a going round

circŭĭtĭo ( circŭmĭtĭo, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40; 2, 61, 127; Liv. 3, 6, 9; Front. de Or. 3; Amm. 24, 2, 2), ōnis, f. [circumeo].

A going round; in milit. lang., the rounds: circuitio ac cura (vigiliarum) aedilium plebei erat. Liv. 3, 6, 9.—

A circuit: muni mentum fluminis circumitione vallatum, Amm 24, 2, 2.—

Trop., a circuitous mode, a circumlocution. ita aperte ipsam rem modo locutus, nil circuitione usus es, [p. 335] Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:

quid opus est circumitione et anfractu?

Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127, cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: Epicurus circuitione quādam ( in an indirect manner) deos tollens, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a place for going round something, a way, passage, corridor, Vitr. 4, 4; 6, 3; 10, 19.—

A circumference, compass, Vitr. 1, 5; 2, 10.

ambītus, a, um, Part. of ambio.

ambĭtus, ūs, m. [ambio].

Lit. A going round, a moving round about, a revolution:

cum se octo ambitus ad idem caput rettulerint,

Cic. Tim. 9:

aquae per amoenos ambitus agros,

Hor. A. P. 17 (cf. ambio, II. A.):

alligata mutuo ambitu (i. e. amplexu) corpora,

Petr. 132:

ambitu breviore luna currit quam sol,

Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86:

saeculorum,

Tac. A. 6, 28:

verborum (i. e. ambages),

Suet. Tib. 71.—

Transf.

Abstr. pro concr., a circuit, circle, circumference, periphery, edge of a circular object:

ambitus parmae,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 4:

folia ambitu serrato,

id. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

castra lato ambitu,

Tac. A. 1, 61; 4, 49:

ambitus lacus,

Suet. Claud. 21.— Trop., of discourse, periphrasis, circumlocution, = ambages:

multos circa unam rem ambitus facere,

Liv. 27, 27.—Hence, the open space left round a house:

ambitus est quod circumeundo teritur,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 22 Müll.:

P. Scaevola id solum esse ambitus aedium dixerit, quo etc.,

Cic. Top. 4: ambitus proprie dicitur inter vicinorum aedificia locus duorum pedum et semipedis ad circumeundi facultatem relictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll. —Also, the small space around sepulchres, Dig. 47, 12, 5.—

An unlawful striving for posts of honor, or canvassing for office; esp. by bribery (cf. ambitio, I.), prohibited by the Lex Calpurnia, Caecilia, Fabia, Julia, Licinia, Tullia de ambitu, against bribery, corruption, etc.:

legem ambitus flagitāsti,

Cic. Mur. 23:

punire ambitum,

id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sall. C. 18, 2 Kritz:

accusare aliquem ambitus,

Cic. Clu. 41:

deferre nomen alicujus de ambitu,

id. Cael. 31:

interrogare aliquem legibus ambitus,

Sall. C. 18, 2:

damnatus ambitus,

Cic. Clu. 41:

condemnare de ambitu,

Suet. Caes. 41 al.:

effusae ambitus largitiones,

Nep. Att. 6.—

In gen., the desire to make a display, ostentation, vanity, show, parade:

relinque ambitum: tumida res est vana, ventosa,

Sen. Ep. 84:

proprius quidam intellegendi ambitus,

Quint. 12, 10, 3.—Of speech, bombastic fulness, parade:

imagine et ambitu rerum,

Quint. 10, 1, 16 Fr.; id. Decl. 4 fin. —

In rhet., a period:

comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum (si sic periodum appellari placet),

Cic. Brut. 44, 162; id. Or. 12; so id. ib. 50.

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ambĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [ambio], a going round.

In the time of the republic, t. t. (v. ambio, II. B.), the going about of candidates for office in Rome, and the soliciting of individual citizens for their vote, a canvassing, suing for office (by just and lawful means;

while ambitus denotes unlawful means, as bribery, threats, etc.): quid de nostris ambitionibus loquar?

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62:

mea me ambitio ab omni illā cogitatione abstrahebat,

id. Sull. 4:

cum ambitionis nostrae tempora postulabant,

id. Planc. 18, 45:

si infinitus forensium rerum labor et ambitionis occupatio decursu honorum etiam aetatis flexu constitisset,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 53, 131:

tanta exarsit ambitio, ut primores civitatis prensarent homines,

Liv. 3, 35, 1 et saep.—

A.. In gen., a striving for one's favor or good-will; an excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation:

ambitione labi,

Cic. Brut. 69, 244:

sive aliquā suspitione sive ambitione adducti,

id. Clu. 28, 76:

in Scipione ambitio major, vita tristior,

id. Off. 1, 30, 108 Heus., Beier, and Gernh.: Dionysius Platonem magnā ambitione Syracusas perduxit, in an ostentatious manner, for the purpose of securing his favor, Nep. Dion, 2, 2 Br. and Dähn.:

ambitio (i.e. studium Fabiis placendi) obstabat,

Liv. 5, 36:

ambitione relegatā,

without flattery, Hor. S. 1, 10, 84: ambitionem scriptoris facile averseris, obtrectatio et livor pronis auribus accipiuntur, Tac. H. 1, 1:

nullo officii aut ambitionis genere omisso, i.e. nullis blanditiis,

Suet. Oth. 4:

coronas quam parcissime et sine ambitione tribuit,

id. Aug. 25 et saep.—Hence, also partiality:

jus sibi per ambitionem dictum non esse,

Liv. 3, 47.—

With the predom. idea of the purpose or end, a desire for honor, popularity, power, display, etc.; in bon. part., ambition; in mal. part., vanity. —So in Lucr. of the ambitious efforts of men:

Angustum per iter luctantes ambitionis,

struggling to press through the narrow way of ambition, Lucr. 5, 1132:

me ambitio quaedam ad honorum studium duxit,

Cic. Att. 1, 17:

Miserrima omnino est ambitio honorumque contentio,

id. Off. 1, 25:

a quo incepto studioque me ambitio mala detinuerat,

Sall. C. 4, 2:

aut ab avaritiā aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

Vitā solutorum miserā ambitione gravique,

id. ib. 1, 6, 129; so id. ib. 2, 3, 78;

2, 6, 18: inanis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 207:

levis,

Ov. F. 1, 103 al.:

licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, tamen frequenter causa virtutum est,

Quint. 1, 2, 22:

perversa,

id. 10, 7, 20:

funerum nulla ambitio,

no display, pomp, Tac. G. 27.—

Great exertion:

cum admitti magnā ambitione aegre obtinuisset,

Just. 1, 3.—

That which surrounds (v. ambio, 2.;

postclass. for ambitus): vimineos alveos circumdant ambitione tergorum bubulorum,

with a wrapping of cowhide, Sol. 22:

fuliginem ambitio extimae cutis cohibet,

id. 35: ita assedimus, ut me ex tribus medium lateris ambitione protegerent, Min. Oct. 4.

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

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ambāges, is, f. (nom. and gen. sing. dub., though mentioned in Charis. p. 25 P. and found in Tac. H. 5, 13 MS.; but found in abl. sing.:

ambage,

Ov. H. 7, 149; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; Val. Fl. 1, 227; also,

ambagine,

Manil. 4, 304; the plur. is complete, gen. ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 403) [ambi-ago], a going round, a roundabout way ( poet.; in prose only postAug.; syn.: ambago, sinus, flexus, circuitus).

Lit.: variarum ambage viarum (of the windings of the labyrinth), Ov. M. 8, 161; cf.:

dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit,

Verg. A. 6, 29:

(Luna) multiformi ambage torsit ingenia contemplantium,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41:

itinerum ambages,

id. 36, 13, 19, § 2:

longis ambagibus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 226.—

Of speech.

Circumlocution, evasion, digression:

ambages mitte,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 81; so id. Ps. 5, 1, 10 (not elsewh. in Plaut.): ambages mihi Narrare occipit, * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77:

per ambages et longa exorsa tenere,

Verg. G. 2, 46; Liv. 9, 11 fin.:

ne te longis ambagibus morer,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82:

missis ambagibus,

without circumlocution, directly, id. S. 2, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 692; 10, 19.—

Obscurity, ambiguity (as kindr. with ambiguus).—So of the Theban Sphinx:

immemor ambagum,

Ov. M. 7, 761; id. F. 4, 261.—Of the lang. of oracles:

ambage nexa Arcana tegere,

Sen. Oedip. 218:

eā ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur,

Tac. A. 12, 63; 2, 54.—Also transf. to actions:

per ambages,

in an obscure, enigmatical manner, Liv. 1, 56; 1, 54; Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.

circŭĭtus, a, um, Part., from circumeo.

circŭĭtus ( circŭmĭtus, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; 2, 62, 155; 2, 19, 49; id. Rep. 1, 29, 45; Quint. 1, 10, 42 al.; cf. circumeo, and v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 737), ūs, m. [circumeo] (class. in prose and poetry).

A going round, a circling, revolving, a revolution:

solis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; cf. Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86; Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

nox et dies unum circumitum orbis efflcit,

id. Univ. 9 prope med.:

Asiae Syriaeque circuitu Aegyptum petit,

Suet. Aug. 17:

mundi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11.—

In medic. lang., the periodical return of a disease, Cels. 3, 5; Ser. Samm. 95.—Far more freq.,

Meton.

(Abstr. pro concr.). A circuit, compass, a way around:

plurimum refert, cujus sit formae ille circuitus,

Quint. 1, 10, 40; cf. id. 1, 10, 42; 1, 5, 26; Augur. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 1:

collis, quem propter magnitudinem circuitus opere circumplecti non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83:

illi operibus vincebant, quod interiore spatio minorem circuitum habebant,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

XV milia passuum circuitu amplexus,

id. ib.; so id B G. 1, 41; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54:

brevi per mon tes circuitu praemissis, qui munirent viam,

Liv. 34, 28, 2; 4, 27, 8; Curt. 3, 11, 19:

qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21; 2, 29; 2, 30:

longo circuitu petere regiones,

id. ib. 7, 45; Verg. A. 11, 767:

saevaque circuitu curvantem bracchia longo, Ov M. 2, 82: circumitus Siciliae quid tibi novi ostenderit,

Sen. Ep. 79, 1.—

= ambitus, an open space left around a building, Varr. L. L. 5, § 22; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p 5, 4 Müll.; Inscr Marin. Fratr. Arval. p. 369.—

Trop

In rhet., a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci periodon, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf.

Quint 9, 4, 124: modo ne circuitus ipse verborum sit aut brevior quam aures exspectent, aut longior, etc.,

Cic. de Or 3, 49, 191; 3, 51, 198; id. Or. 23, 78; Quint. 8, 6, 59; 11, 1, 6. —In plur.:

oratio longiores habet saepe circuitus,

Quint. 9, 4, 60.—

In the postAug. per., a circumlocution, periphrasis, a roundabout way in speech or action; an indirect procedure.

Of speech, ea, quae proprie signari poterant, circuitu coeperint enuntiare, Quint. 12, 10, 16; 12, 10, 41; 5, 7, 16;

10, 1, 12: loqui per circuitus,

Mart. 11, 15, 8.—

Of action:

cur circuitu petis gloriam, quae ad manum posita est?

Curt. 9, 3, 14: negavi circuitu agendum, sed plane jure civili dimicandum, Petr 13 fin.

circum-ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a.

To drive or turn in a circle, turn round (most freq. since the Aug. per.;

not in Cic. or Quint.): impera suovetaurilia circumagi,

Cato, R. R. 141, 1.—And with two acc. (on account of circum):

terram fundumque meum suovetaurilia circumagi jussi,

Cato, R. R. 141, § 2:

(annus) qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,

Liv. 1, 19, 6:

chamaeleonis oculos ipsos circumagi totos tradunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152.— Act. in mid. sense (very rare):

Aegeum pelagus summotas terras hinc ad promunturium, quod Sunium vocatur, magno ambitu mollique circumagit,

rolls around, surrounds, Mel. 2, 2, 8.—

To drive around, produce by going around:

pinctis bobus... aratro circumagebant sulcum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.—Hence,

T. t., to manumit a slave by turning him round. since the slave, in such a case, was taken by his master with the right hand, and turned around in a circle (cf. vertigo, Casaub. Pers. 5, 75 sq., and Dict. of Antiq.);

fig.: qui se illi (philosophiae) subjecit et tradidit, statim circumagitur: hoc enim ipsum philosophiae servire libertas est,

Sen. Ep. 8, 6.—

Trop.

Of time, with se, or more freq. in pass, to pass away, to be spent (so most freq. in temp. perf. and in Liv.):

in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus,

Liv. 9, 18, 14:

sed prius se aestas circumegit, quam, etc.,

id. 23, 39, 4:

prius circumactus est annus, quam, etc.,

id. 6, 38, 1:

circumactis decem et octo mensibus,

id. 9, 33, 3; 6, 1, 4; 26, 40, 1; 27, 30, 11; 44, 36, 1; Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76;

and in tmesis: circum tribus actis annis,

Lucr. 5, 881.—In temp. pres.:

annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,

Liv. 1, 19, 6:

nobis in apparatu ipso annus circumagitur,

id. 24, 8, 8.—

Of the vicissitudes of fortune, etc.:

cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—

To turn, turn about, wheel around:

equos frenis,

Liv. 1, 14, 9; 8, 7, 10; 10, 11, 1; Curt. 3, 11, 14 sq.:

collum in aversam se,

Plin. 11, 47, 107, § 256:

corpora,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

se ad dissonos clamores,

Liv. 4, 28, 2:

circumagitur, cum venit, imago (in speculis),

Lucr. 4, 316 (340):

circumagente se vento,

Liv. 37, 16, 4:

aciem,

id. 42, 64, 5:

signa,

id. 10, 36, 9; 6, 24, 7; Curt. 4, 6, 14:

ut qui (milites) ultimi stabant... verti tamen et in frontem circumagi possent,

id. 4, 13, 32:

se,

to turn about, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199; 16, 41, 80, § 220:

legiones,

to lead back, Flor. 3, 21, 6. —Hence, prov.:

circumagetur hic orbis,

the tide will turn, Liv. 42, 42, 6; cf.

' praecipua cenationum rotunda, quae perpetuo diebus ac noctibus vice mundi circumageretur,

Suet. Ner. 31.—

Esp., to agitate, disturb:

verna (mala) stomacho inutilia sunt, alvom, vesicam circumagunt,

Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100.—

Trop.:

hic paululum circumacta fortuna est,

changes, is changed, Flor. 2, 2, 22:

sed unā voce, quā Quirites eos pro militibus appellarat, tam facile circumegit et flexit,

Suet. Caes. 70:

quo te circumagas?

whither will you now turn? Juv. 9, 81:

universum prope humanum genus circumegit in se,

brought over to his side, Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 13.—

(Acc. to circum, II. C.) To run or drive about, proceed from one place to another:

(milites) huc illuc clamoribus hostium circumagi,

Tac. H, 3, 73: nil opus est te Circumagi, i. e. that you wander about with me, * Hor. S. 1, 9, 17.—

Trop.:

non pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu, nec alieni momentis animi circumagi,

Liv. 39, 5, 3:

rumoribus vulgi circumagi,

id. 44, 34, 4; 26, 8, 3.—

Aliquem aliquā re = circumdare, to surround with something:

fratrem Saturnum muro,

Lact. 1, 14.—Hence, circumactus, a, um, P. a., bent around, curved (perh. only in the two Plin.):

in orbem circumactus,

Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102; 15, 14, 15, § 51; 16, 34, 62, § 146:

sensim circumactis curvatisque litoribus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12.

ĕtĭam, conj. [cf. Gr. eti; with ending -am, as in quoniam, nunciam, etc.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. prol. 3], annexes a fact or thought to that which has already been said, and also, and furthermore, also, likewise, besides (syn. quoque).

In gen.:

hoc etiam ad malum accersebatur malum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22; cf. Ter. And. 1, 3, 10; Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; id. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

tute istic (dixisti) etiam astante hoc Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 115:

sed etiam est, paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,

id. Capt. prol. 53; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 38:

atque alias etiam dicendi quasi virtutes sequetur,

id. Or. 40 fin.:

unum etiam vos oro, ut, etc.,

one thing more, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 54; cf. id. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; id. Phorm. 5, 5, 3; Verg. A. 11, 352; Suet. Caes. 24 al.:

etiamne hoc negabis?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 128; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 40:

mihi quidem etiam Appii Caeci carmen... Pythagoreorum videtur. Multa etiam sunt in nostris institutis ducta ab illis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf. id. N. D. 2, 58:

hei mihi! Etiam de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser?... Etiam insuper defrudet?

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 38; cf. Suet. Caes. 10 fin.:

caret epulis exstructisque mensis et frequentibus poculis: caret ergo etiam vinolentia et cruditate et insomniis,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44:

etiam tu quoque assentaris huic?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 70; so,

etiam quoque,

id. As. 2, 4, 95; id. Ps. 1, 1, 120; 1, 3, 118; Lucr. 3, 292; 5, 517 al.; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 3; Gell. 18, 12, 9; cf.:

quoque etiam,

Plaut. Am. prol. 30; 2, 2, 85; 121; id. Ep. 4, 2, 19; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 28; 5, 1, 7; Cic. Fam. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 88 fin.;

v. quoque.— Esp. freq. in the connection: non modo (or solum)... sed (or verum) etiam: tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

inveteratas non solum familiaritates exstingui solere, sed odia etiam gigni sempiterna,

id. Lael. 10 fin.:

neque solum ut quieto, sed etiam ut magno animo simus hortantur, neque auxilium modo defensioni meae, verum etiam silentium pollicentur,

id. Mil. 1 fin. Conversely:

tantum... non etiam: si vultum tantum, non etiam animum accommodavimus,

Quint. 6, 2, 26:

periculum tantum, non etiam offensa vitatur,

id. 9, 2, 67; 7, 4, 35 al.; cf.:

quasi vero oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.

In partic.

To annex a more important idea, and even, nay, even:

quae omnes docti atque sapientes summa, quidam etiam sola bona esse dixerunt,

Cic. Deiot. 13, 37:

nos enim defendimus, etiam insipientem multa comprehendere,

id. Ac. 2, 47, 144:

si infantes pueri, mutae etiam bestiae paene loquuntur,

id. Fin. 1, 21:

quis mortalium tolerare potest, illis divitias superare, nobis rem familiarem etiam ad necessaria deesse?

Sall. C. 20, 11:

illiteratum, iners ac paene etiam turpe est non putare, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 8 et saep.—Freq. after negative sentences, for immo, potius, nay, rather, even: Mamertina civitas improba antea non erat;

etiam erat inimica improborum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10; id. Deiot. 11, 31:

hoc idem nostri saepius non tulissent, quod Graeci laudare etiam solent,

id. Or. 45, 153:

quid, si ne dives quidem? quid, si pauper etiam?

id. Par. 6, 1, 42 et saep.:

tantum abesse dicebat, ut id consentaneum esset, ut maxime etiam repugnaret,

id. Ac. 2, 9, 28; cf. Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2; Cic. Fin. 2, 17; 5, 20 fin.:

immo etiam, hoc qui occultari facilius credas, dabo,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:

quin etiam insuper vestem omnem miserae discidit,

id. Eun. 4, 3, 4; v. immo and quin.—Freq. with comparatives for the sake of intensity, yet, still (in later Lat. replaced by adhuc): He. Mane, nondum audisti, Demea, Quod est gravissimum. De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 22:

ut enim in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt: sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107:

sunt autem etiam clariora vel plane perspicua,

id. Fin. 5, 20:

dic, dic etiam clarius,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 75 fin.:

plusculum etiam quam concedet veritas,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; Quint. 9, 4, 36:

Athos mons est adeo elatus, ut credatur altius etiam quam unde imbres cadunt surgere,

Mel. 2, 2, 10.—Rarely with a comp. in contrast with its own posit.:

qui magno in aere alieno majores etiam possessiones habent,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

ad Alesiam magna inopia, multo etiam major ad Avaricum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 47, 5.—

With the demonstrative notion of the jam predominating, used as an affirmative, certainly, granted, by all means, yes indeed, yes:

ut sequens probabilitatem, ubicumque haec aut occurrat aut deficiat, aut etiam, aut non respondere possit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; cf. id. ib. 2, 30, 97; id. N. D. 1, 25, 70; id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9: Jupp. Numquid vis? Al. Etiam;

ut actutum advenias,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46: Th. Numquid processit ad forum hodie novi? Si. Etiam. Th. Quid tandem? id. Most. 4, 3, 8; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 13:

misericordia commotus ne sis. Etiam,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9:

Zeno in una virtute positam beatam vitam putat. Quid Antiochus? Etiam, inquit, beatam, sed non beatissimam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 134; id. Planc. 26 fin.:

quid? etiam,

id. Att. 4, 5; cf. id. ib. 1, 13, 6; 2, 6 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 24: An. Num quid patri subolet? Ge. Nihil etiam, nothing at all, Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 10:

nihil etiam audio,

id. Heaut. 5, 5, 13. —

With the idea of time predominating, yet, as yet, even yet, still, even now:

etsi admodum In ambiguo est etiam, nunc quid de hac re fuat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 193; cf. Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 8:

olim fano consumebatur omne quod profanum erat, ut etiam fit,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.:

cum iste etiam cubaret, in cubiculum introductus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23:

invalidus etiamque tremens, etiam inscius aevi,

Verg. G. 3, 189; cf. id. A. 6, 485; Sall. C. 61, 4:

sed tu etiamne astas?

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 89; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 55; id. Hec. 3, 4, 16; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 20:

quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?

how much longer? Cic. Cat. 1, 1.—With negatives:

quia tibi minas viginti pro amica etiam non dedit,

not yet, never yet, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 46:

non satis pernosti me etiam, qualis sim,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 23:

non dico fortasse etiam quod sentio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

nec plane etiam abisse ex conspectu,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4:

improbum facinus, sed fortasse adhuc in nullo etiam vindicatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84:

nihil suspicans etiam mali,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 89:

hunc ego numquam videram etiam,

id. Eun. 5, 8, 6; 5, 9, 62:

quid egerint inter se, nondum etiam scio,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 117; 5, 1, 18; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 35; id. And. 1, 2, 30:

haec ego omnia, vixdum etiam coetu vestro dimisso, comperi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4 fin. —

In familiar lang., in interrogations, esp. when made indignantly, like our what? pray? etc.:

etiam caves, ne videat forte hinc te a patre aliquis exiens?

are you on your guard, pray? Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

etiam tu, here, istinc amoves abs te?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124:

etiam clamas, carnufex?

what? do you bawl? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; cf. id. ib. 225; 2, 1, 21; id. Most. 2, 1, 30; Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 16; Petr. 21 fin. al.: is mihi etiam gloriabitur se omnes magistratus sine repulsa assecutum? what? and will he boast to me? etc., Cic. Pis. 1, 2; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 59; 2, 2, 42 fin. —

In familiar lang., with imperatives, again, once more: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est. Tr. Circumspice etiam, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 43; 4, 2, 3:

etiam tu, homo nihili, quod di dant boni, cave culpa tua amissis,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 70; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 8; id. Hec. 5, 4, 1.—In impatient questions:

scelerate, etiam respicis?

are you going to look round? Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 4:

etiam vigilas?

at once, immediately, id. Most. 2, 1, 35:

etiam aperis?

id. ib. 4, 2, 28:

etiam tu taces?

id. Trin. 2, 4, 113; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 11:

etiam tu hinc abis?

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9; cf.:

etiamne abis?

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 22:

etiamne ambulas?

id. As. 1, 1, 95.—

Etiam atque etiam denotes that an action is done uninterruptedly, incessantly; whence it also conveys the idea of intensity, constantly, perpetually; repeatedly, again and again, over and over; pressingly, urgently: temo superat cogens sublime etiam atque etiam noctis iter, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll. (Trag. v. 246 ed. Vahlen):

etiam atque etiam argumenta cum argumentis comparare,

Cic. Div. 1, 4; cf. id. Fam. 16, 15:

optimus quisque confitetur, multa se ignorare et multa sibi etiam atque etiam esse discenda,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 69:

dicere,

id. Fam. 13, 28:

commonefacere,

id. ib. 13, 72:

affirmare promissa,

Liv. 22, 13:

curare, ut, etc.,

id. 41, 19:

consulere,

id. 38, 9: se avertere, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:

queri,

Cat. 63, 61 et saep.:

te moneo, hoc etiam atque etiam ut reputes,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

cogitare,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 11:

considerare,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19 fin.; Liv. 3, 45 fin. Drak.:

reputare,

Sall. J. 85, 28:

videre,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Ac. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 36, 28:

aspicere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76 et saep.:

hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 5, fin.; 13, 28 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 72:

haec quamquam nihilo meliora sunt, nunc etiam atque etiam multo desperatiora,

constantly more desperate from day to day, id. Fam. 6, 22 (B. and K. read nunc atque):

quare etiam atque etiam sunt venti corpora caeca,

i. e. most positively, Lucr. 1, 295. Vid. Hand Turs. II. pp. 545-578.