Sir

in-suspĭcābĭlis, e, adj., not thought of, unexpected (eccl. Lat.); only subst.

insuspĭcābĭlis, is, m., one unexpected, not thought of:

portavit diadema,

Vulg. Sir. 11, 5.—

Plur.: insuspĭcābĭlĭa, ĭum, n., fancies, imaginations:

insuspicabilia cordis,

Vulg. Sir. 25, 9.

in-suspĭcābĭlis, e, adj., not thought of, unexpected (eccl. Lat.); only subst.

insuspĭcābĭlis, is, m., one unexpected, not thought of:

portavit diadema,

Vulg. Sir. 11, 5.—

Plur.: insuspĭcābĭlĭa, ĭum, n., fancies, imaginations:

insuspicabilia cordis,

Vulg. Sir. 25, 9.

• Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)

• That which is postponed is not dropped. Inevitable is yet to happen. (Sir Thomas More)

cŏ-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make one thing equal or even with another, to even, level (rare but in good prose).

Prop.:

aream,

Cato, R. R. 91 and 129:

montes,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

pastinatum,

Col. 3, 16, 1:

sulcum,

id. 11, 3, 48:

glaebas,

id. 2, 17, 4; cf. Pall. 1, 13 fin. —

Trop.

To make equal in worth, dignity, power, etc., to bring to the same level, place on the same footing, equalize: ad libidines injuriasque tuas omnia coaequasti, * Cic. Verr 2, 3, 41, § 95:

gratiam omnium,

Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 11, 3:

coaequati dignitate, pecuniā, virtute, etc.,

id. ib. 2:

primogenito tuo,

Vulg. Sir. 36, 14:

pedes meos cervis,

id. 2 Reg. 22, 34.—

To compare (late Lat.):

aliquem cum aliquo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7: aliquem alicui,

Hier. in Isa. 5, 17, 14.

dē-dĕcus, ŏris, n., disgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame (for syn. cf.: offensio, contumelia, infamia, ignominia, turpitudo, obscoenitas, injuria—freq. and class.).

In gen.: eos dolores atque carnificinas per dedecus atque maximam contumeliam te facere ausum esse? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17;

so with ignominia,

Cic. Div. 2, 9;

with infamia,

id. Cluent. 22, 61; cf. id. Cat. 1, 6;

with flagitium,

id. Mur. 5, 12;

with probrum,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

vitam per dedecus amittere,

Sall. C. 20, 9:

in dedecora incurrunt,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47; cf.

with damnum,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39:

magnum fuit generi vestro,

Cic. Brut. 34, 130:

dedecori est,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 93:

dedecori esse (alicui),

Cic. Off. 1, 33 fin.; id. Att. 8, 11 et saep.; cf.

also: aliter ampla domus dedecori domino fit,

id. Off. 1, 39, 139.—

Concr. (as sometimes our word shame), that which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish: cum nec prodere visum dedecus auderet (viz., the ass's ears of Midas), Ov. M. 11, 184; cf.: naturae dedecus, a monster, said of the ass, Phaedr. 1, 21, 11; cf. Petr. 74, 9; Vulg. Sir. 3, 13. —

(Acc. to decus, no. II.) Like to kakon, moral dishonor, vice, turpitude; a vicious action, shameful deed, etc. (very freq.):

decus, quod antiqui summum bonum esse dixerant... itemque dedecus illi summum malum,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14; id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

dedecus admittere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 5; id. B. C. 3, 64 fin.; Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51; id. Fam. 3, 10, 2 al.:

ad avertendos tantorum dedecorum rumores,

Suet. Calig. 48 et saep.; of unchastity, Ov. M. 2, 473; 9, 26; Suet. Aug. 68:

dedecorum pretiosus emptor,

Hor. Od. 3, 6, 32:

abdicamus occulta dedecoris,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 2.

dēfunctĭo, ōnis, f. [defungor] (eccl. Lat.).

Execution, performance: cordis, Salvian. Gub. Dei, p. 28.—

Death, Vulg. Sir. 1, 13.

dē-nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., to mark, set a mark on, with chalk, color, etc.:

pedes venalium creta,

Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199:

lineam conspicuo colore,

Col. 3, 15.—

Transf.

To mark out, point out, specify, indicate, denote, designate (rare but class.—cf. demonstro):

qui uno nuntio atque una significatione litterarum civis Romanos necandos trucidandosque denotavit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

haud dubie Icilios denotante senatu,

Liv. 4, 55.—

To take note of, mark with the mind, observe accurately, denotantibus vobis ora ac metum singulorum, Tac. A. 3, 53:

cum denotandis hominum palloribus sufficeret vultus,

id. Agr. 45:

quot et quales sint nati,

id. 7, 9, 11:

cum ei res similes occurrant, quas non habeat denotatas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; cf. Vell. 2, 70, 2.—

Trop., to stigmatize, scandalize, brand with reproach or infamy:

mollem et effeminatum omni probro,

Suet. Cal. 56 fin.:

turpia legata, quae denotandi legatarii gratia scribuntur,

Dig. 30, 54 init.:

qui gaudet iniquitate denotabitur,

Vulg. Sir. 19, 5 sq. —Hence, P. a., dēnŏtātus, marked out, conspicuous.—Comp.:

denotatior ad contumeliae morsum,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19.

dē-nūdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lay bare, make naked, denude.

i. q., nudo, to uncover (rare but class.).

Lit.: denudatis ossibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106:

ne Verres denudetur a pectore, ne cicatrices populus Romanus aspiciat,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

capita cum superciliis denudanda tonsori praebuimus,

Petr. 103, 3:

matresfamilias et adultas aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

(surculi) medullam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

femur virginis,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 2.—

Trop., to disclose, reveal, detect, betray, expose:

denudavit mihi suum consilium,

Liv. 44, 38; cf. id. 42, 13:

multa incidunt quae invitos denudent,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

arcana amici,

Vulg. Sir. 27, 17.—

i. q., spolio, to strip, plunder.

Lit.: civibus Romanis crudelissime denudatis ac divenditis, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15.—

Trop.:

ne dum novo et alieno ornatu velis ornare juris civilis scientiam, suo quoque eam concesso et tradito spolies atque denudes,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.

dŏmĭnus (in inscrr. sometimes written by syncop. DOMNVS), i, m. [Sanscr. damanas, he who subdues, root dam-; Gr. damaô, damnêmi, v. domo] Prop., one who has subdued or conquered; hence, a master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor, owner (cf. herus).

Prop.: quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est, etc.,

Cic. ib. 39, 139; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 58:

(vilicus) consideret, quae dominus imperaverit, fiant, etc.,

Cato R. R. 5, 3 sq.;

so opp. servus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; id. Mil. 3, 1, 149; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 6; id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 17; id. ap. Non. 355, 19; Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; Sall. J. 31, 11 et saep.;

opp. familia,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9;

opp. ancilla,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 276; and (with herus) Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 3; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 63 et saep.—Also of the master's son, the young master, Plaut. Capt. prol. 18:

siet in iis agris, qui non saepe dominos mutant... de domino bono colono melius emetur,

Cato R. R. 1, 4; cf. Cic. Att. 12, 19; id. de Sen. 16, 56; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174; so,

rerum suarum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: auctionum, id. [p. 609] Quint. 5, 19:

insularum,

Suet. Caes. 41:

equi,

id. ib. 61 et saep.—

In gen., a master, lord, ruler, commander, chief, proprietor, owner (in republican Rome of public men, usually with the accessory notion, unlawful, despotic):

hujus principis populi et omnium gentium domini atque victoris,

Cic. Planc. 4 fin.; id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:

quippe qui (sc. populi) domini sint legum, judiciorum, belli, pacis, foederum, capitis, uniuscujusque, pecuniae,

id. Rep. 1, 32:

di domini omnium rerum ac moderatores,

id. Leg. 2, 7; cf. id. Fin. 4, 5; id. Univ. 7:

videsne, ut de rege (sc. Tarquinio) dominus exstiterit? hic est enim dominus populi, quem Graeci tyrannum vocant, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 26; cf. id. 1, 45; Verg. A. 4, 214.— Trop.:

liberatos se per eum dicunt gravissimis dominis, terrore sempiterno ac nocturno metu,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 21;

of the judge: qui rei dominus futurus est,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; poët. of the possessor of an art, Ov. M. 1, 524; 13, 138.—

Poet., sometimes as an adj.:

dominae manus,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 30:

arae,

Stat. Th. 5, 578:

praebere caput domina venale sub hasta,

the auction spear, Juv. 3, 33.—

In partic.

With or without convivii or epuli, the master of a feast, the entertainer, host, Cic. Vatin. 13; Lucil., Varr., and Sall. ap. Non. 281, 21 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 11, 5; Liv. 23, 8 al.—

The master of a play or of public games; the employer of players or gladiators:

quae mihi atque vobis res vortat bene Gregique huic et dominis atque conductoribus,

Plaut. As. prol. 3; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—

In the period of the empire (Augustus and Tiberius declined it, Suet. Aug. 53; Tib. 27), a title of the emperors, Suet. Dom. 13; Mart. 5, 8; 10, 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 14; Inscr. Orell. 1109; 1146 al.—

A term of endearment in addressing a lover, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11.—

In respectful greeting, like our Sir, Sen. Ep. 3; Mart. 6, 88; Suet. Claud. 21.—

A master or assignee of a forfeited estate, Cic. Quint. 15, 50.—

Of Christ, the Lord (eccl. Lat.):

Augusti Caesaris temporibus natus est Dominus Christus,

Oros. 6, 17 fin.; Vulg. Johan. 13, 13 et saep.

dŭcātus, ūs, m. [dux], military leadership, command = hêgemonia (post-Aug.), Suet. Tib. 19; Flor. 3, 21, 2; Just. 2, 15, 14; Vulg. Sirach, 7, 4:

calculis omnibus ducatum latrones ei deferunt,

App. M. 7, p. 191 med. —

In gen., guidance (eccl. Lat.):

caecus autem si caeco ducatum praestet,

Vulg. Matt. 15, 14.—

Transf., authority:

quaerere a domino ducatum,

Vulg. Sir. 7, 4 al.

ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).

With gen.:

(nos) omnium,

Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

omnis spei,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

aquarum (regio),

id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

decoris,

Sil. 6, 304.—

With abl.:

commeatu,

Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—

Absol.:

res,

i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

frater,

Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—

Poor, worthless, beggarly:

ad infirma et egena elementa,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.

ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

et pauper,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —

ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

in egeno,

Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.

ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).

With gen.:

(nos) omnium,

Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

omnis spei,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

aquarum (regio),

id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

decoris,

Sil. 6, 304.—

With abl.:

commeatu,

Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—

Absol.:

res,

i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

frater,

Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—

Poor, worthless, beggarly:

ad infirma et egena elementa,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.

ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

et pauper,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —

ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

in egeno,

Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.