1839

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(+ acc.) into, toward, against.

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sĭlex, ĭcis, m. ( poet. and late Lat.; also fem., Verg. E. 1, 15; id. A. 6, 471; 6, 602; 8, 233; Ov. M. 9, 225; 9, 304; 9, 613; Amm. 14, 6, 16; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2; gen. plur. silicum, Lucr. 6, 683; Luc. 4, 304) [root sar-, to be firm; cf.: solum, solidus].

Any hard stone found in fields, a pebble-stone, a flint, flint-stone:

silicem caedere,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

silice vias sternere,

Liv. 41, 27; cf. id. 41, 27, § 7:

silici scintillam excudere,

Verg. A. 1, 174:

gravem medios silicem jaculatus in hostes,

Ov. M. 7, 139 et saep.:

per ampla spatia urbis, subversasque silices,

pavements, Amm. 14, 6, 16; cf.:

silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum,

Juv. 6, 350.— Freq. joined with lapis: Ag. Illa mulier lapidem silicem subigere, ut se amet, potest. Mi. Pol id quidem haud mentire:

nam tu es lapide silice stultior,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 77 sq.; Cato, R. R. 18, 3; Liv. 30, 43; Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; and in inscrr.: II VIRI VIAM LAPID(e) SILIC(e) STERN(endam) CVR(averunt), Inscr. Bull. dell' Inst. 1839, p. 60; so Inscr. Orell. 6617.—With saxum:

porcum saxo silice percussit,

Liv. 1, 24 fin. —To denote hard-heartedness:

non silice nati sumus,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

nec in tenero stat tibi corde silex,

Tib. 1, 1, 64:

nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit,

Ov. M. 9, 614:

et dicam silices pectus habere tuum,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 4:

moturaque duras Verba queror silices,

id. M. 9, 304.—

In gen., a rock, crag ( poet.), Lucr. 6, 683:

validi silices,

id. 1, 571; 2, 449:

stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

Verg. A. 8, 233:

nudus silex,

bare rick, Sen. Phoen. 69:

excisae rupes durissimi silicis,

Suet. Calig. 37:

juventus duris silicum lassata metallis,

Luc. 4, 304:

Lycius Phrygiusque silex,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 148.—Of limestone, Ov. M. 7, 107; cf. Plin. 36, 23, 53, § 174.

tămen, adv. [perh. from tam and en, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 842; but cf. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 27 sqq.], notwithstanding, nevertheless, for all that, however, yet, still, etc.

In gen.

With a corresp. concessive or conditional particle ( quamquam, quamvis, etsi, etiamsi, tametsi, licet, si, ut, cum, etc.; tamen stands at the beginning of the clause or after a prominent word; cf.: certe, nihilo minus).

With quamquam:

verumtamen, quamquam abest a culpā, suspitione tamen non caret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

quamquam me vester honos vigilare jubet, tamen, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77; id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; 12, 34; id. Cat. 2, 9, 19; 3, 12, 29.—

With quamvis:

quamvis sit magna (exspectatio), tamen eam vinces,

Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37.—

With etsi:

etsi abest maturitas aetatis, jam tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 4; cf.:

sed tamen etsi omnium causā, quos commendo, velle debeo, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 71.—

With tametsi:

tametsi miserum est, tamen, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

tametsi ille venerit, tamen,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13; 17, 51; Sall. C. 3, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 30; 7, 43, and v. tametsi, II.—

With etiam si:

etiamsi natura abripuit, virtus tamen, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; id. Caecin. 21, 59; id. Div. 2, 64, 131:

etiam si ab hoste defendant, tamen,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13.—

With licet:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires: tamen intellego, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3.—

With ut:

equidem, ut verum esset... tamen arbitrarer, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11.—

With si:

si taceo, interii tamen,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 36:

si Massilienses per delectos cives... reguntur, inest tamen in eā conditione, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:

si ipsa minus honestas, contumelia tamen, etc.,

id. Part. Or. 26, 92:

si omnes deos hominesque celare possimus, nihil tamen, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 8 fin.; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; id. Cat. 3, 3, 7:

si nullus erit pulvis, tamen excute nullum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 151; Curt. 5, 8, 15; 7, 5, 42.—

With cum:

cum ea consecutus nondum eram... tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5; id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

cui (senatus auctoritati) cum Cato et Caninius intercessissent, tamen est perscripta,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—

Without correl. particle:

retraham ad me illud argentum tamen,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 11: Divitiacus dixit, scire se illa esse vera;

sese tamen amore fraterno commoveri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20: expellitur ex oppido Gergoviā;

non destitit tamen,

id. ib. 7, 4:

equites conflixerunt, tamen ut nostri superiores fuerint,

id. ib. 5, 15:

propterea quod reliquis tamen fugae facultas daretur, Sequanis vero, etc.,

at least, id. ib. 1, 32; so,

neque recordatur illi ipsi tam infelici imperatori patuisse tamen portus Africae,

Liv. 28, 43, 17:

quo, defendente nullo, tamen armatis adscendere esset difficile,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33; Sall. C. 20, 12; Curt. 4, 4, 21; 4, 6, 28:

semper Ajax fortis, fortissimus tamen in furore,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52:

qui plusque fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno, et eandem tamen aequitatem,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

id ipsum tam mite ac tam moderatum imperium tamen, quia unius esset, deponere eum in animo habuisse quidam auctores sunt,

Liv. 1, 48, 9:

et Philippus minime, quin rebellandum esset, dubius, quia tamen inmaturae ad id vires erant, ad moram, etc.,

id. 39, 35, 2 Weissenb. (dub.): haec e pectoribus altis et eruditis orta sunt;

illud tamen non minus admirabile, quod servilis animus cepit,

Val. Max. 3, 3, 7.—Emphat., beginning a sentence:

tamen contemptus abs te, haec habui in memoriā,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 90:

tamen aliquid nullius est... tanta copia quae enarrare tuas res gestas possit. Tamen adfirmo, etc.,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 4; Liv. 21, 55, 10.—

Esp.

With sed, in transitions, in resuming the thought after a parenthesis, or in limiting or correcting something already said, or some inference from it, but yet, but nevertheless, but still:

hi non sunt permolesti: sed tamen insident et urgent,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2:

sed tamen velim scire, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

difficile factu est, sed conabor tamen,

id. ib. 1, 43, 66:

ipse ad me non venisset... sed tamen,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

quicquid arte fieri potuerit—non enim jam satis est consilio pugnare... —sed tamen quicquid elaborari aut effici potuerit,

id. ib. 9, 16, 2:

non perfectum illud quidem, sed tolerabile tamen,

id. Rep. 1, 26, 42; id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; 17, 52; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20; 4, 5, 9:

gravi morbo est inplicitus. Sed animo tamen aegrum magis quam corpore, etc.,

Liv. 40, 56, 9; Curt. 4, 4, 12; Sen. Q. N. 6, 16, 3; cf. also verumtamen. —

Si tamen, if at least, if only, = si modo:

aliqua et mihi gratia ponto est: Si tamen in medio quondam concreta profundo Spuma fui,

Ov. M. 4, 537; so id. Tr. 3, 14, 24:

si tamen illi (amici) non gravantur,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 4; 6, 21, 6 et saep.—

Ellipt. (very rare): utilissimo quidem exemplo;

si tamen acta excellentissimorum virorum humiliter aestimare... permittitur ( = ita tamen utilissimo, si, etc.),

Val. Max. 2, 7, 14.—

In an interrogation:

si quinque hominum milibus ad vim, facinus caedemque delectis locus quaeritur, tamenne patiemini vestro nomine contra vos firmari opes?

in spite of this, notwithstanding this, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

so. si... tamenne?

id. Fl. 10, 21; id. Font. 7, 16 (3, 6); id. Dom. 19, 50.—Without ne:

cur nolint, etiam si tacerent, satis dicunt. Verum non tacent. Tamen his invitissimis te offers?

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21: —Quare tamen per plures dies motus [p. 1839] fuit? yet why, etc., Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1;

so even at the beginning of a letter: tamen a malitiā non discedis?

and yet, Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1.—

Ac tamen, and yet, and that although: admirabile est quantum inter omnis unus excellat;

ac tamen, cum esset Demosthenes, multi oratores fuerunt, etc.,

Cic. Or. 2, 6; 8, 26; id. Sest. 54, 115:

quantus iste est hominum error! Ac tamen facile patior, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29; cf.:

atque is tamen aliquis Ligarius non fuit,

yet not even, id. Lig. 7, 22.—

Neque... nec tamen, nor, on the other hand, and yet not:

Cyri vitam legunt, praeclaram illam quidem, sed neque tam nostris rebus aptam nec tamen Scauri laudibus anteponendam,

Cic. Brut. 29, 112.—

Ne tamen, that by no means:

veni igitur, quaeso, ne tamen semen urbanitatis unā cum re publicā intereat,

Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2.—

With rel. pron.: qui tamen, etc., who however, although he ( she, it, they, etc.):

L. Lucullus, qui tamen eis incommodis mederi fortasse potuisset,... partem militum Glabrioni tradidit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:

ut possint eam vitam, quae tamen esset reddenda naturae, pro patriā potissimum reddere,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

perturbat me etiam illud interdum, quod tamen, cum te penitus recognovi, timere desino,

id. Deiot. 2, 4; id. Cat. 4, 11, 23: fuit mirificus in Crasso pudor, qui tamen non modo obesset ejus orationi, sed etiam prodesset, and yet its effect was, etc., id. de Or. 1, 26, 122:

si vetustum verbum sit, quod tamen consuetudo ferre possit,

id. ib. 3, 43, 170.—Qui tamen sometimes introduces a paranthetical concession:

alter, qui tamen se continuerat, senserat tantum aliud atque homines exspectabant,

Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (v. Fischer, Gram. p. 573, 5).—

Strengthened by nihilominus:

etsi verum judicabant, tamen nihilominus, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 28, 76: tamen nihilominus Aien aristeuein, etc., id. Fam. 13, 15, 2.

tam, IV.