The sole

• Nothing new under the sun

• Without the sun I'm silent. (sundial inscription)

• There's nothing new under the sun

sŏlum, i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [root sar-, to guard, make whole; Sanscr. Sarva, entire; cf.: solea, solidus, sollus], the lowest part of a thing, the bottom, ground, base, foundation.

Lit., the floor or pavement of a room; the bottom of a ditch or trench; the foundation of a building or the ground, site, on which it stands, etc.; ground, earth, land, soil; the sole of the foot or of a shoe, etc.:

aurata tecta in villis et sola marmorea,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

(templi) Marmoreum solum,

Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16:

ut ejus (fossae) solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

imum stagni,

Ov. M. 4, 298:

maris,

Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a river-bed:

puro solo excipitur,

Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.:

ubi mollius solum reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur,

id. 8, 9, 7:

trabes in solo collocantur,

Caes. B. C. 7, 23:

super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est,

Curt. 5, 1, 33:

tecta (porticus) solo jungens,

Lucr. 4, 430:

solo aequata omnia,

Liv. 24, 47 fin.:

clivus Publicius ad solum exustus est,

id. 30, 26, 5:

urbem ad solum diruere,

Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17:

solo exaequare,

Flor. 1, 13, 4:

solo aequare,

Vell. 2, 4, 2:

aedificia cuncta solo cohaerentia,

Amm. 22, 11, 6:

ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: domo pignori data et area ejus tenebitur: est enim pars ejus;

et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

Dig. 13, 7, 21:

solum proscindere terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; so,

terrae,

id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.— Plur.: recente terrae [p. 1724] sola sanguine maculans, Cat. 63, 7:

sola dura,

id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445:

sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

solum exile et macrum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

incultum et derelictum,

id. Brut. 4, 16:

densum, siccum, macrum, etc.,

Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.:

duratae solo nives,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

putre,

Verg. G. 2, 204:

cruentum,

Ov. M. 4, 134:

foecundum,

id. ib. 7, 417:

pulvereum,

id. ib. 7, 113:

triste,

id. ib. 8, 789:

vivax,

id. ib. 1, 420:

pingue,

Verg. G. 1, 64:

praepingue,

id. A. 3, 698:

mite,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

exiguum,

Tib. 1, 1, 22:

cultum,

id. 1, 1, 2:

nudum,

Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17:

viride,

Verg. A. 6, 192:

presso exercere solum sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

solo inmobilis haeret,

id. A. 7, 250:

ingreditur solo,

id. ib. 4, 177:

solo recubans,

id. ib. 3, 392:

reptans solo,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.— Plur.:

saturare fimo pingui sola,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

ardent sola terrae,

Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. infra: solum hominis exitium herbae, the sole of the foot, Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.:

mihi calciamentum solorum (est) callum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

loca nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2:

(canes) unguibus duris, solo nec ut corneo nec nimium duro,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui auro soccis habeat suppactum solum, the sole of a shoe, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98;

of a dog: solum corneum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4:

cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent,

their wheaten board, Verg. A. 7, 111:

vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis, Subtrahiturque solum,

i. e. the sea under the vessel, id. ib. 5, 199:

omne ponti,

Val. Fl. 4, 712:

astra tenent caeleste solum,

i. e. the vault of heaven, Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat inane solum, i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or quod in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost or occurs to the mind, = quod in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. bucca):

convivio delector: ibi loquor, quod in solum ut dicitur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—

Transf., in gen.

Soil, i. e. land, country, region, place (cf.: terra, tellus, humus): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.):

solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf.

patriae,

id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49:

pro solo, in quo nati essent,

id. 5, 30, 1:

patrium,

id. 21, 53:

natale,

i. e. native country, natal soil, Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.:

in gremio regni solique genitalis,

Amm. 17, 12, 21:

Miletus, genitale solum,

Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.— Plur.:

vos, mutae regiones, imploro, et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13:

sola Romana,

Capitol. Max. 13:

vile solum Sparte est,

Ov. M. 15, 428:

Romani numen utrumque soli,

id. F. 3, 292:

maxima Fundani gloria soli,

id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, solum vertere, to leave one's country (generally said of going into exile):

qui volunt poenam aliquam subterfugere, eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.:

neque exsilii causā solum vertisse diceretur,

id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so,

solum civitatis mutatione vertere,

Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this sense:

solum mutare: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutarint,

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.:

quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant,

id. Dom. 30, 78.—

In jurid. lang.: res soli, land, and all that stands upon it, real estate (opp. res mobiles, personal or movable property):

omnes res, sive mobiles sint, sive soli,

Dig. 13, 3, 1; so,

res soli,

ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32:

tertia pars de agris, terris, arbustis, satis quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae solo continentur,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in solo collocarent,

lay out in land, Suet. Tib. 48:

in solo proprio,

Vop. Flor. 2.—

Trop., a base, basis, foundation (very rare): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.):

solum quidem et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258: solum quoddam atque fundamentum, id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled with the ground, i. e. to be utterly abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so,

ad solum dirutum,

Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.

sōlum, adv., v. 1. solus fin.

sŏlĕa, ae, f. [solum].

A slipper consisting of a sole fastened on by a strap across the instep, a sandal:

omnia ferme id genus, quibus plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur, cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt, soleas dixerunt, nonnumquam voce Graecā crepidulas,

Gell. 13, 21, 5 (worn by men in the house only: considered as a mark of effeminacy if worn out of doors): NEIVE QVIS IN POPLICO LVCI PRAETEXTAM NEIVE SOLEAS HABETO, Lex in Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 569; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 128; and v. soleatus: ut vendat soleam dimidiatam, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10; cf. Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 63; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26; Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 40; Ov. A. A. 2, 212; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31; Pers. 5, 169; Juv. 6, 612; Mart. 14, 65, 1.—These sandals were taken off on reclining at table, and resumed after the meal:

deme soleas: cedo, bibam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16:

cedo soleas mihi: auferte mensam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 12:

deponere soleas,

Mart. 3, 50, 3:

poscere soleas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 77; Sen. Contr. 4, 25 med.:

soleas festinare,

to put on in haste, Sall. H. 1, 105 Dietsch; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 130 sq.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A kind of fetter:

ligneae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—

A kind of shoe for animals (not nailed on, like our horseshoes, which were unknown to the ancients, but drawn on and taken off again when not needed), Cat. 17, 26; Col. 6, 12, 2; Veg. 4, 9, 2 and 4; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140.—

A kind of oil-press, Col. 12, 50, 6.—

A kind of fish, a sole: Pleuronectes solea, Linn.; Ov. Hal. 124; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 32, § 102.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. I., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59.—

A sill: solea, ut ait Verrius, est non solum ea, quae solo pedis subicitur sed etiam pro materiā robusteā, super quam paries craticius exstruitur, Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.—

The sole of the foot of animals, Veg. 1, 56, 31.

summa, ae, f. (sc. res; old gen. summai, Lucr. 1, 984; 6, 679) [summus, v. superus].

Lit., that which is highest in any thing, the top, summit, surface (postAug. and very rare):

testudines evectae in summā pelagi,

Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35 (cf. summus, I. s. v. superus).—

Transf., that which is most important or prominent in any thing, the main thing, chief point, principal matter; the sum, height, substance, summit, completion, perfection

In gen.:

leges a me edentur non perfectae... sed ipsae summae rerum atque sententiae,

the main points, chief particulars, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

cujus rei satis erit summam dixisse,

id. Inv. 1, 20, 28:

ex hac infinitā licentiā haec summa cogitur, ut, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

lectis rerum summis,

Liv. 40, 29, 11:

haec summa est, hic nostri nuntius esto,

Verg. A. 4, 237:

summa est, si curaveris, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 2:

in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit,

id. Quint. 9, 32:

eam ignominiam ad summam universi belli pertinere ratus,

to the issue of the whole war, Liv. 32, 17, 3; cf.:

haec belli summa nefandi,

Verg. A. 12, 572:

solus summam habet hic apud nos,

the first place, pre-eminence, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15:

qui vobis summam ordinis consiliique concedunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

summam alicui rei dare,

perfection, culmination, Quint. 3, 2, 1: 5, 10, 72; 11, 2, 41; 12, 1, 20: remittendo de summā quisque juris. strict or extreme right, Liv. 4, 43, 11.—

In partic.

Of a reckoning of numbers, the amount, the sum, sum total, including each of the single items, as if counted: quid, tu, inquam, soles, cum rationem a dispensatore accipis, si aera singula probasti, summam, quae ex his confecta sit, non probare? Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 193, 11:

addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem milia, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 46:

equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

subducamus summam,

id. Att. 5, 21, 11:

summam facere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131.—

Of money, a sum, amount.

With pecuniae:

pecuniae summam quantam imperaverit, parum convenit,

Liv. 30, 16, 12:

pecuniae etiam par prope summa fuit,

id. 33, 23, 9:

summa pecuniae signatae fuit talentūm duo milia et sexcenta,

Curt. 3, 13, 16:

accessit ad hanc pecuniae summam sex milia talantum,

id. 5, 6, 10:

pecuniae summa homines movit,

Liv. 22, 61, 1; 38, 11, 8; 40, 46, 16; 42, 62, 14; cf.:

census equestrem Summam nummorum,

Hor. A. P. 384:

ob parvam pecuniae summam erogatam,

Val. Max. 4, 8, 1.—

Without pecuniae:

de summā nihil decedet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30:

hac summā redempti,

Liv. 32, 17, 2; 22, 61, 2:

Marcellus decem pondo auri et argenti ad summam sestertii decies in aerarium rettulit,

id. 45, 4, 1:

quācumque summā tradet luxuriae domum,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 44;

creditor totius summae,

Quint. 5, 10, 117:

actor summarum,

Suet. Dom. 11.—

Without reference to a count, the sum, the whole:

de summā mali detrahere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 55:

summa cogitationum mearum omnium,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

meorum maerorum atque amorum summam edictavi tibi,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 2:

ergo ex hac infinita licentiā haec summa cogitur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

proposita vitae ejus velut summa,

Suet. Aug. 9:

vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 15: summarum summa est aeterna, the sum of all sums, the sum of all things, i. e. the universe, Lucr. 5, 361; so,

summa summarum,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 4; Sen. Ep. 40, 13; and: summa summaï, Lucr 6, 679. —

Adverb.

Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in short, in a word:

ille affirmabat... ad summam: non posse istaec sic abire,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, 1; so,

ad summam,

id. ib. 7, 7, 7; id. Off. 1, 42, 149; id. Fam. 14, 14, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106, Juv. 3, 79.—

In summā, in all:

Drusus erat de praevaricatione a tribunis aerariis absolutus, in summā quattuor sententiis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6; 2, 11, 25:

in omni summā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 —

In summā, at last, finally (post-Aug.):

diu colluctatus est: in summā victus occumbit,

Just. 13, 8, 8; 22, 1, 8; 37, 1, 8.—

Transf., the whole (opp. a part):

magnam res diligentiam requirebat, non in summā exercitus tuenda, sed in singulis militibus conservandis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf.:

summa exercitus salva,

the main body of the army, id. B. C. 1, 67:

solet quaedam esse partium brevitas, quae longam tamen efficit summam,

Quint. 4, 2, 41:

quaedam partibus blandiuntur, sed in summam non consentiunt,

id. 4, 2, 90.—

That which relates to the whole, as opp. to a part; with gen., the general, supreme:

(Remi dicebant) ad hunc (regem) totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,

the command in chief, Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

neque de summā belli suum judicium sed imperatoris esse,

id. ib. 1, 41:

cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus,

authority over all affairs, the supreme power, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42:

is, qui summam rerum administrabat,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

ad te summa solum, Phormio, rerum redit,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 3:

ad summam rerum consulere,

for the general interest, Caes. B. C. 3, 51:

ad discrimen summa rerum adducta,

to a general engagement, Liv. 10, 27:

discrimen summae rerum,

id. 10, 14:

quos penes summam consilii voluit esse, cum imperii summam rex teneret,

the sole command, Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51; cf.:

qui vobis summam ordinis consiliique concedunt,

id. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

imperii,

Caes. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 3, 5:

quod penes eos (Bituriges), si id oppidum retinuissent, summam victoriae constare intellegebant,

the whole credit of the victory, id. B. G. 7, 21; so, victoriae, id. B. C. 1, 82.— Poet.:

summa ducum, Atri des,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37.

palma, ae [palamê; Sanscr. phal, to open], f., the palm of the hand.

Lit., Cic. Or. 32, 113; Cels. 8, 18:

cavis undam de flumine palmis Sustulit,

Verg. A. 8, 69:

aliquem palmā concutere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7:

faciem contundere palmā,

Juv. 13, 128: os hominis liberi manus suae palmā verberare, Laber. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 13. —

Transf.

(Pars pro toto.) The hand:

compressan' palma an porrecta ferio?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

palmarum intentus,

Cic. Sest. 55, 117:

passis palmis salutem petere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

teneras arcebant vincula palmas,

Verg. A. 2, 406:

duplices tendens ad sidera palmas,

id. ib. 1, 93:

amplexus tremulis altaria palmis,

Ov. M. 5, 103; Val. Fl. 8, 44.—

The sole of a goose's foot:

palmas pedum anseris torrere,

Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52.—

The broad end or blade of an oar: palmarum pulsus, Laber. ap. Non. 151, 27:

caerula verrentes abiegnis aequora palmis,

Cat. 64, 7; Vitr. 10, 8.—

A palm-tree, a palm, phoinix:

ab ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 39:

in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum,

id. 13, 11, 21, § 69; 16, 42, 81, § 223; Gell. 3, 6, 2:

arbor palmae,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ardua,

Verg. G. 2, 67:

viridis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 3:

arbusto palmarum dives Idume,

Luc. 3, 216.— Sing. collect.:

umbrosa,

Juv. 15, 76.—Hence,

Transf.

The fruit of the palm-tree, a date ( poet.):

quid vult palma sibi rugosaque carica,

Ov. F. 1, 185; Pers. 6, 39.—

A palm-branch, e. g. which was suspended in wine to make it sweeter, Cato, R. R. 113; Col. 12, 20, 5.—

Hence, also, a broom made of palm-twigs:

ten' lapides varios lutulentā radere palmā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 83 (pro scopis ex palmā confectis, Schol.); Mart. 14, 82.—

A palm-branch or palm-wreath, as a token of victory:

eodem anno (461 A.U.C.)... palmae primum, translato e Graeciā more, victoribus datae,

Liv. 10, 47; cf.:

more victorum cum palmā discucurrit,

Suet. Calig. 32: IMP. CAES. EX SICILIA EID. NOV. TRIVMPHAVIT, PALMAM DEDIT, dedicated to Jupiter, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 607; so very frequently: palmam dare, Tabulae Fastorum Triumph., v. Bullet. Instit. Archaeol. 1861, p. 91; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 2, 4; hence,

Transf., a token or badge of victory, the palm or prize; and still more gen., victory, honor, glory, pre-eminence:

antehac est habitus parcus... is nunc in aliam partem palmam possidet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32:

plurimarum palmarum gladiator,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

cum palmam jam primus acceperit,

id. Brut. 47, 173:

quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 17:

quam palmam utinam di immortales tibi reservent,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19:

docto oratori palma danda est,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; id. Att. 4, 15, 6; id. Phil. 11, 5, 11:

alicujus rei palmam alicui deferre,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

palmā donare aliquem,

Ov. A. A. 2, 3:

arbiter pugnae posuisse nudo Sub pede palmam Fertur,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 11. —Of things:

Siculum mel fert palmam,

bears away the palm, has the preference, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14.—

Hence, in gen., the topmost twig or branch of any tree:

quae cujusque stipitis palma sit,

Liv. 33, 5, 10; cf. Curt. 4, 3, 10 (Mütz.)—

Poet., of the victor himself:

post Helymus subit et jam tertia palma Diores,

Verg. A. 5, 339; Sil. 16, 504, 574.—

Of horses:

Eliadum palmae equarum,

Verg. G. 1, 59.—

Also, of one about to be conquered, and who is to become the prize of the victor:

ultima restabat fusis jam palma duobus Virbius,

Sil. 4, 392.—

A branch on a tree, esp. on a vine, = palmes, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Col. 3, 17, 4; 4, 15, 3; 4, 24, 12 sq.—

The fruit of an Egyptian tree, Plin. 12, 22, 47, § 103.—

An aromatic plant growing in Africa and Syria, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134 (= elate).—

A marine plant, Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138.—

A town in the Balearic islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.

palma, ae, a collat. form for parma, v. parma init.

unguis, is (abl. ungui, Cat. 62, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46; id. C. 2, 8, 4; Prop. 1, 20, 39; cf. Charis. p. 120), m. [cf. Gr. ONUCh-, onux; Sanscr. nakha], a nail of a person's finger or toe.

Lit., Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247; 10, 35, 52, § 106; 28, 2, 5, § 28; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51; 1, 19, 46; id. S. 1, 3, 101; Prop. 1, 20, 39; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 64; 2, 6, 4; id. A. A. 3, 708.—

Of animals. a claw, talon, hoof, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247; Hor. C. 2, 19, 24; Ov. M. 4, 717; 10, 540; Col. 6, 12; Mart. 14, 199 al.—

Proverbial phrases.

Ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum, from top to toe, from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—

A rectā conscientiā transversum unguem non discedere, not to depart a finger's breadth in the least, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4; cf.

ellipt.: urge igitur, nec transversum unguem, quod aiunt, a stilo,

id. Fam. 7, 25, 2:

si tu ex isto loco digitum transvorsum aut unguem latum excesseris,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 17 sq.; Hier. Ep. 127, 8 (v. transversus and digitus).—

Cum medium ostenderet unguem, i. e. showed utter derision, the greatest contempt (because the middle finger was regarded as indecent), Juv. 10, 53.—

Incestos amores De tenero meditatur ungui, i. e. from childhood, ex hapalôn onuchôn, Hor. C. 3, 6, 24 (for which:

a teneris unguiculis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2).—

Ad or in unguem, after the Gr. eis onucha or ep onuchos, to a hair, to a nicety, exactly, perfectly (an expression borrowed from sculptors, who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the nail;

or joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the nail: materiem dolare ad unguem,

Col. 11, 2, 13:

ad unguem Factus homo,

highly polished, perfectly accomplished, Hor. S. 1, 5, 32; cf.:

carmen decies castigare ad unguem,

id. A. P. 294 Jan. ad loc.: suturae capitis [p. 1932] in unguem committuntur, Cels. 8, 1, § 12; Verg. G. 2, 277 Serv.; Vitr. 4, 6, 2; cf.

also: carmina molli numero fluere, ut per leve severos effundat junctura unguis,

Pers. 1, 65.—

Homo, cujus pluris erat unguis, quam tu totus es, a man whose little finger was worth more than your whole body, Petr. 57 fin. —

Rodere ungues, to bite the nails, i. e. to be buried in thought, etc.:

ille in versu faciendo Saepe caput scaberet vivos et roderet ungues,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 71; cf.: ungue meam morso saepe querere fidem. Prop. 3 (4), 25, 4:

et saepe inmeritos corrumpas dentibus ungues,

id. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Transf.

Of plants, a nail-like spot, the tip, extremity, Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 36; 21, 18, 73, § 121; Col. 4, 24, 7; Pall. Febr. 12, 5.—

A kind of shell-fish, perh. the razor-fish, Varr. L. L. 5, 12, 23.—

A hook:

ferrei,

Col. 12, 18, 2. —

A white skin on the eye, a web, haw, pterugion, Cels. 7, 7, 4.

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vestīgĭum, ii, n. [id.], a footstep, step; footprint, foot-track, track.

Lit.:

currentium pes vestigium facit,

Quint. 9, 4, 67:

hac socci video vestigium in pulvere,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 29:

hominis,

Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:

in foro vestigium facere,

i. e. to set foot in the market, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

ponere vestigia,

id. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

facere vestigium in possessione,

id. Caecin. 14, 39:

vestigiis persequi aliquem,

id. Brut. 90, 307:

vestigiis sequi hostem,

Liv. 9, 45, 16: eodem remanere vestigio, to stay in the same spot or place, Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

negans e republicā esse, vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale,

the distance of a step, Liv. 27, 4, 1:

deus ille, quem mente noscimus, atque in animi notione tamquam in vestigio volumus reponere,

Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—

Transf.

The part of the foot which makes a print, the sole of the foot: qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Cat. 64, 162; Verg. A. 5, 566.—

A horseshoe:

vestigium equi excussum ungulā,

Plin. 28, 20, 81, § 263.—

In gen., a trace, mark, sign, token, vestige:

praesertim cum in lectulo decumanae mulieris vestigia viderent recentia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 79; id. de Or. 3, 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

in vestigiis hujus urbis,

ruins, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

semiruta murorum vestigia,

Amm. 24, 2, 6.—

Trop., of manners, cha racter, etc., a footprint, trace:

a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

amoris vestigia,

Quint. 11, 1, 59:

imprimi quaedam vestigia animo,

id. 11, 2, 4:

patris patruique vestigia premere,

Tac. A. 2, 14 fin.—

Transf., of time, a point, moment, instant:

eodem et loci vestigio et temporis,

Cic. Pis. 9, 21:

in illo vestigio temporis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 25:

vestigio temporis,

at the moment, instantly, forthwith, id. B. C. 2, 26:

ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur,

at that very moment, id. ib. 2, 7.—

A dverb.: e (ex) vestigio, instantly, forthwith:

repente e vestigio ex homine tamquam aliquo Circaeo poculo factus est Verres,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.

cĭthăroedus, i, m., = kitharôidos, one who plays on the cithara, accompanying it with the voice (diff. from citharista by the accompanying singing), Cic. Mur. 13, 29; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; * Hor. A. P. 355; Quint 1, 12, 3; 4, 1, 2; 11, 3, 88; Suet. Ner. 20, 21; 20, 22; 20, 41; id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4 al.—In fem.:

CITHAROEDA, ae,

she who plays on and sings to the cithara, Inscr. Orell. 2611.—

Prov.:

non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.

, = kitharos, a fish of the sole kind, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.

cĭthăroedus, i, m., = kitharôidos, one who plays on the cithara, accompanying it with the voice (diff. from citharista by the accompanying singing), Cic. Mur. 13, 29; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; * Hor. A. P. 355; Quint 1, 12, 3; 4, 1, 2; 11, 3, 88; Suet. Ner. 20, 21; 20, 22; 20, 41; id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4 al.—In fem.:

CITHAROEDA, ae,

she who plays on and sings to the cithara, Inscr. Orell. 2611.—

Prov.:

non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.

, = kitharos, a fish of the sole kind, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.

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Othryădes, ae, m., = Othruadês, a male proper name.

The son of Othrys, i. e. Panthus:

Panthus Othryades,

Verg. A. 2, 319.—

A Spartan general, who, in a battle against the Argives, was the sole survivor, Ov. F. 2, 665; Val. Max. 3, 2, 4 ext.

plantāris, e, adj. [planta].

Of or belonging to sets; subst.: plantārĭa, ĭum, n. plur., sets, slips, or young trees, Verg. G. 2, 27:

plantaria transferuntur,

Plin. 21, 10, 34, § 60:

non Epicurum Suspicit exigui laetum plantaribus horti,

trees, plants, Juv. 13, 123.—

Transf., the hair, Pers. 4, 39.—

Of or belonging to the sole of the foot ( poet.);

of Mercury: summa pedum propere plantaribus alligat alis,

Stat. Th. 1, 304.— Subst.: plantārĭa, ium, winged shoes or sandals:

aërii plantaria vellet Perseos,

Val. Fl. 1, 67.

plantāris, e, adj. [planta].

Of or belonging to sets; subst.: plantārĭa, ĭum, n. plur., sets, slips, or young trees, Verg. G. 2, 27:

plantaria transferuntur,

Plin. 21, 10, 34, § 60:

non Epicurum Suspicit exigui laetum plantaribus horti,

trees, plants, Juv. 13, 123.—

Transf., the hair, Pers. 4, 39.—

Of or belonging to the sole of the foot ( poet.);

of Mercury: summa pedum propere plantaribus alligat alis,

Stat. Th. 1, 304.— Subst.: plantārĭa, ium, winged shoes or sandals:

aërii plantaria vellet Perseos,

Val. Fl. 1, 67.