430

contĭcesco ( contĭcisco, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 28; id. Mil. 2, 4, 56; Arn. 5 init.), tĭcŭi, 3, v. inch., to become still, to cease speaking or sounding (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

sed conticiscam: nam audio aperiri foris,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 28; id. Mil. 2, 4, 56:

ad quod ille quidem conticescit, sed sermonem suscipit Polus,

Quint. 2, 15, 28:

ad hos casus,

i. e. in such cases, id. 6, 1, 42:

conscientiā convictus repente conticuit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: consedit ille;

conticui,

id. Har. Resp. 4, 7:

conticuere omnes,

Verg. A. 2, 1; Ov. M. 6, 293; 10, 430.—

To keep silence, not to speak (very rare):

paulisper alter, alterius conspectu, conticuere,

Liv. 30, 30, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.— Poet. with acc.:

tantum nefas conticuit,

Val. Fl. 3, 302.—

Transf., of things:

numquam de vobis (hominum) gratissimus sermo conticescet,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

nec ulla umquam aetas de tuis laudibus conticescet,

id. Marc. 3, 9: conticuit lyra, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 43:

tubae,

Mart. 7, 80:

conticuere undae,

Ov. M. 5, 574.—

Trop., to become still or quiet, come to rest, cease, decline, stop, abate (syn. obmutesco):

cum obmutuisset senatus, judicia conticuissent, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 12, 26:

ut tum conticisceret illa lamentatio et gemitus urbis,

id. Red. Sen. 7, 17:

artes nostrae,

id. Mur. 10, 22; cf.:

studium,

id. Brut. 94, 324:

litterae forenses et senatoriae,

id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

actiones tribuniciae,

Liv. 4, 1, 5:

tumultus,

id. 2, 55, 10; 22, 55, 8:

furor,

id. 2, 29, 11.

con-tŭmēlĭa (post-class. access. form contŭmĭa, Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; cf.: contumia contumelia, Gloss. Isid.), ae, f. [from a root tem, whence also temno, contemno, and contumax; cf. Dig. 47, 10, 1], abuse, insult, affront, reproach, invective, contumely (cf.: injuria, hubris; very freq. and class. in sing. and plur.):

contumelia a contemptu dicta est, quia nemo nisi quem contempsit, tali injuriā notat,

Sen. Const. 11, 2: patior facile injuriam, si est vacua a contumeliā, Pac. ap. Non. p. 430, 16; cf.

Caecil. ib.: contumeliam alteri facere,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 82; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 79; cf. id. Eun. 5, 2, 26:

contumeliam dicere alicui,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 33; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 29; Liv. 25, 22, 13:

contumeliam si dicis, audies,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 77:

jacere in aliquem,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

meretricum perpeti,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 96:

in se accipere,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1; cf.:

tanta contumelia accepta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

alicui imponere,

Sall. C. 48, 9:

quibus tu privatim injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

indignitates contumeliasque perferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14: graves, severe reproaches (opp. libera consilia), Hor. Epod. 11, 26:

aliquid in suam contumeliam vertere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

per contumeliam,

id. ib. 1, 9; Quint. 4, 1, 11:

contumeliā perfugae appellari ab aliquo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28; cf. Liv. 3, 50, 6 et saep.:

in contumeliam ignominiamque nostram certare juvat,

id. 4, 4, 12:

contumeliae verborum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.—In mal. part., violation, Liv. 8, 28, 2; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—The expression facere contumeliam is censured by Cic. (Phil. 3, 9, 22) in the words of Antonius: nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus; but it is not clear on what grounds (whether as an archaism, or because it is used after the analogy of jacturam facere, in the sense of contumelia adfici); v. Quint. 9, 3, 13, and cf. esp. Gronov. Observv. 3, 8, pp. 488-502 (pp. 241-247 Frotsch.).—Personified: Contŭmē-lĭa, like Hubris, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28.—

Transf., injury, assault, annoyance, violence, blows, etc. ( = injuria):

naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam,

injury, violence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so Phaedr. 1, 2, 21:

praeberi ora contumeliis,

to the blows, Tac. H. 3, 31; 3, 85:

debilitatis suae,

annoyance, hardship, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. injuria.

con-tŭmēlĭa (post-class. access. form contŭmĭa, Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; cf.: contumia contumelia, Gloss. Isid.), ae, f. [from a root tem, whence also temno, contemno, and contumax; cf. Dig. 47, 10, 1], abuse, insult, affront, reproach, invective, contumely (cf.: injuria, hubris; very freq. and class. in sing. and plur.):

contumelia a contemptu dicta est, quia nemo nisi quem contempsit, tali injuriā notat,

Sen. Const. 11, 2: patior facile injuriam, si est vacua a contumeliā, Pac. ap. Non. p. 430, 16; cf.

Caecil. ib.: contumeliam alteri facere,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 82; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 79; cf. id. Eun. 5, 2, 26:

contumeliam dicere alicui,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 33; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 29; Liv. 25, 22, 13:

contumeliam si dicis, audies,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 77:

jacere in aliquem,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

meretricum perpeti,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 96:

in se accipere,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1; cf.:

tanta contumelia accepta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

alicui imponere,

Sall. C. 48, 9:

quibus tu privatim injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

indignitates contumeliasque perferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14: graves, severe reproaches (opp. libera consilia), Hor. Epod. 11, 26:

aliquid in suam contumeliam vertere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

per contumeliam,

id. ib. 1, 9; Quint. 4, 1, 11:

contumeliā perfugae appellari ab aliquo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28; cf. Liv. 3, 50, 6 et saep.:

in contumeliam ignominiamque nostram certare juvat,

id. 4, 4, 12:

contumeliae verborum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.—In mal. part., violation, Liv. 8, 28, 2; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—The expression facere contumeliam is censured by Cic. (Phil. 3, 9, 22) in the words of Antonius: nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus; but it is not clear on what grounds (whether as an archaism, or because it is used after the analogy of jacturam facere, in the sense of contumelia adfici); v. Quint. 9, 3, 13, and cf. esp. Gronov. Observv. 3, 8, pp. 488-502 (pp. 241-247 Frotsch.).—Personified: Contŭmē-lĭa, like Hubris, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28.—

Transf., injury, assault, annoyance, violence, blows, etc. ( = injuria):

naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam,

injury, violence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so Phaedr. 1, 2, 21:

praeberi ora contumeliis,

to the blows, Tac. H. 3, 31; 3, 85:

debilitatis suae,

annoyance, hardship, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. injuria.

cōnus, i, m., = kônos, a cone.

In gen., Lucr. 4, 430 and 432; Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; 2, 18, 47 al.—

Esp., of conical bodies,

The apex of a helmet, Verg. A. 3, 468; Ov. M. 3, 108; Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 14, 2.—

The cone of the cypress, Col. 6, 7, 2.—

A kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 8, 1.

cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).

Prop.

With acc.:

fundum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:

agrum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:

agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,

Quint. 1, 12, 7:

praedia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

rus,

Col. 1, 1:

rura,

Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:

hortos,

Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:

jugera,

Col. 1 pr.:

patrios fines,

id. ib.:

solum,

id. 2, 2, 8:

terram,

id. 2, 2, 4:

arbustum,

Quint. 1, 12, 7:

vitem,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

arbores,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:

arva,

id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:

fructus,

Verg. G. 2, 36:

fruges,

Ov. M. 15, 134:

poma,

id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—

Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—

In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).

With acc.:

hanc domum,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:

nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,

Lucr. 5, 955:

regiones Acherunticas,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:

colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:

has terras,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:

loca Idae,

Cat. 63, 70:

Idalium,

id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:

urbem Trojanam,

Verg. A. 4, 343:

Sicaniam,

Ov. M. 5, 495:

Maeoniam Sipylumque,

id. ib. 6, 149:

Elin Messeniaque arva,

id. ib. 2, 679:

regnum nemorale Dianae,

id. ib. 14, 331:

hoc nemus,

id. ib. 15, 545:

Elysium,

Verg. A. 5, 735:

loca magna,

Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:

Britanniam,

Tac. Agr. 11:

Rheni ripam,

id. G. 28:

victam ripam,

id. A. 1, 59:

terras,

id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:

insulam,

id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:

regionem,

Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:

me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,

i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:

anguis stagna,

Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—

Absol.:

hic,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:

subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,

id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:

colunt discreti ac diversi,

Tac. G. 16:

proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,

id. ib. 32:

circa utramque ripam Rhodani,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

quā Cilices maritimi colunt,

id. 38, 18, 12:

prope Oceanum,

id. 24, 49, 6:

usque ad Albim,

Tac. A. 2, 41:

ultra Borysthenem fluvium,

Gell. 9, 4, 6:

super Bosporum,

Curt. 6, 2, 13:

extra urbem,

App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Trop. (freq. and class.).

To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.

Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:

deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:

Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,

Verg. E. 2, 62:

ille (Juppiter) colit terras,

id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:

undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,

Ov. M. 1, 576:

urbem colentes di,

Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:

vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,

id. 24, 39, 8:

divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,

id. 29, 27, 1.—

Rarely with persons as object (syn.:

curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,

i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —

Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:

formamque augere colendo,

by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:

corpora,

id. A. A. 3, 107:

tu quoque dum coleris,

id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:

lacertos auro,

Curt. 8, 9, 21:

lacertum armillā aureā,

Petr. 32:

capillos,

Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—

With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;

of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:

amicitiam,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:

fidem rectumque,

Ov. M. 1, 90:

fortitudinem,

Curt. 10, 3, 9:

jus et fas,

Liv. 27, 17 fin.:

memoriam alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

bonos mores,

Sall. C. 9, 1:

suum quaestum colit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:

pietatem,

id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:

virtutem,

Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:

amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,

id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

virginitatis amorem,

Verg. A. 11, 584:

pacem,

Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:

studium philosophiae,

Cic. Brut. 91, 315:

disciplinam,

id. ib. 31, 117:

aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

id. Off. 1, 1, 3:

patrias artes militiamque,

Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:

artes liberales,

Suet. Tib. 60:

ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,

Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—

Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:

servitutem apud aliquem,

to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:

nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:

vitam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:

vitam inopem,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:

aevum vi,

Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—

Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).

Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:

quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:

hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:

Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,

Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:

deos aris, pulvinaribus,

Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

Mercurium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

Apollinem nimiā religione,

Curt. 4, 3, 21:

Cererem secubitu,

Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:

(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,

id. P. 3, 1, 76:

per flamines et sacerdotes,

Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:

quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,

id. Aug. 70:

deum precibus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:

testimoniorum religionem et fidem,

Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:

colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,

Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:

apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,

id. 9, 9, 4:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:

aras,

id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:

numina alicujus,

Verg. G. 1, 30:

templum,

id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:

caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

sacrarium summā caerimoniā,

Nep. Th. 8, 4:

simulacrum,

Suet. Galb. 4.—

Of the honor bestowed upon men:

ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

quia me colitis et magnificatis,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:

a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,

Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:

poëtarum nomen,

Cic. Arch. 11, 27:

civitatem,

id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:

in amicis et diligendis et colendis,

id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:

semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,

Liv. 7, 32, 16:

colere et ornare,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

me diligentissime,

id. ib. 13, 25 init.:

si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,

Mart. 2, 55:

aliquem donis,

Liv. 31, 43, 7:

litteris,

Nep. Att. 20, 4:

nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,

Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,

cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:

religionum,

Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—

cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).

Cultivated, tilled:

ager cultior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:

ager cultissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

materia et culta et silvestris,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

res pecuaria,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

rus cultissimum,

Col. 1, 1, 1:

terra,

Quint. 5, 11, 24:

fundus cultior,

id. 8, 3, 8:

cultiora loca,

Curt. 7, 3, 18.—

Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,

Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:

milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,

Suet. Caes. 67:

adulter,

Ov. Tr. 2, 499:

turba muliebriter culta,

Curt. 3, 3, 14:

sacerdos veste candidā cultus,

Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:

matrona vetitā purpurā culta,

Suet. Ner. 32:

filia cultior,

Mart. 10, 98, 3:

animi culti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

tempora et ingenia cultiora,

Curt. 7, 8, 11:

Tibullus,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.

carmina,

id. A. A. 3, 341:

cultiores doctioresque redire,

Gell. 19, 8, 1:

sermone cultissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:

dicere,

Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:

incubare strato lectulo,

Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.

cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):

ceram,

Col. 9, 16, 1:

mel,

id. 12, 11, 1:

vinum sportā palmeā,

Pall. Febr. 27:

sucum linteo,

Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:

thymum cribro,

Col. 7, 8, 7:

aliquid per linteum,

Scrib. Comp. 271:

ad colum,

Veg. 2, 28, 19:

per colum,

Apic. 4, 2:

aurum,

App. Flor. p. 343, 20:

terra colans,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:

faex colata,

id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:

amnes inductis retibus,

i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):

nitor (beryllorum),

Tert. Anim. 9.—

Trop.:

certiora et colatiora somniari,

Tert. Anim. 48.

cunctus, a, um, and more freq. in plur. cuncti, ae, a, adj. [contr. from conjunctus], all in a body, all together, the whole, all, entire (cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 15 Müll.: cuncti significat quidem omnes, sed conjuncti et congregati; very freq. and class.).

Masc.:

senatus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

senatus populusque,

Liv. 9, 6, 7:

terrarum orbis,

Verg. A. 1, 233:

pelagi fragor,

id. ib. 1, 154:

in ordinem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

a populo,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 2.—

Fem.:

Aegyptus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 41:

Gallia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

civitas,

Sall. J. 69, 3; Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21:

plebes,

Sall. C. 37, 1:

terra,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: provincia, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 5:

gens,

Verg. G. 3, 473:

gratia,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 46:

ad cunctam militarem disciplinam,

Liv. 44, 1, 5:

vis,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 5 Dietsch:

a Graeciā,

Nep. Them. 9, 4.—

Neutr.:

vulgus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 63:

pectore,

Cat. 64, 92; Stat. Th. 5, 202.—

Plur.:

deduntque se... In dicionem... cuncti Thebano poplo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 103:

quin cuncti vivi caperentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.:

cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium,

Sall. J. 56, 5:

prope cunctis civibus lucem ingenii sui porrigens,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

cunctarum exordia rerum,

Lucr. 2, 333; 4, 115:

cuncta maria terraeque patebant,

Sall. C. 10, 1:

moenia,

id. J. 57, 2:

inconsulto cuncta simul agebant,

id. C. 42, 2; cf.

agitare,

id. J. 66, 1:

Mario procedere,

id. ib. 65, 5:

deorum nutu portendi,

id. ib. 92, 2:

putas unā virtute minora,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 11 et saep.—

Poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with gen.

In the gender of the noun (cf. Rudd. 2, p. 80; Zumpt, Gram. § 430;

Kühner, Gram. II. p. 314): hominum cunctos ingenti corpore praestans,

Ov. M. 4, 631:

Baetica cunctas provinciarum diviti cultu praecedit,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

postquam cuncta scelerum suorum pro egregiis accipi vidit,

Tac. A. 14, 60 Nipperd. ad loc.—

In neutr. plur., with masc. or fem. gen.:

viaï cuncta,

Lucr. 5, 739; so,

terrarum,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 23:

camporum,

Tac. H. 5, 10:

curarum,

id. A. 3, 35.

cunctus, a, um, and more freq. in plur. cuncti, ae, a, adj. [contr. from conjunctus], all in a body, all together, the whole, all, entire (cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 15 Müll.: cuncti significat quidem omnes, sed conjuncti et congregati; very freq. and class.).

Masc.:

senatus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

senatus populusque,

Liv. 9, 6, 7:

terrarum orbis,

Verg. A. 1, 233:

pelagi fragor,

id. ib. 1, 154:

in ordinem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

a populo,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 2.—

Fem.:

Aegyptus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 41:

Gallia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

civitas,

Sall. J. 69, 3; Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21:

plebes,

Sall. C. 37, 1:

terra,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: provincia, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 5:

gens,

Verg. G. 3, 473:

gratia,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 46:

ad cunctam militarem disciplinam,

Liv. 44, 1, 5:

vis,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 5 Dietsch:

a Graeciā,

Nep. Them. 9, 4.—

Neutr.:

vulgus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 63:

pectore,

Cat. 64, 92; Stat. Th. 5, 202.—

Plur.:

deduntque se... In dicionem... cuncti Thebano poplo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 103:

quin cuncti vivi caperentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.:

cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium,

Sall. J. 56, 5:

prope cunctis civibus lucem ingenii sui porrigens,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

cunctarum exordia rerum,

Lucr. 2, 333; 4, 115:

cuncta maria terraeque patebant,

Sall. C. 10, 1:

moenia,

id. J. 57, 2:

inconsulto cuncta simul agebant,

id. C. 42, 2; cf.

agitare,

id. J. 66, 1:

Mario procedere,

id. ib. 65, 5:

deorum nutu portendi,

id. ib. 92, 2:

putas unā virtute minora,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 11 et saep.—

Poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with gen.

In the gender of the noun (cf. Rudd. 2, p. 80; Zumpt, Gram. § 430;

Kühner, Gram. II. p. 314): hominum cunctos ingenti corpore praestans,

Ov. M. 4, 631:

Baetica cunctas provinciarum diviti cultu praecedit,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

postquam cuncta scelerum suorum pro egregiis accipi vidit,

Tac. A. 14, 60 Nipperd. ad loc.—

In neutr. plur., with masc. or fem. gen.:

viaï cuncta,

Lucr. 5, 739; so,

terrarum,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 23:

camporum,

Tac. H. 5, 10:

curarum,

id. A. 3, 35.

damno (in vulg. lang. and late Lat. sometimes dampno), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [damnum].

Gen., to occasion loss or damage to, to harm, damage = damno [p. 511] afficere:

pauperibus parcere, divites damnare atque domare,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 10.—

Esp. [cf. damnum, II.] a judicial t. t., to condemn, doom, sentence one to any punishment = condemno, v. Cic. Or. 49, 166 (opp. to absolvere, liberare, dimittere; cf. also condemno, culpo, improbo; common and classical).—Constr. with acc. of person, either alone or with gen., abl., de, in, ad, etc., of the crime and punishment: damnatur aliquis crimine vel judicio, sed sceleris, parricidii, etc., Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 273 sq.; cf. Munro, ad Lucr. 4, 1183: Zumpt, Gr. § 446 sq.; Roby, Gr. § 1199 sq.

With acc. pers. alone:

ergo ille damnatus est: neque solum primis sententiis, quibus tantum statuebant judices, damnarent an absolverent, sed etiam illis, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

censoris judicium nihil fere damnato nisi ruborem affert,

id. Rep. 4, 6 (fragm. ap. Non. 24, 9): ego accusavi, vos damnastis, Dom. Afer ap. Quint. 5, 10, 79 et saep. — Transf., of things: causa judicata atque damnata, Cic. Rab. perd. 4; id. Clu. 3.—

With acc. pers. and gen. ( criminis or poenae):

ambitus damnati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Cic. Brut. 48 fin.:

furti,

id. Flacc. 18, 43:

injuriarum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41 fin.:

majestatis,

id. Phil. 1, 9, 23:

peculatus,

id. Verr. 1, 13, 39:

rei capitalis,

id. de Sen. 12, 42;

sceleris conjurationisque,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 5 Zumpt N. cr., et saep.:

capitis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83, 4; 3, 110, 4:

octupli,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28:

absentem capitalis poenae,

Liv. 42, 43, 9; cf.:

crimine falso damnari mortis,

Verg. A. 6, 430.—

With abl.:

ut is eo crimine damnaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45; so,

capite,

id. Tusc. 1, 22 al.:

morte,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 888:

tertiā parte agri,

Liv. 10, 1, 3:

pecuniā,

Just. 8, 1, 7; cf.:

Milo Clodio interfecto eo nomine erat damnatus,

on that account, Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 4; morti (abl.) damnare, Liv. 4, 37, 6, v. Weissenb. ad loc.—

With de:

de majestate damnatus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 39:

de vi et de majestate,

id. Phil. 1, 9:

de vi publica,

Tac. A. 4, 13 al.; cf.

quibus de causis damnati,

Val. Max. 8, 1 init. —

With in or ad:

nec in metallum damnabuntur, nec in opus publicum, vel ad bestias,

Dig. 49, 18, 3:

ad mortem,

Tac. A. 16, 21;

ad extremum supplicium,

id. ib. 6, 38: Suet. Cal. 27; id. Ner. 31.—

With ut, Tac. A. 2, 67.—

With quod:

Athenienses Socratem damnaverunt quod novam religionem introducere videbatur,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 7, ext. 7:

Baebius est damnatus, quod milites praebuisset, etc.,

Liv. 45, 31, 2.—

With cur:

damnabantur cur jocati essent,

Spart. Sev. 14, § 13.

Transf.

To bind or oblige one's heir by last will and testament to the performance of any act.—Constr. with ut, ne, or the inf.:

si damnaverit heredem suum, ut, etc.,

Dig. 12, 6, 26; with ne, ib. 8, 4, 16; with inf.:

heredem dare, etc.,

ib. 30, 12: Hor. S. 2, 3, 86.

In a non-legal sense, to condemn, censure, judge: (with acc. pers. and gen. or abl.) aliquem summae stultitiae, Cic. Part. 38, 134:

damnatus longi Sisyphus laboris,

Hor. Od. 2, 14, 19:

stultitiaeque ibi se damnet (amator),

Lucr. 4, 1179: damnare aliquem voti ( poet. and late Lat., voto, votis), to condemn one to fulfil his vow, i. e. by granting his prayer (not in Cic.):

damnabis tu quoque votis,

Verg. E. 5, 80, Serv. and Heyne: voto, Sisenn. ap. Non. 277, 11:

voti,

Liv. 10, 37 fin.; 27, 45:

voto damnatus,

Hyg. Astr. 2, 24; Lact. Fab. 10, 8 (cf.: voti, Titin. and Turpil. ap. Non. 277, 6 and 10; Titin. Fr. 153;

Turpil. Fr. 128 Ribb.): morti,

Lucr. 6, 1231; cf.:

Stygio caput damnaverat Orco,

Verg. A. 4, 699:

damnati turis acervi,

devoted to the gods below, Stat. S. 2, 21 et saep.; cf.

also: quem damnet (sc. leto) labor,

Verg. A. 12, 727 Heyne:

damnare eum Senecam et invisum quoque habere,

to condemn, censure, disapprove, Quint. 10, 1, 125:

videntur magnopere damnandi, qui, etc.,

id. 5, 1, 2:

debitori suo creditor saepe damnatur,

Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 4.—Of inanimate objects, to condemn, reject:

ne damnent quae non intelligunt,

id. 10, 1, 26; cf. id. 10, 4, 2; 11, 3, 70 et saep.— Part. fut. pass. as subst.:

quem non puduisset damnanda committere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 5.

Of the plaintiff, to seek or effect a person's condemnation (rare): quem ad recuperatores modo damnavit Plesidippus, Plaut. Rud. 5, 1, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

Verrem, quem M. Cicero damnaverat,

Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6; Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. condemno, no. II., and condemnator, no. II.—Hence,damnātus, a, um, P. a.

Prop., condemned:

dicet damnatas ignea testa manus,

Prop. 5, 7, 38.—

Meton. (effectus pro causa), reprobate, criminal:

quis te miserior? quis te damnatior?

Cic. Pis. 40:

damnati lingua vocem habet, vim non habet,

Pub. Syr. 142 (Ribb.).—

Hateful, wretched:

damnatae noctes,

Prop. 4, 12 (5, 11 M.), 15.

dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a. [2. lego]. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen., to value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).

Prop.:

nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.:

satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.:

te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.:

diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.

Transf.

Of inanimate objects:

fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,

Cic. Balb. 28; cf.:

Caesaris consilia in re publica,

id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.:

benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,

id. Att. 12, 34 fin.:

aviae memoriam,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

auream mediocritatem,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

Cypron,

id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep. —

Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect:

montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,

Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq. —

With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing:

pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,

Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence,

dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).

In gen.

With praepp.:

qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62:

in exquirendis temporibus,

id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.:

in ostentis animadvertendis,

id. Div. 1, 42 fin.:

in compositione,

id. Quint. 10, 1, 79:

in philosophia,

id. ib. 129:

in eloquendo,

id. ib. 63:

in symmetria,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.:

ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so,

ad reportandum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

ad cetera,

Quint. 1, 1, 7:

diligentes circa hoc,

Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56:

circa aerarium,

Eutr. 8, 7.—

With gen.:

omnis officii diligentissimus,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

veritatis,

Nep. Epam. 3:

imperii,

id. Con. 1, 2:

disciplinae,

Vell. 1, 6; cf.:

litterarum veterum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4:

compositionis,

Quint. 9, 4, 77:

aliarum rerum quae vitam instruunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 3:

temperamenti,

Plin. Pan. 79, 5:

naturae,

attentively investigating it, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; so,

medicinae,

id. 32, 3, 13, § 26 et saep.—

With dat.:

Corinthios video publicis equis assignandis et alendis, orborum et viduarum tributis fuisse quondam diligentes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 32.—

Absol.:

experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.;

for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

assidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.:

diligentior notitia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

stilus,

Tac. Or. 39:

remedia,

Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.—

In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.):

homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf.

opp. negligens,

ib. 4, 13, 8;

and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,

Auct. Her. 4, 34:

cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),

Quint. 9, 3, 65:

ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,

Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently:

accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.— Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.—

dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.:

pueri dilecti Superis,

Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.— Absol.:

luce mihi carior dilectior fili,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.— Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ho erômenos, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.

Erechtheus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Erechtheus, a fabled king of Athens, father of Procris, Orithyia, Chthonia, and Creüsa, who devoted themselves to death for their country, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62; id. N. D. 3, 19; id. Sest. 21, 48; Ov. M. 6, 667 sq.; 7, 697; Just. 2, 6, 12.—

Derivv.

Erechthēus, a, um, adj., Erechthean, and poet. for Athenian:

domus,

Ov. F. 5, 204:

arces,

id. M. 8, 548; cf.

litus,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 1 ext. —

Erecthī-dae, ārum, m., poet., the Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 430.—

Erechthis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Erechtheus, Orithyia, Ov. H. 16; Procris, id. M. 7, 726.

Erechtheus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Erechtheus, a fabled king of Athens, father of Procris, Orithyia, Chthonia, and Creüsa, who devoted themselves to death for their country, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62; id. N. D. 3, 19; id. Sest. 21, 48; Ov. M. 6, 667 sq.; 7, 697; Just. 2, 6, 12.—

Derivv.

Erechthēus, a, um, adj., Erechthean, and poet. for Athenian:

domus,

Ov. F. 5, 204:

arces,

id. M. 8, 548; cf.

litus,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 1 ext. —

Erecthī-dae, ārum, m., poet., the Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 430.—

Erechthis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Erechtheus, Orithyia, Ov. H. 16; Procris, id. M. 7, 726.

Erechtheus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Erechtheus, a fabled king of Athens, father of Procris, Orithyia, Chthonia, and Creüsa, who devoted themselves to death for their country, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62; id. N. D. 3, 19; id. Sest. 21, 48; Ov. M. 6, 667 sq.; 7, 697; Just. 2, 6, 12.—

Derivv.

Erechthēus, a, um, adj., Erechthean, and poet. for Athenian:

domus,

Ov. F. 5, 204:

arces,

id. M. 8, 548; cf.

litus,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 1 ext. —

Erecthī-dae, ārum, m., poet., the Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 430.—

Erechthis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Erechtheus, Orithyia, Ov. H. 16; Procris, id. M. 7, 726.

fax, făcis (also in the nom. sing. ‡ faces, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 9 Müll.; gen. plur.: facum, acc. to Charis. p. 113 P., but without example), f. [root bhā, to shine; cf. favilla], a torch, firebrand, flambeau, link, orig. of pine or other resinous wood.

Lit. (syn.: taeda, funale, cerĕus, candela, lucerna, laterna): alii faces atque aridam materiem de muro in aggerem eminus jaciebant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Liv. 22, 16, 7:

ambulare cum facibus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 52:

malleolos et faces ad inflammandam urbem comparare,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:

ego faces jam accensas ad hujus urbis incendium exstinxi,

id. Pis. 2, 5:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

id. Att. 14, 10, 1; cf.:

faces incendere,

id. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

si te in Capitolium faces ferre vellet,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

ardentem facem praeferre,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

castris inicere,

Tac. H. 4, 60;

subdere urbi,

Curt. 5, 7, 4:

faces ferro inspicare,

Verg. G. 1, 292; cf.:

facis incidere,

Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 233:

dilapsam in cineres facem,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—At weddings, the torch carried before the bride on the way to her home, usually made of white-thorn (Spina alba) or pine, the nuptial torch: spina, nuptiarum facibus auspicatissima, Masur. ap. Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 75; Fest. s. v. patrimi, p. 245; s. v. rapi, p. 289 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 112, 27; id. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 8, 29; Plaut. Cas. 1, 30; Cat. 61, 98 sq.; Verg. E. 8, 29; Ov. M. 10, 6; Stat. Th. 2, 259 al.;

hence, nuptiales,

Cic. Clu. 6, 15; Liv. 30, 13, 12:

maritae,

Ov. H. 11, 101:

legitimae,

Luc. 2, 356.—Cf. Anthon's Dict. of Antiq. p. 434, and v. infra. Torches were also carried in funeral processions, Verg. A. 11, 142; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 17; Ov. F. 2, 561; id. H. 21, 172; Sen. Tranq. 11; id. Vit. Beat. fin.; id. Ep. 222;

and in the Eleusinian mysteries,

Juv. 15, 140.—An attribute of Cupid, Tib. 2, 1, 82; Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 16; Ov. M. 1, 461; 10, 312 al.;

of the Furies,

Verg. A. 7, 337; Ov. M. 4, 482; 508; 6, 430; Quint. 9, 3, 47 al.—

Transf.

On account of the use of torches at weddings ( poet.), a wedding, marriage:

face nuptiali digna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 33; cf.:

te face sollemni junget sibi,

Ov. M. 7, 49.—And referring at the same time to the funeral torch:

viximus insignes inter utramque facem,

i. e. between marriage and death, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 46.—

The light of the heavenly bodies ( poet.):

dum roseā face sol inferret lumina caelo,

Lucr. 5, 976; cf.:

Phoebi fax, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: canentes Rite crescentem face Noctilucam,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 38:

aeterna fax,

i. e. the sun, Sen. Thyest. 835.—

A fiery meteor, fire-ball, shooting-star, comet:

noctivagaeque faces caeli flammaeque volantes,

Lucr. 5, 1191; cf.:

nocturnasque faces caeli, sublime volantes,

id. 2, 206:

emicant et faces non nisi cum decidunt visae, etc.,

Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

tum facibus visis caelestibus, tum stellis iis, quas Graeci cometas, nostri cincinnatas vocant,

Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14; id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; Liv. 41, 21, 13; 29, 14, 3; Verg. A. 2, 694; Ov. M. 15, 787; Luc. 1, 528; Petr. 122; Sen. Oet. 232.—

Of lightning:

facem flammantem dirigere,

Val. Fl. 1, 569; id. 4, 671. —

Of the eyes:

oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces,

Prop. 2, 3, 14:

has ego credo faces, haec virginis ora Dianae,

Val. Fl. 5, 380; cf.:

tranquillaeque faces oculis et plurima vultu materinest,

Stat. Ach. 1, 164.—

Prima fax (noctis), early torchlight, immediately after dark (post-class.); cf.:

luminibus accensis, Auct. B. Afr. 89: tempus diei occiduum, mox suprema tempestas, hoc est diei novissimum tempus: deinde vespera: ab hoc tempore prima fax dicitur, deinde concubia, etc.,

Macr. S, 1, 3 fin.; Gell. 3, 2, 11; 18, 1 fin.; App. M. 2, p. 119, 20.

Trop.

That which illuminates, makes conspicuous ( poet.):

incipit parentum nobilitas facem praeferre pudendis,

Juv. 8, 139; cf. Sall. J. 80.—

That which inflames or incites, incitement, stimulus, cause of ruin, destruction (freq. and class.):

cum corporis facibus inflammari soleamus ad omnes fere cupiditates eoque magis incendi, quod, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

me torret face mutua Calais,

flame of love, Hor. C. 3, 9, 13; cf.:

iraï fax,

Lucr. 3, 303:

dicendi faces,

flames, fires of eloquence, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 205; cf.:

alicui quasi quasdam verborum faces admovere,

id. ib. 3, 1, 4:

alicui acriores ad studia dicendi faces subdere,

Quint. 1, 2, 25 Spald.:

hortator studii causaque faxque mei,

guide, leader, Ov. Pont. 1, 7, 28; and: incitator et fax omnium, Prud. steph. 10, 67:

subicere faces invidiae alicujus,

Cic. Mil. 35, 98; cf.:

flagrantibus jam militum animis velut faces addere,

Tac. H. 1, 24:

acerrimam bello facem praetulit,

id. ib. 2, 86:

(rogationes promulgavit) duas faces novantibus res ad plebem in optimates accendendam,

Liv. 32, 38, 9:

inde faces ardent, a dote,

Juv. 6, 139: adolescentulo ad libidinem facem praeferre, i. e. to be a leader or guide, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

Antonius omnium Clodi incendiorum fax,

instigator, id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; cf.:

fax accusationis et origo,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 3:

fax hujus belli (Hannibal),

Liv. 21, 10, 11; Vell. 2, 25, 3:

dolorum cum admoventur faces,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

(dolor) ardentes faces intentat,

id. ib. 5, 27, 76:

quae (Agrippinae) Gaium et Domitium Neronem principes genuere totidem facis generis humani,

destroyers, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45.— Absol.:

cum his furiis et facibus, cum his exitiosis prodigiis (i e. Gabinio et Pisone),

Cic. Har. Resp. 2, 4.

flōrĕus, a, um, adj. [flos], of flowers, made of flowers ( poet.).

Lit.:

corona,

a wreath of flowers, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 68.— Plur., Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 15:

serta,

Tib. 1, 1, 12 (22 M.); 1, 2, 14.—

Full of flowers, flowery:

rura,

flowery meads, Verg. A. 1, 430:

juga Hymetti,

Val. Fl. 5, 344.—

Transf., shining, beautiful: crines, Pac. and Att. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 605: lanugo, Att. ib. (al. flora).

frētus, a, um, adj. [root dhar-, Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; v. frēnum], leaning or supported on something, in a good or bad sense; relying or depending upon, trusting to; daring (class.; cf.: fultus, nixus).—Constr. with abl., rarely with dat., with inf. ( poet.), and with objectclause.

With abl.: omnes mortales dis [p. 781] sunt freti, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 sq.:

magnanimi viri freti virtute et viribus,

id. Am. 1, 1, 56:

ingenio ejus,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 100:

dote,

id. Men. 5, 2, 17:

vobis,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 33:

vobis fretus,

Cic. Planc. 42, 103:

fretus intellegentiā vestrā,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

fretus conscientiā officii mei,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 6:

gratiā Bruti,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12:

ingenio,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 103:

juventā,

Verg. A. 5, 430 al.:

amicitiis,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25:

pondere enim fretae (res) stant,

Lucr. 6, 1058:

ferro et animis,

Liv. 9, 40, 4:

malitiā suā,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 43:

multitudine solā,

Liv. 9, 35, 3.—

With dat. (only in Liv.;

v. Zumpt, Gram. § 413): multitudo hostium, nulli rei praeterquam numero freta,

Liv. 6, 13, 1; cf.:

tamquam constantissimae rei, fortunae,

id. 4, 37, 6; so,

discordiae hostium,

id. 6, 31, 6:

haec civitas Samnitium infidae adversus Romanos societati freta,

id. 8, 22, 7.—

With inf.:

(naves) pontum irrumpere fretae Longius,

daring, venturing, Stat. Th. 6, 23.—

With object-clause:

satis fretus esse etiam nunc tolerando certamini legatum,

Liv. 10, 5, 5:

fretus excipi posse (hostem), qua venturum sciebat,

Curt. 7, 7, 31.

frētus, ūs, m. [1. fretus], reliance, confidence (post-class.):

animi tui fretu,

Symm. Ep. 2, 82.

frĕtus, ūs, m., a strait; v. fretum.