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  • 1 saeculum

    saecŭlum ( poet., esp. Lucretian, saeclum; less correctly sēcŭlum, sēclum), i, n. dim. [etym. dub.; perh. root si- = sa-; Gr. saô, to sift; Lat. sero, satus; whence Saturnus, etc.; hence, orig.], a race, breed, generation (freq. in Lucr.; very rare in later writers; usu. in plur.):

    saecla propagare,

    Lucr. 1, 21; cf. id. 2, 173; 5, 850:

    nec toties possent generatim saecla referre Naturam parentum,

    id. 1, 597:

    saecla animantum,

    i. e. animals, id. 2, 78; 5, 855:

    hominum,

    id. 1, 467; 5, 339; 6, 722:

    ferarum,

    id. 2, 995; 3, 753; 4, 413; 4, 686; cf.:

    silvestria ferarum,

    id. 5, 967:

    serpentia ferarum,

    id. 6, 766:

    mortalia,

    id. 5, 805; 5, 982; 5, 1238:

    bucera (with lanigerae pecudes),

    id. 5, 866; 6, 1245; cf.:

    vetusta cornicum (with corvorum greges),

    id. 5, 1084:

    aurea pavonum,

    id. 2, 503:

    totisque expectent saecula ripis,

    i. e. the shades of the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 11, 592.— Sing.:

    et muliebre oritur patrio de semine saeclum,

    the female sex, women, Lucr. 4, 1223; so,

    muliebre,

    id. 5, 1020; 2, 10 sq.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Like genea.
    1.
    The ordinary lifetime of the human species, a lifetime, generation, age (of thirty-three years; class.; esp. freq. in signif. 2. infra; cf. Schoem. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 21):

    cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint... tum ille vere vertens annus appellari potest: in quo vix dicere audeo, quam multa saecula hominum teneantur,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24 Mos.:

    cum ex hac parte saecula plura numerentur,

    Liv. 9, 18:

    quorum (Socratis atque Epicuri) aetates non annis sed saeculis scimus esse disjunctas,

    Hier. Vit. Cler. 4, p. 262; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Auct. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 508; id. E. 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Esp., the lifetime or reign of a ruler:

    illustrari saeculum suum ejusmodi exemplo arbitrabatur,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6:

    digna saeculo tuo,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 2.—
    2.
    The human race living in a particular age, a generation, an age, the times: serit arbores quae alteri saeculo prosient, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum jam plena Graecia poëtarum esset,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18 (for which:

    quorum aetas cum in eorum tempora incidisset,

    id. Or. 12, 39):

    saeculorum reliquorum judicium,

    id. Div. 1, 19, 36:

    ipse fortasse in hujus saeculi errore versor,

    id. Par. 6, 3, 50; cf.:

    hujus saeculi insolentia,

    id. Phil. 9, 6, 23; and: o [p. 1614] nostri infamia saecli, Ov. M. 8, 97; cf.

    also: novi ego hoc saeculum, moribus quibus siet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 6; so,

    hujus saecli mores,

    id. Truc. prol. 13; and:

    hoccine saeclum! o scelera! o genera sacrilega, o hominem impurum!

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 15:

    nec mutam repertam esse dicunt mulierem ullo in saeculo,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 7:

    Cato rudi saeculo litteras Graecas didicit,

    Quint. 12, 11, 23; so,

    rude,

    id. 2, 5, 23:

    grave ne rediret Saeculum Pyrrhae,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    primo statim beatissimi saeculi ortu,

    Tac. Agr. 3; so,

    beatissimum,

    id. ib. 44:

    felix et aureum,

    id. Or. 12; Quint. 8, 6, 24:

    aureum,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 17; Lact. 5, 6, 13; cf.:

    aurea saecula,

    Verg. A. 6, 792; Ov. A. A. 2, 277:

    his jungendi sunt Diocletianus aurei parens saeculi, et Maximianus, ut vulgo dicitur, ferrei,

    Lampr. Elag. 35:

    ceteri, qui dii ex hominibus facti esse dicuntur, minus eruditis hominum saeculis fuerunt (with Romuli aetas),

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18; cf.:

    res publica constituta non unā hominum vitā sed aliquot saeculis et aetatibus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

    perpetuā saeculorum admiratione celebrantur,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13:

    fecunda culpae saecula,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

    ferro duravit saecula,

    id. Epod. 16, 65; cf.:

    sic ad ferrum venistis ab auro, Saecula,

    Ov. M. 15, 261.—
    3.
    The spirit of the age or times: nemo illic vitia ridet;

    nec corrumpere et corrumpi saeculum vocatur,

    Tac. G. 19.—
    B.
    The utmost lifetime of man, a period of a hundred years, a century:

    saeclum spatium annorum centum vocārunt,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 2, § 11 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. saeculares, p. 328 ib.; Censor. de Die Nat. 17:

    cum (Numa) illam sapientiam constituendae civitatis duobus prope saeculis ante cognovit, quam eam Graeci natam esse senserunt,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

    saeculo festas referente luces,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 42; cf.:

    multa virum durando saecula vincit,

    Verg. G. 2, 295.—
    2.
    For an indefinitely long period, an age; plur. (so mostly):

    (Saturni stella) nihil immutat sempiternis saeculorum aetatibus, quin eadem iisdem temporibus efficiat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:

    aliquot saeculis post,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 73:

    cum aliquot saecula in Italiā viguisset,

    id. Univ. 1; so,

    tot,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122; id. Ac. 2, 5, 15:

    quot,

    Quint. 12, 11, 22:

    multa,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20; 6, 26, 29; id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; id. Cat. 2, 5, 11; id. Fam. 11, 14, 3:

    plurima,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

    sexcenta,

    id. Fat. 12, 27:

    omnia,

    id. Lael. 4, 15; id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

    ex omni saeculorum memoriā,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 3:

    vir saeculorum memoriā dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 104; cf.:

    ingeniorum monumenta, quae saeculis probarentur,

    id. 3, 7, 18:

    facto in saecula ituro,

    to future ages, to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; so Plin. Pan. 55, 1:

    in famam et saecula mitti,

    Luc. 10, 533: tarda gelu saeclisque effeta senectus, with (many) years, Verg. A. 8, 508.— Sing.:

    propemodum saeculi res in unum diem cumulavit,

    Curt. 4, 16, 10:

    longo putidam (anum) saeculo,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 1:

    ut videri possit saeculo prior,

    Quint. 10, 1, 113.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the following phrases are used to express forever, to all eternity, endlessly, without end:

    in saeculum,

    Vulg. Exod. 21, 6; id. Dan. 3, 89:

    in saeculum saeculi,

    id. Psa. 36, 27; id. 2 Cor. 9, 9:

    in saecula,

    id. Ps. 77, 69; id. Rom. 1, 25:

    in saecula saeculorum,

    Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1; Ambros. Hexaëm. 3, 17, 72; Vulg. Tob. 9, 11; id. Rom. 16, 27; id. Apoc. 1, 6 et saep.—
    C.
    Like the biblical, aiôn, the world, worldliness (eccl. Lat.):

    immaculatus ab hoc saeculo,

    Vulg. Jacob. 1, 27: et servientem corpori Absolve vinclis saeculi, Prud. steph. 2, 583; so id. Cath. 5, 109; Paul. Nol. Ep. 23, 33 fin. —
    D.
    Heathenism (eccl. Lat.):

    saeculi exempla,

    Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saecularia).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > saeculum

  • 2 excello

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

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  • 3 excellonter

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excellonter

  • 4 excelsi

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excelsi

  • 5 excelsum

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excelsum

  • 6 Excelsus

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

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  • 7 morior

    mŏrĭor, mortŭus, 3 ( fut. part. moriturus, a, um, Cic. Arch. 12, 30; id. Div. 2, 25, 54; 2, 47, 99; Liv. 21, 12, 4; Verg. A. 4, 308; id. ib. 2, 511 et saep.; old forms acc. to the fourth conj.: si vivimu' sive morīmur, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 830 P.; Ann. v. 384 Vahl.; inf. moriri, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 108; id. Capt. 3, 5, 54; id. Rud. 3, 3, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 124 Ritschl N. cr.; Ov. M. 14, 215), v. dep. [Sanscr. root mar-, die; Gr. mor- (mro-, bro-), mar; brotos, marainô; cf.: morbus, marceo], to die (cf.: pereo, intereo, occĭdo, occumbo, obeo, exspiro; class.).
    I.
    Lit.: vivam an moriar, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. metus, p. 123 Müll. (Trag. v. 179 Vahl.): ego cum genui, tum morituros scivi, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 361 Vahl.):

    mori,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 24:

    atque eundem (L. Tarquinium)... accepimus mortuum esse, cum duodequadraginta regnavisset annos,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 36:

    moriendum certe est,

    id. Sen. 20, 74:

    desiderio,

    of desire, id. Att. 1, 3, 1:

    ut fame senatores quinque morerentur,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 6:

    me esse homines mortuom dicant fame,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 57; so,

    fame,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 7, 8:

    fame et siti,

    Liv. 7, 35, 8: siti, id. 4, 30, 8; Petr. 10; Pomp. ap. Gell. 10, 24, 5:

    vigilando,

    Juv. 3, 232: ex vulnere, of a wound, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    in tormentis,

    Liv. 40, 23:

    alterius amore,

    Ov. Am. 2, 7, 10:

    curis,

    Tib. 2, 7, 33 (6, 51):

    fame,

    Petr. 10:

    inediā,

    Plin. 14, 13, 14, § 89:

    significabat interruptis atque morientibus vocibus,

    dying accents, the accents of a dying man, Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    mori videbamus in studio dimetiundi paene caeli atque terrae C. Galum,

    spend his whole life in, id. Sen. 14, 49:

    cum te complexā morientem, Galle, puellā Vidimus,

    desperately in love, dying for love, Prop. 1, 10, 5:

    ei mihi, si quis, Acrius ut moriar, venerit alter amor,

    id. 2, 4, 1 sq.: moriar, si, may I die, if, etc., Cic. Att. 8, 6, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., of things, to die away, decay, to wither away, pass away, to vanish, lose its strength, etc.;

    of members of the body: id quod supra vinculum est, moritur,

    loses its vitality, Cels. 7, 14.—Of plants:

    rutam et hederas illico mori,

    die away, perish, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

    moriturque ad sibila campus,

    Stat. Th. 5, 528.—Of fire:

    flammas vidi nullo concutiente mori,

    die out, go out, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 11;

    of comets: donec in exiguum moriens vanesceret ignem,

    Claud. B. Get. 248:

    unguenta moriuntur,

    lose their strength, Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 20.— To end, close:

    dies quidem jam ad umbilicum est dimidiatus mortuus,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 45.—Comic.:

    vae illis virgis miseris, quae hodie in tergo morientur meo,

    will find their death, be destroyed, broken, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 117:

    ut iste interpositus sermo deliciarum desidiaeque moreretur,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

    ne suavissimi hominis memoria moreretur,

    id. Pis. 38, 93:

    cum multa cotidie ab antiquis ficta moriantur,

    fall into disuse, become obsolete, Quint. 8, 6, 32:

    gratia,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 27. —Esp. (in eccl. Lat.), of the loss of moral or spiritual vitality, to die, to lose virtue and divine guidance:

    in Adam omnes moriuntur,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 22:

    confirma cetera quae moritura erant,

    id. Apoc. 3, 2; cf. id. Johan. 11, 26; id. Rom. 7, 9.—Hence, mŏrtŭus, a, um, P. a., dead (class.).
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    Lit.:

    sanguine tauri poto mortuus concidit,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 43.—Prov.:

    mortuum esse alicui,

    to be dead to one, to wish to have nothing further to do with him, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of persons, faint, overwhelmed:

    cum tu, quod tibi succederetur, exsanguis et mortuus concidisti,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 88.—
    b.
    Of things concr. and abstr., dead, decayed, withered, passed away, etc.:

    lacerti,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

    flores,

    Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18:

    et antiquae leges,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    plausus,

    id. Att. 2, 19, 3:

    mortuā re verba nunc facis. Stultus es, rem actam agis,

    dead, done with, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27.—
    c.
    Mare mortuum.
    (α).
    The North Sea of Europe, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 94.—
    (β).
    The Dead Sea of Judea, Just. 36, 3.—
    B.
    Subst.: mŏrtŭus, i, m., a dead person, dead man:

    mortuum in domum inferre,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 75:

    a mortuis excitare,

    to awake from the dead, id. de Or 1, 57, 242:

    amandare aliquem infra mortuos,

    even below the dead, id. Quint. 15, 49:

    ut multis mortuus unus sufficeret,

    Juv. 15, 79:

    ossa mortuorum,

    Vulg. Matt. 23, 27.—Prov.: mortuo verba facere, to talk to a dead man, i. e. in vain, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 26.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), dead, without spiritual life:

    nomen habes quod vivas et mortuus es,

    Vulg. Apoc. 3, 1:

    fides sine operibus mortua est,

    id. Jac. 2, 26; cf. id. Eph. 2, 1; 5, 14.—Also, dead to any thing, not alive to it, not open to its influence, etc.:

    peccato,

    Vulg. Rom. 6, 2:

    peccatis,

    id. 1 Pet. 2, 24:

    legi,

    id. Gal. 2, 19; cf.:

    mortui cum Christo ab elementis hujus mundi,

    id. Col. 2, 20:

    mortui estis, et vita vestra est abscondita cum Christo in Deo,

    id. ib. 3, 3.

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  • 8 mundus

    1.
    mundus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mund, purificari], clean, cleanly, nice, neat, elegant.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn.: lautus, nitidus, purus): supellex,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7:

    caena,

    id. C. 3, 29, 14:

    ager,

    Gell. 19, 12, 8:

    mundissimum cubile desiderat (animal),

    Col. 7, 9, 14:

    jam intus mundissimumst,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7.— Poet., with abl., = ornatus: Ostia munita est: idem loca navibus pulchris Munda facit, adorned, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 146 Vahl.).—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel:

    cultus justo mundior,

    too elegant dress, Liv. 8, 15.— As subst.: mundus, i, m. (sc. homo), an elegant or nice person, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—
    2.
    Of quality, not coarse, fine (post-class.):

    annonae, of wheat,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42, 3:

    panis,

    id. ib. 37, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, neat, fine, elegant ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    verba, Ov A. A. 3, 479: versus, quibus mundius nihil reperiri puto,

    Gell. 19, 9, 10:

    in Gallos mundius subtiliusque est, quam cum Gallis aut contra Gallos,

    id. 17, 2 med. —
    B.
    Subst.: mun-dum, i. n., only in the phrase: in mundo (esse or habere), in readiness (ante-class.): tibi vita seu mors in mundo est, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Ann. v. 457 Vahl.:

    in mundo pro palam et in expedito ac cito, Charis.): nempe habeo in mundo,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 46:

    mihi in mundo sunt virgae,

    id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 50:

    nescio quid vero habeo in mundo,

    id. Stich. 3, 2, 23; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85 Ritschl.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., morally pure, upright, free from sin:

    cor mundum crea in me, Deus,

    Vulg. Psa. 50, 12:

    beati mundo corde,

    id. Matt. 5, 8.—Hence, adv., in two forms (both, for the most part, anteand post-class.).—
    a.
    mundē, cleanly, neatly, prettily:

    (copia) in suo quaeque loco sita munde,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 5: verrite aedes, spargite munde, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.:

    parum munde et parum decenter,

    Sen. Ep. 70, 20:

    munde facti versus,

    Gell. 10, 17, 2:

    quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

    Cato, R. R. 66, 1.—
    b.
    mun-dĭter, cleanly, neatly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    cum sedulo munditer nos habeamus,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 26.—
    2.
    Trop., decently, with propriety:

    dicere,

    App. Mag. p. 296, 14.
    2.
    mundus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form, mundum: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, all her toilet, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3, and ap. Non. 214, 17) [1. mundus], toilet ornaments, decorations, dress (of a woman).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mundus muliebris est, quo mulier mundior fit: continentur eo specula, matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria, et si qua similia dici possunt, veluti lavatio, riscus... Unguenta, quibus valetudinis causā unguimur, mundo non continentur,

    Dig. 34, 2, 25:

    munditiae et ornatus et cultus, haec feminarum insignia sunt: hunc mundum muliebrem appellārunt majores nostri,

    Liv. 34, 7, 9: virginalis, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.:

    quamvis auro, veste, gemmis, omnique cetero mundo exornata mulier incedat,

    App. M. 2, p. 118. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., an implement (ante- and post-class.):

    operae messoriae mundus,

    implements for the harvest work, App. M. 6 init.:

    Cereris,

    the mystical casket of Ceres, id. Mag. p. 282 (the expression in mundo esse and habere belongs to the adj. mundus, v. mundus, II. B.).—
    B.
    Like the Gr. kosmos, the universe, the world, esp. the heavens and the heavenly bodies: ut hunc hac varietate distinctum bene Graeci kosmon, nos lucentem mundum nominaremus, the heavens, Cic. Univ. 10: nam quem kosmos Graeci, nomine ornamenti appellaverunt. eum nos a perfectā absolutāque elegantiā, mundum, Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8: concussit micantia sidera mundus, heaven shook, Cat. 64, 206:

    aetherius,

    Tib. 3, 4, 17:

    arduus,

    Verg. G. 1, 240:

    aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

    Juv. 10, 169. Also: mundus caeli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Sat. v. 10, p. 156 Vahl.):

    o clarissima mundi Lumina,

    Verg. G. 1, 5 sq.:

    immensi copia mundi,

    Ov. M. 2, 157:

    ipse mundus deorum hominumque causā factus est...Est enim mundus quasi communis deorum atque hominum domus, aut urbs utrorumque,

    the world, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154:

    innumerabiles,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

    e tabulā pictos ediscere mundos,

    parts of the world, Prop. 5, 3, 37.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The world, i. e. the earth, the inhabitants of the earth, mankind ( poet.):

    quicumque mundo terminus obstitit,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 53:

    spes miseri mundi,

    Luc. 5, 469; Stat. S. 3, 3, 87:

    fastos evolvere mundi,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 112:

    mundum laedere,

    mankind, Claud. Ruf. 1, 87:

    nullā in parte mundi cessat ebrietas,

    Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149; 30, 1, 2, § 8; Flor. 2, 12, 1; Just. 30, 4, 9:

    (Alexander) scrutatur maria ignota, et, ut ita dicam, mundi claustra perrumpit,

    Sen. Ep. 119, 7:

    mundi principio,

    Juv. 15, 147.—
    b.
    The heavens, i. e. the sky, the weather (post-class.):

    tepida indulget terris clementia mundi,

    Grat. Fal. 288:

    ad Eoos tractūs mundique teporem,

    Luc. 8, 365.—
    c.
    The sun (perh. only in Manilius):

    quā mundus redit,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 36; id. ib. 3, 591.—
    d.
    Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. The opening into this mundus was at Rome, in the Comitium, and was kept covered with a stone (lapis manalis); three times in the year, on the 24th of August, the 5th of October, and the 8th of November, days sacred to the gods of the infernal regions, this round pit was opened, and all sorts of fruits were thrown into it as offerings, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16, 18; Paul. ex Fest. s. v mundus, p. 154 Müll., and s. v. manalem lapidem, p. 128 ib.—
    e.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the world as opposed to the church; this world, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life:

    non pro mundo rogo,

    Vulg. Johan. 17, 9:

    de mundo non sunt,

    id. ib. 17, 16:

    princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan),

    id. ib. 12, 31;

    14, 30: regnum meum non est de hoc mundo,

    id. ib. 18, 36; cf. id. Eph. 2, 2; 6, 12.

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  • 9 Dank

    Präp. (+ Gen oder Dat) thanks to (auch iro.); dank einem Zufall oder eines Zufalls by chance ( oder coincidence)
    * * *
    der Dank
    gratitude; thanks
    * * *
    Dạnk [daŋk]
    m -(e)s, no pl
    (ausgedrückt) thanks pl; (= Gefühl der Dankbarkeit) gratitude

    besten or herzlichen or schönen or vielen Dank — many thanks, thank you very much, thanks a lot (inf)

    vielen herzlichen/tausend Dank! — many/very many thanks!, thanks a million! (inf)

    haben Sie/hab Dank! (geh) — thank you!; (für Hilfe auch) I'm much obliged to you

    jdm für etw Dank sagen (liter) — to express one's or give (esp Eccl) thanks to sb for sth

    Dank sagen (Aus) — to express one's thanks; (Eccl) to give thanks

    jdm Dank schulden (form) — to owe sb a debt of gratitude

    jdm für etw Dank wissen (form) — to be indebted to sb for sth

    mit bestem Dank zurück! — many thanks for lending it/them to me; (iro

    das ist der ( ganze) Dank dafür — that's all the thanks one gets

    als Dank für seine Dienste — in grateful recognition of his service

    zum Dank (dafür) — as a way of saying thank you

    das ist der Dank des Vaterlandes! (iro) — that's all the thanks one gets!

    * * *
    (expression(s) of gratitude: I really didn't expect any thanks for helping them.) thanks
    * * *
    <-[e]s>
    [ˈdaŋk]
    1. (Anerkennung für Geleistetes)
    ▪ jds \Dank sign of sb's gratitude
    2. (Dankbarkeit) gratitude, thankfulness
    der \Dank des Vaterlandes ist dir gewiss (hum) you'll get a medal for that hum
    mit bestem \Dank zurück! returned with thanks!
    besten/herzlichen/schönen/tausend/vielen \Dank thank you very much, many thanks form, thanks a lot fam
    das war ein schlechter \Dank that is/was poor thanks
    hab/haben Sie \Dank! (geh) thank you!; (für Hilfe a.) I'm much obliged to you form
    etw mit \Dank annehmen to accept sth with thanks
    jdm für etw akk \Dank sagen (geh) to express one's thanks to [or thank] sb for sth; REL to give thanks to sb for sth
    jdm \Dank schulden, jdm zu \Dank verpflichtet sein (geh) to owe sb a debt of gratitude
    jdm \Dank für etw akk wissen (geh) to be indebted to sb for sth
    jdm \Dank dafür wissen, dass... to be indebted to sb that...
    als \Dank für etw akk in grateful recognition of sth
    zum \Dank [dafür] (iron) as a way of saying thank you
    [das ist] der [ganze] \Dank dafür! that is/was all the thanks one gets/got!
    * * *
    der; Dank[e]s
    1) thanks pl.

    jemandem [großen] Dank schulden od. schuldig sein — (geh.)

    jemandem zu [großem] Dank verpflichtet sein — owe somebody a [great] debt of gratitude

    und das ist nun der Dank dafür — (iron.) so that's all the thanks I get!

    mit vielem od. bestem Dank zurück — thanks for the loan; (bes. geschrieben) returned with thanks!

    vielen/besten/herzlichen Dank! — thank you very much; many thanks

    vielen Dank, dass du mir geholfen hast — thank you very much for helping me

    tausend Dank! — (ugs.) very many thanks [indeed]

    * * *
    Dank m; -(e)s, kein pl;
    (
    für for) thanks pl; (Dankbarkeit) gratitude; (Lohn) reward;
    viel Dank ernten für etwas earn a lot of gratitude ( oder receive a lot of thanks) for sth;
    wenig/keinen Dank ernten für etwas get meagre (US -er)/no thanks for sth;
    (
    vielen Dank! many thanks, thank you very much, thanks a million umg;
    mit Dank with thanks;
    mit Dank zurück returned with thanks, thanks for the loan umg;
    vielen Dank für die Blumen! iron thanks a lot ( oder for nothing)!;
    abstatten geh thank sb; KIRCHE give thanks;
    jemandem zu Dank verpflichtet sein be deeply indebted to sb, owe sb a debt of gratitude;
    keinen Dank erwarten not expect any thanks;
    ist das der Dank für meine Mühe? is that all (the thanks) I get for the trouble I went to?;
    das ist nun der Dank dafür! iron that’s gratitude for you;
    zum Dank für seine Dienste in (grateful) recognition of his services;
    als Dank dafür, dass Sie ihm geholfen haben in appreciation of your help, as a way of saying thanks to you for helping him umg;
    dem Herrn! thanks be to God (in Heaven)
    * * *
    der; Dank[e]s
    1) thanks pl.

    jemandem [großen] Dank schulden od. schuldig sein — (geh.)

    jemandem zu [großem] Dank verpflichtet sein — owe somebody a [great] debt of gratitude

    und das ist nun der Dank dafür — (iron.) so that's all the thanks I get!

    mit vielem od. bestem Dank zurück — thanks for the loan; (bes. geschrieben) returned with thanks!

    vielen/besten/herzlichen Dank! — thank you very much; many thanks

    vielen Dank, dass du mir geholfen hast — thank you very much for helping me

    tausend Dank! — (ugs.) very many thanks [indeed]

    * * *
    nur sing. m.
    thank n.

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  • 10 dank

    Präp. (+ Gen oder Dat) thanks to (auch iro.); dank einem Zufall oder eines Zufalls by chance ( oder coincidence)
    * * *
    der Dank
    gratitude; thanks
    * * *
    Dạnk [daŋk]
    m -(e)s, no pl
    (ausgedrückt) thanks pl; (= Gefühl der Dankbarkeit) gratitude

    besten or herzlichen or schönen or vielen Dank — many thanks, thank you very much, thanks a lot (inf)

    vielen herzlichen/tausend Dank! — many/very many thanks!, thanks a million! (inf)

    haben Sie/hab Dank! (geh) — thank you!; (für Hilfe auch) I'm much obliged to you

    jdm für etw Dank sagen (liter) — to express one's or give (esp Eccl) thanks to sb for sth

    Dank sagen (Aus) — to express one's thanks; (Eccl) to give thanks

    jdm Dank schulden (form) — to owe sb a debt of gratitude

    jdm für etw Dank wissen (form) — to be indebted to sb for sth

    mit bestem Dank zurück! — many thanks for lending it/them to me; (iro

    das ist der ( ganze) Dank dafür — that's all the thanks one gets

    als Dank für seine Dienste — in grateful recognition of his service

    zum Dank (dafür) — as a way of saying thank you

    das ist der Dank des Vaterlandes! (iro) — that's all the thanks one gets!

    * * *
    (expression(s) of gratitude: I really didn't expect any thanks for helping them.) thanks
    * * *
    <-[e]s>
    [ˈdaŋk]
    1. (Anerkennung für Geleistetes)
    ▪ jds \Dank sign of sb's gratitude
    2. (Dankbarkeit) gratitude, thankfulness
    der \Dank des Vaterlandes ist dir gewiss (hum) you'll get a medal for that hum
    mit bestem \Dank zurück! returned with thanks!
    besten/herzlichen/schönen/tausend/vielen \Dank thank you very much, many thanks form, thanks a lot fam
    das war ein schlechter \Dank that is/was poor thanks
    hab/haben Sie \Dank! (geh) thank you!; (für Hilfe a.) I'm much obliged to you form
    etw mit \Dank annehmen to accept sth with thanks
    jdm für etw akk \Dank sagen (geh) to express one's thanks to [or thank] sb for sth; REL to give thanks to sb for sth
    jdm \Dank schulden, jdm zu \Dank verpflichtet sein (geh) to owe sb a debt of gratitude
    jdm \Dank für etw akk wissen (geh) to be indebted to sb for sth
    jdm \Dank dafür wissen, dass... to be indebted to sb that...
    als \Dank für etw akk in grateful recognition of sth
    zum \Dank [dafür] (iron) as a way of saying thank you
    [das ist] der [ganze] \Dank dafür! that is/was all the thanks one gets/got!
    * * *
    der; Dank[e]s
    1) thanks pl.

    jemandem [großen] Dank schulden od. schuldig sein — (geh.)

    jemandem zu [großem] Dank verpflichtet sein — owe somebody a [great] debt of gratitude

    und das ist nun der Dank dafür — (iron.) so that's all the thanks I get!

    mit vielem od. bestem Dank zurück — thanks for the loan; (bes. geschrieben) returned with thanks!

    vielen/besten/herzlichen Dank! — thank you very much; many thanks

    vielen Dank, dass du mir geholfen hast — thank you very much for helping me

    tausend Dank! — (ugs.) very many thanks [indeed]

    * * *
    dank präp (+gen oder dat) thanks to (auch iron);
    eines Zufalls by chance ( oder coincidence)
    * * *
    der; Dank[e]s
    1) thanks pl.

    jemandem [großen] Dank schulden od. schuldig sein — (geh.)

    jemandem zu [großem] Dank verpflichtet sein — owe somebody a [great] debt of gratitude

    und das ist nun der Dank dafür — (iron.) so that's all the thanks I get!

    mit vielem od. bestem Dank zurück — thanks for the loan; (bes. geschrieben) returned with thanks!

    vielen/besten/herzlichen Dank! — thank you very much; many thanks

    vielen Dank, dass du mir geholfen hast — thank you very much for helping me

    tausend Dank! — (ugs.) very many thanks [indeed]

    * * *
    nur sing. m.
    thank n.

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  • 11 Opuntii

    1.
    ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., work, labor (cf.:

    labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

    in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

    menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

    id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Work, art, workmanship:

    naturā et opere munitus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
    2.
    Of agricultural labor:

    opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    grave Martis opus,

    Verg. A. 8, 515.—
    3.
    Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
    4.
    Of literary labor:

    (Graeci) opus quaerunt,

    seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
    5.
    In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
    II.
    Transf., a work that has been done or made.
    A.
    A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

    nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

    opere perfecto,

    id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

    Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

    operibus Toletum cepit,

    Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
    B.
    Any result of labor.
    1.
    Of public works, esp. buildings:

    aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

    de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

    Suet. Tib. 30:

    opera, templum theatrumque,

    id. Calig. 21; cf.

    of an aqueduct, etc.,

    id. Claud. 20:

    in titulis operum,

    in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
    2.
    Of writings, a work, book:

    habeo opus magnum in manibus,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

    an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

    quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

    Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
    3.
    Of a work of art:

    quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

    of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

    32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
    C.
    In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

    miserum'st opus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

    opus meae hastae,

    Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    1.
    A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
    2.
    Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
    III.
    Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
    A.
    Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

    ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
    (α).
    With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

    materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

    Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

    minus multi opus sunt boves,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

    maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

    dux nobis et auctor opus est,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

    ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

    si quid opus erit in sumptum,

    id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

    parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

    Liv. 37, 18, 10:

    quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

    id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

    ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

    id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    magistratibus opus est,

    there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    viro et gubernatore opus est,

    Liv. 24, 8:

    opus est auctoritate tuā,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

    non longis opus est ambagibus,

    Ov. M. 4, 475:

    nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

    id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

    responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

    Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

    maturato opus est,

    there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

    erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

    of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

    ita dictu opus est,

    it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

    quod scitu opus est,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    quanti argenti opus fuit,

    id. 23, 31.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    puero opus est cibum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

    Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

    quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

    Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
    (ζ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    nunc opus est te animo valere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
    (η).
    With ut:

    opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
    (θ).
    With subj. alone:

    non est opus affingas aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    sic opus est,

    Ov. M. 1, 279.—
    2.
    Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

    atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
    B.
    Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

    non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

    Diom. 301 P.
    2.
    Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
    II.
    Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

    sinus,

    Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

    Philodamus,

    of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

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  • 12 Opus

    1.
    ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., work, labor (cf.:

    labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

    in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

    menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

    id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Work, art, workmanship:

    naturā et opere munitus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
    2.
    Of agricultural labor:

    opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    grave Martis opus,

    Verg. A. 8, 515.—
    3.
    Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
    4.
    Of literary labor:

    (Graeci) opus quaerunt,

    seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
    5.
    In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
    II.
    Transf., a work that has been done or made.
    A.
    A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

    nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

    opere perfecto,

    id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

    Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

    operibus Toletum cepit,

    Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
    B.
    Any result of labor.
    1.
    Of public works, esp. buildings:

    aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

    de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

    Suet. Tib. 30:

    opera, templum theatrumque,

    id. Calig. 21; cf.

    of an aqueduct, etc.,

    id. Claud. 20:

    in titulis operum,

    in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
    2.
    Of writings, a work, book:

    habeo opus magnum in manibus,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

    an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

    quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

    Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
    3.
    Of a work of art:

    quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

    of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

    32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
    C.
    In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

    miserum'st opus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

    opus meae hastae,

    Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    1.
    A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
    2.
    Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
    III.
    Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
    A.
    Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

    ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
    (α).
    With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

    materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

    Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

    minus multi opus sunt boves,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

    maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

    dux nobis et auctor opus est,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

    ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

    si quid opus erit in sumptum,

    id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

    parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

    Liv. 37, 18, 10:

    quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

    id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

    ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

    id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    magistratibus opus est,

    there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    viro et gubernatore opus est,

    Liv. 24, 8:

    opus est auctoritate tuā,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

    non longis opus est ambagibus,

    Ov. M. 4, 475:

    nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

    id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

    responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

    Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

    maturato opus est,

    there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

    erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

    of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

    ita dictu opus est,

    it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

    quod scitu opus est,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    quanti argenti opus fuit,

    id. 23, 31.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    puero opus est cibum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

    Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

    quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

    Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
    (ζ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    nunc opus est te animo valere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
    (η).
    With ut:

    opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
    (θ).
    With subj. alone:

    non est opus affingas aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    sic opus est,

    Ov. M. 1, 279.—
    2.
    Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

    atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
    B.
    Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

    non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

    Diom. 301 P.
    2.
    Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
    II.
    Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

    sinus,

    Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

    Philodamus,

    of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

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  • 13 opus

    1.
    ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., work, labor (cf.:

    labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

    in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

    menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

    id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Work, art, workmanship:

    naturā et opere munitus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
    2.
    Of agricultural labor:

    opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    grave Martis opus,

    Verg. A. 8, 515.—
    3.
    Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
    4.
    Of literary labor:

    (Graeci) opus quaerunt,

    seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
    5.
    In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
    II.
    Transf., a work that has been done or made.
    A.
    A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

    nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

    opere perfecto,

    id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

    Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

    operibus Toletum cepit,

    Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
    B.
    Any result of labor.
    1.
    Of public works, esp. buildings:

    aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

    de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

    Suet. Tib. 30:

    opera, templum theatrumque,

    id. Calig. 21; cf.

    of an aqueduct, etc.,

    id. Claud. 20:

    in titulis operum,

    in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
    2.
    Of writings, a work, book:

    habeo opus magnum in manibus,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

    an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

    quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

    Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
    3.
    Of a work of art:

    quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

    of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

    32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
    C.
    In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

    miserum'st opus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

    opus meae hastae,

    Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    1.
    A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
    2.
    Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
    III.
    Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
    A.
    Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

    ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
    (α).
    With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

    materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

    Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

    minus multi opus sunt boves,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

    maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

    dux nobis et auctor opus est,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

    ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

    si quid opus erit in sumptum,

    id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

    parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

    Liv. 37, 18, 10:

    quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

    id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

    ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

    id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    magistratibus opus est,

    there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    viro et gubernatore opus est,

    Liv. 24, 8:

    opus est auctoritate tuā,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

    non longis opus est ambagibus,

    Ov. M. 4, 475:

    nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

    id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

    responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

    Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

    maturato opus est,

    there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

    erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

    of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

    ita dictu opus est,

    it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

    quod scitu opus est,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    quanti argenti opus fuit,

    id. 23, 31.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    puero opus est cibum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

    Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

    quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

    Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
    (ζ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    nunc opus est te animo valere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
    (η).
    With ut:

    opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
    (θ).
    With subj. alone:

    non est opus affingas aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    sic opus est,

    Ov. M. 1, 279.—
    2.
    Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

    atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
    B.
    Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

    non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

    Diom. 301 P.
    2.
    Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
    II.
    Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

    sinus,

    Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

    Philodamus,

    of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

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  • 14 Bruderschaft

    f
    1. KIRCHL. brotherhood, society
    2. nur Sg. Brüderschaft
    * * *
    die Bruderschaft
    fraternity; brotherhood
    * * *
    Brü|der|schaft ['bryːdɐʃaft]
    1. f -, -en,Brú|der|schaft
    ['bruːdɐʃaft]
    2. f -, -en (ESP ECCL)
    1) (ECCL) brotherhood
    2) (= Freundschaft) close or intimate friendship (in which the familiar "du" is used)

    mit jdm Brǘderschaft trinken — to agree over a drink to use the familiar "du"

    * * *
    die
    1) (an association of men for a certain purpose.) brotherhood
    2) (a company of people who regard each other as equals, eg monks.) fraternity
    * * *
    Bru·der·schaft
    <-, -en>
    f REL fraternity, brotherhood
    * * *

    [mit jemandem] Brüderschaft trinken — drink to close friendship [with somebody] (agreeing to use the familiar ‘du’ form)

    * * *
    1. KIRCHE brotherhood, society
    2. nur sg → Brüderschaft
    * * *

    [mit jemandem] Brüderschaft trinken — drink to close friendship [with somebody] (agreeing to use the familiar ‘du’ form)

    * * *
    f.
    brotherhood n.
    fraternity n.

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  • 15 Brüderschaft

    f
    1. KIRCHL. brotherhood, society
    2. nur Sg. Brüderschaft
    * * *
    die Bruderschaft
    fraternity; brotherhood
    * * *
    Brü|der|schaft ['bryːdɐʃaft]
    1. f -, -en,Brú|der|schaft
    ['bruːdɐʃaft]
    2. f -, -en (ESP ECCL)
    1) (ECCL) brotherhood
    2) (= Freundschaft) close or intimate friendship (in which the familiar "du" is used)

    mit jdm Brǘderschaft trinken — to agree over a drink to use the familiar "du"

    * * *
    die
    1) (an association of men for a certain purpose.) brotherhood
    2) (a company of people who regard each other as equals, eg monks.) fraternity
    * * *
    Bru·der·schaft
    <-, -en>
    f REL fraternity, brotherhood
    * * *

    [mit jemandem] Brüderschaft trinken — drink to close friendship [with somebody] (agreeing to use the familiar ‘du’ form)

    * * *
    Brüderschaft brotherhood;
    mit jemandem Brüderschaft schließen become close friends with sb;
    Brüderschaft trinken agree to use the familiar ‘du’ form of address over a drink
    * * *

    [mit jemandem] Brüderschaft trinken — drink to close friendship [with somebody] (agreeing to use the familiar ‘du’ form)

    * * *
    f.
    brotherhood n.
    fraternity n.

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  • 16 mirabile

    mīrābĭlis ( sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj. [miror], to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.):

    nimium mirimodis mirabilis,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

    nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35:

    pugnandi cupiditas,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

    hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23:

    laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,

    Juv. 12, 73.— Comp.:

    quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74.— Sup.:

    mirabilissima soboles,

    Col. 6, 36, 3.
    (α).
    In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7.—
    (β).
    With quam, quantum, quomodo:

    mirabile est, quam non multum differat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

    esset mirabile quomodo,

    id. Div. 2, 19, 44:

    mirabile quantum gaudebat,

    Sil. 6, 620.—
    (γ).
    With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30.—
    II.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    A.
    Glorious:

    mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,

    Vulg. Psa. 67, 36:

    mirabilis in altis Dominus,

    id. ib. 92, 6.—
    B.
    Miraculous:

    mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,

    Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4:

    facta,

    id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep.—Hence,
    A.
    Subst.: mīrābĭle, is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.):

    et faciet Dominus mirabile,

    Vulg. Exod. 9, 4.—Mostly plur.:

    cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,

    Vulg. Jos. 3, 5:

    videntes mirabilia quae fecit,

    id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. —
    B.
    Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter, wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.):

    mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,

    Nep. Dion. 10, 2:

    cupere,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4:

    laetari,

    id. ib. 11, 14, 1:

    moratus est,

    is strangely constituted, is a strange fellow, id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

    tonabit Deus,

    Vulg. Job, 37, 5.— Comp.:

    mirabilius augere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.

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  • 17 mirabilis

    mīrābĭlis ( sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj. [miror], to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.):

    nimium mirimodis mirabilis,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

    nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35:

    pugnandi cupiditas,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

    hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23:

    laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,

    Juv. 12, 73.— Comp.:

    quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74.— Sup.:

    mirabilissima soboles,

    Col. 6, 36, 3.
    (α).
    In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7.—
    (β).
    With quam, quantum, quomodo:

    mirabile est, quam non multum differat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

    esset mirabile quomodo,

    id. Div. 2, 19, 44:

    mirabile quantum gaudebat,

    Sil. 6, 620.—
    (γ).
    With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30.—
    II.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    A.
    Glorious:

    mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,

    Vulg. Psa. 67, 36:

    mirabilis in altis Dominus,

    id. ib. 92, 6.—
    B.
    Miraculous:

    mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,

    Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4:

    facta,

    id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep.—Hence,
    A.
    Subst.: mīrābĭle, is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.):

    et faciet Dominus mirabile,

    Vulg. Exod. 9, 4.—Mostly plur.:

    cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,

    Vulg. Jos. 3, 5:

    videntes mirabilia quae fecit,

    id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. —
    B.
    Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter, wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.):

    mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,

    Nep. Dion. 10, 2:

    cupere,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4:

    laetari,

    id. ib. 11, 14, 1:

    moratus est,

    is strangely constituted, is a strange fellow, id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

    tonabit Deus,

    Vulg. Job, 37, 5.— Comp.:

    mirabilius augere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.

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  • 18 Mors

    mors, tis, f. [root mor, v. morior] (dat. morte, Varr. ap. Gell. 24), death in every form, natural or violent (syn.: letum, nex).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnium rerum mors est extremum,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

    mortem sibi consciscere,

    to kill one's self, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129:

    obire,

    to die, id. Phil. 5, 17, 48;

    Plaut Aul. prol. 15: nam necessest me... cras mortem exequi,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

    certae occumbere morti,

    to submit to, Verg. A. 2, 62:

    aliquem ad mortem dare,

    to put to death, kill, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 177:

    morti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 197:

    aliquem morte multare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; so,

    per vim,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:

    morte multatus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 40, 97; Tac. A. 6, 9; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Lact. 2, 9, 24:

    morte punire,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 12; Tac. A. 4, 44; 11, 18:

    mortis poena,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

    morti addici,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    omne humanum genus morte damnatum est,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 15:

    Antonius civium suorum vitae sedebat mortisque arbiter,

    Sen. Polyb. 16, 2:

    vitae et mortis habere potestatem,

    Vulg. Sap. 16, 13:

    illata per scelus,

    assassination, Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

    ad mortem se offerre pro patriā,

    id. Tusc. 1, 15, 32: afferre, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

    multare aliquem usque ad mortem,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9:

    morte cadere,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 15: morte acerbissimā affici, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

    multare,

    id. de Or. 1, 43, 100:

    ad mortem duci,

    id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

    cui legatio ipsa morti fuisset,

    brought death, id. Phil. 9, 1, 3:

    imperfecta,

    blindness, Stat. Th. 11, 582: morte suā mori, to die a natural death:

    bella res est, mori suā morte,

    Sen. Ep. 69, 6:

    mors suprema,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173; Sil. 5, 416: mortis fine, Boëth. Consol. 2, 7: quae rapit ultima mors est, Lucil. ap. Sen. Ep. 24, 20: proximus morti = moriens, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8; App. M. 1, 72; cf.:

    morti vicinus,

    Aug. Serm. 306, 10; Hier. in Joel, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

    cui, mors cum appropinquet,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

    cujus aetati mors propior erat,

    Sall. H. 2, 41, 9:

    adpropinquante morte,

    Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64 sq.:

    ut prorogetur tibi dies mortis,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6:

    circa mortis diem,

    id. Ep. 27, 2:

    mansurum est vitium usque ad diem mortis,

    Cels. 7, 7, 15 init. — Poet.:

    mors sola fatetur quantula sint hominum corpuscula,

    Juv. 10, 173. —In plur.:

    mortes, when several persons are spoken of: praeclarae mortes sunt imperatoriae,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 108:

    meorum,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 1:

    perdere mortes,

    to throw away lives, to die in vain, Stat. Th. 9, 58:

    hinc subitae mortes,

    Juv. 1, 144.—Also of different forms or modes of death:

    omnīs per mortīs,

    Verg. A. 10, 854; cf.:

    omni imagine mortium,

    Tac. H. 3, 28; Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—Rarely of an abstract thing:

    fere rerum omnium oblivio morsque memoriae,

    death, total loss, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142.—
    B.
    Personified.
    1.
    Mors, a goddess, the daughter of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. A. 11, 197; Hyg. Fab. praef.—
    2.
    (Eccl. Lat.) = eum qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum, Vulg. Heb. 2, 14; id. Isa. 28, 15; cf.:

    ero mors tua, o mors,

    id. Hos. 13, 14; id. Apoc. 6, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A dead body, corpse (mostly poet.): morte campos contegi, with corpses, Att. ap. Non. 110, 31:

    mortem ejus (Clodii) lacerari,

    body, corpse, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; Cat. 64, 362; Prop. 3, 5, 22:

    vitis, quam juxta hominis mors laqueo pependerit,

    Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119; Stat. Th. 1, 768.—Hence, jestingly, of an old man:

    odiosum est mortem amplexari,

    a corpse, a skeleton, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—
    B.
    Like phonos, the blood shed by murder:

    ensem multā morte recepit,

    Verg. A. 9, 348.—
    C.
    That which brings death (of missiles), a deadly weapon ( poet.):

    mille cavet lapsas circum cava tempora mortes,

    Stat. Th. 6, 792; Luc. 7, 517:

    per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes,

    Sil. 9, 369.—Of a sentence or threat of death:

    ut auferat a me mortem istam,

    Vulg. Ex. 10, 17;

    of terrible pangs and anxieties: contritiones mortis,

    id. 2 Reg. 22, 5:

    dolores mortis,

    id. Psa. 18, 4; 116, 3;

    of a cruel and murderous officer: aderat mors terrorque sociorum et civium lictor Sestius,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.):

    mors secunda,

    the second death, future punishment, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 11; 20, 6; 14:

    mors alone,

    id. 1 Joh. 5, 16; also spiritual death, that of a soul under the dominion of sin:

    stimulus mortis peccatum est,

    id. 1 Cor. 15, 56; Rom. 8, 6 et saep.; cf. Lact. 7, 10 fin.

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  • 19 mors

    mors, tis, f. [root mor, v. morior] (dat. morte, Varr. ap. Gell. 24), death in every form, natural or violent (syn.: letum, nex).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnium rerum mors est extremum,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

    mortem sibi consciscere,

    to kill one's self, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129:

    obire,

    to die, id. Phil. 5, 17, 48;

    Plaut Aul. prol. 15: nam necessest me... cras mortem exequi,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

    certae occumbere morti,

    to submit to, Verg. A. 2, 62:

    aliquem ad mortem dare,

    to put to death, kill, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 177:

    morti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 197:

    aliquem morte multare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; so,

    per vim,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:

    morte multatus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 40, 97; Tac. A. 6, 9; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Lact. 2, 9, 24:

    morte punire,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 12; Tac. A. 4, 44; 11, 18:

    mortis poena,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

    morti addici,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    omne humanum genus morte damnatum est,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 15:

    Antonius civium suorum vitae sedebat mortisque arbiter,

    Sen. Polyb. 16, 2:

    vitae et mortis habere potestatem,

    Vulg. Sap. 16, 13:

    illata per scelus,

    assassination, Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

    ad mortem se offerre pro patriā,

    id. Tusc. 1, 15, 32: afferre, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

    multare aliquem usque ad mortem,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9:

    morte cadere,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 15: morte acerbissimā affici, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

    multare,

    id. de Or. 1, 43, 100:

    ad mortem duci,

    id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

    cui legatio ipsa morti fuisset,

    brought death, id. Phil. 9, 1, 3:

    imperfecta,

    blindness, Stat. Th. 11, 582: morte suā mori, to die a natural death:

    bella res est, mori suā morte,

    Sen. Ep. 69, 6:

    mors suprema,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173; Sil. 5, 416: mortis fine, Boëth. Consol. 2, 7: quae rapit ultima mors est, Lucil. ap. Sen. Ep. 24, 20: proximus morti = moriens, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8; App. M. 1, 72; cf.:

    morti vicinus,

    Aug. Serm. 306, 10; Hier. in Joel, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

    cui, mors cum appropinquet,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

    cujus aetati mors propior erat,

    Sall. H. 2, 41, 9:

    adpropinquante morte,

    Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64 sq.:

    ut prorogetur tibi dies mortis,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6:

    circa mortis diem,

    id. Ep. 27, 2:

    mansurum est vitium usque ad diem mortis,

    Cels. 7, 7, 15 init. — Poet.:

    mors sola fatetur quantula sint hominum corpuscula,

    Juv. 10, 173. —In plur.:

    mortes, when several persons are spoken of: praeclarae mortes sunt imperatoriae,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 108:

    meorum,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 1:

    perdere mortes,

    to throw away lives, to die in vain, Stat. Th. 9, 58:

    hinc subitae mortes,

    Juv. 1, 144.—Also of different forms or modes of death:

    omnīs per mortīs,

    Verg. A. 10, 854; cf.:

    omni imagine mortium,

    Tac. H. 3, 28; Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—Rarely of an abstract thing:

    fere rerum omnium oblivio morsque memoriae,

    death, total loss, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142.—
    B.
    Personified.
    1.
    Mors, a goddess, the daughter of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. A. 11, 197; Hyg. Fab. praef.—
    2.
    (Eccl. Lat.) = eum qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum, Vulg. Heb. 2, 14; id. Isa. 28, 15; cf.:

    ero mors tua, o mors,

    id. Hos. 13, 14; id. Apoc. 6, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A dead body, corpse (mostly poet.): morte campos contegi, with corpses, Att. ap. Non. 110, 31:

    mortem ejus (Clodii) lacerari,

    body, corpse, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; Cat. 64, 362; Prop. 3, 5, 22:

    vitis, quam juxta hominis mors laqueo pependerit,

    Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119; Stat. Th. 1, 768.—Hence, jestingly, of an old man:

    odiosum est mortem amplexari,

    a corpse, a skeleton, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—
    B.
    Like phonos, the blood shed by murder:

    ensem multā morte recepit,

    Verg. A. 9, 348.—
    C.
    That which brings death (of missiles), a deadly weapon ( poet.):

    mille cavet lapsas circum cava tempora mortes,

    Stat. Th. 6, 792; Luc. 7, 517:

    per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes,

    Sil. 9, 369.—Of a sentence or threat of death:

    ut auferat a me mortem istam,

    Vulg. Ex. 10, 17;

    of terrible pangs and anxieties: contritiones mortis,

    id. 2 Reg. 22, 5:

    dolores mortis,

    id. Psa. 18, 4; 116, 3;

    of a cruel and murderous officer: aderat mors terrorque sociorum et civium lictor Sestius,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.):

    mors secunda,

    the second death, future punishment, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 11; 20, 6; 14:

    mors alone,

    id. 1 Joh. 5, 16; also spiritual death, that of a soul under the dominion of sin:

    stimulus mortis peccatum est,

    id. 1 Cor. 15, 56; Rom. 8, 6 et saep.; cf. Lact. 7, 10 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mors

  • 20 ordo

    ordo, ĭnis, m. [from root or-; Sanscr. ar-, to go, strive upward; cf. orior, through an adj. stem ordo-; v. Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 108], a regular row, line, or series, methodical arrangement, order (class.; syn.: series, tenor).
    I.
    In gen.:

    ordinem sic definiunt compositionem rerum aptis et accommodatis locis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

    vis ordinis et collocationis,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 142:

    arbores in ordinem satae,

    i. e. planted in a quincunx, Varr. R. R. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Caecil. 8, 22; id. Sen. 17, 59.—
    B.
    Esp., right order, regular succession:

    fatum appello ordinem seriemque causarum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55, 125:

    nihil esse pulchrius in omni ratione vitae dispositione atque ordine,

    Col. 12, 2:

    adhibere modum quendam et ordinem rebus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 5, 17:

    mox referam me ad ordinem,

    will soon bring myself to order, return to order, id. Ac. 2, 20, 67:

    res in ordinem redigere,

    to reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; so,

    in ordinem adducere,

    Cic. Univ. 3:

    ordinem conservare,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

    eundem tenere,

    to preserve, id. Phil. 5, 13, 35:

    sequi,

    id. Brut. 69, 244:

    immutare,

    to change, id. Or. 63, 214:

    perturbare,

    to disturb, id. Brut. 62, 223: cogere or redigere in ordinem, to reduce to order, to humble, degrade:

    decemviri querentes, se in ordinem cogi,

    Liv. 3, 51; 3, 35; Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 1; Quint. 1, 4, 3; so,

    in ordinem redactus,

    Suet. Vesp. 15; cf.

    trop.: gula reprimenda et quasi in ordinem redigenda est,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5.—
    C.
    Adverb. expressions.
    1.
    Ordine, in ordinem, per ordinem, in ordine, ex ordine, in order, in turn:

    Hegioni rem enarrato omnem ordine,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 53; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28:

    interrogare,

    Cic. Part. 1, 2:

    tabulae in ordinem confectae,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

    ordine cuncta exposuit,

    Liv. 3, 50, 4; 30, 15, 1:

    sortiti nocte singuli per ordinem,

    Quint. 4, 2, 72:

    hos Corydon, illos referebat in ordine Thyrsis,

    Verg. E. 7, 20; id. A. 8, 629:

    ut quisque aetate et honore antecedebat, ita sententiam dixit ex ordine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 143:

    ordine se vocante,

    when his turn came, Macr. S. 2, 2, § 12:

    in ordine vicis,

    Vulg. Luc. 1, 8.—
    2.
    Ordine, regularly, properly, appropriately:

    omnia ut quidque Egisti ordine scio,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 15:

    rem demonstravi ordine,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 3, 17 Brix ad loc.:

    an id recte, ordine, e re publicā factum esse defendes?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

    si hoc recte atque ordine factum videtur,

    id. Quint. 7, 28.—
    3.
    Ex ordine, in succession, without intermission:

    vendit Italiae possessiones ex ordine omnes,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 4:

    septem illum totos perhibent ex ordine menses Flevisse,

    Verg. G. 4, 507; cf. id. A. 5, 773.—
    4.
    Extra ordinem.
    a.
    Out of course, in an unusual or extraordinary manner:

    extra ordinem decernere provinciam alicui,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    crimina probantur,

    in an illegal manner, Dig. 48, 1, 8.—
    b.
    Extraordinarily, i. e. uncommonly, eminently, especially:

    ad eam spem, quam extra ordinem de te ipso habemus, accedunt tua praecipua,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 3.—
    II.
    Transf. concr.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Tres ordines lapidum, three courses of stones, Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 36.—In building, a row, course, or layer of stones, etc.:

    obstructis in speciem portis singulis ordinibus caespitum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 51:

    alius insuper ordo adicitur,

    id. ib. 7, 23: tot premit ordinibus caput, tiers or layers of ornaments, Juv. 6, 502. —
    2.
    A row of benches or seats:

    terno consurgunt ordine remi,

    in three rows of oar-banks, Verg. A. 5, 120:

    sex ordinum navem invenit Xenagoras,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.—In the theatre, a row of seats: post senatores ex vetere instituto quatuordecim graduum ordines equestri ordini assignati fuere, Suet. [p. 1278] Aug. 44:

    sedisti in quatuordecim ordinibus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—
    3.
    A train of servants or attendants:

    comitum longissimus ordo,

    Juv. 3, 284.—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A line or rank of soldiers in battle array:

    auxilia regis nullo ordine iter fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    ne quisquam ordine egrederetur,

    Sall. J. 45, 2:

    nullo ordine commutato,

    id. ib. 101, 2:

    sine signis, sine ordinibus,

    id. ib. 97, 5; so,

    signa atque ordines observare,

    to keep the ranks, remain in line, id. ib. 51, 1:

    conturbare,

    id. ib. 50, 4:

    restituere,

    id. ib. 51, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 8, 8.—
    2.
    A band, troop, company of soldiers:

    viri fortissimi atque honestissimi, qui ordines duxerunt,

    who have led companies, have been officers, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    L. Pupius primipili centurio, qui hunc eundem ordinem in exercitu Pompeii antea duxerat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13. —Hence,
    3.
    A captaincy, a command: ordinem alicui adimere, Tab. Heracl. ap. Mazoch. p. 423, n. 47; cf.

    on the contrary: alicui assignare,

    Liv. 42, 34:

    DARE,

    Inscr. Orell. 3456:

    centuriones ad superiores ordines transducere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 40; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 4.—
    (β).
    Ordines, chieftains, captains:

    tribunis militum primisque ordinibus convocatis,

    the captains of the first companies, Caes. B. G. 6, 7 fin.; Liv. 30, 4, 1.—
    C.
    In a polit. respect, an order, i. e. a rank, class, degree of citizens:

    et meus med ordo inrideat,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 55.—In the time of Cicero there were three principal classes, ordo senatorius, equester, and plebeius:

    Fidiculanius cujus erat ordinis? senatoril,

    Cic. Clu. 37, 104; id. Fl. 18, 43:

    proximus est huic dignitati equester ordo,

    Cic. Dom. 28, 74; Suet. Aug. 41:

    inferiores loco, auctoritate, ordine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127: ordo amplissimus, i. e. the Senate:

    quem absentem in amplissimum ordinem cooptarunt,

    id. Cael. 2, 5;

    also termed SPLENDIDISSIMVS ORDO,

    Inscr. Orell. 1180; 1181; and simply ordo, the order, for the Senate:

    ordo Mutinensis,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; Inscr. Grut. 425, 1:

    trecentos ex dediticiis electos utriusque ordinis,

    i. e. of the two upper classes, Suet. Aug. 15.—
    2.
    In gen., a class, rank, station, condition:

    mearum me rerum aequom'st novisse ordinem,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 50:

    publicanorum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

    aratorum, pecuariorum, mercatorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

    homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 48, §

    127: libertini,

    Suet. Gram. 18.—So in the inscrr.: SACERDOTVM, HARVSPICVM, etc., Grut. 320, 12; 304, 7; 302, 2 et saep.; so,

    grammatici alios auctores in ordinem redigerunt, alios omnino exemerant numero,

    recognized among, placed in the rank of, Quint. 1, 4, 3.—
    (β).
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.), an order in the church, an ecclesiastical rank or office:

    ordines sacerdotum et Levitarum,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 30:

    secundum ordinem Melchisedek,

    id. Psa. 109, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ordo

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