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  • 1 regio

    rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [rego], a direction, line (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nullā regione viaï Declinare,

    Lucr. 2, 249; cf.:

    notā excedo regione viarum,

    Verg. A. 2, 737:

    de rectā regione deflecto,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 176:

    haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

    oppidi murus ab planitie rectā regione, si nullus anfractus intercederet, MCC. passus aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46; and:

    non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit,

    Liv. 21, 31:

    declinamus item motus nec tempore certo, nec regione loci certā,

    nor in a specified direction, Lucr. 2, 260; cf. id. 2, 293; Curt. 8, 9, 2:

    (Hercynia silva) rectā fluminis Danubii regione pertinet,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25; 7, 46;

    Curt 7, 7, 4: ubi primos superare regionem castrorum animum adverterunt,

    the line, Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

    eam esse naturam et religionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc.,

    i. e. the situation, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

    traicere amnem in regionem insulae,

    Curt. 8, 13, 23.—
    B.
    E regione, adverbially.
    a.
    In a straight line, directly:

    e regione moveri (opp. declinare),

    Cic. Fat. 9, 18;

    so of the rectilinear motion of atoms,

    id. ib. 20, 46:

    ferri, petere,

    id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

    ut cadat e regione loci, quā dirigit aestus,

    straight down, perpendicularly, Lucr. 6, 823; cf. id. 6, 833.—
    b.
    In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite; constr. with gen., dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    (luna) cum est e regione solis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    erat e regione oppidi collis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    castris positis e regione unius eorum pontium, quos, etc.,

    id. ib. 7, 35:

    praesidio e regione castrorum relicto,

    id. ib. 7, 61 fin.:

    rates duplices e regione molis collocabat,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    e regione turris,

    id. B. G. 7, 25.—
    (β).
    With dat.: dicitis, esse e regione nobis e contrariā parte terrae, qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    e regione castris castra ponere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    acie e regione instructā,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 3.—
    * c.
    Trop., on the other hand, on the contrary (late Lat.;

    syn.: e contra): Arabes camelorum lacte vivunt, e regione septentrionales, etc.,

    Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A. 1.
    Primarily in the lang. of augury:

    intra eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    nempe eo (sc. lituo) Romulus regiones direxit tum, cum urbem condidit... ab Attio Navio per lituum regionum facta descriptio,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

    lituus, quo regiones vincere terminavit,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

    regionibus ratis,

    id. Leg. 2, 8, 21.—
    2.
    In gen., a boundary-line, limit, boundary; usually in plur.
    a.
    Lit.:

    anteponatur omnibus Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes iisdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; cf.:

    caeli regionibus terminare,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 26:

    orbis terrae regiones,

    id. Arch. 10, 23. — Rare in sing.:

    quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt,

    Cic. Balb. 28, 64.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 45:

    animus si, quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes terminaret suas,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

    pars (quaestionum) circumscripta modicis regionibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

    vix facile sese regionibus officii continere,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 97. —
    3.
    A quarter, region of the heavens or the earth (mostly poet.):

    (Nilus) exoriens penitus mediā ab regione diei,

    Lucr. 6, 723; so id. 6, 732:

    etiam regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonaris, tum australis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    deinde subter mediam regionem sol obtinet,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erunt,

    Ov. Ib. 38; cf.

    vespertina,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 30;

    Vitr 4, 5, 1: caeli in regione serenā,

    Verg. A. 8, 528: regione occidentis, Liv 33, 17; Just. 18, 3, 10.—
    B.
    A portion (of the earth or heavens) of indefinite extent; a tract, territory, region (cf.: tractus, plaga).
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    in hac regione,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 42:

    locum delegit in regione pestilenti salubrem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    agri fertilissima regio,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

    quā te regione reliqui?

    Verg. A. 9, 390:

    regione portae Esquilinae,

    in the region, neighborhood, Liv. 3, 66 fin. Drak.; 25, 25; 30; 33, 17; cf. Oud. de Auct. B. Alex. 30, 7;

    for which: e regione castrorum,

    in the vicinity of the camp, Liv. 10, 43 Drak.:

    eā regione quā Sergius erat,

    id. 5, 8:

    tam vasta,

    Just. 13, 7, 3:

    acclivis,

    Col. 3, 13, 8:

    deserta siti regio,

    Verg. A. 4, 42. — Plur.:

    hi loci sunt atque hae regiones, quae mihi ab ero sunt demonstratae,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 1:

    cur in his ego te conspicor regionibus?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

    qui innumerabiles mundos infinitasque regiones mente peragravisset,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

    terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles,

    id. N. D. 1, 10, 24 et saep. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A portion of country of indefinite extent; a territory, province, district, region; esp. freq. in plur., lands, territories:

    at regione locoque alio terrisque remotis,

    Lucr. 2, 534:

    Trebonium ad eam regionem, quae Aduaticis adjacet, depopulandam mittit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 33:

    in ejusmodi regione atque provinciā, quae mari cincta esset,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    quae regio orave terrarum erat latior?

    id. Sest. 30, 66:

    regio Pedana,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

    quorum hominum regio,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 2:

    Sogdiana,

    Curt. 7, 10, 1:

    Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    quae regio totius Galliae media habetur,

    id. ib. 6, 13: Sida, quae extrema regio est provinciae meae, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5:

    ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 3:

    principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt,

    id. ib. 6, 23:

    alias regiones partesque peteret,

    id. ib. 6, 43 fin.; cf.

    so with partes,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    deinde in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam. Unam fore et primam partem, quod, etc.... Secundam fore regionem, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 45, 29:

    quod erant propinquae regiones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret,

    id. ib. 3, 44. — Sometimes a district with its people: tractus ille celeberrimus, tota denique nostra illa aspera et montuosa et felix et fautrix suorum regio, Cic. Planc. 9, 22.—
    (β).
    A principal division of the city of Rome, and of the territory around Rome, a quarter, ward, district, circle (of these, under Servius Tullius, there were in the city four, and in the Roman territory twenty-six; under Augustus, there were fourteen in the city), Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Varr. ap. Non. 43, 10; Suet. Aug. 30; Tac. A. 14, 12; 15, 40; Inscr. Orell. 4 sq. et saep.; cf.

    Niebuhr, Gesch. 1, p. 458 sq.: regio quaedam urbis aeternae,

    Amm. 22, 9, 3; 16, 10, 15.—

    Of other cities,

    Inscr. Orell. 6, 768.—Hence, A REGIONIBVS, a captain of a quarter, Inscr. Murat. 894, 8; 895, 4 and 5.—
    (γ).
    Of the provinces into which Italy was divided by Augustus, a province, division:

    descriptionem ab eo (Augusto) factum Italiae totius in regiones undecim,

    Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46; 3, 11, 16, § 99; 3, 12, 17, § 106 al.—
    2.
    Trop., a province, department, sphere:

    dum in regionem astutiarum mearum te induco, ut scias Juxta mecum mea consilia,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; 3, 3, 13:

    idque (consilium) situm mediā regione in pectoris haeret,

    Lucr. 3, 140: ceterae fere artes se ipsae per se tuentur singulae;

    benedicere autem non habet definitam aliquam regionem, cujus terminis saepta teneatur,

    has no determinate province, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

    compass and course, id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181. —
    3.
    The country, the field (late Lat.):

    herba regionis,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 5:

    ligna,

    id. Ezech. 17, 24;

    id. Joel, 1, 19: bestiae,

    id. Ezech. 31, 13.

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  • 2 linea

    līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nectere lineas, restes, funes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

    linia longinqua per os religata,

    Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

    ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

    Col. 8, 11, 15:

    linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

    Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

    lineae duae ex margaritis,

    ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

    linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

    Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

    licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—
    b.
    Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

    si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—
    2.
    A fishing-line:

    tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

    Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—
    3.
    A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

    perpendiculo et lineā uti,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

    ad regulam et lineam,

    Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,
    b.
    Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

    solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

    of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    (ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—
    4.
    A region, tract:

    linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

    that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—
    5.
    A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—
    II.
    Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

    Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

    lineam cinere ducere,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

    candida per medium folium transcurrens,

    id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

    serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

    id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

    Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

    Gell. 1, 20, 7:

    locorum extremae lineae,

    Quint. 1, 10, 39:

    lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

    Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

    linea circumcurrens,

    a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—
    2.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —
    (β).
    In gen., a way, path:

    dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

    Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—
    b.
    A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

    quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

    lineas poscere,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
    c.
    A feature, lineament:

    adulti venustissimis lineis,

    Arn. 5, 179 al. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

    clara gentis Linea,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

    primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—
    2.
    An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

    quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

    Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—
    3.
    A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

    cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

    si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

    to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

    admoveri lineas sentio,

    Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

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  • 3 linia

    līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nectere lineas, restes, funes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

    linia longinqua per os religata,

    Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

    ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

    Col. 8, 11, 15:

    linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

    Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

    lineae duae ex margaritis,

    ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

    linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

    Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

    licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—
    b.
    Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

    si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—
    2.
    A fishing-line:

    tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

    Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—
    3.
    A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

    perpendiculo et lineā uti,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

    ad regulam et lineam,

    Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,
    b.
    Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

    solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

    of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    (ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—
    4.
    A region, tract:

    linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

    that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—
    5.
    A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—
    II.
    Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

    Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

    lineam cinere ducere,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

    candida per medium folium transcurrens,

    id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

    serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

    id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

    Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

    Gell. 1, 20, 7:

    locorum extremae lineae,

    Quint. 1, 10, 39:

    lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

    Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

    linea circumcurrens,

    a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—
    2.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —
    (β).
    In gen., a way, path:

    dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

    Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—
    b.
    A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

    quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

    lineas poscere,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
    c.
    A feature, lineament:

    adulti venustissimis lineis,

    Arn. 5, 179 al. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

    clara gentis Linea,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

    primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—
    2.
    An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

    quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

    Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—
    3.
    A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

    cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

    si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

    to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

    admoveri lineas sentio,

    Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

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  • 4 līmes

        līmes itis, m    [2 LAC-], a path, passage, road, way, track: eo limite signa extulerunt, L.: lato te limite ducam, V.: acclivis, O.: transversi, by-roads, L.: Appiae, the line of the Appian way, L.: solito dum flumina currant Limite, channel, O.: trahens spatioso limite crinem Stella, track, O.: Sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes, the zodiac, O.— A boundary, limit, land-mark (between two fields or estates): partiri limite campum, V.: effodit medio de limite saxum, Iu.: certi, H.— A fortified boundary-line, boundary-wall: limite acto, Ta.— Fig., a boundary, limit: angustus mundi, Iu.— A way, path: quasi limes ad caeli aditum: idem limes agendus erit, i. e. the same means, O.
    * * *
    path, track; limit; strip of uncultivated ground marking boundary

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  • 5 regiō

        regiō ōnis, f    [REG-], a direction, line: de rectā regione deflectere, from the direct path: ab planitie rectā regione abesse, in a straight line, Cs.: non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit, L.: notā excedo regione viarum, i. e. the frequented streets, V.: Nec sidus regione viae fefellit, direction, V.: superare regionem castrorum, line, Cs.: haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via, I follow the same direction and path.—In the phrase, e regione, in a straight line, directly: e regione moveri: ferri, petere.— In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite: (luna) cum est e regione solis: e regione turris: e regione castris castra ponere, Cs.— A line of sight, visual line, boundary-line, boundary, limit: quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt: caeli regionibus terminare: si res eae orbis terrae regionibus definiuntur.—Esp., in augury: nempe eo (lituo) Romulus regiones direxit, drew (in the air): lituus quo regiones vineae terminavit.—Fig.: quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est: vix facile sese regionibus offici continere.—Of the sky, a quarter, region: regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonia tum australis: Atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erit, O.: Vespertina, H.: caeli serena, V.: occidentis, L.— A region, neighborhood, quarter, situation: eam esse naturam et regionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc., i. e. the geographical situation: agri fertilissima, Cs.: regione castrorum, in the vicinity of the camp, L.: deserta siti regio, V.: acie regione instructā non apertissimā, N.: Quor in his te conspicor regionibus? T.— A portion of country, territory, province, district, region: regio, quae ad Aduaticos adiacet, Cs.: regio, quae mari cincta esset: Pedana, H.: Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis, Cs.: terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles: in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam, L.: ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret, Cs.— A district with its people, country, nation: aspera et fidelis et fautrix suorum: quae regio si fida Samnitibus esset, L.—Fig., a province, department, sphere: ‘benedicere’ non habet definitam aliquam regionem, has no determinate province.
    * * *
    area, region; neighborhood; district, country; direction

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  • 6 terminus

        terminus ī, m    [1 TER-], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit: de terminis contentio: templi, L.: possessionum.—Person., Termmus, the deity presiding over boundaries, L., H., O.— Fig., a bound, limit, end, term <*> in amicitiā fines, et quasi termini diligendi: nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire ius suum: terminos pangere: gloriae, Cu.— An end, term: vitae: senectutis.
    * * *
    boundary, limit, end; terminus

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  • 7 Terminus

    termĭnus, i, m. (collat. form termo, ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen, ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,

    (BTERMINA DVO STANT,

    Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).
    I.
    Lit., of local boundaries:

    contentio de terminis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

    agrorum,

    Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

    templi,

    Liv. 45, 5, 7:

    urbis,

    Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.:

    possessionum,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    vicinitatis,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8:

    Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,

    Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,
    B.
    Personified: Termĭnus, the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

    constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

    certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

    id. Quint. 10, 35:

    oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

    contentionum,

    id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

    nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

    id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

    omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

    id. Sen. 20, 72:

    vitae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

    pangere terminos,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

    termini egestatis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

    hos terminos dignitati statuo,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.

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  • 8 terminus

    termĭnus, i, m. (collat. form termo, ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen, ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,

    (BTERMINA DVO STANT,

    Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).
    I.
    Lit., of local boundaries:

    contentio de terminis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

    agrorum,

    Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

    templi,

    Liv. 45, 5, 7:

    urbis,

    Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.:

    possessionum,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    vicinitatis,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8:

    Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,

    Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,
    B.
    Personified: Termĭnus, the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

    constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

    certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

    id. Quint. 10, 35:

    oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

    contentionum,

    id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

    nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

    id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

    omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

    id. Sen. 20, 72:

    vitae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

    pangere terminos,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

    termini egestatis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

    hos terminos dignitati statuo,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.

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  • 9 corona

    cŏrō̆na (in the ante-Aug. per. sometimes written chorona, acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ae, f., = korônê, a garland, chaplet, wreath.
    I.
    Lit., of natural or artificial flowers, etc. (very freq. used for personal adornment at festivals, when sacrificing, or as a gift for friends, etc., for ornamenting the images of the gods, edifices, victims, the dead, etc.), Lucr. 5, 1399; Lex XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5, § 7; Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 16; Cic. Fl. 31, 75; id. Leg. 2, 24, 60; Liv. 23, 11, 5; 38, 14, 5; Curt. 4, 2, 2; 4, 4, 5; Hor. C. 1, 26, 8; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; Tac. A. 2, 57; 15, 12; 16, 4; id. H. 2, 55 et saep.:

    coronas bibere,

    i. e. to throw into the cup leaves plucked from the garlands, Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12. Vid. the artt. sacerdotalis, funebris, sepulchralis, convivialis, nuptialis, natalitia, Etrusca, pactilis, plectilis, sutilis, tonsa or tonsilis, radiata, and pampinea.— Poet.:

    perenni fronde corona,

    i. e. immortal, poetic renown, Lucr. 1, 119.—As emblem of royalty, a crown:

    regni corona = diadema,

    Verg. A. 8, 505. —Concerning the different kinds of garlands or crowns given to soldiers as a prize of bravery (castrensis or vallaris, civica, muralis, navalis or rostrata, obsidionalis, triumphalis, oleagina, etc.), v. Gell. 5, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; and the artt. castrensis, civicus, muralis, etc.—
    2.
    Esp.: corona fidei, the crown of martyrdom (eccl. Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 58; 60; Lact. Epit. 72, 23;

    and corona alone,

    Lact. 4, 25, 10; id. Mort. Pers. 16, 11.—
    B.
    Sub coronā vendere, t. t. of the lang. of business, to sell captives as slaves (since they were crowned with chaplets; cf. Caelius Sabinus ap. Gell. 7, 4, 3;

    and corono, I.),

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; Liv. 42, 63, 12; so,

    sub coronā venire,

    id. 9, 42, 8; 38, 29, 11; 41, 11, 8:

    sub coronā venundari,

    Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 1, 68:

    sub coronā emere,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 4.—
    C.
    As a constellation.
    1.
    The northern crown (according to the fable, the crown of Ariadne transferred to heaven;

    v. Ariadna),

    Cic. Arat. 351 sq.; Caes. German. Arat. 71;

    called Gnosia stella Coronae,

    Verg. G. 1, 222:

    Cressa Corona,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 558:

    Ariadnea Corona,

    Manil. 5, 21; cf. also Ov. M. 8, 181; Plin. 18, 26, 60, § 224 al.—
    * 2.
    The southern crown, Caes. German. Arat. 391.—
    II.
    Meton., of objects in the form of a crown.
    A.
    Most freq., a circle of men, an assembly, crowd, multitude (esp. of judicial assemblies), Cic. Fl. 28, 69; id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; id. Mil. 1, 1; id. Fin. 2, 22, 74; Quint. 12, 10, 74; Suet. Aug. 93 al.; Cat. 53, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53; Ov. M. 13, 1 al.—Hence,
    2.
    Milit. t. t., the besiegers round a hostile place, the line of siege or circumvallation, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Liv. 10, 43, 1; 23, 44, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 10 al.—Also, a circle of men for the defence of a place, Liv. 4, 19, 8.—
    B.
    In arch., the cornice, Vitr. 5, 2; Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 183.—
    C.
    In the agrimensores, an elevated ridge of land as a boundary line, Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Front. Col. 114 and 131 Goes.—
    D.
    The hairy crown over the horse's hoof, Col. 6, 29, 3; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 13, 1.—
    E.
    Montium, a circular ridge of mountains, Plin. 6, 20, 23, [p. 472] § 73.—
    F.
    The halo round the sun (for the Gr. halôs), Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 1.

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  • 10 libramentum

    lībrāmentum, i, n. [id.], that which gives to any thing a downward pressure; weight, gravity.
    I.
    Lit.:

    plumbi,

    Liv. 42, 63, 4.—
    B.
    A fall, descent of water:

    libramentum aquae,

    Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

    quod libramentum cum exinanitum est, suscitat et elicit fontem, cum repletum, moratur et strangulat, of a spring that alternately rises and falls,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 10:

    inferiore labro demisso ad libramentum modicae aquae receptae in fauces, palpitante ibi lingua ululatus elicitur, of the croaking of frogs,

    Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 173.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A level surface, horizontal plane: extremitatem et quasi libramentum, in quo nulla omnino crassitudo sit, * Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

    sub eodem libramento stare,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 12, 1: usque ad libramentum summi fornicis, Ael. Gall. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 206 Müll.—
    B.
    Evenness, equality:

    ventorum hiemalium et aestivorum,

    Col. 1, 5, 8 —
    C.
    A straight line:

    si recto libramento inter solem terrasque media (luna) successit,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 4:

    libramentum finale,

    a boundary line, Amm. 15, 4, 4.—
    D.
    A weight for balancing or giving motive power (ballista):

    ferrea manus cum injecta prorae esset, gravique libramento plumbi recelleret ad solum,

    Liv. 24, 34, 10:

    arietem admotum nunc saxis ingentibus nunc libramento plumbi gravatum ad terram urguebant,

    id. 42, 63, 4 Weissenb.:

    late cladem intulisset, ni duo milites vincla ac libramenta tormento abscidissent,

    Tac. H. 3, 23.

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  • 11 scriptura

    scriptūra, ae, f. [scribo], a writing, written characters.
    I.
    In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.;

    Cic. uses scriptio instead): minium in voluminibus quoque scriptura usurpatur clarioresque litteras vel in auro vel in marmore etiam in sepulchris facit,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122:

    (meorum librorum) scriptura quanti constet,

    Mart. 1, 67, 3; Suet. Aug. 80: mendum scripturae, an error in writing, Caecin. ap. Cic Fam. 6, 7, 1.—
    * 2.
    Concr., a line (syn. scriptum):

    supercilia usque ad malarum scripturam currentia,

    the boundary line between the cheeks and eyelids, Petr. 126, 15.—
    II.
    In partic. (freq. and class.).
    A.
    (Acc. to scribo, II.) [p. 1649] A writing, composing, composition (cf. scriptura).
    1.
    Abstr., = scriptio:

    stilus optimus dicendi effector... Nam si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio facile vincit: hanc ipsa profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    neminem posse omnis res per scripturam complecti,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 152: quod si scripturam sprevissem in praesentiā, writing, composing, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 16:

    scriptura levis,

    id. Phorm. prol. 5; cf.: genus scripturae, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Liv 25, 12; Suet. Vit. Juven.; Nep. praef. § 1; cf.

    also: Naevii Punicum bellum continenti scripturā expositum,

    Suet. Gram. 2: C. Furnio legato plura verbo quam scriptura mandata dedimus, rather orally than in writing, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5; cf.:

    edebat per libellos scripturā brevi,

    written briefly, Suet. Caes. 41.—
    2.
    Concr., = scriptum.
    a.
    Something written, a writing (rare, and not in Cic., for scriptum, liber, libellus): ne cum poëtā scriptura evanesceret, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; id. Ad. prol. 1:

    diurna actorum, i. e. acta diurna,

    the public paper of the State, Tac. A. 3, 3:

    nemo annales nostros cum scripturā eorum contenderit,

    id. ib. 4, 32:

    in alterā scripturā,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, 12; Vitr. 5, 4, 1; Vulg. Dan. 5, 17; 25.—Of an inscription:

    statuae aetatem scriptura indicat,

    Vell. 2, 61, 3.—
    b.
    In eccl. writers: kat exochên Scriptura, or, in the plur., Scripturae, the Scriptures, Vulg. Matt. 21, 42; id. Johan. 7, 42.—Esp. sing.: scriptūra, ae, a scripture, a passage of Scripture, Vulg. Marc. 14, 49; id. Johan. 19, 24.—
    B.
    Publicists' and jurid. t. t.
    1.
    Public.
    a.
    A tax paid on public pastures:

    advorsum legem a me ob meam scripturam pecudem accepit Aeraque,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 42 sq.; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Att. 11, 10, 1; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1.—
    * b.
    A written law (syn. lex scripta):

    cum per ignorantiam scripturae multa commissa fierent,

    Suet. Calig. 41.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t.
    a.
    A testamentary provision:

    primum demonstrandum est, non esse ambigue scriptum... Deinde ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, etc.... quae autem ex omni consideratā scripturā perspicua fiant, haec ambigua non oportere existimari,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 34:

    dubia,

    id. 7, 9, 6.—
    b.
    A will: suprema, Cod. Th. 16, 1, 40.

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  • 12 decimanus

    dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of tithes, as a tax:

    ager,

    that pays tithes, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    frumentum,

    i. e. a tithe of the produce, id. ib. 2, 3, 5 fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.—
    2.
    Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33;

    for which decumana mulier,

    id. ib. 34.—
    B.
    Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. § 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25 fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32 fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—
    C.
    Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; 18, 34, 77, § 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.—
    II.
    Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.

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  • 13 decumana

    dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of tithes, as a tax:

    ager,

    that pays tithes, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    frumentum,

    i. e. a tithe of the produce, id. ib. 2, 3, 5 fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.—
    2.
    Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33;

    for which decumana mulier,

    id. ib. 34.—
    B.
    Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. § 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25 fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32 fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—
    C.
    Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; 18, 34, 77, § 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.—
    II.
    Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.

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  • 14 decumani

    dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of tithes, as a tax:

    ager,

    that pays tithes, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    frumentum,

    i. e. a tithe of the produce, id. ib. 2, 3, 5 fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.—
    2.
    Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33;

    for which decumana mulier,

    id. ib. 34.—
    B.
    Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. § 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25 fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32 fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—
    C.
    Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; 18, 34, 77, § 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.—
    II.
    Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.

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  • 15 limes

    līmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root in līmus; cf. limen, and Gr. lechris; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5], a cross-path, balk between fields.
    I.
    Lit., the Romans usually had in their fields two broad and two narrower paths; the principal balk from east to west was called limes decumanus; that from north to south was called cardo;

    of the two smaller ones, that running from east to west was called prorus, the other, from north to south, transversus,

    Hyg. de Limit. Const. 18, 33 and 34; Col. 1, 8, 7:

    lutosi limites,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8. —
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet.).
    1.
    A boundary, limit between two fields or estates, consisting of a stone or a balk:

    partiri limite campum,

    Verg. G. 1, 126:

    saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis,

    id. A. 12, 897:

    effodit medio de limite saxum,

    Juv. 16, 38.—
    2.
    A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wall:

    cuncta inter castellum Alisonem ac Rhenum novis limitibus aggeribusque permunita,

    Tac. A. 2, 7:

    limite acto promotisque praesidiis,

    id. G. 29: penetrat interius, aperit limites, Vell. 2, 120.—
    3.
    In gen., any path, passage, road, way; also, by-street, by-road:

    eo limite Athenienses signa extulerunt,

    Liv. 31, 39:

    profectus inde transversis limitibus,

    id. ib.:

    lato te limite ducam,

    Verg. A. 9, 323:

    acclivis,

    Ov. M. 2, 19:

    limite recto fugere,

    id. ib. 7, 782:

    transversi,

    by-roads, Liv. 22, 12, 2 Fabr.; 31, 39, 5; 41, 14 init.: limes Appiae, the line of the Appian street (for the street itself), id. 22, 15, 11:

    limite acto (i. e. facto),

    Tac. G. 29.—

    Of the channel of a stream: solito dum flumina currant Limite,

    Ov. M. 8, 558; Prop. 5, 9, 60.—Of the track of light left behind them by comets, fiery meteors, torches, etc.:

    flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem, Stella micat,

    Ov. M. 15, 849:

    tum longo limite sulcus Dat lucem,

    Verg. A. 2, 697; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

    sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes,

    the zodiac, Ov. M. 2, 130:

    latum per agmen Ardens limitem agit ferro,

    Verg. A. 10, 514; cf. Sil. 4, 463; 9, 379; Stat. Th. 9, 182.—
    4.
    A line or vein in a precious stone:

    nigram materiam distinguente limite albo,

    Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A boundary, limit:

    limes carminis,

    Stat. Th. 1, 16:

    aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

    Juv. 10, 169.—
    B.
    A distinction, difference:

    judicium brevi limite falle tuum,

    Ov. R. Am. 325:

    quaedam perquam tenui limite dividuntur,

    Quint. 9, 1, 3.—
    C.
    A way, path:

    si maledicitis vostro gradiar limite,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18:

    bene meritis de patria quasi limes ad caeli aditum patet,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 8; Sen. Ben. 1, 15, 2:

    eundem limitem agere,

    to go the same way, employ the same means, Ov. A. A. 3, 558.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limes

  • 16 līnea (līnia)

        līnea (līnia) ae, f    [lineus], a linen thread, string, line, plumb-line: perpendiculo et lineā uti: ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam, perpendicularly: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, in horizontal courses, Cs.: (ignis) rectis lineis subvolat, vertically.—A line, mark, bound, limit, goal: extremā lineā Amare haud nil est, i. e. to see the loved one at a distance, T.: cogit nos linea iungi, i. e. the boundary of the seats (in the theatre), O.—Fig.: est peccare tamquam transire lineas, to pass the mark: mors ultima linea rerum est, H.

    Latin-English dictionary > līnea (līnia)

  • 17 commissūra

        commissūra ae, f    [committo], a joining together, joint, seam, juncture, commissure: molles digitorum: mirabiles ossium: pluteorum, Cs.
    * * *
    joint, juncture, seam, gap; intersection, common point; boundary/dividing line

    Latin-English dictionary > commissūra

  • 18 confine

    boundary, border, border-line; confine, neighborhood (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > confine

  • 19 ora

    I.
    region, clime, district, country / residents of a district
    II.
    edge, rim, border, boundary / coast, coast-line

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > ora

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