Achaeī

Ăchaeus, i, m.

Son of Xuthus, brother of Ion, and ancestor of the Achaei. —

A king of Lydia, Ov. Ib. 301.

Ăchaeus, a, um, adj., = Achaios.

Belonging to Achaia; subst., an Achaean:

Achaeis in finibus,

Lucr. 6, 1114; Liv. 35, 13.—

In gen., Grecian; subst., a Greek (v. Achaia, II.), Juv. 3, 61; Stat. Th. 2, 164; Plin. 4, 7, 14.—

An inhabitant of a Greek colony on the Black Sea, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 27.—

Portus Achaeorum, the harbor [p. 22] before Troy, where the Greeks landed, Plin. 4, 12, 26.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

antĕā, temp. adv. (old form * antidĕā or anteidĕā, MS., Liv. 22, 10, 6; v. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 680) [ante-eā like antehāc, posteā, posthāc, proptereā, quāpropter, etc., in which Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 769, regards the pron. as an old acc. with the a final long; Key, Gr. § 802, regards these suffixes as corrupted from the acc. of pronouns in -am; cf. quam], of some (past or pres.) time, before, formerly, earlier, aforetime, in time past, etc. (relative; while antehac demonstr. is used only in ref. to present time. The use of antea for prius is censured by Atticus in Cic. Att. 15, 13).

Absol.:

nam antea Quī scire posses aut ingenium noscere?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 25:

antea, cum equester ordo judicaret, improbi et rapaces magistratus in provinciis inserviebant publicanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41:

ac fuit antea tempus, cum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

cum antea semper factiosus fuisset,

Nep. Lys. 1, 3:

et antea laudatus et hoc tempore laudandus,

Cic. Phil. 10, 6, 13; so id. Fam. 12, 30; 13, 17 al.:

hunc audiebant antea, nunc praesentem vident, etc.,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Fam. 9, 16; Liv. 5, 17; 13, 41 al.:

si antea fuit ignotum, nuper est cognitum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23:

quales antea fuerant,

Vulg. Ex. 34, 4; ib. Jer. 36, 32; ib. Luc. 23, 12 et saep.—

Freq. opp. to postea, post, posthac, tum, tunc, etc.:

et clari fuerunt, et antea fuerant, nec postea defecerunt,

Cic. Or. 2, 6; so id. Fam. 1, 9, 74; Suet. Dom. 2:

hanc consuetudinem jam antea minuebamus, post Sullae victoriam penitus amisimus,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; so id. Att. 1, 11:

non accusabimur posthac: neque antea neglegentes fuimus,

id. ib. 7, 3:

semper ille antea cum uxore, tum sine eā,

id. Mil. 21; so Liv. 23, 19; so,

antea... tunc,

id. 29, 9.—

Rarely for ante followed by deinde, mox, etc.: clipeis antea Romani usi sunt, deinde scuta pro clipeis fecere, formerly, at an earlier period... then, in process of time, etc., Liv. 8, 8:

Poneropolis antea, mox Philippopolis, nunc Trimontium dicta,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41.—

Rarely also for ante, followed by quam:

te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2 B. and K.:

Achaei non antea ausi capessere bellum, quam ab Romā revertissent legati,

Liv. 35, 25, 3 Weissenb.

faex, faecis ( gen. plur.: faecum, acc. to Charis. p. 114 P.), f. [etym. dub.], grounds, sediment, less, dregs of liquids (cf. sentina).

Lit.:

omnis mundi quasi limus subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 498:

poti faece tenus cadi,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 27:

peruncti faecibus ora,

id. A. P. 277:

aceti,

Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 219:

sapae,

id. 23, 2, 33, § 68; Vulg. Ezech. 23, 34.—

Transf.

Burnt tartar or salt of tartar (cf. faecula), Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 and 73.—

The brine of pickles, Ov. M. 8, 666.—

Sediment, dregs, impurities of other things:

salis,

Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 92:

aeris,

id. 34, 13, 37, § 135:

plumbosissima stibii,

id. 33, 6, 34, § 103.—

Paint or wash for the face, rouge, Ov. A. A. 3, 211.—

Jestingly, the last remains of one's money:

si quid adhuc superest de nostri faece locelli,

Mart. 14, 13, 1.—

Trop.:

res itaque ad summam faecem turbasque residit,

to the lowest dregs of the people, Lucr. 5, 1140:

quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61; cf.:

apud illam perditissimam atque infimam faecem populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 5:

apud sordem urbis et faecem,

id. Att. 1, 16, 11; cf.

also: in Romuli faece,

id. ib. 2, 1, 8:

legationis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 99:

de faece hauris,

i. e. from bad orators, id. Brut. 69, 244:

faeces Israël,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 6:

dies sine faece,

i. e. unclouded, clear, Mart. 8, 14, 4.

membrum, i, n. [etym. dub.; perh. for mems-trum; cf. Sanscr. māmsa, flesh], a limb, member of the body (class.).

Lit.:

jam membrorum, id est partium corporis, alia videntur propter eorum usum a natura esse donata, ut manus, crura, pedes, etc.... alia quasi ad quendam ornatum, ut cauda pavoni, plumae versicolores columbis, viris mammae atque barba,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66:

defessa,

Verg. G. 4, 438; Suet. Vesp. 20:

hispida membra,

Juv. 2, 11:

membrum lacerum laesumve,

Gell. 4, 2, 15:

propter membrum ruptum talio,

Gai. Inst. 3, 223.—

In partic., = membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 70, 17. So plur. membra, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 65; cf. App. M. 5, 6, p. 161; id. ib. 10, 31, p. 254; Aus. Epigr. 120, 4.—

Transf.

In gen.

Of inanim. and abstr. things, a part, portion, division:

omnes philosophiae partes atque omnia membra,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9:

solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:

per omnia philosophiae membra prudenter disputando currere,

Amm. 16, 5, 6: eadem sunt membra in utrāque disputatione, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119 —

Of persons:

Ponticus... Bassus... dulcia convictūs membra fuere mei,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 48:

membra et partes alienae potentiae,

Sen. Ep. 21, 6; cf. poet.:

fluctuantia membra Libyae,

Sil. 2, 310.—

Esp.

A member of the state:

per multa membra civitas in unum tantum corpus redigitur,

Just. 5, 10, 10:

membra partesque imperii,

Suet. Aug. 48:

reipublicae totius membra,

Amm. 18, 5, 1:

urbis,

id. 15, 7, 5:

Achaei scilicet per civitates velut per membra divisi sunt, unum tamen corpus et unum imperium habent,

Just. 34, 1, 2: corpore sic toto ac membris Roma usa. Sil. 12, 318:

cur ut decisa atque avulsa a corpore membra despiciar,

id. 1, 670.—

An apartment, chamber in a house:

dormitorium membrum,

a bed-chamber, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

domūs membra,

App. M. 3, 28, p. 141; 7, 1, p. 188:

modus membrorum numerusque,

Col. 6, 1, 1:

cubicula et ejusmodi membra,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—

Of speech, a member or clause of a sentence: quae Graeci kommata et kôla nominant, nos recte incisa et membra dicimus, Cic. Or. 62, 211; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26.—

Of the Church of Christ:

singuli autem alter alterius membra,

Vulg. Rom. 12, 5; cf.

the context: membra sumus corporis ejus,

i. e. Christ's, id. Eph. 5, 30.

pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3 (pendissent, for pependissent, Liv. 45, 26 fin.:

penderit for pependerit,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 14, 122), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. root sphad-, sphendonê, a sling; Lat. funda].— Lit., to cause to hang down, to suspend; esp. of scales in weighing.

Act., to weigh, weigh out.

Lit. (very rare: syn. penso, expendo): unumquodque verbum staterā aurariā pendere, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 21: da pensam lanam, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 21; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 39, read repensum: aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant, Fest. s. v. pendere, p. 208 Müll.:

pensas examinat herbas,

Ov. M. 14, 270.—

Transf., to pay, pay out (because, in the earliest times, payments were made by weighing out the metals; v. in the preced. the passage from Fest.;

class.): militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

Achaei ingentem pecuniam pendunt L. Pisoni quotannis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; id. Att. 12, 25, 1:

vectigal populo Romano,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

vectigal,

Liv. 25, 8:

tributum pro navibus,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

pretium,

id. ib. 2, 87:

coria boum in usus militares,

id. ib. 4, 72:

mercedem alicui,

Juv. 3, 15.— Absol.:

pro pabulo pendunt,

pay, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.— Impers. pass.:

iterumque imperii nostri publicanis penditur,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.—As punishments consisted of fines in money or cattle: pendere poenas, supplicia, etc., signified to pay, suffer, undergo a penalty:

pendere poenas solvere significat,

Fest. p. 268 Müll.:

Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse,

Liv. 34, 61:

capitis poenas,

Ov. F. 3, 845:

poenas violatae religionis sanguine et caedibus,

Just. 8, 2, 4:

magna supplicia perfidiae,

id. 11, 4, 2:

crimen, culpam,

Val. Fl. 4, 477.—Rarely in this signif. absol., to suffer any thing ( poet.):

tuis nam pendit in arvis Delius,

Val. Fl. 1, 445.—

Trop.

To weigh mentally, to ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide (class.;

syn.: pensito, trutinor): vos eam (rem) suo, non nominis pondere penditote,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

id. Or. 16, 51:

causam ex veritate,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

rem levi conjecturā,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—

To value, esteem, regard a thing; with gen. of the value (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

neque cum me magni pendere visum'st,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 12:

aliquem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 25:

quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 93:

nec jam religio divum neque numina magni Pendebantur,

Lucr. 6, 1277:

unice unum plurimi pendit,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

te volturium vocant: Hostisne an civis comedis, parvi pendere,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 64 sq.:

nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam,

lightly esteem, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 29; so,

parvi,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 46; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 37; id. Hec. 3, 5, 63:

minoris pendo tergum illorum, quam meum,

care less for, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 29:

aliquem minoris,

id. ib. 1, 3, 58:

aliquem nihili,

id. ib. 1, 3, 88:

nihili,

id. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Trin. 3, 1, 6; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 6; cf.:

non flocci pendere,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

sese experturum, quanti sese penderem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 44:

tu illum numquam ostendisti quanti penderes,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 103.—

(Acc. to A. 2.) To pay, render ( poet.):

dignas pendere grates,

Stat. Th. 11, 223.—

Neutr., to weigh ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tantundem pendere par est,

Lucr. 1, 361:

talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat,

Liv. 38, 38, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; id. 30, 48 fin., § 93; id. 18, 7, 12, § 66; id. 31, 6, 31, § 58 (in Sen. Ep. 66, 30, read pendent).—Hence, pensus, a, um, P. a., lit. weighed; hence, trop., esteemed, valued, prized, dear (as P. a. not in Cic. or Cæs.):

utra condicio pensior, Virginemne an viduam habere?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut nihil quicquam esset carius pensiusque nobis quam nosmetipsi, Taurus ap. Gell. 12, 5, 7.—Esp., as subst.: pensum, i, n., something weighed.

Weight, consideration, scruple, importance, only in gen. sing.: nihil pensi habere aliquid, to lay no weight or stress upon a thing, to attach no value to, be indifferent to, care nothing about:

sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere,... nihil pensi neque moderati habere,

Sall. C. 12, 2:

nihil pensi neque sancti habere,

id. J. 41, 9:

neque id quibus modis assequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat,

id. C. 5, 6:

prorsus neque dicere, neque facere quicquam pensi habebat,

id. ib. 23, 2:

nihil pensi habuit, quin, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 12; id. Ner. 34:

ut neque fas neque fidem pensi haberet,

Tac. A. 13, 15: aliquid ratum pensumque habere, Att. Capitol. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2. —So, non pensi ducere (very rare), Val. Max. 2, 9, 3.—Also, non adest or est alicui pensi: nec mihi adest tantillum pensi jam, quos capiam calceos, I don't care in the least, am perfectly indifferent, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 52:

sed illis nec quid dicerent, nec quid facerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse,

they never cared at all, Liv. 34, 49:

quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non ea consilia de republicā habuissent,

if they had ever had regard for any considerations, Sall. C. 52, 34. —

Prop., the wool weighed out to a slave to spin in a day; hence, a day's work in spinning, and, in gen., spinning, a spinner's task.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

pensum facere,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63; id. Men. 5, 2, 45:

nocturna carpentes pensa puellae,

Verg. G. 1, 391:

carmine quo captae dum fusis mollia pensa Devolvunt, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 348:

famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso,

id. A. 8, 412; Prop. 3, 15, (4, 14), 15:

castrensia,

i. e. for military garments, id. 4 (5), 3, 33:

pensa manu ducunt,

Juv. 12, 65:

lanificam revocas ad sua pensa manum,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24; id. H. 3, 75; Just. 1, 3, 2.— Poet., a thread spun by the Fates:

durae peragunt pensa sorores,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 181:

jamque in fine dies et inexorabile pensum Deficit,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 172: mortale resolvere, to unbind his mortal thread, i. e. to make him immortal, Calp. Ecl. 4, 137.—

Trop., a charge, duty, office (so in Cic.; cf.:

ministerium, munus, officium): pensum meum lepide accurabo,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33; cf.:

meum confeci,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

absolvere,

to perform one's duty, Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

nominis familiaeque,

Liv. 4, 52:

operis sui peragere,

Col. 3, 10, 7.—Hence, adv.: pensē, carefully, considerately (post-class.): pensius, Flav. ap. Symm. Ep. 2, 34.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

rĕ-posco, ĕre, v. a., to demand back, to ask for again, as something belonging to one (class.); constr. aliquid; aliquid ab aliquo; more freq., aliquem aliquid, and absol.

Lit.:

dedisti eam dono mihi: Eandem nunc reposcis,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 16:

quoi talentum mutuom dedi, reposcam,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 202:

quae deposueris,

Quint. 9, 2, 63:

pecuniam,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

ignes commissos,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 53:

fratrem clamore magno,

Sil. 17, 460:

ego ab hac puerum reposcam,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76:

virginem,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 16:

aulam auri te reposco,

id. Aul. 4, 10, 33:

eum vidulum,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 65:

eum simulacrum Cereris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113:

alter me Catilinam reposcebat,

id. Red. in Sen. 4, 10:

Parthos signa,

Verg. A. 7, 606:

(talenta) Thebani reposcunt Thessalos,

Quint. 5, 10, 111:

propensiores ad bene merendum quam ad reposcendum,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32. —

Trop., to ask for, claim, demand, exact, require, as something due:

attentas aures animumque reposco,

Lucr. 6, 920:

quod natura reposcit,

id. 2, 369:

vitam (mea fata),

Prop. 2, 1, 71:

amissam meā virtutem voce,

Ov. M. 13, 235:

foedus flammis,

Verg. A. 12, 573:

responsa Ordine cuncta suo,

id. ib. 11, 240:

promissa,

id. ib. 12, 2:

pretium libelli,

Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 5:

gratiam,

id. ib. 1, 13, 6:

vicem,

Mart. 8, 38, 3:

natos poenas,

Verg. A. 2, 139 Forbig. ad loc. (Heyne, ad poenas):

ab altero rationem vitae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1: rationem (rei) ab aliquo, id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 27; Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf.:

vos rationem reposcitis, quid Achaei Lacedaemoniis bello victis fecerimus?

Liv. 39, 37:

quid dicturos reposcentibus aut prospera aut adversa,

who demanded an account of their successes or reverses, Tac. H. 3, 13 fin.:

cave respuas, Ne poenas Nemesis reposcat a te,

Cat. 50, 20.

rĕposco, ōnis, m. [1. reposco], one who makes a demand, who urges a claim, a dun:

acerrimi,

Amm. 22, 16, 23.

suspendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and pendo], to hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

pernas suspendito in vento biduum... suspendito in fumo biduum... suspendito in carnario,

Cato, R. R. 162, 3:

aliquid in fumo,

Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31:

suspensae in litore vestes,

Lucr. 1, 305:

religata ad pinnam muri reste suspensus,

Liv. 8, 16, 9:

oscilla ex altā pinu,

Verg. G. 2, 389:

columbam malo ab alto,

id. A. 5, 489:

tignis nidum suspendat hirundo,

id. G. 4, 307:

habilem arcum umeris,

id. A. 1, 318:

stamina telā,

Ov. M. 6, 576:

aliquid collo,

Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124:

(ranae) suspensae pedibus,

id. 32, 8, 29, § 92; Col. 7, 10, 3:

aliquid e collo,

Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125:

allium super prunas,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 115:

vitem sub ramo,

id. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

cocleam in fumo,

id. 30, 4, 11, § 31: aliquid lance, to weigh, Pert. 4, 10; cf.:

in trutinā Homerum,

Juv. 6, 438:

suspendi a jugulis suis gladios obsecrantes,

Amm. 17, 12, 16:

se suspendit fenestrā,

i. e. to look out, App. M. p. 148, 6.— Poet.:

nec sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo,

had hung, caught, Ov. M. 15, 101.—In a Greek construction: [p. 1820] (pueri) laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto, with their satchels hanging on their arms, Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56.—

In partic.

Pregn., of persons.

To choke to death by hanging, to hang (cf.:

suffoco, strangulo): capias restim ac te suspendas,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 184; cf. id. Pers. 5, 2, 34:

nisi me suspendo, occidi,

id. Rud. 5, 3 59:

se suspendere,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 135; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129; id. Att. 13, 40, 1: caput obnubito: arbori infelici suspendito, Lex. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 6:

uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

se e ficu,

Quint. 6, 3, 88:

hominem in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

more vel intereas capti suspensus Achaei,

Ov. Ib. 297:

aliquem in furcā,

Dig. 48, 13, 6; cf.:

virgines, quae corporibus suspensis demortuae forent,

Gell. 15, 10, 2.—

To hang at the whipping-post; pass., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—

Of offerings in a temple, to hang up, dedicate, consecrate:

votas vestes,

Verg. A. 12, 769; cf. id. ib. 9, 408:

arma capta patri Quirino,

id. ib. 6, 859:

vestimenta maris deo,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 15:

insignia,

Tib. 2, 4, 23.—

Esp., of buildings, to build upon arches or vaults, to arch or vault: primus balneola suspendit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 194, 14; cf. id. Top. 4, 22:

pavimenta,

Pall. 1, 20, 2:

cameras harundinibus,

to arch over, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156:

castra saxis praeruptis,

to build on, Sil. 3, 556:

velabra,

Amm. 14, 6, 25:

duo tigna... suspenderent eam contignationem,

propped up, supported, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2; cf. id. ib. § 5.—

Transf. (with esp. reference to the thing beneath), to prop up, hold up, support:

muro suspenso furculis,

Liv. 38, 7, 9:

agentem ex imo rimas insulam,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5:

tellus ligneis columnis suspenditur,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68:

dolia subjectis parvis tribus lapidibus suspenduntur,

Col. 12, 18, 6; cf. id. 2, 15, 6; 3, 13, 8:

orbis Libycos Indis dentibus,

tables with ivory feet, Mart. 2, 43, 9:

cum terra levis virgultaque molem suspendant,

Luc. 3, 397; Petr. 135:

pes summis digitis suspenditur,

is raised on tiptoe, Quint. 11, 3, 125.—

Esp., of ploughing, etc., to lift up, raise:

si non fuerit tellus fecunda... tenui sat erit suspendere sulco,

Verg. G. 1, 68:

ripas... litora multo vomere suspendere,

Stat. Th. 4, 181; cf.:

vineam in summā terrā suspendere,

Col. 3, 13.—

Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.

In gen. (very rare):

extrinsecus aut bene aut male vivendi suspensas habere rationes,

dependent upon externals, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

cui viro ex se ipso apta sunt omnia, nec suspensa aliorum aut bono casu aut contrario pendere, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

genus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt,

Sen. Ep. 58, 7:

numquam crediderim felicem ex felicitate suspensum,

id. ib. 98, 1.—

In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.,

To make uncertain or doubtful, to keep in suspense:

medio responso rem suspenderunt,

Liv. 39, 29, 1:

illa Suspendit animos fictā gravitate rogantum,

Ov. M. 7, 308:

ea res omnium animos exspectatione suspenderat,

Curt. 9, 7, 20:

aliquem exspectatione,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 3:

diu judicum animos,

Quint. 9, 2, 22; cf.:

senatum ambiguis responsis,

Suet. Tib. 24:

suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

Quint. 10, 7, 22:

exspectationem,

Curt. 7, 4, 14; cf. infra, in the P. a. —

To stay, stop, check, interrupt, suspend (syn. supprimo):

nec jam suspendere fletum Sustinet,

Ov. F. 4, 849:

lacrimas,

id. Am. 1, 7, 57:

spiritum,

Quint. 1, 8, 1:

sermonem,

Quint. 11, 3, 35 sq.:

fluxiones oculorum,

Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 73:

epiphoras,

id. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

causas morbi,

Veg. Vet. 3, 65, 5:

gressum,

id. ib. 2, 55, 3:

manum tuam,

id. ib. 2, 40, 3; cf. P. a. 2. infra. —

To hang or fix upon something:

suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—

Aliquem or aliquid naso (adunco), to turn up one ' s nose at, to sneer at a person or thing (Horatian):

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 5:

Balatro suspendens omnia naso,

id. ib. 2, 8, 64.—

Of a temporary removal from office, to suspend:

duobus hunc (episcopum) mensibus, Greg. M. Ep. 3, 46: ab officio suspensus,

id. ib. —Hence, suspen-sus, a, um, P. a.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug-prose).

Raised, elerated, suspended: Roma cenaculis sublata atque suspensa, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; so,

saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,

Verg. A. 8, 190: equi illi Neptunii, qui per undas currus suspensos rapuisse dicuntur, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; cf.:

vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti Ferret iter,

skimming lightly over the waters, Verg. A. 7, 810:

(corus) suspensum in terras portat mare,

raised on high, Sil. 1, 470:

suspensis auribus,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 8:

aura suspensa levisque,

Lucr. 3, 196:

terra,

loosened, loose, Col. 11, 3, 54:

suspensissimum pastinatum,

id. 3, 13, 7:

(oliva) inicitur quam mundissimis molis suspensis ne nucleus frangatur,

id. 12, 51, 2, and 54, 2:

radix suspensa pariter et mersa,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6:

suspensum inter nubila corpus,

Sil. 12, 94; 1, 470:

loco ab umore suspenso,

Pall. 1, 40, 1:

alituum suspensa cohors,

Sen. Phoen. 77.—

Transf., suspended, i. e. pressing or touching lightly, light:

suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi,

on tiptoe, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; so,

gradu,

Ov. F. 1, 426; 6, 338; cf.:

evagata noctu suspenso pede,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 18:

pedes,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef. fin.:

suspensa levans digitis vestigia primis,

Verg. Cir. 212:

vestigia,

Sil. 15, 617:

suspensā manu commendare aliquem,

slightly, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 1:

suspensis dentibus,

Lucr. 5, 1069:

suspensis passibus,

Amm. 14, 2, 31:

molis suspensis,

Col. 12, 51, 2; 12, 54, 2.—

Trop.

Uncertain, hovering, doubtful, wavering, hesitating, in suspense, undetermined, anxious (the predom. and class. signif.;

syn.: incertus, dubius): nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.:

civitas suspensa metu,

id. ib. 1, 8, 23:

suspensum me tenes,

id. Att. 10, 1, 2:

maneo Thessalonicae suspensus,

id. ib. 3, 8, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43:

tot populos inter spem metumque suspensos animi habetis,

Liv. 8, 13:

suspensus animus et sollicitus,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

suspenso animo exspectare, quod quis agat,

id. ib. 4, 15, 10:

animus,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239; id. Fam. 16, 3, 2; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

animus suspensus curis majoribus,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

auditā inspectāque re, omnia suspensa neutro inclinatis sententiis reliquere,

Liv. 34, 62, 16:

dimissis suspensā re legatis,

id. 31, 32, 5.— Comp.:

exercitus suspensiore animo, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 3: suspensus incertusque vultus, coloris mutatio,

Cic. Clu. 19, 54; 3, 8; cf.: hominum exspectationem et spem rei publicae suspensam tenere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 11, 8, 1:

suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19:

pro homine amicissimo,

id. ib. 8, 5, 3:

munera suspensi plena timoris,

Ov. H. 16, 84 Ruhnk.:

suspensa et obscura verba,

Tac. A. 1, 11.— Neutr. absol.:

quare non semper illam (nequitiam) in suspenso relinquam?

Sen. Ep. 97, 14:

est suspensum et anxium, de eo, quem ardentissime diligas, interdum nihil scire,

Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3:

rem totam in suspenso reliqui,

id. ib. 10, 31 (40), 4:

ipse in suspenso tenuit,

Tac. H. 1, 78 fin.:

si adhuc in suspenso sit statuta libertas,

Dig. 9, 4, 15; Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—

Of goods held under a lien or judgment:

suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus,

Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—

Dependent:

qui fideles nobis socii, qui dubii suspensaeque ex fortunā fidei,

Liv. 44, 18, 4:

animos ex tam levibus momentis fortunae suspensos,

id. 4, 32, 2.