Pălīlĭa

Pălīlis, e, adj. [Pales], of or belonging to Pales:

flamma Palilis,

a fire of straw and hay, over which the rustics leaped at the feast of Pales, Ov. F. 4, 798:

festa Palilia,

id. M. 14, 774; Tib. 2, 5, 87.—Also as subst.:

Pălīlĭa, ĭum (euphon. collat. form Părīlĭa, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9; Col. 7, 3, 11; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 et saep.; cf. Prob. ad Verg. G. 3 init.; Charis. p. 43 P.; Mar. Vict. p. 2470 P.), n., the feast of Pales, the shepherd festival, celebrated on the 21st of April, the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf. also Ov. F. 4, 721; Tib. 2, 5, 89:

Parilia,

Prop. 5, 1, 19; 5, 4, 75; Pers. 1, 72; Serv. Verg. G. 3 init.; Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence, Părīlīcĭus, a, um, occurring at the time of the Parilia, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247.

Pălīlis, e, adj. [Pales], of or belonging to Pales:

flamma Palilis,

a fire of straw and hay, over which the rustics leaped at the feast of Pales, Ov. F. 4, 798:

festa Palilia,

id. M. 14, 774; Tib. 2, 5, 87.—Also as subst.:

Pălīlĭa, ĭum (euphon. collat. form Părīlĭa, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9; Col. 7, 3, 11; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 et saep.; cf. Prob. ad Verg. G. 3 init.; Charis. p. 43 P.; Mar. Vict. p. 2470 P.), n., the feast of Pales, the shepherd festival, celebrated on the 21st of April, the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf. also Ov. F. 4, 721; Tib. 2, 5, 89:

Parilia,

Prop. 5, 1, 19; 5, 4, 75; Pers. 1, 72; Serv. Verg. G. 3 init.; Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence, Părīlīcĭus, a, um, occurring at the time of the Parilia, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247.

con-cĭno, cĭnŭi, no sup., 3, v. n. and a. [cano].

Neutr., to sing, play, or sound together, in concert or harmoniously (class.).

Prop.:

ubi (chorus) certis numeris ac pedibus velut facta conspiratione consensit atque concinuit,

Col. 12, 2, 4:

concinere tragoedo pronuntianti,

to accompany, Suet. Calig. 54:

cornua ac tubae concinuere,

Tac. A. 1, 68; cf.:

concinunt tubae,

Liv. 9, 32, 6; and:

ubi signa concinuissent,

id. 30, 5, 2.—

Also without the idea of concert: concinit albus olor,

Ov. H. 7, 2.—

Trop., to agree together, harmonize, accord, sunaidô:

omnibus inter se concinentibus mundi partibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

videsne ut haec concinant?

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

faxo, ne juvet vox ista veto, quā nunc concinentes collegas nostros tam laeti auditis,

Liv. 6, 35, 9:

ita fit ut nulli duo concinant,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16:

Stoici cum Peripateticis re concinere videntur, verbis discrepare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16 Orell. N. cr. —

Act., to cause to sound together, in concert or harmoniously, to make concordant sounds, to sound, sing of, celebrate in song, magnify, etc.

In gen.:

haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant, concinuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106:

ite, concinite in modum: Io Hymen, etc.,

Cat. 61, 123; Suet. Calig. 6:

carmina nuptialia,

Cat. 61, 12:

carmina,

id. 65, 13:

laudes Iovi,

Tib. 2, 5, 10:

aelinon,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 24: sua festa Palilia, Tib. 2, 5, 88:

laetos dies,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 41:

majore plectro Caesarem,

id. ib. 33:

stridor lituum clangorque tubarum Non pia concinuit cum rauco classica cornu,

Luc. 1, 238.—

Esp. (acc. to cano, II. C.), to sing prophetically, prophesy (very rare):

nigraque funestum concinit omen avis,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 38:

tristia omina,

Ov. Am. 3, 12, 2. —Hence, concĭnens, entis, P. a., harmonizing, harmonious, Arn. 3, 123.— Comp., Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 5.

flammo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [1. flamma].

Neutr., to flame, blaze, burn ( poet. and perh. only in the part. pres.):

super raros feni flammantis acervos Traicit immundos ebria turba pedes (in the purifications at the Palilia),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 77 (cf. Ov. F. 4, 727 and ib. 781):

flammantia lumina torquens (anguis),

Verg. G. 3, 433.—

Act., to inflame, set on fire, burn; in pass. also to burn ( poet. and in postAug. prose).—

Lit.:

quaecumque igni flammata cremantur,

Lucr. 2, 672:

ut interirent aut crucibus affixi aut flammandi,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

fax nubila flammans,

Val. Fl. 1, 568: principio aetherio flammatus Juppiter igni Vertitur, blazing, flaming, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 17.—

Transf., of color, to make flame-colored, to color red, to redden:

illius roseo flammatur purpura vultu,

Stat. Ach. 1, 297; cf.:

flammata pudore juventus,

Val. Fl. 4, 655:

flammata toga,

i. e. fiery red, Mart. 5, 19, 12.—

Trop., to inflame, kindle, incite:

sic donis vulgum laudumque cupidine flammat,

Sil. 16, 303:

juvenem facta ad Mavortia,

id. 1, 55:

flammantur in hostem cornipedes,

Stat. Th. 8, 390:

his inter se vocibus instinctos flammavere insuper adlatae litterae,

Tac. H. 4, 24:

omnes exercitus flammaverat arrogantia venientium a Vitellio militum,

i. e. had inflamed with anger, incensed, id. ib. 2, 74; cf.:

talia flammato secum dea corde volutans,

inflamed, angry mind, Verg. A. 1, 50:

sponsae flammatus amore,

Val. Fl. 8, 300; Stat. Th. 1, 249.

posco, pŏposci, 3 (old perf. peposci, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9), v. inch. a. [for porc-scere; Sanscr. root parkh- prakh-, to ask; cf.: precor, procus, procax], to ask for urgently; to beg, demand, request, desire (syn.: flagito, postulo, peto).

In gen., constr. usually with aliquid, aliquem ( sibi): aliquid ab aliquo; also with a double acc., with ut, with inf., or with acc. and inf., or wholly absol.:

poscere est secundum Varronem, quotiens aliquid pro merito nostro deposcimus: petere vero est cum aliquid humiliter et cum precibus postulamus,

Serv. Verg. A. 9, 194.

With acc.:

posco atque adeo flagito crimen,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

argentum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44;

2, 3, 34, § 78: pugnam,

Liv. 2, 45, 6: nec mi aurum posco, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

si quid poscam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

pulvinos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Planc. 19, 48:

vades poposcit,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf.:

audaciae partes Roscii sibi poposcerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 35:

peccatis veniam poscentem (preceded by postulare),

Hor. S. 1, 3, 75.—

With ab:

fac, ut audeat Tibi credere omnia, abs te petere et poscere,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 53: diem a praetore peposcit, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9:

abs te litteras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36; 2, 2, 47, § 117:

tutorem ab aliquo,

Suet. Aug. 94:

bibere a me poscis,

Vulg. Joann. 4, 9.—

With a double acc.:

parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberum poscere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

magistratum nummos,

id. ib. 2, 1, 17, §

44: aliquem causam disserendi,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7:

claves portarum magistratus,

Liv. 27, 24, 8:

non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 12:

cur me in decursu lampada poscis?

Pers. 6, 61:

poscenti vos rationem,

Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 15.—Hence, pass.: poscor aliquid, I am asked for something, something is asked or demanded of me ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

gravidae posceris exta bovis,

they ask you for the entrails, Ov. F. 4, 670; cf.:

poscor meum Laelapa,

they demand of me my Lœlaps, id. M. 7, 771:

nec tantum segetes alimentaque debita dives Poscebatur humus,

id. ib. 1, 138:

quod rationem pecuniae posceretur,

Gell. 4, 18, 12; to be called upon or invoked to inspire a poet or to sing:

aversus Apollo Poscitur invitā verba pigenda lyrā,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 76 (better reading poscis ab); cf. absol. Palilia poscor: Non poscor frustra;

si favet alma Pales,

Ov. F. 4, 721; so,

poscimur Aonides,

Ov. M. 5, 333:

poscimur,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 1.—

With ut:

poscimus, ut cenes civiliter,

Juv. 5, 112:

poscimus ut sit, etc.,

id. 7, 71; Tac. H. 2, 39: poposcit, ut haec ipsa quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21.—

With inf. or acc. and inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

poscat sibi fabula credit,

Hor. A. P. 339; cf.:

immolare Fauno, Seu poscat agnā sive malit haedo,

id. C. 1, 4, 12:

esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus,

Ov. M. 8, 708:

contraque occurrere poscunt,

Val. Fl. 4, 194; Pers. 1, 128; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 151.—In prose:

ego vero te etiam morari posco inter voluptates,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8; Arn. 7, p. 254. So, too, perh. (acc. to Stephanus's conjecture):

vos fallere poscunt,

Rutil. Lup. Fig. 2, 19, p. 181 Frotsch.—

Ellipt.:

poscunt majoribus poculis, sc. bibere,

they challenge to drink from larger goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—

Absol., to beg, be a beggar:

improbus es, cum poscis, ait. Sed pensio clamat, posce,

Juv. 9, 63 sq. —

Of inanimate and abstract subjects, to demand, require, need:

quod res poscere videbatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

cum usus poscit,

id. ib. 4, 2: quod negotium poscebat, Sail J. 56, 1; 70, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 162 et saep.—

In partic.

To demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of: accusant [p. 1403] ii, quos populus poscit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; cf.:

hujus tantae cladis auctor Annibal poscitur,

Flor. 2, 6, 7:

nec poscitur auctor,

Sil. 2, 44:

poscendum poenae juvenem jubebat,

id. 1, 677; so Liv. 9, 26.—

In gen., to call one (ante-class. and poet.):

clamore hominem posco,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 5:

gemitu Alciden,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1887.— Pass.: ego poscor Olympo ( dat. of agent), Olympus calls me, summons me to the combat, Verg. A. 8, 533:

poscimur,

Ov. M. 2, 144.—

In partic., to call upon, invoke:

supplex tua numina posco,

Verg. A. 1, 666.—

In selling.

To ask, demand for a thing, to offer at a price:

tanti quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22: pro reliquis (libris) idem pretium poposcit, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 10.—

To ask, bid, offer a price for a thing:

agite licemini. Qui cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68; id. Merc. 2, 3, 101; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.—

To demand one's hand, ask in marriage:

eam si jubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 38:

filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42:

tibi permittam, posce, duce,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

sine dote posco tuam sororem filio,

id. ib. 2, 4, 98:

tuam sororem uxorem alicui,

id. ib. 2, 4, 49.