a coat of mail

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sŭo, sŭi, sūtum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. siv-, sivjāmi, sew; Gr. kassuô, to stitch, cobble], to sew or stitch, to sew, join, or tack together (rare but class.).

Lit.:

quod (foramen) nisi permagnā vi sui non potest,

Cels. 7, 4, 3:

tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta,

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

unius os sutum,

Flor. 4, 12, 36:

pellibus et sutis arcent male frigora bracis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19: hi plerasque naves loris suebant, Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4: navis suta lino et sparteis serilibus, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. serilla, p. 340 fin. Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Rib.):

corticibus suta cavatis alvearia,

Verg. G. 4, 33:

pilea suta de caesis lacernis,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 24. —

Trop.:

metue lenonem, ne quid suo suat capiti,

devise, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; cf. consuo, II. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: sūta, ōrum, n., that which is made of plates fastened together, mail, a coat of mail:

huic gladio perque aerea suta Per tunicam squalentem auro latus haurit apertum,

Verg. A. 10, 313:

magnorum aerea suta Thoracum,

Stat. Th. 3, 585:

latus omne sub armis Ferrea suta terunt,

id. ib. 4, 131.

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arma, ōrum, n. ( gen. plur. armūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155; Att. ap. Non. p. 495, 23, considered by Cic. in the connection armūm judicium as less correct than armorum) [cf. ARÔ, arariskô = to fit; arthron = joint; harmos = armus = joint, shoulder; artaô = artio, arto = to fit, to fit in closely; artios = fit, exact; artus = close, narrow; ars (artis) = the craft of fitting things; artifex, artificium; Goth. arms = O. H. Germ. aram = Engl. arm; Sanscr. ar = to hit upon, attain; aram = fit, fast; īrmas = arm. Curt.].

Lit.

1.. What is fitted to the body for its protection, defensive armor, as the shield, coat of mail, helmet, etc.:

tot milia armorum, detracta corporibus hostium,

Liv. 45, 39:

induere arma,

id. 30, 31:

arma his imperata, galea, clipeum, ocreae, lorica, omnia ex aere,

id. 1, 43:

pictis et auro caelatis refulgens armis,

id. 7, 10. —

Specifically, a shield:

at Lausum socii exanimem super arma ferebant,

on a shield, Verg. A. 10, 841:

caelestia arma, quae ancilia appellantur,

Liv. 1, 20 (v. ancile); id. 8, 30; 1, 37; cf. Verg. A. 1, 119 Heyne; Tac. G. 11 Rup.; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 43:

Aeneas se collegit in arma,

gathered himself under his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491.—Hence, in a more extended sense,

Implements of war, arms, both of defence and offence (but of the latter only those which are used in close contest, such as the sword, axe, club; in distinction from tela, which are used in contest at a distance; hence, arma and tela are often contrasted; v. the foll., and cf. Bremi and Dähne ad Nep. Dat. 11, 3): arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; id. ap. Non. p. 469, 26:

arma alia ad tegendum, alia ad nocendum,

Cic. Caec. 21:

armis condicione positis aut defetigatione abjectis aut victoriā detractis,

id. Fam. 6, 2:

illum dicis cum armis aureis, Quoius etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 16:

ibi Simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

arma antiqua manus, ungues dentesque fuerunt Et lapides, et item, silvarum fragmina, ramei,

Lucr. 5, 1283; so,

Mutum et turpe pecus (i. e. primeval man), glandem et cubilia propter Unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 100 sqq.:

capere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; id. Rab. Perd. 6 and 7:

sumere,

id. Planc. 36, 88 Wund.; id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; Vulg. Gen. 27, 3; ib. 3 Reg. 22, 30:

accipere, ib. Judith, 14, 2: adprehendere,

ib. Psa. 34, 2:

resumere,

Suet. Calig. 48:

aptare,

Liv. 5, 49:

induere,

id. 30, 31; Ov. M. 14, 798; id. F. 1, 521; Verg. A. 11, 83; Luc. 1, 126:

accingi armis,

Verg. A. 6, 184, and Vulg. Jud. 18, 11:

armis instructus,

ib. Deut. 1, 41; ib. 1 Par. 12, 13:

concitare ad arma,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

descendere ad arma,

id. ib. 7, 33:

vocare ad arma,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

vocare in arma,

Verg. A. 9, 22:

ferre contra aliquem,

Vell. 2, 56:

decernere armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 3:

armis cum hoste certare,

id. Off. 3, 22, 87; so,

saevis armis,

Verg. A. 12, 890:

dimicare armis cum aliquo,

Nep. Milt. 1, 2:

esse in armis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Suet. Caes. 69:

ponere, abicere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 2:

relinquere,

Liv. 2, 10:

tradere,

Nep. Ham. 1, 5; Suet. Vit. 10:

amittere,

Verg. A. 1, 474:

proicere,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 43;

7, 44: deripere militibus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

dirimere,

Luc. 1, 104 et saep.—Hence, arma virosque, per arma, per viros, etc., Liv. 8, 25; 8, 30 al.; v. Burm. ad Verg. A. 1, 1, and cf. Liv. 9, 24:

tela et arma: armorum atque telorum portationes,

Sall. C. 42, 2; Liv. 1, 25; Col. 12, 3; Tac. G. 29 and 33:

armis et castris, prov. (like remis velisque, viris equisque),

with vigor, with might and main, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84.—

Trop., means of protection, defence, weapons:

tenere semper arma (sc. eloquentiae), quibus vel tectus ipse esse possis, vel, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

prudentiae,

id. ib. 1, 38, 172:

senectutis,

id. Lael. 4. 9:

tectus Vulcaniis armis, id est fortitudine,

id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 12, 21:

facundiae,

id. 2, 16, 10:

justitiae,

Vulg. Rom. 6, 13; ib. 2 Cor. 6, 7:

arma lucis,

ib. Rom. 13, 12:

horriferum contra Borean ovis arma ministret, i. e. lanas,

Ov. M. 15, 471:

haec mihi Stertinius arma (i. e. praecepta) dedit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; cf. id. Ep. 1, 16, 67:

arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sunt,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 4.

War (once in opp. to pax, v. infra):

silent leges inter arma,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10; id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

arma civilia,

civil war, id. Fam. 2, 16, and Tac. A. 1, 9:

civilia arma,

id. Agr. 16; id. G. 37 (otherwise, bella civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86, and Tac. Agr. 13):

ab externis armis otium erat,

Liv. 3, 14; 9, 1; 3, 69 Drak.; 9, 32; 42, 2; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.:

a Rubro Mari arma conatus sit inferre Italiae,

Nep. Hann. 2, 1 (for which more freq. bellum inferre alicui, v. infero):

ad horrida promptior arma,

Ov. M. 1, 126:

qui fera nuntiet arma,

id. ib. 5, 4;

14, 479: compositis venerantur armis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 52. So the beginning of the Æneid: Arma virumque cano; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 7:

melius visum Gallos novam gentem pace potius cognosci quam armis,

Liv. 5, 35 fin.; cf.:

cedant arma togae,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76.—Also for battle, contest:

in arma feror,

Verg. A. 2, 337; so id. ib. 2, 655.—

(Abstr. for concr.) The warriors themselves, soldiers, troops:

nulla usquam apparuerunt arma,

Liv. 41, 12:

nostro supplicio liberemus Romana arma, i. e. Romanum exercitum,

id. 9, 9; 21, 26:

Hispanias armis non ita redundare,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

expertem frustra belli et neutra arma secutum,

neither party, Ov. M. 5, 91: auxiliaria arma, auxiliaries, auxiliary troops = auxiliares (v. auxiliaris, I.), id. ib. 6, 424; cf. id. ib. 14, 528.—

Transf., poet. (like hoplon and entea in Gr.), implements, instruments, tools, utensils, in gen. Of implements for grinding and baking:

Cerealia arma,

the arms of Ceres, Verg. A. 1, 177 (cf. Hom. Od. 7, 232: entea daitos). —Of implements of agriculture, Ov. M. 11, 35:

dicendum est, quae sint duris agrestibus arma, Quīs sine nec potuere seri nec surgere messes,

Verg. G. 1, 160.—Of the equipments, tackle of a ship ( mast, sails, rudder, etc.):

colligere arma jubet validisque incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 5, 15; 6, 353.—Hence used by Ovid for wings:

haec umeris arma parata suis, A. A. 2, 50 (cf. in the foll. verse: his patria est adeunda carinis).—And so of other instruments,

Mart. 14, 36.

cŏ-ercĕo, cui, cĭtum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to enclose something on all sides or wholly, to hold together, to surround, encompass:

qui (mundus) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; cf. id. ib. 2, 40, 101; Ov. M. 1, 31:

quā circum Galli lorica coërcet,

where the Gallic coat of mail encloses, Lucr. 6, 954; cf.

of a band holding the hair together,

Ov. M. 1, 477; 2, 413; Hor. C. 2, 19, 19; 1, 10, 18:

est animus vitaï claustra coërcens,

holding together the bands of life, Lucr. 3, 396.—

Esp. with the access. idea of hindering free motion by surrounding; to restrain, confine, shut in, hold in confinement, repress (freq. and class.):

(amnis) nullis coërcitus ripis,

Liv. 21, 31, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 342:

(aqua) jubetur ab arbitro coërceri,

to be kept in, repressed, Cic. Top. 9, 39 (cf., just before, the more usual arcere, v. arceo, II.); Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§ 6 and 8;

47, 11, 10: impetum aquarum,

Curt. 8, 13, 9.—Of pruning plants:

vitem serpentem multiplici lapsu et erratico, ferro amputans coërcet ars agricolarum,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52;

so of the vine,

Col. 3, 21, 7; 4, 1, 5; Quint. 9, 4, 5; cf. id. 8, 3, 10.—Hence, sacrum (lucum), to trim, clip, Cato, R. R. 139:

quibus (operibus) intra muros coërcetur hostis,

Liv. 5, 5, 2:

(mortuos) noviens Styx interfusa coërcet,

Verg. A. 6, 439; cf.:

Tantalum atque Tantali Genus coërcet (Orcus),

Hor. C. 2, 18, 38:

carcere coërcere animalia,

Plin. 10, 50, 72, § 141:

Hypermnestra... gravibus coërcita vinclis,

Ov. H. 14, 3; cf.: eos morte, exsilio, vinclis, damno coërcent, [p. 360] Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

aliquem custodiā,

Dig. 41, 1, 3, § 2:

Galliae Alpibus coërcitae,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5:

miles coërcitus in tot receptis ex potestate hostium urbibus,

Liv. 36, 24, 7.— Poet.: Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae juvenes, hold together, i. e. command, lead on, Verg. A. 9, 27.—

Trop.,

Of discourse, to keep within limits, control, confine, restrain, limit (syn.:

contineo, cohibeo): ut (nos) quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf. id. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 12, 1, 20; 9, 2, 76; 10, 4, 1;

and, the figure taken from bridling or curbing horses (cf.: frenisque coërcuit ora,

Ov. M. 5, 643; and:

spumantiaque ora coërcet,

id. ib. 6, 226):

exsultantia,

Quint. 10, 4, 1; cf. id. 10, 3, 10:

Augustus addiderat consilium coercendi intra terminos imperii,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—Of words bound by measure:

numeris verba coërcere,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 73.—But most freq.,

Morally, to hold some fault, some passion, etc., or the erring or passionate person in check, to curb, restrain, tame, correct, etc. (syn.:

contineo, cohibeo, refreno, reprimo, domo): cupiditates,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; Quint. 12, 2, 28:

temeritatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:

improbitatem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

rabiem gentis,

Liv. 41, 27, 4:

faenus,

id. 32, 27, 3:

procacitatem hominis manibus,

Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

suppliciis delicta,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 79 al.:

aliquid poenae aut infamiae metu,

Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

omnibus modis socios atque cives,

Sall. C. 29 fin.:

genus hominum neque beneficio, neque metu coërcitum,

id. J. 91, 7:

duabus coërcitis gentibus,

Liv. 31, 43, 4; 39, 32, 11; Caes. B. C. 1, 67:

verberibus potius quam verbis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5; so Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Off. 3, 5, 23;

v. A. supra: pueros fuste,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 134; Tac. G. 25:

incensum ac flagrantem animum,

id. Agr. 4:

licentiam,

id. H. 1, 35.— Poet.:

carmen, quod non Multa dies et multa litura coërcuit,

corrected, finished, Hor. A. P. 293.

plūma, ae, f., a small, soft feather; in plur., fine, soft feathers, down.

Lit. (clas.;

syn. penna): (animantium) pluma alias, alias squamā videmus obductas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

plumae versicolores,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 18:

mollis,

Verg. A. 10, 192:

in plumis delituisse Jovem,

i. e. in the form of a swan, Ov. H. 8, 68.—They were used esp. for stuffing pillows and the beds of litters:

dormit in plumā,

Mart. 12, 17, 8:

pensilibus plumis vehi,

i. e. in litters, Juv. 1, 159:

in plumā paternā dormire,

id. 6, 88. —Also in clothing:

non avium plumae in usum vestium conseruntur?

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—As an image of lightness, triviality, insignificance, like feather with us:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23:

levior plumā est gratia,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 17:

ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

pluma haud interest, patronus, an cliens probior siet,

there is not a pin to choose, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60.—

Transf.

Of the first beard, down ( poet.):

insperata tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 2.—

The scales on a coat of mail, Stat. Th. 11, 542; cf.:

equus, quem pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat,

i. e. scales of brass overlaid on a skin, Verg. A. 11, 771 Serv. and Heyn. ad loc.:

equis operimenta erant, quae lintea ferreis laminis in modum plumae adnexuerant,

Sall. H. 4, 59 Dietsch.

spongĭa or spongĕa, ae, f., = spongia.

Lit., a sponge, Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; 31, 11, 47, § 123; Lucr. 4, 618; Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; id. Sest. 35, 77; Varr. ap. Non. 96, 14; Mart. 12, 48, 7; 14, 144, 1; Sen. Ep. 70, 20; id. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Suet. Vesp. 16. —

Transf., of things resembling a sponge.

An open-worked coat of mail, Liv. 9, 40, 3:

retiariorum,

Tert. Spect. 25. —In a double sense, with the signif. I.: Ajax in spongeam incubuit, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 85.—

The root of some plants;

of asparagus,

Col. 11, 3, 43; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 146; Pall. Febr. 24, 8; id. Mart. 9, 11;

of mint,

Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159.—

A kind of porous stone, pumice-stone, Vitr. 2, 6; Pall. 1, 10, 3.—

A kind of moss, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63.—

Fragments of iron melted, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.

Spongĭa, ae, m., a proper name, perh. fictitious, in contempt, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6.

spongĭa or spongĕa, ae, f., = spongia.

Lit., a sponge, Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; 31, 11, 47, § 123; Lucr. 4, 618; Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; id. Sest. 35, 77; Varr. ap. Non. 96, 14; Mart. 12, 48, 7; 14, 144, 1; Sen. Ep. 70, 20; id. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Suet. Vesp. 16. —

Transf., of things resembling a sponge.

An open-worked coat of mail, Liv. 9, 40, 3:

retiariorum,

Tert. Spect. 25. —In a double sense, with the signif. I.: Ajax in spongeam incubuit, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 85.—

The root of some plants;

of asparagus,

Col. 11, 3, 43; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 146; Pall. Febr. 24, 8; id. Mart. 9, 11;

of mint,

Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159.—

A kind of porous stone, pumice-stone, Vitr. 2, 6; Pall. 1, 10, 3.—

A kind of moss, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63.—

Fragments of iron melted, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.

Spongĭa, ae, m., a proper name, perh. fictitious, in contempt, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6.

spongĭa or spongĕa, ae, f., = spongia.

Lit., a sponge, Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; 31, 11, 47, § 123; Lucr. 4, 618; Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; id. Sest. 35, 77; Varr. ap. Non. 96, 14; Mart. 12, 48, 7; 14, 144, 1; Sen. Ep. 70, 20; id. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Suet. Vesp. 16. —

Transf., of things resembling a sponge.

An open-worked coat of mail, Liv. 9, 40, 3:

retiariorum,

Tert. Spect. 25. —In a double sense, with the signif. I.: Ajax in spongeam incubuit, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 85.—

The root of some plants;

of asparagus,

Col. 11, 3, 43; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 146; Pall. Febr. 24, 8; id. Mart. 9, 11;

of mint,

Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159.—

A kind of porous stone, pumice-stone, Vitr. 2, 6; Pall. 1, 10, 3.—

A kind of moss, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63.—

Fragments of iron melted, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.

Spongĭa, ae, m., a proper name, perh. fictitious, in contempt, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6.

squāmĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], scaly ( poet.).

Lit.:

anguis,

Verg. G. 2, 154:

terga (anguium),

id. A. 2, 218:

membrana chelydri,

Ov. M. 7, 272.—

Transf.: clipeatus et auro Squameus, in golden scales (of a coat of mail), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 522.

hauberk [a coat of chain mail], a knight's service.