A poor man

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pauper, pĕris ( fem. paupera, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 519, called obsolete by Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.— Neutr. pauperum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 33.— Gen. plur. pauperorum, Petr. 46 dub.; Inscr. ex Ann. p. Chr. n. 341: AMATOR PAVPERORVM, ap. Fea, Framm. de' Fasti Cons. p. 90), adj. [root pau- of pauros (cf. paucus, etc.), and per- of pario, pe-per-i, producing little], poor, i. e. not wealthy, of small means, that has only enough for his moderate expenses (cf.: indigus, egenus, inops).— Absol.:

pauper, cui opera vita erat, ruri fere Se continebat,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 16:

qui (judices) saepe propter invidiam adimunt diviti, Aut propter misericordiam addunt pauperi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 47:

optavit honeste in patriā pauper vivere,

id. And. 4, 5, 3:

servus domini pauperis,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50:

sisne ex pauperrimo dives factus,

id. Vatin. 12, 29:

si abundans opibus pauperem se vocet,

Quint. 11, 1, 21:

quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 25.—With in and abl.:

meo sum pauper in aere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 12.—

With gen.:

horum Semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 79:

pauper Opimius argenti positi intus et auri,

id. ib. 2, 3, 142:

aquae,

id. C. 3, 30, 11.— Subst.: pauper, ĕris, comm., a poor man:

pauperum tabernae,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 13:

pauperum cenae,

id. ib. 3, 29, 14:

pauperum sepulcra,

id. Epod. 17, 47:

pauperiorum turbae,

id. S. 1, 1, 111.—

Of things, poor, scanty, inconsiderable, small, meagre (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).— Absol.:

pauperes res inopesque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:

ager,

Tib. 1, 1, 23 (19):

mensa,

id. 1, 1, 37:

pauperis tuguri culmen,

Verg. E. 1, 69:

domus,

id. A. 12, 519:

et carmen venā pauperiore fluit,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 20:

pauper pudor,

Phaedr. 2, 1, 14:

nomina pauperis aevi,

Luc. 10, 151:

eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 5, 5.— With gen.:

pauper sulci cerealis Abella,

Sil. 8, 545.—With abl.: exemplis pauperior, App. Flor. fin. —

Transf., for egenus, needy, indigent: homo Pauper, qui educit in egestate liberos, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 21:

inopes ac pauperes,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 52.—

Trop., poor, feeble, intellectually (very rare; cf.

miser, misellus): miser enim et (ut ita dicam) pauper orator est, qui, etc.,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 28.—

Pauperes spiritu, i. e. humble, Vulg. Matt. 5, 3.—Hence, adv., poorly; in comp.:

pauperius incedit,

Tert. Cult. Fem. 11 fin.

ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).

With gen.:

(nos) omnium,

Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

omnis spei,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

aquarum (regio),

id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

decoris,

Sil. 6, 304.—

With abl.:

commeatu,

Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—

Absol.:

res,

i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

frater,

Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—

Poor, worthless, beggarly:

ad infirma et egena elementa,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.

ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

et pauper,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —

ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

in egeno,

Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.

ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).

With gen.:

(nos) omnium,

Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

omnis spei,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

aquarum (regio),

id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

decoris,

Sil. 6, 304.—

With abl.:

commeatu,

Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—

Absol.:

res,

i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

frater,

Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—

Poor, worthless, beggarly:

ad infirma et egena elementa,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.

ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

et pauper,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —

ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

in egeno,

Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.

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exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

păter, tris (old gen PATRVS. Inscr Corp. Lat. 1469; dat PATRE, ib 182), m. [Sanscr. root pā, to nourish, protect; Lat. pasco; hence, Zend, patar, protector; Gr. patêr; Sanscr pitri; Engl. father; Germ. Vater], a father, sire.

Lit. Aes. Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras? De Tuus hercle vero et animo et patura pater, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 3:

patre certo nasci,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:

Servius Tullius captivā Corniculanā natus, patre nullo, matre servā,

i. e. by an unknown father, Liv. 4, 3:

SI PATER FILIVM TER VENVM DVIT FILIVS A PATRE LIBER ESTO, Lex XII. Tab.: CORNELIVS SCIPIO BARBATVS GNAIVOD PATRE PROGNATVS, Epit. of the Scipios: ego a patre ita eram deductus,

by my father, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

aliquem patris loco colere debere,

id. Phil. 2, 38, 99.—

Transf.

The father as head and rep resentative of the household, esp., paterfamilias and paterfamiliae:

pauci milites patresque familiae recepti,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

quemeunque patrem familiae arripuissetis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43; v. familia.—

In plur.: patres, fathers, forefathers:

patrum nostrorum aetas,

Cic. Or. 5, 18:

memoria patrum,

id. de Or. 1, 40, 181:

apud patres nostros,

id. Off. 3, 11, 47:

patres majoresque nostri,

id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:

Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum, Vulg Exod 3, 15: descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum,

id. Deut. 10, 22.—So in sing (eccl. Lat.): dixitque Jacob;

Deus patris mei Abraham, etc.,

Vulg. Gen. 32, 9: quod juravit ad Abra. [p. 1314] ham patrem nostrūm, id. Luc. 1, 73.—

PATRES for parentes, parents, Inscr. Grut. 707, 5; 656, 2; 692, 1; 704, 1.—

As a title of honor, father. —Of a deity, esp. of Jupiter: divum pater atque hominum rex, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 179 Vahl.); cf.: pater optime Olimpi, id. ap. Oros. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 198 ib.):

ipse pater mediā nimborum in nocte coruscā Fulmina molitur dextrā,

Verg. G. 1, 328:

Gradivumque patrem Geticis qui praesidet arvis,

id. A. 3, 35:

pater Lemnius,

i. e. Vulcan, id. ib. 8, 454:

Bacche pater,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 13; cf.

Lenaeus,

i. e. Bacchus, Verg. G. 2, 7:

pater Silvane,

Hor. Epod. 2, 21: Quirine pater, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 1 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.): pater Tiberine, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.); of the Tiber, Liv. 2, 10:

Apenninus,

Verg. A. 12, 703 Wagner:

pater Aeneas,

id. ib. 1, 699.—Of the creative or generative powers of nature as deities:

pater Aether,

Lucr. 1, 250: aequoreus, i. e. Ocean, Col. poët. 10, 200.—As an honorable designation applied to senators:

principes, qui appellati sunt propter caritatem patres,

Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

patres ab honore patriciique progenies eorum appellati,

Liv. 1, 8.—Hence, patres = patricii, opp. to plebeii:

quā re ad patres censeo revertare: plebeii quam fuerint importuni, vides,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 fin.:

patres conscripti, v. conscribo: pater patrum, pater sacrorum, pater nomimus, the title given to the high-priest of Mithras,

Inscr. Grut. 28, 2; 315, 5; 1102, 2; Inscr. Orell. 5059: patratus, v. h. v. under patro, P. a.—Of the founder of a school:

Zeno, pater Stoicorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23;

of a teacher, as a source or creator: Isocrates pater eloquentiae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10:

Herodotus pater historiae,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 5: pater patriae, the father of his country, of Cicero, Cic. Pis. 3, 6:

quem Q. Catulus, quem multi alii saepe in senatu patrem patriae nominarant,

id. Sest. 57, 121; cf.:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 245.—So of Marius:

C. Marium quem vere patrem patriae... possumus dicere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 27;

of Trajan, and other emperors: at tu etiam nomen patris patriae recusabas,

Plin. Pan. 21; cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tib. 26; id. Ner. 8; cf.

also: pater senatūs,

Tac. A. 11, 25; Ov. F. 2, 127; id. Tr. 2, 39; 181; id. P. 1, 1, 36:

pater orbis,

id. F. 3, 72; Stat. S. 1, 4, 95; 4, 8, 20.—As a term of respect:

pater Aeneas,

Verg. A. 5, 348;

esp., to an old man,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36; Verg. A. 5, 521; so id. ib. 533.—

In eccl. Lat., the Supreme Being, God:

sicut enim Pater habet vitam in semet ipso,

Vulg. Joan. 5, 26:

confiteor tibi, Pater Domine caeli et terrae,

id. Luc. 10, 21:

Pater caelestis,

id. Matt. 5, 48; 18, 35:

Pater vester qui in caelis est,

id. ib. 23, 9:

Pater noster, qui es in caelis,

id. ib. 6, 9:

adorabunt Patrem,

id. Joan. 4, 23; id. Act. 1, 7 saep.—

Pater cenae, the host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 7:

misericordiarum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 3. —Hence, by way of opposition, *

Pater esuritionum, the father of hunger-pains, said of a very poor man who suffers from hunger, Cat. 21, 1.—

Of animals, sire:

virque paterque gregis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 522; Petr. 133 fin.; Col. 6, 37, 4.

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cella, ae, f. [cf. celo, oc-cul-o, clam, v. Varr. L. L. 5, 33, 45; Fest. p. 50], a storeroom, chamber.

In agricult. lang., a place for depositing grain or fruits, or for the abode of animals, a granary, stall, etc.:

olearia, vinaria, penaria, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 3, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2; Col. 1, 6, 9; 12, 18, 3; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; 2, 3, 87, § 200 sq. al.; cf. id. Pis. 27, 67; Verg. G. 2, 96; Hor. C. 1, 37, 6; id. S. 2, 8, 46; Vitr. 6, 9:

columbarum,

dovecotes, Col. 8, 8, 3:

anserum,

id. 8, 14, 9.— Also of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 164; id. A. 1, 433; Plin. 11, 11, 10, § 26.—Hence, dare, emere, imperare aliquid in cellam, to furnish, purchase, procure the things necessary for a house, for the kitchen, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 201 sq.; id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30. —Facetiously:

cella promptuaria = carcer,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

reliqui in ventre cellae uni locum,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 17.-

Transf., of the small, simple dwelling apartments of men, a chamber, closet, cabinet, hut, cot, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 13;

esp. of servants,

Cato, R. R. 14: ostiarii, the porter ' s lodge, Vitr. 6, 10; Petr. 29, 1; 77, 4;

and of slaves,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Hor. S. 1, 8, 8 al.—Of a poor man's garret, Mart. 7, 20, 21; 8, 14, 5: cella pauperis, a chamber for self-denial, etc., Sen. Ep. 18, 7; 100, 6; cf. Mart. 3, 48.—

The part of a temple in which the image of a god stood, the chapel, Vitr. 3, 1; 4, 1; Cic. [p. 310] Phil. 3, 12, 30; Liv. 5, 50, 6; 6, 29, 9 al.—

An apartment in a bathing-house, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Veg. 2, 6, 3.—

A room in a brothel, Petr. 8, 4; Juv. 6, 122; 6, 128:

inscripta,

Mart. 11, 45, 1.

Ībycus, i, m., = Ibukos.

A Greek lyric poet of Rhegium, celebrated on account of the cranes which he called upon as witnesses of his murder, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Stat. S. 5, 3, 152; Aus. Idyll. de Hist. 12, 12. —

A poor man, otherwise unknown, Hor. C. 3, 15, 1.

uxor, ōris (for the form VXSOR in inscrr. v. the letter X), f. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. vaca, wife], a wife, spouse, consort (syn. conjux).

Lit.:

licuit uxorem dotatam ducere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 86: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendūm gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. quaeso, p. 258 (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.);

so very freq. ducere uxorem, v. duco: uxorem adjungere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 68:

ridicule illud L. Nasica censori Catoni, cum ille Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercle, inquit, ex animi mei sententiā,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit,

must go without a wife, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12; 1, 3, 11:

quod tu dicis, mea uxor, non te mihi irasci decet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 24.—On the legal condition of Roman married women, v. Rein, Röm. Privatr. p. 182 sq.; Dict. of Antiq. s. v. uxor.—

Transf.

Of animals:

olentis uxores mariti,

i. e. she-goats, Hor. C. 1, 17, 7.—

Humorously, of the cloak (abolla) as inseparable from the poor man, Mart. 4, 53, 5.

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ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.

Lit.:

ligna,

Lucr. 2, 881:

lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3:

cibus,

Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864:

ficis victitamus aridis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

folia,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46:

ficus,

Vulg. Marc. 11, 20:

Libye,

Ov. M. 2, 238:

quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 16:

terra arida et sicca,

Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so,

terra arida,

Vulg. Sap. 19, 7:

arida terra,

ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.:

arida (eccl. Lat.),

ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, [p. 161] i, n., a dry place, dry land:

ex arido tela conicere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

naves in aridum subducere,

id. ib. 4, 29.— Meton., of thirst:

sitis,

Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so,

os,

Verg. G. 3, 458:

ora,

id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever:

febris,

i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so,

morbus,

Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color:

arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,

like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken:

sonus,

Lucr. 6, 119:

aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,

a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—

Trop.

Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean:

crura,

Ov. A. A. 3, 272:

nates,

Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

uvis aridior puella passis,

Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered:

manus,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons:

aridi,

ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty:

in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,

poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

vita horrida atque arida,

id. Quinct. 30.— Transf. to men, indigent, poor:

cliens,

Mart. 10, 87, 5.—

Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless:

genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11:

narratio,

Quint. 2, 4, 3:

aridissimi libri,

Tac. Or. 19.— Meton., of the orator himself:

orator,

Quint. 12, 10, 13:

rhetores,

Sen. Contr. 34:

magister,

Quint. 2, 4, 8.—

Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,

sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—

In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides):

pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18:

pater avidus, miser atque aridus,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.—

In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.— Adv. not used.

ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.

Lit.:

ligna,

Lucr. 2, 881:

lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3:

cibus,

Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864:

ficis victitamus aridis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

folia,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46:

ficus,

Vulg. Marc. 11, 20:

Libye,

Ov. M. 2, 238:

quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 16:

terra arida et sicca,

Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so,

terra arida,

Vulg. Sap. 19, 7:

arida terra,

ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.:

arida (eccl. Lat.),

ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, [p. 161] i, n., a dry place, dry land:

ex arido tela conicere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

naves in aridum subducere,

id. ib. 4, 29.— Meton., of thirst:

sitis,

Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so,

os,

Verg. G. 3, 458:

ora,

id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever:

febris,

i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so,

morbus,

Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color:

arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,

like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken:

sonus,

Lucr. 6, 119:

aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,

a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—

Trop.

Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean:

crura,

Ov. A. A. 3, 272:

nates,

Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

uvis aridior puella passis,

Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered:

manus,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons:

aridi,

ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty:

in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,

poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

vita horrida atque arida,

id. Quinct. 30.— Transf. to men, indigent, poor:

cliens,

Mart. 10, 87, 5.—

Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless:

genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11:

narratio,

Quint. 2, 4, 3:

aridissimi libri,

Tac. Or. 19.— Meton., of the orator himself:

orator,

Quint. 12, 10, 13:

rhetores,

Sen. Contr. 34:

magister,

Quint. 2, 4, 8.—

Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,

sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—

In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides):

pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18:

pater avidus, miser atque aridus,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.—

In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.— Adv. not used.