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• There's many a slip twixt cup and lip

to declaim, orate / speak loudly

see Dertonae

ENG Ansorge's greenbul

Coccēius, a, the name of an Italic gens.

Cocceius Nerva, Hor. S. 1, 5, 28. —

M. Cocceius Nerva, a celebrated lawyer under Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 58 al.—

M. Cocceius Nerva, grandson of the preceding, Inscr Orell. 1634; emperor, A.U.C. 849-851, Tac. A. 15, 72; Mart. 8, 70, 7.

condĭtor, ōris, m. [id.], a maker, builder, framer, establisher, founder, author, compiler, etc.

Prop. (class.; most freq. in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

With gen.:

Romanae arcis,

Verg. A. 8, 313:

oppidum magnum, cujus conditor,

Sall. J. 89, 4:

simulacra infantium conditorum urbis,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Liv. 10, 23, 12; cf.:

casa illa conditoris nostri,

id. 5, 53, 8; cf.

of the founders of states,

Ov. M. 4, 566; 14, 849; *Hor. A. P. 394; Quint. 2, 16, 9; 3, 2, 4 al.; Suet. Aug. 7; 98 Bremi al.:

tanti regni Cyrus,

Just. 2, 10: historiae, Ov. lb. 522; Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29:

Romani anni,

i. e. author of the Fasti, Ov. F. 6, 21:

scientiae medicorum,

Sen. Ep. 95, 20:

pessimorum carminum,

Curt. 8, 5, 8:

legum atque jurium,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 86; cf.:

legum lator conditorque Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

ejus sacri,

id. 39, 17, 7:

Romanae libertatis,

id. 8, 34, 3; 1, 42, 4:

mundi,

Sen. Ep. 119, 15; id. Phoen. 655.—Rarely,

Absol.: T. Sicinium... conditorem Veios sequantur, i. e. who advises a removal to Veii, ktistên, Liv. 5, 24, 11:

conditorum, parentum, deorum numero nobis eritis,

id. 7, 30, 19:

sacrificium quod Aeneae conditori faciunt,

id. 40, 4, 9:

humilis,

writer, author, Tib. 4, 1, 4.—In a sarcastic pun:

ipse conditor totius negotii Guttam aspergit huic Balbo (with allusion to the meaning of condo, to lay up fruits, cf. the foll.),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71.—

Condĭ-tor, nom. propr., a rural deity who presided over the laying up of fruits, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.

condītor, ōris, m. [condio], one who prepares a thing in a savory manner, a seasoner (very rare): ciconiarum, Poët. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 2, 2, 49.

condĭtor, ōris, m. [id.], a maker, builder, framer, establisher, founder, author, compiler, etc.

Prop. (class.; most freq. in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

With gen.:

Romanae arcis,

Verg. A. 8, 313:

oppidum magnum, cujus conditor,

Sall. J. 89, 4:

simulacra infantium conditorum urbis,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Liv. 10, 23, 12; cf.:

casa illa conditoris nostri,

id. 5, 53, 8; cf.

of the founders of states,

Ov. M. 4, 566; 14, 849; *Hor. A. P. 394; Quint. 2, 16, 9; 3, 2, 4 al.; Suet. Aug. 7; 98 Bremi al.:

tanti regni Cyrus,

Just. 2, 10: historiae, Ov. lb. 522; Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29:

Romani anni,

i. e. author of the Fasti, Ov. F. 6, 21:

scientiae medicorum,

Sen. Ep. 95, 20:

pessimorum carminum,

Curt. 8, 5, 8:

legum atque jurium,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 86; cf.:

legum lator conditorque Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

ejus sacri,

id. 39, 17, 7:

Romanae libertatis,

id. 8, 34, 3; 1, 42, 4:

mundi,

Sen. Ep. 119, 15; id. Phoen. 655.—Rarely,

Absol.: T. Sicinium... conditorem Veios sequantur, i. e. who advises a removal to Veii, ktistên, Liv. 5, 24, 11:

conditorum, parentum, deorum numero nobis eritis,

id. 7, 30, 19:

sacrificium quod Aeneae conditori faciunt,

id. 40, 4, 9:

humilis,

writer, author, Tib. 4, 1, 4.—In a sarcastic pun:

ipse conditor totius negotii Guttam aspergit huic Balbo (with allusion to the meaning of condo, to lay up fruits, cf. the foll.),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71.—

Condĭ-tor, nom. propr., a rural deity who presided over the laying up of fruits, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.

condītor, ōris, m. [condio], one who prepares a thing in a savory manner, a seasoner (very rare): ciconiarum, Poët. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 2, 2, 49.

crīnis, is, m. ( fem., Atta ap. Non. p. 202, 29; acc. to the latter also Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; and so in Ritschl) [kindr. with crista; cf. korus, koruphê], the hair.

Prop. (class.;

esp. freq. in the poets),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76; Caes. B. G. 1, 51; id. B. C. 3, 9; Liv. 1, 13, 1; 3, 7, 8 et saep.; Verg. A. 1, 480; Cat. 64, 391; Hor. C. 2, 5, 24; 2, 19, 20 et saep.: capere crines, i. e. to marry (since the matrons distinguished themselves from maidens by their hair-dress), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 195; and Fest. p. 339, 23 Müll.—Collectively, in sing., = crines, Hor. C. 1, 32, 12; 2, 12, 23 sq.—

Rarely a hair:

uxor rufa crinibus septem,

Mart. 12, 32, 4.—

Meton., of objects resembling hair; so,

The tail of a comet, Verg. A. 5, 528; Ov. M. 15, 849; Plin. 2, 25, 22, §§ 89 and 90 al. (cf. crinitus, under crinio, II. B.); the rays of stars, Val. Fl. 2, 42; of the fire, id. 1, 205.—

The feelers of polypi:

conchas (polypi) conplexu crinium frangunt,

Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; of the cuttle-fish, Apic. 2, 1.—

The fibres of wood:

crines ramentorum,

Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225.

dĕcor, ōris, m. [deceo], what is seemly, becoming; comeliness, elegance, grace, beauty, ornament ( poet. word; in prose perh. not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; v. decus).

In gen.:

Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis,

Hor. A. P. 157; cf.: suus cuique decor est, Quint. 10, 2, 22; cf.

also decor quoque a gestu atque a motu venit,

id. 11, 3, 67;

and est et in incessu pars non temnenda decoris, etc.,

Ov. A. A. 3, 299:

divini signa decoris,

Verg. A. 5, 647:

ovibus sua lana decori est,

Ov. M. 13, 849; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 11, 29.—In rhetor. lang.:

non decorem compositionis quaerimus, sed facilitatem,

Quint. 9, 4, 145; cf. id. 9, 4, 44:

quantum fuerit illis viris decoris in rebus atque personis,

id. 10, 2, 27 et saep.—In architecture:

decor est emendatus operis aspectus probatis rebus compositi cum auctoritate, etc.,

Vitr. 1, 2.—In plur.:

varii scenai,

Lucr. 4, 984.—

In partic., of personal comeliness, charms, beauty (cf.: decens, no. 2):

fugit retro Levis Juventa et Decor,

Hor. Od. 2, 11, 6; Tib. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 1, 488; Curt. 8, 4, 23; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.; cf. Vulg. Isa. 33, 17; id. Thren. 1, 6.

► dĕcor, adj., v. decoris.

dēmum (also demus, like prorsus, quorsus, rursus, deorsus, Liv. Andr. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 70, 8 Müll.; Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 51 Ritschl and Brix), adv. [a sup. form from de, downmost; cf.: sub, summus], used to give prominence to an idea in opposition to or restriction of another, at length, at last, not till then; just, precisely; only, etc.

In Latin of every period and description of writing (for syn. cf.: tandem, denique, postremum, primo).

Enclitically with pronouns, like adeo (but less freq.), just, precisely, especially, exactly, indeed; also translated by an emphasis of the pronoun:

id demum lepidumst,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

sic sentio, id demum aut potius id solum esse miserum, quod turpe sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 8 init.:

idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

Sall. C. 20, 4; cf. id. ib. 12 fin.:

relinquere aculeum in audientium animis is demum potest, qui, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18:

tamquam ad eam linguam demum natus esset,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

11: me fortuna hac demum voluit consistere terra,

Verg. A. 1, 629; cf. id. ib. 2, 743 al.:

ille demum antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 20:

per quaedam parva sane, si ipsa demum aestimes, ducunt,

Quint. 1, 10, 5:

vos demum, ut video, legem antiquastis sine tabella. Sed ego, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38 (but Bait. vos quidem):

quae demum causae secundam valetudinem praestent, Cels. praef.: jam vero exsilium, si rerum naturam, non ignominiam nominis quaerimus, quantum demum a perpetua peregrinatione differt?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

sciscitando eo demum pervenit, ut haud procul esset, quin Remum agnosceret,

Liv. 1, 5 fin. —

Strengthened by a preceding verum enim vero, or a following profecto:

verum enim vero id demum juvat, si quem, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 2; Sall. C. 2, 9; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

is demum profecto vitam aequa lance pensitabit, etc.,

Plin. 7, 7, 5.—

Separated from the pronoun:

hoc est demum quod percrucior,

Plaut. Bac. 5, 1, 13:

illa seges demum,

Verg. G. 1, 47.—

Enclitically with the adverbs nunc, tum, or tunc, post, modo, jam, ibi, sic, etc.; just, precisely, not till; also freq. expressed by more strongly accenting those particles.—

Nunc demum, Gr. nun dê, now, now at length, at last (cf.: nunc adeo, under 2. adeo, no. B. 2. c.):

nunc demum ego cum illa fabulabor libere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40;

so with scio,

id. Epid. 3, 4, 22; id. Mil. 2, 6, 62;

with intellego,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12; cf.:

nunc demum rescribo iis litteris, quas, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; and:

undevicesimo aetatis anno dicere in foro coepi et nunc demum, quid praestare debeat orator, adhuc tamen per caliginem video,

yet it is only now that I am at length beginning to see, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8 et saep.—

In Plautus with following conjunctions, cum, quoniam, etc.:

nunc demum a me insipienter factum esse arbitror, Cum rem cognosco,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 80; cf. id. Rud. 4, 4, 78.—

Separated by pol, edepol, or other words:

nunc pol demum ego sum liber,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14:

nunc edepol demum in memoriam regredior, cum cogito, etc.,

id. Capt. 5, 4; 25; id. Cas. 4, 4, 14; id. Aul. 1, 2, 1:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum Exsilium infelix!

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

Tum demum, then at length, then indeed (so most freq., esp. in the historians;

in Caes. only in this connection): tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17; 1, 50, 2; 1, 51, 2; Liv. 2, 20; 3, 12; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; Verg. A. 6, 330; 573; id. G. 3, 205; Ov. F. 4, 615 et saep.:

utraque re satis experta tum demum consules,

Liv. 2, 29.—

With foll. conjunct. ubi, si, cum, etc. (and in Plautus also separate; cf. above, no. 1. b. and c.):

ubi expolivero, Magis hoc tum demum dices,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; Sall. J. 46; Cels. 7, 27 fin.:

si id facies, tum demum scibis, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56; id. Men. 2, 2, 71; Cic. Rep. 1, 24; cf. with quodsi, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

ac tum demum, cum medium tenuere, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 7:

tum tu igitur demum id adulescenti aurum dabis, Ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 52.—Once in this connection demum alone:

servata res est demum, si illam videro,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 68.—

Tunc demum (cf. Drak. Liv. 41, 3, 5):

tunc demum intelleges, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 121; Suet. Calig. 9; Vulg. Gen. 41, 9; and with cum, Col. praef. fin.;

with ubi,

Cels. 3, 6, and 10.—

Post demum, afterwards, not till after:

post eum demum huc cras adducam,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65:

post igitur demum, etc.,

id. Amph. 3, 1, 16.—With post as praep.: unas enim post idus Martias, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

post biduum demum,

Suet. Aug. 10 fin. —

Modo demum, only now, now for the first time:

modone id demum sensti,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—

Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dê... êdê, Eurip. Suppl. 980;

Troad. 235),

Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—

Ibi demum, just there:

illic ibi demum'st locus, ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 3; Quint. 10, 3, 13:

ibi demum morte quievit,

Verg. A. 9, 445; cf. id. ib. 1, 629; Stat. Th. 2, 474; id. Silv. 2, 3, 14; cf.

also ibi demum, of time,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53.—

Sic demum:

sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,

Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—

Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—

With the abl. temp. or absol.:

ego novus maritus anno demum quinto et sexagesimo fiam?

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 15:

decimo demum pugnavimus anno,

Ov. M. 13, 209:

quarta vix demum exponimur hora,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

hieme demum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

pontificatum maximum, quem numquam vivo Lepido auferre sustinuerat, mortuo demum suscepit,

Suet. Aug. 31; cf.:

appellato demum collegio obtinuit,

id. Caes. 23:

his demum exactis,

Verg. A. 6, 637:

noctu demum rex recessit,

Curt. 7, 11, 20.—And once with the nominative of the part. perf.:

damnatus demum, vi coactus reddidit Mille et ducentos Philippos,

i. e. not until condemned, Plaut. Bac. 2, 4, 38.—

To add emphasis to the idea contained in a proposition, in fact, in very truth, certainly, indeed (rare):

ea sunt enim demum non ferenda in mendacio, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

immemor est demum, nec frugum munere dignus, qui, etc.,

Ov. M. 15, 122; Quint. 10, 6, 5;

so to strengthen a comparative (cf.: adeo, etiam): latius demum ire,

further yet, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,

Quint. 4, 2, 79.—

In postAug. Latin.

Only, solely, exclusively ( = duntaxat, tantum, solum, tantummodo, modo): ne vulgarem viam ingressus, alienis demum vestigiis insisterem, Quint. prooem. § 3; id. 2, 15, 1:

adeo suis demum oculis credidit,

id. 11, 3, 68: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget, id. 1, 4, 29: [p. 545] qui (Cicero) non assecutus esset docendo judicem tantum et utiliter demum ac Latine perspicueque dicendo, ut, etc., id. 8, 3, 3 et saep.:

nihil magis pro contione testatus est, quam id demum se habiturum, quod, etc.,

but just that, Suet. Oth. 6 et saep.:

ut non is demum sit veneficus, qui vitam abstulit data potione, sed etiam qui mentem,

Quint. 9, 2, 105; cf.

with the following verum etiam,

id. 7 prooem. § 1.—

Ita demum, only so; then or in that case only; not till then ( = tum demum);

esp. freq. in conditional propositions: si plus humoris excernitur quam assumitur, ita demum secundae valetudinis spes est,

Cels. 3, 21; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Claud. 25 al.—

To point out something as taking place only after previous delay, at length, at last = tandem:

quod oppidum Hispaniae frustra diu oppugnatum illitis demum galbano facibus succenderit,

Suet. Galb. 3; cf. corresp. with tandem, id. Calig. 6.—

For denique no. II. 2, finally, in fine:

ex quibus alium Ciceroni, alium Caesari, singulis demum singulos opponeremus,

Tac. Or. 26 fin. Cf. Hand Turs. II. p. 250-260; Zumpt ad Curt. 6, 39, 25; Mützell ad Curt. 3, 7, 8; 3, 22, 26.

dĭurnus, a, um, adj. [for dius-nus, from dies; cf.: interdius, quotidianus, etc.], of or belonging to the day.

In a wider sense, daily (perh. not ante-Aug.):

aetatis fata diurna,

i. e. of only one day, Ov. H. 6, 37:

instituit, ut tam Senatus quam populi diurna acta confierent et publicarentur,

daily transactions, records, journal, Suet. Caes. 20; Tac. A. 13, 31; Suet. Claud. 41 Oud. N. cr.; in the same signif.:

commentarii,

id. Aug. 64; cf.

also: diurna actorum scriptura,

Tac. A. 3, 3. (Concerning these acta diurna, v. Lips. Exc. ad Tac. A. 5, 4; Ernest. Exc. ad Suet. Caes. 20; Rupert. ad Juv. 2, 136; Walch ad Tac. Agr. p. 114, and the art. acta):

cibus,

daily allowance, rations, Liv. 4, 12 fin.:

victus,

Suet. Ner. 36 fin.:

mercede diurna conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17.—Hence, subst.

diurnum, i, n., an account-book, day-book:

longum,

Juv. 6, 482; plur. (sc. acta), diaries, records, minutes:

diurna populi Romani, per provincias curatius leguntur,

Tac. A. 16, 22.—Also subst.

diurnum, i, n. (sc. frumentum), a daily portion, allowance, rations (cf. diarium), Sen. Ep. 80, 8; id. Contr. 5, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Ner. 30.—

In a stricter sense (acc. to dies, I. B. 2.), opp. nocturnus, by day, of the day (very freq. and class.):

diurnum nocturnumve spatium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

labores diurni nocturnique,

id. de Sen. 23, 82; cf.

so opp. nocturnus,

Lucr. 6, 849; Cic. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48; Caes. B. G. 1, 38 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13, 1; Quint. 7, 2, 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11; Ov. F. 3, 878 et saep.:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 458; so Ov. F. 4, 449; cf.

stella,

i. e. the morning-star, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 62:

currus,

i. e. the chariot of the sun, Ov. M. 4, 629:

ignes,

id. ib. 7, 192:

nitor,

id. H. 18, 78 al.:

actus,

the day's business, Suet. Aug. 78.— Adv.: dĭurne, daily, Dracont. Hex. 1, 68; 3, 602.

dĭurnus, a, um, adj. [for dius-nus, from dies; cf.: interdius, quotidianus, etc.], of or belonging to the day.

In a wider sense, daily (perh. not ante-Aug.):

aetatis fata diurna,

i. e. of only one day, Ov. H. 6, 37:

instituit, ut tam Senatus quam populi diurna acta confierent et publicarentur,

daily transactions, records, journal, Suet. Caes. 20; Tac. A. 13, 31; Suet. Claud. 41 Oud. N. cr.; in the same signif.:

commentarii,

id. Aug. 64; cf.

also: diurna actorum scriptura,

Tac. A. 3, 3. (Concerning these acta diurna, v. Lips. Exc. ad Tac. A. 5, 4; Ernest. Exc. ad Suet. Caes. 20; Rupert. ad Juv. 2, 136; Walch ad Tac. Agr. p. 114, and the art. acta):

cibus,

daily allowance, rations, Liv. 4, 12 fin.:

victus,

Suet. Ner. 36 fin.:

mercede diurna conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17.—Hence, subst.

diurnum, i, n., an account-book, day-book:

longum,

Juv. 6, 482; plur. (sc. acta), diaries, records, minutes:

diurna populi Romani, per provincias curatius leguntur,

Tac. A. 16, 22.—Also subst.

diurnum, i, n. (sc. frumentum), a daily portion, allowance, rations (cf. diarium), Sen. Ep. 80, 8; id. Contr. 5, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Ner. 30.—

In a stricter sense (acc. to dies, I. B. 2.), opp. nocturnus, by day, of the day (very freq. and class.):

diurnum nocturnumve spatium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

labores diurni nocturnique,

id. de Sen. 23, 82; cf.

so opp. nocturnus,

Lucr. 6, 849; Cic. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48; Caes. B. G. 1, 38 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13, 1; Quint. 7, 2, 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11; Ov. F. 3, 878 et saep.:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 458; so Ov. F. 4, 449; cf.

stella,

i. e. the morning-star, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 62:

currus,

i. e. the chariot of the sun, Ov. M. 4, 629:

ignes,

id. ib. 7, 192:

nitor,

id. H. 18, 78 al.:

actus,

the day's business, Suet. Aug. 78.— Adv.: dĭurne, daily, Dracont. Hex. 1, 68; 3, 602.

dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. duc;

but duce,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.— Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. [cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke], to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.:

quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13:

duc ac demonstra mihi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 36:

suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.:

(difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur,

id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf.

plaustra,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so,

aquam per fundum ejus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

spiritum naribus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so,

spiritum per siccas fauces,

Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.:

aërem spiritu,

Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.:

animam spiritu,

id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.:

vitam et spiritum,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

tura naribus,

to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22:

sucos nectaris,

to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf.

pocula,

id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and:

Liberum,

id. ib. 4, 12, 14.— Poet.:

jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe),

Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.:

mucronem,

to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.:

ferrum vaginā,

Ov. F. 4, 929:

ensem vagina,

Sil. 8, 342;

but: ensem duxerat faber,

had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48:

sortem,

Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22;

hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot,

Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.:

pondus aratri,

to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119:

remos,

to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353:

numerosa brachia,

in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29:

lanas,

to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf.

stamina,

id. ib. 4, 221:

ubera,

to milk, id. ib. 9, 358:

frena manu,

to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2:

manus, of swimming,

id. 3, 20, 2:

ilia,

to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

os,

to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf.

vultum,

Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.:

non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem,

to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.— Absol.:

sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—

Esp.

To lead, conduct, as a way or road:

via ducit (te), in urbem?

Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679:

Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20:

via ad undas,

Ov. M. 3, 602:

via ad infernas sedes,

id. ib. 4, 433; cf.:

iter ad urbem,

id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—

Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go:

jam me ad regem recta ducam,

Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—

A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so,

in jus,

Liv. 2, 27:

illos duci in carcerem jubent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30:

aliquem in carcerem,

Suet. Caes. 20:

in vincula,

id. ib. 79:

ad mortem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.:

ducite, ubi capiat, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45:

decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem,

to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf.

prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —

Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry:

bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc.... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.?

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91:

uxorem domum,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68:

filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105:

uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.),

id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.— Absol.:

si tu negaris ducere,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—

In milit. lang.

Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction:

locis apertis exercitum ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1:

exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos,

id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.:

exercitum in fines Suessionum,

id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3;

5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos,

id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57:

cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2:

exercitum Uticam,

id. ib. 2, 26, 1:

reliquas copias contra Labienum,

id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move:

quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.;

not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest,

Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,

In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division:

qua in legatione duxit exercitum,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so,

exercitum,

Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3:

qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1:

ordinem,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1:

partem exercitūs,

Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance:

consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas... inde, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van:

pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin. —

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing:

accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so,

familiam,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45:

ordines,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

classem (discipulorum),

Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.:

funus,

Hor. Epod. 8, 12:

toros,

Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—

To conduct as prisoners in a triumph:

per triumphum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67:

in triumpho,

Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—

With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.:

struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus,

to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf.

muros,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 23:

vallum ex castris ad aquam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2:

fossam,

id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2:

arcum,

Ov. M. 3, 160:

lateres de terra,

Vitr. 2, 3:

vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera),

Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also:

epos,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 44:

carmen,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32:

versus,

id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.:

liniam ex colore,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf.

orbem,

id. 11, 3, 118:

alvum,

to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf.

colaphum,

Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.:

pugnum,

Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.;

so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus,

Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf.

exsequias,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

pompam,

Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699:

choros,

Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf.

choreas,

Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—

To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.):

cicatricem,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12:

rimam,

Ov. M. 4, 65:

situm,

to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

formam,

Ov. M. 1, 402:

colorem,

id. ib. 3, 485; cf.

pallorem,

to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760:

nomina,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 76:

notam,

id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.

Trop.

In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct:

progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas,

Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57:

ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 31:

Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,

id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26:

per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem),

id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.:

ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,

Sen. Ep. 107.—

In partic.

To draw, deduce, [p. 616] derive its origin or beginning from, any thing:

ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium,

Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:

exordium a nostra persona,

Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7:

principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.:

belli initium a fame,

id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21:

initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

originem ab Isocrate,

Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.:

ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc.,

Cic. Or. 3, 11:

honestum ab iis rebus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135:

nomen ex quo,

id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.:

nomen a Graeco,

Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf.

also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando,

Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—

To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.):

ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 18:

nos ducit scholarum consuetudo,

Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21:

ducit te species,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.:

declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc.,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.:

si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.:

eloquentiae laude,

id. Or. 32, 115:

quaestu et lucro,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

hoc errore ut, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 41; cf.:

litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—

In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—

With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.:

bellum longius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3:

bellum in hiemem,

id. ib. 1, 61, 3:

eam rem longius,

id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.:

rem prope in noctem,

id. B. C. 3, 51, 7:

rem leniter,

Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself:

tempus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7:

diem ex die,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed:

ubi se diutius duci intellexit,

id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),

In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy:

aetatem in litteris,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so,

aetatem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202:

vitam,

id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere):

noctes,

Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13:

somnos,

Verg. A. 4, 560.—

In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30:

minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—

Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.

Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero):

duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar,

Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so,

suam quoque rationem,

to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and:

non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem,

Suet. Aug. 42 fin.:

salutis meae rationem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3:

rationem officii, non commodi,

id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16:

rationem officii atque existimationis,

id. Quint. 16, 53.—

In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo;

very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

pro nihilo aliquid,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ea pro falsis ducit,

Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.:

innocentiam pro malevolentia,

id. ib. 12, 1:

vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so,

aliquid honori,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3;

aliquem in numero hostium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:

aliquem loco affinium,

Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10:

tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur,

Liv. 21, 41; cf.:

officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 11:

faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret,

id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.:

malum cum amici tuum ducis malum,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet,

Sall. J. 62, 4:

nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.:

sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum,

Verg. A. 6, 690:

ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.

flamma, ae (archaic gen. sing. flammaï, Lucr. 1, 725; 900; 5, 1099), f. [for flagma, v. flagro; cf. Gr. phlegma, from phlegô], a blazing fire, a blaze, flame (cf. ignis).

Lit.: fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ed. Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 1169:

dicere aiunt Ennium, flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi quam bona dicta teneat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 222:

flammam concipere,

to take fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

flammā torreri,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

flamma ab utroque cornu comprehensa, naves sunt combustae,

id. B. C. 3, 101, 5:

circumventi flammā,

id. B. G. 6, 16, 4:

effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit,

Liv. 30, 6, 5:

flammam sedare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

lumina illa non flammae, sed scintillis inter fumum emicantibus similia,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

solis flammam per caeli caerula pasci,

the blazing light, Lucr. 1, 1090:

erat is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circulus elucens,

i. e. among the blazing stars, Cic. Rep. 6, 16:

polo fixae flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15:

deum genitor rutilas per nubila flammas Spargit,

i. e. flashing lightnings, id. F. 3, 285:

flammam media ipsa tenebat Ingentem,

i. e. a torch, Verg. A. 6, 518; so,

armant picis unguine flammas,

Val. Fl. 8, 302;

for ignis: modum ponere iambis flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 3:

flamma ferroque absumi,

by fire and sword, Liv. 30, 6; Juv. 10, 266.—

Provv.

Flamma fumo est proxima:

Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest,

i. e. the slightest approach to impropriety leads to vice, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53. —

E flamma cibum petere, to snatch [p. 757] food from the flames, i. e. to be reduced to extremities for want of it, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38 (cf. Cat. 59).—

Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water, of any thing impossible, Poët. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49.—

Unda dabit flammas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 4.—

flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua, = obsta principiis, Ov. H. 17, 190.—

Transf.

Of color, flame-color:

reddit flammam excellentis purpurae,

Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

stant lumina (i. e. oculi) flammā,

his eyes glare with fire, Verg. A. 6, 300; cf.:

rubrā suffusus lumina flammā,

Ov. M. 11, 368.—

Fever-heat, Ov. M. 7, 554.—

Trop., viz., acc. as the notion of glowing heat or of destructive power predominates (cf. flagro, II.).—

The flame or fire of passion, esp. of love, the flame or glow of love, flame, passion, love:

amoris turpissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

cuncto concepit pectore flammam Funditus,

Cat. 64, 92; cf.:

excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 7, 17:

digne puer meliore flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 20:

ira feri mota est: spirat pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 8, 355; Sil. 17, 295:

omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93; cf.:

scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere,

Sall. J. 4, 6.—

A devouring flame, destructive fire, suffering, danger:

incidi in ipsam flammam civilis discordiae vel potius belli,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2:

invidiae,

id. de Or. 3, 3, 11:

is se tum eripuit flammā,

id. Brut. 23, 90:

implacatae gulae,

i. e. raging hunger, Ov. M. 8, 849.—

Flamma Jovis, the name of a red flower, Plin. 27, 7, 27, § 44.

Flamma, ae, m., a Roman surname, Tac. H. 4, 45.

flamma, ae (archaic gen. sing. flammaï, Lucr. 1, 725; 900; 5, 1099), f. [for flagma, v. flagro; cf. Gr. phlegma, from phlegô], a blazing fire, a blaze, flame (cf. ignis).

Lit.: fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ed. Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 1169:

dicere aiunt Ennium, flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi quam bona dicta teneat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 222:

flammam concipere,

to take fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

flammā torreri,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

flamma ab utroque cornu comprehensa, naves sunt combustae,

id. B. C. 3, 101, 5:

circumventi flammā,

id. B. G. 6, 16, 4:

effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit,

Liv. 30, 6, 5:

flammam sedare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

lumina illa non flammae, sed scintillis inter fumum emicantibus similia,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

solis flammam per caeli caerula pasci,

the blazing light, Lucr. 1, 1090:

erat is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circulus elucens,

i. e. among the blazing stars, Cic. Rep. 6, 16:

polo fixae flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15:

deum genitor rutilas per nubila flammas Spargit,

i. e. flashing lightnings, id. F. 3, 285:

flammam media ipsa tenebat Ingentem,

i. e. a torch, Verg. A. 6, 518; so,

armant picis unguine flammas,

Val. Fl. 8, 302;

for ignis: modum ponere iambis flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 3:

flamma ferroque absumi,

by fire and sword, Liv. 30, 6; Juv. 10, 266.—

Provv.

Flamma fumo est proxima:

Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest,

i. e. the slightest approach to impropriety leads to vice, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53. —

E flamma cibum petere, to snatch [p. 757] food from the flames, i. e. to be reduced to extremities for want of it, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38 (cf. Cat. 59).—

Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water, of any thing impossible, Poët. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49.—

Unda dabit flammas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 4.—

flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua, = obsta principiis, Ov. H. 17, 190.—

Transf.

Of color, flame-color:

reddit flammam excellentis purpurae,

Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

stant lumina (i. e. oculi) flammā,

his eyes glare with fire, Verg. A. 6, 300; cf.:

rubrā suffusus lumina flammā,

Ov. M. 11, 368.—

Fever-heat, Ov. M. 7, 554.—

Trop., viz., acc. as the notion of glowing heat or of destructive power predominates (cf. flagro, II.).—

The flame or fire of passion, esp. of love, the flame or glow of love, flame, passion, love:

amoris turpissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

cuncto concepit pectore flammam Funditus,

Cat. 64, 92; cf.:

excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 7, 17:

digne puer meliore flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 20:

ira feri mota est: spirat pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 8, 355; Sil. 17, 295:

omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93; cf.:

scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere,

Sall. J. 4, 6.—

A devouring flame, destructive fire, suffering, danger:

incidi in ipsam flammam civilis discordiae vel potius belli,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2:

invidiae,

id. de Or. 3, 3, 11:

is se tum eripuit flammā,

id. Brut. 23, 90:

implacatae gulae,

i. e. raging hunger, Ov. M. 8, 849.—

Flamma Jovis, the name of a red flower, Plin. 27, 7, 27, § 44.

Flamma, ae, m., a Roman surname, Tac. H. 4, 45.