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  • 1 quadrans

    quā̆drans, antis ( gen. plur. quadrantūm, Front. Aquaed. 24), m. [quattuor].
    I.
    A fourth part, a fourth, a quarter:

    operae,

    Col. 2, 4, 8:

    diei noctisque,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 207. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A fourth part, a fourth of a whole:

    creditoribus quadrantem solvi,

    Vell. 2, 23, 2:

    heres ex quadrante,

    of the fourth part of the inheritance, Suet. Caes. 83; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 1; Dig. 44, 4, 17, § 2; Ulp. Frag. 24, 32.—
    B.
    The fourth part of an as (as a coin), three unciae:

    nota in triente et quadrante rates (fuit). Quadrans antea teruncius vocatus a tribus unciis,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45:

    quadrans mihi nullus est in arcā,

    not a farthing, not a copper, Mart. 2, 44, 9; Liv. 3, 18, 11; Juv. 1, 121.—As the customary price of a bath (cf. quadrantarius):

    dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 137; cf. Sen. Ep. 86, 8; Juv. 6, 446.—As the smallest coin, a mite, farthing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 93; Juv. 7, 8; Vulg. Matt. 5, 26; id. Marc. 12, 42.—
    C.
    Of the rate of interest, four for a hundred:

    usurae quadrantes,

    four per cent., Dig. 33, 1, 21.—
    D.
    As a measure of land, a quarter of an acre (jugerum), Col. 5, 1, 10. —
    E.
    As a weight, a quarter of a pound, Mart. 11, 105, 1.—With pondo:

    amomi pondo quadrans,

    Col. 12, 20, 5; Cato, R. R. 84, 1:

    quadrans pondo bacarum,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 156. —
    F.
    As a measure for liquids, the fourth part of a sextarius, three cyathi:

    ita ut earum calices quadrantes octoginta capere possint,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 4:

    quadrantem duplicare,

    Mart. 9, 94, 2:

    vini,

    Cels. 3, 15.—
    G.
    As a measure of length, a quarter of a foot:

    pedes duodecim et quadrantem,

    Gell. 3, 10, 11; 9, 4, 10; cf. Cato, R. R. 18, 2; 18, 6.— A quarter-digit, Front. Aquaed. 25.—
    H.
    As a measure of time, a fourth of a day, six hours, Sol. 1, 39; 1, 41 sq.

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  • 2 pes

    pēs, pĕdis, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. pod-, pous; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot], a foot of man or beast.
    I.
    Lit.:

    si pes condoluit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    calcei apti ad pedem,

    id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra,

    id. Univ. 6:

    pede tellurem pulsare,

    i. e. to dance, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.:

    alterno pede terram quatere,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 7;

    4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7:

    aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,

    are born feet first, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149:

    cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit,

    Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11:

    si in fundo pedem posuisses,

    set foot, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

    qui pedem portā non extulit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5:

    pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā,

    id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return:

    profugum referre pedem,

    Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams:

    revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,

    Verg. A. 9, 125:

    retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens,

    id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot:

    cum ingressus iter pedibus sit,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.—

    Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci,

    Liv. 26, 19:

    pedibus iter conficere,

    id. 44, 5:

    quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 18:

    (Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit,

    id. B. C. 2, 21:

    ut neque pedibus aditum haberent,

    id. B. G. 3, 12 init. —Rarely pede ire ( poet. and late Lat.):

    quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66:

    Jordanem transmiserunt pede,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.— Trop.:

    Bacchus flueret pede suo,

    i. e. wine unmixed with water, Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.:

    musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land:

    cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc.,

    Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

    seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos,

    Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5):

    ego me in pedes (conicio),

    take to my heels, make off, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 5.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet:

    ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    rex procidit ad pedes Achillei,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 14:

    vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis,

    Cic. Sest. 11, 26:

    filius se ad pedes meos prosternens,

    id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes,

    Ov. H. 12, 186:

    cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4:

    ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina,

    Flor. 4, 11, 9:

    (mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.:

    amplecti pedes potui,

    Ov. M. 9, 605:

    complector, regina, pedes,

    Luc. 10, 89:

    servus a pedibus,

    a footman, lackey, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded ( poet.):

    sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est,

    Ov. M. 14, 490:

    amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet,

    id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose ( poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.):

    fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring:

    istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32:

    transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

    omni pede stare,

    i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion, Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part:

    nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139:

    garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 81: tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2:

    ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae,

    Hor. A. P. 8:

    dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere,

    Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival:

    adi pede secundo,

    Verg. A. 8, 302:

    felix,

    Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.:

    boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis,

    Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first;

    temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple,

    Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30:

    quove pede ingressi?

    Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.:

    pessimo pede domum nostram accessit,

    App. M. 6, 26, p. 184, 1; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro [p. 1363] pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.:

    a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem,

    Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Milit. t. t.: descendere ad pedes, to alight, dismount, of cavalry, Liv. 9, 22:

    pedibus merere,

    to serve on foot, as a foot-soldier, id. 24, 18:

    ad pedes pugna ierat,

    they fought on foot, id. 21, 46: pedem conferre, to come to close quarters:

    collato pede rem gerere,

    id. 26, 39; Cic. Planc. 19, 48.—
    2.
    Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one:

    cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,

    Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.—
    3.
    In mal. part.:

    pedem or pedes tollere, extollere (ad concubitum),

    Mart. 10, 81, 4; 11, 71, 8;

    hence the lusus verbb. with pedem dare and tollere,

    Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A foot of a table, stool, bench, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 46:

    mensae sed erat pes tertius impar,

    Ov. M. 8, 661; cf.:

    pedem et nostrum dicimus, et lecti, et veli, ut carminis (v. in the foll.),

    Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:

    tricliniorum,

    Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9:

    subsellii,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:

    pes argenteus (mensae),

    Juv. 11, 128.—
    B.
    Pes veli, a rope attached to a sail for the purpose of setting it to the wind, a sheet:

    sive utrumque Juppiter Simul secundus incidisset in pedem,

    Cat. 4, 19:

    pede labitur aequo,

    i. e. before the wind, with the wind right aft, Ov. F. 3, 565:

    pedibus aequis,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6 init.; cf. also the passage quoted above from Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2; and:

    prolato pede, transversos captare Notos,

    id. Med. 322.— Hence, facere pedem, to veer out one sheet, to take advantage of a side wind, to haul the wind: una omnes fecere pedem;

    pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus,

    Verg. A. 5, 830:

    prolatis pedibus,

    Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—
    C.
    The foot of a mountain (post-class.):

    Orontes imos pedes Casii montis praetermeans,

    Amm. 14, 8, 10 al. —
    D.
    Ground, soil, territory (post-class.):

    in Caesariensis pede,

    Sol. 3, 2:

    omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit,

    id. 27, 1; cf.:

    quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.—
    E.
    The stalk or pedicle of a fruit, esp. of the grape, together with the husk:

    vinaceorum pes proruitur,

    Col. 12, 43; so id. 12, 36.—Of the olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: pes milvinus or milvi, the stalk or stem of the plant batis, Col. 12, 7.—Hence, as a name for several plants: pedes gallinacei, a plant:

    Capnos trunca, quam pedes gallinaceos vocant,

    Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155:

    pedes betacei,

    beetroots, Varr. R. R. 1, 27.—
    F.
    Pedes navales, rowers, sailors, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75.—
    G.
    The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.—
    H.
    Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr, 5, 272;

    6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 47:

    liquido pede labitur unda,

    Verg. Cul. 17:

    lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada,

    Sil. 6, 140.—
    K.
    A metrical foot:

    ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82:

    pedibus claudere verba,

    to make verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28:

    musa per undenos emodulanda pedes,

    in hexameters and pentameters, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30:

    inque suos volui cogere verba pedes,

    id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.—
    2.
    A kind of verse, measure:

    et pede, quo debent fortia bella geri,

    Ov. Ib. 646:

    Lesbius,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 35.—
    L.
    In music, time (postAug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—
    M.
    A foot, as a measure of length (class.):

    ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13:

    ab aliquo pedem discessisse,

    Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

    pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus,

    id. Att. 13, 16, 1:

    pes justus,

    Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—
    N.
    Pedes, lice; v. pedis.—
    O.
    The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7.

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  • 3 sicilicus

    sīcīlĭcus ( sīcīlĭquus, and in inscrr. also designated by, Inscr. Orell. 2537), i, m. [id.].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., the fourth part of an uncia, and consequently the forty-eight part of an as:

    cum noverca universae hereditatis habeat dodrantem semunciam et sicilicum,

    Dig. 33, 1, 21, § 2. —
    B.
    In partic.
    a.
    As a measure of length, a quarter of an inch, Front. Aquaed. 28; Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 94; 31, 6, 31, § 57.—
    b.
    As a measure of land, one forty-eighth of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 9; 5, 2, 5.—
    c.
    As a weight, two drachms, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 20. —
    d.
    As a measure of time, the forty-eighth part of an hour, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.—
    e.
    As a copper coin, two drachms, Inscr. Orell. 2854.—
    II.
    Transf. (from the figure of the sicilicus; v. supra, init.), in the later grammarians, a comma, Mar. Vict. p. 2467 P.— Also as a sign of the doubling of consonants (as, An'ius, Lucul'us, Mem'ius, sel'a, ser'a, as'eres), Mar. Vict. p. 2456 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 26 fin.

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  • 4 siciliquus

    sīcīlĭcus ( sīcīlĭquus, and in inscrr. also designated by, Inscr. Orell. 2537), i, m. [id.].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., the fourth part of an uncia, and consequently the forty-eight part of an as:

    cum noverca universae hereditatis habeat dodrantem semunciam et sicilicum,

    Dig. 33, 1, 21, § 2. —
    B.
    In partic.
    a.
    As a measure of length, a quarter of an inch, Front. Aquaed. 28; Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 94; 31, 6, 31, § 57.—
    b.
    As a measure of land, one forty-eighth of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 9; 5, 2, 5.—
    c.
    As a weight, two drachms, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 20. —
    d.
    As a measure of time, the forty-eighth part of an hour, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.—
    e.
    As a copper coin, two drachms, Inscr. Orell. 2854.—
    II.
    Transf. (from the figure of the sicilicus; v. supra, init.), in the later grammarians, a comma, Mar. Vict. p. 2467 P.— Also as a sign of the doubling of consonants (as, An'ius, Lucul'us, Mem'ius, sel'a, ser'a, as'eres), Mar. Vict. p. 2456 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 26 fin.

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  • 5 Digitus

    1.
    dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

    Germ. Finger, from fangen,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.
    I.
    Prop.:

    tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—
    B.
    Special connections:

    attingere aliquem digito (uno),

    to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

    with tangere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

    attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

    to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

    attingere caelum digito,

    to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

    computare digitis,

    to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

    numerare per digitos,

    Ov. F. 3, 123:

    in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

    Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

    si tuos digitos novi,

    thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

    also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

    to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

    also: digitus crepans,

    Mart. 3, 82, 15:

    digitorum crepitus,

    id. 14, 119:

    digitorum percussio,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

    intendere digitum ad aliquid,

    to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

    liceri digito,

    to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

    for which also: tollere digitum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

    and Schol,

    Pers. 5, 119:

    loqui digitis nutuque,

    to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

    different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

    i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

    ad digiti sonum,

    id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

    digito compesce labellum,

    hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

    for which: demonstrari digito,

    Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

    nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

    in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

    i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

    exserere digitum,

    Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

    and in like manner: proferre digitum,

    to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

    scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

    Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—
    B.
    A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—
    C.
    As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

    digitus transversus,

    a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

    48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

    not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

    without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

    and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 11.
    2.
    Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

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  • 6 digitus

    1.
    dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

    Germ. Finger, from fangen,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.
    I.
    Prop.:

    tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—
    B.
    Special connections:

    attingere aliquem digito (uno),

    to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

    with tangere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

    attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

    to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

    attingere caelum digito,

    to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

    computare digitis,

    to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

    numerare per digitos,

    Ov. F. 3, 123:

    in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

    Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

    si tuos digitos novi,

    thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

    also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

    to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

    also: digitus crepans,

    Mart. 3, 82, 15:

    digitorum crepitus,

    id. 14, 119:

    digitorum percussio,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

    intendere digitum ad aliquid,

    to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

    liceri digito,

    to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

    for which also: tollere digitum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

    and Schol,

    Pers. 5, 119:

    loqui digitis nutuque,

    to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

    different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

    i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

    ad digiti sonum,

    id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

    digito compesce labellum,

    hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

    for which: demonstrari digito,

    Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

    nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

    in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

    i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

    exserere digitum,

    Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

    and in like manner: proferre digitum,

    to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

    scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

    Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—
    B.
    A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—
    C.
    As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

    digitus transversus,

    a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

    48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

    not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

    without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

    and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 11.
    2.
    Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

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  • 7 dodrans

    dōdrans, antis, m., nine twelfths or three fourths of any thing (v. as, I.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    alicujus aedificii reliquum dodrantem emere,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14 fin.; cf.:

    solvere dodrantem,

    Mart. 8, 9:

    heres ex dodrante,

    Nep. Att. 5, 2; Suet. Caes. 83:

    jugeri,

    Col. 5, 1, 11; Liv. 8, 11:

    operae,

    Col. 2, 4, 8:

    dodrantes semuncias horarum,

    Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58:

    pondo dodrans,

    Scrib. Comp. 45 et saep.—
    II.
    Esp.
    (α).
    As a measure of length, nine inches, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71; Suet. Aug. 79; Front. Aquaed. 65.—
    (β).
    As a measure of time, three quarters of an hour, Plin. 18, 25, 58, § 219; 2, 14, 11, § 58.

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  • 8 palmus

    palmus, i, m. [1. palma], the palm of the hand.
    I.
    Lit.:

    manūs palmum,

    Vitr. 2, 3:

    Graeci antiqui doron palmum vocabant: et ideo dora munera, quia manu darentur,

    Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—
    II.
    Transf., as a measure of length, a span, or twelve digits, Varr. R. R. 3, 7:

    amomum frutex myrtuosus, palmi altitudine,

    Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: minor, a smaller measure, a palm, or four digits, acc. to Vitr. 3, 1, 5.

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  • 9 uncia

    uncĭa, ae, f., = ounkia (Siculian and Etruscan; v. Müller, Etrusk. 1, p. 309 sq.) [akin to unus, unicus, unio; Gr. oinos], the twelfth part of any thing, a twelfth.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of inheritances:

    mortuus Babullius. Caesar, opinor, ex unciā, etsi nihil adhuc: sed Lepta ex triente,

    Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    heres,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 28 med.; Cod. Just. 5, 27, 2.—Of a debt:

    non erit uncia tota,

    Mart. 9, 3, 5.—
    2.
    To denote a rate of interest, one twelfth per cent. a month, i. e. reckoning by the year, one per cent., Dig. 26, 7, 47, § 4.—
    3.
    As a weight, the twelfth part of a pound (as or libra), an ounce, Rhemn. Fan. Pond. 28; Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 3:

    uncia aloës,

    Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 140:

    Falerni,

    Mart. 1, 107, 3.—
    4.
    As a measure of land, one twelfth of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 10.—
    5.
    As a measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, an inch, Front. Aquaed. 24; Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214.—
    II.
    Transf., a trifle, bit, atom:

    neque piscium ullam unciam hodie Pondo cepi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 8; Juv. 11, 131:

    nulla de nostro nobis uncia venit apro,

    Mart. 9, 49, 12.

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  • 10 passus

        passus ūs （ gen plur. rarely passūm, L.), m    [1 PAT-], a step, pace: nec terras passibus cuiusquam potuisse peragrari: ferens lassos passūs, O.: sequitur patrem non passibus aequis, V.: passu anili procedere, O.— A footstep, track, trace: si sint in litore passūs, O.— A pace, stride, doublestep (a measure of length, containing five Roman feet), esp. in the phrase, mille passuum, a thousand paces, mile: milia passuum CCXL, Cs.: milia passuum ducenta.
    * * *
    step, pace

    mille passus -- mile; duo milia passuum -- two miles

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  • 11 ūlna

        ūlna ae, f    [cf. ὠλένη], the elbow: corpus ulnis attollo, O.: Eurydicen amplectitur ulnis, i. e. arms, O.—As a measure of length, an ell: Trīs spatium non amplius ulnas, V., H., O.
    * * *
    forearm; the span of the outstretched arms

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  • 12 hexapeda

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  • 13 ager

    ăger, gri, m. [agros; Germ. Acker, Eng. acre, Sanscr. agras = surface, floor; Grimm conjectured that it was connected with ago, agô, a pecore agendo, and this was the ancient view; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 34 Müll., and Don. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 47; so the Germ. Trift = pasture, from treiben, to drive].
    I.
    In an extended sense, territory, district, domain, the whole of the soil belonging to a community (syn.: terra, tellus, arvum, solum, rus, humus; opp. terra, which includes [p. 70] many such possessions taken together; cf.

    Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 694 sq.): Ager Tusculanus,... non terra,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 84:

    praedā atque agro adfecit familiares suos,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38:

    abituros agro Achivos,

    id. ib. 1, 53, 71:

    ut melior fundus Hirpinus sit, sive ager Hirpinus (totum enim possidet), quam, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2: fundum habet in agro Thurino, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 131 (pro Tull. 14):

    Rhenus, qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

    ager Noricus,

    id. ib. 1, 5:

    in agro Troade,

    Nep. Paus. 3:

    in agro Aretino,

    Sall. C. 36, 1:

    his civitas data agerque,

    Liv. 2, 16:

    in agro urbis Jericho,

    Vulg. Josue, 5, 13.—In the Roman polity: ager Romanus, the Roman possessions in land (distinguished from ager peregrinus, foreign territory) was divided into ager publicus, public property, domains, and ager privatus, private estates; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 695 and 696; cf. with 153 sq.—
    II.
    In a more restricted sense.
    A.
    Improdued or productive land, a field, whether pasture, arable, nursery ground, or any thing of the kind; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 7 sq.; 1, 71; Hab. Syn. 68, and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 13:

    agrum hunc mercatus sum: hic me exerceo,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94:

    agrum de nostro patre colendum habebat,

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 17:

    ut ager quamvis fertilis, sine culturā fructuosus esse non potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; id. Fl. 29:

    agrum colere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18:

    conserere,

    Verg. E. 1, 73:

    agrum tuum non seres,

    Vulg. Lev. 19, 19:

    (homo) seminavit bonum semen in agro suo,

    ib. Matt. 13, 24; ib. Luc. 12, 16. —
    * Of a piece of ground where vines or trees are planted, a nursery:

    ut ager mundus purusque flat, ejus arbor atque vitis fecundior,

    Gell.
    19, 12, 8.—Of a place of habitation in the country, estate, villa:

    in tuosne agros confugiam,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15 (so agros, Hom. Od. 24, 205).—
    B.
    The fields, the open country, the country (as in Gr. agros or agroi), like rus, in opp. to the town, urbs (in prose writers generally only in the plur.), Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:

    homines ex agris concurrunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44:

    non solum ex urbe, sed etiam ex agris,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    annus pestilens urbi agrisque,

    Liv. 3, 6; id. 3, 32:

    in civitatem et in agros,

    Vulg. Marc. 5, 14.—And even in opp. to a village or hamlet, the open field:

    sanum hominem modo ruri esse oportet, modo in urbe, saepiusque in agro,

    Cels. 1, 1.—
    C.
    Poet., in opp. to mountains, plain, valley, champaign:

    ignotos montes agrosque salutat,

    Ov. M. 3, 25.—
    D.
    As a measure of length (opp. frons, breadth):

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    in depth, Hor. S. 1, 8, 12.

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  • 14 clepsydra

    clepsydra, ae, f., = klepsudra, an instrument for measuring time by water, similar to our sand-glasses, a water-clock, clepsydra, Sen. Ep. 24, 19; Veg. Mil. 3, 8; App. M. 3, p. 130, 19;

    used by speakers to measure the length of their discourse,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14; 6, 2, 5; 1, 23, 2.— Meton., the time measured by the clepsydra, and hence, petere clepsydram, to ask leave to speak; and dare clepsydram, to give leave to speak, Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 138; Mart. 6, 35; cf. aqua, II. F., and Dict. of Antiq. pp. 508 sq.

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  • 15 cubitum

    cŭbĭtum, i, n. ( cŭbĭtus, i, m., Cels. 8, 1; 8, 16; Non. p. 201, 16) [id.], the elbow (serving for leaning upon).
    I.
    Prop., Cels. 1. 1.; Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 13; Verg. A. 4, 690; Ov. M. 7, 343; Hor. C. 1, 27, 8; id. S. 2, 4, 39; Quint. 11, 3, 93 al.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    The bending, curvature of a shore:

    orae,

    Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111. —
    B.
    As a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, an ell, a cubit, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 201, 18; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 15; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Att. 13, 12, 3; Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; Suet. Aug. 43 al.—Prov.:

    assiduo cursu cubitum nullum procedere,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3; cf.:

    cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi,

    Suet. Tib. 38.—Hence, Ital. cubito; Fr. coude.

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  • 16 gressus

    1.
    gressus, a, um, Part., from gradior.
    2.
    gressus, ūs, m. [gradior], a stepping, going, step, course, way.
    A.
    Lit. ( poet. and post-class.; cf.:

    gradus, passus, incessus, ingressus): tendere gressum ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 1, 410; so in sing., id. ib. 6, 389; 11, 29.—In plur.:

    gressus glomerare superbos,

    Verg. G. 3, 117; 4, 360; Val. Fl. 1, 183; Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33; Gell. 1, 11, 6; 11, 13, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., of the course of a vessel:

    huc dirige gressum,

    Verg. A. 5, 162.—
    2.
    A pace, as a measure of length, Gromat. Vet. p. 373, 9.

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  • 17 passus

    1.
    passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.
    2.
    passus, a, um, Part. of patior.
    3.
    passus, ūs, m. [from the root pat], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).
    I.
    Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34; Lucr 4, 827; 877; Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54:

    sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis,

    Verg. A. 2, 724:

    nec longis inter se passibus absunt,

    id. ib. 11, 907:

    rapidis ferri Passibus,

    id. ib. 7, 156; Ov. M. 11, 64:

    per litora lentis Passibus spatiari,

    id. ib. 2, 572:

    passu anili procedere,

    id. ib. 13, 533 et saep.:

    passibus ambiguis Fortuna errat,

    id. Tr. 5, 8, 15:

    caelestis (of glory),

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A footstep, track, trace:

    si sint in litore passus,

    Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P 2, 6, 21.—
    B.
    A pace, as a measure of length, consisting of five Roman feet:

    stadium centum viginti quinque nostros officit passus, hoc est pedes sexcentos viginti quinque,

    Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85:

    nec exercitum propius urbem millia passuum ducenta admoverit,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; id. Quint. 25, 79; id. Sest. 12, 29.

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  • 18 semipes

    sēmĭ-pēs, pĕdis, m.
    I.
    A half-foot, half a foot.
    1.
    As a measure of length, Cato, R. R. 123; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15:

    latum semipede,

    Vitr. 2, 3:

    minimi semipedum mensura,

    Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    non altiores quino semipede,

    id. 17, 11, 16, § 80:

    intervallo duum pedum et semipedis,

    id. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—
    2.
    A half-foot in verse, Varr. ap. Gell. 18, 15, 2; Aus. Ep. 4, 86; Aug. de Musica, 5, 11.—
    II.
    Half-lame: crure trunco semipes, Prud. stePh. 2, 150.

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  • 19 ulna

    ulna, ae, f. [Gr. ôlenê; Goth. aleina; Germ. Elle; cf. Ellenbogen; Engl. ell], the elbow.
    I.
    Lit., Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Poet., in gen., the arm:

    tremula patris dormientis in ulnā,

    Cat. 17, 13; Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 9; Ov. M. 7, 847; 9, 652; 11, 63; Luc. 3, 664; Sil. 3, 457; 10, 499; Stat. S. 5, 3, 266 al.—
    B.
    As a measure of length.
    1.
    An ell, Verg. E. 3, 105; id. G. 3, 355; Hor. Epod. 4, 8; Ov. M. 8, 748. —
    2.
    As much as a man can clasp with both arms, a fathom, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202.

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  • 20 modus

    mŏdus, i, m. [root med-, measure, weigh; Gr. medomai, medontes, mêstôr, medimnos; cf.: modius, modestus, moderor], a measure with which, or according to which, any thing is measured, its size, length, circumference, quantity (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    modi, quibus metirentur rura,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1:

    is modus acnua Latine appellatur,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 2:

    filio agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

    hoc erat in votis, modus agri non ita magnus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 1:

    de modo agri scripsit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 33, 2:

    de modo agri (actio), cum a venditore emptor deceptus est,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 19, 1:

    modus hic agri nostro non sufficit horto,

    Juv. 14, 172:

    modus altitudinis et latitudinis (sulcorum),

    Col. 11, 3, 4:

    collis modum jugeri continens,

    Col. Arbor. 1, 6:

    ut omnium par modus sit,

    Cels. 3, 27; cf. Col. 12, 23:

    falsus,

    false measure, Dig. 11, 6: magnus legionum, Vell. 2, 73, 2: hic mihi conteritur vitae modus, measure or term of life, Prop. 1, 7, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn., a proper measure, due measure:

    in modo fundi non animadverso lapsi sunt multi,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 11:

    suus cuique (rei) modus est,

    Cic. Or. 22, 73:

    ordine et modo,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

    modum alicujus rei habere,

    to observe measure in a thing, not exceed the bounds of moderation, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

    vox quasi extra modum absona,

    beyond measure, immoderately, id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

    cum lacus praeter modum crevisset,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    ii sine dubio fidem et modum transeunt,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    supra modum in servos suos saevire,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 53:

    sine modo modestiāque,

    without measure, without moderation, Sall. J. 41, 9:

    sine modo ac modestia agi,

    Liv. 26, 48, 11.—
    2.
    The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode:

    vocum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

    musici,

    Quint. 1, 10, 14:

    lyrici,

    Ov. H. 15, 6:

    fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 12: Bacchico exsultas (i. e. exsultans) modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 152 Vahl.):

    flebilibus modis concinere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: saltare ad tibicinis modos, to the music or sound of the flute, Liv. 7, 2:

    nectere canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

    Juv. 7, 19.—Fig.:

    verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae,

    moral harmonies, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 144.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A measure which is not to be exceeded, a bound, limit, end, restriction, etc.:

    modus muliebris nullust, neque umquam lavando et fricando modum scimus facere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 21:

    quis modus tibi tandem exilio eveniet,

    id. Merc. 3, 4, 67:

    modum aliquem et finem orationi facere,

    to set bounds to, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:

    ludendi est quidem modus retinendus,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 104:

    imponere alicui,

    Liv. 4, 24, 4:

    cum modum irae nullum faceret,

    id. 4, 50, 4:

    modum transire,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 4:

    cupidinibus statuat natura modum quem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

    inimicitiarum modum facere,

    Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

    modum statuarum haberi nullum placet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

    qui rebus infinitis modum constituant,

    id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

    constituere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145: modus vitae, tou biou telos, Prop. 1, 7, 9. —With gen. gerund.:

    modum lugendi aliquando facere,

    to make an end of mourning, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 6.— Poet. with inf.:

    nam quis erit saevire modus?

    Stat. Th. 12, 573; cf. the foll.—
    B.
    A way, manner, mode, method:

    modus est, in quo quem ad modum, et quo animo factum sit, quaeritur, Ejus partes sunt prudentia, et imprudentia,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41:

    nullum modum esse hominis occidendi quo ille non aliquot occiderit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

    nec enim semper (hae partes) tractantur uno modo,

    id. Or. 35, 122:

    vitae,

    way of life, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    caelestium ordinem... imitari vitae modo,

    id. Sen. 21, 77: quibus modis, by what method of acting, i. e. what means, Sall. C. 5, 6:

    cultores has Alpis modo tuto transmittere,

    Liv. 21, 30, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

    nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex,

    Verg. G. 2, 73.—
    2.
    Esp. freq.: modo, in modum, or ad modum, with a gen. or adj., in the manner of, like:

    servorum modo,

    in the manner of, like slaves, Liv. 39, 26:

    pecorum modo trahi,

    Tac. A. 4, 25:

    in modum ramorum,

    Col. Arbor. 22:

    in nostrum modum,

    in our manner, Tac. H. 3, 25:

    servilem in modum cruciari,

    like slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Suet. Calig. 56:

    mirum in modum,

    in a wonderful manner, wonderfully, Caes. B. G. 1, 41:

    ad hunc modum distributis legionibus,

    in this manner, id. ib. 5, 24:

    naves ad hunc modum factae,

    id. ib. 3, 13:

    nos nostras more nostro et modo instruximus legiones,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

    non tuo hoc fiet modo,

    id. Men. 2, 1, 25:

    si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

    after the manner of men, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 8; cf.:

    Carneadeo more et modo disputata,

    id. Univ. 1; for which with gen.:

    apis Matinae More modoque,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 28; and:

    agendi more ac modo,

    Quint. 11, 1, 29:

    tali modo,

    in such a manner, in such wise, Nep. Att. 21, 1:

    nullo modo,

    in no wise, by no means, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

    omni modo egi cum rege et ago cotidie,

    in every way, earnestly, urgently, id. Att. 6, 2, 7: omnibus modis tibi esse rem salvam [p. 1157] ut scias, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 13:

    omnibus modis miser sum,

    every way, wholly, completely, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 79:

    miris modis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; Liv. 1, 57, 6; Hor. C. 2, 17, 21:

    mille modis amor ignorandust,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:

    hoc multis modis reprehendi potest,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82 (v. Madv. ad h. l.); so,

    filium multis modis jam exspecto, ut redeat domum,

    very much, Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 7; cf.

    multimodis: mira miris modis,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; cf.

    mirimodis: eum tibi commendo in majorem modum,

    very much, greatly, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3:

    nullo modo,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; Col. 9, 8; Suet. Tit. 2:

    bono modo,

    moderately, Cato, R. R. 5:

    bono modo desiderare aliquid,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: ejus modi, of that kind, of such a kind or sort (freq.):

    ejusmodi sunt tempestates consecutae, ut,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

    in ejusmodi casu,

    id. ib. 5, 33, 4;

    6, 34, 7: erant ejusmodi fere situs oppidorum, ut,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    petitionis nostrae hujusmodi ratio est,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; so,

    cujusquemodi, cujusdammodi, cujusmodicumque, cuimodi, cuicuimodi, v. Zumpt, § 678: cujusmodi,

    of what sort, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 3:

    cujuscemodi,

    of what sort soever, id. Inv. 2, 45, 134: hujusmodi, hujuscemodi, of this kind, such:

    hujusmodi casus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

    hujuscemodi verba,

    Sall. J. 9 fin.:

    illiusmodi,

    of that kind, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; so,

    istiusmodi amicos,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 15.—
    3.
    In gram., a form of a verb, a voice or mood:

    in verbo fiunt soloecismi per genera, tempora, personas, modos, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 5, 41: patiendi modus ( the passive voice)... faciendi modus ( the active voice), id. 9, 3, 7; cf. 1, 6, 26.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > modus

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