387

• Say nothing but good about the dead. (Chilon)

dog.

Hanau (Germany) [gw]

ENG great shrike-tyrant

NLD Kittlitz-grondtiran, kittlitzgrondtiran

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

con-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (tunsum, Plin. 21, 27, 101, § 174; 28, 16, 62, § 221 al.), 3 ( perf. contūdit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P., or Ann. v. 482 Vahl.; but contŭdit, id. ap. Prisc. l. l., or Ann. v. 387 Vahl.), v. a., to beat, bruise, grind, crush, pound, break to pieces (syn.: confringo, debilito; very freq. and class. in prose and poetry; not in Quint.; for in 11, 2, 13, confudit is the better reading).

Lit.

In gen.: oleas in lentisco, Cato. [p. 461] R. R. 7, 4 (cited ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 60):

thymum in pila,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; cf.:

radices ferreis pilis,

Col. 7, 7, 2: florem nullo aratro, * Cat. 62, 40:

colla,

Col. 6, 2, 8; 6, 14, 3: classis victa, fusa, contusa, fugataque est, Inscr. ap. Liv. 40, 52, 6:

aliquem male fustibus,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4; cf.:

aliquem pugnis,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 46; and:

pugiles caestibus contusi,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem saxis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 98:

pectus ictu,

Ov. M. 12, 85:

faciem planā palmā (with caedere pectus pugnis),

Juv. 13, 128:

contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,

Liv. 21, 40, 9:

hydram,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

nares a fronte resimas,

to squeeze together, press in, Ov. M. 14, 96.—With acc. of part:

asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,

Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15.— Poet. of the beating to pieces of crops by hail:

vites grando,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 5 (cf. id. C. 3, 1, 29: non verberatae grandine vineae);

and of lameness produced by disease, etc.: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos ( = debilitavit nodis),

id. S. 2, 7, 16 (cf. Pers. 5, 58: cum lapidosa cheragra fregerit articulos, has crippled).—

In medic. lang.: contūsum ( - tun-sum), i, n., a bruise, contusion (cf. contusio), Scrib. Comp. 209; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136 sq. al.—

Trop., to break, lessen, weaken, destroy, subdue, put down, baffle, check, etc. (syn.: frango, obtero, vinco): virosque valentes contudit crudelis hiems, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P.; cf. id. Ann. v. 387 and 482 Vahl.:

corpora conturbant magno contusa labore,

Lucr. 4, 958:

populos feroces,

Verg. A. 1, 264:

ferocem Hannibalem,

Liv. 27, 2, 2:

nostrae opes contusae hostiumque auctae erant,

Sall. J. 43, 5:

contudi animum et fortasse vici,

Cic. Att. 12, 44, 3; cf.:

animos feros placidā arte,

Ov. A. A. 1, 12:

contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 29:

calumniam et stultitiam (with obtrivit),

id. Caecin. 7, 18:

regum tumidas minas,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 8:

impetus,

id. ib. 3, 6, 10:

ingenium patientia longa laborum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 31:

facta Talthybi,

i. e. to surpass by my own, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 33. (But in Lucr. 5, 692, concludit is the right reading, Lachm., Munro.)

gestĭo, ōnis, f. [gero].

A managing, doing, performing (perh. only in the foll. passages;

syn.: actio, administratio): in gestione autem negotii, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 38; cf. id. ib. 2, 12, 39.—

A behaving, acting in any manner, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 8.

gestĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic imperf. gestibat, Gell. 15, 2, 1:

gestibant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 49), v. n. [2. gestus, I.], to use passionate gestures, to throw one's self about (espec. for joy), to be transported, to exult, to be joyful, cheerful (cf.: exsilio, exsulto): gestit, qui subitā felicitate exhilaratus nimio corporis motu praeter consuetudinem exsultat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 387 (freq. and class.).

Lit.; constr. with abl. or absol.

With abl.:

quorum alter laetitiā gestiat, alter dolore crucietur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

voluptate nimiā gestire,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

inani laetitia exsultans et temere gestiens,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

Veliterni coloni gestientes otio,

Liv. 6, 36, 1:

cur non gestiret taurus equae contrectatione, equus vaccae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; Col. 8, 15, 4:

secundis rebus,

Liv. 45, 19, 7.—

Absol.:

quid est, quod sic gestis?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 10; cf. ib. 7:

hac (eloquentiā) deducimus perterritos a timore, hac gestientes comprimimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

tum gestit aper, cum sese Martia tigris Abstulit,

Val. Fl. 3, 634:

cum laetitia, ut adepta jam aliquid concupitum, efferatur et gestiat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 12; cf. id. ib. § 13.—

Trop., in speaking, to enlarge at will, to digress:

quapropter historiae nonnumquam ubertas in aliqua exercendi stili parte ponenda, et dialogorum libertate gestiendum,

Quint. 10, 5, 15.—

Transf., to desire eagerly or passionately, to long for; constr. usually with inf., rarely with abl. or absol.

With inf.:

roga, obsecro hercle, gestio promittere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 11:

machaera, quae gestit stragem facere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 8:

moecho abdomen adimere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5:

gestio scire ista omnia,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

Antonius senatum delere gestit,

id. Phil. 6, 14:

nihil erat, quod Zeno mutare gestiret,

id. Fin. 4, 4, 8:

transfuga divitum Partes linquere gestio,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 24:

fuge, quo descendere gestis,

id. Ep. 1, 20, 5:

quod gestiat animus aliquid agere in re publica,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 4.—With pass. inf.:

equidem illam moveri gestio,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 43:

ipsum gestio dari mihi in conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 39, 2; Gell. 16, 13, 4.—

With abl.:

(cygnos) nunc currere in undas, Et studio incassum videas gestire lavandi,

Verg. G. 1, 387.—

Absol.: gestiunt pugni mihi. my fists itch to be at you, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 167:

dudum scapulae gestibant mihi,

i. e. were longing for the whip, id. As. 2, 2, 49:

inridere ne videare et gestire admodum,

id. Most. 3, 2, 126. [p. 814]

trĕcēnārĭus ( TERCENARIVS, Inscr. Grut. 387, 8; 417, 5), a, um, adj. num. [treceni].

Of or belonging to three hundred: vites, i. e. that yield three hundred amphorae of wine to the juger, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7. —

A soldier whose pay is three hundred sestertia (cf. ducenarius), Inscr. Grut. 365, 6; 387, 8; 417, 5.

ag-grĕdĭor ( adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. [gradior] ( second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:

adgredirier,

id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).

In gen.:

ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

adgredior hominem,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:

non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—

Esp.

Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:

quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:

Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,

apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

Damasippum velim adgrediare,

to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:

legatos adgreditur,

Sall. J. 46, 4:

adgredi aliquem pecuniā,

i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:

reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,

id. ib. 16, 4:

aliquem dictis,

to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:

aliquem precibus,

to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:

animos largitione,

id. H. 1, 78:

acrius alicujus modestiam,

id. A. 2, 26:

crudelitatem Principis,

spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—

To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):

quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?

Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

milites palantes inermes adgredi,

Sall. J. 66, 3:

adgressus eum interfecit,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:

aliquem vi,

Sall. C. 43, 2:

unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,

Liv. 23, 9:

regionem,

Vell. 2, 109:

somno gravatum ferro,

Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;

13, 333: senatum,

Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:

inopinantes adgressus,

Just. 2, 8.—

To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:

quā de re disserere adgredior,

Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:

quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,

id. 5, 111:

quidquam gerere,

id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:

si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 37:

ad crimen,

id. Clu. 3:

ad petitionem consulatūs,

id. Mur. 7:

ad faciendam injuriam,

id. Off. 1, 7 fin. —With acc.:

cum adgredior ancipitem causam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

magnum quid,

id. Att. 2, 14:

in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),

id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

aliam rem adgreditur,

Sall. J. 92, 4:

adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,

Liv. 1, 42:

opus adgredior opimum casibus,

Tac. H. 1, 2:

multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,

Liv. 24, 19:

ad rem publicam,

Vell. 2, 33.— Poet.:

magnos honores,

enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:

fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,

id. A. 2, 165:

Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,

Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;

75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,

Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.

aedīlis, is, m. (abl. aedili, Tac. A. 12, 64; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 4; Dig. 18, 6, 13;

but aedile is more usual,

Charis. p. 96 P.; Varr. 1, 22; Cic. Sest. 44, 95; Liv. 3, 31; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158; Inscr. Orell. 3787, 8; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 221; Koffm. s. v.) [aedes], an œdile, a magistrate in Rome who had the superintendence of public buildings and works, such as temples, theatres, baths, aqueducts, sewers, highways, etc.; also of private buildings, of markets, provisions, taverns, of weights and measures (to see that they were legal), of the expense of funerals, and other similar functions of police. The class. passages applying here are: Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42; Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14; id. Phil. 9, 7; Liv. 10, 23; Tac. A. 2, 85; Juv. 3, 162; 10, 101; Fest. s. h. v. p. 12; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 3 and 6.—Further, the aediles, esp. the curule ædiles (two in number), were expected to exhibit public spectacles; and they often lavished the most exorbitant expenses upon them, in order to prepare their way toward higher offices, Cic. Off. 2, 16; Liv. 24, 33; 27, 6. They inspected the plays before exhibition in the theatres, and rewarded or punished the actors according to their deserts, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 148; id. Cist. ep. 3;

for this purpose they were required by oath to decide impartially,

Plaut. Am. prol. 72.—It was the special duty of the aediles plebeii (of whom also there were two) to preserve the decrees of the Senate and people in the temple of Ceres, and in a later age in the public treasury, Liv. 3, 55. The office of the aediles curules (so called from the sella curulis, the seat on which they sat for judgment (v. curulis), while the aediles plebeii sat only on benches, subsellia) was created A.U.C. 387, for the purpose of holding public exhibitions, Liv. 6, 42, first from the patricians, but as early as the following year from the plebeians also, Liv. 7, 1.—

Julius Cæsar created also the office of the two aediles Cereales, who had the superintendence of the public granaries and other provisions,

Suet. Caes. 41.—The free towns also had ædiles, who were often their only magistrates, Cic. Fam. 13, 11; Juv. 3, 179; 10, 102; Pers. 1, 130; v. further in Smith's Dict. Antiq. and Niebuhr's Rom. Hist. 1, 689 and 690.

uses the word once adject.: aediles ludi, œdilic sports, Poen. 5, 2, 52.

ag-grĕdĭor ( adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. [gradior] ( second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:

adgredirier,

id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).

In gen.:

ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

adgredior hominem,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:

non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—

Esp.

Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:

quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:

Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,

apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

Damasippum velim adgrediare,

to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:

legatos adgreditur,

Sall. J. 46, 4:

adgredi aliquem pecuniā,

i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:

reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,

id. ib. 16, 4:

aliquem dictis,

to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:

aliquem precibus,

to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:

animos largitione,

id. H. 1, 78:

acrius alicujus modestiam,

id. A. 2, 26:

crudelitatem Principis,

spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—

To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):

quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?

Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

milites palantes inermes adgredi,

Sall. J. 66, 3:

adgressus eum interfecit,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:

aliquem vi,

Sall. C. 43, 2:

unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,

Liv. 23, 9:

regionem,

Vell. 2, 109:

somno gravatum ferro,

Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;

13, 333: senatum,

Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:

inopinantes adgressus,

Just. 2, 8.—

To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:

quā de re disserere adgredior,

Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:

quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,

id. 5, 111:

quidquam gerere,

id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:

si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 37:

ad crimen,

id. Clu. 3:

ad petitionem consulatūs,

id. Mur. 7:

ad faciendam injuriam,

id. Off. 1, 7 fin. —With acc.:

cum adgredior ancipitem causam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

magnum quid,

id. Att. 2, 14:

in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),

id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

aliam rem adgreditur,

Sall. J. 92, 4:

adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,

Liv. 1, 42:

opus adgredior opimum casibus,

Tac. H. 1, 2:

multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,

Liv. 24, 19:

ad rem publicam,

Vell. 2, 33.— Poet.:

magnos honores,

enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:

fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,

id. A. 2, 165:

Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,

Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;

75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,

Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.

ăpis or - es, is, f. ( nom. sing. apis, Ov. M. 13, 928; Petr. Fragm. 32, 7; Col. 9, 3, 2; 9, 12, 1.—The form apes is given in Prisc. p. 613 and 703 P., and Prob. 1470 ib. as the prevailing one, to which the dim. apicula is no objection, since fides also has fidicula.—The gen. plur. varies between -ium and -um. The form apium is found, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Liv. 4, 33, 4; 27, 23, 3; 38, 46, 5; Col. 9, 3, 3; 9, 9, 1 al.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 158; 11, 7, 7, § 7; 11, 11, 11, § 27; 11, 16, 16, § 46; 17, 27, 44, § 255 al.; Just. 13, 7, 10; Ov. M. 15, 383; Juv. 13, 68:

the form apum,

Liv. 21, 46, 2; 24, 10, 11; Col. 8, 1, 4; 9, 2, 2; Pall. Apr. 8, 2; id. Jun. 7, 1; Aug. 7. Of the seven examples in Cicero, Ac. 2, 17, 54; 2, 38, 120; Div. 1, 33, 73; Sen. 15, 54; Off. 1, 44, 157; Har. Resp. 12, 25 bis, the form apium is quite certain or has preponderating MS. authority) [kindred with old Germ. Bia, Imbi; Germ. Biene, Imme; Engl. bee], a bee:

apis aculeus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

sicut apes solent persequi,

Vulg. Deut. 1, 44:

examen apium,

a swarm of, Cic. Har. Resp. 12, 25:

examen apum,

Liv. 24, 10, 11, and Vulg. Jud. 14, 8:

apes leves,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; so Verg. G. 4, 54:

florilegae,

Ov. M. 15, 366:

melliferae,

id. ib. 15, 387:

parcae,

frugal, Verg. G. 1, 4:

apis sedula,

the busy bee, Ov. M. 13, 298 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21):

apum reges (their sovereign being regarded by the ancients as a male),

Col. 9, 10, 1; so Verg. G. 4, 68 et saep.:

Attica apis,

Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30:

fingunt favos,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

confingunt favos,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11:

condunt examina,

Verg. G. 2, 452:

exeunt ad opera,

Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14:

insidunt floribus,

Verg. A. 6, 708:

tulit collectos femine flores,

Ov. M. 13, 928:

mellificant,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

mella faciunt,

id. ib.:

stridunt,

Verg. G. 4, 556.— Their habits are described in Varr. R. R. 3, 16 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 1 sqq.; Col. 9, 2 sqq.; Plin. 11, 5 sqq.; Pall. 1, 37 sqq. al.

Āpis, is (abl. Apide, Paul. Nol. 85), m., = Apis, the ox worshipped as a god by the Egyptians, Apis, Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184 sqq.; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 14.

Apis vicus, a harbor in Lake Mœotis, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39.

ăpis or - es, is, f. ( nom. sing. apis, Ov. M. 13, 928; Petr. Fragm. 32, 7; Col. 9, 3, 2; 9, 12, 1.—The form apes is given in Prisc. p. 613 and 703 P., and Prob. 1470 ib. as the prevailing one, to which the dim. apicula is no objection, since fides also has fidicula.—The gen. plur. varies between -ium and -um. The form apium is found, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Liv. 4, 33, 4; 27, 23, 3; 38, 46, 5; Col. 9, 3, 3; 9, 9, 1 al.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 158; 11, 7, 7, § 7; 11, 11, 11, § 27; 11, 16, 16, § 46; 17, 27, 44, § 255 al.; Just. 13, 7, 10; Ov. M. 15, 383; Juv. 13, 68:

the form apum,

Liv. 21, 46, 2; 24, 10, 11; Col. 8, 1, 4; 9, 2, 2; Pall. Apr. 8, 2; id. Jun. 7, 1; Aug. 7. Of the seven examples in Cicero, Ac. 2, 17, 54; 2, 38, 120; Div. 1, 33, 73; Sen. 15, 54; Off. 1, 44, 157; Har. Resp. 12, 25 bis, the form apium is quite certain or has preponderating MS. authority) [kindred with old Germ. Bia, Imbi; Germ. Biene, Imme; Engl. bee], a bee:

apis aculeus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

sicut apes solent persequi,

Vulg. Deut. 1, 44:

examen apium,

a swarm of, Cic. Har. Resp. 12, 25:

examen apum,

Liv. 24, 10, 11, and Vulg. Jud. 14, 8:

apes leves,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; so Verg. G. 4, 54:

florilegae,

Ov. M. 15, 366:

melliferae,

id. ib. 15, 387:

parcae,

frugal, Verg. G. 1, 4:

apis sedula,

the busy bee, Ov. M. 13, 298 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21):

apum reges (their sovereign being regarded by the ancients as a male),

Col. 9, 10, 1; so Verg. G. 4, 68 et saep.:

Attica apis,

Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30:

fingunt favos,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

confingunt favos,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11:

condunt examina,

Verg. G. 2, 452:

exeunt ad opera,

Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14:

insidunt floribus,

Verg. A. 6, 708:

tulit collectos femine flores,

Ov. M. 13, 928:

mellificant,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

mella faciunt,

id. ib.:

stridunt,

Verg. G. 4, 556.— Their habits are described in Varr. R. R. 3, 16 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 1 sqq.; Col. 9, 2 sqq.; Plin. 11, 5 sqq.; Pall. 1, 37 sqq. al.

Āpis, is (abl. Apide, Paul. Nol. 85), m., = Apis, the ox worshipped as a god by the Egyptians, Apis, Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184 sqq.; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 14.

Apis vicus, a harbor in Lake Mœotis, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39.

ăpis or - es, is, f. ( nom. sing. apis, Ov. M. 13, 928; Petr. Fragm. 32, 7; Col. 9, 3, 2; 9, 12, 1.—The form apes is given in Prisc. p. 613 and 703 P., and Prob. 1470 ib. as the prevailing one, to which the dim. apicula is no objection, since fides also has fidicula.—The gen. plur. varies between -ium and -um. The form apium is found, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Liv. 4, 33, 4; 27, 23, 3; 38, 46, 5; Col. 9, 3, 3; 9, 9, 1 al.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 158; 11, 7, 7, § 7; 11, 11, 11, § 27; 11, 16, 16, § 46; 17, 27, 44, § 255 al.; Just. 13, 7, 10; Ov. M. 15, 383; Juv. 13, 68:

the form apum,

Liv. 21, 46, 2; 24, 10, 11; Col. 8, 1, 4; 9, 2, 2; Pall. Apr. 8, 2; id. Jun. 7, 1; Aug. 7. Of the seven examples in Cicero, Ac. 2, 17, 54; 2, 38, 120; Div. 1, 33, 73; Sen. 15, 54; Off. 1, 44, 157; Har. Resp. 12, 25 bis, the form apium is quite certain or has preponderating MS. authority) [kindred with old Germ. Bia, Imbi; Germ. Biene, Imme; Engl. bee], a bee:

apis aculeus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

sicut apes solent persequi,

Vulg. Deut. 1, 44:

examen apium,

a swarm of, Cic. Har. Resp. 12, 25:

examen apum,

Liv. 24, 10, 11, and Vulg. Jud. 14, 8:

apes leves,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; so Verg. G. 4, 54:

florilegae,

Ov. M. 15, 366:

melliferae,

id. ib. 15, 387:

parcae,

frugal, Verg. G. 1, 4:

apis sedula,

the busy bee, Ov. M. 13, 298 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21):

apum reges (their sovereign being regarded by the ancients as a male),

Col. 9, 10, 1; so Verg. G. 4, 68 et saep.:

Attica apis,

Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30:

fingunt favos,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

confingunt favos,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11:

condunt examina,

Verg. G. 2, 452:

exeunt ad opera,

Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14:

insidunt floribus,

Verg. A. 6, 708:

tulit collectos femine flores,

Ov. M. 13, 928:

mellificant,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

mella faciunt,

id. ib.:

stridunt,

Verg. G. 4, 556.— Their habits are described in Varr. R. R. 3, 16 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 1 sqq.; Col. 9, 2 sqq.; Plin. 11, 5 sqq.; Pall. 1, 37 sqq. al.

Āpis, is (abl. Apide, Paul. Nol. 85), m., = Apis, the ox worshipped as a god by the Egyptians, Apis, Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184 sqq.; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 14.

Apis vicus, a harbor in Lake Mœotis, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.