The eye

ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.

Lit.:

quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

venusti,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

eminentes,

prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

oculi tanquam speculatores,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

acuti,

id. Planc. 27, 69:

maligni,

Verg. A. 5, 654:

minaces,

Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

oculos conjecit in hostem,

Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

adicere ad rem aliquam,

id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

de aliquo nusquam deicere,

to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

deicere ab aliquā re,

to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

in terram figere,

to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

deicere in terram,

to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

demittere,

Ov. M. 15, 612:

erigere,

id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

circumferre,

id. ib. 6, 169:

premere,

Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

distorquere,

id. S. 1, 9, 65:

spargere,

to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

oculis cernere,

to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

oculos auferre spectanti,

to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

proponere oculis suis aliquid,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

esse ante oculos,

to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

de rebus ante oculos positis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

habitavi in oculis,

id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

habere in oculis,

to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

in oculis omnium submergi,

Curt. 9, 4, 11:

se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

Abin' hinc ab oculis?

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

ab oculis recedere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

ab oculis concedere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

id. 26, 19, 7:

(avem) ablatam ex oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 50:

facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

Liv. 6, 17, 8:

sub oculis alicujus,

before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

sub oculis domini esse,

Col. 9, 5, 2:

quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

sub avi oculis necari,

Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

hostes sub oculis erant,

Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

sub oculis Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

non ad oculum servientes,

Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

bene vale, ocule mi!

id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—

Transf.

The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

oculos perdere,

id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

restituere alicui,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

oculis usurpare rem,

i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—

A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

stellarum oculi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

pavonum caudae,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

oculus volutae,

Vitr. 3, 5. —

Of plants.

An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

gemmans,

Col. 4, 24, 16.—

A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

harundinis,

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—

A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —

Trop.

A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—

The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

Cic. Or. 29, 101:

acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

Col. 3, 8, 1:

oculos pascere re aliquā,

to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

concupiscentia oculorum,

Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

Liv. 26, 39, 23:

acies et arma in oculis erant,

Curt. 3, 6, 3:

Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

id. 8, 6, 21:

esse in oculis,

to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

esse in oculis multitudinis,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

rex te ergo in oculis,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

mors ante oculos debet esse,

Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

simul est illud ante oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

sit ante oculos Nero,

i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

mortalitatem,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6:

conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

id. 24, 24, 8:

studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

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lūmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from lucmen, from the root luc; v. luceo], light.

Lit.: quasi lumen de suo lumine accendat, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Fragm. v. 388 Vahl.):

solis,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 91:

tabulas bene pictas conlocare in bono lumine,

id. Brut. 75, 261:

solare,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 37:

lumina solis,

the sunbeams, Lucr. 2, 162.—

Transf.

A light, a source of light, a lamp, torch:

lumine apposito,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

diurnum,

the morning-star, Lucr. 4, 455; Liv. 29, 25:

lumini oleum instillare,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 36:

luminibus accensis,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

multa lumina nocte tuli,

Tib. 1, 10 (9), 42.—

Brightness, splendor, gleam ( poet.):

ferri,

Stat. Th. 9, 802; Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 94.—

A bright color ( poet.): flaventia lumina calthae, Col. poët. 10, 97; 9, 4.—

Daylight, day ( poet.): si te secundo lumine hic offendero, Moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 302 Vahl.):

lumine quarto,

Verg. A. 6, 356; cf.: eos hostes, urbes agrosque eorum... lumine supero privetis, Vet. Form. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 11. —

The light of life, life ( poet.):

lumen linque,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 12:

lumine adempto,

Lucr. 3, 1033; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 45.—

The light of the eye, the eye (mostly poet.):

luminibus amissis,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

astantes lumine torvo Aetnaeos fratres,

Verg. A. 3, 677:

fossis lumen abire genis, Ov P. 2, 8, 66: acuentes lumina rutae,

id. R. Am. 801:

lumina defixa tenere in gremio,

id. H 21, 113:

lumina flectere,

id. M. 5, 232: parcite luminibus, close or turn away the eyes, Tib. 1, 2, 33:

lumina sera dextra componere,

to close one's eyes, Val. Fl. 3, 279.—Fig.:

Romani imperii lumen,

Vell. 2, 52, 3:

reipublicae lumen et caput,

id. 2, 99, 1.—

The pupil of the eye, Veg. Vet. 2, 16.—

An opening through which light can penetrate, a light, Val. Fl. 1, 168; Vitr. 4, 6.— An airhole, air-shaft, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57.— A window:

stabula non egeant septentrionis luminibus,

Pall. 1, 21:

obserare lumina,

App. M. 2, p 125: altius aedes non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur, Gai Inst. 2, 31:

immittere lumina,

to put in windows, Dig. 7, 1, 13.—

In plur., the light in a building:

ne quid altius exstruendo, aut arborem ponendo, lumina cujusquam obscuriora fiant,

Dig. 8, 2, 14:

cum M. Buculeius aedes L. Fufio venderet, in mancipio lumina, uti tum essent, ita recepit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 179.—Hence, se luminibus ejus esse obstructurum, to obstruct the light by building, Cic. pro Dom. 44, 115.—

The opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel, Front. Aquaed. 27; 29; 36; 105.—

The light in pictures, in opp. to the shade:

invenit lumen atque umbras,

Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 35, 11, 40, § 131; Plin. Ep. 3, 13.—

Trop.

A light, i. e. a most distinguished person or thing, an ornament, glory, luminary:

clarissimis viris interfectis lumina civitatis exstincta sunt,

Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

certis dicendi luminibus ornare orationem,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 119:

animi, ingenii consiliique tui,

id. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

probitatis et virtutis,

id. Lael. 8, 27: est corporis macula, naevus;

illi tamen hoc lumen videbatur,

i. e. a beautyspot, id. N. D. 1, 28, 79: luminibus alicujus obstruere or officere, to obscure one's glory or reputation, id. Brut. 17, 66.—

Light, clearness, perspicuity:

ordo est maxime, qui memoriae lumen affert,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

oratio adhibere lumen rebus debet,

id. ib. 3, 13, 50: nunc parvulos nobis dedit (natura) igniculos, quos celeriter... sic restinguimus, [p. 1085] ut nusquam naturae lumen adpareat, id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43.—

Merit, excellence, beauty of style:

Origines (Catonis) quod lumen eloquentiae non habent?

Cic. Brut. 17, 66;

so in the pun: Catonis luminibus obstruere,

id. ib.; cf. I. B. 7. 8. supra.—

Ornaments of style:

at sunt qui haec excitatoria lumina a componendis orationibus excludenda arbitrentur,

Quint. 12, 10, 49; 8, 5, 29:

orationis,

id. 8, 5, 34:

lumina sententiarum,

id. 9, 2, 202.

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albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; alphos = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Alpheios, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).

Lit.

In gen.:

barba,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

corpus,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus;

v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere,

to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.:

albi et nigri velleris,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 35:

non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

ib. Matt. 5, 36.—

Esp.

Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like:

aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

pallor,

id. Epod. 7, 15:

vivat et urbanis albus in officiis,

pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —

Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem;

vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619:

vidit duos Angelos in albis,

Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—

Prov. phrases.

Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26).—

Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me:

vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer,

Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—

Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner:

qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the prætor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —

Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.—

Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange:

quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—

Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—

Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—

Trop.

Favorable, fortunate, propitious:

simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,

i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27:

dies,

Sil. 15, 53:

sint omnia protinus alba,

Pers. 1, 110.—

Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry:

Notus,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. leukonotos):

iapyx,

id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.:

clarus aquilo,

Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,

album, i, n., whiteness.

White color, white:

maculis insignis et albo,

Verg. G. 3, 56;

sparsis pellibus albo,

id. E. 2, 41:

columnas polire albo,

to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,

Esp.,

The white of the eye:

oculorum,

Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—

The white of an egg:

ovi,

Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—

In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—

In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like leukôma in Gr.).

The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

The tablets of the prœtor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the prœtor, Sen. Ep. 48:

se ad album transferre,

Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—

Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137:

aliquem albo senatorio eradere,

Tac. A. 4, 42 fin. —Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quœstors:

aliquem albo judicum eradere,

Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names:

citharoedorum,

Suet. Ner. 21.

ŏcellus, i, m. dim. [oculus], a little eye, eyelet (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

blanda quies furtim vietis obrepsit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

ut in ocellis hilaritudo est!

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 8:

turgiduli,

Cat. 3, 17:

ebrii,

id. 43, 11:

irati,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 15:

acre malum semper stillantis ocelli,

Juv. 6, 109:

si prurit frictus ocelli angulus,

id. 6, 578.—As a term of endearment:

ocelle mi!

my little eye! my darling! Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:

aureus,

id. As. 3, 3, 101: jucundissimus meus, Aug. ap. Gell. 15, 7, 3:

cave despuas, ocelle,

Cat. 50, 19.—So of things, like our apple of the eye:

cur ocellos Italiae, villulas meas, non vides?

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2:

insularum,

Cat. 31, 1.—

Transf., a bulb or knob on the roots of the reed (called also oculus), Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 20.

orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. — Abl. regul. orbe;

but orbi,

Lucr. 5, 74:

ex orbi,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so,

orbi terrarum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).

Lit.:

in orbem torquere,

Cic. Univ. 7:

curvare aliquid in orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 715:

certumque equitavit in orbem,

id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring:

et digitum justo commodus orbe teras,

fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6:

unionum,

roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men:

ut in orbem consisterent,

place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent,

id. ib. 4, 37:

orbem volventes suos increpans,

Liv. 4, 28:

in orbem pugnare,

id. 28, 22, 15:

in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere,

id. 28, 33, 15: stella (phaethôn) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:

lacteus,

the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body:

sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils:

immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago,

Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk:

orbis mensae,

a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus:

ictus ab orbe,

Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance:

instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe,

Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror:

addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem,

Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield:

illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici... Transiit,

Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces [p. 1276] of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel:

rotarum orbes circumacti,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself:

undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes,

Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye:

inanem luminis orbem,

Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself:

gemino lumen ab orbe venit,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16:

ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit,

Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb:

lucidus orbis,

Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb:

quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,

Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe:

Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem,

Ov. F. 1, 85:

renatus,

the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk):

permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33:

ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66:

cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis?

Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.):

hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae,

Ov. F. 5, 93:

unus,

Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148:

universus,

Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory:

Eoo dives ab orbe redit,

the East, Ov. F. 3, 466:

Assyrius,

Juv. 2, 108:

noster,

Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—

Trop., a circle.

Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit:

ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur,

Liv. 3, 10:

insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret,

in rotation, id. 3, 36:

orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—

Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci enkuklion paideian vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—

Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity:

circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

orationis,

id. Or. 71, 234:

historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat,

Quint. 9, 4, 129.—

A circle or cycle of thought:

sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.:

circa vilem patulumque orbem,

Hor. A. P. 132.—

Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around:

quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant,

in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.

ăcĭēs, ēi, f. [v. 2. acer] ( gen. acii and [p. 23] acie, like dii and die, facii and facie, fr. dies, facies, Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a sharp edge or point.

Lit., of a sword, dagger, sickle, etc.:

gladiorum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34:

securium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113:

falcis,

Verg. G. 2, 365:

hastae,

Ov. M. 3, 107:

ferri,

Plin. 7, 15, 13.—

Transf.

Of the sense or faculty of sight,

Keenness of look or glance, sharpness of vision or sight: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324;

also acies alone,

id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693:

ne vultum quidem atque aciem oculorum ferre potuisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

pupula ad te dirigit aciem,

Cat. 63, 56:

tanta tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

bonum incolumis acies, misera caecitas,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.—Hence,

Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf.

with 414: acies ipsa, quā cernimus, quae pupula vocatur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57:

in Albania gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie,

Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and poet. (as pars pro toto) for the eye, Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358;

720: huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 (hence the word is also used in the plur., cf. below, 2.).—

A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim:

ad eam rem habeo omnem aciem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.—On the contr., prima acie, at the first glance, Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).—

In milit. lang., the front of an army (conceived of as the edge of a sword), line of battle, battle-array.

In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.):

quibus ego si aciem exercitus nostri ostendero,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

aciem instruere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

dirigere,

id. ib. 6, 8:

extra aciem procurrere,

id. B. C. 1, 55:

statuit non proeliis, neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum,

Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4;

also of the arrangement of ships for a naval engagement,

Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.—Hence, metaph.

The battlearray; in concr., an army drawn up in order of battle: acies est instructa a nobis decem cohortium, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30:

hostium acies cernebatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera pars acii vitassent fluminis undas, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.):

dubitavit acie pars, Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit ante aciem,

Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33:

prima acies hastati erant,

the van, the first line, Liv. 8, 8:

tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the rear:

ante signa procedere,

Liv. 8, 10:

dextra acies (= dextrum cornu),

the right wing, Liv. 27, 48, 8:

agmina magis quam acies pugnabant,

in marching order, rather than in order of battle, id. 25, 34 (acies is here, and in similar cases, considered as the sing. used collectively; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; yet the plur. is more than probable). Rarely of cavalry, Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.— Poet.: acies Vulcania, of a long line of fire, Verg. A. 10, 408.—

The action of the troops drawn up in battlearray, a battle, engagement, = pugna: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1:

in acie Pharsalica,

Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3:

in acie vincere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29:

dimicare,

ib. 7, 64:

copias in aciem ducere,

Liv. 31, 34:

producere in aciem,

Nep. Milt. 5:

excedere acie,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17:

direxerunt aciem contra eos,

Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.—

Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.—

Poet., sheen, brightness:

obtunsa stellarum,

Verg. G. 1, 395.

Fig.

(Acc. to I. B.) (like acumen.) Acuteness of the mind, sharpness, force, power (so very often in Cicero, but always with the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii):

(cum animus) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so,

ingenii,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

mentis,

id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

animi,

id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.:

rerum diversitas aciem intentionis abrumpit,

Flor. 1 prol., § 3.—

A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate:

orationis aciem contra conferam,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non saepe prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus,

id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

pūpilla (in the Tab. Heracl. lin. 4 and 5 abbrev. VP., i. e. PV. reversed, like O for Gaia and q for puella), ae, f. dim. [pupa].

An orphan girl, a ward, minor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; 2, 1, 58, § 153 et saep.—

The pupil of the eye, Lucr. 4, 249; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; 7, 2, 2, § 16; Vulg. Deut. 32, 10 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142, the true read. is pupula, as in App. 10, p. 255, 5).—

Transf., in gen., the eye, App. M. 3, p. 138, 39.

aegĭlops, ōpis, and aegĭlōpa, ae, f., = aigilôps.

A disease of the eyes, a lachrymal fistula, a tumor in the inner corner of the eye (so called from aix, aigos, goat, and ôps, eye, since goats are most subject to this disease), Cels. 7, 7, 7; Plin. 35, 6, 14, § 34;

the form aegilopa,

id. 21, 19, 77, § 132. —

A kind of oak with edible acorns:

Quercus aegilops, Linn.,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 16, 8, 13, § 33.—

A weed or tare among barley:

Avena sterilis, Linn., or Aegilops ovata, Linn.,

Plin. 25, 13, 93, § 146; 18, 17, 44, § 155.—

A kind of bulbous plant, Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95 (Sillig, aegilipa).

pē̆plum, i, n., and pē̆plus, i, m., = peplon and peplos, the robe of state of Minerva at Athens, with which her statue was solemnly invested every five years at the Panathenaea, Plaut. Merc. prol. 67; id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 480; Verg. Cir. 21 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 56.—

Transf.

A splendid upper garment, a robe of state, either of gods or men (post-class.), Claud. Nupt. Honor. 123: imperatorium, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 23.—

Still more gen., any broad upper garment, Manil. 5, 387.—

A disease of the eye (by which the eye is covered or veiled, as it were), Ser. Samm. 13, 220 (al. plumbum).

pē̆plum, i, n., and pē̆plus, i, m., = peplon and peplos, the robe of state of Minerva at Athens, with which her statue was solemnly invested every five years at the Panathenaea, Plaut. Merc. prol. 67; id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 480; Verg. Cir. 21 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 56.—

Transf.

A splendid upper garment, a robe of state, either of gods or men (post-class.), Claud. Nupt. Honor. 123: imperatorium, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 23.—

Still more gen., any broad upper garment, Manil. 5, 387.—

A disease of the eye (by which the eye is covered or veiled, as it were), Ser. Samm. 13, 220 (al. plumbum).

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ŏcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [oculus].

Lit., furnished with or having eyes, seeing (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.):

pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem,

an eye-witness, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8; cf.

inspectio,

Arn. 2, 48:

Clodius male oculatus,

whose sight was bad, Suet. Rhet. 5:

duobus luminibus,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 4: aedis patulis oculata fenestris, Ven. Fort. Carm. 3, 7, 47.— Comp.:

oculatior deus,

that has better sight, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 25.—

Transf., eye-shaped:

oculati circuli,

Sol. 17, 8.—

Ornamented with stars, starred:

palla,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.—

That strikes the eye, exposed to view, conspicuous, visible: ne bathutês mea in scribendo sit oculatior (al. occultior), Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3 Orell. N. cr.: oculatissimus locus, S. C. ap. Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 24: oculatā die vendere, to sell on a visible pay-day, i. e. for cash (opp. caecā die), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.

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