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  • 1 mendīcus

        mendīcus adj.    with sup, beggarly, needy, in want, indigent: ex mendicis fieri divites: solos sapientīs esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites.—As subst m., a beggar, mendicant, T., C.: mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, H.—Poor, paltry, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum.
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    mendica, mendicum ADJ
    poor as a beggar, beggarly; paltry, pitiful

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  • 2 mendicus

    mendīcus, a, um, adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.:

    solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites,

    id. Mur. 29, 61:

    mendicior,

    Tert. de Anim. 33:

    prandia,

    Mart. 14, 81.—As subst.: mendīcus, i, m., a beggar, mendicant:

    mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16:

    mendici,

    i. e. the priests of Cybele, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2.—As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 4, 5, 20.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful:

    instrumentum mendicum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92.—Hence, adv.: mendīcē, in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.):

    non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu,

    Sen. Ep. 33, 6.— Comp.:

    ne mendicius patre coenaret,

    Tert. Pall. 5.

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  • 3 dē

       dē    praep., with abl. — Of separation, in space, from, away from, down from, out of: de finibus suis exire, Cs.: decedere de provinciā: qui de castris processerant, S.: ferrum de manibus extorsimus: de muro se deiecerunt, Cs.: de iugis, quae ceperant, funduntur, L. — Fig., from, away from, out of: exire de vitā: de priscis Latinis capta oppida, L.: de sententiā deiectus.—In time, of immediate sequence, after, directly after: statim de auctione: diem de die prospectans, day after day, L.—Of duration, during, in the course of, at, by: de nocte: multā de nocte, late at night: de mediā nocte, Cs.: de tertiā vigiliā, in the third night-watch, Cs.: adparare de die convivium, in open day, T.: mediā de luce, H.: navigare de mense Decembri, in December. — Of origin or source, of, from, from among, out of, proceeding from, derived from: caupo de viā Latinā: nescio qui de circo maximo: homo de scholā: aliquis de ponte, i. e. a beggar, Iu.: Priami de stirpe, V.: recita de epistulā reliqua: hoc audivi de patre: discere id de me, T.—Of the whole, of, from, from among, out of: hominem misi de comitibus meis: percussus ab uno de illis: quemvis de iis qui essent idonei: accusator de plebe: unus de legatis: partem solido demere de die, H.: expers partis de nostris bonis, T.: si quae sunt de eodem genere: cetera de genere hoc, H.—Of material, of, out of, from: solido de marmore templum, V.: de templo carcerem fieri: de scurrā divitem fieri posse: fies de rhetore consul, Iu. — Esp., of a fund out of which costs are taken: potat, ole<*> unguenta, de meo, T.: de suo: stipendium de publico statuit, L.: non solum de die, sed etiam in diem vivere, on the day's resources.—Of cause, for, on account of, by reason of, because of, from, through, by: quā de causā, Cs.: certis de causis: de quo nomine ad arbitrum adisti: de gestu intellego quid respondeas: incessit passu de volnere tardo, O.: de Atticae febriculā valde dolui.—Of measure or standard, according to, after, in accordance with: De eius consilio velle se facere, T.: de amicorum sententiā Romam confugit: de more vetusto rapuere faces, V.—Of relation, of, about, concerning, in respect to: multa narrare de Laelio. senatus de bello accepit, learned of, S.: Consilium summis de rebus habere, V.: legati de pace ad Caesarem venerant, Cs.: de bene vivendo disputare: de me experior, in my own case.—In gen., in reference to, with respect to, concerning, in the matter of: non est de veneno celata mater: Aeduis de iniuriis satisfacere, for, Cs.: quid de his fieri placeat, S.: concessum ab nobilitate de consule plebeio, L.: ut sciam quid de nobis futurum sit: de argento somnium, as for the money, T.: de benevolentiā, primum, etc.: de Samnitibus triumphare, over. — In adverbial expressions, de integro, anew, afresh, once more: ratio de integro ineunda est mihi, T.: de integro funus iam sepulto filio facere.—De improviso, unexpectedly: ubi de inprovisost interventum mulieri, T.: de improviso venire, Cs.—De transverso, unexpectedly: de traverso L. Caesar ut veniam ad se rogat.
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    down/away from, from, off; about, of, concerning; according to; with regard to

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  • 4 mendīcō

        mendīcō —, ātus, āre    [mendicus], to beg, ask alms: eiectis mendicat silva Camenis, i. e. is full of beggars, Iu.: mendicatus panis, Iu.
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    mendicare, mendicavi, mendicatus V
    beg for; be a beggar, go begging

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  • 5 aeruscator

    beggar; itinerant juggler/entertainer (L+S)

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  • 6 mendicor

    mendicari, mendicatus sum V DEP
    beg for; be a beggar, go begging

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  • 7 pauper

    I.
    beggar, person without means.
    II.
    poor, with few means, poverty-stricken.

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  • 8 de

    1.
    dē, adv.: of place, down, only in the phrase susque deque, q. v.
    2.
    dē, prep. [perh. for ded; cf. Oscan dat, old abl. of pronom. stem da; cf. also Lith. praep. da, as far as; and the suffixes, old case-forms, -dam, -dem, -dum, -do, with the locative -de; v. Ribbeck, Beitr. z. L. v. d. Lat. Part. p. 4 sq.] (with abl., denotes the going out, departure, removal, or separating of an object from any fixed point. Accordingly, it occupies a middle place between ab, away from, which denotes a mere external departure, and ex, out of, which signifies from the interior of a thing. Hence verbs compounded with de are constr. not only with de, but quite as freq. with ab and ex; and, on the other hand, those compounded with ab and ex often have the terminus a quo indicated by de), from, away from, down from, out of, etc.
    A.
    In space, lit. and trop. with verbs of motion: animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. p. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

    aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit,

    Lucr. 3, 224:

    (quod Ariovistus) de altera parte agri Sequanos decedere juberet,

    to depart, withdraw from, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10; cf.:

    civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    decedere de provincia,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 49 ( = ex provincia, id. ib. 2, 2, 65, §

    147): de vita decedere,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:

    exire de vita,

    id. Lael. 4, 15 (cf.:

    excedere e vita,

    id. ib. 3, 12):

    de triclinio, de cubiculo exire,

    id. de Or. 2, 65 fin.:

    hamum de cubiculo ut e navicula jacere,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 4:

    de castris procedere,

    Sall. C. 61, 8 et saep.:

    brassica de capite et de oculis omnia (mala) deducet,

    Cato R. R. 157, 6:

    de digito anulum detraho,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 38; cf.:

    de matris complexu aliquem avellere atque abstrahere,

    Cic. Font. 17:

    nomen suum de tabula sustulit,

    id. Sest. 33, 72:

    ferrum de manibus extorsimus,

    id. Cat. 2, 1, 2:

    juris utilitas vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest,

    id. de Or. 1, 59, 252 et saep.:

    ... decido de lecto praeceps,

    Plaut. Casin. 5, 2, 50:

    de muro se deicere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3:

    de sella exsilire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30 fin.:

    nec ex equo vel de muro, etc., hostem destinare,

    Tert. adv. Jud. 9, p. 192:

    de caelo aliquid demittere,

    Lucr. 2, 1155; cf. Cato R. R. 14, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    In gen., to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds; cf.:

    emere de aliquo,

    Cato R. R. 1, 4:

    aliquid mercari de aliquo,

    Cic. Fl. 20 et saep.:

    de aliquo quaerere, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2:

    saepe hoc audivi de patre,

    id. de Or. 3, 33, 133; cf.:

    de mausoleo exaudita vox est,

    Suet. Ner. 46:

    ut sibi liceret discere id de me,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31;

    so with petere, of place (class.): de vicino terra petita solo,

    Ov. F. 4, 822;

    so of persons (late Lat.): peto de te,

    Dig. 36, 1, 57, § 2; Apul. M. 6, p. 179, 40.
    2.
    To point out the place from which any thing is brought; and hence, trop., to indicate its origin, derivation, etc.: of, from: de circo astrologi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58; so,

    caupo de via Latina,

    Cic. Clu. 59, 163:

    nescio qui de circo maximo,

    id. Mil. 24, 65:

    declamator aliqui de ludo aut rabula de foro,

    id. Or. 15, 47:

    homo de schola atque a magistro... eruditus,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    nautae de navi Alexandrina,

    Suet. Aug. 98:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, Juv. 14, 134:

    Libyca de rupe leones,

    Ov. F. 2, 209:

    nostro de rure corona,

    Tib. 1, 1, 15:

    Vaticano fragiles de monte patellas,

    Juv. 6, 344 al.:

    de summo loco Summoque genere eques,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 30; cf. id. Aul. prol. 28; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13:

    genetrix Priami de gente vetusta,

    Verg. A. 9, 284; cf. id. ib. 10, 350; Stat. S. 5, 3, 126:

    de Numitore sati,

    Ov. F. 5, 41:

    de libris,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

    de Philocteta, id,

    ib. 3, 35, 141 (cf.:

    e Philocteta versus,

    Quint. 3, 1, 14).
    3.
    Transf., to indicate the quarter from which motion proceeds (cf. ab), from, and because motion is so often and naturally downwards, down from:

    haec agebantur in conventu, palam, de sella ac de loco superiore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40; cf. ib. 2, 2, 38:

    quem ad se vocari et de tribunali citari jussit,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    qui nihil ex occulto, nihil de insidiis, agendum putant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf.

    de tergo plagas dare,

    from behind, Plaut. Asin. 2, 2, 10; Just. 20, 5, 5:

    de paupere mensa dona,

    Tib. 1, 1, 37 et saep.—In jurid. Latin: de plano discutere, interloqui, cognoscere, etc., i. e. on level ground, not on the tribunal (cf. chamothen, opp. pro bêmatos, Dig. 27, 1, 13, § 10), Dig. 1, 4, 1; 1, 16, 9; 14. 3, 11 et saep.; so, de plano, off-hand, without formal consideration, Lucr. 1, 411;

    v. planus.—And with pendeo, etc. (the motion in the eye transferred to the object): deque viri collo dulce pependit onus,

    Ov. F. 2, 760:

    lucerna de camera pendebat,

    Petr. 30, 3; cf.:

    et nova de gravido palmite gemma tumet,

    Ov. F. 1, 152:

    de qua pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    leaning downwards against the tree, id. H. 21, 100.
    B.
    In time.
    1.
    Immediately following a given moment of time, after, directly after (very rare):

    de concursu,

    Lucr. 1, 384 (cf. Munro, ad loc.):

    velim scire hodiene statim de auctione aut quo die venias,

    Cic. Att. 12, 3:

    non bonus somnus est de prandio,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

    de eorum verbis prosilui, etc.,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 178.—Hence, diem de die, from day to day, day after day, Liv. 5, 48:

    cum is diem de die differret, dum, etc.,

    id. 25, 25; cf.:

    diem de die proferendo,

    Just. 2, 15, 6: de die in diem, from day to day, daily (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 60, 8; 2 Pet. 2, 8; Cypr. Ep. 3, 11.
    2.
    De nocte, de vigilia, etc., to designate an act which begins or takes its origin from the night-time, Engl. during or in the course of the night, at night, by night, etc.: De. Rus cras cum filio Cum primo lucu ibo hinc. Mi. Imo de nocte censeo, to-night rather, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 55: in comitium Milo de nocte venit, in the night (cf. shortly before, Milo media nocte in campum venit), Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. Mur. 33, 69:

    vigilas tu de nocte,

    id. ib. 9, 22; cf.:

    de nocte evigilabat,

    Suet. Vesp. 21:

    ut jugulent homines, surgunt de nocte latrones,

    at night, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32;

    and Hannibal surgere de nocte solitus, Frontin Strat. 4, 3, 7 et saep.: ut de nocte multa impigreque exsurrexi,

    late in the night, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 10; so,

    multa de nocte,

    Cic. Sest. 35, 75; id. Att. 7, 4 fin. (for which multa nocte, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9); cf.

    also: si de multa nocte (al. de nocte) vigilassent,

    id. Att. 2, 15, 2:

    Caesar mittit complures equitum turmas eo de media nocte,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45; 7, 88; so,

    media de nocte,

    at midnight, Suet. Calig. 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 91:

    Caesar de tertia vigilia e castris profectus,

    in the third night-watch, Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

    de tertia vigilia,

    id. ib. 1, 21; Liv. 9, 44 Drak.; 40, 4 al.; cf.:

    de quarta vigilia,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21, 3 al.; v. vigilia. —As in this manner de nocte became adverbially = nocte, so de die was sometimes used for die or per diem:

    de die potare,

    by day, in the daytime, Plaut. Asin. 4, 2, 16:

    epulari de die,

    Liv. 23, 8; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 8; Catull. 47, 6; Suet. Calig. 37; id. Domit. 21; cf.:

    bibulus media de luce Falerni,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34;

    and in a lusus verbb. with in diem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34 fin. —Less freq., de mense:

    navigare de mense Decembri,

    in December, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1 fin. —And once de tempore for tempore: ipse de tempore coenavit, Auct. B. Hisp. 33, 5.
    C.
    In other relations, implying separation, departure from, etc.
    1.
    To designate the whole, from which a part is taken, or of which a part is separately regarded, etc., from among, out of, from:

    hominem certum misi de comitibus meis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2:

    gladio percussus ab uno de illis,

    id. Mil. 24, 65:

    si quis de nostris hominibus,

    id. Flacc. 4:

    quemvis de iis qui essent idonei,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4 fin.:

    de tribus et decem fundis tres nobilissimi fundi,

    id. Rosc. Am. 35, 99 et saep.:

    accusator de plebe,

    id. Brut. 34, 131:

    pulsare minimum de plebe Quiritem,

    Ov. Am. 1, 7, 29; cf. Liv. 7, 17:

    malus poëta de populo,

    Cic. Arch. 10, 25 et saep.:

    partem solido demere de die,

    Hor. Od. 1, 1, 20:

    quantum de vita perdiderit,

    Petr. 26:

    praeteriine tuas de tot caelestibus aras,

    Ov. Her. 21, 179; Juv. 1, 138. —
    b.
    Sometimes de with abl. takes the place of the gen. partit. or gen. obj. In the best writers this occurs mainly
    (α).
    to avoid ambiguity where genitives would be multiplied:

    ne expers partis esset de nostris bonis,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 39:

    ut aliquem partem de istius impudentia reticere possim,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32;
    (β).
    for greater precision:

    si quae sunt de eodem genere,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 16:

    persona de mimo,

    id. Phil. 2, 27, 65;
    (γ).
    in the poets, metri gratiā:

    aliquid de more vetusto,

    Ov. F. 6, 309; Grat. Cyneg. 17:

    laudes de Caesare,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 13, 23:

    cetera de genere hoc,

    Hor. Sat. 1, 1, 13; Lucr. 4, 746. This circumlocution was freq. [p. 514] in comic writers and in vulgar lang., and became more common in the declining periods of the lang., so that in the Romance tongues de, di, etc., with a case represent the earlier genitive (so, conscius, conscientia, meminisse, mentionem facere, recordari, etc., de aliqua re for alicujus rei, v. h. vv.).
    2.
    To indicate the property from which the costs of any thing are taken:

    obsonat, potat, olet unguenta de meo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37; so,

    de tuo,

    Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 65:

    de suo,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5; Suet. Caes. 19:

    de nostro,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 11:

    de vestro,

    Liv. 6, 15, 10; cf.:

    de vestris,

    Ov. F. 3, 828:

    de alieno,

    Liv. 3, 1, 3; Just. 36, 3 fin.:

    de publico,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44; Liv. 1, 20; 2, 16; 4, 60. For de tuo, once de te:

    de te largitor puer,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—Also in a trop. sense:

    ad tua praecepta de meo nihil his novum apposivi,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; cf. id. Men. 1. 2, 40; Cic. Fam. 4, 3; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 8.— Poet., to denote that out of which, or by which, one pays a penalty or suffers punishment:

    has vestro de sanguine poenas datis,

    Luc. 4, 805; cf.:

    cum de visceribus tuis satisfacturus sis quibus debes,

    Cic. Q. Frat. 1, 3, 7.
    3.
    To designate the material of which any thing is made, of, out of, from:

    niveo factum de marmore signum,

    Ov. M. 14, 313; cf. Verg. G. 3, 13:

    verno de flore corona,

    Tib. 2, 1, 59:

    sucus de quinquefolio,

    Plin. 26, 4, 11:

    cinis de fico,

    Pall. 1, 35, 3 et saep.:

    de templo carcerem fleri,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 7; cf. Flor. 2, 6, 32:

    captivum de rege facturi,

    Just. 7, 2, 11; cf.:

    inque deum de bove versus erat,

    Ov. F. 5, 616 et saep.:

    fles de rhetore consul,

    Juv. 7, 197.—Cf. trop. by means of:

    de eodem oleo et opera exaravi nescio quid ad te,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38.—Prov.:

    de nihilo nihilum,

    Pers. 3, 84; cf. Lucr. 1, 157 sq.
    4.
    In mental operations, to indicate the subject-matter or theme on which any mental act (thinking, considering, advising, determining, etc.; discoursing, informing, exhorting, deciding, disputing, doubting, etc.) is founded; of, about, concerning, Gr. peri:

    cogitare de aliqua re, etc. (the most common signification): multa narrare de Laelio,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    dubitare de re,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 15:

    de suo adventu docere,

    Suet. Caes. 9:

    de moribus admonere,

    Sall. Cat. 5, 9 et saep.—With this, too, is connected its use,
    5.
    To indicate the producing cause or reason, for, on account of, because of:

    nam id nisi gravi de causa non fecisset,

    Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186; Cael ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15; Cic. Att. 11, 3:

    de quo nomine ad arbitrum adiisti, de eo ad judicium venisti,

    id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12:

    flebat uterque non de suo supplicio, sed pater de filii morte, de patris filius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76:

    de labore pectus tundit,

    with pain, Plaut. Casin. 2, 6, 63:

    incessit passu de vulnere tardo,

    Ov. M. 10, 49:

    humus fervet de corpore,

    id. ib. 7, 560:

    facilius de odio creditur,

    Tac. H. 1, 34:

    quod erat de me feliciter Ilia mater,

    through me, Ov. F. 3, 233 et saep.
    6.
    To indicate the thing with reference to which any thing is done, with respect to, concerning:

    de istac re in oculum utrumvis conquiescito,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 121: nil peccat de savio, Caec. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 11 (v. 161 Ribbeck):

    credere de numero militum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 2:

    de numero dierum fidem servare,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Sall. C. 50, 3:

    de ceteris senatui curae fore,

    id. Jug. 26, 1:

    concessum ab nobilitate de consule plebeio,

    Liv. 6, 42:

    solem de virgine rapta consule,

    Ov. F. 4, 581 et saep.—Ellipt.:

    de argento somnium,

    as for the money, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 50 (for which id. Heaut. 4, 2, 4: quod de argento sperem, nihil est): Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 1:

    de Dionysio sum admiratus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12; id. Off. 1, 15, 47:

    de me autem suscipe paullisper meas partes,

    id. Fam. 3, 12, 2; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 36 et saep.:

    de Samnitibus triumphare,

    concerning, over, Cic. Sen. 16, 55; cf. Hor. 4, 2, 88:

    de Atheniensibus victoria,

    Curt. 8, 1, 33.
    7.
    To indicate the thing in conformity with which any thing is done, according to, after:

    secundum: DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD, S. C. de Bac.: fecisse dicas de mea sententia,

    Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 115; cf.:

    de suorum propinquorum sententia atque auctoritate fecisse dicatur,

    Cic. Cael. 29: de consilii sententia Mamertinis se frumentum non imperare pronunciat, id. Verr. 2, 5, 21 al.:

    de ejus consilio velle sese facere,

    Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 17:

    vix de mea voluntate concessum est,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

    de exemplo meo ipse aedificato,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 86:

    de more vetusto,

    Verg. A. 11, 142; Ov. M. 7, 606:

    de nomine,

    id. ib. 1, 447:

    patrioque vocat de nomine mensem,

    id. F. 3, 77.
    8.
    With adjectives to form adverbial expressions.
    a.
    De integro, anew ( = ab integro, ex integro; cf.: iterum, rursus, denuo), indidemque eadem aeque oriuntur de integro, atque eodem occidunt, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 17 Müll. (v. 92 Ribb.):

    ratio de integro ineunda est mihi,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56; id. Att. 13, 27; id. Fam. 12, 30, 2 et saep. (The combination de novo appears only in the contracted form denuo, v. h. v.).—
    b.
    De improviso, unexpectedly:

    ubi de improviso interventum est mulieri,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; Caes. B. G. 2, 3; 5, 22; 5, 39 et saep.; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151 et saep.—
    c.
    De transverso, unexpectedly:

    ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar ut veniam ad se rogat,

    Cic. Att. 15, 4 fin.; Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14.
    ► De is often put between an adj.
    or pron. and its substantive; cf.

    above multa de nocte, media de nocte, gravi de causa, etc.: qua de re,

    Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 13; esp. in the judic. formula: qua de re agitur; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6; Cic. Brut. 79 fin. Also freq. after a simple relative:

    quo de,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41; 54, 104; 2, 11, 37:

    qua de,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 70 et saep.
    II.
    In composition the e becomes short before a vowel, as in dĕhisco, dĕhinc, dĕorsum, and coincides with it in the poets by synaeresis; cf.: dehinc, deinde, deinceps, deorsum; sometimes contraction takes place, as in debeo, debilis, dego, demo, from dehabeo, de-habilis, de-ago, de-emo.—
    2.
    Signif.
    a.
    Separation, departure, removal, taking away; off, away, down, out: decedo, demigro, demeto, depromo, descendo, devolvo, derivo, deflecto, etc.; and trop. dedico, denuntio; and in a downward direction, decido, decumbo, deprimo, demergo, delabor, defluo, demitto, desido, desideo, declivis, deculco, degredior, deicio, etc.—
    b.
    Cessation, removal of the fundamental idea ( = un-, de-, dis-): dearmo, deartuo, decresco, dedisco, dedecoro, dedignor, dedoceo, denascor, denormo, desum, etc.; and hence direct negation, as in dedecet, deformis, demens, etc.—
    c.
    With reference to the terminus of the action: defero, defigo, demitto, etc.; hence also trop., with reference to the extent of the action, to the uttermost, to exhaustion, through. out: debacchor, debello, dedolo, delino, delibuo, etc.: defatigo, delaboro, delasso, etc.; hence freq. a mere strengthening of the fundamental idea, = valde, thoroughly, much: demiror, demitigo, etc.—
    d.
    Giving a bad sense to the verb: decipio, delinquo, deludo, derideo, detestor.—
    e.
    Rarely, contraction from a broad into a narrow space, together: deligo, devincio. See also Hand Turs. II. p. 183-229.

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  • 9 Irus

    Īrus, i, m., = Iros, the name of a beggar in the house of Ulysses at Ithaca; used proverbially to denote a poor man:

    Irus est subito, qui modo Croesus erat,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42:

    Iron,

    id. R. Am. 747; Prop. 3, 3, 39 (4, 4, 17):

    Iro pauperior,

    Mart. 5, 41, 9; id. 5, 39, 9; 6, 77, 1.—In Ov. Ib. 415, binominis, double-named, because he was named Arnaeus by his mother.

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  • 10 mendicabulum

    mendīcābŭlum, i, n. [mendico], a beggar, mendicant (ante- and post-class.):

    hominum mendicabula,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 2:

    circumforaneum,

    App. M. 9, p. 218, 41.

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  • 11 mendiculus

    mendīcŭlus, a, um, dim. adj. [mendicus], of a beggar, beggarly:

    inducula (opp. regilla),

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 32.

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  • 12 Pons

    1.
    pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

    117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

    to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

    in Histro flumine,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

    inicere pontem,

    Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

    flumen ponte jungere,

    Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

    amnem ponte junxit,

    id. 4, 9, 9:

    imponere pontem flumini,

    id. 5, 1, 22:

    pontibus palude constratā,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    pontem navibus efficere,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    ponte flumen transgredi,

    id. ib. 13, 39;

    also: ponte flumen transmittere,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

    ponte flumen traicere,

    Flor. 4, 12, 22:

    interscindere pontem,

    to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

    rescindere,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    interrumpere,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

    rumpere,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

    abrumpere,

    id. H. 3, 6:

    recidere,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    dissolvere,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    vellere,

    Verg. A. 8, 650:

    partem pontis rescindere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

    plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

    a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—
    B. C.
    A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—
    D. E.
    A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—
    F. 2.
    Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.
    I.
    Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—
    II.
    Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—
    III.
    Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

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  • 13 pons

    1.
    pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

    117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

    to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

    in Histro flumine,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

    inicere pontem,

    Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

    flumen ponte jungere,

    Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

    amnem ponte junxit,

    id. 4, 9, 9:

    imponere pontem flumini,

    id. 5, 1, 22:

    pontibus palude constratā,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    pontem navibus efficere,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    ponte flumen transgredi,

    id. ib. 13, 39;

    also: ponte flumen transmittere,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

    ponte flumen traicere,

    Flor. 4, 12, 22:

    interscindere pontem,

    to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

    rescindere,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    interrumpere,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

    rumpere,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

    abrumpere,

    id. H. 3, 6:

    recidere,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    dissolvere,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    vellere,

    Verg. A. 8, 650:

    partem pontis rescindere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

    plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

    a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—
    B. C.
    A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—
    D. E.
    A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—
    F. 2.
    Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.
    I.
    Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—
    II.
    Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—
    III.
    Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

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  • 14 posco

    posco, pŏposci, 3 (old perf. peposci, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9), v. inch. a. [for porc-scere; Sanscr. root parkh- prakh-, to ask; cf.: precor, procus, procax], to ask for urgently; to beg, demand, request, desire (syn.: flagito, postulo, peto).
    I.
    In gen., constr. usually with aliquid, aliquem ( sibi): aliquid ab aliquo; also with a double acc., with ut, with inf., or with acc. and inf., or wholly absol.:

    poscere est secundum Varronem, quotiens aliquid pro merito nostro deposcimus: petere vero est cum aliquid humiliter et cum precibus postulamus,

    Serv. Verg. A. 9, 194.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    posco atque adeo flagito crimen,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

    argentum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44;

    2, 3, 34, § 78: pugnam,

    Liv. 2, 45, 6: nec mi aurum posco, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

    si quid poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

    pulvinos,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Planc. 19, 48:

    vades poposcit,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf.:

    audaciae partes Roscii sibi poposcerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 35:

    peccatis veniam poscentem (preceded by postulare),

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 75.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    fac, ut audeat Tibi credere omnia, abs te petere et poscere,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 53: diem a praetore peposcit, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9:

    abs te litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36; 2, 2, 47, § 117:

    tutorem ab aliquo,

    Suet. Aug. 94:

    bibere a me poscis,

    Vulg. Joann. 4, 9.—
    (γ).
    With a double acc.:

    parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberum poscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    magistratum nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 17, §

    44: aliquem causam disserendi,

    id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7:

    claves portarum magistratus,

    Liv. 27, 24, 8:

    non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 12:

    cur me in decursu lampada poscis?

    Pers. 6, 61:

    poscenti vos rationem,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 15.—Hence, pass.: poscor aliquid, I am asked for something, something is asked or demanded of me ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    gravidae posceris exta bovis,

    they ask you for the entrails, Ov. F. 4, 670; cf.:

    poscor meum Laelapa,

    they demand of me my Lœlaps, id. M. 7, 771:

    nec tantum segetes alimentaque debita dives Poscebatur humus,

    id. ib. 1, 138:

    quod rationem pecuniae posceretur,

    Gell. 4, 18, 12; to be called upon or invoked to inspire a poet or to sing:

    aversus Apollo Poscitur invitā verba pigenda lyrā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 76 (better reading poscis ab); cf. absol. Palilia poscor: Non poscor frustra;

    si favet alma Pales,

    Ov. F. 4, 721; so,

    poscimur Aonides,

    Ov. M. 5, 333:

    poscimur,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut:

    poscimus, ut cenes civiliter,

    Juv. 5, 112:

    poscimus ut sit, etc.,

    id. 7, 71; Tac. H. 2, 39: poposcit, ut haec ipsa quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21.—
    (ε).
    With inf. or acc. and inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    poscat sibi fabula credit,

    Hor. A. P. 339; cf.:

    immolare Fauno, Seu poscat agnā sive malit haedo,

    id. C. 1, 4, 12:

    esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus,

    Ov. M. 8, 708:

    contraque occurrere poscunt,

    Val. Fl. 4, 194; Pers. 1, 128; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 151.—In prose:

    ego vero te etiam morari posco inter voluptates,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8; Arn. 7, p. 254. So, too, perh. (acc. to Stephanus's conjecture):

    vos fallere poscunt,

    Rutil. Lup. Fig. 2, 19, p. 181 Frotsch.—
    (ζ).
    Ellipt.:

    poscunt majoribus poculis, sc. bibere,

    they challenge to drink from larger goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—
    (η).
    Absol., to beg, be a beggar:

    improbus es, cum poscis, ait. Sed pensio clamat, posce,

    Juv. 9, 63 sq. —
    B.
    Of inanimate and abstract subjects, to demand, require, need:

    quod res poscere videbatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    cum usus poscit,

    id. ib. 4, 2: quod negotium poscebat, Sail J. 56, 1; 70, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 162 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of: accusant [p. 1403] ii, quos populus poscit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; cf.:

    hujus tantae cladis auctor Annibal poscitur,

    Flor. 2, 6, 7:

    nec poscitur auctor,

    Sil. 2, 44:

    poscendum poenae juvenem jubebat,

    id. 1, 677; so Liv. 9, 26.—
    B.
    In gen., to call one (ante-class. and poet.):

    clamore hominem posco,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 5:

    gemitu Alciden,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1887.— Pass.: ego poscor Olympo ( dat. of agent), Olympus calls me, summons me to the combat, Verg. A. 8, 533:

    poscimur,

    Ov. M. 2, 144.—
    2.
    In partic., to call upon, invoke:

    supplex tua numina posco,

    Verg. A. 1, 666.—
    C.
    In selling.
    1.
    To ask, demand for a thing, to offer at a price:

    tanti quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22: pro reliquis (libris) idem pretium poposcit, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 10.—
    2.
    To ask, bid, offer a price for a thing:

    agite licemini. Qui cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68; id. Merc. 2, 3, 101; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.—
    D.
    To demand one's hand, ask in marriage:

    eam si jubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 38:

    filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 42:

    tibi permittam, posce, duce,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

    sine dote posco tuam sororem filio,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 98:

    tuam sororem uxorem alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 49.

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  • 15 rogator

    rŏgātor, ōris, m. [rogo].
    I.
    In publicists' lang., *
    A.
    One who proposes a law to the people, the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill: legum, Lucil. ap. Non. 383, 14 (v. infra, II. A.). —
    B.
    An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes, a collector of votes, a polling-clerk, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

    justus comitiorum rogator,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 33; 2, 35, 74:

    vos rogatores, vos diribitores, vos custodes fuisse tabularum,

    id. Pis. 15, 36.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., *
    A.
    One who makes a proposal, a proposer (in allusion to the signif. I. A.):

    haec epistula non suasoris est sed rogatoris,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 9. —
    B.
    A beggar, mendicant, Mart. 4, 30, 13; 10, 5, 4.

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  • 16 saccus

    saccus, i, m., = sakkos, a sack, bag.
    I.
    Cum iste civitatibus frumentum, coria, cilicia, saccos imperaret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:

    (mulus ferebat) tumentes multo saccos hordeo,

    Phaedr. 2, 7, 3.—Esp., a moneybag:

    mensam poni jubet atque Effundi saccos nummorum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 149; 1, 1, 70; Mart. 10, 74, 6.—Of a bag for straining, filtering wine, Col. 9, 15, 12; Mart. 12, 60, 9; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 138; 19, 4, 19, § 53;

    hence, vinarii,

    id. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    nivarius, for straining snow-water,

    Mart. 14, 104 in lemm.; for purifying fat:

    adeps saccatus lineis saccis,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 134;

    for laying on a diseased part of the body: nervorum dolores, in saccis aquā ferventi crebro candefactus levat,

    id. 31, 9, 44, § 102; Veg. 5, 57, 2 et saep. —Of a beggar ' s wallet or scrip; prov.:

    ad saccum ire,

    to go beg, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 22.—
    II.
    Transf. (eccl. Lat.; like the Heb.), a garment of sackcloth or hair-cloth, Vulg. 2 Reg. 3, 31; id. Joel, 1, 8; id. Jona, 3, 5 et saep.; Hier. Ep. 44; Aug. Narrat. in Psa. 2, 29 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 35, 451.

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  • 17 spolium

    spŏlĭum, ii, n. [root spal- (skal-); cf.: populor, calamitas, calvus].
    I.
    Lit., the spoil of an animal, i. e. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off (so only poet. and very rare):

    pelles et spolia ferarum,

    Lucr. 5, 954:

    serpentum,

    id. 4, 62:

    leonis,

    Ov. M. 9, 113; 3, 81:

    apri,

    id. ib. 8, 426; id. H. 4, 100:

    pecudis (i. e. arietis Phrixei),

    id. ib. 6, 13; cf. id. M. 7, 156:

    viperei monstri (i. e. Medusae),

    id. ib. 4, 615.—
    II.
    Transf., the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy; hence, in gen., any thing taken from the enemy, booty, prey, spoil (the predom. signif. of the word; usu. in plur.; cf.: exuviae, praeda): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.):

    spolia ducis hostium caesi suspenso ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit ibique, Juppiter Feretri, inquit, haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 10, 6 (v. opimus):

    spoliis decorata est regia fixis,

    Ov. M. 8, 154:

    spoliorum causā hominem occidere... cruenta spolia detrahere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145 sq.:

    multa spolia praeferebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 39:

    ad ejus spolia detrahenda,

    Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    indutus spoliis,

    Verg. A. 10, 775:

    victores praedā Rutuli spoliisque potiti,

    id. ib. 9, 450;

    4, 93: virtutis honor spoliis quaeratur in istis,

    Ov. M. 13, 153:

    insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

    Verg. A. 6, 855:

    spolia jacentis hostium exercitus peditibus concessit,

    Liv. 44, 45:

    Q. Fabius spolia ducis Gallorum legens,

    id. 5, 36; so,

    legere,

    id. 5, 39; 8, 7; 27, 2 al.:

    spolia et praedas ad procuratores referre,

    Tac. A. 12, 54 et saep.:

    (forum) exuviis nauticis et classium spoliis (i. e. rostris) ornatum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 11, 10:

    navalia,

    Suet. Aug. 18 fin.: illud natura non patitur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes augeamus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

    spoliis civium exstructa domus,

    Tac. A. 15, 52:

    (delatores) sacerdotia et consulatus et spolia adepti,

    id. H. 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio,

    Verg. A. 10, 500:

    Actoris Aurunci spolium,

    id. ib. 12, 94:

    Asiam, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi,

    Sall. H. 4, 61, 11 Dietsch; Suet. Caes. 64; Just. 19, 3:

    fert secum spolium sceleris,

    Ov. M. 8, 87:

    mendici spolium,

    a beggar's rags, Petr. 13, 1.— Poet., in gen., = arma, arms, Ov. M. 13, 153.

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  • beggar-lice — eggar lice n. 1. any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing. Syn: beggar s lice, beggar s lice, beggar lice. [WordNet 1.5] 2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beggar my neighbour — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El beggar my neighbour o beggar thy neighbour ( fastidiar al vecino ) fue una práctica política de escala internacional. Ésta no sería superada hasta después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hundiría aún más las… …   Wikipedia Español

  • beggar belief — To be impossible to believe • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * beggar belief/description/ phrase used for expressing shock at something that is extremely difficult to believe or describe His attitude simply beggars belief! …   Useful english dictionary

  • Beggar's Opera — Beggar’s Opera ist eine Progressive Rock Gruppe aus Schottland, die vor allem in den 1970ern erfolgreich war. Der Bandname bezieht sich auf das satirische Singspiel The Beggar s Opera von John Gay. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bandgeschichte 2 Mitglieder …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Beggar Hadda — Surnom Hadda el Khencha Pays d’origine  Algerie !Algérie, Souk Ahras Genre musical Chao …   Wikipédia en Français

  • beggar's-ticks — ☆ beggar s ticks [beg′erztiks΄ ] n. pl. beggar s ticks 1. a) TICK TREFOIL b) the prickly seed pod of a tick trefoil 2. a) …   Universalium

  • beggar — ► NOUN 1) a person who lives by begging for food or money. 2) informal a person of a specified type: lucky beggar! ► VERB ▪ reduce to poverty. ● beggar belief (or description) Cf. ↑beggar description ● …   English terms dictionary

  • beggar's-ticks — ☆ beggar s ticks [beg′erztiks΄ ] n. pl. beggar s ticks 1. a) TICK TREFOIL b) the prickly seed pod of a tick trefoil 2. a) BUR MARIGOLD b) the prickly seed of a bur …   English World dictionary

  • beggar's-ticks — beggar ticks eggar ticks n. 1. the seed of bur marigolds. Syn: spanish needles. [WordNet 1.5] 2. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and pricky fruits that cling to fur and clothing; also called {beggar s ticks}. Syn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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