To set beneath

sup-pōno ( subp-), pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. supposivi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 9:

supposivit,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30; part. sync. supposta, Verg. A. 6, 24; Sil. 3, 90), v. a., to put, place, or set under (freq. and class.; cf.: submitto, subicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

anatum ova gallinis saepe supponimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9; Col. 8, 5, 4:

(orat) sub cratim uti jubeas sese supponi,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

cervicem polo,

Ov. F. 5, 180:

colla oneri,

id. R. Am. 171:

tauros jugo,

to yoke, id. M. 7, 118:

olivam prelo,

Col. 12, 49, 9:

tectis agrestibus ignem,

Ov. F. 4, 803:

Massica caelo vina sereno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 51:

agresti fano pecus,

to place under, to drive under cover of, Ov. F. 4, 756:

aliquem tumulo (terrae, humo, etc.),

i. e. to bury, id. Tr. 3, 3, 68; id. Ib. 153; id. Am. 3, 9, 48:

terrae dentes,

i. e. to sow, id. M. 3, 102:

falcem maturis aristis,

to apply, Verg. G. 1, 348: cultros, to apply (to the throat of cattle to be slaughtered), id. A. 6, 248; id. G. 3, 492:

incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso,

hidden under, Hor. C. 2, 1, 8:

his igitur rebus subjectis suppositisque,

i. e. under the earth, Lucr. 6, 543:

nil ita sublime est... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo,

subjected, subject, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 48.—

In partic.

To put in the place of another, to substitute for another person or thing (syn. substituo):

meliorem, quam ego sum, suppono tibi,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6:

aliquem in alicujus locum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72; 2, 5, 30, § 78:

in quarum (mulierum) locum juvenes,

Just. 7, 3, 6:

se reum criminibus illis pro rege,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

stannum et aurichalcum pro auro et argento,

Suet. Vit. 5 fin.:

operae nostrae vicaria fides amicorum supponitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.—

To substitute falsely or fraudulently, to falsify, forge, counterfeit:

(puella) herae meae supposita est parva,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 49; so,

puerum, puellam,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11; id. Truc. 1, 1, 71; 2, 4, 50; 4, 3, 30; Ter. Eun. prol. 39; 5, 3, 3; Liv. 3, 44, 9 al.:

qui suppositā personā falsum testamentum obsignandum curaverit,

Cic. Clu. 44, 125:

testamenta falsa supponere,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 43; so,

testamenta,

id. Par. 6, 1, 43: quos (equos) daedala Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, substituted deceptively, spurious (because mortal), Verg. A. 7, 283:

trepidat, ne suppositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas,

Juv. 1, 98.—

To place as a pledge, hypothecate, Dig. 27, 9 lemm. —

Trop.

In gen., to add, annex, subjoin (syn. subjungo):

huic generi Hermagoras partes quattuor supposuit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; 1, 6, 8:

exemplum epistolae,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

rationem,

id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; 2, 21, 63. —

In partic.

Pregn., to make subject, to subject, submit:

aethera ingenio suo,

Ov. F. 1, 306:

me tibi supposui,

Pers. 5, 36.—

To set beneath, to esteem less:

Latio supposuisse Samon,

Ov. F. 6, 48.

sup-pōno ( subp-), pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. supposivi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 9:

supposivit,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30; part. sync. supposta, Verg. A. 6, 24; Sil. 3, 90), v. a., to put, place, or set under (freq. and class.; cf.: submitto, subicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

anatum ova gallinis saepe supponimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9; Col. 8, 5, 4:

(orat) sub cratim uti jubeas sese supponi,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

cervicem polo,

Ov. F. 5, 180:

colla oneri,

id. R. Am. 171:

tauros jugo,

to yoke, id. M. 7, 118:

olivam prelo,

Col. 12, 49, 9:

tectis agrestibus ignem,

Ov. F. 4, 803:

Massica caelo vina sereno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 51:

agresti fano pecus,

to place under, to drive under cover of, Ov. F. 4, 756:

aliquem tumulo (terrae, humo, etc.),

i. e. to bury, id. Tr. 3, 3, 68; id. Ib. 153; id. Am. 3, 9, 48:

terrae dentes,

i. e. to sow, id. M. 3, 102:

falcem maturis aristis,

to apply, Verg. G. 1, 348: cultros, to apply (to the throat of cattle to be slaughtered), id. A. 6, 248; id. G. 3, 492:

incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso,

hidden under, Hor. C. 2, 1, 8:

his igitur rebus subjectis suppositisque,

i. e. under the earth, Lucr. 6, 543:

nil ita sublime est... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo,

subjected, subject, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 48.—

In partic.

To put in the place of another, to substitute for another person or thing (syn. substituo):

meliorem, quam ego sum, suppono tibi,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6:

aliquem in alicujus locum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72; 2, 5, 30, § 78:

in quarum (mulierum) locum juvenes,

Just. 7, 3, 6:

se reum criminibus illis pro rege,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

stannum et aurichalcum pro auro et argento,

Suet. Vit. 5 fin.:

operae nostrae vicaria fides amicorum supponitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.—

To substitute falsely or fraudulently, to falsify, forge, counterfeit:

(puella) herae meae supposita est parva,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 49; so,

puerum, puellam,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11; id. Truc. 1, 1, 71; 2, 4, 50; 4, 3, 30; Ter. Eun. prol. 39; 5, 3, 3; Liv. 3, 44, 9 al.:

qui suppositā personā falsum testamentum obsignandum curaverit,

Cic. Clu. 44, 125:

testamenta falsa supponere,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 43; so,

testamenta,

id. Par. 6, 1, 43: quos (equos) daedala Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, substituted deceptively, spurious (because mortal), Verg. A. 7, 283:

trepidat, ne suppositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas,

Juv. 1, 98.—

To place as a pledge, hypothecate, Dig. 27, 9 lemm. —

Trop.

In gen., to add, annex, subjoin (syn. subjungo):

huic generi Hermagoras partes quattuor supposuit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; 1, 6, 8:

exemplum epistolae,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

rationem,

id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; 2, 21, 63. —

In partic.

Pregn., to make subject, to subject, submit:

aethera ingenio suo,

Ov. F. 1, 306:

me tibi supposui,

Pers. 5, 36.—

To set beneath, to esteem less:

Latio supposuisse Samon,

Ov. F. 6, 48.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

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to spread out beneath, lay under, set out, provide.

sub-signo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to mark or write beneath, to undersign, subscribe (mostly post - Aug.; syn. subscribo).

Lit.:

traditas notas subsignabimus Catonis maxime verbis,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 33:

Ciceronis sententiam ipsius verbis,

id. 18, 25, 61, § 228:

subsignatum dicitur quod ab aliquo subscriptum est,

Dig. 50, 16, 39; cf.:

adhuc subsignare dicimus pro subscribere,

Fest. p. 281 Müll.—

Transf.

To set down, enter, register on a list:

subsignari apud aerarium (praedia),

Cic. Fl. 32, 80. —

To pledge by signing:

PRAEDIA,

Inscr. Grut. 207, 1 and 3:

res pro cautelā litis,

Cod. Just. 5, 37, 28 med.:

facultates eorum, quae subsignatae sunt fisco,

Dig. 50, 6, 5.—

Trop., to pledge; to engage, warrant:

aliquid apud aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 4:

id jam nunc apud te subsigno,

id. ib. 3, 1, 12.