The shaft

scapus, i, m. [root skap-; Gr. skêptô, to prop, skêptron; Doric, skapos; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft], a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc.

In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—

In partic.

A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—

A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.—

A weaver's yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.—

The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.—

The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.—

The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin. —

The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.—

The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.—

= membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.

hastīle (also astīle), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.

Lit.:

ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,

Nep. Epam. 9:

hastili nixus,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

missile telum hastili abiegno,

Liv. 21, 8, 10.—

Transf.

(Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. ( poet.):

torquere hastilia lenta,

Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397:

curvatum,

Juv. 7, 127.—

In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard:

candelabri,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 31:

arcus,

Amm. 22, 8, 37.

hastīle (also astīle), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.

Lit.:

ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,

Nep. Epam. 9:

hastili nixus,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

missile telum hastili abiegno,

Liv. 21, 8, 10.—

Transf.

(Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. ( poet.):

torquere hastilia lenta,

Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397:

curvatum,

Juv. 7, 127.—

In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard:

candelabri,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 31:

arcus,

Amm. 22, 8, 37.

arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].

In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

poni,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

arbos se sustulit,

id. ib. 2, 57:

arbores putare,

Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

arboribus frondes redeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 237:

arbos silvestris,

Verg. E. 3, 70:

ramosa,

Lucr. 5 [1096]:

umbrosa,

Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

ingens,

Verg. G. 2, 81:

alta,

Ov. M. 15, 404:

summa,

Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

patula,

id. ib. 1, 106:

fertilis,

Verg. G. 4, 142:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

arborum rami,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

arbor nuda sine frondibus,

Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

arborum cortices,

Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

quarum (arborum) baca,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

fructus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—

Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

fici,

the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

abietis arbores,

fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

arbor palmae,

the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

cupressūs,

the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

arbor sycomorus,

a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

arbor morus,

ib. ib. 17, 6:

arbores olivarum,

olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

Jovis,

the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

Phoebi,

the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

arbor Herculea,

the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—

Meton.

Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).

With mali:

adversique infigitur arbore mali,

Verg. A. 5, 504.—

Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—

The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

An oar:

centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

Verg. A. 10, 207.—

A ship:

Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—

The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—

Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—

The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.

Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].

In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

poni,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

arbos se sustulit,

id. ib. 2, 57:

arbores putare,

Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

arboribus frondes redeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 237:

arbos silvestris,

Verg. E. 3, 70:

ramosa,

Lucr. 5 [1096]:

umbrosa,

Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

ingens,

Verg. G. 2, 81:

alta,

Ov. M. 15, 404:

summa,

Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

patula,

id. ib. 1, 106:

fertilis,

Verg. G. 4, 142:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

arborum rami,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

arbor nuda sine frondibus,

Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

arborum cortices,

Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

quarum (arborum) baca,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

fructus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—

Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

fici,

the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

abietis arbores,

fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

arbor palmae,

the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

cupressūs,

the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

arbor sycomorus,

a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

arbor morus,

ib. ib. 17, 6:

arbores olivarum,

olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

Jovis,

the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

Phoebi,

the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

arbor Herculea,

the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—

Meton.

Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).

With mali:

adversique infigitur arbore mali,

Verg. A. 5, 504.—

Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—

The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

An oar:

centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

Verg. A. 10, 207.—

A ship:

Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—

The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—

Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—

The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.

Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.; v. infra), ĭnis, f. [etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq.].

Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf.

also: culmus, calamus, stipula),

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.:

intus medullam sabuci (habent)... inanitatem harundines,

id. 13, 22, 42, § 122:

longa parvae sub arundine cannae,

Ov. M. 8, 337:

fluvialis,

Verg. G. 2, 414;

used for covering or thatching huts and houses,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3;

esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae,

Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.:

teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.:

arundo vento agitata,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24:

arundinem quassatam non confringet,

ib. Matt. 12, 20. —

Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.

A fishing-rod:

hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5:

haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.:

hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit,

Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—

Limed twigs for catching birds:

parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt,

Petr. 40, 6:

volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit,

id. 109, 7:

cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu,

Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin:

aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda,

id. 9, 54, 3 id.:

ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos,

Sil. 7, 674:

harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—

A wreath or crown made of reeds;

as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.;

v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo,

Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.;

of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines,

Ov. M. 9, 3:

subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas,

Val. Fl. 1, 218:

(Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine,

Vell. Pat. 2, 83;

and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo,

Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333:

velatus harundine glauca Mincius,

Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—

The shaft of an arrow:

quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum,

Ov. M. 1, 471:

pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi,

Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow:

inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem,

Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526;

11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo,

Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—

A pen:

neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos,

Mart. 1, 3, 10:

inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo,

Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus:

Cnidia,

Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and:

Acidalia,

Mart. 9, 14, 3.—

A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = surinx (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding):

junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat,

Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.;

11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam,

Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.:

compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen,

id. Cul. 100:

nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—

A flute (made of the kalamos aulêtikos, Theophr. 4, 12):

Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena,

Ov. M. 6, 384.—

A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place:

stamen secernit arundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55.—

A reed for brushing down cobwebs:

ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—

A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained:

jugorum genera fere quatuor,... harundo, ut in Arpino,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

A rod (for beating, punishing):

ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit,

Petr. 134.—

Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.—

A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.—

A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child's plaything:

equitare in harundine longa,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.:

non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est,

Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.

truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).

Lit.:

trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum),

i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659:

trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii,

Sen. Ep. 66, 51:

nemora,

i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455:

truncas mhonesto vulnere nares,

Verg. A. 6, 497:

vultus naribus auribusque,

Mart. 2, 83, 3:

frons,

deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42:

frontem lumina truncam,

deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400:

bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit,

deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19:

puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum,

Liv. 41, 9, 5:

varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros,

Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:

tela,

i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.:

trunci enses et fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 2, 711:

truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta,

Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf.

alnus,

without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300:

truncae atque mutilae litterae,

Gell. 17, 9, 12:

exta,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.—

Poet., with gen.:

animalia trunca pedum,

without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—

Transf.

Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts:

quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris,

Ov. M. 1, 428:

ranae pedibus,

id. ib. 15, 376:

ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42—

Of members cut off:

bracchia,

Val. Fl. 4, 181:

manus,

Sen. Contr 1, 4.—

Trop., maimed, mutilated:

(Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus,

Liv. 31, 29, 11:

pecus,

without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333:

manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant,

Quint. 11, 3, 85:

trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum),

Stat. Th. 12, 478:

trunca quaedam ex Menandro,

fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.—Hence, subst.:

truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).

Lit.:

cibus... Per truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes,

Lucr. 1, 353:

quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—

Transf.

Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs:

status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

recto pugnat se attollere trunco,

Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640:

et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco,

Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.—

Of a column.

The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med. —

The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.—

A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our:

frondentes,

Val. Fl. 8, 287;

a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus),

Verg. M. 57.—

Like caudex, stipes, and the Engl. stock, for blockhead, dunce, dolt:

quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84:

tamquam truncus atque stipes,

id. Pis. 9, 19. —

Trop., a trunk, stem:

quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes eligendae (elidendae, Kühn.) sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

băsis, is and ĕos ( gen. basis, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 27;

7, 34: baseos,

Vitr. 10, 15; acc. usu. basim, but BASEM, Inscr. Orell. 1263 al.: basidem, Ven. Fort. 8, 14; abl. usu. basi, but base, Treb. Pol. Gall. 18, 4; Inscr. Grut. 63, 3:

BASIDE,

ib. 16, 14; gen. plur. BASIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3272), f., = basis, a pedestal, foot, base.

In gen.:

in basi statuarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154; 2, 2, 66, § 160; 2, 4, 34, § 74; id. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

quo (sc. ad sepulcrum) cum patefactus esset aditus, ad adversam basim accessimus,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

colossici Apollinis basis,

Vitr. 10, 6:

supra basim eriguntur regulae,

id. 10, 13; Ov. P. 3, 2, 52; Phaedr. 2, epil. 2; Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 244; Suet. Vesp. 23; Inscr. Orell. 49; Vulg. Exod. 26, 19:

villae,

the foundation-wall, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5.—

Trop.:

bases virtutis,

foundations, Vulg. Ecclus. 6, 30.—

In partic., prov.: aliquem cum basi suā metiri, to measure a pillar together with its pedestal, i. e. to give false measure, to estimate too high, Sen. Ep. 76, 31.—

Esp.

In math.:

basis trianguli,

the base of a triangle, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

arcus,

the chord of an arc, Col. 5, 2, 9; 3, 13, 12.—

In archit., the lowest part of the shaft of a column, Vitr. 4, 1, 6 (our pedestal is expressed by spira, q. v.).—

In gram., the primitive word, the root, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 33.—

Of cattle, a track, footprint, Veg. 1, 25, 6; 1, 26, 1; 1, 3, 46 al.

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pŭtĕus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well:

puteum fodere,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32:

ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112:

virgines se in puteos abjecisse,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25:

putei perennes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15:

puteum vitare patentem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep. —Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin. —Prov.:

in puteum conicere,

to throw away, Petr. 42.—

Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231;

for storing grain in,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2;

in mines,

a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.

pŭtĕus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well:

puteum fodere,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32:

ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112:

virgines se in puteos abjecisse,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25:

putei perennes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15:

puteum vitare patentem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep. —Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin. —Prov.:

in puteum conicere,

to throw away, Petr. 42.—

Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231;

for storing grain in,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2;

in mines,

a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.

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.

aestŭārĭum, i, n. [aestus].

A part of the sea-coast which, during the flood-tide, is overflowed, but at the ebb-tide is left covered with mud or slime, a marsh, anachusis: aestuaria sunt omnia, quā mare vicissim tum accedit, tum recedit, Gloss. ap. Fest. p. 380 Müll.:

pedestria esse itinera concisa aestuariis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

adfunditur autem aestuarium e mari flexuoso meatu,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3; Plin. Ep. 9, 23.— Also,

A channel extending inland from the sea, and only filled with water at floodtide, a creek, inlet, Varr. R. R. 3, 17:

in aestuaria ac paludes,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28 Herz.; Tac. A. 2, 8; cf. id. Agr. 22.—

In mining t. t., an air-hole, air-shaft: secundum puteum dextra ac sinistra fodiunt aestuaria, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf. Vitr. 8, 7; Pall. 9, 9.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

săgitta, ae, f. [root sagh-; v. sagio].

An arrow, shaft, bolt (freq. in prose and poetry; cf.:

telum, jaculum): cum arcum mihi et pharetram et sagittas sumpsero,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99:

confige sagittis fures thesaurarios,

id. Aul. 2, 8, 25; Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; id. N. D. 2, 50, 126 al.:

missiles,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 16:

celeres,

id. ib. 3, 20, 9 et saep.:

sagittā Cupido cor meum transfixit,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 25; Lucr. 4, 1278; Tib. 2, 1, 81; Hor. C. 2, 8, 15; 1, 27, 12:

sagittam conicere,

Verg. A. 4, 69:

nervo aptare sagittas,

id. ib. 10, 131; Ov. M. 8, 380:

savii sagittis per cussus est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 16 (but the better reading is: ejus saviis perculsus).—

Meton., of things of a like form.

The extreme thin part of a vine-branch or shoot, Col. 3, 10, 22; 3, 17, 2; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156. —

The herb arrow-head, Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 111.—

In late Lat., an instrument for letting blood, a lancet, Veg. 1, 22, 4; 1, 25, [p. 1617] 5; 1, 43, 3, etc.—

Sagitta, a constellation, the Arrow, Hyg. Astr. 2, 15; 3, 14; Cic. Arat. 382; Col. 11, 2, 21; Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 131; 18, 31, 74, § 309.

tēlum, i, n. [for texlum; root tek-, of tiktô, to beget; tuk-, tuch-, of tunchanô, to hit, chance upon; v. texo; cf. toxon, a bow], a weapon used for fighting at a distance; a missile weapon, missile, as a dart, spear, javelin, etc. (while arma signifies arms for defence or close fight; v. arma; cf.: jaculum, tormentum).

Lit.: tela proprie dici videntur ea, quae missilia sunt: ex Graeco videlicet translato eorum nomine, quoniam illi têlothen missa dicunt, quae nos eminus;

sicut arma ea, quae ab umeris dependentia retinentur manibus,

Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf. id. p. 3; and Serv. Verg. A. 8, 249; 9, 509: telum vulgo quidem id appellatur, quod ab arcu mittitur, sed nunc omne significatur, quod mittitur manu. Itaque sequitur, ut et lapis et lignum et ferrum hoc nomine contineatur, dictum ab eo, quod in longinquum mittitur, Graecā voce figuratum apo tou têlou, Dig. 50, 16, 233: arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Trag. v. 177 Vahl.); so,

opp. arma,

Sall. C. 42, 2; 51, 38; id. J. 43, 3; Ov. M. 9, 201: tela manu jacere, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.); cf.:

si quis jaciat volatile telum,

Lucr. 1, 970:

tela depellere...telum jacere,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8:

conicere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; 1, 47; 2, 27; Cic. Quint. 16, 52 al.; cf.:

nubes levium telorum conjecta obruit aciem Gallorum,

Liv. 38, 26, 7;

and with this cf.: it toto turbida caelo Tempestas telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber,

Verg. A. 12, 284:

telum ex loco superiore mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4:

Romani omni genere missilium telorum ac saxis maxime vulnerabantur,

Liv. 44, 35, 21; cf. Sisenn. ap. Non. 449, 3:

priusquam ad conjectum teli veniretur,

Liv. 2, 31, 6:

tela vitare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

telis repulsi,

id. ib. 1, 8; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

non primus Teucer tela Cydonio Direxit arcu,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 17:

in medios telum torsisti primus Achivos,

Verg. A. 5, 497:

tela spargere,

Luc. 3, 326; Quint. 4, 5, 14:

aërias telum contendit in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520:

telum volatile sensit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 169:

volucre,

Val. Fl. 2, 524:

hic confixum ferrea texit Telorum seges,

Verg. A. 3, 46:

nubes telorum,

Liv. 38, 26, 7:

nimbus,

Luc. 4, 776. —

Transf.

In gen., an offensive weapon of any kind, as a sword, dagger, poniard, axe, etc. (class.): Ajax gladio incubuit;

Ulixes intervenit... e corpore cruentum telum educit,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:

ex quibus (telis) ille maximum sicarum numerum et gladiorum extulit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 8:

elatam securim in caput dejecit: relictoque in vulnere telo ambo se foras eiciunt,

Liv. 1, 40, 7:

non tuba terruerit, non strictis agmina telis,

Ov. M. 3, 535:

tela aliis hastae, aliis secures erant,

Curt. 9, 1, 15:

clavae tela erant,

id. 9, 4, 3:

stare in comitio cum telo,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15;

so esp. freq.: esse cum telo,

to be armed, id. Att. 2, 24, 3; id. Vatin. 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 7; Sall. C. 27, 2 al.; cf.:

esse cum telo hominis occidendi causā (lex) vetat,

Cic. Mil. 4, 11:

qui caedem telo quocumque commiserint,

Quint. 10, 1, 12:

ut pereat positum rubigine telum,

my sheathed sword, Hor. S. 2, 1, 43 et saep.:

pars caret altera telo Frontis,

i. e. a horn, Ov. M. 8, 883;

so of the caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 438; Stat. Th. 6, 772.—

Poet., like the Gr. belos (v. Lidd. and Scott, sub voce),

A sunbeam:

non radii solis neque lucida tela diei,

Lucr. 1, 147; 2, 60; 3, 92; 6, 40.—

Lightning:

arbitrium est in sua tela Jovi,

Ov. F. 3, 316:

excutere irato tela trisulca Jovi,

id. Am. 2, 5, 52.—

A stitch in the side, Ser. Samm. 22, 402; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 6.—

= membrum virile, Mart. 11, 78, 6; Auct. Priap. 9; Just. 38, 1. —

Trop., a weapon, shaft, dart (class.), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 113: usque quāque sapere oportet: id erit telum acerrimum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare oportet benevolen, tiam civium, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

nec gelidis torpet telis perfixa pavoris,

Lucr. 3, 305:

Veneris telis accipere ictus,

id. 4, 1052:

necessitas, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est,

Liv. 4, 28, 5; 5, 29, 9:

quā lege tribunitiis rogationibus telum acerrimum datum est,

id. 3, 55, 3:

de corpore rei publicae tuorum scelerum tela revellere,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

tela fortunae,

id. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

lucubrationis telum,

Suet. Calig. 53:

vis tribunicia, telum a majoribus libertati paratum,

Sall. Or. Macri Licinii ad Pleb. 6; Liv. 6, 35, 8:

sentire et linguae tela subire tuae,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 36.

nūtrĭo, īvi and ii, ītum (contr. form, nutrīmus for nutrivimus, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 26:

nutribat for nutriebat,

Verg. A. 11, 572; Sil. 16, 29; so,

nutribant,

Verg. A. 7, 485: nutribo for nutriam, Rhemn. Palaem. 1383; Cledon. 1914.—In the dep. form, nutritor for nutrito, Verg. G. 2, 425; cf. Prisc. p. 798 P.), 4, v. a. [Sanscr. root snu-, flow; Gr. neô (sneWô), swim; cf. nurus], to suckle, nourish, feed, foster, bring up, rear (syn. alere; not in Cic., but v. nutrix and nutrimentum).

Lit.:

quos lupa nutrit,

Ov. F. 2, 415:

nutritus lacte ferino,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 3:

ilignā nutritus glande,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 40:

balaenae mammis nutriunt fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 235:

serpente ciconia pullos Nutrit,

Juv. 14, 75: taurus nutritus in herbā, id. 12, 12.—

Transf., to nourish, support, maintain, foster.—Of plants:

terra herbas Nutrit,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

myrtos roscido umore nutrire,

Cat. 61, 25:

nutriri cinere vult ruta,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156:

fruges humo nutriente,

Curt. 8, 10, 8; Petr. 120:

Pax Cererem nutrit,

Ov. F. 1, 704.— Poet.:

Edonis nutritum missile ventis,

a shaft taken from a tree toughened by storms, Val. Fl. 6, 340.—

To nourish, nurse, take care of, attend to the body:

cura corporum nutriendorum,

Liv. 4, 52:

aegrum nutrire per eos cibos, quos, etc.,

Cels. 3, 23:

vires,

id. ib.:

ulcus,

to heal, id. 5, 26:

damnum naturae in filio,

Liv. 7, 4:

morbos,

Cels. 6, 6:

capillum,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82: comam, Hier. in Amos, 8, 9 sq.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 14 sq.:

cutem, mulierum in facie incorruptam,

Plin. 21, 21, 91, § 159.—

Nutrire vinum, to mix wine with spices, in order that it may keep, Col. 12, 30, 1:

nutritum vinum,

id. 12, 21, 3.—

In gen., to preserve:

nutriuntur optime (mensae citreae) splendescuntque, manu siccā fricatae,

Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 99.—

Trop., to nourish, cherish, support, cultivate, sustain:

indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 25:

amorem,

Ov. A. A. 3, 579:

pascere ac nutrire furorem (al. favorem),

Sil. 7, 497:

impetus ille sacer qui vatum pectora nutrit,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 25:

carmen,

id. ib. 3, 4, 26:

artes bonas, praecipue studia litterarum,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, 14:

nummi, quos hic quincunce modesto nutrieras,

Pers. 5, 149:

Graeciam,

i. e. to treat mildly, Liv. 36, 35.—Of fire, to feed:

gnes suscitat foliisque nutrit,

Ov. M. 8, 643; 6, 493:

graves simultates, quas Mucianus callide nutriebat,

Tac. H. 3, 53 fin.:

nimiam ac marcentem diu pacem,

id. G. 36.