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Lynceus

  • 1 Lynceus

    Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi ( gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Lunkeus, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight:

    non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28:

    Lyncei oculi,

    id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.—Hence,
    I.
    Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Lunkeios, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.—
    b.
    Transf., sharp-sighted:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.—
    2.
    Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.—
    II.
    A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.—
    III.
    Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.—
    IV.
    One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.

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  • 2 Lyncēus

        Lyncēus adj., Λύγκειοσ, of Lynceus (one of the Argonauts): ensis, O.—Sharp-sighted: quis est tam lynceus, qui, etc.

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  • 3 Lyncides

    Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi ( gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Lunkeus, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight:

    non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28:

    Lyncei oculi,

    id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.—Hence,
    I.
    Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Lunkeios, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.—
    b.
    Transf., sharp-sighted:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.—
    2.
    Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.—
    II.
    A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.—
    III.
    Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.—
    IV.
    One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.

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  • 4 con-tendō

        con-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch, bend, draw tight, strain: arcum, V.: tormenta: vincla, V.: ilia risu, O.—To aim, draw, make ready: nervo equino telum, V.—To aim, shoot, hurl, dart, throw: Mago hastam (i. e. in Magum), V.: telum in auras, V.—Fig., to strain, stretch, exert: nervos aetatis meae: animum in curas, O.: ad hunc cursum (i. e. ad huius imperium), follow zealously, V.—To strive for, press, pursue, prosecute, hasten, exert oneself: id sibi contendendum existimabat, Cs.: hunc (locum) oppugnare contendit, zealously lays siege to, Cs.: summā vi transcendere in hostium navīs, Cs.: in Britanniam proficisci, Cs.: litora cursu petere, V.: voce ut populus hoc exaudiat: remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Cs.: ne patiamini imperatorem eripi: quantum maxime possem, contenderem: oculo quantum Lynceus, reach with the sight, H.—To march, press on, seek, journey hastily, hasten: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Cs.: huc magno cursu, Cs.: ad castra, Cs.: Lacedaemonem, N.: ad summam laudem maximis laboribus: quo contendimus, pervenire: nocte unā tantum itineris.—To measure together, compare, contrast: causas ipsas: leges: id cum defensione nostrā: ostro vellera, H.—To measure strength, strive, dispute, fight, contend, vie: proelio, Cs.: magis virtute quam dolo, Cs.: rapido cursu, V.: Moribus, H.: frustra, V.: iactu aleae de libertate, play for, Ta.: is liceri non destitit; illi contenderunt, kept bidding (at an auction): tecum de honore: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, S.: cum victore, H.: humilitas cum dignitate: Nec cellis contende Falernis, compete with, V.: contra populum R. armis, Cs.: contra vim morbi: de potentatu inter se, Cs.: non iam de vitā Sullae contenditur, the dispute is: proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Cs.—To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, seek: a me (ut dicerem), qui, etc.: a Pythio ut venderet: a militibus ne, etc., Cs.: hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur: ne quid contra aequitatem.—To assert, affirm, insist, protest, maintain, contend: hoc contra Hortensium: hoc ex contrario: contendam, eum damnari oportere: audebo hoc contendere, numquam esse, etc.: illud nihil nos... scientes fuisse, L.: quae contendere possis Facta manu, you might swear, O.

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  • 5 Abanteus

    Ăbas, antis, m.=”Abas.
    I.
    The twelfth king of Argos, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, grandson of Danaūs, father of Acrisius, and grandfather of Perseus. His shield was gained by Æneas, Verg. A. 3, 286.—
    B.
    Hence derivv.
    1.
    Ăbantĕus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Abas, Ov. M. 15, 164.—
    2. a.
    His son Acrisius, Ov. M. 4, 607.—
    b.
    His great grandson Perseus (by Danaë, daughter of Acrisius), Ov. M. 4, 673; 5, 138 al.—
    II.
    A Centaur, son of Ixion, Ov. M. 12, 306.—
    III.
    An Ethiopian, Ov. M. 5, 126.—
    IV.
    A companion of Dionedes, Ov. M. 14, 505.—
    V.
    A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 121.—
    VI.
    A Tuscan chieftain, Verg. A. 10, 170 and 427.

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  • 6 Abantiades

    Ăbas, antis, m.=”Abas.
    I.
    The twelfth king of Argos, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, grandson of Danaūs, father of Acrisius, and grandfather of Perseus. His shield was gained by Æneas, Verg. A. 3, 286.—
    B.
    Hence derivv.
    1.
    Ăbantĕus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Abas, Ov. M. 15, 164.—
    2. a.
    His son Acrisius, Ov. M. 4, 607.—
    b.
    His great grandson Perseus (by Danaë, daughter of Acrisius), Ov. M. 4, 673; 5, 138 al.—
    II.
    A Centaur, son of Ixion, Ov. M. 12, 306.—
    III.
    An Ethiopian, Ov. M. 5, 126.—
    IV.
    A companion of Dionedes, Ov. M. 14, 505.—
    V.
    A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 121.—
    VI.
    A Tuscan chieftain, Verg. A. 10, 170 and 427.

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  • 7 Abas

    Ăbas, antis, m.=”Abas.
    I.
    The twelfth king of Argos, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, grandson of Danaūs, father of Acrisius, and grandfather of Perseus. His shield was gained by Æneas, Verg. A. 3, 286.—
    B.
    Hence derivv.
    1.
    Ăbantĕus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Abas, Ov. M. 15, 164.—
    2. a.
    His son Acrisius, Ov. M. 4, 607.—
    b.
    His great grandson Perseus (by Danaë, daughter of Acrisius), Ov. M. 4, 673; 5, 138 al.—
    II.
    A Centaur, son of Ixion, Ov. M. 12, 306.—
    III.
    An Ethiopian, Ov. M. 5, 126.—
    IV.
    A companion of Dionedes, Ov. M. 14, 505.—
    V.
    A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 121.—
    VI.
    A Tuscan chieftain, Verg. A. 10, 170 and 427.

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  • 8 Aphareus

    Ăphăreus (trisyl.), ĕi, m., = Aphareus.
    I.
    A king of the Messenians; hence his sons Lynceus and Idas are called Ăphărēïa proles, Ov. M. 8, 304.—
    II.
    A centaur, Ov. M. 12, 341 sq.

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  • 9 Belus

    Bēlus, i, m., = Bêlos; Heb..
    I.
    An Asiatic king of a primitive age, builder of Babylon and founder of the Babylonian kingdom, Verg. A. 1, 621; 1, 729 sq.:

    priscus,

    Ov. M. 4, 213 (like Bêlos ho archaios, Aelian. V. H. 13, 3).—
    II.
    An Indian deity, compared with Hercules of the Greeks, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Robinson, Dict., under.—
    III.
    A king of Egypt, father of Danaus and Ægyptus. —
    IV.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Bēlīdes, ae (for the length of the i, cf. Prisc. p. 584 P.), m., = Bêlidês, a male descendant of Belus:

    Belidae fratres,

    i. e. Danaus and Ægyptus, Stat. Th. 6, 291:

    surge, age, Belide, de tot modo fratribus unus,

    i. e. Lynceus, son of Ægyptus, Ov. H. 14, 73:

    Palamedes,

    Verg. A. 2, 82 (septimo gradu a Belo originem ducens, Serv.).—
    B.
    Bēlis, ĭdis, f., and usu. in plur., Bēlĭdĕs, um, the granddaughters of Belus, the Belides, = Danaides (v. Danaus), Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 62; id. A. A. 1, 74; id. M. 4, 463; 10, 44.—
    C.
    Bēlĭăs, ădis, f., = Belis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 961.—
    V.
    Beli oculus, a precious stone, cat ' s-eye, a species of onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149.—
    VI.
    A river of Galilee, on the borders of Phœnicia, now Nahr Naaman, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Tac. H. 5, 7.

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  • 10 contendo

    con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
    I.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

    tenacia vincla,

    Verg. G. 4, 412:

    ilia risu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

    oculi contendunt se,

    Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

    ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    (Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

    infensam hastam,

    Verg. A. 10, 521:

    tela,

    id. ib. 12, 815:

    sagittas nervo,

    Sil. 1, 323:

    telum aërias in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 520. —
    2.
    Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

    haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

    Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

    Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

    Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

    contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

    id. Fat. 10, 21:

    summas vires de palmā,

    Lucr. 4, 990:

    animum in curas,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

    quo se dira libido,

    Lucr. 4, 1043:

    tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

    id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—
    (β).
    With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

    hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

    summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

    id. ib. 3, 15:

    fugā salutem petere,

    id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

    neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—
    2.
    Neutr.:

    quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

    Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

    quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

    Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

    remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

    contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

    vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

    Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

    non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

    to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—
    B.
    In partic.,
    1.
    To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.
    a.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc. (very rare):

    rectā plateā cursum suum,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

    nocte unā tantum itineris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
    (β).
    With inf. (freq.):

    Bibracte ire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

    ire cum his legionibus,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    in Britanniam proficisci,

    id. ib. 4, 20:

    in provinciam reverti,

    id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

    Dyrrhachium petere,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

    proxima litora petere cursu,

    Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—
    b.
    Neutr. (so most freq.):

    in Italiam magnis itineribus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

    huc magnis itineribus,

    id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

    huc magno cursu,

    id. ib. 3, 19:

    inde in Italiam,

    id. ib. 1, 33:

    in fines Sigambrorum,

    id. ib. 4, 18:

    in castra,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    ex eo loco ad flumen,

    id. ib. 2, 9:

    ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

    id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

    ad oppidum Noviodunum,

    id. ib. 2, 12:

    ad castra,

    id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

    ad hostes,

    id. ib. 5, 9:

    ad Amanum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

    Lacedaemonem,

    Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

    domum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

    ad ultimum animo,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

    magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

    id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ad salutem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —
    2.
    ( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.
    (α).
    Cum aliquo:

    neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

    cum Sequanis bello,

    id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

    cum eo armis,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

    cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

    Sall. C. 53, 3:

    cum barbaro,

    Nep. Con. 4, 3:

    cum victore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

    mecum ingenio et arte,

    Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

    cum eo de principatu,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

    divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

    Sall. J. 4, 7:

    humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

    tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—
    (β).
    Contra aliquem:

    contra populum Romanum armis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

    contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

    id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

    nihil contra naturam universam,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—
    * (γ).
    Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
    (δ).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    hirundo cycnis,

    Lucr. 3, 6:

    Homero,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

    Pindaricis plectris,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
    (ε).
    Inter se:

    hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

    viribus inter se,

    Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

    interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

    the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    proelio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

    3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

    id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

    translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

    Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

    summo jure contenditur,

    Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

    de his lite contenditur,

    Quint. 3, 4, 8:

    de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

    id. 10, 5, 13.—
    * b.
    In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

    illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—
    3.
    ( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

    id cum defensione nostrā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

    rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—
    * (β).
    With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
    (γ).
    With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

    vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—
    (δ).
    With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

    ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    leges,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

    Tac. A. 12, 1:

    vetera et praesentia,

    id. ib. 13, 3.—
    4.
    ( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

    cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

    ab aliquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

    a magistris de proferendo die,

    id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    ne quid contra aequitatem,

    id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    omni opere, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 2:

    magno opere, ne, etc.,

    id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

    pertinaciter,

    id. Caes. 1.—
    5.
    ( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
    (α).
    With acc. and inf.:

    sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

    apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

    illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—
    (β).
    Absol. (very rare):

    si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

    Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

    qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

    acies oculorum,

    Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

    contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

    Suet. Tib. 7:

    contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

    with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—
    B.
    Trop., eager, intent:

    contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

    Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

    et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

    id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

    contentissimā voce clamitans,

    App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

    pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

    acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

    Gell. 18, 1, 2:

    contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

    ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

    id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

    aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

    Gell. 3, 3, 1.

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  • 11 Danaidae

    Dănăus, i, m., Danaos, son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos;

    was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years,

    Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Dănăus, a, um, adj. ( belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian:

    classes,

    Ov. M. 13, 92; cf.

    rates,

    Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.):

    flammae,

    Ov. M. 14, 467:

    ignis,

    id. Her. 8, 14:

    miles,

    id. ib. 24:

    manus,

    id. R. Am. 66:

    res,

    id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,
    A.
    Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.— Gen. plur.:

    Danaum,

    Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—
    B.
    Dănăĭdes, um, f., Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.):

    Danai puellae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23:

    Danai genus infame,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—
    C.
    Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Danaïdai = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.

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  • 12 Danaides

    Dănăus, i, m., Danaos, son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos;

    was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years,

    Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Dănăus, a, um, adj. ( belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian:

    classes,

    Ov. M. 13, 92; cf.

    rates,

    Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.):

    flammae,

    Ov. M. 14, 467:

    ignis,

    id. Her. 8, 14:

    miles,

    id. ib. 24:

    manus,

    id. R. Am. 66:

    res,

    id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,
    A.
    Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.— Gen. plur.:

    Danaum,

    Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—
    B.
    Dănăĭdes, um, f., Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.):

    Danai puellae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23:

    Danai genus infame,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—
    C.
    Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Danaïdai = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.

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  • 13 Danaus

    Dănăus, i, m., Danaos, son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos;

    was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years,

    Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Dănăus, a, um, adj. ( belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian:

    classes,

    Ov. M. 13, 92; cf.

    rates,

    Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.):

    flammae,

    Ov. M. 14, 467:

    ignis,

    id. Her. 8, 14:

    miles,

    id. ib. 24:

    manus,

    id. R. Am. 66:

    res,

    id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,
    A.
    Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.— Gen. plur.:

    Danaum,

    Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—
    B.
    Dănăĭdes, um, f., Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.):

    Danai puellae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23:

    Danai genus infame,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—
    C.
    Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Danaïdai = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.

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  • 14 idcirco

    idcirco or iccirco, adv. [id-circa], on that account, for that reason, therefore (freq. and class.; cf.: itaque, igitur, ergo; ideo, propterea; quare, quam ob rem, etc.).
    I.
    Absol. (rare):

    idcirco moneo vos ego hoc,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 28:

    ille Cliniae servos tardiusculus est: Idcirco huic nostro tradita'st provincia,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 5:

    quod id quod factum sit, aliud alii videatur esse, et idcirco alius alio nomine id appellet,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; Caes. B. C. 1, 42, 3:

    data Romanis venia est indigna poëtis. Idcircone vager scribamque licenter?

    Hor. A. P. 265:

    et idcirco disceptatione sublata pellitur e medio sapientia,

    Lact. 5, 1, 5. —
    II.
    Rel. (so most freq.).
    A.
    Corresp. to causal sentences, with quod, quia, quoniam, or si:

    idcirco arcessor, nuptias quod mihi apparari sensit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 7:

    negant, sapientem idcirco virum bonum esse, quod eum sua sponte bonitas delectet, sed quod, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 16; cf. id. Fam. 9, 1, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 119:

    idcirco quidam, comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere, quod acer spiritus ac vis Nec verbis nec rebus inest, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 45:

    quia natura mutari non potest, idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    idcirco, judices, quia veram causam habebam, brevi peroravi,

    id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

    neque enim, quia movetur qui ingreditur, idcirco qui movetur ingreditur,

    Quint. 5, 9, 6; 2, 2, 2:

    idcirco enumerabimus, non quia, etc.,

    Col. 7, 5, 7; Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 38: meminerimus idcirco te in istam provinciam missum, quoniam, etc., Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 32 (41); Col. 7, 5, 7:

    haec idcirco, quoniam, etc.,

    Dig. 47, 2, 92; ib. 49, 1, 10, § 4:

    non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170:

    non enim, si Cicero recte sentinam reipublicae dixit... idcirco probem illud quoque, etc.,

    Quint. 8, 6, 15:

    nec si pugnent inter se... idcirco ars non erit,

    id. 2, 17, 33; cf.:

    nec, si te validus jactaverit auster in alto. Idcirco navem trans Aegaeum mare vendas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 16.—Rarely with si omitted: non possis oculo quantum contendere [p. 877] Lynceus:

    Non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29.—
    B.
    With a clause denoting the purpose, with ut, ne, or pron. rel.:

    idcirco nemo superiorum attigit, ut ipse tolleret, Cic Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7: quae ut fieret, idcirco pugnatum esse arbitror,

    id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    cum prooemium idcirco comparatum sit, ut judex fiat conciliator,

    Quint. 4, 2, 24:

    quod si idcirco fieret, ut, etc.,

    id. 8 praef. § 27;

    12, 2, 12: sese idcirco ab suis discedere noluisse, quo facilius civitatem in officio contineret, ne omnis nobilitatis discessu plebs propter imprudentiam laberetur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 6:

    vos suspicarier, Me idcirco haec tanta facinora promittere, Qui vos oblectem, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 150:

    idcirco capite et superciliis semper est rasis, ne ullum pilum viri boni habere dicatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    idcircone nobilitas rem publicam reciperavit, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 49, 141; cf. id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:

    idcirco ut possim linguam contemnere servi, utile consilium dedisti,

    Juv. 9, 119.

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  • 15 incurro

    in-curro, curri and cŭcurri (incurri, Cic. Or. 67, 224; Liv. 1, 37, 3; 9, 21, 3; Curt. 4, 5, 19; Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 1 saep.:

    incucurri,

    Liv. 27, 18, 19; Sen. Ep. 96, 1 al.), cursum, ĕre, v. n. and a. [in-curro], to run into or towards, run upon, fall in with, to rush at, assail, attack (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With in:

    incurristi amens in columnas,

    Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    in domum,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.

    fig.: mihi videtur praetorius candidatus in consularem quasi desultorius in quadrigarum curriculum incurrere,

    to run into, id. Mur. 27, 57:

    in aliquem,

    id. Planc. 7, 17:

    in hostem,

    Flor. 1, 9, 7.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    armentis incurrere fortibus,

    Ov. M. 7, 546:

    proeliantibus Romanis,

    to rush upon, Tac. A. 2, 16:

    levi armaturae hostium,

    Liv. 22, 17, 6:

    peditum signa cornibus incurrerunt,

    id. 28, 15, 3:

    Mauris,

    Sall. J. 101, 8.—
    (γ).
    With a simple acc.:

    atque eos a tergo incurrerunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Rufin. de Schem. Lex.: tota vi novissimos,

    to attack, Tac. A. 1, 51.—
    2.
    Milit., to make an inroad or irruption, to invade:

    in Macedoniam,

    Liv. 36, 25, 7:

    in agrum suum,

    id. 29, 5, 6:

    in provincias,

    Flor. 3, 4, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to border on:

    agri, qui in publicum Campanum incurrebant,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    in oculos incurrentes,

    meeting the sight, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5:

    id quod oculis incurrit,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 5:

    non solum in oculos, sed etiam in voculas malevolorum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2: ordinem sequens in memoriam notam et aequalem necessario incurro, I am led to, etc., id. Brut. 69, 244: in maximam fraudem, to fall into, id. [p. 931] Off. 3, 13, 55:

    quaestus in odia hominum,

    id. ib. 1, 42, 150:

    in magnam aliquam difficultatem,

    id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

    labor in varias reprehensiones,

    id. Fin. 1, 1:

    in morbos, in damna, in dedecora,

    id. ib. 14, 47:

    in alterum genus injustitiae,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 29:

    in memoriam notam et aequalem,

    id. Brut. 69, 244:

    in memoriam communium miseriarum,

    id. ib. 71, 251. —
    2.
    With acc. (post-class.), to incur:

    crimen loquacitatis,

    Lact. 2, 7 fin.; cf. pass.:

    incursus angor,

    Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To run against, strike against, offend:

    si jactor in turba, accuso... eum qui in me incurrit atque incidit,

    Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

    ut in eum non invasisse, sed incurrisse videamur,

    id. Sest. 6, 14.— Absol.:

    quis est tam lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2. — With acc.:

    venantium agmen,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 9, 6.—
    2.
    To commit a fault (only postclass.):

    nihil vitii mulier incurrit,

    Dig. 24, 1, 13:

    aliquid,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 12.—
    3.
    To rush upon, assault carnally:

    si nihil est, servis incurritur,

    Juv. 6, 331:

    sororem,

    App. M. 10, p. 250, 6.—
    4.
    Of events, to befall, happen, occur to:

    casus, qui in sapientem potest incurrere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

    in ipsos etesias,

    id. Fam. 15, 11, 2: tua lêpsis in quem diem incurrit, nescio, id. Att. 7, 7, 3:

    natalis plebeiis incurrens Circensibus,

    Suet. Tib. 26:

    disputatio, in quam non aliquis locus incurrat,

    Cic. Top. 21, 79.

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  • 16 offendo

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 17 offensum

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > offensum

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