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carcer, ĕris, m. [Sicilian karkaron; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; etym. dub.; cf. scrinium], an enclosed place; hence,

A prison, jail (syn.:

custodia, vincula): si tresviri me in carcerem conpegerint,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; Lucr. 3, 1016; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22 sq.; Liv. 6, 36, 112 al.:

carcer, quem vindicem scelerum majores nostri esse voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27.

Poet., of the custody of the winds, Verg. A. 1, 54; Ov. M. 4, 663; 14, 224; id. F. 2, 456;

and of the lower world: carcer inferorum,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1222:

Ditis,

Luc. 6, 797.— Trop., of the chains of the body:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14; so id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Luc. 6, 721.—

Esp., the Roman State-prison, close to the Forum, at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the right of the Sacra Via, built by Ancus Marcius, Liv. 1, 33, 8; extended under ground by Servius Tullius; hence this part of the prison is called Tullianum. Varr. L. L. 5, § 151, p. 42 Bip.; Cic. Sull. 25, 70; Sall. C. 55, 3; Liv. 1, 33, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51 al.; cf.:

in inferiorem demissus carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44, 8:

in carcerem conditi,

id. 29, 22, 7; cf. also Fest. p. 356 Müll., and Becker. Antiq. 1, 262 sq.; v. also Tullianum and robur, II. A.—

Meton.

The imprisoned criminals: in me carcerem effudistis, [p. 291] Cic. Pis. 7, 16.—

As a term of reproach ( = carcerarius), jail-bird, scapegallows: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 26; Ter. Phorm. l. l.—

The barrier or starting-place in the race-course (opp. meta or calx; v. h. vv.); usu. in plur., carceres, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; Lucr. 2, 264; 4, 990; Cic. Brut. 47, 173; Verg. G. 1, 512; * Hor. S. 1, 1, 114 al. —In sing. (mostly poet.), Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (v. 88 Vahl.); Tib. 1, 4, 32 (imitated by Ov. H. 18, 166); Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Verg. G. 3, 104; id. A. 5, 145 Serv.; Ov. M. 10, 652; id. Tr. 5, 9, 29; 5, 12, 26; Suet. Caes. 21; Stat. Th. 6, 522.—

Trop., the commencement, beginning, of a course of action or of a condition:

a quibus carceribus decurrat ad metas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 3; so id. ib. 2, 7, 1:

ad carceres a calce revocari,

i.e. to begin life anew, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; cf.:

cum aequalibus, quibus cum tamquam e carceribus emissus sis,

id. Lael. 27, 101.

ex-ănĭmis, e, and ex-ănĭmus, a, um (cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 4, 8; the latter form common in the plur., of which the former has only exanimes, nom. and acc.), adj. [anima], lifeless, dead (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. and Caes.; cf.: inanimis, exanimatus, mortuus).

Lit.

Form exanimis:

(columba) Decidit exanimis,

Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. id. ib. 5, 481:

ut exanimem labentem ex equo Scipionem vidit,

Liv. 25, 34 fin.:

aliquamdiu jacuit,

Suet. Caes. 82 et saep.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 14, 728; 10, 721; 13, 438; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 2; Curt. 8, 11, 16; 9, 5, 8; Plin. 9, 21, 38, § 74:

caro,

id. 11, 33, 39, § 114; Quint. 4, 2, 13; cf.

artus,

Ov. M. 2, 336.— Poet.:

gelidae exanimesque favillae,

i. e. dead, extinguished, Stat. Th. 12, 418:

hiems,

i. e. calm, without wind, id. ib. 7, 88.—

Form exanimus:

pueri,

Lucr. 6, 1256:

nos juvenem exanimum... vano maesti comitamur honore,

Verg. A. 11, 51:

pacem me exanimis et Martis sorte peremptis Oratis?

id. ib. 11, 110:

partim exanimos ante vallum aut in amnem Rhenum proiciunt,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

corpus exanimum,

Lucr. 6, 705; so,

corpus (corpora),

id. 6, 1273; Col. 12, 45, 4; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Verg. A. 1, 484; 6, 149; 9, 444; Liv. 25, 26; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8.—As subst.: exănĭma, ōrum, n., lifeless things, Lact. 2, 2, 17; id. Epit. 25, 15.—

Transf., half dead with fear, terrified, dismayed (very rare;

only in form exanimis): audiit exanimis,

Verg. A. 4, 672; cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 76; 2, 6, 114; Liv. 1, 25, 6.

ex-ănĭmis, e, and ex-ănĭmus, a, um (cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 4, 8; the latter form common in the plur., of which the former has only exanimes, nom. and acc.), adj. [anima], lifeless, dead (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. and Caes.; cf.: inanimis, exanimatus, mortuus).

Lit.

Form exanimis:

(columba) Decidit exanimis,

Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. id. ib. 5, 481:

ut exanimem labentem ex equo Scipionem vidit,

Liv. 25, 34 fin.:

aliquamdiu jacuit,

Suet. Caes. 82 et saep.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 14, 728; 10, 721; 13, 438; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 2; Curt. 8, 11, 16; 9, 5, 8; Plin. 9, 21, 38, § 74:

caro,

id. 11, 33, 39, § 114; Quint. 4, 2, 13; cf.

artus,

Ov. M. 2, 336.— Poet.:

gelidae exanimesque favillae,

i. e. dead, extinguished, Stat. Th. 12, 418:

hiems,

i. e. calm, without wind, id. ib. 7, 88.—

Form exanimus:

pueri,

Lucr. 6, 1256:

nos juvenem exanimum... vano maesti comitamur honore,

Verg. A. 11, 51:

pacem me exanimis et Martis sorte peremptis Oratis?

id. ib. 11, 110:

partim exanimos ante vallum aut in amnem Rhenum proiciunt,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

corpus exanimum,

Lucr. 6, 705; so,

corpus (corpora),

id. 6, 1273; Col. 12, 45, 4; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Verg. A. 1, 484; 6, 149; 9, 444; Liv. 25, 26; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8.—As subst.: exănĭma, ōrum, n., lifeless things, Lact. 2, 2, 17; id. Epit. 25, 15.—

Transf., half dead with fear, terrified, dismayed (very rare;

only in form exanimis): audiit exanimis,

Verg. A. 4, 672; cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 76; 2, 6, 114; Liv. 1, 25, 6.

ex-sanguis ( exang-), e, adj., deprived of blood, without blood, bloodless (class.).

Lit.:

unde animantum copia tanta Exos et exsanguis,

Lucr. 3, 721:

jacens et concisus plurimis vulneribus, extremo spiritu exsanguis et confectus,

Cic. Sest. 37, 79; cf.:

exsanguis et mortuus concidisti,

id. Pis. 36, 88:

hostes enervati atque exsangues,

id. Sest. 10, 24:

exsanguia corpora mortuorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 130:

umbrae,

Verg. A. 6, 401.—

Transf., pale, wan: genae, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:

exsanguis metu,

Ov. M. 9, 224; cf.:

diffugimus visu exsangues,

Verg. A. 2, 212:

herbae,

Ov. M. 4, 267.— Act.:

cuminum,

making pale, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 18 (cf.:

cuminum omne pallorem bibentibus gignit,

Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 159):

horror,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 130.—

Trop., powerless, feeble, weak:

aridum et exsangue orationis genus,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16; cf.:

exsanguis et attritus,

Tac. Or. 18:

vox nimis exilis et exsanguis,

Gell. 13, 20, 5:

exsangues crudescunt luctibus anni (senectutis),

Stat. Th. 11, 323:

imperium,

id. ib. 5, 325.

Fălernus ăger, the Falernian territory, famed for its wines, in Campania, at the foot of Mount Massicus, Plin. 14. 6, 8, § 62; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.— Subst.:

in Faler no,

in Falernus, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

Derivv.: Fălernus, a, um, adj., of or from the Falernian territory, Falernian:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; cf.

vitis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 43; 1, 20, 10:

uvae,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

mustum,

id. S. 2, 4, 19:

praela,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73:

cellae,

Verg. G. 2, 96:

faex,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 et saep.:

mons, i. e. Massicus,

Flor. 1, [p. 721] 16; cf.

saltus,

id. 2, 6:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53: tribus, a tribus rustica in Campania, Liv. 9, 20, 6 (al. Falerina).—

Subst.: Fălernum, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Falernian wine, Falernian, Hor. C. 1, 27, 10; 2, 11, 19: id. S. 2, 3, 115; id. Ep. 1, 14, 34 al.; also as masc. (sc. cadi):

fumosi Falerni,

Tib. 2, 1, 27.—

(Sc. praedium.) The name of a country seat of Pompey, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Clu. 62, 175.

Fălernus ăger, the Falernian territory, famed for its wines, in Campania, at the foot of Mount Massicus, Plin. 14. 6, 8, § 62; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.— Subst.:

in Faler no,

in Falernus, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

Derivv.: Fălernus, a, um, adj., of or from the Falernian territory, Falernian:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; cf.

vitis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 43; 1, 20, 10:

uvae,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

mustum,

id. S. 2, 4, 19:

praela,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73:

cellae,

Verg. G. 2, 96:

faex,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 et saep.:

mons, i. e. Massicus,

Flor. 1, [p. 721] 16; cf.

saltus,

id. 2, 6:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53: tribus, a tribus rustica in Campania, Liv. 9, 20, 6 (al. Falerina).—

Subst.: Fălernum, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Falernian wine, Falernian, Hor. C. 1, 27, 10; 2, 11, 19: id. S. 2, 3, 115; id. Ep. 1, 14, 34 al.; also as masc. (sc. cadi):

fumosi Falerni,

Tib. 2, 1, 27.—

(Sc. praedium.) The name of a country seat of Pompey, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Clu. 62, 175.

Fălernus ăger, the Falernian territory, famed for its wines, in Campania, at the foot of Mount Massicus, Plin. 14. 6, 8, § 62; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66.— Subst.:

in Faler no,

in Falernus, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

Derivv.: Fălernus, a, um, adj., of or from the Falernian territory, Falernian:

vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; cf.

vitis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 43; 1, 20, 10:

uvae,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

mustum,

id. S. 2, 4, 19:

praela,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73:

cellae,

Verg. G. 2, 96:

faex,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 et saep.:

mons, i. e. Massicus,

Flor. 1, [p. 721] 16; cf.

saltus,

id. 2, 6:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53: tribus, a tribus rustica in Campania, Liv. 9, 20, 6 (al. Falerina).—

Subst.: Fălernum, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Falernian wine, Falernian, Hor. C. 1, 27, 10; 2, 11, 19: id. S. 2, 3, 115; id. Ep. 1, 14, 34 al.; also as masc. (sc. cadi):

fumosi Falerni,

Tib. 2, 1, 27.—

(Sc. praedium.) The name of a country seat of Pompey, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Clu. 62, 175.

fulgor, ōris, m. [fulgeo], lightning, a flash of lightning (mostly poet. for fulgur):

fulgorem quoque cernimus ante Quam tonitrum accipimus,

Lucr. 6, 170 Lachm. N. cr.; so ib. 217; Verg. A. 8, 524; Ov. M. 7, 619.—In plur.: prospera Juppiter his dextris fulgoribus edit, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf. id. Rep. 6, 17:

(anhelitus terrae) cum se in nubem induerint, tum et fulgores et tonitrua exsistere,

id. Div. 2, 19, 44.—

Transf., flash, glitter, gleam, brightness, splendor (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

cujus (candelabri) fulgore collucere atque illustrari Jovis templum oportebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44:

armorum,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 30:

vestis,

Ov. M. 11, 617; cf.:

purpureae abollae,

Suet. Calig. 35:

speculorum,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 68:

solis,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 142; Suet. Aug. 79:

carbunculi,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 93:

oculos tremulo fulgore micantes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 721:

fulgor ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 51:

non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat,

Hor. A. P. 143:

stellae solis fulgore obumbrantur,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 11.—In plur.:

cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,

i. e. glittering utensils, plate, Hor. S. 2, 2, 5.—

Concr., a shining star:

deinde est hominum generi prosperus et salutaris ille fulgor, qui dicitur Jovis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17.—

Trop., brightness, splendor, glory, renown:

nominis et famae quondam fulgore trahebar,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 39:

gloriae,

Val. Max. 8, 1, 11; cf.:

omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,

Quint. 10, 1, 72:

urit fulgore suo qui praegravat artes,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13:

avitus,

Vell. 2, 4 fin.:

rerum,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 95.

in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [clino, clinatus].

Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

vela contrahit malosque inclinat,

Liv. 36, 44, 2:

genua arenis,

Ov. M. 11, 356:

(rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae,

id. ib. 11, 209:

inclinato in dextrum capite,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69:

inclinata utrolibet cervix,

id. 1, 11, 9:

pollice intus inclinato,

id. 11, 3, 99:

arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas,

Mart. 1, 77, 8:

sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus,

Ov. M. 2, 721:

at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes,

i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis):

prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc.,

i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.:

inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.—

Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos,

Quint. 11, 3, 132):

(terra) inclinatur retroque recellit,

bends down, Lucr. 6, 573:

saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis,

Juv. 15, 63.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way:

ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,

i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3:

tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,

id. 7, 33, 7:

quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,

Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —

In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward:

septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat,

Liv. 26, 45, 8:

cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,

id. 29, 7, 2.—

In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out:

jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7:

quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus,

Juv. 10, 224:

ipsos maritos,

id. 9, 26.—

Transf., of color, to incline to:

colore ad aurum inclinato,

Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37:

coloris in luteum inclinati,

id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—

Of a disease, to abate, diminish:

morbus inclinatus,

Cels. 3, 2:

febris se inclinat,

id. ib. al.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction:

se ad Stoicos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

culpam in aliquem,

to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12:

quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,

Just. 5, 1 fin.:

judicem inclinat miseratio,

moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14:

haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,

Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.:

quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,

Liv. 1, 18, 5.—

In partic.

To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline:

se fortuna inclinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3:

omnia simul inclinante fortuna,

Liv. 33, 18, 1:

ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,

to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

eloquentiam,

Quint. 10, 1, 80.—

To throw upon, remove, transfer:

haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,

Liv. 1, 43, 9:

omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,

id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.):

(vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,

Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9:

partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,

id. 10, 13, 1.—

Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.

Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.):

paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,

Lucr. 2, 243:

sol inclinat,

Juv. 3, 316:

inclinare meridiem sentis,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which:

sol se inclinavit,

Liv. 9, 32, 6;

v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,

Curt. 6, 11, 9.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way:

ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,

Liv. 7, 33, 7:

in fugam,

id. 34, 28 fin.:

inclinantes jam legiones,

Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—

To change for the worse, turn, fail:

si fortuna belli inclinet,

Liv. 3, 61, 5:

inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat,

Tac. A. 15, 21. —

Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.):

si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,

id. Att. 12, 29, 2:

ad voluptatem audientium,

Quint. 2, 10, 10:

in stirpem regiam studiis,

Curt. 10, 7, 12:

amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce... inclinet,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 71:

cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 16:

color ad crocum inclinans,

Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut:

ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,

Liv. 7, 9, 5:

multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,

id. 27, 46, 7:

hos ut sequar inclinat animus,

id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.:

inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,

Liv. 32, 13, 5:

inclinavit sententia universos ire,

id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.:

consules ad patrum causam inclinati,

Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.:

inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,

Tac. H. 1, 81:

inclinatis ad credendum animis,

Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1:

ad paenitentiam,

id. ib. 2, 45. —

In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare):

inclinant jam fata ducum,

change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.

Bent down, sunken:

senectus,

Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep:

vox,

Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.:

inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

id. ib. 8, 27. —

Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing:

plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,

Liv. 23, 46, 3:

plebs ad regem Macedonasque,

id. 42, 30, 1:

ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,

id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—

Sunken, fallen, deteriorated:

ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

copiae,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

rerum inclinata ferre,

i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.