 72:

Ascanius puer,

Verg. A. 2, 598:

tuque (Venus) puerque tuus (Cupido),

id. ib. 4, 94; cf. Hor. C. 1, 32, 10:

Latonae puer,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37:

Semeles puer,

id. ib. 1, 19, 2:

deorum pueri,

id. A. P. 83; 185.—

A boy for attendance, a servant, slave:

cedo aquam manibus, puer,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

Persicos odi, puer, apparatus,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 1; 2, 11, 18; 4, 11, 10:

hic vivum mihi cespitem ponite, pueri,

id. ib. 1, 19, 14:

cena ministratur pueris tribus,

id. S. 1, 6, 116:

tum pueri nautis, pueris convicia nautae Ingerere,

id. ib. 1, 5, 11:

regii,

royal pages, Liv. 45, 6; Curt. 5, 2, 13:

litteratissimi,

Nep. Att. 13, 3; Juv. 11, 59; Dig. 50, 16, 204.—

As adj., youthful:

puera facies,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 217.

pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3 (old fut. perf. pepugero, Att. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 10; perf. punxi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.:

pupungi, in pungit, punxit, pupungit,

Not. Tir. p. 131; scanned pŭpūgi, Prud. steph. 9, 59), v. a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence also pugil, pugnus; Gr. pux, etc.], to prick, puncture (class.).

Lit.:

aliquem,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24:

acu comatoriā mihi malas pungebat,

Petr. 21:

vulnus quod acu punctum videretur,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65.—

Transf.

To pierce into, penetrate, enter:

corpus,

Lucr. 2, 460 (v. the passage in connection).—

To affect sensibly, to sting, bite: ut pungat colubram: cum pupugerit, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.:

pungunt sensum,

Lucr. 4, 625:

aliquem manu,

to pinch, Petr. 87 fin.:

nitrum adulteratum pungit,

has a pungent taste, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—

To press, hasten:

futura pungunt, nec se superari sinunt,

Pub. Syr. v. 177 Rib.—

Trop., to prick, sting, vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy, etc.:

scrupulus aliquem stimulat ac pungit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

epistula illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 158:

pungit me, quod scribis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 1:

si paupertas momordit, si ignominia pupugit,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

quos tamen pungit aliquid,

id. ib. 5, 35, 102:

odi ego, quos numquam pungunt suspiria somnos,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27. —Hence, punctus, a, um, P. a., pricked in, like a point; hence, of time: puncto tempore (cf.: puncto temporis; v. infra), in an instant, in a moment (only in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 263; 456; 1006; 4, 216; 6, 230.—Hence, subst. in two forms.

punctum, i, n., that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture.

Lit. (very rare), Mart. 11, 45, 6.—

Transf.

A point, small spot (as if made by pricking):

ova punctis distincta,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 144:

gemma sanguineis punctis,

id. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

puncta quae terebrantur acu,

Mart. 11, 46, 2:

ferream frontem convulnerandam praebeant punctis,

i. e. with the marks of slavery, Plin. Pan. 35.—

In partic.

A point made in writing, Aus. Epigr. 35, 1; 145, 5;

as a punctuation mark,

Diom. p. 432 P.—

A mathematical point. Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—

A point or spot on dice: quadringenis in punctum sestertiis aleam lusit, Suet. Ner. [p. 1492] 30; Aus. Prof. 1, 29.—

A point or dot as the sign of a vote, made in a waxen tablet, before the introduction of separate ballots;

hence, transf.,

a vote, suffrage, ballot, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Mur. 34, 72; id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—Hence, poet., applause, approbation:

omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,

Hor. A. P. 343:

discedo Alcaeus puncto illius,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 99; Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 5.—

A point on the bar of a steelyard, indicating the weight:

diluis helleborum, certo compescere puncto nescius examen,

Pers. 5, 100.—

A small part of any thing divided or measured off, e.g.,

A small weight, Pers. 5, 100.—

A small liquid measure, Front. Aquaed. 25.—

A small portion of time, an instant, a moment (cf. momentum):

puncto temporis eodem,

in the same moment, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; cf.:

ne punctum quidem temporis,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 7:

nullo puncto temporis intermisso,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 52; Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—In plur.:

omnibus minimis temporum punctis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 67:

animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

temporis puncto omnes Uticam relinquunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.; Plin. Pan. 56:

horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

diei,

Lucr. 4, 201.—Rarely absol.:

punctum est quod vivimus et adhuc puncto minus,

Sen. Ep. 49, 14, 3:

puncto brevissimo dilapsa domus,

App. M. 9, p. 235, 30; cf.:

quod momentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile aut vacuum laude,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2; Vulg. Isa. 54, 7.—

In space, a point:

ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri, quo quasi punctum ejus attingimus, poeniteret,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—

In discourse, a small portion, brief clause, short section, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Aus. Idyll. 12 prooem.—

puncta, ae, f. (very rare), a prick, puncture, Veg. Mil. 1, 12.

sēdĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [seditio].

Full of civil discord, factious, turbulent, mutinous, seditious (freq. and class.;

syn.: tumnltuosus, turbulentus): adhortari adulescentes, ut turbulenti, ut seditiosi, ut perniciosi cives velint esse,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; so,

seditiosus et turbulentus civis,

id. de Or. 2, 11, 48; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 135:

qui pro republicā seditiosum civem toties compescuisset,

Quint. 11, 1, 40:

seditiosi tribuni plebis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44; cf.:

triumviri seditiosissimi,

id. Rep. 1, 19, 31:

seditiosissimus quisque,

Tac. A. 1, 44; id. H. 2, 66; 4, 34; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp. of language:

in summam invidiain contionibus cum cottidianis seditiosis et turbulentis adduxerat,

Cic. Clu. 37, 103:

seditiosa atque improba oratio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

seditiosissima oratio, Auct. B. Afr. 28, 2: seditiosae voces,

Liv. 6, 20; Tac. H. 3, 50:

seditiosis vocibus regem increpare,

Curt. 9, 4, 16; 10, 2, 12:

seditiosior contio (Q. Pompeii),

Ascon. Cic. Mil. 17, 45, p. 49 Orell.:

tribunatus L. Saturnini,

Suet. Caes. 12.—

Transf.

In gen., quarrelsome:

ego illam (Clodiam) odi. Ea est enim seditiosa: ea cum viro bellum gerit, etc.,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5.—

Exposed to discord, troubled:

seditiosa ac tumultuosa vita,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Adv.: sēdĭtĭōsē, seditiously (acc. to I.), Cic. Clu. 1, 2; id. Mil. 3, 8; Liv. 4, 6; Tac. A. 3, 12.— Comp., Tac. H. 5, 12.— Sup., Cic. Att. 2, 21, 5.

ulciscor, ultus, 3, v. inch. dep. [etym. dub.].

To avenge one's self on, take vengeance on, or punish for wrong done (very freq. and class.; cf.: vindico, punio, persequor).

With a personal object:

ego pol illum ulciscar hodie Thessalum veneficum, Qui, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 4, 5, 9:

ego illum fame, ego illum Siti, maledictis, malefactis, amatorem Ulciscar,

id. Cas. 2, 1, 10:

inimicos,

id. Trin. 3, 1, 18:

aliquem pro scelere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

ulciscendi Romanos pro iis, quas acceperant, injuriis occasio,

id. ib. 5, 38:

odi hominem et odero: utinam ulcisci possem! sed illum ulciscentur mores sui,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 2:

numquam illum res publica suo jure esset ulta,

id. Mil. 33, 88:

quos ego non tam ulcisci studeo, quam sanare,

id. Cat. 2, 8, 17:

quos intellegis non, ut per te alium, sed ut per alium aliquem te ipsum ulciscantur, laborare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 22:

victos acerbius,

Sall. J. 42, 4:

Alphesiboea suos ulta est pro conjuge fratres,

Prop. 1, 15, 15 (19):

ulta pellicem,

Hor. Epod. 3, 13; 5, 63; cf.:

inimici ulciscendi causā,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18:

ejus casūs, quem ulciscitur,

Quint. 6, 1, 18.— Absol.:

has tris ulciscendi rationes Taurus scriptas reliquit,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.—

To take revenge for, to avenge, punish injustice, wrongs, etc.;

with a non-personal object: quā in re Caesar non solum publicas sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

statuerunt, istius injurias per vos ulcisci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; id. Fam. 12, 1, 2:

injurias rei publicae,

id. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

Etruscorum injurias bello,

id. Rep. 2, 21, 38:

cum alii ulcisci dolorem aliquem suum vellent,

id. Sest. 20, 46:

injuriam,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 72:

peccata peccatis et injurias injuriis,

id. Inv. 2, 27, 81 al.; cf.:

ultum ire injurias festinare,

to proceed to revenge, to revenge, Sall. J. 68, 1:

ultum ire scelera et injurias,

Quint. 11, 1, 42:

istius nefarium scelus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68:

patrui mortem,

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 14:

senis iracundiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12:

offensas tuas,

Ov. Tr. 2, 134:

barbaras Regum libidines,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 8:

illatum a Persis Graeciae bellum,

Just. 2, 15, 13.—

Transf., with the person to whom wrong has been done as the object, to take vengeance for, to avenge a person (much less freq. but class.):

quos nobis poëtae tradiderunt patris ulciscendi causā supplicium de matre sumpsisse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66; Auct. Her. 1, 16, 26:

caesos fratres,

Ov. M. 12, 603:

fratrem,

id. ib. 8, 442:

patrem justa per arma,

id. F. 3, 710:

numen utrumque,

id. ib. 5, 574:

cadentem patriam,

Verg. A. 2, 576:

quibus (armis) possis te ulcisci lacessitus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

se,

id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87; Plin. Ep. 8, 7, 2; Ov. M. 7, 397; id. P. 1, 8, 20:

Hannibal se a transfugis ultus est,

Front. Strat. 3, 16, 4.— Transf., of things:

a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur: contactum namque eo celerius subinde rubiginem trahit,

Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.—With the two constructions combined:

non hercle ego is sum, qui sum, ni hanc injuriam meque ultus pulcre fuero,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 7.

Act. collat. form ulcisco, ĕre: nisi patrem materno sanguine exanclando ulciscerem, Enn. ap. Non. 292, 16 (Trag. v. 184 Vahl.).—

ulciscor, ci, in a passive signif.:

quicquid sine sanguine civium ulcisci nequitur, jure factum sit,

Sall. J. 31, 8: ob iras graviter ultas, graviter ultae, Liv 2, 17, 7; so,

ultus,

avenged, Val. Fl. 4, 753:

ulta ossa patris,

Ov. H. 8, 120.

văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).

In gen.

Lit., of space, etc.

Absol.:

quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

Lucr. 1, 507; so,

spatium,

id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

inane,

id. 1, 520:

villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

tota domus superior vacat,

id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

aedes,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

Ov. M. 2, 256:

odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—

With abl. (so most freq.):

illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

mens vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

hoste vacare domos,

Verg. A. 3, 123:

(domus) quae Igne vacet,

Ov. M. 2, 764:

custode vacans,

id. ib. 2, 422:

ora vacent epulis,

i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —

With ab:

haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.

With abl.:

ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

studiis,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

curā et negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

vitio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

culpā,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

criminibus,

Quint. 10, 1, 34:

febri,

Cels. 2, 14 med.:

morbis,

Dig. 21, 1, 53:

amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

(rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

id. Deiot. 9, 27:

a publico officio et munere,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

ab opere (milites),

Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

Liv. 7, 1:

vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

Col. 12, 3, 8:

a culpā,

Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

a periculo,

id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

a negotiis,

Phaedr. 3 prol.—

In partic.

To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

si vacabis,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

si forte vacas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—

After the Aug. per. esp. freq.

Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

huic uni negotio vacare,

Vell. 2, 114, 1:

ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

Curt. 6, 7, 21:

paulum etiam palaestricis,

Quint. 1, 11, 15:

studio operis pulcherrimi,

id. 12, 1, 4:

foro,

id. 10, 1, 114:

clientium negotiis,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

Quint. 12, 1, 10:

libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

Suet. Aug. 45:

queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—

Vacare ad aliquid:

non vaco ad istas ineptias,

Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

in grande opus,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

sternere acies,

Stat. Th. 8, 185.—

Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

Quint. 10, 1, 58:

non vacabit incohare haec studia,

id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—

With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

id. M. 5, 334:

obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 27:

cui esse diserto vacet,

id. 11, 1, 50:

quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

si vacat,

Juv. 1, 21. —

Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

Liv. 42, 4, 3:

fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

Dig. 41, 3, 37:

si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —

Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.

Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

locus,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

Quint. 8, 6, 18:

regnum,

Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

saltus,

Verg. G. 3, 477:

balneae,

Tac. H. 3, 11:

bona,

Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

Tac. A. 3, 28.—

Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—

Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

nec petiit animum vacantem,

Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).

In gen.

Lit., of space, etc.

Absol.:

quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

Lucr. 1, 507; so,

spatium,

id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

inane,

id. 1, 520:

villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

tota domus superior vacat,

id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

aedes,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

Ov. M. 2, 256:

odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—

With abl. (so most freq.):

illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

mens vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

hoste vacare domos,

Verg. A. 3, 123:

(domus) quae Igne vacet,

Ov. M. 2, 764:

custode vacans,

id. ib. 2, 422:

ora vacent epulis,

i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —

With ab:

haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.

With abl.:

ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

studiis,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

curā et negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

vitio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

culpā,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

criminibus,

Quint. 10, 1, 34:

febri,

Cels. 2, 14 med.:

morbis,

Dig. 21, 1, 53:

amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

(rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

id. Deiot. 9, 27:

a publico officio et munere,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

ab opere (milites),

Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

Liv. 7, 1:

vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

Col. 12, 3, 8:

a culpā,

Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

a periculo,

id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

a negotiis,

Phaedr. 3 prol.—

In partic.

To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

si vacabis,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

si forte vacas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—

After the Aug. per. esp. freq.

Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

huic uni negotio vacare,

Vell. 2, 114, 1:

ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

Curt. 6, 7, 21:

paulum etiam palaestricis,

Quint. 1, 11, 15:

studio operis pulcherrimi,

id. 12, 1, 4:

foro,

id. 10, 1, 114:

clientium negotiis,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

Quint. 12, 1, 10:

libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

Suet. Aug. 45:

queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—

Vacare ad aliquid:

non vaco ad istas ineptias,

Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

in grande opus,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

sternere acies,

Stat. Th. 8, 185.—

Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

Quint. 10, 1, 58:

non vacabit incohare haec studia,

id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—

With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

id. M. 5, 334:

obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 27:

cui esse diserto vacet,

id. 11, 1, 50:

quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

si vacat,

Juv. 1, 21. —

Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

Liv. 42, 4, 3:

fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

Dig. 41, 3, 37:

si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —

Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.

Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

locus,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

Quint. 8, 6, 18:

regnum,

Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

saltus,

Verg. G. 3, 477:

balneae,

Tac. H. 3, 11:

bona,

Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

Tac. A. 3, 28.—

Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—

Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

nec petiit animum vacantem,

Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

vulgus ( volg-), i, n. ( masc., Att., Sisenn., and Varr. ap. Non. p. 230, 27 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 99; Phaedr. 4, 14; Liv. 6, 34, 5; 24, 32, 1; Lucr. 2, 920 et saep.) [Sanscr. várga, a group], the great mass, the multitude, the people, public (class.; cf.: plebs, turba).

In [p. 2016] gen.:

non est consilium in vulgo, non ratio, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 4, 9; Sall. J. 66, 2; Verg. A. 2, 39:

quod in vulgus gratum esse sentimus,

with the people, with the public, generally, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 3:

in vulgus notus,

id. ib. 9, 5, 2; Liv. 22, 3, 14; Tac. H. 1, 71; 2, 26 fin.;

2, 93 al.: apio gratia in vulgo est,

Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 112.—

In partic.

A mass, crowd, throng, multitude of persons or animals:

vulgus servorum,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 4:

mulierum,

id. Hec. 4, 2, 24:

patronorum,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

insipientium,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

densum (umbrarum),

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32:

inane (animarum),

Ov. F. 2, 554:

femineum,

Luc. 7, 39:

incautum (ovium),

Verg. G. 3, 469:

aequoreum,

of sea-monsters, Sen. Hippol. 957.—

With an accessory idea of contempt, the crowd, the vulgar, mob, rabble, populace:

sapientis judicium a judicio vulgi discrepat,

Cic. Brut. 53, 198:

ceteri omnes strenui, boni, nobiles atque ignobiles, vulgus fuimus sine gratiā, sine auctoritate,

Sall. C. 20, 7:

gratiam ad vulgum quaesierat,

Liv. 6, 34, 5:

quid oportet Nos facere, a vulgo longe lateque remotos?

Hor. S. 1, 6, 18:

odi profanum vulgus et arceo,

id. C. 3, 1, 1:

malignum Spernere vulgus,

id. ib. 2, 16, 40:

infidum,

id. ib. 1, 35, 25:

mobile,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 123: fani pulchritudo et vetustas Praenestinarum etiam nunc retinet sortium nomen: atque id in vulgus;

quis enim magistratus aut quis vir illustrior utitur sortibus?

among the common people, among the populace, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

spargere voces In volgum ambiguas,

Verg. A. 2, 99:

alio pane procerum, alio volgi,

Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53:

vulgus proceresque gemunt,

Ov. M. 8, 526.—

Militari gratiora vulgo, the common soldiery, Curt. 3, 6, 19:

vulgo militum acceptior,

id. 7, 2, 33.— Hence, vulgō ( volg-), abl. adv., prop. among the multitude; hence, in gen., before every body, before all the world, generally, universally, everywhere, all over, commonly, openly, publicly (syn.:

palam, publice, aperte): num locum ad spectandum dare? aut ad prandium invitare? Minime, sed vulgo, passim. Quid est vulgo? Universos,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

ejusmodi tempus erat, ut homines vulgo impune occiderentur,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

vulgo totis castris testamenta obsignabantur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

accidit, ut vulgo milites ab signis discederent,

id. ib. 5, 33:

vulgo nascetur amomum,

everywhere, Verg. E. 4, 25:

vituli volgo moriuntur in herbis,

id. G. 3, 494:

vulgo loquebantur, Antonium mansurum esse Casilini,

generally, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

aliquid vulgo ostendere ac proferre,

before all the world, openly, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

quas (litteras) vulgo ad te mitto,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet, Omnes, etc.,

usually, Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

ut vulgo uti solemus,

Quint. 9, 2, 8:

hoc quod vulgo sententias vocamus,

id. 12, 10, 48:

victum vulgo quaerere,

i. e. by prostitution, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38; so,

vulgo concepti,

Dig. 1, 5, 23.