a poet in the Augustan age

sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).

Of persons:

nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

quam severus!

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

civis severus et gravis,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

Stoicorum secta severissima,

Quint. 1, 10, 15:

agricolae,

hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

Cures,

Verg. A. 8, 638:

Zethus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

rumores senum severiorum,

Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

Cat. 27, 6:

adimam cantare severis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

legis custodes,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

judices severi in eos solos,

id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

id. ib.:

ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

auctor e severissimis,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—

In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

Neptunus saevus severusque,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

idem acerbe severus in filium,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

in me severior quam in vos,

Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

Eumenidum turba,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—

Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

severā fronte curas cogitans,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

vultus severior et tristior,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

frons,

Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

animus (opp. mitis),

Quint. 3, 9, 7:

disciplina maxime severa,

id. 1, 2, 5:

imperia severiora,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

judicia severa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

lex,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

severiora judicia,

Quint. 4, 2, 122:

severiores leges,

id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

Vell. 1, 6, 3:

imperii severissimi vir,

Liv. 4, 26:

quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

linque severa,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

paulo severior poena,

Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

sententiae graves et severae,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

triste et severum genus dicendi,

id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

severae Musa tragoediae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

fidibus voces crevere severis,

id. A. P. 216.—

Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

severus Uncus abest,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

silentia noctis,

Lucr. 4, 460:

heims,

Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

amnem Cocyti metuet,

Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).

sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

vetuit (with graviter),

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

uti judicio,

id. 1, 3, 4:

aestimatae lites,

Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

dicere,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

domesticam disciplinam regere,

Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

ad aliquem severius scribere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

adhibere aliquem,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

coërcere matrimonia,

Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

exacta aetas,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

dicere jus,

Suet. Caes. 43.—

sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—

sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

nunc severum vivitur,

Prud. Cath. 2, 33.

Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.

Of several men.

Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—

Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—

Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—

T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—

Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works. —

Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).

Of persons:

nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

quam severus!

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

civis severus et gravis,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

Stoicorum secta severissima,

Quint. 1, 10, 15:

agricolae,

hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

Cures,

Verg. A. 8, 638:

Zethus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

rumores senum severiorum,

Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

Cat. 27, 6:

adimam cantare severis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

legis custodes,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

judices severi in eos solos,

id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

id. ib.:

ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

auctor e severissimis,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—

In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

Neptunus saevus severusque,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

idem acerbe severus in filium,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

in me severior quam in vos,

Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

Eumenidum turba,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—

Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

severā fronte curas cogitans,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

vultus severior et tristior,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

frons,

Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

animus (opp. mitis),

Quint. 3, 9, 7:

disciplina maxime severa,

id. 1, 2, 5:

imperia severiora,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

judicia severa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

lex,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

severiora judicia,

Quint. 4, 2, 122:

severiores leges,

id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

Vell. 1, 6, 3:

imperii severissimi vir,

Liv. 4, 26:

quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

linque severa,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

paulo severior poena,

Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

sententiae graves et severae,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

triste et severum genus dicendi,

id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

severae Musa tragoediae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

fidibus voces crevere severis,

id. A. P. 216.—

Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

severus Uncus abest,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

silentia noctis,

Lucr. 4, 460:

heims,

Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

amnem Cocyti metuet,

Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).

sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

vetuit (with graviter),

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

uti judicio,

id. 1, 3, 4:

aestimatae lites,

Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

dicere,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

domesticam disciplinam regere,

Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

ad aliquem severius scribere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

adhibere aliquem,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

coërcere matrimonia,

Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

exacta aetas,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

dicere jus,

Suet. Caes. 43.—

sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—

sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

nunc severum vivitur,

Prud. Cath. 2, 33.

Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.

Of several men.

Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—

Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—

Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—

T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—

Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works. —

Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).

Of persons:

nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

quam severus!

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

civis severus et gravis,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

Stoicorum secta severissima,

Quint. 1, 10, 15:

agricolae,

hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

Cures,

Verg. A. 8, 638:

Zethus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

rumores senum severiorum,

Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

Cat. 27, 6:

adimam cantare severis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

legis custodes,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

judices severi in eos solos,

id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

id. ib.:

ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

auctor e severissimis,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—

In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

Neptunus saevus severusque,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

idem acerbe severus in filium,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

in me severior quam in vos,

Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

Eumenidum turba,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—

Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

severā fronte curas cogitans,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

vultus severior et tristior,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

frons,

Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

animus (opp. mitis),

Quint. 3, 9, 7:

disciplina maxime severa,

id. 1, 2, 5:

imperia severiora,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

judicia severa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

lex,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

severiora judicia,

Quint. 4, 2, 122:

severiores leges,

id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

Vell. 1, 6, 3:

imperii severissimi vir,

Liv. 4, 26:

quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

linque severa,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

paulo severior poena,

Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

sententiae graves et severae,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

triste et severum genus dicendi,

id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

severae Musa tragoediae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

fidibus voces crevere severis,

id. A. P. 216.—

Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

severus Uncus abest,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

silentia noctis,

Lucr. 4, 460:

heims,

Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

amnem Cocyti metuet,

Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).

sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

vetuit (with graviter),

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

uti judicio,

id. 1, 3, 4:

aestimatae lites,

Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

dicere,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

domesticam disciplinam regere,

Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

ad aliquem severius scribere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

adhibere aliquem,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

coërcere matrimonia,

Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

exacta aetas,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

dicere jus,

Suet. Caes. 43.—

sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—

sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

nunc severum vivitur,

Prud. Cath. 2, 33.

Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.

Of several men.

Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—

Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—

Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—

T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—

Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works. —

Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.