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  • 1 aciēs

        aciēs ēī (old form ē; acc. aciem, disyl. V.; plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [2 AC-], a sharp edge, point, cutting part: securium: falcis, V.—Fig.: horum auctoritatis, the edge, i. e. efficiency. — Meton., of sight, sharpness of vision, keen look: aciem oculorum ferre, Cs.: fugere aciem: cum stupet acies fulgoribus, the sight, H. — Brilliancy, brightness: neque tum stellis acies obtunsa videtur, V. — Concr., the pupil of the eye: acies ipsa, quā cernimus.—Poet., the eye: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, V.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit, V.—In war, the front of an army, line of battle, battle-array: triplex, i. e. the legion in three ranks, Cs.: duplex, Cs.: mediā acie, Cs.: exercitūs nostri: aciem instruere, Cs.: extra aciem procurrere, Cs.: neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, S. — Of a line of ships: productā longius acie (navium), Cs.—The battle-array, an army in order of battle: hostium acies cernebatur, Cs.: unius corporis duae acies dimicantes, two divisions of an army: prima, the van, L.: tertia, Cs.: novissima the rear, L. — Of cavalry: equitum acies, L. — Poet.: Volcania, a line of fire, V.—A battle, engagement: in acie Pharsalicā: in acie vincere, Cs. —Fig., of mind, acuteness, sharpness, force, power: mentis: animi.—A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: in aciem prodire.
    * * *
    sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye

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  • 2 mucrō

        mucrō ōnis, m    a sharp point, edge, sword's point: Ferreus, V.: cultri, edge, Iu.: hebes, O.— A sword: cruentus: mortalis, V.—Fig., edge, point, sharpness: censorii stili: tribunicius.
    * * *
    sword, sword point, sharp point

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  • 3 mucro

    mucro, ōnis, m., a sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword's point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mucro falcis,

    Col. 4, 25, 1:

    dentis,

    Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8:

    folii,

    id. 16, 10, 16, § 38:

    crystalli,

    id. 37, 2, 9, §

    26: cultri,

    edge, Juv. 14, 216:

    medio jugulaberis ensis,

    sword's point, Ov. M. 12, 484:

    coruscus,

    Verg. A. 2, 333.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A sword:

    nisi mucrones militum tremere voltis,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

    mortalis,

    Verg. A. 12, 740.—
    2.
    A point, extremity, end ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 2, 520:

    faucium,

    Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.—
    II.
    Trop., edge, point, sharpness:

    censorii stili,

    Cic. Clu. 44, 123:

    tribunicius,

    id. Leg. 3, 9, 21:

    defensionis tuae,

    id. Caecin. 29, 84:

    ingenii,

    sharpness, Quint. 10, 5, 16.

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  • 4 ambedō

        ambedō ēdī, ēsus    [ambi + 1 edo], to eat around, waste, consume: flammis ambesa Robora, V.: ambesae mensae, V.: quidquid, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    ambedere, ambedi, ambesus V TRANS
    eat/gnaw around the edge; erode (water); waste; eat, consume, devour; char
    II
    ambesse, -, - V TRANS
    eat/gnaw around the edge; erode (water); waste; eat, consume, devour; char

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  • 5 caesim

        caesim adv.    [caedo], by cutting (in battle), with the edge: petere hostem, L.: ensem deiecit, L.— Fig., of discourse, in short clauses: dicere.
    * * *
    by chopping/cutting; by hewing/slashing; with sword edge; in short clauses

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  • 6 labrum

        labrum ī, n    [1 LAB-], a lip: apes, in labris Platonis consedisse: discidit labrum, T.: superius, the upper lip, Cs.: (poculis) labra admovere, V.: labra incana situ, O.: Compressis labris, H.—Prov.: primis labris gustasse physiologiam, to have got a smattering of.—An edge, margin, brim: summae fossae labra, Cs.: interiore labro (fossae) murum obiecit, L.
    * * *
    I
    lip (of person/vessel/ditch/river), rim, edge
    II
    bowl; large basin/vat; tub/bathing place; teazel (prickly plant/genus Dipsacus)

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  • 7 lacinia

        lacinia ae, f    [3 LAC-], a lappet, flap, edge, hem: illud genus obtinent, atque id ipsum laciniā, by the hem, i. e. hardly at all.
    * * *
    edge/fringe/hem of garment; strip/rag of cloth; fringe/protuberance/border/flap; small group; garments (pl.), dress

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  • 8 limbus

        limbus ī, m    a border, hem, edge, selvage, fringe: pictus, V., O.
    * * *
    border, edge; ornamental border of a robe

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  • 9 margō

        margō inis, m (late also f),    an edge, brink, border, margin: Margine gramineo (sc. fontis), O.: terrarum, shore, O.: viridis, Iu.: scuti, L.: imperii, boundary, O.: plenā margine libri, Iu.: partem modicae sumptam de margine cenae, i. e. the side-dishes, Iu.
    * * *
    margin, edge, flange, rim, border; threshold; bank, retaining wall; gunwale

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  • 10 acies

    ăcĭēs, ēi, f. [v. 2. acer] ( gen. acii and [p. 23] acie, like dii and die, facii and facie, fr. dies, facies, Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a sharp edge or point.
    I.
    Lit., of a sword, dagger, sickle, etc.:

    gladiorum,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34:

    securium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113:

    falcis,

    Verg. G. 2, 365:

    hastae,

    Ov. M. 3, 107:

    ferri,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of the sense or faculty of sight,
    a.
    Keenness of look or glance, sharpness of vision or sight: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324;

    also acies alone,

    id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693:

    ne vultum quidem atque aciem oculorum ferre potuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    pupula ad te dirigit aciem,

    Cat. 63, 56:

    tanta tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

    bonum incolumis acies, misera caecitas,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.—Hence,
    b.
    Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf.

    with 414: acies ipsa, quā cernimus, quae pupula vocatur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57:

    in Albania gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and poet. (as pars pro toto) for the eye, Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358;

    720: huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 (hence the word is also used in the plur., cf. below, 2.).—
    c.
    A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim:

    ad eam rem habeo omnem aciem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.—On the contr., prima acie, at the first glance, Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).—
    2.
    In milit. lang., the front of an army (conceived of as the edge of a sword), line of battle, battle-array.
    a.
    In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.):

    quibus ego si aciem exercitus nostri ostendero,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    aciem instruere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    dirigere,

    id. ib. 6, 8:

    extra aciem procurrere,

    id. B. C. 1, 55:

    statuit non proeliis, neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum,

    Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4;

    also of the arrangement of ships for a naval engagement,

    Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.—Hence, metaph.
    b.
    The battlearray; in concr., an army drawn up in order of battle: acies est instructa a nobis decem cohortium, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30:

    hostium acies cernebatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera pars acii vitassent fluminis undas, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.):

    dubitavit acie pars, Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit ante aciem,

    Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33:

    prima acies hastati erant,

    the van, the first line, Liv. 8, 8:

    tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the rear:

    ante signa procedere,

    Liv. 8, 10:

    dextra acies (= dextrum cornu),

    the right wing, Liv. 27, 48, 8:

    agmina magis quam acies pugnabant,

    in marching order, rather than in order of battle, id. 25, 34 (acies is here, and in similar cases, considered as the sing. used collectively; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; yet the plur. is more than probable). Rarely of cavalry, Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.— Poet.: acies Vulcania, of a long line of fire, Verg. A. 10, 408.—
    c.
    The action of the troops drawn up in battlearray, a battle, engagement, = pugna: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1:

    in acie Pharsalica,

    Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3:

    in acie vincere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29:

    dimicare,

    ib. 7, 64:

    copias in aciem ducere,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    producere in aciem,

    Nep. Milt. 5:

    excedere acie,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17:

    direxerunt aciem contra eos,

    Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.—
    3.
    Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.—
    4.
    Poet., sheen, brightness:

    obtunsa stellarum,

    Verg. G. 1, 395.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B.) (like acumen.) Acuteness of the mind, sharpness, force, power (so very often in Cicero, but always with the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii):

    (cum animus) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so,

    ingenii,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

    mentis,

    id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    animi,

    id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.:

    rerum diversitas aciem intentionis abrumpit,

    Flor. 1 prol., § 3.—
    B.
    A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate:

    orationis aciem contra conferam,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non saepe prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

    nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus,

    id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.

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  • 11 balteum

    baltĕus, i, m., more rare baltĕum, i, n. (in plur. baltea was generally used in the poets metri gr.; and in ante-class. prose balteum, e. g. Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.; Non. p. 194, 21; Charis. p. 59 P.) [acc. to Varr. ap. Charis. 1. 1. a Tuscan word; but cf. O. H. Germ. balz; Engl. belt] (not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit., a girdle, belt; esp. a swordbelt, or the band passing over the shoulder (cf. Quint. 11, 3, 140; Dict. of Antiq.): baltea, Att. ap. Non. p. 194, 21;

    Varr. ib.: infelix umero cum apparuit alto Balteus,

    Verg. A. 12, 942:

    lato quam circumplectitur auro Balteus,

    id. ib. 5, 313 Serv.;

    12, 274: verutum in balteo defigitur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44: aurata baltea illis erant, Liv. H. ap. Non. p. 194, 21:

    gregarius miles viatica sua et balteos phalerasque loco pecuniae tradebant,

    Tac. H. 1, 57 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 28, 39: regum, ib. Job, 12, 18.—
    B.
    Poet., like zôstêr, a woman ' s girdle; so of that of Amazonian queens at Thermodon, Ov. M. 9, 189; the girdle of the wife of Cato, Luc. 2, 362; of Venus, Mart. 14, 207.—
    C.
    The girdle of the Jewish high-priest, Vulg. Exod. 28, 4.—
    D.
    The girdle or belly-band of a horse, = cingula, Claud. Epigr. 21, 2; App. M. 10, p. 247, 37.—
    II. A.
    The belt of the heavens, the zodiac:

    stellatus balteus,

    Manil. 1, 677; 3, 334.—
    B.
    The edge, the crust of a cake, Cato, R. R. 76, 3, and 78.—
    C.
    The bark of the willow, Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174.—
    D.
    = praecinctio, and Gr. diaxôma, the vacant space between the seats in the amphitheatre, Calp. Ecl. 4, 47; Tert. Spect. 3.—
    E.
    Baltei pulvinorum, in architecture, the broad bands by which the cushions upon Ionic capitals are, as it were, held together, Vitr. 3, 5, 7.—
    F.
    A strapping, blow with a belt:

    quoties rumoribus ulciscantur Baltea,

    Juv. 9, 112.

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  • 12 balteus

    baltĕus, i, m., more rare baltĕum, i, n. (in plur. baltea was generally used in the poets metri gr.; and in ante-class. prose balteum, e. g. Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.; Non. p. 194, 21; Charis. p. 59 P.) [acc. to Varr. ap. Charis. 1. 1. a Tuscan word; but cf. O. H. Germ. balz; Engl. belt] (not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit., a girdle, belt; esp. a swordbelt, or the band passing over the shoulder (cf. Quint. 11, 3, 140; Dict. of Antiq.): baltea, Att. ap. Non. p. 194, 21;

    Varr. ib.: infelix umero cum apparuit alto Balteus,

    Verg. A. 12, 942:

    lato quam circumplectitur auro Balteus,

    id. ib. 5, 313 Serv.;

    12, 274: verutum in balteo defigitur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44: aurata baltea illis erant, Liv. H. ap. Non. p. 194, 21:

    gregarius miles viatica sua et balteos phalerasque loco pecuniae tradebant,

    Tac. H. 1, 57 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 28, 39: regum, ib. Job, 12, 18.—
    B.
    Poet., like zôstêr, a woman ' s girdle; so of that of Amazonian queens at Thermodon, Ov. M. 9, 189; the girdle of the wife of Cato, Luc. 2, 362; of Venus, Mart. 14, 207.—
    C.
    The girdle of the Jewish high-priest, Vulg. Exod. 28, 4.—
    D.
    The girdle or belly-band of a horse, = cingula, Claud. Epigr. 21, 2; App. M. 10, p. 247, 37.—
    II. A.
    The belt of the heavens, the zodiac:

    stellatus balteus,

    Manil. 1, 677; 3, 334.—
    B.
    The edge, the crust of a cake, Cato, R. R. 76, 3, and 78.—
    C.
    The bark of the willow, Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174.—
    D.
    = praecinctio, and Gr. diaxôma, the vacant space between the seats in the amphitheatre, Calp. Ecl. 4, 47; Tert. Spect. 3.—
    E.
    Baltei pulvinorum, in architecture, the broad bands by which the cushions upon Ionic capitals are, as it were, held together, Vitr. 3, 5, 7.—
    F.
    A strapping, blow with a belt:

    quoties rumoribus ulciscantur Baltea,

    Juv. 9, 112.

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  • 13 pro

    1.
    prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.
    I.
    Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.
    * A.
    Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:

    nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,

    Lucr. 2, 1137. —
    B.
    Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):

    compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

    tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,

    id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:

    id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,

    Liv. 38, 50:

    prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,

    id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:

    ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,

    Cels. 4, 4, 5:

    prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—
    II.
    Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:

    PRO SALVTEM SVAM,

    Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    sedens pro aede Castoris,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:

    praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    pro castris copias habere,

    id. ib. 7, 66:

    pro castris dimicare,

    id. ib. 5, 16:

    pro oppido,

    id. ib. 7, 71:

    pro opere consistere,

    Sall. J. 92, 9:

    castra pro moenibus locata,

    Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:

    pro muro,

    id. 30, 10:

    pro castris explicare aciem,

    id. 6, 23:

    pro vallo,

    Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:

    Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,

    before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

    hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,

    before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—
    2.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:

    pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,

    Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:

    pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,

    id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,

    pro tribunali,

    id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:

    laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,

    Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:

    pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,

    Liv. 7, 7:

    fortes viros pro contione donantis,

    Curt. 10, 5, 10:

    pro contione litteras recitare,

    id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:

    pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,

    Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:

    pro comitio,

    Suet. Aug. 43:

    uti pro consilio imperatum erat,

    in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:

    supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,

    Liv. 38, 36:

    pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,

    Gell. 11, 3, 2:

    pro collegio pronuntiare,

    Liv. 4, 26, 9:

    suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,

    id. 39, 5:

    pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,

    before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:

    legionem pro ripā componere,

    id. ib. 12, 29:

    velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,

    in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,

    pro muris,

    id. A. 2, 81:

    ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,

    standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):

    veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:

    hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

    partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,

    id. Clu. 32, 88:

    difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 2:

    haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,

    Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

    nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,

    Cic. Sest. 2, 3:

    omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,

    id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

    convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,

    id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:

    pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 14:

    spondere levi pro paupere,

    id. A. P. 423:

    urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,

    Sall. J. 88, 4:

    nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,

    Tac. Agr. 12:

    et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,

    id. 39, 30, 3:

    pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—
    2.
    With the notion of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for.
    a.
    In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

    ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

    ego pro te molam,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

    mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,

    id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:

    libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

    id. ib. 45, 154:

    pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:

    pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,

    Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:

    pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,

    Liv. 22, 1, 2.—
    b.
    Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:

    cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:

    cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,

    instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),

    id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:

    litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,

    id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—
    c.
    So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:

    tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:

    pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:

    dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:

    pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

    id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,

    Liv. 7, 19, 3:

    vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,

    Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:

    pro crimine poenas,

    Ov. Ib. 621.—
    3.
    Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:

    pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:

    sese ducit pro adulescentulo,

    id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:

    hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,

    as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:

    Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,

    whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:

    Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

    P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,

    id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:

    cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,

    as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

    summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

    negotia pro solatiis accipiens,

    Tac. A. 4, 13:

    consuli pro hostibus esse,

    Liv. 43, 5, 4:

    adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

    as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—
    4.
    Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:

    ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

    pro eo ac si concessum sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:

    pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,

    Dig. 28, 1, 22:

    pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,

    ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:

    pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —
    5.
    On account of, for the sake of:

    dolor pro patriā,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

    tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,

    id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):

    dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:

    aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,

    Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:

    pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,

    Suet. Aug. 57:

    cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,

    Tac. A. 4, 17:

    pro bono (= bene),

    Sall. J. 22, 4.—
    6.
    Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:

    meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,

    according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:

    tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):

    facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:

    agere pro viribus,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

    aliquem pro dignitate laudare,

    id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

    proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,

    Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:

    quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,

    Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:

    nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,

    id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:

    pro tuā prudentiā,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:

    cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,

    id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:

    pro se quisque,

    each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:

    pro tempore et pro re,

    according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pro facultatibus,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:

    eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:

    equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,

    id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.
    ► In composition the o is long in some words, in others short (through the influence of the Gr.
    pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.
    2.
    prō (less correctly prōh), interj., an exclamation of wonder or lamentation, O! Ah! Alas! (class.).
    (α).
    With nom.:

    proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:

    pro supreme Juppiter,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 42:

    pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!

    id. ib. 3, 3, 12:

    pro di immortales,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

    pro curia inversique mores!

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:

    pro scelus,

    Mart. 2, 46, 8.—
    (β).
    Parenthet.:

    pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,

    Ov. M. 13, 758:

    et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,

    id. H. 3, 98:

    tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,

    Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—
    (γ).
    With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:

    pro deum atque hominum fidem!

    id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

    instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:

    pro deum atque hominum,

    id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:

    pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,

    id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—
    (δ).
    With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin.

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  • 14 securis

    sĕcūris, is (acc. securim, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Men. 5, 2, 105; Cic. Mur. 24, 48; id. Planc. 29, 70; Verg. A. 2, 224; 11, 656; 696; Ov. M. 8, 397; Liv. 1, 40, 7; 3, 36, 4; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 6:

    securem,

    Liv. 3, 36, 4; 8, 7, 20; 9, 16, 17; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; Varr. ap. Non. p. 79; Val. Max. 1, 3, ext. 3; 3, 2, ext. 1; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Lact. Mort. Pers. 31, 2; Amm. 30, 8, 5; cf. Prisc. 758; abl. securi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7; 2, 1, 5, § 12; 2, 4, 64, § 144; 2, 5, 50, § 133; Verg. A. 6, 824; 7, 510; Cat. 17, 19; Ov. H. 16, 105; Liv. 2, 5, 8 et saep.:

    secure,

    App. M. 8, p. 216, 1; Tert. Pud. 16), f. [seco], an axe or hatchet with a broad edge (cf. bipennis).
    I.
    In gen., as a domestic utensil, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 31:

    rustica,

    Cat. 19, 3 al. —For felling trees, Cat. 17, 19; Verg. A. 6, 180; Ov. F. 4, 649; id. M. 9, 374; Hor. S. 1, 7, 27; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188.—For hewing stones in the quarries, Stat. S. 2, 2, 87. —For fighting, a battle-axe, Verg. A. 11, 656; 11, 696; 12, 306; 7, 184; 7, 627; Hor. C. 4, 4, 20 al.:

    anceps,

    a two-edged axe, Ov. M. 8, 397 (just before, bipennifer).—For slaying animals for sacrifice, Hor. C. 3, 23, 12; Verg. A. 2, 224; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; id. M. 12, 249.—As the cutting edge of a vine-dresser's bill, Col. 4, 25, 4 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Lit., an executioner ' s axe, for beheading criminals [p. 1656] (borne by the lictors in the fasces;

    v. fascis): missi lictores ad sumendum supplicium nudatos virgis caedunt securique feriunt,

    i. e. behead them, Liv. 2. 5; so,

    securi ferire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75; Hirt. B. G. 8, 38 fin.:

    percutere,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84; Sen. Ira, 2, 5, 5; Flor. 1, 9, 5:

    strictae in principum colla secures,

    id. 2, 5, 4:

    necare,

    Liv. 10, 9:

    securibus cervices subicere,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 83 (cf. infra, B.); id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:

    Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 31, 55; cf. Lucr. 3, 996; 5, 1234:

    nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis aurae,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 20:

    saevumque securi Aspice Torquatum (as having caused his own son to be executed),

    Verg. A. 6, 824.—Comically, in a double sense, acc. to I.:

    te, cum securi, caudicali praeficio provinciae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

    securis Tenedia,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 9 init.; v. Tenedos.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    A blow, death-blow, etc.:

    graviorem rei publicae infligere securim,

    to give a death-blow, Cic. Planc. 29, 70; cf.:

    quam te securim putas injecisse petitioni tuae, cum? etc. (just before: plaga est injecta petitioni tuae),

    id. Mur. 24, 48.—
    2.
    With reference to the axe in the fasces, authority, dominion, sovereignty.
    (α).
    Usu. in plur.: Gallia securibus subjecta, perpetuā premitur servitute, i. e. to Roman supremacy, * Caes. B. G. 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

    vacui a securibus et tributis,

    Tac. A. 12, 34:

    consulis inperium hic primus saevasque secures Accipiet,

    Verg. A. 6, 819: Medus Albanas timet secures, i. e. the Roman authority or dominion, Hor. C. S. 54:

    ostendam multa securibus recidenda,

    Sen. Ep. 88, 38.—
    (β).
    In sing. ( poet.):

    Germania colla Romanae praebens animosa securi,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 45.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > securis

  • 15 ambītus

        ambītus    P. of ambio.
    * * *
    circuit, edge, extent; orbit, cycle; canvass, bribery; circumlocution; show

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  • 16 ambitus

        ambitus ūs, m    [ambio], a going round, moving about, revolution: aquae per amoenos agros, H.: saeculorum, Ta.—Fig., of speech, circumlocution: circa unam rem ambitūs facere, L. —Meton., a circuit, circumference, border: castra lato ambitu, Ta.—In rhet., a period: verborum.— Esp., a suing for office, canvassing for votes (usu. by unlawful means): legem ambitūs flagitasti: accusare alqm ambitūs: ambitūs largitiones, N.
    * * *
    circuit, edge, extent; orbit, cycle; canvass, bribery; circumlocution; show

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  • 17 cauda

        cauda or (low) cōda    [cf. caudex, codex], ae, f a tail: leonis: pavonis: Delphinum caudae, V.: picta (of a peacock), H.: tenuissima, the smallest part, O.—Prov.: caudam trahere, i. e. to be mocked, H.: coda illa Verrina. — The privy member, H.
    * * *
    tail (animal); extreme part/tail of anything; penis; train/edge/trail (garment)

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  • 18 circuitus

        circuitus    P. of circumeo.
    * * *
    going round; patrol/circuit; way/path round; circumference; outer surface/edge; revolution, spinning, rotation; (recurring) cycle; period; circumlocution

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  • 19 culter

        culter trī, m    [1 CEL-], a knife, butcher's knife: ab lanio cultro adrepto, L.; used in sacrifice, V.: tonsorii, razors: cultros in guttura Conicit, O.: sub cultro, i. e. in extreme peril, H.
    * * *
    knife; (weapon/sacrificial/hunt); pruner edge; spear point; plowshare (L+S)

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  • 20 fastīgium

        fastīgium ī, n    the top of a gable, gable end, pediment: Capitoli: fastigia templorum, L.: Evado ad summi fastigia culminis, V.: ut haberet fastigium, i. e. a temple in his honor: ignem ad fastigia iactant, to the roof, V.—A top, height, summit, edge: colles pari altitudinis fastigio, Cs.: fontis, Cs.: muri, Cu.— Plur, depth: scrobibus quae sint fastigia quaeras, what should be the depth of the trenches, V.—A slope, declivity, descent: locus tenui fastigio vergebat, Cs.: iniquum loci ad declivitatem, Cs.: cloacis fastigio in Tiberim ductis, by a gradual descent, L.: scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio, i. e. gradually narrowing, Cs.—Fig., a finish, completion: operi tamquam fastigium inponere, crown the work.— Elevation, rank, dignity: dictaturae semper altius fastigium fuit, L.: alii cives eiusdem fastigi, L.: mortale, Cu.: muliebre, womanly dignity, Ta.: fortunae, the height, Cu.: Quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum Extollit Fortuna, Iu.: summa sequar fastigia rerum, great outlines, V.
    * * *
    peak, summit, top; slope, declivity, descent; gable, roof; sharp point, tip

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