The Dead Sea

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.).

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.—

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.).

Adj.

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.—

Transf.

Of persons, faint, overwhelmed:

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

Cic. Pis. 36, 88.—

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.—

Mare mortuum.

The North Sea of Europe, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 94.—

The Dead Sea of Judea, Just. 36, 3.—

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.

Carmēlus, i, m.,, = Karmêlos.

Mount Carmel, a high, steep mountain in Phœnicia, on the sea-coast, now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on, and the god of, this mountain, Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5:

Carmelum promontorium et oppidum,

Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Also called Carmel, Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.—

A small town in Judœa, with a mountain of the same name, near the Dead Sea, Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.—Hence, Carmēlītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis, ĭdis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel, Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.

Carmēlus, i, m.,, = Karmêlos.

Mount Carmel, a high, steep mountain in Phœnicia, on the sea-coast, now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on, and the god of, this mountain, Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5:

Carmelum promontorium et oppidum,

Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Also called Carmel, Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.—

A small town in Judœa, with a mountain of the same name, near the Dead Sea, Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.—Hence, Carmēlītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis, ĭdis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel, Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.

Carmēlus, i, m.,, = Karmêlos.

Mount Carmel, a high, steep mountain in Phœnicia, on the sea-coast, now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on, and the god of, this mountain, Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5:

Carmelum promontorium et oppidum,

Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Also called Carmel, Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.—

A small town in Judœa, with a mountain of the same name, near the Dead Sea, Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.—Hence, Carmēlītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis, ĭdis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel, Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.

Carmēlus, i, m.,, = Karmêlos.

Mount Carmel, a high, steep mountain in Phœnicia, on the sea-coast, now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on, and the god of, this mountain, Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5:

Carmelum promontorium et oppidum,

Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Also called Carmel, Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.—

A small town in Judœa, with a mountain of the same name, near the Dead Sea, Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.—Hence, Carmēlītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis, ĭdis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel, Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

Pentăpŏlis, is, f., = Pentapolis.

A district of five towns on the Dead Sea, Sol. 35; Vulg. Sap. 10, 6.—

A district of Cyrene, on the Libyan Sea, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 13; Sen. Verg. A. 4, 42.—Hence, Pentă-pŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentapolis, i. e. to Cyrene, Cyrenaic:

regio,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.

Pentăpŏlis, is, f., = Pentapolis.

A district of five towns on the Dead Sea, Sol. 35; Vulg. Sap. 10, 6.—

A district of Cyrene, on the Libyan Sea, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 13; Sen. Verg. A. 4, 42.—Hence, Pentă-pŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentapolis, i. e. to Cyrene, Cyrenaic:

regio,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.

Mōab, f. indecl., the mountainous region on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, extending from Zoar to the river Arnon, Vulg. Gen. 36, 35; 48, 15 and 20, etc.—Hence,

Mōăbītēs, ae, m., an inhabitant of Moab, a Moabite, Vulg. 1 Chron. 11, 46.— Plur.: Moabitae (= Môabitai), the Moabites, Vulg. Gen. 19, 37 et saep.—

Mōăbītis, tĭdis, f. (Môabitis).

Moabite (sc. regio), the land of the Moabites, Moab, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1.—

Subst., a Moabitish woman, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 22.

Mōab, f. indecl., the mountainous region on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, extending from Zoar to the river Arnon, Vulg. Gen. 36, 35; 48, 15 and 20, etc.—Hence,

Mōăbītēs, ae, m., an inhabitant of Moab, a Moabite, Vulg. 1 Chron. 11, 46.— Plur.: Moabitae (= Môabitai), the Moabites, Vulg. Gen. 19, 37 et saep.—

Mōăbītis, tĭdis, f. (Môabitis).

Moabite (sc. regio), the land of the Moabites, Moab, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1.—

Subst., a Moabitish woman, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 22.

Mōab, f. indecl., the mountainous region on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, extending from Zoar to the river Arnon, Vulg. Gen. 36, 35; 48, 15 and 20, etc.—Hence,

Mōăbītēs, ae, m., an inhabitant of Moab, a Moabite, Vulg. 1 Chron. 11, 46.— Plur.: Moabitae (= Môabitai), the Moabites, Vulg. Gen. 19, 37 et saep.—

Mōăbītis, tĭdis, f. (Môabitis).

Moabite (sc. regio), the land of the Moabites, Moab, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1.—

Subst., a Moabitish woman, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 22.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.