a part of Taurus

taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —

Transf.

A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—

The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—

A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—

A kind of beetle:

tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,

Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —

A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —

The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.

Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:

Tauri Pylae,

a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2.

Taurus, i, m., a Roman proper name:

M. Taurus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1.

taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —

Transf.

A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—

The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—

A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—

A kind of beetle:

tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,

Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —

A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —

The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.

Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:

Tauri Pylae,

a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2.

Taurus, i, m., a Roman proper name:

M. Taurus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

Caspĭum măre, = to kaspion pelagos, the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:

pelagus,

Mel. 1, 19, 13:

Caspius oceanus,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

Caspium aequor,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al. —

Hence adjj.,

Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:

sinus,

Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:

litora,

id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:

mons,

i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;

hence pylae or portae,

narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;

so also via,

Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:

regna,

the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:

tigris,

Stat. Th. 10, 288:

iaspis,

Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:

gens,

the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—

Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—

Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—

Caspĭăcus, a, um:

porta = Caspia porta,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.

ex-plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to search out, seek to discover, to examine, investigate, explore (class.; in Cic. esp. freq. in the part. perf. and P. a.; syn.: speculor, scitor, sciscitor, percontor, quaero, interrogo).

In gen.

With acc.:

explora rem totam,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5:

fugam domini,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:

ambitum Africae,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:

altera (manus) motu caecum iter explorat,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

vehiculorum onera,

Suet. Tib. 18:

glebas gustu,

Col. 2, 2, 20:

panis potionisque bonitatem gustu,

Tac. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

ad explorandum idoneum locum castris,

for choosing out, Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 1:

insidias,

to seek out, Verg. G. 3, 537.—

With rel. clause:

explorare, qui homines inhabitarent,

Petr. 116:

apud se explorare, an expediat sibi consilium,

Dig. 17, 1, 2 fin.:

exploratum est, ubi controversia incipiat,

Quint. 7, 1, 8.—

In the part. perf., examined, ascertained, known:

exploratum et provisum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 110:

jam explorata nobis sunt ea, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

perspecta et explorata perscribere,

id. Att. 3, 15, 8; cf.:

res non incertis jactatae rumoribus, sed compertae et exploratae,

Liv. 42, 13, 1:

de numero eorum omnia se habere explorata Remi dicebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4; id. B. C. 2, 31, 5.—In abl. neutr. absol.: explorato, it being ascertained, i. e. when he knew:

explorato, jam profectos amicos,

Tac. H. 2, 49.

In partic.

In milit. lang., to spy out, reconnoitre:

speculatoribus in omnes partes dimissis, explorat, quo commodissime itinere vallum transire possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.; cf. id. ib. 5, 50, 3:

itinera egressusque ejus, postremo loca atque tempora cuncta explorat,

Sall. J. 35, 5:

Siciliam adiit, Africam exploravit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

occulte explorare loca,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66, 2:

explorato hostium consilio,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

ante explorato et subsidiis positis,

Liv. 23, 42, 9; so id. 23, 43, 7; 27, 2 fin. —

To try, test, put to the proof (perh. not ante-Aug.):

et suspensa focis explorat robora fumus,

Verg. G. 1, 175:

taurus in adversis explorat cornua truncis,

Luc. 2, 603; cf.:

hoc jugulo dextram explora,

Sil. 11, 358:

animos,

Ov. A. A. 1, 456; Liv. 37, 7, 10:

explorans quid hostes agerent,

id. 37, 28, 6:

haec exploranda per impigros juvenes esse,

id. 22, 55:

secundae res animos,

Tac. H. 1, 15:

tyranni fidem,

Luc. 8, 582.—Hence, explōrātus, a, um, P. a. Lit., ascertained; hence, established, confirmed, certain, sure:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49: magna et prope explorata [p. 697] spes, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20; id. Off. 3, 33, 117; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

ratio,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 64:

litterae exploratae a timore,

i. e. affording certainty, confidence, id. Att. 3, 17, 1 et saep.:

de quo mihi exploratum est, ita esse, ut scribis,

I am certain, convinced, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; cf. id. Ac. 2, 17, 54:

quis est tam stultus, cui sit exploratum, se ad vesperum esse victurum?

id. de Sen. 19, 67:

in qua (amicitia) nihil fidum, nihil exploratum habeas,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

exploratam habere pacem,

id. Phil. 7, 6, 16:

(Deus) habet exploratum, fore, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

pro explorato habebat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3.— Comp.:

facilior et exploratior devitatio legionum fore videtur, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4.— Sup.:

exploratissima victoria,

Vell. 84, 1.— Adv.: explōrātē, with certainty, for a certainty, securely, surely (for the most part only in Cic.):

haec ita sentio, judico, ad te explorate scribo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b. 3; cf. judicare, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6:

satis explorate perceptum et cognitum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

navigare,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.— Comp.:

exploratius promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5.— Sup. seems not to occur.

candeo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr candami, to be light; candra, the moon; connected with caneo as ardeo with areo], to be brilliant, glittering, to shine, glitter, glisten (cf. candidus and albus; mostly poet.).

Lit.

Verb finit.:

candet ebur soliis collucent pocula mensae,

Cat. 64, 45:

ubi canderet vestis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 103:

stellarum turba crasso lumine candet,

Manil. 1, 753. —

Part. and P. a.: candens, entis, = candidus, shining. dazzling, white, bright, glowing:

candens lacteus umor,

the bright, milky fluid, Lucr. 1, 259:

marmor,

id. 2, 767:

lucidus aër,

id. 4, 341:

lumen solis,

id. 6, 1196:

lumen,

id. 5, 720:

luna,

Vitr. 9, 4:

ortus,

Tib. 4, 1, 65.— Comp.:

candentior Phoebus,

Val. Fl. 3, 481.— Sup.:

sidus candentissimum,

Sol. 52.—

Esp., = albus, white:

ut candens videatur et album,

Lucr. 2, 771:

lana,

Cat. 64, 318:

lacerti,

Tib. 1, 8, 33:

umeri,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 31:

vacca,

Verg. A. 4, 61:

taurus,

id. ib. 5, 236:

cygnus candenti corpore,

id. ib. 9, 563:

candenti elephanto,

i. e. ivory, id. ib. 6, 895:

saxa,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 26:

lilia,

Ov. M. 12, 411:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

id. ib. 11, 315 al.—

Transf., to glow with heat, be glowing hot (sometimes also in prose).

Verb finit.:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus Canduit,

Ov. M. 1, 120; Col. 1, 4, 9.—

Part. and P. a.:

ut calidis candens ferrum e fornacibus olim Stridit,

as the glowing iron taken from the hot furnace hisses, Lucr. 6, 148; imitated by Ov. M. 9, 170: candenti ferro, Varr. R. R. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.:

Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

candentes laminae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163 (al. ardentes); Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36:

aqua candens,

Col. 6, 5, 2 (while Veg. 1, 17, 14, calens aqua). —

Trop., glowing with passion, excited (very rare):

cum viscera felle canduerint,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 226:

numquam Stilicho sic canduit ora,

id. Laud. Stil. 2, 82 (both of these examples are by some referred to candesco).

con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

funem manu,

Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

munera Cerealia dextrā,

id. ib. 11, 122:

undas pede,

id. ib. 2, 457:

focos ore tremente,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

terram osculo,

Liv. 1, 56, 12:

ora nati sacro medicamine,

Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

montes suo igni (sol),

Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

cibos sale modico,

to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

mitem taurum,

Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

glebam,

id. ib. 11, 111:

paene terram (luna),

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

caules (vitis),

id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

manum,

Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

cibos ore,

Ov. M. 5, 531:

aquas,

id. ib. 15, 281:

fontem,

id. ib. 3, 409.—

To touch impurely (very rare):

corpus corpore,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—

To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

turri adactā et contingente vallum,

id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

Liv. 10, 21, 8:

praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—

With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

optatam metam cursu,

Hor. A. P. 412:

Ephyren pennis,

Ov. M. 7, 392:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 5, 18:

fines Illyricos,

Ov. M. 4, 568:

Creten,

id. ib. 8, 100:

Cadmeïda arcem,

id. ib. 6, 217:

rapidas Phasidos undas,

id. ib. 7, 6:

auras,

to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

avem ferro,

to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

thus aures,

id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2:

quam me manifesta libido contigit!

Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

(Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

id. 4, 9, 10:

omnes eā violatione templi,

id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

pectora vitiis,

Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

contactus ensis,

Sen. Hippol. 714.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

Liv. 25, 8, 2:

aliquem sanguine ac genere,

id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

aliquem artissimo gradu,

Suet. Aug. 4:

domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

Sabinum modico usu,

to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

si crĭmine contingantur,

have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

id. 40, 14, 9.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—

With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).

With dat.:

cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

mihi recusare principatum,

Vell. 2, 124, 2:

mihi cognoscere (eos),

Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

Vell. 2, 124, 4:

maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —

With acc. (very rare):

sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

Italiam palma frugum,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—

Absol. (very freq.):

hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 81:

ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.

con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).

Lit.:

oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

Lucr. 1, 938:

semina rerum colore,

id. 2, 755:

lac parco sale,

to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

tonsum corpus amurcā,

id. ib. 3, 448. —

Trop.:

musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

funem manu,

Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

munera Cerealia dextrā,

id. ib. 11, 122:

undas pede,

id. ib. 2, 457:

focos ore tremente,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

terram osculo,

Liv. 1, 56, 12:

ora nati sacro medicamine,

Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

montes suo igni (sol),

Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

cibos sale modico,

to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

mitem taurum,

Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

glebam,

id. ib. 11, 111:

paene terram (luna),

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

caules (vitis),

id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

manum,

Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

cibos ore,

Ov. M. 5, 531:

aquas,

id. ib. 15, 281:

fontem,

id. ib. 3, 409.—

To touch impurely (very rare):

corpus corpore,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—

To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

turri adactā et contingente vallum,

id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

Liv. 10, 21, 8:

praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—

With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

optatam metam cursu,

Hor. A. P. 412:

Ephyren pennis,

Ov. M. 7, 392:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 5, 18:

fines Illyricos,

Ov. M. 4, 568:

Creten,

id. ib. 8, 100:

Cadmeïda arcem,

id. ib. 6, 217:

rapidas Phasidos undas,

id. ib. 7, 6:

auras,

to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

avem ferro,

to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

thus aures,

id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2:

quam me manifesta libido contigit!

Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

(Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

id. 4, 9, 10:

omnes eā violatione templi,

id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

pectora vitiis,

Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

contactus ensis,

Sen. Hippol. 714.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

Liv. 25, 8, 2:

aliquem sanguine ac genere,

id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

aliquem artissimo gradu,

Suet. Aug. 4:

domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

Sabinum modico usu,

to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

si crĭmine contingantur,

have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

id. 40, 14, 9.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—

With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).

With dat.:

cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

mihi recusare principatum,

Vell. 2, 124, 2:

mihi cognoscere (eos),

Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

Vell. 2, 124, 4:

maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —

With acc. (very rare):

sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

Italiam palma frugum,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—

Absol. (very freq.):

hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 81:

ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.

con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).

Lit.:

oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

Lucr. 1, 938:

semina rerum colore,

id. 2, 755:

lac parco sale,

to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

tonsum corpus amurcā,

id. ib. 3, 448. —

Trop.:

musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

Cĭlĭcĭa, ae, f., = Kilikia, a province in the southern part of Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Syria, now Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—

Hence,

Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.; v. infra), adj., = Kilix, Cilician:

Cilici croco (of special excellence),

Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34:

Taurus,

Ov. M. 2, 217:

tonsor,

Mart. 7, 95:

Tamira,

Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Kilikes, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of Cilicia, notorious for the practice of piracy, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.:

agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum cognomentum,

id. ib. 12, 55.— Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39:

Cilices Clitae,

a barbarous tribe in the mountains of Cilicia, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,

Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = Kilissa, Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from Phoenix), adj.:

terra Cilissa,

Ov. Ib. 198:

spica,

of crocus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—

Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician:

portae,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

mare,

Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96:

cotes,

id. 36, 22, 47, §§

164 and 165: crocum,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—

Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = Kilikion, a covering, originally made of Cilician goats ' hair, used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.:

vela,

Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats ' hair, Mart. 14, 148.—

Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician:

legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

provincia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1:

vicinus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.

dis-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To pull asunder, tear in pieces, to separate forcibly, divide (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpus quod dirimi distrahive non possit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:

exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5; Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;

nugas... prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,

id. Merc. 2, 4, 1 sq.; cf.: Mettum Fufetium equis ad curriculum ex utraque parte deligatum distraxit, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 22;

so of the same: corpus passim,

Liv. 1, 28 fin.;

of Hippolytus: turbatis distractus equis,

Verg. A. 7, 787:

quae (materia) neque perrumpi neque distrahi potest,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.; cf.

vallum (with diripere),

Liv. 25, 36:

ut aciem ejus distrahi paterentur,

i. e. to be separated, broken up, Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 1:

Taurus mons mediam distrahens Asiam,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97 et saep.—

In partic., in mercant. lang., to sell separately, in parcels, to retail = divendere (mostly post-Aug.): dividant, differant, dissipent, distrahant, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 9:

coëmendo quaedam tantum ut pluris postea distraheret,

Suet. Vesp. 16:

agros,

Tac. A. 6, 17; cf.

fundum,

Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 15:

merces,

Just. 9, 1, 6:

bona venum,

Gell. 20, 1, 19 et saep.—

In gen., to sell:

instrumentum,

Suet. Cal. 39:

levi pretio aetatulam,

App. M. 7, p. 191 fin. —

To waste, squander:

apsenti hic tua res distrahitur tibi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 16. —

Trop., to draw in different directions; to divide, distract, perplex:

qui haec natura cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 11; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 4:

distrahitur in deliberando animus,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; cf., shortly before: in quo considerando saepe animi in contrarias sententias distrahuntur; cf.:

distrahor, tum hoc mihi probabilius, tum illud videtur,

id. Ac. 2, 43 fin.:

cum Tiberium anceps cura distraheret, vine militum... an, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 40; cf. id. ib. 6, 44:

obsessos hinc fides, inde egestas inter decus ac flagitium distrahebant,

id. H. 4, 60:

oratoris industriam in plura studia distrahere nolim,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59:

sic distrahuntur in contrarias partes impotentium cupiditates,

id. Tusc. 5, 20 fin.; cf. Tac. A. 4, 40: res publica [p. 599] distracta lacerataque, Liv. 2, 57; cf.

quae sententia omnem societatem distrahit civitatis,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 28: Caesarem et Pompeium perfidia hominum distractos in pristinam concordiam reducere, Balbus ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15 A.:

amorem,

Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 33:

concilium Boeotorum,

Liv. 42, 47:

collegia,

Suet. Caes. 42:

matrimonium,

Dig. 24, 2, 2 et saep.:

rem,

to frustrate, prevent, Caes. B. C. 1, 33, 3:

controversias, i. e. dirimere,

to end, adjust, Cic. Caecin. 2, 6; Suet. Caes. 85: voces, i. e. to leave a hiatus (opp. contrahere), Cic. Or. 45, 152:

qua ipse fama distraheretur, i. q. differretur (cf. differo, B. 2.),

would be assailed, Tac. A. 3, 10.

To tear away, draw away, part, to separate, remove.

Lit.:

membra divellere ac distrahere,

Cic. Sull. 20 fin.:

illam a me distrahit necessitas,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 42; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 24; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2.—

Trop.:

sapientiam, temperantiam, fortitudinem copulatas esse docui cum voluptate, ut ab ea nullo modo nec divelli nec distrahi possint,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50.—

Of persons, to separate in sentiment, to estrange, alienate:

aliquem ab aliquo (preceded by: a conjunctione avocare, and: a familiaritate disjungere),

id. Phil. 2, 10, 23;

so with divellere,

id. Planc. 42, 102.—Hence, distractus, a, um, P. a.

Divided (very rarely):

(conjectus animaï) divisior inter se ac distractior,

Lucr. 4, 961.—

Trop., distracted, perplexed:

distractissimus tantorum onerum mole,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.— Adv. does not occur.

ex-ardesco, arsi, arsum, 3, v. inch. n., qs. to blaze out, i. e. to kindle, take fire (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense and in Cic.; cf.: ardeo, ferveo, caleo, flagro, candeo, uro, etc., incendor, inflammor, etc.).

Lit.:

nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.:

sulphur exardescens,

Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.—

Transf., of the sun's heat:

exarsit dies,

Mart. 3, 67, 6.—And of a fiery color:

fulgor carbunculi exardescens,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94.—

Trop., to be kindled, inflamed, to break out (in a good and bad sense).

Of personal subjects:

exarsit iracundia ac stomacho,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20; cf. id. de Or. 3, 1, 4: (Induciomarus) multo gravius hoc dolore exarsit, * Caes. B. G. 5, 4, 5:

infestius Papirium exarsurum,

Liv. 8, 33; cf.

graviter,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

haud secus exarsit quam Circo taurus aperto,

Ov. M. 12, 102:

adeo exarserant animis,

Liv. 3, 30; so,

animis,

Tac. A. 1, 51 fin.:

libidinibus indomitis,

id. ib. 6, 1:

in omni genere amplificationis,

Cic. Or. 29, 102:

hodierno die ad spem libertatis exarsimus,

id. Phil. 4, 6 fin.:

ad cupiditatem libertatis recuperandae,

id. ib. 11, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 25:

ad bellum,

Liv. 41, 27, 3; Tac. A. 12, 38:

plebes ad id maxime indignatione exarsit,

Liv. 4, 6; cf.:

ad quod exarsit adeo, ut, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

milites in perniciosam seditionem exarsuri,

Liv. 40, 35, 7; cf.:

in iras,

Verg. A. 7, 445; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 32:

in proelium,

Tac. H. 1, 64.—Of the passion of love: in C. Silium ita exarserat (Messalina), Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Of impersonal and abstract subjects:

immane quantum animi exarsere,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 53 (p. 229 ed. Gerl.):

ex quo exardescit sive amor, sive amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 27, 100; cf.:

novum atque atrox proelium,

Liv. 27, 2:

admirabilis quaedam benevolentiae magnitudo,

Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

ira,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; cf.:

iracundia exercitus in eum,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

ambitio,

Liv. 3, 35; 35, 10:

violentia Turni,

Verg. A. 11, 376:

dolor Alcidae,

id. ib. 8, 220 et saep.:

injuria,

Cic. Lael. 21, 76:

bellum,

id. Lig. 1, 3; Liv. 40, 58; 41, 25; cf.:

certamina inter patres plebemque,

Tac. H. 2, 38:

seditio,

id. ib. 2, 27:

tanta ista importunitas inauditi sceleris,

Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

fames auri,

Plin. 33, 3, 14, § 48 et saep.:

tum propter multorum delicta etiam ad innocentium periculum tempus illud exarserat,

Cic. Sull. 6:

altercatio ex iracundia muliebri in contentionem animorum exarsit,

Liv. 10, 23; cf.:

studia in proelium,

Tac. H. 1, 64:

Corinthiorum vasorum pretia in immensum exarsisse,

i. e. had risen, Suet. Tib. 34; cf.:

quibus initiis in tantum admiratio haec exarserit,

Plin. 37 prooem. §

2: ira,

Vulg. Psa. 88, 45 al. (See also excandefacio and incendo.)

perf.: exarsus, a, um, burned up:

res vestras incendio exarsas esse,

Cod. Just. 9, 1, 11.