The deep

altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit., grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.

Seen from below upwards, high.

Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30:

acervus,

id. 3, 198 al.:

columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,

taller, Ov. M. 3, 181:

altis de montibus,

Verg. E. 1, 83:

umbras Altorum nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 591 al. —With the acc. of measure:

clausi lateribus pedem altis,

a foot high, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.:

triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,

Vitr. 4, 3:

majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,

id. 10, 5:

alta novem pedum,

Col. 8, 14, 1:

singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.—

Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.:

altissimus dignitatis gradus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,

highminded, id. Mil. 8:

qui altiore animo sunt,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al. —So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.;

also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,

Verg. A. 12, 140:

Apollo,

id. ib. 10, 875:

Caesar,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 37:

Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,

id. S. 2, 5, 62:

Roma,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33:

Carthago,

Prop. 2, 1, 23 al. —Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear:

Conclamate iterum altiore voce,

Cat. 42, 18:

haec fatus altā voce,

Sen. Troad. 196:

altissimus sonus,

Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.:

vox magna,

Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).— Subst.: altum, i, n., a height:

sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,

on high, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98:

aedificia in altum edita,

Tac. H. 3, 71:

quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,

Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.

(Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens:

ex alto volavit avis,

Enn. Ann. 1, 108:

haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,

Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.,

(Sc. mare.) The high sea, the deep, the sea: rapit ex alto navīs velivolas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 224:

ubi sumus provecti in altum, capiunt praedones navem illam, ubi vectus fui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 39; so id. Men. 1, 2, 2; id. Rud. prol. 66; 2, 3, 64:

terris jactatus et alto,

Verg. A. 1, 3:

in altum Vela dabant,

id. ib. 1, 34:

collectae ex alto nubes,

id. G. 1, 324:

urget ab alto Notus,

id. ib. 1, 443 al.:

alto mersā classe,

Sil. 6, 665:

ab illā parte urbis navibus aditus ex alto est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

in alto jactari,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

naves nisi in alto constitui non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

naves in altum provectae,

id. ib. 4, 28: scapha in altum navigat, Sall. Fragm.—So in the plur.:

alta petens,

Verg. A. 7, 362.— Trop.:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:

imbecillitas... in altum provehitur imprudens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui in altum abstraxit,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—

Seen from above downwards, deep, profound.

Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

altissimae radices,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

altae stirpes,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

altissima flumina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77:

altior aqua,

id. ib. 1, 25:

alta theatri Fundamenta,

Verg. A. 1, 427:

gurgite in alto,

in the deep whirlpool, id. E. 6, 76:

altum vulnus,

id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48:

altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,

Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.:

unde altior esset Casus,

Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure:

faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,

Pall. Jan. 10, 3.—

Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound:

somno quibus est opus alto,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35:

sopor,

Verg. A. 8, 27:

quies,

id. ib. 6, 522:

silentium,

id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22:

altissima tranquillitas,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1:

altissima eruditio,

id. ib. 4, 30:

altiores artes,

Quint. 8, 3, 2.— Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed:

ex alto dissimulare,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16:

non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,

Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched:

quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5:

quid causas petis ex alto?

Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.:

alte repetere in the same sense,

Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).—

Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old:

genus alto a sanguine Teucri,

Verg. A. 6, 500:

Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

id. ib. 9, 697;

genus Clauso referebat ab alto,

Ov. F. 4, 305:

altā gente satus,

Val. Fl. 3, 202:

altis inclitum titulis genus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.— Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).

High, on high, high up, from on high, from above (v. altus, P. a., A.).

Lit.:

alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.:

colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,

id. ib. p. 221:

alte jubatos angues,

Naev. ib. p. 9:

jubar erigere alte,

Lucr. 4, 404:

roseā sol alte lampade lucens,

id. 5, 610:

in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,

Cato, R. R. 50:

cruentum alte extollens pugionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15:

(aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,

Lucr. 6, 689:

dextram Entellus alte extulit,

Verg. A. 5, 443:

alte suras vincire cothurno,

high up, id. ib. 1, 337:

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92:

unda alte subjectat arenam,

Verg. G. 3, 240:

Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,

Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16:

eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,

to the height of two fingers, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.— Comp.:

quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

tollam altius tectum,

id. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

altius praecincti,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 5:

pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,

Verg. G. 3, 75:

caput altius effert,

id. ib. 3, 553:

altius atque cadant imbres,

id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.:

altius aliquid tenere,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.— Sup.: [p. 96] cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.—

Trop.:

alte natus,

Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.):

alte enim cadere non potest,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

video te alte spectare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.— Comp.:

altius se efferre,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4:

altius irae surgunt ductori,

Verg. A. 10, 813:

altius aliquid agitare,

Cels. 1 prooem.:

attollitur vox altius,

Quint. 11, 3, 65:

verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,

id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.:

Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 35:

ingenium altissime adsurgit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 4.—

Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).

Lit.:

ablaqueato ficus non alte,

Cato, R. R. 36:

ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,

Liv. 1, 41:

alte vulnus adactum,

Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30:

timidum caput abdidit alte,

Verg. G. 3, 422:

alte consternunt terram frondes,

deeply strew, id. A. 4, 443:

ut petivit Suspirium alte!

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.:

ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,

Verg. A. 1, 485):

inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,

Cato, R. R. 21, 2:

minimum alte pedem,

Col. de Arb. 30.— Comp.:

ne radices altius agant,

Col. 5, 6, 8:

terra altius effossa,

Quint. 10, 3, 2:

cum sulcus altius esset impressus,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.:

(latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,

App. M. 2, 32.—

Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar:

privatus ut altum Dormiret,

Juv. 1, 16:

alte terminus haerens,

Lucr. 1, 77:

longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

ratio alte petita,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.— Comp.:

qui altius perspiciebant,

had a deeper insight, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,

must be sought out more deeply, id. Off. 1, 16:

altius repetitae causae,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,

Cic. Verr. 4, 105:

Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,

Lucr. 6, 647:

altius supprimere iram,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

altius aliquem percellere,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

altius metuere,

id. ib. 4, 41:

altius animis maerere,

id. ib. 2, 82:

cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

Cic. Or. 25, 82:

Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 285;

so,

Tac. H. 4, 12:

altius aliquid persequi,

Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35:

hinc altius cura serpit,

id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.:

qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.

altus, ūs, m. [alo], a nourishing, support:

terrae altu,

Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.

prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).

Lit.:

mare profundum et immensum,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 1, 1108:

pontus,

Verg. A. 5, 614:

Acheron,

Lucr. 3, 978:

Danubius,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

fornax,

Ov. M. 2, 229:

valles,

Stat. Th. 10, 95:

terrae foramen,

Just. 24, 6, 9:

atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

vulnera,

Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

profundissimus libidinum gurges,

Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.

In gen.:

esse in profundo (aquae),

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

maris,

Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

immensa ac profunda camporum,

Just. 41, 1, 11.—

In partic.

The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

profundo Vela dabit,

Verg. A. 12, 263:

vastum,

Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

summum,

Ov. M. 2, 267:

indomitum,

id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

pater ipse profundi,

i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

genitor profundi,

Ov. M. 11, 202:

Pamphylium,

Col. 8, 16, 9:

profundi imperium,

Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—

In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—

Transf.

Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

Erebi nox,

Verg. A. 4, 26:

silvae,

Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

ursi villis profundioribus,

Sol. 26.—

Like altus, high ( poet.):

caelum profundum,

Verg. G. 4, 222:

caelum,

id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

altitudo,

Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

altum caeli,

Manil. 5, 719.—

In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

merum,

Stat. Th. 5, 262.—

Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

Manes,

Verg. G. 1, 243:

Chaos,

Val. Fl. 7, 401:

Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

Stat. Th. 1, 615:

Juno, = Proserpina,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—

Trop.

Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

profundae libidines,

Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

cupido imperii et divitiarum,

id. H. 4, 61, 5:

vitia animi,

Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

cupiditas confundendi omnia,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

securitas,

Gell. 1, 15, 2:

otium,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

caedes,

Stat. Th. 10, 831:

tempestas,

id. Achill. 1, 45:

gula,

Suet. Vit. 13:

venter,

Curt. 10, 2, 26:

immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

scientia,

Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—

Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

in profundo esse,

to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—

Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

de profundis clamavi ad te,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).

Lit.:

mare profundum et immensum,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 1, 1108:

pontus,

Verg. A. 5, 614:

Acheron,

Lucr. 3, 978:

Danubius,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

fornax,

Ov. M. 2, 229:

valles,

Stat. Th. 10, 95:

terrae foramen,

Just. 24, 6, 9:

atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

vulnera,

Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

profundissimus libidinum gurges,

Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.

In gen.:

esse in profundo (aquae),

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

maris,

Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

immensa ac profunda camporum,

Just. 41, 1, 11.—

In partic.

The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

profundo Vela dabit,

Verg. A. 12, 263:

vastum,

Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

summum,

Ov. M. 2, 267:

indomitum,

id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

pater ipse profundi,

i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

genitor profundi,

Ov. M. 11, 202:

Pamphylium,

Col. 8, 16, 9:

profundi imperium,

Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—

In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—

Transf.

Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

Erebi nox,

Verg. A. 4, 26:

silvae,

Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

ursi villis profundioribus,

Sol. 26.—

Like altus, high ( poet.):

caelum profundum,

Verg. G. 4, 222:

caelum,

id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

altitudo,

Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

altum caeli,

Manil. 5, 719.—

In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

merum,

Stat. Th. 5, 262.—

Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

Manes,

Verg. G. 1, 243:

Chaos,

Val. Fl. 7, 401:

Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

Stat. Th. 1, 615:

Juno, = Proserpina,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—

Trop.

Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

profundae libidines,

Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

cupido imperii et divitiarum,

id. H. 4, 61, 5:

vitia animi,

Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

cupiditas confundendi omnia,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

securitas,

Gell. 1, 15, 2:

otium,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

caedes,

Stat. Th. 10, 831:

tempestas,

id. Achill. 1, 45:

gula,

Suet. Vit. 13:

venter,

Curt. 10, 2, 26:

immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

scientia,

Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—

Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

in profundo esse,

to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—

Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

de profundis clamavi ad te,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

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pontus, i, m., = pontos.

Lit., the sea ( poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.):

placidus,

Lucr. 2, 559:

pontus Libyae,

Verg. A. 1, 556:

caelum undique et undique pontus,

id. ib. 3, 193 al.:

aequora ponti,

Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.:

freta ponti,

id. ib. 1, 356.—

Poet., transf.

The deep:

maris,

Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. pontos halos poliês, Il. 21, 59).—

A wave of the sea, sea-wave:

ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit,

Verg. A. 1, 114.

Pontus, i, m., = Pontos.

Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.—

Transf., the region about the Black Sea:

Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.—

In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.—Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic:

mare,

Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18:

terra,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94:

populi,

Mel. 1, 2, 6:

pinus,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 11:

absinthium,

Col. 12, 35:

nuces,

a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

mures,

ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200:

serpens,

the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114:

radix,

rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.;

also called Rha,

Amm. 22, 8, 28:

Ponticus genere,

Vulg. Act. 18, 2.— As subst.

Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.—

Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.

pontus, i, m., = pontos.

Lit., the sea ( poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.):

placidus,

Lucr. 2, 559:

pontus Libyae,

Verg. A. 1, 556:

caelum undique et undique pontus,

id. ib. 3, 193 al.:

aequora ponti,

Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.:

freta ponti,

id. ib. 1, 356.—

Poet., transf.

The deep:

maris,

Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. pontos halos poliês, Il. 21, 59).—

A wave of the sea, sea-wave:

ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit,

Verg. A. 1, 114.

Pontus, i, m., = Pontos.

Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.—

Transf., the region about the Black Sea:

Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.—

In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.—Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic:

mare,

Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18:

terra,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94:

populi,

Mel. 1, 2, 6:

pinus,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 11:

absinthium,

Col. 12, 35:

nuces,

a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

mures,

ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200:

serpens,

the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114:

radix,

rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.;

also called Rha,

Amm. 22, 8, 28:

Ponticus genere,

Vulg. Act. 18, 2.— As subst.

Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.—

Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.

pontus, i, m., = pontos.

Lit., the sea ( poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.):

placidus,

Lucr. 2, 559:

pontus Libyae,

Verg. A. 1, 556:

caelum undique et undique pontus,

id. ib. 3, 193 al.:

aequora ponti,

Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.:

freta ponti,

id. ib. 1, 356.—

Poet., transf.

The deep:

maris,

Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. pontos halos poliês, Il. 21, 59).—

A wave of the sea, sea-wave:

ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit,

Verg. A. 1, 114.

Pontus, i, m., = Pontos.

Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.—

Transf., the region about the Black Sea:

Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.—

In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.—Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic:

mare,

Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18:

terra,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94:

populi,

Mel. 1, 2, 6:

pinus,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 11:

absinthium,

Col. 12, 35:

nuces,

a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

mures,

ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200:

serpens,

the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114:

radix,

rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.;

also called Rha,

Amm. 22, 8, 28:

Ponticus genere,

Vulg. Act. 18, 2.— As subst.

Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.—

Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.

pontus, i, m., = pontos.

Lit., the sea ( poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.):

placidus,

Lucr. 2, 559:

pontus Libyae,

Verg. A. 1, 556:

caelum undique et undique pontus,

id. ib. 3, 193 al.:

aequora ponti,

Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.:

freta ponti,

id. ib. 1, 356.—

Poet., transf.

The deep:

maris,

Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. pontos halos poliês, Il. 21, 59).—

A wave of the sea, sea-wave:

ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit,

Verg. A. 1, 114.

Pontus, i, m., = Pontos.

Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.—

Transf., the region about the Black Sea:

Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.—

In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.—Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic:

mare,

Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18:

terra,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94:

populi,

Mel. 1, 2, 6:

pinus,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 11:

absinthium,

Col. 12, 35:

nuces,

a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

mures,

ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200:

serpens,

the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114:

radix,

rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.;

also called Rha,

Amm. 22, 8, 28:

Ponticus genere,

Vulg. Act. 18, 2.— As subst.

Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.—

Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.

sălum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form, corresp. to the Gr. acc., undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24, or Trag. v. 226 Vahl.), = salos, the open sea, the high sea, the main, the deep; opp. to the sea near the coast or in a port (occurring only in sing., and mostly in the acc. and abl.).

Lit. (rare but class.), Cic. Caecin. 30, 88:

in salum nave evectus,

Liv. 29, 14:

paucas (naves) ante portum in salo habiturum,

id. 37, 10:

pars (classis) in salo ad ostium portūs in ancoris stetit,

id. 37, 13 (cf. the Gr. en salhô stênai, to lie at anchor in the open sea); so,

in salo stare,

id. 37, 16; 44, 12:

procul ab insulā in salo navem tenere ancoris,

Nep. Them. 8.—

Transf.

In gen., the sea ( poet.):

rapidum salum tulistis truculentaque pelagi,

Cat. 63, 16; Prop. 1, 6, 2; 1, 15, 12; 3, 7 (4, 6), 40; Verg. A. 1, 537; 2, 209; Hor. Epod. 17, 55; Ov. Am. 2, 11, 24 al.:

rubrum,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 6.—

Like salos, sea-sickness:

tirones salo nauseāque confecti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28.—

The stream, current of a river:

(amnis) saevit majore salo,

Stat. Th. 10, 867.—

The color of the sea, Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 16 and 17.—

Trop., a sea of thought, agitation, trouble, etc.:

tam aerumnoso navigare salo, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: cum in isto cogitationis salo fluctuarem,

App. M. 4 init.:

mentis (with dissensio cogitationum),

id. ib. 9, p. 225, 30.

mūtus, a, um, adj. [root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mutis, muaô; cf. Lat. mussare], dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis).

Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds:

pecudes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24:

bestiae,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

agna,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 219:

armenta,

Stat. Th. 5, 334:

animalia,

Juv. 8, 56:

satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

subjugale, animal,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16:

vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27:

ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26:

omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,

has not spoken a word, Ov. P. 2, 7, 52:

mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

numquam vox est de te mea muta,

i. e. I have never ceased to praise thee, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17:

dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

spiritus,

which makes one mute, Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent:

tintinnabulum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

imago,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5:

mare,

the silent sea, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69:

consonantes,

which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes, Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397:

scientia,

i. e. which does not impart the power of speaking, Quint. 5, 10, 119:

instrumentum fundi,

i. e. wagons, carts, Varr. R. R. 1, 17:

magistri,

i. e. books, Gell. 14, 2, 1:

lapides,

that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them, Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.:

simulacra muta,

dumb idols, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.—

Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still:

mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,

Cic. post Red. 1, 3:

solitudo,

id. Mil. 19:

spelunca,

Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times:

nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,

in which nothing should have been written, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

silentia noctis,

the deep silence of night, Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said:

mutum aevum,

not celebrated, unsung, Sil. 3, 579.—As subst.

mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. [p. 1182] Psa. 38, 13:

aperta erit lingua mutorum,

id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8:

mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,

Gai. Inst. 3, 105.—

mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute:

separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,

Juv. 15, 143.

mūtus, a, um, adj. [root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mutis, muaô; cf. Lat. mussare], dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis).

Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds:

pecudes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24:

bestiae,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

agna,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 219:

armenta,

Stat. Th. 5, 334:

animalia,

Juv. 8, 56:

satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

subjugale, animal,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16:

vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27:

ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26:

omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,

has not spoken a word, Ov. P. 2, 7, 52:

mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

numquam vox est de te mea muta,

i. e. I have never ceased to praise thee, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17:

dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

spiritus,

which makes one mute, Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent:

tintinnabulum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

imago,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5:

mare,

the silent sea, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69:

consonantes,

which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes, Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397:

scientia,

i. e. which does not impart the power of speaking, Quint. 5, 10, 119:

instrumentum fundi,

i. e. wagons, carts, Varr. R. R. 1, 17:

magistri,

i. e. books, Gell. 14, 2, 1:

lapides,

that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them, Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.:

simulacra muta,

dumb idols, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.—

Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still:

mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,

Cic. post Red. 1, 3:

solitudo,

id. Mil. 19:

spelunca,

Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times:

nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,

in which nothing should have been written, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

silentia noctis,

the deep silence of night, Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said:

mutum aevum,

not celebrated, unsung, Sil. 3, 579.—As subst.

mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. [p. 1182] Psa. 38, 13:

aperta erit lingua mutorum,

id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8:

mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,

Gai. Inst. 3, 105.—

mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute:

separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,

Juv. 15, 143.

vĕternus, a, um, adj. [vetus], of great age, old, ancient (only post-class.).

Adj.:

rupes,

Fulg. Myth. 1 praef.:

silentia,

Prud. Cath. 9, 68.—

Subst.: vĕter-nus, i, m.

Old age, age, Stat. Th. 6, 94.—

Old dirt (post-Aug. and very rare), Col. 4, 24, 6; App. M. 9, p. 223.—

Lethargy, somnolence (as a disease of aged people).

Lit.:

num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet?

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3.— Of the deep, long sleep or torpidity of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127.—

Trop., drowsiness, dulness, sluggishness, sloth (freq., but not in Cic.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4 (cited ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3); Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 10; Verg. G. 1, 124; Cat. 17, 24; Col. 7, 5, 3; 7, 10, 4; App. Flor. 3, p. 357.

vĕternus, i, v. 1. veternus, II.

• The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. (still waters run deep)

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):

oppida,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

urbem,

Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:

arces,

Verg. E. 2, 61:

locum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:

civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

regna,

Just. 2, 1 init.:

imperium Poenorum,

id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—

Transf. to the inhabitants:

Romanam gentem,

Verg. A. 1, 33:

genus hominum,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:

optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,

they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —

Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:

aram,

Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:

sepulcrum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—

Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,

carmen,

Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:

poëma,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:

longas Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14:

bella,

Verg. E. 6, 7:

Caesaris acta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 336:

proelia,

Stat. Th. 1, 8:

festa numeris,

Ov. F. 6, 24:

alterum satirae genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 95:

aliqua in hac materiā,

id. 3, 1, 19:

prosam orationem,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:

historiam,

id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:

aliquid annalibus,

id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

praecepta medendi,

id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:

laudes alicujus,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,

Absol.:

si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—

Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:

jusjurandum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 793:

collegium novum,

Liv. 5, 52, 11:

morem,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

nova fata,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

aeternam famam ingenio suo,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,

nomen memorandum,

Sil. 4, 37:

militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:

portenta sua,

to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:

naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,

Dig. 19, 5, 4.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).

In gen.

Prop.

Aliquid:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

frumentum,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,

id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;

Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

aliquid proprio horreo,

id. C. 1, 1, 9:

Sabinum testā levi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 3:

pressa mella puris amphoris,

id. Epod. 2, 15:

messem,

Tib. 1, 1, 42:

fruges,

Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—

With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):

minas viginti in crumenam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:

mustum in dolium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:

cineres in urnas,

Suet. Calig. 15:

barbam in auream pyxidem,

id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:

legem in aerarium,

id. ib. 28:

libri in sacrarium conditi,

Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.

the foll.: te in pistrinum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:

aliquem in custodiam,

Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:

aliquem in carcerem,

to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;

45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,

id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:

argentum intro,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:

sortes eo,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:

litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,

to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:

se (aves) in foliis,

Verg. G. 4, 473:

novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:

condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,

Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:

id domi nostrae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—

Trop.: teneo omnia;

in pectore condita sunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:

mandata corde memori,

Cat. 64, 231:

tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

in causis conditae sunt res futurae,

lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,

Esp.,

In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):

lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),

Cato, R. R. 117:

ficus in orcas,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

fructum in cados,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

corna in liquidā faece,

Ov. M. 8, 666:

oleum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

In medic. lang., to set:

ossa,

Cels. 8, 23:

calcem,

id. 8, 22:

articulum,

id. 8, 24.—

To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):

mortuos cerā circumlitos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

aliquem sepulcro,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:

ossa parentis terrā,

Verg. A. 5, 48; so,

aliquem terrā,

Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:

corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:

fraternas umbras tumulo,

Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:

ossa peregrinā ripā,

Ov. M. 2, 337:

in Tomitanā condar humo?

id. P. 3, 1, 6:

inhumatos Manes,

Luc. 9, 151:

Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,

brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:

patrem,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:

fulgura publica condere,

Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:

Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,

Luc. 1, 606 sq. —

Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:

saecla vivendo,

Lucr. 3, 1090:

longos soles cantando,

Verg. E. 9, 52:

cum referetque diem condetque relatum,

i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:

diem collibus in suis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:

diem,

Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:

noctem,

Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—

Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:

Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,

Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:

quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 434; so,

lunam (nubes),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:

aliquid jocoso furto,

id. ib. 1, 10, 8:

vultus,

Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:

vultum aequore,

id. ib. 11, 255:

enses,

to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

ferrum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:

gladium,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

15: scuta latentia,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

oculos,

to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,

lumina,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:

se in viscera (terrae),

Ov. M. 2, 274:

se sub lectum,

Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:

nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,

i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:

ibi Dahas condidit,

id. 7, 7, 32:

(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,

concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:

fera murmura,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:

iram,

Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:

his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,

Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:

huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,

id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:

luna condita tenebris,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

aliquid alvo,

to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—

Poet.

To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):

ensem in pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 392:

digitos in lumina,

id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;

5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,

Verg. A. 9, 348:

telum jugulo,

Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:

nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,

Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Trop.:

stimulos caecos in pectore,

Ov. M. 1, 727.—

To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:

navita condit urbes,

Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):

praecordia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:

oculi,

deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—

condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):

oppida,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

urbem,

Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:

arces,

Verg. E. 2, 61:

locum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:

civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

regna,

Just. 2, 1 init.:

imperium Poenorum,

id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—

Transf. to the inhabitants:

Romanam gentem,

Verg. A. 1, 33:

genus hominum,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:

optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,

they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —

Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:

aram,

Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:

sepulcrum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—

Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,

carmen,

Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:

poëma,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:

longas Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14:

bella,

Verg. E. 6, 7:

Caesaris acta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 336:

proelia,

Stat. Th. 1, 8:

festa numeris,

Ov. F. 6, 24:

alterum satirae genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 95:

aliqua in hac materiā,

id. 3, 1, 19:

prosam orationem,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:

historiam,

id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:

aliquid annalibus,

id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

praecepta medendi,

id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:

laudes alicujus,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,

Absol.:

si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—

Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:

jusjurandum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 793:

collegium novum,

Liv. 5, 52, 11:

morem,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

nova fata,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

aeternam famam ingenio suo,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,

nomen memorandum,

Sil. 4, 37:

militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:

portenta sua,

to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:

naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,

Dig. 19, 5, 4.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).

In gen.

Prop.

Aliquid:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

frumentum,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,

id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;

Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

aliquid proprio horreo,

id. C. 1, 1, 9:

Sabinum testā levi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 3:

pressa mella puris amphoris,

id. Epod. 2, 15:

messem,

Tib. 1, 1, 42:

fruges,

Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—

With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):

minas viginti in crumenam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:

mustum in dolium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:

cineres in urnas,

Suet. Calig. 15:

barbam in auream pyxidem,

id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:

legem in aerarium,

id. ib. 28:

libri in sacrarium conditi,

Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.

the foll.: te in pistrinum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:

aliquem in custodiam,

Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:

aliquem in carcerem,

to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;

45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,

id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:

argentum intro,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:

sortes eo,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:

litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,

to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:

se (aves) in foliis,

Verg. G. 4, 473:

novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:

condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,

Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:

id domi nostrae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—

Trop.: teneo omnia;

in pectore condita sunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:

mandata corde memori,

Cat. 64, 231:

tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

in causis conditae sunt res futurae,

lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,

Esp.,

In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):

lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),

Cato, R. R. 117:

ficus in orcas,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

fructum in cados,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

corna in liquidā faece,

Ov. M. 8, 666:

oleum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

In medic. lang., to set:

ossa,

Cels. 8, 23:

calcem,

id. 8, 22:

articulum,

id. 8, 24.—

To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):

mortuos cerā circumlitos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

aliquem sepulcro,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:

ossa parentis terrā,

Verg. A. 5, 48; so,

aliquem terrā,

Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:

corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:

fraternas umbras tumulo,

Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:

ossa peregrinā ripā,

Ov. M. 2, 337:

in Tomitanā condar humo?

id. P. 3, 1, 6:

inhumatos Manes,

Luc. 9, 151:

Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,

brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:

patrem,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:

fulgura publica condere,

Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:

Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,

Luc. 1, 606 sq. —

Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:

saecla vivendo,

Lucr. 3, 1090:

longos soles cantando,

Verg. E. 9, 52:

cum referetque diem condetque relatum,

i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:

diem collibus in suis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:

diem,

Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:

noctem,

Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—

Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:

Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,

Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:

quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 434; so,

lunam (nubes),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:

aliquid jocoso furto,

id. ib. 1, 10, 8:

vultus,

Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:

vultum aequore,

id. ib. 11, 255:

enses,

to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

ferrum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:

gladium,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

15: scuta latentia,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

oculos,

to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,

lumina,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:

se in viscera (terrae),

Ov. M. 2, 274:

se sub lectum,

Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:

nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,

i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:

ibi Dahas condidit,

id. 7, 7, 32:

(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,

concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:

fera murmura,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:

iram,

Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:

his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,

Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:

huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,

id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:

luna condita tenebris,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

aliquid alvo,

to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—

Poet.

To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):

ensem in pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 392:

digitos in lumina,

id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;

5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,

Verg. A. 9, 348:

telum jugulo,

Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:

nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,

Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Trop.:

stimulos caecos in pectore,

Ov. M. 1, 727.—

To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:

navita condit urbes,

Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):

praecordia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:

oculi,

deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—

condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

vis venti nubem deprimit,

Lucr. 6, 432:

qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:

ad mentum depresso supercilio,

id. Pis. 6 fin.:

animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,

id. de Sen. 21:

depresso aratro (sc. in terram),

Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

haec quae porto deprimunt,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—

In partic.

To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:

vites in terram,

Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

plantas,

Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:

qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,

Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:

saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:

valle in altitudinem depressa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:

locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

Sall. C. 55, 3:

fossam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:

deprimere vel allevare rivum,

Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—

Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:

partem navium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

naves,

id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:

lenunculos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:

carinam,

Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —

Trop.

To press down, depress:

animus depressus,

Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:

improbitate depressa veritas emergit,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,

Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:

preces,

to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,

Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—

Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):

adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,

Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—

To oppress (late Lat.):

populum,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):

humilius et depressius iter,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:

aquaeductus depressior,

Front. Aquaed. 65:

depresso loco castra ponere,

id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—

Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:

quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,

Auct. Her. 3, 14.— Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.— Comp.:

fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:

pastinare,

Col. 11, 3, 10.

sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.

Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.

In gen.

Absol.:

hi stant ambo, non sedent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

sedens iis assensi,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

lumbi sedendo dolent,

Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

supplex ille sedet,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—

With in:

in subselliis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

in proscaenio,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

in sellā,

id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in saxo (ejecti),

Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

in arā (mulieres supplices),

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

in solio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

in equo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

in leone,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

in conclavi,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

in hemicyclio domi,

Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

bubo in culmine,

Ov. M. 6, 432:

cornix in humo,

id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

musca in temone,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—

With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

Ov. M. 6, 72:

solio,

id. ib. 6, 650;

14, 261: sede regiā,

Liv. 1, 41:

eburneis sellis,

id. 5, 41:

sellā curuli,

id. 30, 19:

carpento,

id. 1, 34:

cymbā,

Ov. M. 1, 293:

puppe,

id. F. 6, 471:

humo,

id. M. 4, 261:

equo,

Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

dorso aselli,

Ov. F. 3, 749:

delphine,

id. M. 11, 237:

columbae viridi solo,

Verg. A. 6, 192:

recessu,

Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

theatro,

id. A. A. 1, 497.—

With other prepp. and advv. of place:

inter ancillas,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

ante fores,

Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

ad tumulum supplex,

id. 2, 6, 33:

sub arbore,

Ov. M. 4, 95:

sub Jove,

id. ib. 4, 261:

ducis sub pede,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

post me gradu uno,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

apud quem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

illic,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—

Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

Spart. Hadr. 22;

Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

Sol. 45:

animalia sedentur,

Veg. 2, 28, 12.—

In partic.

Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

(Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

judex,

Liv. 40, 8:

Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

Minos arbiter,

Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

sedeo pro tribunali,

id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

sedente Claudio,

Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—

To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

an sedere oportuit Domi,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

in villā totos dies,

Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

circum argentarias cottidie,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

sedemus desides domi,

Liv. 3, 68:

statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

ante sacras fores,

Tib. 1, 3, 30:

illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

id. 2, 6, 33:

custos ad mea busta sedens,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

et frustra credula turba sedet,

id. 4, 4, 18.—

Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

Naev. 6, 2:

dum apud hostes sedimus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

sedendo expugnare urbem,

Liv. 2, 12:

sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

id. 22, 24:

quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

id. 44, 27:

ad Suessulam,

id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

apud moenia Contrebiae,

Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—

For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

sordido in loco sedere,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—

Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).

In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

Tib. 4, 1, 42:

quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

Ov. F. 1,110:

sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

Liv. 22, 4:

sedet vox auribus,

sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

sedisse immensos montes,

Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—

Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

Stat. Th. 10, 823. —

Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

campo Nola sedet,

Sil. 12, 162:

mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

lactuca sedens,

i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—

In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

Ov. M. 15, 337:

in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

id. F. 1, 576:

cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

Flor. 4, 2, 40:

librata cum sederit (glans),

Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

alta sedent vulnera,

Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

toga umero,

id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

sicco jam litore sedit,

Luc. 8, 726:

naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

aliquid fideliter in animo,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

Ov. H. 2, 76:

sedere coepit sententia haec,

to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

idque pio sedet Aeneae,

id. ib. 5, 418:

bellum,

Flor. 2, 15, 4:

consilium fugae,

id. 2, 18, 14:

haec,

Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

Stat. Th. 1, 324:

vacuo petere omina caelo,

id. ib. 3, 459:

Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

Val. Fl. 2, 383.

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prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).

Lit.:

pede pedem alicui premere,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

Verg. A. 7, 518:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

id. ib. 2, 379:

novercae Monstra manu premens,

id. ib. 8, 288:

pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

premere terga genu alicujus,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

ubera plena,

i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

vestigia alicujus,

to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

Juv. 1, 43:

dente frena,

to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

ore aliquid,

to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

aliquid morsu,

Lucr. 3, 663:

presso molari,

with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

pressum lac,

i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

uxorem,

Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

feminas premunt galli,

Mart. 3, 57, 17.—

Transf.

Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

premere litora,

Ov. M. 14, 416:

litus,

to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

aëra,

i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—

Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

premere frena manu,

Ov. M. 8, 37:

ferrum,

to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

capulum,

id. 2, 615.—

Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

toros,

Ov. H. 12, 30:

sedilia,

id. M. 5, 317:

hoc quod premis habeto,

id. ib. 5, 135:

et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

id. ib. 2, 421:

humum,

to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—

To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

aliquid terrā,

to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

nonumque prematur in annum,

kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

ossa male pressa,

i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

ut premerer sacrā lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

molli Fronde crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 147:

canitiem galeā,

id. ib. 9, 612:

mitrā capillos,

Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—

To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

os fingit premendo,

id. A. 6, 80:

caseos,

id. E. 1, 35:

mollem terram,

Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—

To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

hostes de loco superiore,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

id. B. C. 3, 46:

hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

Verg. A. 1, 467:

Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

Verg. A. 8, 473:

obsidione urbem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

ad retia cervum,

Verg. G. 3, 413:

spumantis apri cursum clamore,

id. A. 1, 324:

bestias venatione,

Isid. 10, 282.—

To press down, burden, load, freight:

nescia quem premeret,

on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

tergum equi,

id. ib. 8, 34;

14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

pressae carinae,

Verg. G. 1, 303:

pressus membra mero,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

auro phaleras,

to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—

To press into, force in, press upon:

(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

Ov. F. 1, 355:

presso sub vomere,

Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

presso aratro,

Tib. 4, 1, 161:

alte ensem in corpore,

Stat. Th. 11, 542:

et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

et cubito remanete presso,

leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —

To make with any thing ( poet.):

aeternā notā,

Ov. F. 6, 610:

littera articulo pressa tremente,

id. H. 10, 140:

multā via pressa rotā,

id. ib. 18, 134.—

To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

Ov. M. 2, 135:

humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —

In partic.

To set, plant:

virgulta per agros,

Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—

To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

vestigio leviter presso,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

id. Sest. 5, 13:

sulcum premere,

to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

Front. Strat. 1, 5:

fossa pressa,

Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

Curt. 5, 1, 28.—

To strike to the ground, to strike down:

tres famulos,

Verg. A. 9, 329:

paucos,

Tac. H. 4, 2.—

To press closely, compress, press together, close:

oculos,

Verg. A. 9, 487:

alicui fauces,

Ov. M. 12, 509:

laqueo collum,

to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

Ov. M. 9, 78:

presso gutture,

compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

choked, id. 14, 221:

amplexu presso,

united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

oscula jungere pressa,

to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

pressa basia,

Mart. 6, 34, 1:

presso gradu incedere,

in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

pede presso,

id. 8, 8.—

In partic.

To shorten, tighten, draw in:

pressis habenis,

Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

laxas dure habenas,

id. ib. 1, 63).—

To keep short, prune:

Calenā falce vitem,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

luxuriem falce,

Ov. M. 14, 628:

falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

molle salictum,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—

To check, arrest, stop:

premere sanguinem,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

vestigia pressit,

Verg. A. 6, 197:

attoniti pressere gradum,

Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—

To press out, bring out by pressure:

tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—

To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—

Trop.

To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

aerumnae, quae me premunt,

Sall. J. 14, 22:

pressus gravitate soporis,

bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

invidia et odio populi premi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

premi periculis,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

cum a me premeretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

aliquem verbo,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

criminibus veris premere aliquem,

Ov. M. 14, 401:

cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

mortali urgemur ab hoste,

Verg. A. 10, 375:

premere reum voce, vultu,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

crimen,

to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

confessionem,

to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

argumentum etiam atque etiam,

to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

Verg. A. 3, 47:

maerore pressa,

Sen. Oct. 103:

veritate pressus negare non potuit,

overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—

Transf.

To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

dum nocte premuntur,

Verg. A. 6, 827:

curam sub corde,

id. ib. 4, 332:

odium,

Plin. Pan. 62:

iram,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

id. ib. 13, 16:

interius omne secretum,

Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

dolorem silentio,

Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

aliquid ore,

Verg. A. 7, 103:

jam te premet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—

To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

Liv. 22, 12:

arma Latini,

Verg. A. 11, 402:

opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

famam alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 49:

premere ac despicere,

Quint. 11, 1, 16:

premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—

To surpass, exceed:

facta premant annos,

Ov. M. 7, 449:

ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

id. P. 3, 1, 116:

quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—

To rule ( poet.):

dicione premere populos,

Verg. A. 7, 737:

imperio,

id. ib. 1, 54:

Mycenas Servitio premet,

id. ib. 1, 285.—

To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

premebat reum crimen,

id. 3, 13, 1.—

To compress, abridge, condense:

haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—

To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

sub imo Corde gemitum,

Verg. A. 10, 464:

vocem,

to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

sermones vulgi,

to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—

To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.

Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.

Lit.:

presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

Liv. 8, 8, 9:

presso gradu,

id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

Ov. M. 3, 17.—

Trop.

Of the voice or manner, subdued:

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

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—

Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

color pressus,

Pall. 4, 13, 4:

color viridi pressior,

Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

spadices pressi,

Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—

Esp., of an orator or of speech.

Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

Quint. 10, 1, 102:

pressus et demissus stilus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—

Close, exact, accurate:

Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

Gell. 2, 6, 5:

quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

cogitationes pressiores,

id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—

Closely, tightly.

Lit.:

vites pressius putare,

Pall. 12, 9:

pressius colla radere,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—

Trop.

Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—

Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

definire presse et anguste,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

abundanter dicere, an presse,

Quint. 8, 3, 40:

pressius et astrictius scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—

Without ornament, simply:

unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—

Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

definiunt pressius,

id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

Gell. 1, 3, 21.

bărā̆thrum, i, n., = barathron, an abyss, chasm, a deep pit, the Lower World (mostly poet; cf.

vorago),

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 12:

o barathrum ubi nunc es? ut ego te usurpem lubens (words of one in despair),

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 41; Lucr. 3, 966; Cat. 68, 108; 68, 117; 95, 5.—Esp., of the infernal regions:

ferri in barathrum,

Lucr. 6, 606:

imus barathri gurges (Charybdis),

Verg. A. 3, 421; 8, 245; Sil. 9, 497:

poena barathri,

Val. Fl. 2, 86; a pit made by art, a deep dungeon, Vitr. 10, 22, 11.—

Trop.: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quidquid habes, an numquam utare paratis? thou throwest into the abyss, i. e. squanderest, Hor. S. 2, 3, 166.—

Transf.

Jocosely or satirically, a maw (as insatiable), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29; Mart. 1, 88, 4.—Hence Horace calls a greedy man barathrum macelli, an abyss, gulf of the provision market, Ep. 1, 15, 31.—

In mal. part., Mart. 3, 81, 1.