a long and a short

părĭambus, i, m., = pariambos.

A metrical foot consisting of a short and two long syllables (˘¯¯), Diom. p. 475 P.—

A metrical foot consisting of a long and four short syllables (¯˘˘˘˘), Diom. p. 478 P.—

A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables, commonly called a pyrrhichius, Diom. p. 471 P.; cf. Mar. Vict. p. 2486 ib.; Quint. 9, 4, 80.

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trŏchaeus, i, m., = trochaios (cf. Mart. Cap. 9, § 988).

A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (—

˘),

a trochee, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. steph. 8 praef.—

Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (˘

˘ ˘),

a tribrach, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.

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dĭū (old form dĭūs, Orell. Inscr. 8206), adv. [old acc. form of duration of time; root in dies; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 232 sqq.].

(Acc. to dies, I. B. 2.) By day (very rare), Manil. 4, 823;

usually with noctu: noctuque et diu,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5: noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P. (Sall. H. 2, 54 Dietsch); Sall. J. 38, 3; 44, 5; 70, 1: nec noctu, nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

diu noctuque iter properabunt,

Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

noctu diuque hostibus obniti,

id. H. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to dies, II. A. 3.; lit., a space of time, a while; hence, with intens. signif.) A long time, long while, long (freq. in all periods; cf.:

pridem, dudum): nimis diu et longum loquor,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 21; cf.

so with longum,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

diu multumque scriptitare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152; so,

diu multumque,

id. Or. 1; id. Phil. 13, 5; id. Sull. 26, 73; Sall. J. 94, 3; Flor. 2, 3, 5;

also: multum diuque,

Cic. de Sen. 3 fin.:

multum et diu,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 88; id. Inv. 2, 19, 58:

multum ac diu,

App. M. 2, p. 126, 6; cf.

also: recordatus multum et diu cogitavi... Eam rem volutavi et diu disputavi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1 and 4:

saepe et diu,

Cic. Quint. 31, 96; cf.:

saepe diuque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 1;

diu diuque,

App. M. 5, p. 167, 16; 12, p. 266, 16:

diu atque acriter pugnatum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 3, 21 et saep.:

diu ego hunc cruciabo,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 73:

Stoici diu mansuros aiunt animos: semper, negant,

Cic. Tusc. 1. 31 fin.: [p. 600] diu princeps oratorum, aliquando aemulus Ciceronis, Quint. 11, 3, 8:

tam diu restitisti,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100:

tam diu,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 34; id. ib. 4, 2, 89; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 27; id. Hec. 4, 4, 23; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:

eo, quo jam diu Sum judicatus,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20; so,

jam diu,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 102; id. Most. 1, 3, 144; id. Poen. 5, 4, 29; cf.:

diu est jam,

id. Most. 1, 4, 25:

ille vult diu vivere, hic diu vixit: quamquam, O di boni! quid est in hominis vita diu?

Cic. de Sen. 19, 68 and 69; cf.:

sat diu vixisse,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 12:

nimis diu maceror,

id. Ep. 3, 1, 2; so,

nimis diu,

id. Merc. 1, 54; id. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

non diu apud hunc servies,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 65; cf.:

haud diu,

id. Mil. 2, 1, 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67.—Followed by dum, donec:

diu expectare, dum, etc.,

Suet. de Rhet. 1:

diu jacere donec, etc.,

Tac. G. 45.— Comp.: diūtius, longer [the t inserted, as in sectius and setius from secus, being a remnant of adv. ending -ter or -tus]:

nolo te jactari diutius,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 59; id. Rud. 1, 2, 5; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 50; id. ib. 3, 1, 15; Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Rosc. Am. 7 fin.; Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; id. ib. 1, 26, 1 et saep.: cf.:

minus diu quam,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 1.—In the historians freq. = a long while, very long, no comparison being intended:

ne diutius commeatu prohiberetur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 3, 9, 5; 3, 29, 2; 4, 35, 2;

7, 20, 5 et saep.: neque illis, qui victoriam adepti forent, diutius ea uti licuisset,

Sall. C. 39, 4:

legiones diutius sine consulari fuere,

Tac. H. 1, 9.— Sup.:

(Cato) qui senex diutissime fuisset,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4; so id. Pis. 37; id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4; Suet. Vit. 14 al.:

ut quam diutissime te jucunda opinione oblectarem,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1;

so with quam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 3.—

Long since, a great while ago (mostly ante-class.): quod arci, diu facti, celeriter corruissent, Varr. ap. Non. 77, 14; cf.:

scelus, inquam, factum'st jam diu antiquom et vetus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 45; so,

jam diu,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 9; id. Men. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 1, 3, 4; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 al.;

for which: diu jam,

Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 2; id. 19, 4, 15, § 40:

is ex Anactorio... huc commigravit in Calydonem haud diu,

not long ago, a short time ago, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 15:

nec loci gnara sum, nec diu hic fui,

it is not long since I was here, Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28:

jam diu est factum, quom discesti ab hero,

id. As. 2, 1, 3.—With foll. quom, id. Merc. 3, 1, 44.—

With postquam,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 41.—With quod, id. Am. 1, 1, 146; August. Retract. 1 Prol.—

In Mela repeatedly of place, a long way:

Italia... inter superum mare et inferum excurrit diu solida,

Mel. 2, 4, 1; so id. 1, 2, 3; id. 1, 3, 5. Cf. Hand Turs. II. pp. 285-291.

lī̆quĭdus, a, um (the first syll. usually short; long in Lucr. 1, 349; 3, 427; while in the line id. 4, 1259 it is used both as long and short; v. infra), adj. [liqueo], flowing, fluid, liquid.

Lit.:

aqua bona et liquida,

Cato, R. R. 73:

crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

Lucr. 4, 1259:

liquida moles,

the sea, id. 6, 405:

iter,

a voyage, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 14:

palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

Luc. 9, 661:

odores,

liquid unguents, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: sorores, fountain-nymphs, Ov. M. 1, 704:

venter,

loose, Cels. 2, 8:

alvus,

watery, loose, id. 2, 6.— Subst.: lī̆quĭdum, i, n., a liquid, water:

tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

cum liquido mixtā polentā,

Ov. M. 5, 454.—

Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

lumen,

Lucr. 5, 281:

fontes,

Verg. E. 2, 59:

ignis,

id. ib. 6, 33:

aër,

id. G. 1, 404:

aether,

id. A. 7, 65; Hor. C. 2, 20, 2:

Baiae,

id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

color,

id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

liquidior lux,

Curt. 7, 11, 22:

liquidissima caeli tempestas,

Lucr. 4, 168:

nox,

Verg. A. 10, 272:

aestas,

id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—

Esp. of sounds.

Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

Lucr. 2, 146; Verg. G. 1, 410:

cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

carmen citharae,

Lucr. 4, 981.—

Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—

Trop.

Flowing, continuing without interruption:

genus sermonis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—

Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

animo liquido et tranquillo es,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

liquido's animo,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

mens,

Cat. 63, 46:

somnus,

Val. Fl. 4, 16.—

Unmixed, unadulterated:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

voluptas liquida puraque,

Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

voluptas et libera,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—

Clear, evident, certain:

auspicium,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 72.—Hence, lī̆quĭdum, i, n., clearness, certainty:

redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

Vell. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭquĭdō and lĭquĭdē, clearly.

Lit.:

caelum liquide serenum,

Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

liquidius audiunt talpae,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—

Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

aliquid liquido audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

confirmare,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: negare,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

si liquido appareat,

Dig. 44, 5, 1:

si liquido constiterit,

ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

consistere,

Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

liquidius judicare,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

liquidius facere,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

aliquid liquidius absolvere,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

lī̆quĭdus, a, um (the first syll. usually short; long in Lucr. 1, 349; 3, 427; while in the line id. 4, 1259 it is used both as long and short; v. infra), adj. [liqueo], flowing, fluid, liquid.

Lit.:

aqua bona et liquida,

Cato, R. R. 73:

crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

Lucr. 4, 1259:

liquida moles,

the sea, id. 6, 405:

iter,

a voyage, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 14:

palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

Luc. 9, 661:

odores,

liquid unguents, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: sorores, fountain-nymphs, Ov. M. 1, 704:

venter,

loose, Cels. 2, 8:

alvus,

watery, loose, id. 2, 6.— Subst.: lī̆quĭdum, i, n., a liquid, water:

tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

cum liquido mixtā polentā,

Ov. M. 5, 454.—

Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

lumen,

Lucr. 5, 281:

fontes,

Verg. E. 2, 59:

ignis,

id. ib. 6, 33:

aër,

id. G. 1, 404:

aether,

id. A. 7, 65; Hor. C. 2, 20, 2:

Baiae,

id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

color,

id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

liquidior lux,

Curt. 7, 11, 22:

liquidissima caeli tempestas,

Lucr. 4, 168:

nox,

Verg. A. 10, 272:

aestas,

id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—

Esp. of sounds.

Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

Lucr. 2, 146; Verg. G. 1, 410:

cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

carmen citharae,

Lucr. 4, 981.—

Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—

Trop.

Flowing, continuing without interruption:

genus sermonis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—

Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

animo liquido et tranquillo es,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

liquido's animo,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

mens,

Cat. 63, 46:

somnus,

Val. Fl. 4, 16.—

Unmixed, unadulterated:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

voluptas liquida puraque,

Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

voluptas et libera,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—

Clear, evident, certain:

auspicium,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 72.—Hence, lī̆quĭdum, i, n., clearness, certainty:

redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

Vell. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭquĭdō and lĭquĭdē, clearly.

Lit.:

caelum liquide serenum,

Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

liquidius audiunt talpae,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—

Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

aliquid liquido audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

confirmare,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: negare,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

si liquido appareat,

Dig. 44, 5, 1:

si liquido constiterit,

ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

consistere,

Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

liquidius judicare,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

liquidius facere,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

aliquid liquidius absolvere,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

ex-cĭo, īvi or ii, itum (long and short equally freq.; cf. excĭtus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40; Lucr. 4, 1207; Cat. 61, 11; 63, 42; 64, 56; Verg. A. 4, 301; 7, 376; 12, 445; Ov. M. 2, 779 al.:

excītus,

Lucr. 4, 1215; Verg. A. 3, 675; 7, 642; 10, 38; Ov. M. 8, 338; 11, 384; Sil. 7, 635; Luc. 1, 239 al.;

also acc. to cieo, ēre: excies,

Att. Trag. 300 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 175):

exciet,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 1; inf. exciere, Liv. 7, 11, 11; imperf. excibat, id. 32, 13:

excibant,

Sil. 9, 182), 4, v. a., to call out or forth, to bring out: exciet, excutiet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 4 Müll. (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. periods; perhaps not in Cic., for in Phil. 12, 7, 16, the better reading is excussimus; v. excutio;

and for excita,

Cic. Mur. 17 fin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 80, both the MSS. and editions of Cic. have excitata).

Lit.:

auxilia e Germania Britanniaque excivit segniter,

Tac. H. 2, 97:

consulem ab urbe,

Liv. 3, 2:

homines sedibus,

id. 32, 13:

sellularii exciti (ad militiam) dicuntur,

id. 8, 20 init.:

animas imis sepulcris,

Verg. E. 8, 98:

suem latebris,

Ov. M. 10, 711:

Urgulaniam domo principis,

Tac. A. 4, 21:

quid est quod me excivisti ante aedes?

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 1; so,

aliquem foras,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 52:

hostem ad dimicandum acie,

Liv. 2, 30:

Volscos ad expugnandam secum Ardeam,

id. 4, 9, 11:

auxilia,

id. 45, 4, 3:

juventutem Celtiberorum,

id. 28, 24, 4; cf.:

in pugnam,

Luc. 6, 12:

in arma,

Stat. Th. 4, 146:

in proelia,

Luc. 7, 361:

principibus coloniae Romam excitis,

Liv. 3, 4, 5.— Absol.:

exciente buccina Tritone,

Suet. Claud. 21 fin. —

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects, to bring out or forth; to call forth, produce:

semina per artus,

Lucr. 4, 1215:

lacrimas alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 114; Tac. A. 11, 2:

crepitum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16:

sonitum pedibus,

Lucr. 2, 327:

molem (i. e. tempestatem) in undis,

Verg. A. 5, 790:

vim morbi,

Lucr. 4, 665 et saep.—

Trop.

To rouse, excite; to frighten, terrify any one:

sopore,

Lucr. 4, 37; cf.: excita anus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 ed. Vahl.); cf.

also: clamor subito ortus dictatorem quoque ex somno excivit,

Liv. 4, 27, 6:

somno excitus,

Sall. J. 72 fin.:

Mauri atque Gaetuli, ignoto et horribili sonitu repente exciti,

id. ib. 99, 2:

inter cetera, quae ad exciendum in Graeciam Antiochum dicere est solitus,

Liv. 36, 7:

excivit ea caedes Bructeros, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 51:

qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias,

Verg. A. 4, 301; esp. freq. in the part. perf.; see the passages quoted init.; cf. also: (juventus) privatis atque publicis largitionibus excita, Sall. C. 37, 7:

ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat,

id. ib. 15, 4:

Evander concursu pastorum, excitus,

Liv. 1, 7, 9:

Britanni omnium civitatium vires exciverant,

Tac. Agr. 29.— Poet.:

pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus,

frightened, quaking, Verg. A. 7, 722; 12, 445.—

To stir up, excite any passion (very rare):

terrorem,

Liv. 10, 4; cf.

tumultum,

id. 3, 39; 7, 11 fin.

Paean, ānis, m., = Paian.

An appellation of Apollo, as the healing deity:

signum Paeanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

Paeana voca,

Ov. M. 14, 720; Juv. 6, 172; cf. Fest. p. 222 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf.

A religious hymn, orig. in honor of Apollo, but also transf. to other deities, a festive hymn, hymn of triumph or praise, a pœan:

conclamant socii laetum paeana secuti,

Verg. A. 10, 738; id. ib. 6, 657:

Herculeum paeana canunt,

Stat. Th. 4, 157:

paeanem citare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.—As a simple exclamation, like hymenaee:

dicite io Paean, et io bis dicite Paean,

shout huzza! Ov. A. A. 2, 1.—

The prevailing foot in the versification of such hymns, consisting of one long syllable and three short ones, Cic. Or. 64, 215 and 218 (commonly written paeon, q. v.).

ĕpī̆trĭtos, a, um, adj., = epitritos, containing four thirds.

In gen. (pure Lat. sesquitertius), in the relation of four to three, Gell. 18, 14, 5; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1, § 15 al.; cf. as fin. —

Pes, a metrical foot, consisting of three long syllables and one short (a spondee with an iambus or trochee):

˘¯¯¯, ¯˘¯¯, ¯¯ ˘¯, ¯¯¯˘,

Diom. p. 477 P. et saep.

A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to the a, a of the other Indo-. European languages:

A primum est: hinc incipiam, et quae nomina ab hoc sunt, Lucil. ap. Terent. Scaur. p. 2255 P.: sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne in A quidem atque S litteras exire temere masculina Graeca nomina recto casu patiebantur,

Quint. 1, 5, 61.

The sound of the A is short or long in every part of the word; as, ăb, păter, ită; ā, māter, frustrā. During a short period (between about 620 and 670 A. U. C. = from 134 to 84 B.C.) long a was written aa, probably first by the poet L. Attius, in the manner of the Oscan language; so we find in Latin inscriptions: AA. CETEREIS (i.e.a ceteris), CALAASI, FAATO, HAACE, MAARCIVM, PAAPVS, PAASTORES, VAARVS; and in Greek writing, MAAPKOPs PsIOS MAAPKEAAOS, KOINTON MAAPKION (like Osc. aasas = Lat. āra, Osc. Paapi = Lat. Pāpius, Osc. Paakul = Lat. Pāculus, Pācullus, Pācuvius, etc.), v. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 28 sq., and cf. Mommsen, Unterital. Dialekte, p. 210 sq. (The Umbrian language has gone a step farther, and written long a by aha, as Aharna, Naharcom, trahaf, etc.; cf. Aufrecht and Kirchhoff, Umbrische Sprachdenkm. p. 76 sq.) Vid. also the letters E and U.

In etymological and grammatical formation of words, short a very often (sometimes also long a) is changed into other vowels.

Short a is changed,

, into long a —

In consequence of the suppression of the following consonants at the end or in the middle of the word: ŭb, ā; vădis, vūs; ăg-, ăg-men, exāmen; tăg-, contūmino; căd-, cāsus. Hence also in the abl. sing. of the first decl., and in the particles derived from it. in consequence of the suppression of the original ablat. end. - d: PRAEDAD (Col. Rostr.), praedā; SENTENTIAD (S. C. de Bacch.), sententiā; EXTBAD (ib.), extrā; SVPRAD (ib.), suprā. —Hence,

In perfect forms: scăb-o, scābi; căveo, cūvi; făv-eo, fāvi; păv-eo, pāvi (for scăbui, căvui, făvui, păvui).

In other forms: ăgo, ambūges; păc-, păc-iscor, pâcis (pâx); săg-ax, sūgus, sāga; măc-er, mâcero; făg- (phagein), fūgus. (Contrary to analogy, ă remains short in dănunt, from dă-in-unt, V. Ritschl, l.l.p. 17.)

Short a is changed into é or ē—

Into é.

Most frequently in the second part of compounds, particularly before two consonants: facio, confectus; jacio, conjectus; rapio, dereptus; dăm-, damno, condemno; fāl-, fallo, fefelli; măn-, mando, commendo; scando, ascendo; ăp-, aptus, ineptus; ăr-, ars, iners, sollers; ăn-, annus, perennis; căpio, auceps; căput, triceps; ăgo, remex; jăcio, objex. And thus in Plautus, according to the best MSS., dispenno, dispessus from pando, compectus from compăciscor, anteceptus from capio (on the other hand, in Vergil, according to the best MS., aspurgo, attractare, deiractare, kept their a unchanged).

Sometimes ă is changed into ĕ also before one consonant (but in this case it is usually changed into ĭ; v. infra, 3. a. a.): grădior, ingrĕdior; pătior, perpĕtior; părio, repĕrio; păro, vitupĕro; ăp-, coepi (i. e. co-ŭpi); căno, tubicĕn, tibicĕn; in the reduplicated carcĕr (from carcar) farfŏrus (written also farfārus); and so, according to the better MSS., aequipĕro from păro, and defĕtigo from fătigo.

In words taken from the Greek: talanton, talŏntum; phalara, phalŏrae; sisaron, sisŏr (but, according to the best MSS., cumŭra from kamara, not camŏra).

Short a is changed to ē in some perfect forms: ăgo, ēgi; fūcio, féci; jăci, jĕci; frag-, frango, frēgi; căpio, cēpi, and păg-, pango, pēgi (together with pepĭgi and panxi, v. pango).

Short a is changed to ĭ, a (most frequently in the second part of compounds)

before one consonant: ăgo, abĭgo; făcio, confĭcio; cădo, concĭdo; sălio, assĭlio; răpio, abrĭpio; păter, Juppĭter (in Umbrian lang. unchanged, Jupater), Marspĭter; Diespĭter, Opĭter; rătus, irrĭtus; ămicus, inìmicus (but ŭ remains unchanged in adŭmo, impătiens, and in some compounds of a later period of Roman literature, as praejacio, calefacio, etc.). —

Sometimes also before two consonants (where it is usually changed into ĕ; v. supra, 2. a. b.): tăg-, tango, contingo; păg-, pango, compingo (unchanged in some compounds, as peragro, desacro, depango, obcanto, etc.).

ă is changed into ĭ in the reduplicated perfect forms: cădo, cecĭdi; căno, cecĭni; tăg-, tango, tetĭgi; păg-, pango, pepĭgi.

Likewise in some roots which have ă: păg-, pignus; străg- (strangulo, strangô), stringo.

In words taken from the Greek: mêchanê, machĭna; patanê, patĭna; bukanê, bucĭna; trutanê, trutĭna; balaneion, balĭneum; Katana, Catĭna (written also Catana); Akragas, Agrĭgentum.

Short a is changed into short or long o.

Into ŏ: scăbo, scobs; păr, pars, portio; dăm-, dŏmo; Fabii, Fŏvii (v. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87); marmaron, marmŏr; Mars, redupl. Marmar, Marmor (Carm. Fratr. Arv.).

Into ō: dă-, dōnum, dōs; ăc-, ăcuo, ōcior (v. this art.).

Short a is changed into ŭ —

In the second part of compounds, particularly before l, p, and b: calco, inculco; salsus, insulsus; salto, exsulto; capio, occŭpo; răpio, surrupio and surruptus (also written surripio and surreptus); tăberna, contŭbernium; —before other consonants: quătio, conoŭtio; as, decussis; Mars, Mamŭrius, Mamŭralia; and once also condumnari (Tab. Bant. lin. 8, immediately followed by condemnatus, v. Klenze, Philol. Abhandl. tab. I., and Mommsen, Unterital. Dial. p. 149).

In words of Greek origin: Hekabê, Hecŭba; skutalê, scutŭla; kraipalê, crapŭla; passalos, pessŭlus; aphlaston, aplustre; thriambos, triumphus.

ă is perhaps changed into ŭ in ulciscor, compared with alc-, ulexô (arc-, arceo).

Long a is sometimes changed into ē or ō.

Into é: hālo, anhélo; fās-, féstus, profēstus; nām, némpe.

Into ō: gnā-, gnārus, ignārus, ignōro. (But in general long a remains unchanged in composition: lābor, delūbor; gnàvus, ignūnus; fàma, infūmis.)

Contrary to the mode of changing Greek a into Latin e, i, o, u (v. supra), Latin a has sometimes taken the place of other Greek vowels in words borrowed from the Greek, as: lonchê, lancea; kulix, călix; Ganumêoês, Caiāmitus.

The repugnance of the Latin Language to the Greek combined vowels ao has caused the translocation of them in Alumento for Daomeoôn (Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll.).— Greek a is suppressed in Hercules from Hêraklês (probably in consequence of the inserted u; in late Latin we find Heracla and Heracula, cf. Ritschl, in Rhein. Mus. Neue Folge, vol. 12, p. 108).

Latin ă was early combined with the vowels i and u, forming the diphthongs ai and au; by changing the i into e, the diphthong ai soon became ae. So we find in the oldest inscriptions: AIDE, AIDLLIS, AIQVOM, GNAIVOD, HAICE, DVELONAI, TABELAI, DATAI, etc., which soon gave place to aedem, aedilis, aequom, Gnaeo, haec, Bellonae, tabellae, datae, etc. (the Col. Rostr. has PRAESENTE, PRAEDAD, and the S. C. de Bacch. AEDEM. The triphthong aei, found in CONQVAEISIVEI (?), is very rare; Miliar. Popil. lin. 11, v. Ritschl, l. l. p. 21). In some poets the old gen. sing. of the first decl. (- ai) is preserved, but is dissyllabic, āī. So in Ennius: Albūī Longūī, terrūī frugiferāī, frondosāī, lunāī, viāī; in Vergil: aulāī, aurāī, aquāī, pictāī; in Ausonius: herāī.

ue as well as au are changed into other vowels.

The sound of ae, e, and oe being very similar, these vowels are often interchanged in the best MSS., So we find caerimonia and cerimonia, caepa and cēpa, saeoulum and séculum; scaena and scēna; caelum and coelum, haedus and hoedus, macstus and moestus; cena, coena, and caena, etc.

In composition and reduplications ae becomes í: aequus, iníquus; quaero, inquíro; laedo, illído; taedet, pertisum (noticed by Cic.); aestumo, exístumo; cuedo, cecídi, concído, homicida.

ae is also changed into í in a Latinized word of Greek origin: Achaios (AchaiWos), Achíous.

The diphthong au is often changed to ó and ú (the latter particularly in compounds): caudex, códex; Claudius, Clodius; lautus, lotus; plaustrum, plōstrum; plaudo, plōdo, explōdo; paululum, pōlulum; faux, suffōco; si audes (acc. to Cic. or acc. to others, si audies), sódes, etc.; claudo, inclūdo; causa, accūso. Hence in some words a regular gradation of au, o, u is found: claudo, clōdicare, clúdo; raudus, ródus, rúdus; caupo, cópa, cūpa; naugae, nōgae (both forms in the MSS. of Plautus), nūgae; fraustra, frode, frude (in MSS. of Vergil); cf. Ritschl, in Wintercatalog 1854-55, and O. Ribbeck, in Jahn's Neue Jahrb. vol. 77, p. 181 sq.—The change of au into oē and ō appears only in audio, (oboedio) obēdio.

Au sometimes takes the place of av-: faveo, fautum, favitor, fautor; navis, navita, nauta; avis, auceps, auspex. So Latin aut corresponds to Sanscr. avo. (whence - vā, Lat. - ve), Osc. avti, Umbr. ute, ote; and so the Lat. preposition ab, through av, becomes au in the words aufero and aufugio (prop. av-fero, av-fugio, for ab-fero, ab-fugio). Vid. the art. ab init.

In primitive roots, which have their kindred forms in the sister-languages of the Latin, the original a, still found in the Sanscrit, is in Latin either preserved or more frequently changed into other vowels.

Original a preserved: Sanscr. mātri, Lat. màter; S. bhrātri, L. fràter; S. nāsā, L. nàsus and nàris; S. ap, L. aqua; S. apa, L. ab; S. nāma, L. năm; S. ćatur, [p. 2] L. quattuor (in Greek changed: thettares); S. capūla, L. căput (in Greek changed: kephalê, etc.).

Original a is changed into other Latin vowels—

Into e: S. ad, L. ed (ĕdo); S. as, L. es (esse); S. pat, L. pet (peto); S. pād, L. pĕd (pès); S. dant, L. dent (dens); S. ǵan, L. gen (gigno); S. mā, L. mè-tior; S. saptan, L. septem; S. daśan, L. decem; S. śata, L. centum; S. aham, L. ŏgo; S. pāra, L. per; S. paśu, L. pŏcus; S. asva, L. ŏquus, etc.

Into i: S. an-, a- (neg. part.), L. in-: S. ana (prep.), L. in; S. antar, L. inter; S. sama, L. similis; S. agni, L. ignis; S. abhra, L. imber; S. panéa, L. quinque, etc.

Into o: S. avi, L. ŏvi (ovis); S. vać, L. vōc (voco); S. pra, L. pro; S. pā, L. po (pŏtum); S. nāma, L. nōmen; S. api, L. ŏb; S. navan, L. nŏvem; S. nava, L. nŏvus, etc.

Into u: S. marmara, L. murmur.

Into ai, ae: S. prati, L. (prai) prae; S. śaśpa, L. caespes.

Into different vowels in the different derivatives: S. mā, L. mê-tior, mŏdus; S. praó, L. prŏcor, prŏcus; S. vah, L. vĕho, via.

Sometimes the Latin has preserved the original a, while even the Sanscrit has changed it: Lat. pa-, pater, Sanscr. pd, pitri.

As an abbreviation A. usually denotes the praenomen Aulus; A. A. = Auli duo, Inscr. Orell. 1530 (but A. A. = Aquae Aponi, the modern Abano, ib. 1643 sq.; 2620; 3011). The three directors of the mint were designated by III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F. (i. e. auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo), ib. 569; 2242; 2379; 3134 al.;

so also A. A. A.,

ib. 3441 (cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 13 fin., and v. the art. Triumviri); A. D. A. agris dandis adsignandis, and A. I. A. agris judicandis adsignandis; A. O. amico optimo; A. P. a populo or aediliciae potestatis; A. P. R. aerario populi Romani. —Upon the voting tablets in judicial trials A. denoted absoluo; hence A. is called littera salutaris, Cic. Mil. 6, 15; v. littera. In the Roman Comitia A. (= antiquo) denoted the rejection of the point in question; v. antiquo. In Cicero's Tusculan Disputations the A. designated one of the disputants = adulescens or auditor, opp. to M. for magister or Marcus (Cicero); but it is to be remarked that the letters A and M do not occur in the best MSS. of this treatise; cf. edd. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9.—In dates A. D. = ante diem; v. ante; A. U. C. = anno urbis conditae; A. P. R. C. anno post Romam conditam.

a, prep.=ab, v. ab.

ā, interj.=ah, v. ah.