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  • 1 truncus

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    (β).
    Poet., with gen.:

    animalia trunca pedum,

    without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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—
    2.
    Of members cut off:

    bracchia,

    Val. Fl. 4, 181:

    manus,

    Sen. Contr 1, 4.—
    II.
    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.:
    2.
    truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Of a column.
    (α).
    The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med.
    (β).
    The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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. —
    * II.
    Trop., a trunk, stem:

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

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

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  • 2 truncus

        truncus ī, m    [1 truncus].—Of a tree, the stem, stock, bole, trunk: arborum trunci, Cs.: quid interest inter hominem et truncum? etc.: enodes trunci, V.: inlapsus cerebro, H.: acernus, O.— The trunk, body: corporis: recto se attollere trunco, O.: iacet ingens litore truncus, V.—Fig., a stock, blockhead, dunce, dolt: qui potest esse in eius modi trunco sapientia?— A trunk, stem: quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes elegendae sunt.
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  • 3 truncus

        truncus adj.    [TARC-], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured: Trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum), i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, V.: frons, without its horn, O.: corpus, limbless, O.: puerum trunci corporis natum, L.: Tela, i. e. broken, V.: arbor, deprived of branches, Cu.— Poet. with gen: animalia Trunca pedum, i. e. without feet, V.— Undeveloped, imperfect, wanting: ranae pedibus, O.—Fig., maimed, mutilated: urbs trunca, sine senatu, etc., L.
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  • 4 proboscis

    prŏboscis ( - moscis, Sol. 24, 14; - muscis, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30), ĭdis, f., = proboskis, a trunk, proboscis, a snout.
    I.
    In gen., Varr. ap. Non. 49, 11; Auct. B. Afr. 84, 2.—
    II.
    In partic., the trunk or proboscis of an elephant:

    proboscidem amputare,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18; 28, 8, 24, § 88:

    proboscide abscissā,

    Flor. 1, 18, 9.

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  • 5 promoscis

    prŏboscis ( - moscis, Sol. 24, 14; - muscis, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30), ĭdis, f., = proboskis, a trunk, proboscis, a snout.
    I.
    In gen., Varr. ap. Non. 49, 11; Auct. B. Afr. 84, 2.—
    II.
    In partic., the trunk or proboscis of an elephant:

    proboscidem amputare,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18; 28, 8, 24, § 88:

    proboscide abscissā,

    Flor. 1, 18, 9.

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  • 6 manus

    1.
    mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

    alternae manu,

    Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    vas in manus sumere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

    Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

    pyxidem in manu tenere,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

    id. ib.:

    de manibus deponere,

    to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    extorquere,

    to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

    e manibus dimittere,

    to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

    neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

    Sall. J. 14, 4:

    (feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

    subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

    minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

    id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

    est in manibus oratio,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

    est in manibus laudatio,

    id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

    hostes sunt in manibus,

    near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

    omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

    Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

    habeo opus magnum in manibus,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

    milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

    dum occasio in manibus esset,

    Liv. 7, 36, 10:

    inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

    among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

    manu tenere,

    to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

    manibus teneri,

    to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

    sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    in manus venire,

    to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

    proelium in manibus facere,

    to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

    ad manum habere,

    to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

    ad manum esse,

    at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

    nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

    ut venere in manus,

    Tac. A. 2, 80:

    ut ventum in manus,

    id. H. 4, 71:

    adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

    at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

    prae manu or manibus,

    at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

    quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

    servus a manu,

    i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

    de manu dare,

    to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

    plenā manu dare,

    abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

    so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

    Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

    plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

    Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

    quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

    per manus,

    with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

    per manus servulae,

    by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

    traditae per manus religiones,

    Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

    per manus libertatem retinere,

    Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

    agger inter manus proferebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

    villa crescit inter manus,

    Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

    nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

    scripta quae inter manus habes,

    are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

    ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

    Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

    manus inter parentum,

    id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

    abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

    e convivio auferri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

    quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

    epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

    urbs manu munitissima,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

    quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

    quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

    id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

    manibus aequis abscessum est,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    aequā manu discedere,

    to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

    qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

    manum inicere alicui,

    to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

    perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    Lucr. 2, 1043:

    fateor, manus vobis do,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

    donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

    Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

    brevi manu,

    immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

    longā manu,

    slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    quae Romanis manus tendebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

    dextram Italiae,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

    manu sternere aliquem,

    with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

    manus manum lavat,

    one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

    qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

    ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

    manu fortissimus,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    manu fortis,

    Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

    manu vincere,

    Ov. M. 1, 448:

    manu capere urbes,

    by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

    manum committere Teucris,

    to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

    conserere manum,

    Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

    conferre manum,

    Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

    in proelia Ferre manum,

    id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

    et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

    Juv. 15, 54.—
    2.
    Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

    res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    venire ad manum,

    Liv. 2, 30:

    accedere ad manum,

    Nep. Eum. 5:

    in manus venire,

    to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

    pugna jam ad manus venerat,

    Liv. 2, 46:

    non manu, neque vi,

    force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—
    B.
    Of the hand of an artist:

    manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

    the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

    carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

    has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—
    C.
    A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

    librarii manus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

    manum suam cognovit,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

    propter emissam ab eis manum,

    Dig. 22, 3, 15:

    Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

    Mart. 4, 39, 3:

    artificum,

    Verg. A. 1, 455.—
    D.
    For pars, a side:

    est ad hanc manum sacellum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

    a laeva conspicienda manu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —
    E.
    In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—
    F.
    In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

    rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20:

    prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

    the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—
    G.
    The trunk of an elephant:

    manus etiam data elephantis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—
    H.
    The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
    K.
    The branches on a tree:

    (platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

    Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

    fraxineae,

    Pall. Insit. 60.—
    L.
    In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

    manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

    in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

    Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

    manus ferreas excogitare,

    Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—
    M.
    Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

    si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

    magnam manum conducere,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

    Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—
    2.
    Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

    Romam veniet cum magna manu,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

    evocatorum,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

    manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

    manum facere, copias parare,

    id. Caecin. 12, 33:

    manus bonorum,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    Judaeorum,

    id. Fl. 28, 66:

    conjuratorum,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

    bicorpor,

    i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

    purpuratorum et satellitum,

    Liv. 42, 51:

    magna clientium,

    Suet. Tib. 1:

    comitum,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

    juvenum,

    Verg. A. 6, 5.—
    N.
    Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

    nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

    Verg. A. 11, 329:

    quale manus addunt ebori decus,

    id. ib. 1, 592.—
    O.
    Power:

    haec non sunt in nostra manu,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

    juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    victoria in manu nobis est,

    depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

    in vostra manu situm,

    id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

    in manu esse mihi,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

    in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—
    P.
    Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.
    2.
    mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

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  • 7 corpus

    corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).
    I.
    Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).
    A.
    In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:

    tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,

    Lucr. 1, 305:

    animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

    vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,

    id. Marcell. 9, 28:

    parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,

    Lucr. 1, 617:

    ignea rerum,

    id. 1, 680:

    terraï,

    id. 5, 236:

    acerbum Neptuni,

    id. 2, 472:

    aquae,

    id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:

    nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,

    Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The flesh of animal bodies:

    ossa subjecta corpori,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;

    12, 10, 5: amittere,

    to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:

    abiit corpusque colorque,

    Ov. H. 3, 141;

    and the opp. facere,

    to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:

    quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:

    inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,

    Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—
    b.
    Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:

    nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,

    the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:

    corpus eloquentiae facere,

    the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:

    corpus orationis enervatur,

    Petr. 2.—
    2.
    A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—
    3.
    As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—
    4.
    In mal. part., the body, person:

    usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108:

    illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:

    corpore quaestum facere,

    id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;

    v. quaestus.— Hence also,

    the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—
    5.
    Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;

    also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,

    Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:

    lectissima matrum,

    id. ib. 9, 272:

    quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,

    id. ib. 7, 650;

    11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,

    Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:

    sororum,

    Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:

    conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,

    Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:

    uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,

    Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:

    qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,

    id. 3, 56, 8; so,

    liberum,

    Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:

    seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,

    id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:

    pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,

    Curt. 4, 11, 6.—
    II.
    Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;

    of ships,

    the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:

    totum corpus coronā militum cingere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:

    Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,

    Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:

    alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

    quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

    Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:

    nullum civitatis,

    a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:

    totum corpus Macedoniae,

    id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:

    sui corporis regem creari,

    id. 1, 17, 2:

    corpus mercatorum,

    guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:

    corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),

    Liv. 5, 46, 5:

    oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,

    id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:

    fabrorum et naviculariorum,

    Dig. 50, 6, 5:

    utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:

    corpus omnis Romani juris,

    Liv. 3, 34, 7;

    hence, Corpus Juris,

    title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:

    rationum,

    Dig. 40, 5, 37:

    patrimonii,

    ib. 4, 2, 20:

    omnia maternae hereditatis,

    ib. 4, 31, 79.

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  • 8 Caudex

    1.
    caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].
    I. (α).
    Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—
    (β).
    Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,
    B.
    The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:

    codex,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —
    C.
    A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead:

    caudex,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—
    II.
    Inpartic.
    A.
    A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:

    quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,
    B.
    (Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).
    (α).
    Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—
    C.
    Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:

    sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §

    92: referre in codicem,

    id. Sull. 15, 44.—
    D.
    A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.
    2.
    Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.

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  • 9 caudex

    1.
    caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].
    I. (α).
    Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—
    (β).
    Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,
    B.
    The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:

    codex,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —
    C.
    A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead:

    caudex,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—
    II.
    Inpartic.
    A.
    A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:

    quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,
    B.
    (Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).
    (α).
    Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—
    C.
    Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:

    sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §

    92: referre in codicem,

    id. Sull. 15, 44.—
    D.
    A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.
    2.
    Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.

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  • 10 Pollex

    1.
    pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    The thumb:

    hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est,

    Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.—Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20:

    clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere;

    pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation,

    Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.—
    B.
    The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57:

    pollices manūs et pedis dextri,

    Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    B.
    A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.
    2.
    Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.—A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.

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  • 11 pollex

    1.
    pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    The thumb:

    hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est,

    Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.—Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20:

    clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere;

    pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation,

    Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.—
    B.
    The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57:

    pollices manūs et pedis dextri,

    Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    B.
    A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.
    2.
    Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.—A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.

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  • 12 stirpis

    stirps (collat. form of the nom. stir-pes or stirpis, in the best MSS., Liv. 1, 1 fin.; 41, 8, 10; 26, 13, 16; v. Drak. ad locc.), pis, f. ( poet. and post-Aug.; also m., Enn. ap. Fest. p. 313 Müll., and ap. Non. 226, 32 (Ann. 184); Pac. ap. Non. 227, 2 (Trag. Fragm. 421), and ap. Charis. p. 85 P.; Cato, R. R. 40, 2; Verg. G. 2, 379; id. A. 12, 208; 12, 770; 12, 781; Col. 5, 9, 13; Plin. 8, 26, 40, § 96; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2) [root star-; cf. sternere; Gr. storennumi; prop. that which extends or spreads].
    I.
    Lit., the lower part of the trunk of plants, including the roots; a stock, stem, stalk; a root (class. and very freq.; cf.

    radix): arborum altitudo nos delectat. radices stirpesque non item,

    Cic. Or. 43, 147:

    terra stirpes amplexa alat,

    id. N. D. 2, 33, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; 2, 47, 120;

    2, 51, 127: ut tantum modo per stirpis alantur suas,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 81:

    sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum,

    Verg. A. 12, 208: harundo omnis ex unā stirpe numerosa, Plin. 16, 36, 65, §

    163: palmarum stirpibus ali,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 99; so,

    palmarum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 50, §

    131 (for which: radices palmarum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 33, § 87); cf.:

    lento in stirpe moratus,

    Verg. A. 12, 781 (for which, just before:

    lentā in radice): stirpes raptas volvere,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 37:

    validis amplexae stirpibus ulmos,

    Verg. G. 2, 367:

    hic stirpes obruit arvo,

    id. ib. 2, 24:

    domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit,

    id. ib. 2, 209; cf.

    of hair: vellere albos ab stirpe capillos,

    Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13; Tib. 1, 8, 45:

    ex hac nimiā licentiā, ut ex stirpe quādam, exsistere, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of vegetables.
    a.
    A plant, shrub (esp. freq. in plur.):

    stirpium naturae,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10; cf.:

    cum arborum et stirpium eadem paene natura sit,

    id. ib. 5, 11, 33; so (with arbores) id. Phil. 2, 22, 55; (with herbae) id. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

    pati (terram) stirpium asperitate vastari,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

    stirpes tenent,

    Luc. 4, 42:

    internatas saxis stirpes et herbas vellentes,

    Tac. H. 4, 60.—
    b.
    A shoot, sprout:

    rami stirpesque,

    Lucr. 5, 1100:

    stirpem praecisum circumligato, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    probatissimum genus stirpis deponere, i. e. malleolos,

    Col. 3, 5, 4:

    stirpem post annum praecidi,

    id. 5, 6, 13:

    stirpis committere ramis,

    engraft, Lucr. 5, 1365.—
    2.
    Of persons.
    a.
    A stem, stock, race, family, lineage (cf.:

    genus, familia): ignoratio stirpis et generis,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

    stirpis ac gentilitatis jus,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

    qui sunt ejusdem stirpis,

    id. Rab. Post. 1, 2: a stirpe supremo, Enn. ap. Non. 226, 32 (Ann. v. 184 Vahl.):

    divinae stirpis Acestes,

    Verg. A. 5, 711:

    Priami de stirpe,

    id. ib. 5, 297:

    Herculis stirpe generatus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 24:

    hinc orti stirpe antiquissimā sumus,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    hominum sceleratorum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    ab stirpe socius et amicus populi Romani,

    Sall. J. 14, 2 et saep.:

    unum relictum, stirpem genti Fabiae futurum,

    Liv. 2, 50 fin.
    b.
    Like Engl. scion, = offspring, descendant, progeny (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): stirps liberum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); so,

    liberum,

    Liv. 45, 11; cf.:

    aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum,

    Verg. A. 6, 864:

    stirps et genus omne futurum,

    id. ib. 4, 622; cf.:

    en stirps et progenies tot consulum, tot dictatorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 37 fin.:

    stirpis virilis,

    Liv. 1, 1, 11; cf.:

    qui stirpem ex sese domi relinquerent,

    id. 41, 8, 9.—
    II.
    Trop., source, origin, foundation, first beginning, cause, etc.:

    altae stirpes stultitiae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

    superstitionis stirpes,

    id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    virtutis,

    id. Cael. 32, 79:

    quā ex stirpe orirentur amicitiae cognationum,

    id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

    quodsi exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    populum a stirpe repetere,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21 Mos.:

    repetam stirpem juris a naturā,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:

    stirps ac semen malorum omnium,

    id. Cat. 1, 12, 30; cf.:

    ea pars, quae quasi stirps est hujus quaestionis,

    id. Fin. 4, 2, 5:

    non ingenerantur hominibus mores tam a stirpe generis ac seminis, quam, etc.,

    original nature, id. Agr. 2, 35, 95; cf.:

    exoletā stirpe gentis,

    Liv. 37, 8, 4.—So esp. in phrase ab stirpe, utterly:

    Karthago ab stirpe interiit,

    Sall. C. 10, 1:

    gens ab stirpe exstincta est,

    Liv. 9, 34, 19:

    omne genus ab stirpe sublatum esse,

    id. 34, 2, 3; cf.:

    omnis intra annum cum stirpe exstinctos,

    id. 9, 29, 10:

    velut ab stirpibus renata urbs,

    id. 6, 1, 3.

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  • 13 stirps

    stirps (collat. form of the nom. stir-pes or stirpis, in the best MSS., Liv. 1, 1 fin.; 41, 8, 10; 26, 13, 16; v. Drak. ad locc.), pis, f. ( poet. and post-Aug.; also m., Enn. ap. Fest. p. 313 Müll., and ap. Non. 226, 32 (Ann. 184); Pac. ap. Non. 227, 2 (Trag. Fragm. 421), and ap. Charis. p. 85 P.; Cato, R. R. 40, 2; Verg. G. 2, 379; id. A. 12, 208; 12, 770; 12, 781; Col. 5, 9, 13; Plin. 8, 26, 40, § 96; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2) [root star-; cf. sternere; Gr. storennumi; prop. that which extends or spreads].
    I.
    Lit., the lower part of the trunk of plants, including the roots; a stock, stem, stalk; a root (class. and very freq.; cf.

    radix): arborum altitudo nos delectat. radices stirpesque non item,

    Cic. Or. 43, 147:

    terra stirpes amplexa alat,

    id. N. D. 2, 33, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; 2, 47, 120;

    2, 51, 127: ut tantum modo per stirpis alantur suas,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 81:

    sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum,

    Verg. A. 12, 208: harundo omnis ex unā stirpe numerosa, Plin. 16, 36, 65, §

    163: palmarum stirpibus ali,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 99; so,

    palmarum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 50, §

    131 (for which: radices palmarum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 33, § 87); cf.:

    lento in stirpe moratus,

    Verg. A. 12, 781 (for which, just before:

    lentā in radice): stirpes raptas volvere,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 37:

    validis amplexae stirpibus ulmos,

    Verg. G. 2, 367:

    hic stirpes obruit arvo,

    id. ib. 2, 24:

    domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit,

    id. ib. 2, 209; cf.

    of hair: vellere albos ab stirpe capillos,

    Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13; Tib. 1, 8, 45:

    ex hac nimiā licentiā, ut ex stirpe quādam, exsistere, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of vegetables.
    a.
    A plant, shrub (esp. freq. in plur.):

    stirpium naturae,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10; cf.:

    cum arborum et stirpium eadem paene natura sit,

    id. ib. 5, 11, 33; so (with arbores) id. Phil. 2, 22, 55; (with herbae) id. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

    pati (terram) stirpium asperitate vastari,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

    stirpes tenent,

    Luc. 4, 42:

    internatas saxis stirpes et herbas vellentes,

    Tac. H. 4, 60.—
    b.
    A shoot, sprout:

    rami stirpesque,

    Lucr. 5, 1100:

    stirpem praecisum circumligato, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    probatissimum genus stirpis deponere, i. e. malleolos,

    Col. 3, 5, 4:

    stirpem post annum praecidi,

    id. 5, 6, 13:

    stirpis committere ramis,

    engraft, Lucr. 5, 1365.—
    2.
    Of persons.
    a.
    A stem, stock, race, family, lineage (cf.:

    genus, familia): ignoratio stirpis et generis,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

    stirpis ac gentilitatis jus,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

    qui sunt ejusdem stirpis,

    id. Rab. Post. 1, 2: a stirpe supremo, Enn. ap. Non. 226, 32 (Ann. v. 184 Vahl.):

    divinae stirpis Acestes,

    Verg. A. 5, 711:

    Priami de stirpe,

    id. ib. 5, 297:

    Herculis stirpe generatus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 24:

    hinc orti stirpe antiquissimā sumus,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    hominum sceleratorum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    ab stirpe socius et amicus populi Romani,

    Sall. J. 14, 2 et saep.:

    unum relictum, stirpem genti Fabiae futurum,

    Liv. 2, 50 fin.
    b.
    Like Engl. scion, = offspring, descendant, progeny (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): stirps liberum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); so,

    liberum,

    Liv. 45, 11; cf.:

    aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum,

    Verg. A. 6, 864:

    stirps et genus omne futurum,

    id. ib. 4, 622; cf.:

    en stirps et progenies tot consulum, tot dictatorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 37 fin.:

    stirpis virilis,

    Liv. 1, 1, 11; cf.:

    qui stirpem ex sese domi relinquerent,

    id. 41, 8, 9.—
    II.
    Trop., source, origin, foundation, first beginning, cause, etc.:

    altae stirpes stultitiae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

    superstitionis stirpes,

    id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    virtutis,

    id. Cael. 32, 79:

    quā ex stirpe orirentur amicitiae cognationum,

    id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

    quodsi exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    populum a stirpe repetere,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21 Mos.:

    repetam stirpem juris a naturā,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:

    stirps ac semen malorum omnium,

    id. Cat. 1, 12, 30; cf.:

    ea pars, quae quasi stirps est hujus quaestionis,

    id. Fin. 4, 2, 5:

    non ingenerantur hominibus mores tam a stirpe generis ac seminis, quam, etc.,

    original nature, id. Agr. 2, 35, 95; cf.:

    exoletā stirpe gentis,

    Liv. 37, 8, 4.—So esp. in phrase ab stirpe, utterly:

    Karthago ab stirpe interiit,

    Sall. C. 10, 1:

    gens ab stirpe exstincta est,

    Liv. 9, 34, 19:

    omne genus ab stirpe sublatum esse,

    id. 34, 2, 3; cf.:

    omnis intra annum cum stirpe exstinctos,

    id. 9, 29, 10:

    velut ab stirpibus renata urbs,

    id. 6, 1, 3.

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  • 14 frutex

    frŭtex, ĭcis, m. ( fem.:

    Nilotica,

    Mart. Cap. 3, § 225) [prob. kindr. with bruô, to sprout forth], a shrub, bush (cf. arbor).
    I.
    Lit.: ex surculo vel arbor procedit, ut olea, ficus, pirus; vel frutex, ut violae, rosae, arundines;

    vel tertium quiddam, quod neque arborem neque fruticem proprie dixerimus, sicuti est vitis,

    Col. Arb. 1, 2; Col. 8, 15, 5; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Ov. A. A. 3, 249; Petr. 135:

    numerosus,

    Plin. 18, 24, 55, § 199:

    olerum,

    Col. 11, 3, 63:

    lupini,

    id. 2, 14, 5:

    sucus fruticis recentis,

    Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 71:

    frutices inter membra condebant,

    Lucr. 5, 956:

    his genus omne silvarum fruticumque viret,

    Verg. G. 2, 21:

    in montuosis locis et fruticibus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; collect. in the sing.:

    venari asello comite cum vellet leo, Contexit illum frutice,

    Phaedr. 1, 11, 4.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Perh., the lower part of the stem of a tree, the trunk:

    quercus antiqua singulos repente ramos a frutice dedit,

    Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. radice).—
    B.
    As a term of reproach, like caudex, stipes, blockhead:

    nec veri simile loquere nec verum, frutex,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 13 Lorenz (Ritschl, rupex); App. Mag. p. 317; v. Oud. ad h. l.

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  • 15 stirps

        stirps (rarely stirpis, once stirpēs, L.), pis, f or (poet.) m    [STER-].—Of plants, the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root: terra stirpes amplexa: ut tantum modo per stirpīs alantur suas: sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum, V.: domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit, V.— Of hair: vellere ab stirpe capillos, by the roots, Pr., Tb.— A plant, shrub ; usu. plur: stirpium naturae: in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium. —Of persons, a stem, stock, race, family, lineage: ignoratio stirpis et generis: qui sunt eius stirpis: divina, V.: Herculis stirpe generatus: ab stirpe socius atque amicus populi R., S.— A scion, offspring, descendant, progeny: quibus stirpes deesset, L.: stirps et genus omne futurum, V.: stirpis virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit, a son, L.—Fig., a root, source, origin, foundation, beginning, cause: altae stirpes stultitiae: populum a stirpe repetere: malorum omnium: gentis, L.: Carthago ab stirpe interiit, utterly, S.— Inborn character, nature: non ingenerantur hominibus mores a stirpe generis: nondum exoletā stirpe gentis, L.
    * * *
    I II
    stock, plant; race, lineage; character

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  • 16 succingō or sub-cingō

        succingō or sub-cingō nxī, nctus, ere,    to gird below, tuck up, gird, gird about, girdle: crure tenus medio tunicas, Iu.: succincta anus, i. e. with tucked-up skirt, O.: succincta comas pinus, i. e. with foliage gathered at the top (the trunk being bare), O.—To gird on, put on with a girdle, attire: Succincta pharetrā, V.: pallā succincta cruentā, V.: pugione succinctus, Anton. ap. C.—To surround, furnish, provide, equip, fit out: succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris, V.: Carthago succincta portibus: succinctus armis legionibusque, L.: patriā papyro, Iu.

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  • 17 caudiceus

    caudĭcĕus, a, um, adj. [caudex], pertaining to the trunk of a tree:

    lembus,

    Aus. Mos. 197.

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  • 18 trabaria

    trăbārĭa, ae, f. [trabs; sc. navis], a small vessel made of the trunk of a tree, Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 27

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  • 19 rōbur

        rōbur oris, n    hard-wood, oak-wood, oak: naves totae factae ex robore, Cs.: (sapiens) non est e robore dolatus: Illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat, H.—Very hard wood: morsus Roboris, i. e. of the wild olive, V.: solido de robore myrtus, V.—A tree-trunk: annoso validam robore quercum, i. e. old and sturdy, V.: antiquo robore quercus, with ancient trunk, V.—An oak-tree, oak: fixa est pariter cum robore cervix, i. e. was pinned fast to the oak, O.: agitata robora pulsant (delphines), O.—A piece of oak, structure of hard wood: in robore accumbunt, i. e. on hard benches: sacrum, i. e. the wooden horse, V.: ferro praefixum, i. e. lance, V.: nodosum, i. e. club, O.: aratri, i. e. the oaken plough, V.—A stronghold, dungeon: in robore et tenebris exspiret, L.: Italum, H.—Fig., hardness, physical strength, firmness, vigor, power: aeternaque ferri Robora, V.: navium, L.: satis aetatis atque roboris habere: corporum animorumque, L.: solidaeque suo stant robore vires, V. —Enduring strength, force, vigor: virtutis: animi: pectus robore fultum, O.: neque his (gentibus) tantum virium aut roboris fuit, L.—The best part, pith, kernel, strength, flower, choice: totius Italiae: quod fuit roboris, duobus proeliis interiit, Cs.: senatūs robur, L.: haec sunt nostra robora: lecta robora virorum, L.: robora pubis, V.
    * * *
    oak (tree/timber/trunk/club/post/cell); tough core; resolve/purpose; B:tetnus; strength/firmness/solidity; vigor, robustness; potency, force, effectiveness; military strength/might/power; heart, main strength, strongest element; mainstay/bulwark, source of strength; stronghold, position of strength

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  • 20 manus

        manus ūs (dat. manu, Pr.), f    [2 MA-], a hand: puerum in manibus gestare, T.: Vinxerat post terga manūs, V.: Caelo si tuleris manūs, H.: vas in manūs sumere: de manibus deponere, lay down: unde manum continuit? refrained, H.: hominem tibi trado de manu, ut aiunt, in manum, i. e. with great care: manum ferulae subduximus, i. e. outgrew the rod, Iu.: plenā manu, liberally: (Sextius) per manūs tractus servatur, i. e. by careful nursing, Cs.: per manūs servulae, by the assistance: traditae per manūs religiones, from hand to hand, L.: magna Iovis, might, H.: mihi veritas manum inicit, arrests.—The hand, as a symbol of nearness: ut iam in manibus nostris hostes viderentur, close upon us, Cs.: In manibus Mars ipse, at hand, V.: proelium in manibus facere, at close quarters, S.: res ad manūs vocabatur: quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset, within reach, L.: servum habuit ad manum, as private secretary: aliquid paulum prae manu Dare, ready money, T.: est in manibus oratio, accessible: inter manūs sunt omnia vestras, plain and palpable, V.: iudicia mortis manu tenere, palpable proofs: manūs inter parentem Ecce, etc., close to, V.—As a symbol of occupation: habeo opus magnum in manibus, am engaged on: Naevius in manibus non est, is not read, H.: sic in manibus (inimicum) habebant, paid attentions to: agger inter manūs proferebatur, by manual labor, Cs.: inter manūs e convivio auferri, i. e. bodily: (epistulae) tuā manu, by your hand: manu sata, artificially, Cs.—As a symbol of control: Uxor quid faciat, in manu non est meā, under my control, T.: id frustra an ob rem faciam, in manu vostrā situm est, rests with you, S.: neque mihi in manu fuit, Iugurtha qualis foret, I could not determine, S.: (feminas) in manu esse parentium, virorum, subject, L.: hostem ex manibus dimitti, suffered to escape, Cs.: dum occasio in manibus esset, while they had the opportunity, L.: inimicorum in manibus mortuus est.— As a symbol of force: manibus pedibusque omnia Facturus, with might and main, T.: per manūs libertatem retinere, forcibly, S.: aequā manu discedere, a drawn battle, S.: Erymanta manu sternit, a blow, V.: ne manum quidem versuri, turn a hand: cum hoste manūs conserere, try conclusions, L.: manum committere Teucris, fight, V.: manu fortis, brave in battle, N.: urbīs manu ceperat, by force, S.: oppida capta manu, stormed, V.: Ipse manu mortem inveniam, by suicide, V.: usu manuque opinionem fallere, actual fight, Cs.: plura manu agens, compulsion, Ta.: dare manūs, give himself up, Cs.: manūs dedisse, yielded: neque ipse manūs feritate dedisset, consented, V.: manūs ad Caesarem tendere, i. e. to supplicate, Cs.: tendit ad vos virgo manūs.—As a symbol of skill: manus extrema non accessit operibus eius, finish: manus ultima coeptis Inposita, O.: Quale manūs addunt ebori decus, skilled hands, V.—Prov.: manum de tabulā, i. e. the work is finished.—A hand, handwriting, style, work, workmanship: librarii: manum suam cognovit: Artificum manūs inter se Miratur, the comparative skill, V.— A side (cf. pars): Est ad hanc manum sacellum, T.: a laevā conspicienda manu, O.—Of animals, a hand, trunk, claw: manus etiam data elephanto: uncae manūs, claws (of the Harpies), V.—In the phrase, ferreae manūs, grappling-hooks, grappling-irons: manūs ferreas atque harpagones paraverant, Cs.: in hostium navīs ferreas manūs inicere, L.— A body, band, company, host, collection, troop, corps: nova, Cs.: parva, S.: cum manu haudquaquam contemnendā, force, L.: Dolopum, V.: manum facere, copias parare: coniuratorum: bicorpor, i. e. the Centaurs: servilis, H.— Plur, labor, hands, workmen: nos aera, manūs, navalia demus, V.
    * * *
    hand, fist; team; gang, band of soldiers; handwriting; (elephant's) trunk

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