Argīvī

Argos, n., u. (bes. in den cas. obliqu.) Argī, ōrum, m., I) die später Argolis (s. unten) genannte Landschaft im Peloponnes, die ganze Halbinsel zwischen dem argolischen u. saronischen Meerbusen; dah. poet. für Griechenland übh., Lucan. 10, 60. – II) die Hauptstadt der no. I gen. Landschaft, Argos, Argos Inachium od. Dipsium, Plin. 4, 18: aptum equis, Hor. carm. 1, 7, 9: Plur., Plaut. Amph. prol. 98. Hor. de art. poët. 118. Liv. 31, 25, 2; 32, 25, 11; 34, 23 sqq. u.a. (vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 1. S. 715). – Dav.: A) Argēus, a, um (Ἀργειος), aus Argos, argivisch, poet. für griechisch übh., Tibur Argeo positum colono (vom Griechen Tiburnus), Hor.: u. so A. Tibur, Ov. (Cic. Tusc. 1, 113 jetzt Argiva sacerdos). – B) Argīvus, a, um (Ἀργειος, mit dem dig. Aeol. Ἀργει_Fος), aus Argos (als Landschaft od. Stadt), argivisch, a) eig.: civitas, Arnob.: orator, Cic.: augur, d.i. Amphiaraus, Hor.: Iuno (als Schutzgöttin von Argos), Cic. u. Verg.: Damocles erat A., aus Argos, ein Argiver, Liv.: u. so Plur. subst., Argīvī, ōrum u. (poet.) ûm, m., die Argiver, Cic. u.a. vgl. Wesenberg u. Kühner Cic. Tusc. 1, 113. – b) poet. übtr. für griechisch übh., Verg. u. Hor.: Plur. subst., Argīvi, die Griechen, Verg. u.a. Dichter. – C) Argolis, lidis, f. (Ἀργολίς), 1) adi. argolisch, argivisch, Alcmene, Ov.: puppis, Ov. – 2) subst. a) die Argiver-

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in, Ov. her. 6, 81 (wo Akk. das): miseris Argolisin (Dat. Plur.), Ov. Ibis 576. – b) die Landschaft Argolis (s. oben Argos no. I), Plin. 4 prooem. § 1. – Dav. Argolicus, a, um (Ἀργολικός), argolisch, sinus, Plin.: mare, Verg.: leo, der nemëische Löwe, Sen. poët. – Dichterisch für griechisch übh., duces, die Anführer im troj. Kriege, Ov.: reges, Verg.: classis, Ov.: navis, das Schiff Argo als Gestirn, Cic. Arat. 277. – D) Argus, a, um, aus Argos, argivisch, pater, Plaut. Amph. prol. 98: Plur. subst. Argī, ōrum, m., die Argiver, Sen. Thy. 119. – III) Argos Amphilochium, eine Stadt in Epirus, beim heutigen Neokhori, Liv. 38, 10, 1: dies. Argos Amphilochi, Mela 2, 3, 10 (Frick 2. § 54 Argi Amphilogii), u. Argos Amphilochicum, Plin. 4, 5.

dē-mergo, mersī, mersum, ere, herab- od. hinabsenken, herab-, hinabtauchen, versenken, im Passiv demergi auch = versinken, bei Ang. wohin? m. in u. Akk. od. (poet. u. nachaug.) m. bl. Dat.; im Passiv bei Ang. wo? m. in u. Abl., I) eig.: 1) im engern Sinne, in eine Flüssigkeit (in ein Gewässer), a) übh.: candens ferrum in gelidum propere imbrem, Lucr.: candens ferrum in aquam Plin.: lapsu equi in profundum demergi, Aur. Vict.: alia in caenum demersa eruebantur, Curt.: cum lapides in Tiberim demersi essent naufragio, ICt.: repugnantes vulnerare et cloacis (in die Kl.) dem., Suet.: dem. obscenam ponto puppim (Schiff), Ov.: udo (sc. solo) ungulas (v. Tieren), Col.: pullos mari, Suet.: demergi in aqua (Ggstz. emergere), Cic.: C. Marius in palude demersus, Cic.: u. (im Bilde) in profundo veritatem esse demersam, Cic.: u. veritatem demersam esse in alto quodam puteo od. in profundo quodam puteo, Lact. – ohne Ang. wohin? od. wo? se dem., Cic. fr.: equos innatantes (v. einem Fische), Plin.: cornix demersit caput et fluctum cervice recepit, Cic. poët.: equus, in quo vehebar, mecum unā demersus rursus apparuit, Cic.: C. Marius senile corpus paludibus occultasse demersum, Cic.: delphinûm modo demersis aequora rostris ima petunt (v. Schiffen), Verg.: quibus (venenis) mox a Claudio demersis infecta maria traduntur, Suet. – b) insbes.:

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α) ein Schiff versenken, in den Wellen begraben, navigia (v. Fischen durch ihre Menge), Plin.: demersā nave periit (beim Sturm), Auct. b. Alex.: ebenso parte Liburnicarum demersā, Suet.: regem multitudine eorum, qui ad proximas naves adnatabant, demerso navigio perisse, Auct. b. Alex.: u. prägn. eine Pers., inde profectum eum ad capita quae vocant Sari fluminis foeda tempestas adorta prope cum omni classe demersit, Liv. 33, 41, 7: vehementi circio bis paene demersus est, Suet. Claud. 17, 2. – als milit. t. t., im Kampf in den Grund bohren, vollst. triremem hostium perforare et dem., Auct. b. Alex. 25, 5: oft bl. dem., zB. tredecim capere naves, decem dem., Liv.: omnes fere naves aut dem. aut capere, Curt.: centum et quattuor naves hostium dem., Eutr. – β) (nach dem Glauben der Alten, daß die Sonne beim Untergange ins Meer sinkt) ins Meer hinabsinken lassen, v. Sonnengott, sex ubi sustulerit, totidem demerserit orbes (Scheiben), purpureum rapido qui vehit axe diem, Ov. fast. 3, 517 sq.: Titan... igniferi tantum demerserat orbis, quantum deesse solet lunae, Lucan. 3, 41 sq. – u. intr. dem., v. der Sonne = hinabsinken, untergehen, sol demergit et nascitur, Min. Fel. 34, 11.

2) im weitern Sinne, übh. in eine Tiefe versenken, tief hinabstecken, a) übh.: origani manipulum in vasculum rubri aeris, Cael. Aur.: dapes avidam in alvum,

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hinabschlingen, Ov.: per iugulum sinistrum capulo tenus gladium totum alci, hinabstoßen, Apul.: plebs in fossas cloacasque exhauriendas demersa, hinabgesteckt, Liv.: dem. colla umeris, hinabstecken, verbergen, Stat. – b) als t. t. der Landwirtschaft, Schößlinge einsenken, setzen, stirpem, Col.: surculos, Pallad.: salicis ramum terrae (in die E.) utroque capite, Pallad.

II) übtr., herabsenken, -drücken, Passiv demergi auch = sinken, est enim animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram, Cic.: quem paulo ante extulerat (fortuna), demergere (tief zu stürzen) adorta est, Nep.: patriam demersam extuli, Cic.: quamvis enim sint demersae (zu Boden gedrückt) leges alicuius opibus... emergunt tamen haec aliquando, Cic. – dem. alcis filiam in perpetuam virginitatem, zu best. J. verdammen, Iustin.: in mortem paene demersus, fast in des Todes Schlund versunken, Ps. Quint. decl.: concĭdit auguris Argivi domus ob lucrum demersa exitio, tief ins V. gesunken, Hor. – aere alieno demersum esse, tief in Sch. versunken sein, tief in Sch. stecken, Liv. 2, 29, 8; vgl. 6, 27, 6.

ingrātificus, a, um (ingratus u. facio), undankbarhandelnd, Argivi, Acc. tr. 364 (bei Cic. Sest. 122).

Argŏs, n. (only nom. and acc.), more freq. in the plur. Argi, ōrum, m. (Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.: Graecanice hoc Argos, cum Latine Argei; cf. Prob. p. 1447 P.; Phocae Ars, p. 1707 P.), = Argos.

A.. Argos, the capital of Argolis, in the Peloponnesus, sacred to Juno, also called Argos Hippium and Argos Dipsium or Inachium, Plin. 4, 5, 9; 7, 56, 57; cf.

Mann. Gr. p. 641 sq.: quaerit Argos Amymonen,

Ov. M. 2, 240; so id. ib. 6, 414; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

securum per Argos,

Ov. H. 14, 34; so Luc. 10, 60:

patriis ab Argis Pellor,

Ov. M. 14, 476; 15, 164; Verg. A. 7, 286; Hor. S. 2, 3, 132; id. Ep. 2, 2, 128; id. A. P. 118; Liv. 34, 25 et saep.—The acc. Argos, occurring in the histt., is best considered as plur., since the sing. seems rather to belong to the poets and geographers (e. g. Plin. above cited); cf. Daehne and Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 1.—

Poet., Argos is sometimes put for the whole of Greece, Luc. 10, 60.—Hence,

Derivv., the adjj.,

1.. Argīvus, a, um (i. e. ArgiFus from ArgeiFos, like Achivus from Achaios), of Argos, Argive, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 53:

Argivus orator,

Cic. Brut. 13, 50:

augur,

i.e. Amphiaraus, Hor. C. 3, 16, 12 [p. 159] — An epithet of Juno (as in the Iliad Argeia is an appel. of Here) as tutelary goddess of Argos, Verg. A. 3, 547.—

Poet. for Greek or Grecian in gen.:

castra,

Verg. A. 11, 243:

phalanx,

id. ib. 2, 254:

ensis,

id. ib. 2, 393:

Thalia,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 25 (cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 38: Graja Camena).—And so Argivi for the Greeks:

classis Argivūm,

Verg. A. 1, 40; 5, 672; Hor. C. 3, 3, 67; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 4.—

Without digamma, Argēus ( Argī-), a, um, Argive or Grecian:

Argia sacerdos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (B. and K., Argiva): Tibur Argeo positum colono (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 670), Hor. C. 2, 6, 5 K. and H.; so,

Tibur Argeum,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 46 Merk. —

Argŏlis, ĭdis, f., = Argolis.

Argive:

Alcmene,

Ov. M. 9, 276:

puppis,

id. R. Am. 735.—

Subst. (sc. terra), the province of Argolis, in Peloponnesus, Plin. 4 prooem.; Mel. 2, 3.—Hence, Argŏlĭ-cus, a, um, adj., = Argolikos, Argolic:

sinus,

Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17:

mare,

Verg. A. 5, 52:

urbes,

id. ib. 3, 283:

leo,

the Nemean lion, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1932 al. —Also Grecian in gen.:

duces,

the Grecian leaders in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 12, 627:

classis,

id. ib. 13, 659 al.—

Argus, a, um, adj., Argive:

Argus pro Argivus, Plaut. Am. (prol. 98): Amphitruo natus Argis ex Argo patre,

Non. p. 487, 31. (So the much-contested passage seems to be better explained than when, with Gronov. Observv. 4, 298, Argo is considered as abl. from Argos, begotten of a father from Argos, to which Argis in the plur. does not correspond.)

Argŏs, n. (only nom. and acc.), more freq. in the plur. Argi, ōrum, m. (Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.: Graecanice hoc Argos, cum Latine Argei; cf. Prob. p. 1447 P.; Phocae Ars, p. 1707 P.), = Argos.

A.. Argos, the capital of Argolis, in the Peloponnesus, sacred to Juno, also called Argos Hippium and Argos Dipsium or Inachium, Plin. 4, 5, 9; 7, 56, 57; cf.

Mann. Gr. p. 641 sq.: quaerit Argos Amymonen,

Ov. M. 2, 240; so id. ib. 6, 414; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

securum per Argos,

Ov. H. 14, 34; so Luc. 10, 60:

patriis ab Argis Pellor,

Ov. M. 14, 476; 15, 164; Verg. A. 7, 286; Hor. S. 2, 3, 132; id. Ep. 2, 2, 128; id. A. P. 118; Liv. 34, 25 et saep.—The acc. Argos, occurring in the histt., is best considered as plur., since the sing. seems rather to belong to the poets and geographers (e. g. Plin. above cited); cf. Daehne and Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 1.—

Poet., Argos is sometimes put for the whole of Greece, Luc. 10, 60.—Hence,

Derivv., the adjj.,

1.. Argīvus, a, um (i. e. ArgiFus from ArgeiFos, like Achivus from Achaios), of Argos, Argive, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 53:

Argivus orator,

Cic. Brut. 13, 50:

augur,

i.e. Amphiaraus, Hor. C. 3, 16, 12 [p. 159] — An epithet of Juno (as in the Iliad Argeia is an appel. of Here) as tutelary goddess of Argos, Verg. A. 3, 547.—

Poet. for Greek or Grecian in gen.:

castra,

Verg. A. 11, 243:

phalanx,

id. ib. 2, 254:

ensis,

id. ib. 2, 393:

Thalia,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 25 (cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 38: Graja Camena).—And so Argivi for the Greeks:

classis Argivūm,

Verg. A. 1, 40; 5, 672; Hor. C. 3, 3, 67; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 4.—

Without digamma, Argēus ( Argī-), a, um, Argive or Grecian:

Argia sacerdos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (B. and K., Argiva): Tibur Argeo positum colono (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 670), Hor. C. 2, 6, 5 K. and H.; so,

Tibur Argeum,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 46 Merk. —

Argŏlis, ĭdis, f., = Argolis.

Argive:

Alcmene,

Ov. M. 9, 276:

puppis,

id. R. Am. 735.—

Subst. (sc. terra), the province of Argolis, in Peloponnesus, Plin. 4 prooem.; Mel. 2, 3.—Hence, Argŏlĭ-cus, a, um, adj., = Argolikos, Argolic:

sinus,

Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17:

mare,

Verg. A. 5, 52:

urbes,

id. ib. 3, 283:

leo,

the Nemean lion, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1932 al. —Also Grecian in gen.:

duces,

the Grecian leaders in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 12, 627:

classis,

id. ib. 13, 659 al.—

Argus, a, um, adj., Argive:

Argus pro Argivus, Plaut. Am. (prol. 98): Amphitruo natus Argis ex Argo patre,

Non. p. 487, 31. (So the much-contested passage seems to be better explained than when, with Gronov. Observv. 4, 298, Argo is considered as abl. from Argos, begotten of a father from Argos, to which Argis in the plur. does not correspond.)

con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen., of buildings:

conclave illud concidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,

Tac. A. 14, 6:

turris terrae motu,

Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:

urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:

omne caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,

id. Div. 1, 35, 77:

(alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

pinus bipenni Thessalā,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:

ad terram pondere vasto,

Verg. A. 5, 448:

sub onere,

Liv. 24, 8, 17:

pronus in fimo,

Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —

Pregn.

To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):

paene in cursu concidi,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:

vi morbi coactus concidere,

Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:

accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,

Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:

Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,

Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:

sanus bibit, statim concidit,

Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

concidere epoto poculo,

id. 5, 13, 15; and:

ad primum gustum,

Suet. Ner. 33:

deficientibus viribus,

id. Tib. 73:

par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,

id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:

Dido usa manu,

id. H. 7, 196:

sparo percussus,

Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

in proelio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

vitio adversariorum,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:

multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,

Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:

vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,

Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;

hence also of Iphigenia,

Lucr. 1, 99.—

Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:

concidunt venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:

jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,

Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

macie,

to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:

illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,

id. M. 15, 422; cf.:

concidit auguris Argivi domus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:

quā concidit Ilia tellus,

Verg. A. 11, 245:

eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,

Vell. 1, 13:

judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

id. ib. 3, 10, 2:

malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

id. ib. 7, 25 med.:

concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:

Tiberii saevitiā,

id. ib. 16, 29:

hostes concidunt animis,

are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,

failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:

opes Persarum,

Tac. A. 12, 13:

senatūs auctoritas,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

imperii majestas,

Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:

artificia,

id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

praeclara nomina artificum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

omnis ferocia,

Liv. 28, 26, 14:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 57 al.

con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nervos,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

corpus in partes,

Petr. 141, 2:

vitulum Ajax,

id. 59 fin.:

ligna,

Ov. F. 2, 647:

agrum umidiorem fossis,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:

concidere et cremare naves,

to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:

essedum argenteum,

Suet. Claud. 16:

haec minute,

Col. 12, 22.—

In partic.

To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:

aliquem virgis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

loris,

Juv. 6, 413:

pugnis,

id. 3, 300.—

To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:

hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,

id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—

In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;

hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —

Trop.

Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:

nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,

Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:

(sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,

id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—

To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:

omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

Antonium decretis vestris,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

Vatinium arbitratu nostro,

to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:

Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,

are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

Timocraten totis voluminibus,

to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

testamentum,

to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—

In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:

em istic homo te articulatim concidit,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:

sententiae,

Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

concisae et angustae disputationes,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

brevitas,

id. ib. 3, 53, 202:

brevia illa atque concisa,

Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.

thus with brevis,

id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:

insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:

(philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 2, 11:

ululare,

Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

exĭtĭum, ii ( gen. plur. exitium, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67, and Or. 46, 155), n. [exeo].

Lit., a going out, egress (ante-class.): exitium antiqui ponebant pro exitu; nunc exitium pessimum exitum dicimus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 6 Müll.:

quid illi ex utero exitiost, priusquam poterat ire in proelium?

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 30 (but for exitium exitio est, id. Capt. 3, 3, 4, the true reading is auxilium mist, etc., Fleck. Lorenz). —

In partic., destruction, ruin, hurt, mischief (freq. and class., sing. and plur.; syn.: pernicies, interitus, ruina, infortunium, casus, clades, calamitas, malum).

Sing.:

satius est mihi Quovis exitio interire,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11:

pultando foribus exitium adferre,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 52; cf.:

qui de meo nostrumque omnium interitu, qui de hujus urbis atque adeo orbis terrarum exitio cogitent,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9; Suet. Aug. 94; cf.

also: (Lentulus) dignum moribus factisque suis exitium vitae invenit,

end, Sall. C. 55 fin.:

nullius patitur natura,

Lucr. 1, 224; cf.:

caeli terraeque,

id. 5, 98; 344:

cum de pernicie populi Romani, exitio hujus urbis tam acerbe tamque crudeliter cogitarit,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

me miserum! ego omnibus meis exitio fuero,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4:

exitio esse (alicui),

Suet. Caes. 1; Hor. C. 1, 28, 18; cf. Suet. Calig. 11:

usque adeo flagitatus est, donec ad exitium dederetur,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

concidit auguris Argivi domus ob lucrum Demersa exitio,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 13 et saep.—

Plur.: omnibus exitiis interii, ways or methods of destruction, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 10:

civitatum afflictarum perditis jam rebus extremi exitiorum exitus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 10; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 809:

exitiūm examen rapit, Enn. l. l. (Trag. v. 88, ed. Vahl.): quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,

Cic. Mil. 2, 8:

metu crudelissimorum exitiorum carere non possumus,

id. ib. 2, 5:

id querebatur caput esse exitiorum omnium,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

haec res suprema manebat Exitiis positura modum,

Verg. A. 7, 129.

Ἄργος n.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: name of several towns, the best known being the capital of Argolis (Il.).

Derivatives: Άργεῖοι, sg. - ος `people of Argos' (Il.); from here Lat. Argīvī (after Achīvī). ᾽Αργόλις (γῆ).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Unexplained, certainly pre-Greek. Strabo 8. 6. 9 says the word means πεδίον in younger writers (cf. Call. fr. 299), and is esp. Macedonian and Thessalian. S. Kalléris Anc. Mac. 106-8; Bonfante, Riv. di Filol. 97 (1969) 187. Note the s-stem but the o-stem in Argolis.

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