AMOR FATI

лат. любовь к судьбе

lat. amor fati

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus, a, um (altirisch caech, got. haihs, einäugig), Adi. m. Compar. (Hor. sat. 1, 2, 91), kein Licht habend, lichtlos, I) aktiv: A) eig., nicht sehend, blind, a) v. leb. Wesen: catuli aeque caeci, priusquam dispexerunt, ac si ita futuri semper essent, Cic.: nemo, ne ille quidem qui caecus factus est, Cic.: Hypsaea caecior illa... spectes, Hor. – subst., caecus, ī, m; der Blinde, facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis, Quint.; u. in dem sprichw. apparet id etiam caeco, Liv. 32, 34, 3: caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est, Quint. 12, 7, 9: atqui haec (forma felicitatis) vel caeco perspicua est, Boëth. cons. phil. 3. pros. 9. p. 56, 20 Obb.: si caecus iter monstrare velit, Hor. ep. 1, 17, 4. – b) v. Lebl.: rami, ohne Augen (Knospen), Plin. 16, 125. – intestinum, der Blinddarm, Cels. 4, 1. § 28; vgl. 4, 14. § 1. – B) übtr., geistig u. moralisch blind, wie mit Blindheit geschlagen, verblendet, umnachtet, a) v. Pers.u. deren Geist od. Gemüt, o miseras hominum mentes! o pectora caeca! Lucr.: non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est, Cic.: ipsos caecos reddit cupiditas atque avaritia, Cic.: ille caecus atque amens tribunus, Cic. – animus cupidine caecus, Sall.: cupidine caecus oppidi potiundi, Sall.: caecus furore, Liv., amenti furore, Catull.: caecus avaritiā, Liv., cupiditate et avaritiā, Cic. – caecus animo, Cic. de fin. 4, 64, od.

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animi, Quint. 1, 10, 29. Gell. 12, 13, 4. – m. ad u. Akk., caecus ad mandata, Plaut. merc. 630: caecus ad has belli artes, Liv. 21, 54, 4: u. m. Genet., für etw. blind = einer Sache unkundig, caeca futuri mens hominum fati, Lucan. 2, 14: caeca futuri (Ceres), Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 138: caecus praesentium, Ambros. de off. 1, 49, 244 (vgl. no. b). – b) meton., v. Affekten (die kein Besinnen erlauben u. nur aufs Geratewohl handeln lassen), caeca ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas, Cic.: ambitio (Ehrgeiz), Sen.: amor, Hor.: impetus, Cic.: timor, panischer Schrecken, Cic. u.a. (s. Burm. Phaedr. 2, 8, 3): ebenso pavor, Tac.: metus, Ov. – m. Genet., pro caeca futuri gaudia! Claud. in Eutr. 2, 545 (vgl. no. a). – II) passiv, A) eig.: a) von Örtl., phys. Zuständen, die kein Licht haben, dunkel, finster, undurchsichtig, cubiculum, Varr. LL.: domus, Cic.: loca, Prop.: cavernae, Ov.: acervus (vom Chaos), Ov.: gemmae, Plin. – nox, Cic.: tenebrae, Verg. – Sprichw., alqd emere caecā die, an einem Tage, wo man den zu zahlenden Preis nicht sieht, d.i. auf Kredit kaufen (Ggstz. oculatā die vendere alqd, bar), Plaut. Pseud. 301. – b) v. Ggstdn., Erscheinungen, die kein Licht haben, um das Sehen zu gestatten od. um gesehen werden zu können, dunkel, unsichtbar, nicht wahrnehmbar, res caecae et ab aspectus iudicio remotae, Cic. – dah. verdeckt, versteckt, fossa, Col.: libramentum abditum ac caecum,

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Plin. ep.: spiramenta, Verg.: fores, Verg.: arma u. dgl., Ov. u. Stat. (s. Heinsius Ov. fast. 2, 214): corpus, die Rückseite des Körpers (vgl. τὰ τυφλὰ τοῦ σώματος), Sall.: vulnus, verborgene, geheime, Lucr., od. auf dem Rücken, Verg.: u. so auch ictus, Rückenstreich, -hieb, Liv.: morbus, Col.: freta, mit verborgenen Klippen und Sandbänken, Verg. – pericula, Cic.: u. pericula viae, Prop. – poet., dumpf (für das Gehör), murmur, Verg.: clamor, Val. Flacc. – B) übtr.: a) von dem, was im Dunklen u. Verborgenen liegt, dunkel, im Dunklen liegend, verborgen, unergründlich, unerweislich, cur est hoc tam obscurum atque caecum? Cic.: in Achaeis caecum erat crimen (lag die Besch. im Dunkel), nullis eorum litteris inventis, Liv.: causae, Lucr.: fata, sors, Hor.: eventus, Verg.: neutr. subst., verum in caeco esse, Manil. 4, 304. – b) v. dem, wobei man nicht weiß, woran man ist, wovon man keinen Grund absieht, blind, unsicher, ungewiß, zwecklos, ziellos, obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendēre, Cic.: ne sint caecae obsecrationes tuae (blindlings den Schuldigen u. Unschuldigen) treffen, Liv.: caeci ictus, ohne sicheres Ziel, Liv.: casus (Zufall), Cic.: Mars (Kampf), Verg.: suspicio c., Caecin. in Cic. ep.: caeci in nubibus ignes, ziellose, blindlings (ohne den rechten Mann zu treffen) einherfahrende, Verg.: caeco volvente fluctu, Liv. fr.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.