a barricade

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claustra ( clostra, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), ōrum, n. (in sing.: claustrum, i, rare, Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: clostrum, Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo], that by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.

Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12:

claustra revellere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76:

laxare,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

relaxare,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17:

rumpere,

Verg. A. 9, 758:

diu claustris retentae ferae,

Liv. 42, 59, 2:

ferae claustris fractae,

Plin. Pan. 81, 3:

claustra pati,

to submit to confinement, Col. 8, 17, 8:

discutere,

Petr. 11, 2:

reserare,

Sil. 7, 334:

portarum ingentia claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53:

ferrea,

Mart. 10, 28, 8:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21. —

Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds:

arta portarum naturae effringere,

i. e. to disclose its secrets, Lucr. 1, 72; cf.:

tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,

i. e. have become known, public, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3:

pudoris et reverentiae refringere,

id. ib. 2, 14, 4:

vitaï claustra resolvere,

to loose the bands of life, Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152:

temporum,

Vell. 1, 17, 4:

(animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.—

In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up:

urbis relinquant,

Ov. M. 4, 86; cf.

Thebarum,

Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.:

ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,

id. 37, 15, 1:

maris,

i.e. a harbor, haven, Sil. 12, 442:

undae,

a dam, id. 5, 44; cf.:

Lucrino addita,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56:

Daedalea,

i. e. the Labyrinth, Sen. Hippol. 1166 al. —

In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy:

claustra loci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:

Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,

Liv. 9, 32. 1:

Aegypti,

id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7:

tutissima praebet,

Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.:

montium,

id. H. 3, 2:

Caspiarum,

id. ib. 1, 6:

maris,

id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris ( walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49:

regni claustra Philae,

Luc. 10, 312:

Africae,

Flor. 4, 2, 70.—

Trop.:

cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

annonae Aegyptus,

Tac. H. 3, 8.

claustra ( clostra, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), ōrum, n. (in sing.: claustrum, i, rare, Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: clostrum, Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo], that by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.

Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12:

claustra revellere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76:

laxare,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

relaxare,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17:

rumpere,

Verg. A. 9, 758:

diu claustris retentae ferae,

Liv. 42, 59, 2:

ferae claustris fractae,

Plin. Pan. 81, 3:

claustra pati,

to submit to confinement, Col. 8, 17, 8:

discutere,

Petr. 11, 2:

reserare,

Sil. 7, 334:

portarum ingentia claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53:

ferrea,

Mart. 10, 28, 8:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21. —

Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds:

arta portarum naturae effringere,

i. e. to disclose its secrets, Lucr. 1, 72; cf.:

tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,

i. e. have become known, public, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3:

pudoris et reverentiae refringere,

id. ib. 2, 14, 4:

vitaï claustra resolvere,

to loose the bands of life, Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152:

temporum,

Vell. 1, 17, 4:

(animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.—

In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up:

urbis relinquant,

Ov. M. 4, 86; cf.

Thebarum,

Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.:

ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,

id. 37, 15, 1:

maris,

i.e. a harbor, haven, Sil. 12, 442:

undae,

a dam, id. 5, 44; cf.:

Lucrino addita,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56:

Daedalea,

i. e. the Labyrinth, Sen. Hippol. 1166 al. —

In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy:

claustra loci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:

Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,

Liv. 9, 32. 1:

Aegypti,

id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7:

tutissima praebet,

Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.:

montium,

id. H. 3, 2:

Caspiarum,

id. ib. 1, 6:

maris,

id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris ( walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49:

regni claustra Philae,

Luc. 10, 312:

Africae,

Flor. 4, 2, 70.—

Trop.:

cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

annonae Aegyptus,

Tac. H. 3, 8.

com-mūnĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to fortify on all sides or strongly, to secure, barricade, intrench (class.).

Prop.:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Alcib. 7, 4:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 2, 32, 4; 21, 32, 11; 42, 58, 1:

loca castellis idonea,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

hibernacula,

Liv. 22, 32, 1:

praesidium,

id. 2, 49, 8:

tumulum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 43.— Transf.:

os arteriae,

Gell. 17, 11, 5.—

Trop., to make sure, to strengthen:

auctoritatem aulae,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6 (cf. aula, II. A.):

causam testimoniis,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43:

jus,

id. Caecin. 26, 74.

commūnĭo, ōnis, f. [communis], a communion, mutual participation (several times in Cicero, elsewhere rare).

In gen.:

inter quos est communio legis, inter eos communio juris est,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

sanguinis,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

litterarum et vocum,

id. Tusc. 5, 2, 5: sermonis, * Suet. Aug. 74:

parietum,

Tac. A. 15, 43:

victoriae,

id. ib. 12, 19:

temporum alicujus,

Cic. Mil. 36, 100:

beneficiorum, praemiorum civitatis,

id. Balb. 12, 29:

visorum,

id. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

plures partes communione complecti,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

in pristinā communione manere,

id. ib. 3, 19, 72:

sagariam communionem inire,

Dig. 17, 2, 52.—

In eccl. Lat.

Church communion, Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 2, 45; 2, 37; Aug. in Ps. 57, n. 15.—Hence,

The sacrament of the Lord ' s supper, communion:

sancti altaris,

Aug. Ep. 54, 6.

con-strŭo, struxi, structum, 3 ( part. fut. constrŭĭtūra, Ven. Carm. 2, 10 fin.), v. a.

To heap, bring, or gather together, to heap or pile up (class.):

acervos nummorum apud aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf.:

omnibus rebus et modis constructā et coacervatā pecuniā,

id. Agr. 1, 5, 14;

and acervum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44:

divitias,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96: carros, to make a barricade, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 195, 29:

has omnes multas magnificasque res,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161; cf.:

copiam ornamentorum uno in loco,

id. ib. §

162: super prela congeriem,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318.—

(Like compono, II.) To make by piling up, to make, fabricate, construct, build (class.; most freq. in Cic.).

In gen.:

construere atque aedificare mundum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

ut navem, ut aedificium idem destruit facillime qui construxit,

id. Sen. 20, 72; cf.

delubra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

arces,

Sil. 8, 145:

sepulcrum saxo quadrato,

Liv. 1, 26, 14; cf.:

horrea saxeo muro constructa,

Suet. Ner. 38; and:

pilam saxeam magnis molibus,

Verg. A. 9, 712:

cubilia sibi nidosque (aves),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129; cf.

nidos,

id. de Or. 2, 6, 23; and:

nidum sibi,

Ov. M. 15, 397:

dentibus in ore constructis manditur cibus,

arranged, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, furnished, * Cat. 64, 304.—

Esp., in gram. lang., to connect grammatically, construct, Prisc. p. 1099 sq. P. et saep.

ob-strŭo ( opstr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to build before or against; to build, block, or wall up; to stop up, barricade, render impassable (class.; cf. obsaepio, claudo, oppilo).

Lit.:

validum pro diruto obstruentes murum,

Liv. 38, 29:

frontem castrorum auxiliis,

id. 5, 1.—Esp., to build before so as to obstruct the light:

obstructae fenestrae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus,

Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to purchase permission of a neighbor to build so as to obstruct his light, Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64:

portas,

Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas aedis. Nep. Paus. 5:

aditus,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

flumina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 48:

aquarum venas,

Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49:

saxa,

placed in the way, Ov. M. 3, 570:

cujus aures morbus obstruxit,

has stopped up, made deaf, Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 2:

os obstruere,

to close the mouth, to make silent, Vulg. Psa. 62, 12; id. Rom. 3, 19.—

Trop., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct:

Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec posteriorum quasi exaggerata altius oratio,

was a hinderance to, Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

viri deus obstruit aures,

stops, renders deaf, inexorable, Verg. A. 4, 440:

perfugia improborum,

shuts off, Cic. Sull. 28, 79:

cognitionem difficultatibus,

to impede, obstruct, id. Ac. 2, 3, 7:

mentes,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

Intr., to be in the way:

si officiens signis mons obstruet altus,

Cic. Arat. 44.

ob-strŭo ( opstr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to build before or against; to build, block, or wall up; to stop up, barricade, render impassable (class.; cf. obsaepio, claudo, oppilo).

Lit.:

validum pro diruto obstruentes murum,

Liv. 38, 29:

frontem castrorum auxiliis,

id. 5, 1.—Esp., to build before so as to obstruct the light:

obstructae fenestrae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus,

Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to purchase permission of a neighbor to build so as to obstruct his light, Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64:

portas,

Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas aedis. Nep. Paus. 5:

aditus,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

flumina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 48:

aquarum venas,

Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49:

saxa,

placed in the way, Ov. M. 3, 570:

cujus aures morbus obstruxit,

has stopped up, made deaf, Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 2:

os obstruere,

to close the mouth, to make silent, Vulg. Psa. 62, 12; id. Rom. 3, 19.—

Trop., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct:

Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec posteriorum quasi exaggerata altius oratio,

was a hinderance to, Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

viri deus obstruit aures,

stops, renders deaf, inexorable, Verg. A. 4, 440:

perfugia improborum,

shuts off, Cic. Sull. 28, 79:

cognitionem difficultatibus,

to impede, obstruct, id. Ac. 2, 3, 7:

mentes,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

Intr., to be in the way:

si officiens signis mons obstruet altus,

Cic. Arat. 44.