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  • 1 frons

    1.
    frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
    (α).
    Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

    ilignea, quernea,

    Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

    in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

    bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

    Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

    ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

    perenni frunde corona,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

    sine fronde,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

    immaturam destringere,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

    deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446:

    frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 11:

    bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

    Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
    2.
    frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

    for which, adducere,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

    attrahere,

    id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

    for which: exporge frontem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

    primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

    explicare,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

    solvere,

    Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10:

    frontem sudario tergere,

    id. 6, 3, 60;

    for which: siccare frontem sudario,

    id. 11, 3, 148:

    capillos a fronte retroagere,

    id. ib. 160:

    mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

    Verg. A. 9, 750:

    quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

    Amm. 31, 7, 14:

    insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

    est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

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

    tauri torva fronte,

    Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    equi,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

    ovis,

    id. F. 4, 102:

    cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

    (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —
    2.
    The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

    non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

    homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

    expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

    si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

    oratio vero saepissime,

    id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

    oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

    id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

    fronte occultare sententiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    tranquilla et serena,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    reliquiae pristinae frontis,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

    laeta,

    Verg. A. 6, 862:

    sollicita,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

    tristis,

    Tib. 2, 3, 33:

    gravis,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

    humana, lenis, placida,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

    inverecunda,

    Quint. 2, 4, 16:

    proterva,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

    urbana (i. e. impudens),

    id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

    id. ib. 26; cf.:

    impudentia frontis,

    Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

    fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    frons occipitio prior est,

    i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
    B.
    Transf
    1.
    The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

    copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

    aedium,

    Vitr. 3, 2:

    parietum,

    id. 2, 8:

    januae,

    Ov. F. 1, 135:

    scena,

    Verg. G. 3, 24:

    (navium),

    id. A. 5, 158:

    pontis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

    collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

    Tac. H. 2, 89:

    una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

    only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

    aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 1:

    nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

    id. 5, 38, 2:

    recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

    directa fronte pugnandum est,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11:

    veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35:

    transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

    for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

    laeva,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

    frons laevi cornu haec erat,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

    ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117;

    of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

    id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —
    2.
    The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    3. 4.
    In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

    mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

    plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

    Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

    frons causae non satis honesta,

    id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    decipit Frons prima multos,

    the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

    dura primā fronte quaestio,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56:

    ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    id. 12, 7, 8.—
    B.
    The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
    1.
    Poet. in partic., shame:

    exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

    Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

    clament periisse pudorem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    2.
    Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

    os),

    Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

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  • 2 frōns

        frōns frontis, f    the forehead, brow, front: frontem contrahere, to knit: Exporge frontem, T.: explicare, H.: ut frontem ferias, smile: ferro inter tempora frontem Dividit, V.: tenuis, a low forehead, H.: (bovis) a mediā fronte, etc., Cs.: ovis, O.: frons turgida cornibus, H.—The brow, front, countenance, expression, face, look: ex voltu et fronte amorem perspicere: verissimā fronte dicere, truthful: reliquiae pristinae frontis: laeta, V.: urbana, H.: durior, shameless, Iu.: salvā fronte, without shame, Iu.: tabella quae frontīs aperit hominum, mentīs tegit.—The forepart, front, façade, van, face: castrorum, Cs.: ianuae, O.: tabernae, Ct.: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: cohortīs, S.: unā fronte castra muniunt, only in front, Cs.: recta, the centre (of an army), L.: prima, L.: dextra, Ta.: aequā fronte ad pugnam procedebat, L.: Mille pedes in fronte, breadth, H.: inpulsa frons prima, vanguard, L.: superasse tantum itineris pulchrum ac decorum in frontem, i. e. favorable for an advance, Ta.: Fronte sub adversā scopulis pendentibus antrum, V.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur, in front: a fronte atque ab utroque latere, Cs.: frontes geminae, i. e. the ends (of a rolled manuscript), Tb., O.: nigra, O.—Fig., the outside, exterior, external quality, appearance: Scauro studet, sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur: decipit Frons prima multos, Ph.
    * * *
    I
    foliage, leaves, leafy branch, green bough, frond
    II
    forehead, brow; face; look; front; fore part of anything

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  • 3 supercilium

    sŭper-cĭlĭum, ii, n. [super and root kal-; Gr. kaluptô; Lat. celāre, to hide, cover; cf. Gr. kulon, epikulion, eyelid; cf. also, Ang.-Sax. hlid; Engl. lid; Germ. Augenlid]:

    cilium est folliculus, quo oculus tegitur, unde fit supercilium,

    Fest. p. 43 Müll.; Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 157.
    I.
    Lit., the eye-brow (good prose; more freq. in the plur.).
    (α).
    Plur.:

    ex superciliorum aut remissione aut contractione facile judicabimus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

    supercilia abrasa,

    id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    superiora superciliis obducta sudorem a capite defluentem depellunt,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    nec sedeo duris torva superciliis,

    Ov. H. 16 (17), 16:

    constricta,

    Quint. 1, 11, 10:

    torta,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 12:

    conjuncta,

    Suet. Aug. 79:

    usque ad malarum scripturam currentia,

    Petr. 126; Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    balenae,

    id. 9, 62, 88, § 186; Quint. 11, 3, 78; 11, 3, 79; 11, 3, 160:

    mulieres potissimum supercilia sua attribuerunt ei deae (Junoni Lucinae),

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 69 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 305 ib.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio,

    Cic. Pis. 6, 14:

    triste,

    Lucr. 6, 1184:

    altero erecto, altero composito supercilio,

    Quint. 11, 3, 74:

    quo supercilio spicit,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100:

    hirsutum,

    Verg. E. 8, 34; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94; Ov. A. A. 3, 201; Juv. 2, 93 al.:

    supercilium salit (as a favorable omen),

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105.—
    B.
    Transf., the prominent part of a thing, the brow, ridge, summit (not ante-Aug.):

    clivosi tramitis,

    Verg. G. 1, 108:

    tumuli,

    Liv. 34, 29, 11:

    infimo stare supercilio,

    at the bottom of the projection, id. 27, 18, 10; cf. Stat. Th. 6, 63: supercilium quoddam excelsum nacti, Auct. B. Afr. 58, 1; Plin. 6, 5, 5, § 17.—In archit., a projecting moulding over the scotia of a column or cornice, Vitr. 3, 3 med.; a threshold, id. 4, 6, 5.—Of the coast of the sea:

    supercilia ejus sinistra,

    Amm. 22, 8, 8; the shore of a river:

    Nili,

    id. 14, 8, 5:

    Rheni,

    id. 14, 10, 6:

    fluminis,

    id. 17, 9, 1:

    amnis,

    App. M. 5, p. 169, 34.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The nod, the will:

    cuncta supercilio movens,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 8; Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 2, 58.—
    B.
    Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, sternness, superciliousness (class.; mostly sing.):

    supercilium ac regius spiritus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93; id. Sest. 8, 19; id. Red. in Sen. 7, 14; Sen. Ben. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 6, 169; 5, 62:

    triste Catonis,

    Mart. 11, 2, 1:

    pone supercilium,

    id. 1, 5, 2:

    supercilii matrona severi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 309; cf.:

    contegere libidines fronte et supercilio, non pudore et temperantiā,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.

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  • 4 obduco

    ob-dūco, xi, ctum ( inf. perf. sync. obduxe, Arg. ad Plaut. Merc. 7), 3, v. a., to lead or draw before, lead or conduct against or towards, to draw or bring forward or around, draw over (class. and very freq.; syn.: obtendo, obtego).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ad oppidum exercitum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13: vim Gallicam obduc contra in acie, Att. ap. Non. 224, 13:

    Curium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: ab utroque latere collis transversam fossam obduxit, drew forward, drew, made, or extended a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    vela,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21: vestem, to draw on or over, Tac. A. 4, 70; Curt. 6, 5, 27:

    seram,

    to draw, close, fasten, Prop. 5, 5, 48:

    callum,

    to draw over, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cover by drawing over; to cover over, overspread, surround, envelop:

    trunci obducuntur libro, aut cortice,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    operimento,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. E. 1, 49:

    vultus, of the sun,

    Ov. M. 2, 330:

    caput,

    Luc. 9, 109:

    semina cortice,

    Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119:

    obducta cicatrix,

    a closed, healed scar, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4; Curt. 8, 10, 31:

    obductā nocte,

    overcast, cloudy, dark, Nep. Hann. 5, 2; Curt. 8, 13, 25.—
    2.
    To close, shut up ( poet.):

    obducta penetralia Phoebi,

    Luc. 5, 67:

    fores,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.—
    3.
    To draw in, drink down, swallow:

    venenum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    potionem,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.—
    4.
    To swallow up, overwhelm:

    uti eos, eum exercitum, eos hostes, eosque homines, urbes agrosque eorum... obducatis (an imprecation to the gods below),

    Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.—
    5.
    To contract, wrinkle, knit the brow:

    obductā solvatur fronte senectus,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 5:

    frontem,

    Juv. 9, 2:

    vultum,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5.—
    6.
    To injure, harm (late Lat.):

    stomachum,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.—
    7.
    To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another:

    eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum,

    Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To draw or spread over: obsidionem, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Trag. v. 11 Vahl.):

    clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere,

    i. e. to darken, obscure, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    paulatim tenebris sese obducentibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 143.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cover, conceal:

    obductus verbis dolor,

    Verg. A. 10, 64:

    obductos rescindere luctus,

    Ov. M. 12, 543:

    rei publicae obducere cicatricem,

    Cic. Leg. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Qs., to draw out, i. e. to pass, spend time:

    itaque obduxi posterum diem,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1.

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  • 5 feriō

        feriō —, —, īre    [2 FER-], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit: velut si re verā feriant, H.: cornu ferit ille, butts, V.: alqm: parietem: murum arietibus, batter, S.: calce feritur aselli, O.: mare, V.: frontem, beat the brow, i. e. be provoked: Sublimi sidera vertice, hit, touch, H.: his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.: feriuntque summos Fulmina montes, H.. tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, O.: Sole radiis feriente cacumina, O.: ferit aethera clamor, V.— To kill by striking, give a death-blow, slay, kill: hostem: (eum) securi, behead: telo orantem multa, V.: te (maritum), H.: leonem, S<*> Frigore te, i. e. cut you dead, H.— To slaughter, offer, sacrifice: agnam, H.: porcum, L. (old form.).—With foedus, to make a compact, covenant, enter into a treaty (because a sacrifice was offered to confirm a covenant): is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat: amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire, form illicit connections: lungit opes foedusque ferit, V.—Fig., to strike, reach, affect, impress: multa in vitā, quae fortuna feriat: verba palato, coin, H.: binis aut ternis ferire verbis, make a hit.—To cozen, cheat, gull, trick (colloq.): Geta Ferietur alio munere, T.
    * * *
    I
    feriare, feriavi, feriatus V
    rest from work/labor; keep/celebrate holiday; be idle; abstain from
    II
    ferire, -, - V
    hit, strike; strike a bargain; kill, slay

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  • 6 attraho

    at-trăho, traxi, tractum, 3, v. a., to draw to or toward, to attract, drag with force, draw (rare but class.; syn.: traho, duco, adduco).
    I.
    Lit.: adducitur a Veneriis atque adeo attrahitur Lollius, is dragged by force, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25:

    te ipsum putare me attractum iri, si de pace agatur,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 3:

    aliquem Romam,

    id. Fam. 7, 10 fin.:

    tribunos attrahi ad se jussit,

    Liv. 29, 9 fin.:

    uncus alae iniciendus paulatimque attrahendus est,

    Cels. 7, 29:

    magnes attrahens ferrum,

    Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128:

    pulmo attrahens ac reddens animam,

    id. 11, 37, 72, § 188; so,

    spiritum attrahere,

    Vulg. Psa. 118, 131:

    vultus tuus colligit rugas et attrahit frontem,

    contracts, Sen. Ben. 6, 7 al.:

    quae causa attraxerit Arpos,

    Verg. A. 11, 250:

    sed quos fugit, attrahit unā,

    Ov. M. 14, 63:

    ducem Attrahite huc vinctum,

    id. ib. 3, 563:

    arcus,

    id. R. Am. 435:

    amnes attrahere auxilio sitientibus hortis,

    Col. 10, 24:

    attraxit eum in siccum,

    Vulg. Tob. 6, 4; ib. Ezech. 32, 20:

    jugum attrahere,

    to draw, bear, ib. Eccli. 28, 23.—
    II.
    Trop., to draw, lead, bring, move, attract, etc.:

    nihil esse quod ad se rem ullam tam inliciat et tam attrahat quam ad amicitiam similitudo,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50: recepi causam Siciliae;

    ea me ad hoc negotium provincia attraxit,

    prompted, moved, incited, id. Verr. 2, 2, 1:

    quandoquidem in partes, ait, attrahor,

    I am drawn by force to take sides, Ov. M. 5, 93 (Merk., abstrahor):

    discipulos,

    id. F. 3, 830:

    ideo attraxi te miserans,

    Vulg. Jer. 31, 3.—Hence, * attractus, a, um, P. a., drawn or attracted; of the brow, contracted, knit:

    frons attractior,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 31.

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  • 7 adduco

    ad-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (adduce for adduc, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 15; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 29; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32:

    adduxti for adduxisti,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 24:

    adduxe = adduxisse,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 3), to lead to, to bring or convey to, draw to any place or to one's self (opp. abduco, q. v.; syn.: adfero, apporto, adveho, induco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quaeso, quī possim animum bonum habere, qui te ad me adducam domum,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 78:

    ille alter venit, quem secum adduxit Parmenio,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32: quos secum Mitylenis Cratippus adduxit, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5:

    Demetrius Epimachum secum adduxit,

    Vitr. 10, 22, 262.—With ad:

    ad lenam,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 193: ad cenam, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 25 (cf.:

    abduxi ad cenam,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2 [p. 32] 9):

    adduxit ea ad Adam,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 19; ib. Marc. 14, 53.—Or with a local adv.:

    tu istos adduce intro,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 54:

    quia te adducturam huc dixeras eumpse non eampse,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 31; so Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

    adduc huc filium tuum,

    Vulg. Luc. 9, 41. —
    2.
    In gen., without regard to the access. idea of accompanying, to lead or bring a person or thing to a place, to take or conduct from one place to another (of living beings which have the power of motion, while affero is properly used of things: attuli hunc. Pseud. Quid? attulisti? Ca. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 21).—So of conducting an army:

    exercitum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9:

    aquam,

    to lead to, id. Cael. 14.—With in:

    gentes feras in Italiam,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 22, and Auct. B. G. 8, 35:

    in judicium adductus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    adducta res in judicium est,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67; so id. Clu. 17.—With dat.:

    puero nutricem adducit,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4:

    qui ex Gallia pueros venales isti adducebat,

    Cic. Quint. 6.— Poet. with acc.:

    Diae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis,

    Ov. M. 3, 598 (cf. advertor oras Scythicas, id. ib. 5, 649, and Rudd. II. p. 327):

    adducere ad populum, i. e. in judicium populi vocare,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Of a courtesan, to procure:

    puero scorta,

    Nep. Dion, 5:

    paelicem,

    Ov. Fast. 3, 483.— Poet. also of a place, which is, as it were, brought near. Thus Hor. in describing the attractions of his Sabine farm: dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, Ep. 1, 16, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To bring a thing to a destined place by drawing or pulling, to draw or pull to one's self:

    tormenta eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24:

    adducto arcu,

    Verg. A. 5, 507; so,

    adducta sagitta,

    id. ib. 9, 632:

    utque volat moles, adducto concita nervo,

    Ov. M. 8, 357:

    adducta funibus arbor corruit,

    id. ib. 775:

    funem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14: so Luc. 3, 700:

    colla parvis lacertis,

    Ov. M. 6, 625:

    equos,

    id. Fast. 6, 586.—Hence trop.:

    habenas amicitiae,

    to tighten, Cic. Lael. 13, 45; cf. Verg. A. 9, 632, and 1, 63.—
    2.
    Of the skin or a part of the body, to draw up, wrinkle, contract:

    adducit cutem macies,

    wrinkles the skin, Ov. M. 3, 397:

    sitis miseros adduxerat artus,

    Verg. G. 3, 483; so, frontem (opp. remittere), to contract:

    interrogavit, quae causa frontis tam adductae?

    a brow so clouded? Quint. 10, 3, 13; so Sen. Benef. 1, 1.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    To bring a person or thing into a certain condition; with ad or in:

    numquam animum quaesti gratiā ad malas adducam partīs,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38:

    rem adduci ad interregnum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9:

    ad arbitrium alterius,

    id. Fam. 5, 20:

    ad suam auctoritatem,

    id. Deiot. 10, 29:

    numquam prius discessit, quam ad finem sermo esset adductus,

    Nep. Ep. 3:

    iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 8:

    in discrimen extremum,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7; cf. Liv. 45, 8:

    in summas angustias,

    Cic. Quint. 5:

    in invidiam falso crimine,

    id. Off. 3, 20:

    in necessitatem,

    Liv. 8, 7:

    vitam in extremum,

    Tac. A. 14, 61.—
    B.
    To bring or lead one to a certain act, feeling, or opinion; to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade, move, incite to it; with ad, in, or ut (very freq. and class., and for the most part in a good sense; while seducere and inducere denote instigating or seducing to something bad, Herz. Caes. B. G. 1, 3;

    although there are exceptions, as the foll. examples show): ad misericordiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 42:

    ad nequitiem,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 4:

    ad iracundiam, ad fletum,

    Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

    quae causa ad facinus adduxit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 31:

    in metum,

    id. Mur. 24:

    in summam exspectationem,

    id. Tusc. 1, 17:

    in spem,

    id. Att. 2, 22:

    in opinionem,

    id. Fam. 1, 1:

    in suspicionem alicui,

    Nep. Hann. 7:

    ad paenitentiam,

    Vulg. Rom. 2, 4; ib. 10, 19.—With gerund:

    ad suspicandum,

    Cic. Pr. Cons. 16:

    ad credendum,

    Nep. Con. 3.—With ut:

    adductus sum officio, fide, misericordia, etc., ut onus hoc laboris mihi suscipiendum putarem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2:

    nullo imbre, nullo frigore adduci, ut capite operto sit,

    id. de Sen. 10: id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 3, 9; 6, 10, etc.; Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Liv. 4, 49 al.—And absol. in pass.:

    quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

    his rebus adducti,

    being induced, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 6, 10.—With quin:

    adduci nequeo quin existimem,

    Suet. Tib. 21.—With inf.: facilius adducor ferre humana humanitus, Afr. ap. Non. 514, 20.—
    C.
    Adducor with inf., or with ut and subj. = adducor ad credendum, peithomai, to be induced to believe:

    ego non adducor, quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse,

    Cic. Att. 11, 16:

    ut jam videar adduci, hanc quoque, quae te procrearit, esse patriam,

    id. Leg. 2, 3:

    illud adduci vix possum, ut... videantur,

    id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 4, 20, 55; Lucr. 5, 1341.—Hence, adductus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Drawn tight, stretched, strained, contracted. — Trop.:

    vultus,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    frons in supercilia adductior,

    Capitol. Ver. 10; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 16.—Hence,
    B.
    Of place, narrow, contracted, strait:

    (Africa) ex spatio paulatim adductior,

    Mel. 1, 4.—
    C.
    Of character, strict, serious, severe:

    modo familiaritate juvenili Nero et rursus adductus, quasi seria consociaret,

    Tac. A. 14, 4:

    adductum et quasi virile servitium,

    id. ib. 12, 7:

    vis pressior et adductior,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16.— Sup. not used.— Adv. only in comp. adductĭus,
    1.
    More tightly:

    adductius contorquere jacula,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27.—
    2.
    Trop., more strictly:

    imperitare,

    Tac. H. 3, 7:

    regnari,

    id. Germ. 43.

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  • 8 Pieriae

    Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.
    I. II.
    A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
    A.
    Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—
    B.
    Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

    quercus,

    from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

    jugum,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

    nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

    Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

    via,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

    modi,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    chori,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

    dies,

    dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

    tuba,

    an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

    frons,

    poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

    corona,

    laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

    grex,

    the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

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  • 9 Pierides

    Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.
    I. II.
    A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
    A.
    Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—
    B.
    Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

    quercus,

    from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

    jugum,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

    nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

    Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

    via,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

    modi,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    chori,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

    dies,

    dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

    tuba,

    an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

    frons,

    poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

    corona,

    laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

    grex,

    the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

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  • 10 Pieris

    Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.
    I. II.
    A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
    A.
    Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—
    B.
    Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

    quercus,

    from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

    jugum,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

    nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

    Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

    via,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

    modi,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    chori,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

    dies,

    dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

    tuba,

    an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

    frons,

    poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

    corona,

    laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

    grex,

    the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

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  • 11 Pierius

    Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.
    I. II.
    A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
    A.
    Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—
    B.
    Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

    quercus,

    from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

    jugum,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

    nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

    Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

    via,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

    modi,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    chori,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

    dies,

    dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

    tuba,

    an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

    frons,

    poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

    corona,

    laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

    grex,

    the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

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  • 12 Pieros

    Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.
    I. II.
    A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
    A.
    Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—
    B.
    Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

    quercus,

    from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

    jugum,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

    nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

    Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

    via,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

    modi,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    chori,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

    dies,

    dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

    tuba,

    an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

    frons,

    poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

    corona,

    laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

    grex,

    the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

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  • 13 Pierus

    Pīĕros ( - us), i, m., = Pieros.
    I. II.
    A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
    A.
    Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.—
    B.
    Pīĕrĭus, a, um, adj., Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic:

    quercus,

    from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5:

    jugum,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 17:

    nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,

    Thessalian, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15:

    via,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 62:

    modi,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    chori,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 58:

    dies,

    dedicated to the Muses, Stat. S. 1, 3, 23:

    tuba,

    an heroic poem, Mart. 10, 64, 4:

    frons,

    poet's brow, id. 8, 70, 5:

    corona,

    laurel, id. 12, 52, 1:

    grex,

    the Muses and poets, id. 12, 11, 4.— Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

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  • 14 ōs

       ōs ōris (no gen plur.), n     the mouth: ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum: tenerum pueri, H.: os loquentis Opprimere, O.: e foliis natos Ore legunt (apes), V.: Gallica Temperat ora frenis, i. e. controls the horses, H.: nidum sibi construit ore, beak, O.: hostilia Ora canum, jaws, O.— Prov.: equi frenato est auris in ore, H.—The organ of speech, mouth, tongue, lips: in orest omni populo, in everybody's mouth, T.: istius nequitiam in ore volgi esse versatam: Postumius in ore erat, was the common talk, L.: consolatio, quam semper in ore habere debemus, to talk of constantly: poscebatur ore volgi dux Agricola, unanimously, Ta.: uno ore dicere, with one consent, T.: Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc., unanimously advised, T.: volito vivus per ora virūm, become famous, Enn. ap. C.: in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, become a by-word of mockery, L.: quasi pleniore ore laudare, with more zest.—The face, countenance, look, expression, features: figura oris, T.: in ore sunt omnia, i. e. everything depends on the expression: concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, leave them alone, T.: ad tribunum ora convertunt, looks, Cs.: agnoscunt ora parentum, V.: ales cristati cantibus oris, O.: coram in os te laudare, to your face, T.: nulli laedere os, insult to his face, T.: qui hodie usque os praebui, exposed myself to insult, T.: ut esset posteris ante os documentum, etc.: ante ora coniugum omnia pati, L.: Ora corticibus horrenda cavatis, masks, V.—As expressing boldness or modesty, the face, cheek, front, brow<*> os durum! brazen cheek! T.: os durissimum, very bold front: quo redibo ore ad eam, with what face? T.: quo ore ostendi posse? etc., L.: in testimonio nihil praeter vocem et os praestare.—Boldness, effrontery, impudence: quod tandem os est eius patroni, qui, etc.: nostis os hominis.—A voice, speech, expression: ora sono discordia signant, V.: ruit profundo Pindarus ore, H.: falsi ambages oris, O.— A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice, front: ante os ipsum portūs, L.: ingentem lato dedit ore <*>enestram, V.: os atque aditus portūs: Tiberis, L.: per ora novem, etc., sources, V.: ora navium Rostrata, beaks, H.—Fig., a mouth: ex tot<*>us belli ore ac faucibus.
    * * *
    I
    mouth, speech, expression; face; pronunciation
    II
    bone; (implement, gnawed, dead); kernel (nut); heartwood (tree); stone (fruit)
    III
    bones (pl.); (dead people)

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  • 15 ferio

    fĕrĭo, īre (archaic FERINVNT for feriunt; acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162, 24 Müll.; part. fut. feriturus, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 498. The perf. forms are supplied by percutio, v. Varr. L. L. 9, 55, § 98 Müll.), 4, v. a. [perh. Sanscr. dhūr-, injure, destroy; Lat. ferus, ferox; Gr. thêr; Aeol. phêr; cf. Gr. thourios, impetuous, thorein, to leap; and Lat. furere, furia, etc.], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit (class.; syn.: icio, percutio, verbero, vapulo, pulso, tundo, pavio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    fores,

    to knock, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63; cf.

    parietem,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    murum arietibus,

    to batter, shake, Sall. J. 76, 6:

    pugiles adversarium,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23 fin.: jacere telum, voluntatis est;

    ferire quem nolueris, fortunae,

    to strike, id. Top. 17, 64:

    partem corporis sibi,

    Lucr. 2, 441:

    frontem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

    femur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 123:

    pectora solito plangore,

    Ov. M. 4, 554; cf.:

    calce feritur aselli,

    id. F. 3, 755: uvas pede (rusticus), to stamp or tread, Tib. 2, 5, 85:

    feriri a serpente,

    to be stung, Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 71; cf. Ov. Ib. 481:

    cetera (venenata animalia) singulos feriunt,

    id. ib. 23:

    tabulam malleo,

    Cels. 6, 7 fin.: stricto ferit retinacula ferro, cuts to pieces (shortly before:

    incidere funes),

    Verg. A. 4, 580: certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt, strike, lash (in rowing), id. ib. 3, 290: ut frontem ferias, that you may beat your brow, i. e. be provoked, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1.— Poet.:

    sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

    hit, touch, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; cf. in the foll. 2.— Absol.:

    pugno ferire vel calce,

    Quint. 2, 8, 13; cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 99:

    occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto,

    pushes, butts, Verg. E. 9, 25.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant,

    strike, touch, Lucr. 6, 923:

    oculos (corpora, simulacra),

    id. 4, 217; 257:

    oculorum acies (res),

    id. 4, 691:

    speciem colore (res),

    id. 4, 243; cf.:

    his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

    feriuntque summos fulmina montes,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 11:

    nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arous,

    id. A. P. 350; cf.:

    si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

    id. C. 3, 3, 8:

    nec levius tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, Quam, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 47.— Poet.: ferientia terram corpora, smiting (in falling), Luc. 4, 786:

    sole fere radiis foriente cacumina primis,

    hitting, touching, Ov. M. 7, 804:

    palla imos ferit alba pedes,

    touches, reaches to, Val. Fl. 1, 385:

    ferit aethera clamor,

    Verg. A. 5, 140:

    feriat dum maesta remotas Fama procul terras,

    extends to, Luc. 5, 774.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To kill by striking, to give a deathblow, to slay, kill: hostem, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 284 ed. Vahl.); Sall. C. 7, 6; 60, 4; id. J. 85, 33; cf.:

    aliquem securi feriri,

    to be beheaded, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75:

    aliquem telo trabali,

    Verg. A. 12, 295:

    retiarium (mirmillo),

    Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    te (maritum),

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 43:

    leonem atque alias feras primus aut in primis ferire,

    Sall. J. 6, 1:

    aprum,

    Ov. M. 3, 715.—
    b.
    Of the animals for sacrifice, to kill, slaughter; and hence, to offer, sacrifice:

    nos humilem feriemus agnam,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    vaccam Proserpinae,

    Verg. A. 6, 251; cf. the form of oath in making a compact (when a swine was sacrificed): SI PRIOR DEFEXIT [p. 737] (populus Romanus) PVBLICO CONSILIO DOLO MALO, TV ILLO DIE IVPPITER, POPVLVM ROMANVM SIC FERITO, VT EGO HVNC PORCVM HIC HODIE FERIAM:

    TANTOQVE MAGIS FERITO, QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE,

    Liv. 1, 24, 8:

    Quid aut sponsoribus in foedere opus esset aut obsidibus, ubi precatione res transigitur? per quem populum fiat, quo minus legibus dictis stetur, ut eum ita Juppiter feriat, quemadmodum a Fetialibus porcus feriatur,

    id. 9, 5, 3. (Cf. also:

    Jovis ante aram Stabant et caesā jungebant foedera porcă,

    Verg. A. 8, 641).— Hence,
    2.
    Transf., foedus ferire, to make a compact, covenant, or treaty (in Hebrew in precisely the same manner,): accipe daque fidem, foedusque feri bene firmum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

    is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6:

    videret ut satis honestum foedus feriretur,

    id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:

    amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

    to form illicit connections, id. Cael. 14, 34:

    Tarchon jungit opes foedusque ferit,

    Verg. A. 10, 154 al. —
    3.
    Of money, to strike, stamp, coin:

    asses sextantario pondere,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44. Thus the designation of a triumvir monetalis is III. VIR. A. A. A. F. F., i. e. Triumvir auro argento aeri flando feriundo, Inscr. Orell. 569.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quae faciliora sunt philosophis, quo minus multa patent in eorum vita, quae fortuna feriat,

    reaches, affects, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

    accidit, ut ictu simili (i. e. morte propinqui) ferirer,

    was struck with a similar blow, Quint. 6 praef. §

    3: verba palato,

    to bring out, utter, speak, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274; cf.:

    sonat vox, ut feritur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 61:

    feriunt animum (sententiae),

    id. 12, 10, 48:

    ut omnis sensus in fine sermonis feriat aurem,

    id. 8, 5, 13; cf. id. 9, 3, 4.— Absol.:

    binis aut ternis ferire verbis,

    Cic. Or. 67, 226:

    videtur Chrysippus medium ferire voluisse,

    i. e. to avoid extremes, id. Fat. 17, 39.—
    B.
    In partic., to cozen, cheat, gull, trick (mostly in vulg. lang.;

    not in Cic.): ubi illa pendentem ferit, jam amplius orat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 19; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13:

    cum ferit astutos comica moecha Getas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44:

    austeros arte ferire viros,

    id. 3, 3 (4, 2), 50.—
    C.
    To punish, inflict punishment: aliquem condemnatione centum librarum auri, Cod. 11, 11, 1.

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  • 16 infula

    infŭla, ae, f. [cf. Sanscr. bhāla, brow; Gr. phalos, phalara], a band, bandage.
    I.
    In gen.:

    in infulis tantam rem depingere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.—
    II.
    In partic., a white and red fillet or band of woollen stuff, worn upon the forehead, as a sign of religious consecration and of inviolability, a sacred fillet; so a priest ' s fillet:

    sacerdotes Cereris cum infulis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110:

    Phoebi Triviaeque sacerdos, Infula cui sacrā redimibat tempora vittā,

    Verg. A. 10, 538: cujus sacerdotii (i. e. fratrum arvalium) insigne est spicea corona et infulae albae, Sabin. ap. Gell. 7, 7, 8.—Hence, meton., a priest, Prud. Apoth. 486.—Of the victim ' s fillet (whether beast or man):

    saepe in honore deum medio stans hostia ad aram, Lanea dum niveā circumdatur infula vittā,

    Verg. G. 3, 487:

    infula virgineos circumdata comptus (of Iphigenia),

    Lucr. 1, 87.— Of the fillet worn by a suppliant for protection:

    velata infulis ramisque oleae Carthaginiensium navis,

    Liv. 30, 36, 4:

    velamenta et infulas praeferentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 66:

    hae litterae (philosophy) apud mediocriter malos infularum loco sunt,

    held in awe, Sen. Ep. 14, 10:

    ipsas miserias infularum loco habet,

    i. e. his wretchedness claims reverence, id. ad Helv. 13, 4. —
    B.
    Transf., an ornament, mark of distinction, badge of honor:

    his insignibus atque infulis imperii venditis (said of the lands belonging to the state),

    Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6.— The insignia of an office:

    honorum,

    Cod. Just. 7, 63, 1: infulae imperiales, id. tit. 37 fin. — Hence, for the office itself, Spart. Hadr. 6.— Ornaments of houses and temples, i. e. carved work, etc., Luc. 2, 355.

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  • 17 serenum

    1.
    sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
    I.
    Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

    caelo sereno,

    Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

    de parte caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 99:

    in regione caeli,

    Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

    caelo perfruitur sereniore,

    Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

    also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

    Verg. A. 5, 870:

    postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 2:

    luce,

    Verg. A. 5, 104:

    lumen (solis),

    Lucr. 2, 150:

    nox,

    id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

    sidera,

    Lucr. 4, 212:

    facies diei,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

    species mundi,

    Lucr. 4, 134:

    aër,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

    ver,

    Verg. G. 1, 340:

    aestas,

    id. A. 6, 707:

    stella,

    Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

    color (opp. nubilus),

    bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

    aqua (with candida),

    Mart. 6, 42, 19:

    vox,

    Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

    unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

    Verg. G. 1, 461.—
    2.
    As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

    ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

    during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

    more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

    Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

    quare et sereno tonat,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

    liquido ac puro sereno,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    nitido sereno,

    Sil. 5, 58:

    cottidie serenum cum est,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    laesique fides reditura sereni,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

    serenum nitidum micat,

    Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

    caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1100:

    soles et aperta serena,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    nostra,

    Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

    laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

    horae (with albus dies),

    Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

    vultus,

    Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

    frons tranquilla et serena,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    pectora processu facta serena tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

    animus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

    oculi,

    Sil. 7, 461:

    Augustus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

    laetitia,

    Just. 44, 2, 4:

    imperium,

    Sil. 14, 80:

    res,

    id. 8, 546:

    sereno vitae tempore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

    vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094:

    temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

    tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
    2.
    SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

    hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

    Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
    3.
    Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.
    2.
    Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.
    I.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
    II.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
    III.
    Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

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  • 18 Serenus

    1.
    sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
    I.
    Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

    caelo sereno,

    Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

    de parte caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 99:

    in regione caeli,

    Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

    caelo perfruitur sereniore,

    Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

    also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

    Verg. A. 5, 870:

    postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 2:

    luce,

    Verg. A. 5, 104:

    lumen (solis),

    Lucr. 2, 150:

    nox,

    id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

    sidera,

    Lucr. 4, 212:

    facies diei,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

    species mundi,

    Lucr. 4, 134:

    aër,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

    ver,

    Verg. G. 1, 340:

    aestas,

    id. A. 6, 707:

    stella,

    Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

    color (opp. nubilus),

    bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

    aqua (with candida),

    Mart. 6, 42, 19:

    vox,

    Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

    unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

    Verg. G. 1, 461.—
    2.
    As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

    ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

    during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

    more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

    Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

    quare et sereno tonat,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

    liquido ac puro sereno,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    nitido sereno,

    Sil. 5, 58:

    cottidie serenum cum est,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    laesique fides reditura sereni,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

    serenum nitidum micat,

    Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

    caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1100:

    soles et aperta serena,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    nostra,

    Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

    laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

    horae (with albus dies),

    Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

    vultus,

    Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

    frons tranquilla et serena,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    pectora processu facta serena tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

    animus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

    oculi,

    Sil. 7, 461:

    Augustus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

    laetitia,

    Just. 44, 2, 4:

    imperium,

    Sil. 14, 80:

    res,

    id. 8, 546:

    sereno vitae tempore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

    vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094:

    temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

    tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
    2.
    SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

    hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

    Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
    3.
    Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.
    2.
    Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.
    I.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
    II.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
    III.
    Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

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  • 19 serenus

    1.
    sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
    I.
    Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

    caelo sereno,

    Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

    de parte caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 99:

    in regione caeli,

    Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

    caelo perfruitur sereniore,

    Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

    also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

    Verg. A. 5, 870:

    postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 2:

    luce,

    Verg. A. 5, 104:

    lumen (solis),

    Lucr. 2, 150:

    nox,

    id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

    sidera,

    Lucr. 4, 212:

    facies diei,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

    species mundi,

    Lucr. 4, 134:

    aër,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

    ver,

    Verg. G. 1, 340:

    aestas,

    id. A. 6, 707:

    stella,

    Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

    color (opp. nubilus),

    bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

    aqua (with candida),

    Mart. 6, 42, 19:

    vox,

    Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

    unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

    Verg. G. 1, 461.—
    2.
    As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

    ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

    during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

    more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

    Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

    quare et sereno tonat,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

    liquido ac puro sereno,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    nitido sereno,

    Sil. 5, 58:

    cottidie serenum cum est,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    laesique fides reditura sereni,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

    serenum nitidum micat,

    Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

    caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1100:

    soles et aperta serena,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    nostra,

    Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

    laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

    horae (with albus dies),

    Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

    vultus,

    Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

    frons tranquilla et serena,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    pectora processu facta serena tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

    animus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

    oculi,

    Sil. 7, 461:

    Augustus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

    laetitia,

    Just. 44, 2, 4:

    imperium,

    Sil. 14, 80:

    res,

    id. 8, 546:

    sereno vitae tempore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

    vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094:

    temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

    tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
    2.
    SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

    hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

    Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
    3.
    Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.
    2.
    Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.
    I.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
    II.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
    III.
    Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

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  • 20 supercilium

        supercilium ī, n    [2 CAL-], an eyebrow: supercilia abrasa: superiora superciliis obducta: duris torva superciliis, O.: Hirsutum, V.: Deme supercilio nubem, H.— A brow, ridge, summit: clivosi tramitis, V.: infimo stare supercilio, at the bottom of the projection, L.—Fig., a nod, will: Cuncta supercilio movens, H.— Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, superciliousness, gloom: supercilium ac regius spiritus: aetas digna supercilio, Iu.: supercilii matrona severi, O.
    * * *
    eyebrow; frown; arrogance

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  • Sweat of the brow — In a traditional English idiom, the sweat of one s brow refers to the effort expended in labor, and the value created thereby. [ Merriam Webster s Third International Dictionary ] [citeweb|url=http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi… …   Wikipedia

  • To bend the brow — Bend Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th {Bend}.] 1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brow — (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br[=u]; akin to AS. br[=ae]w, bre[ a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br[=u]n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br[u^]v[i^], Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. ofry s,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brow Head — is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland. It is situated 3.8 km east of the marginally more northerly Mizen Head, County Cork, Ireland. It lies at latitude 51.43ºN. [cite web | title=Ireland Geographical facts and figures | work= Travel… …   Wikipedia

  • brow — [ brau ] noun count * 1. ) LITERARY the part of your face above your eyes: FOREHEAD: mop your brow (=wipe the sweat from your forehead): He mopped his brow with his handkerchief. furrow/wrinkle/crease your brow (=look worried or as if you are… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • brow — [brau] n [: Old English; Origin: bru] 1.) literary the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair = ↑forehead mop/wipe your brow (=dry your brow with your hand or a cloth because you are hot or nervous) your brow… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • brow — /brow/, n. 1. Anat. the ridge over the eye. 2. the hair growing on that ridge; eyebrow. 3. the forehead: He wore his hat low over his brow. 4. a person s countenance or mien. 5. the edge of a steep place: She looked down over the brow of the hill …   Universalium

  • The Legend of Zelda (TV series) — The Legend of Zelda Title screen, shown at the beginning of each show Genre Fantasy / Action Adventure / Comedy …   Wikipedia

  • The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov) — The Tale of Tsar Saltan () to arise magically on the island, and Gvidon is hailed by its inhabitants as its Prince.Act 3 Scene 1 By the shore of Buyan, the merchant ships have left, and Gvidon laments his being separated from his father. The Swan …   Wikipedia

  • brow — [[t]bra͟ʊ[/t]] brows 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your brow is your forehead. to knit your brow → see knit He wiped his brow with the back of his hand... She wrinkled her brow inquisitively. Syn …   English dictionary

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