a miracle

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mīrācŭlum, i, n. [id.], a wonderful, strange, or marvellous thing, a wonder, marvel, miracle; wonderfulness, marvellousness (class.; syn.: prodigium, portentum): miracula, quae nunc digna admiratione dicimus, antiqui in rebus turpibus utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.:

portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium,

strange and wonderful imaginations, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18:

adiciunt miracula huic pugnae,

relate wonderful things, Liv. 2, 7:

esse miraculo,

to be wonderful, to excite wonder, id. 25, 8:

arbor digna miraculo,

singular, curious, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

in quae miracula, dixit, Verteris?

Ov. M. 3, 673:

omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum,

Verg. G. 4, 441:

miraculum magnitudinis,

extraordinary size, Liv. 25, 9, 14:

Euander... venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, rei novae inter rudes artium homines,

id. 1, 7, 8:

ut mors ejus majori miraculo fuerit,

Suet. Oth. 12:

miracula septem,

the seven wonders of the world, Amm. 22, 15, 28.—

Esp., in eccl. Lat., a miracle:

facientes pene incredibilia miracula,

Lact. 4, 21:

Dei,

id. 7, 9:

quibus miraculis plurimi allicientur,

id. 7, 17:

accidit quasi miraculum Deo,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 15: nihil posse confingi miraculorum atque vitiorum, quod non ibi (in deorum genere) reperiatur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—Hence, adv.: mīrācŭlō = thaumastôs, wonderfully:

pictus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83.

mīrācŭlum, i, n. [id.], a wonderful, strange, or marvellous thing, a wonder, marvel, miracle; wonderfulness, marvellousness (class.; syn.: prodigium, portentum): miracula, quae nunc digna admiratione dicimus, antiqui in rebus turpibus utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.:

portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium,

strange and wonderful imaginations, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18:

adiciunt miracula huic pugnae,

relate wonderful things, Liv. 2, 7:

esse miraculo,

to be wonderful, to excite wonder, id. 25, 8:

arbor digna miraculo,

singular, curious, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

in quae miracula, dixit, Verteris?

Ov. M. 3, 673:

omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum,

Verg. G. 4, 441:

miraculum magnitudinis,

extraordinary size, Liv. 25, 9, 14:

Euander... venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, rei novae inter rudes artium homines,

id. 1, 7, 8:

ut mors ejus majori miraculo fuerit,

Suet. Oth. 12:

miracula septem,

the seven wonders of the world, Amm. 22, 15, 28.—

Esp., in eccl. Lat., a miracle:

facientes pene incredibilia miracula,

Lact. 4, 21:

Dei,

id. 7, 9:

quibus miraculis plurimi allicientur,

id. 7, 17:

accidit quasi miraculum Deo,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 15: nihil posse confingi miraculorum atque vitiorum, quod non ibi (in deorum genere) reperiatur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—Hence, adv.: mīrācŭlō = thaumastôs, wonderfully:

pictus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83.

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miraculum

a miracle play.

albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; alphos = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Alpheios, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).

Lit.

In gen.:

barba,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

corpus,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus;

v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere,

to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.:

albi et nigri velleris,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 35:

non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

ib. Matt. 5, 36.—

Esp.

Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like:

aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

pallor,

id. Epod. 7, 15:

vivat et urbanis albus in officiis,

pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —

Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem;

vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619:

vidit duos Angelos in albis,

Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—

Prov. phrases.

Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26).—

Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me:

vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer,

Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—

Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner:

qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the prætor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —

Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.—

Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange:

quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—

Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—

Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—

Trop.

Favorable, fortunate, propitious:

simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,

i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27:

dies,

Sil. 15, 53:

sint omnia protinus alba,

Pers. 1, 110.—

Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry:

Notus,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. leukonotos):

iapyx,

id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.:

clarus aquilo,

Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,

album, i, n., whiteness.

White color, white:

maculis insignis et albo,

Verg. G. 3, 56;

sparsis pellibus albo,

id. E. 2, 41:

columnas polire albo,

to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,

Esp.,

The white of the eye:

oculorum,

Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—

The white of an egg:

ovi,

Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—

In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—

In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like leukôma in Gr.).

The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

The tablets of the prœtor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the prœtor, Sen. Ep. 48:

se ad album transferre,

Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—

Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137:

aliquem albo senatorio eradere,

Tac. A. 4, 42 fin. —Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quœstors:

aliquem albo judicum eradere,

Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names:

citharoedorum,

Suet. Ner. 21.

lū̆crum, i, n. [root laf-; Gr. laô, apolauô; Goth. Laun; Germ. Lohn; cf. Laverna], gain, profit, advantage (syn.: quaestus, compendium; cf.: commodum, fructus).

Lit.:

rem gero et facio lucrum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34:

quoi di sunt homini propitii lucrum ei obiciunt,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 44:

non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existumo,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 75:

lucrum facere (opp. damnum facere),

id. ib. 2, 2, 77:

vendendi quaestu et lucro ducerentur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

aliquid ad praedam lucrumque revocare,

id. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

qui ex publicis vectigalibus tanta lucra fecit,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 38, § 86:

frumentaria lucra exigere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

85: dat de lucro, nihil detrahit de vivo: minus igitur lucri facit,

id. Fl. 37, 91:

lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet,

Juv. 14, 208: lucro est, it is profitable, advantageous:

nobis lucro fuisti potius quam decori tibi,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 40:

amanti amoenitas malo est, nobis lucro,

id. Men. 2, 3, 5:

quod in divinis rebus sumptumst sapienti lucrost,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 81; id. Cist. 1, 1, 52: ponere or deputare in lucro, to count as gain:

omne id deputare esse in lucro,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 16; 21:

id ego in lucris pono,

Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1; cf.:

quem sors dierum cunque dabit lucro Appone,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 14:

in lucro, quae datur hora, mihi est,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 67: lucri facere, to gain, get the credit of:

quae ille universa naturali quodam bono fecit lucri,

Nep. Thras. 1;

v. lucrifacio: lucrum et damnum,

profit and loss, Gai. Inst. 3, 150; Ulp. Fragm. 25, 15; cf.:

qui mensis damnis, quae dentur tempora lucro,

Juv. 6, 571: quom scis jam senex, tum in otium Te conloces, dum potis ames;

id jam lucrist, Quor vivas,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

de lucro prope jam quadriennium vivimus,

i. e. as by a miracle, in constant, imminent danger of death, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:

de lucro tibi vivere me scito,

Liv. 40, 8, 2:

qui (Mercurius) me in mercimoniis Juvit lucrisque quadruplicavit rem meam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 4.—

Transf.

Love of gain, avarice:

lucri pallida tabes,

Luc. 4, 96:

impius lucri furor,

Sen. Hippol. 4, 540.—

Wealth, riches:

omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 35:

periculosum semper putavi lucrum,

Phaedr. 5, 4, 8:

non turpe lucrum sectantes,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 3, 8.

mīrābĭlis ( sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj. [miror], to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.):

nimium mirimodis mirabilis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35:

pugnandi cupiditas,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23:

laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,

Juv. 12, 73.— Comp.:

quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74.— Sup.:

mirabilissima soboles,

Col. 6, 36, 3.

In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7.—

With quam, quantum, quomodo:

mirabile est, quam non multum differat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

esset mirabile quomodo,

id. Div. 2, 19, 44:

mirabile quantum gaudebat,

Sil. 6, 620.—

With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

Glorious:

mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,

Vulg. Psa. 67, 36:

mirabilis in altis Dominus,

id. ib. 92, 6.—

Miraculous:

mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,

Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4:

facta,

id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep.—Hence,

Subst.: mīrābĭle, is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.):

et faciet Dominus mirabile,

Vulg. Exod. 9, 4.—Mostly plur.:

cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,

Vulg. Jos. 3, 5:

videntes mirabilia quae fecit,

id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. —

Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter, wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.):

mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,

Nep. Dion. 10, 2:

cupere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4:

laetari,

id. ib. 11, 14, 1:

moratus est,

is strangely constituted, is a strange fellow, id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

tonabit Deus,

Vulg. Job, 37, 5.— Comp.:

mirabilius augere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.

mīrābĭlis ( sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj. [miror], to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.):

nimium mirimodis mirabilis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35:

pugnandi cupiditas,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23:

laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,

Juv. 12, 73.— Comp.:

quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74.— Sup.:

mirabilissima soboles,

Col. 6, 36, 3.

In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7.—

With quam, quantum, quomodo:

mirabile est, quam non multum differat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

esset mirabile quomodo,

id. Div. 2, 19, 44:

mirabile quantum gaudebat,

Sil. 6, 620.—

With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

Glorious:

mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,

Vulg. Psa. 67, 36:

mirabilis in altis Dominus,

id. ib. 92, 6.—

Miraculous:

mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,

Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4:

facta,

id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep.—Hence,

Subst.: mīrābĭle, is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.):

et faciet Dominus mirabile,

Vulg. Exod. 9, 4.—Mostly plur.:

cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,

Vulg. Jos. 3, 5:

videntes mirabilia quae fecit,

id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. —

Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter, wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.):

mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,

Nep. Dion. 10, 2:

cupere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4:

laetari,

id. ib. 11, 14, 1:

moratus est,

is strangely constituted, is a strange fellow, id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

tonabit Deus,

Vulg. Job, 37, 5.— Comp.:

mirabilius augere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.

ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].

Lit.

In gen., work, labor (cf.:

labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—

Esp.

Work, art, workmanship:

naturā et opere munitus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—

Of agricultural labor:

opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

grave Martis opus,

Verg. A. 8, 515.—

Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—

Of literary labor:

(Graeci) opus quaerunt,

seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—

In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—

Transf., a work that has been done or made.

A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

opere perfecto,

id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

operibus Toletum cepit,

Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—

Any result of labor.

Of public works, esp. buildings:

aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

Suet. Tib. 30:

opera, templum theatrumque,

id. Calig. 21; cf.

of an aqueduct, etc.,

id. Claud. 20:

in titulis operum,

in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —

Of writings, a work, book:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—

Of a work of art:

quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

miserum'st opus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

opus meae hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—

Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—

Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,

Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.

With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

minus multi opus sunt boves,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

dux nobis et auctor opus est,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

si quid opus erit in sumptum,

id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

Liv. 37, 18, 10:

quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—

With abl.:

magistratibus opus est,

there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

viro et gubernatore opus est,

Liv. 24, 8:

opus est auctoritate tuā,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

non longis opus est ambagibus,

Ov. M. 4, 475:

nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

maturato opus est,

there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

ita dictu opus est,

it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

quod scitu opus est,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—

With gen.:

ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

Liv. 22, 51:

quanti argenti opus fuit,

id. 23, 31.—

With acc. (ante-class.):

puero opus est cibum,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—

With inf.:

quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

nunc opus est te animo valere,

Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—

With ut:

opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—

With subj. alone:

non est opus affingas aliquid,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—

Absol.:

sic opus est,

Ov. M. 1, 279.—

Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—

Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

Diom. 301 P.

Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,

Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

Philodamus,

of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].

Lit.

In gen., work, labor (cf.:

labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—

Esp.

Work, art, workmanship:

naturā et opere munitus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—

Of agricultural labor:

opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

grave Martis opus,

Verg. A. 8, 515.—

Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—

Of literary labor:

(Graeci) opus quaerunt,

seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—

In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—

Transf., a work that has been done or made.

A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

opere perfecto,

id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

operibus Toletum cepit,

Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—

Any result of labor.

Of public works, esp. buildings:

aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

Suet. Tib. 30:

opera, templum theatrumque,

id. Calig. 21; cf.

of an aqueduct, etc.,

id. Claud. 20:

in titulis operum,

in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —

Of writings, a work, book:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—

Of a work of art:

quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

miserum'st opus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

opus meae hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—

Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—

Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,

Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.

With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

minus multi opus sunt boves,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

dux nobis et auctor opus est,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

si quid opus erit in sumptum,

id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

Liv. 37, 18, 10:

quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—

With abl.:

magistratibus opus est,

there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

viro et gubernatore opus est,

Liv. 24, 8:

opus est auctoritate tuā,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

non longis opus est ambagibus,

Ov. M. 4, 475:

nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

maturato opus est,

there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

ita dictu opus est,

it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

quod scitu opus est,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—

With gen.:

ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

Liv. 22, 51:

quanti argenti opus fuit,

id. 23, 31.—

With acc. (ante-class.):

puero opus est cibum,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—

With inf.:

quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

nunc opus est te animo valere,

Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—

With ut:

opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—

With subj. alone:

non est opus affingas aliquid,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—

Absol.:

sic opus est,

Ov. M. 1, 279.—

Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—

Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

Diom. 301 P.

Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,

Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

Philodamus,

of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].

Lit.

In gen., work, labor (cf.:

labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—

Esp.

Work, art, workmanship:

naturā et opere munitus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—

Of agricultural labor:

opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

grave Martis opus,

Verg. A. 8, 515.—

Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—

Of literary labor:

(Graeci) opus quaerunt,

seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—

In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—

Transf., a work that has been done or made.

A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

opere perfecto,

id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

operibus Toletum cepit,

Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—

Any result of labor.

Of public works, esp. buildings:

aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

Suet. Tib. 30:

opera, templum theatrumque,

id. Calig. 21; cf.

of an aqueduct, etc.,

id. Claud. 20:

in titulis operum,

in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —

Of writings, a work, book:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—

Of a work of art:

quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

miserum'st opus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

opus meae hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—

Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—

Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,

Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.

With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

minus multi opus sunt boves,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

dux nobis et auctor opus est,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

si quid opus erit in sumptum,

id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

Liv. 37, 18, 10:

quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—

With abl.:

magistratibus opus est,

there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

viro et gubernatore opus est,

Liv. 24, 8:

opus est auctoritate tuā,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

non longis opus est ambagibus,

Ov. M. 4, 475:

nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

maturato opus est,

there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

ita dictu opus est,

it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

quod scitu opus est,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—

With gen.:

ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

Liv. 22, 51:

quanti argenti opus fuit,

id. 23, 31.—

With acc. (ante-class.):

puero opus est cibum,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—

With inf.:

quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

nunc opus est te animo valere,

Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—

With ut:

opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—

With subj. alone:

non est opus affingas aliquid,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—

Absol.:

sic opus est,

Ov. M. 1, 279.—

Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—

Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

Diom. 301 P.

Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,

Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

Philodamus,

of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

spectācŭlum (contr. spectāclum, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21 and 56), i, n. [specto], a show, sight, spectacle (class.).

In gen.:

lepidum spectaculum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 81:

superarum rerum atque caelestium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

bis terque mutatae dapis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 34:

potius quam hoc spectaculum viderem,

Cic. Mil. 38, 103: capere oblatae spectacula praedae, Ov. M. 3, 246; cf. id. ib. 7, 780:

scorti procacis,

Liv. 39, 43:

Euripi,

id. 45, 27:

non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit,

Verg. A. 6, 37:

spectaclum ipsa sedens,

i. e. exposed to public view, in the sight of all, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21:

neque hoc parentes Effugerit spectaculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 102.—Esp. in the phrases:

spectaculum (alicui) praebere, spectaculum (spectaculo) esse alicui: circuitus solis et lunae spectaculum hominibus praebent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 155; so,

praebere,

Liv. 45, 28:

praebent spectacula capti,

Ov. A. A. 2, 581:

o spectaculum illud hominibus luctuosum, cedere e patriā servatorem ejus, manere in patriā perditores!

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 8; cf. id. Corn. 1, § 19:

homini non amico nostra incommoda spectaculo esse nolim,

id. Att. 10, 2, 2:

insequitur acies ornata armataque, ut hostium quoque magnificum spectaculum esset,

Liv. 10, 40 fin. —

In partic.

Lit., in the theatre, circus, etc., a public sight or show, a stageplay, spectacle (cf.:

munus, ludi, fabula): spectacula sunt tributim data,

Cic. Mur. 34, 72:

apparatissimum,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

gladiatorium,

Liv. 39, 42:

gladiatorum,

id. 28, 21 fin.; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

circi,

Liv. 7, 2:

scenae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

ludorum,

Suet. Aug. 14:

athletarum,

id. ib. 44; id. Ner. 12:

naumachiae,

id. Caes. 44:

nondum commisso spectaculo,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

interesse spectaculo,

id. 2, 38, 4:

inter matutina harenae spectacula,

Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 2:

meridianum,

id. Ep. 7, 3.—

Transf., the place whence plays are witnessed, the seats of the spectators, seats, places in the theatre, the amphitheatre:

spectacula ruunt,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

ex omnibus spectaculis plausus est excitatus,

Cic. Sest. 58, 124:

resonant spectacula plausu,

Ov. M. 10, 668:

loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent,

Liv. 1, 35, 8:

spectaculorum gradus,

Tac. A. 14, 13:

spectaculis detractus et in harenam deductus,

Suet. Calig. 35; id. Dom. 10.—

In gen., the theatre:

ingressum spectacula,

Suet. Calig. 35:

in caelum trabibus spectacula textis surgere,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 23.—

The spectators:

spectacula tantum este, viri,

Sil. 2, 230:

virtutis,

id. 8, 556.—

A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world:

in septem spectaculis nominari,

Vitr. 2, 8, 11:

numerari inter septem omnium terrarum spectacula,

Gell. 10, 18, 4.

spectācŭlum (contr. spectāclum, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21 and 56), i, n. [specto], a show, sight, spectacle (class.).

In gen.:

lepidum spectaculum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 81:

superarum rerum atque caelestium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

bis terque mutatae dapis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 34:

potius quam hoc spectaculum viderem,

Cic. Mil. 38, 103: capere oblatae spectacula praedae, Ov. M. 3, 246; cf. id. ib. 7, 780:

scorti procacis,

Liv. 39, 43:

Euripi,

id. 45, 27:

non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit,

Verg. A. 6, 37:

spectaclum ipsa sedens,

i. e. exposed to public view, in the sight of all, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21:

neque hoc parentes Effugerit spectaculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 102.—Esp. in the phrases:

spectaculum (alicui) praebere, spectaculum (spectaculo) esse alicui: circuitus solis et lunae spectaculum hominibus praebent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 155; so,

praebere,

Liv. 45, 28:

praebent spectacula capti,

Ov. A. A. 2, 581:

o spectaculum illud hominibus luctuosum, cedere e patriā servatorem ejus, manere in patriā perditores!

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 8; cf. id. Corn. 1, § 19:

homini non amico nostra incommoda spectaculo esse nolim,

id. Att. 10, 2, 2:

insequitur acies ornata armataque, ut hostium quoque magnificum spectaculum esset,

Liv. 10, 40 fin. —

In partic.

Lit., in the theatre, circus, etc., a public sight or show, a stageplay, spectacle (cf.:

munus, ludi, fabula): spectacula sunt tributim data,

Cic. Mur. 34, 72:

apparatissimum,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

gladiatorium,

Liv. 39, 42:

gladiatorum,

id. 28, 21 fin.; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

circi,

Liv. 7, 2:

scenae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

ludorum,

Suet. Aug. 14:

athletarum,

id. ib. 44; id. Ner. 12:

naumachiae,

id. Caes. 44:

nondum commisso spectaculo,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

interesse spectaculo,

id. 2, 38, 4:

inter matutina harenae spectacula,

Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 2:

meridianum,

id. Ep. 7, 3.—

Transf., the place whence plays are witnessed, the seats of the spectators, seats, places in the theatre, the amphitheatre:

spectacula ruunt,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

ex omnibus spectaculis plausus est excitatus,

Cic. Sest. 58, 124:

resonant spectacula plausu,

Ov. M. 10, 668:

loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent,

Liv. 1, 35, 8:

spectaculorum gradus,

Tac. A. 14, 13:

spectaculis detractus et in harenam deductus,

Suet. Calig. 35; id. Dom. 10.—

In gen., the theatre:

ingressum spectacula,

Suet. Calig. 35:

in caelum trabibus spectacula textis surgere,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 23.—

The spectators:

spectacula tantum este, viri,

Sil. 2, 230:

virtutis,

id. 8, 556.—

A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world:

in septem spectaculis nominari,

Vitr. 2, 8, 11:

numerari inter septem omnium terrarum spectacula,

Gell. 10, 18, 4.