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  • 1 compendium

    compendĭum, ii, n. [compendo], orig. belonging to the lang. of econ., that which [p. 388] is weighed together, kept together, saved (cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 10 Müll.); a saving or gain, profit acquired by saving (opp. dispendium; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.:

    ego hodie compendi feci binos panes in dies,

    have saved two loaves, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 2; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 26:

    aliquem mercibus suppeditandis cum quaestu compendioque dimittere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 46, § 109:

    turpe compendium effugere,

    id. Fl. 3, 7:

    se negat facturum compendii sui causā quod non liceat,

    id. Off. 3, 15, 63:

    homines ad turpe compendium commovere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52:

    servire privato compendio suo,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32; id. B. G. 7, 43; Liv. 8, 36, 10; Plin. 21, 12, 41, § 70; Suet. Tib. 48:

    compendia repetere ignotis terris,

    Tib. 1, 3, 39 al.:

    ligni,

    Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 127; cf.

    operae,

    id. 17, 23, 35, § 214; 18, 20, 49, § 181:

    viae,

    id. 5, 5, 5, § 38.—
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Shortness of way, a short way ( = compendiaria), Quint. 4, 2, 46; Tac. A. 12, 28; Flor. 3, 3, 7; Just. 2, 10 fin.; cf.

    montis,

    a short cut across the mountain, Ov. M. 3, 234:

    maris,

    Tac. A. 2, 55:

    fugae,

    Sil. 12, 533; cf. Plin. Pan. 95, 5; Gell. praef. § 12.—
    2.
    In the phrases,
    a.
    Facere compendium, to make a profit, gain.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    compendium edepol haud aetati optabile Fecisti, quom istanc nactu's impudentiam,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 51.—
    (β).
    More freq. to make a saving, i. e. be sparing of a thing: compendium ego te facere pultandi volo, to save your knocking, i. e. to cease therefrom, id. Ps. 2, 2, 11:

    errationis,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 90:

    praeconis,

    id. Stich. 1, 3, 38.—
    b.
    Aliquid ponere ad compendium. to save, spare something, i. e. not to say it, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 3; 3, 1, 5; cf.:

    coaddito ad compendium,

    id. ib. v. 4.—
    II.
    A sparing, saving in any thing done, i. e. a shortening, abbreviating:

    quam potes, tam verba confer maxume ad compendium,

    i. e. be concise, brief, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184.—So of discourse, etc. (ante-class.): facere or fieri compendi, to shorten, abridge (the discourse), or to be shortened, abridged: lamentas fletus facere conpendi licet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 132, 29 (Trag. Rel. v. 175 Rib.):

    compendi verba multa jam faciam tibi,

    will be very brief with you, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 7; id. Most. 1, 1, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 42:

    verbis velitationem fieri compendi volo,

    in few words, briefly, id. As. 2, 2, 41; cf.:

    sed jam fieri dictis compendium volo,

    id. Capt. 5, 2, 12:

    in ipsis statim elementis etiam brevia docendi monstrare compendia,

    Quint. 1, 1, 24; cf. id. 1, 1, 30; and:

    compendio morari,

    i. e. only a short time, id. 1, 4, 22.

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  • 2 compendium (conp-)

        compendium (conp-) ī, n    [com- + pendo], gain, profit: alquem cum compendio dimittere: in quaestu compendioque versati: compendii sui causā: suo privato compendio servire, Cs.: privatum conpendium (eos) in hostem acuebat, L.— Fig., shortness, a short way: montis, a short cut, O.: per compendia maris adsequi alqm, Ta.

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  • 3 compendiaria

    compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [compendium], short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5:

    breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—
    B.
    compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

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  • 4 compendiarium

    compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [compendium], short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5:

    breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—
    B.
    compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

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  • 5 compendiarius

    compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [compendium], short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5:

    breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—
    B.
    compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

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  • 6 decedo

    dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    decedamus,

    Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:

    de altera parte (agri) decedere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:

    decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 16:

    e pastu,

    Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:

    e pastu decedere campis,

    id. ib. 4, 186:

    ex aequore domum,

    id. ib. 2, 205;

    Italiā,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    Numidiā,

    id. ib. 38, 9:

    Africā,

    id. ib. 20, 1;

    23, 1: pugnā,

    Liv. 34, 47:

    praesidio,

    id. 4, 29 (cf.:

    de praesidio,

    Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):

    quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,

    i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,

    cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,

    had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:

    pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    t. t.
    a.
    In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:

    qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;

    so,

    absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    de colle,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:

    de vallo,

    id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

    inde,

    id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:

    loco superiore,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—
    b.
    In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:

    de provincia decessit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;

    so,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:

    decedens ex Syria,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,

    e Cilicia,

    id. Brut. 1:

    ex Africa,

    Nep. Cato, 1, 4:

    ex Asia,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    ex ea provincia,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:

    ut decedens Considius provinciā,

    Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:

    te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:

    Albinus Romam decessit,

    Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:

    Romam ad triumphum,

    Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:

    cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,

    Cic. Planc. 26 fin.
    2.
    Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):

    concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de via, de semita,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. [p. 517] 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:

    qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:

    censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,

    Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:

    sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,

    Verg. Ec. 8, 88:

    peritis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:

    cedere nocti,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:

    decedere canibus de via,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:

    hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:

    salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,

    Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.
    3.
    Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).
    a.
    Of living beings, to decease, to die:

    si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:

    vitā,

    Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:

    pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,

    id. Att. 1, 6:

    cum paterfamiliae decessit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:

    cruditate contracta,

    id. 7, 3, 33:

    morbo aquae intercutis,

    Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:

    paralysi,

    id. Vit. 3:

    ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—
    b.
    Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:

    corpore febres,

    Lucr. 2, 34:

    febres,

    Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:

    quartana,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):

    decessisse inde aquam,

    run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:

    decedere aestum,

    id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:

    de summa nihil decedet,

    to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:

    quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,

    Liv. 3, 55:

    decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):

    postquam invidia decesserat,

    Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:

    priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,

    Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.— Poet.:

    incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,

    i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:

    et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,

    Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:

    te veniente die, te decedente canebat,

    Verg. G. 4, 466;

    also of the moon,

    to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;

    the reading ex jure suo,

    Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.
    (α).
    With de:

    cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:

    de hypothecis,

    id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;

    and de possessione,

    id. Agr. 2, 26;

    de suo jure,

    id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:

    qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,

    id. Balb. 5:

    de officio ac dignitate,

    id. Verr. 1, 10:

    de foro decedere,

    to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:

    de scena,

    to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:

    de officio decessum,

    Liv. 8, 25 fin. —
    (β).
    With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):

    jure suo,

    Liv. 3, 33 fin.:

    sententiā,

    Tac. A. 14, 49:

    instituto vestro,

    Liv. 37, 54:

    officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),

    id. 27, 10; 36, 22:

    fide,

    id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:

    poema... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,

    Hor. A. P. 378.—
    (γ).
    Very rarely with ab:

    cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,

    Cic. Fl. 12.—
    (δ).
    Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.
    B.
    De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:

    se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,

    Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

    moleste ferre se de via decessisse,

    id. Clu. 59, 163; so,

    viā dicendi,

    Quint. 4, 5, 3.
    C.
    (acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):

    vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:

    ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,

    are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.
    D.
    ( poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:

    calori,

    id. ib. 4, 23.
    E.
    To fall short of, degenerate from:

    de generis nobilitate,

    Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.
    * III.
    For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:

    prospere decedentibus rebus,

    Suet. Caes. 24.

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  • 7 citrā

        citrā adv. and praep.    [citer].    I. Adv, on this side, on the hither side: (dextera) nec citra mota nec ultra, neither this way nor that, O.—On this side, nearer: id a capite arcessere: saepe etiam citra licet, not so far: paucis citra milibus, L.— Fig.: citra quam debuit, less than, O.—    II. Praep. with acc, on this side of: esse citra Rhenum, Cs.: citra Leucadem stadia CXX: citra flumen intercepti, L.: natus mare citra, H.: exercitum citra <*>umen educere.—Before, short of: nec a postremā syllabā citra tertiam, before the third syllable.— Fig., of time, before, within: citra Troiana tempora, O.—Short of, inferior to, within, less than: Nec virtus citra genus est, unworthy of the family, O.: citra necem constitit ira, O.: citra fidem, i. e. reason for distrust, Ta.: fines, Quos ultra citraque, etc., H. — Without, aside, from, except: citra speciem, not ornamental, Ta.: citra Caledoniam (Britannia), Ta.
    * * *
    I
    on this/near side of, towards; nearer; short of the mark/amount/degree
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    on this/near side of, short of; before; below, less than; without regard to

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  • 8 ad

       ad praep. with acc.    [cf. Eng. at].—Of approach (opp. to ab, as in to ex).    I. In space, to, toward: retorquet oculos ad urbem: una pars vergit ad septentriones, Cs.: tendens ad sidera palmas, V. —Fig.: ad alia vitia propensior, more inclined to. —Esp., ad dextram, sinistram, or laevam, to or on the right or left: ito ad dextram, T.: alqd ad dextram conspicere, Cs.: non rectā regione... sed ad laevam, L.—Designating the goal, to, toward: ad ripam convenire, Cs.: vocari ad cenam, H.: ad se adferre: reticulum ad narīs sibi admovebat (cf. accedit ad urbem, he approaches the city; and, accedit provinciae, it is added to the province).— Ad me, te, se, for domum meam, tuam, suam (in T. freq.): eamus ad me, T. — With gen., ellipt.: ad Dianae, to the temple of, T.: ad Castoris currere. — Used for dat: litteras dare ad aliquem, to write one a letter (cf. litteras dare alicui, to give a letter to one): domum ad te scribere: ad primam (epistulam) scribere, to answer.—Hence, librum ad aliquem mittere, scribere, to dedicate a book to one. —In titles, ad aliquem signifies to, addressed to.— With names of towns, ad answers to Whither? for the simple acc., i. e. to the vicinity of, to the neighborhood of: ad Aquinum accedere, approach: ut cum suis copiis iret ad Mutinam. — Of hostile movement or protection, against (cf. adversus): veniri ad se existimantes, Cs.: ipse ad hostem vehitur, N.: Romulus ad regem impetum facit (cf. in), L.: clipeos ad tela protecti obiciunt, V.: ad hos casūs provisa praesidia, Cs.—In war, of manner of fighting: ad pedes pugna venerat, was fought out on foot, L.: equitem ad pedes deducere, L.: pugna ad gladios venerat, L. — Emphatic of distance, to, even to, all the way to: a Salonis ad Oricum portūs... occupavit, Cs.: usque a Dianis ad Sinopum navigare. — Fig.: deverberasse usque ad necem, T.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Of nearness or proximity in gen. (cf. apud), near to, by, at, close by: ad forīs adsistere: Ianum ad infimum Argiletum fecit, L.: quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset, at hand, L.: errantem ad flumina, V.; and ellipt.: pecunia utinam ad Opis maneret! — Of persons: qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat, Cs.: ad me fuit, at my house: ad inferos poenas parricidi luent, among.—So, fig.: ad omnīs nationes sanctum, in the judgment of, Cs.: ut esset ad posteros monumentum, etc., L.: ad urbem esse (of a general outside of the walls): ad urbem cum imperio remanere, Cs.—With names of towns and verbs of rest: pons, qui erat ad Genavam, Cs.; and with an ordinal number and lapis: sepultus ad quintum lapidem, N.—    II. In time, about, toward: domum reductus ad vesperum, toward evening.—Till, until, to, even to, up to: usque ad hanc aetatem: ad multam noctem: amant ad quoddam tempus, until: quem ad finem? how long: ad quartam (sc. horam), H. — Hence, ad id (sc. tempus), till then: ad id dubios servare animos, L.— At, on, in, by: ad horam destinatam, at the appointed hour: frumentum ad diem dare. —    III. In number or amount, near, near to, almost, about, toward (cf. circiter): talenta ad quindecim coëgi, T.: annos ad quadraginta natus.—Adverb.: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Cs.: ad duo milia et trecenti occisi, L.—Of a limit, to, unto, even to (rare): (viaticum) ad assem perdere, to the last farthing, H.: ad denarium solvere. —Esp., ad unum, to a single one, without exception: omnes ad unum idem sentiunt: exosus ad unum Troianos, V. —    IV. In other relations, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to, as to, to, in: ad honorem antecellere: nihil ad rem pertinet.—Ellipt.: rectene an secus, nihil ad nos: Quid ad praetorem? quid ad rem? i. e. what difference does it make? H.: quibus (auxiliaribus) ad pugnam confidebat, Cs.: ad speciem ornatus, ad sensum acerbus: mentis ad omnia caecitas: ad cetera paene gemelli, H.: facultas ad dicendum.—With words denoting measure, weight, manner, model, rule, etc., according to, agreeably to, after: taleis ad certum pondus examinatis, Cs.: ad cursūs lunae describit annum, L.: canere ad tibiam: carmen castigare ad unguem, to perfection (see unguis), H.: ad istorum normam sapientes: ad specus angustiae vallium (i. e. ad specuum similitudinem angustae valles), Cs. — With the cause or reason, according to, at, on, in consequence of, for, in order to: ad horum proces in Boeotiam duxit, on their entreaty, L.: dictis ad fallendum instructis, L.: causae ad discordiam, to produce dissension, T.: ad facinora incendere, S.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, for appearance, Cs.: ad id, for this use, as a means to that end, L.: ad id ipsum, for that my purpose, L.: delecto milite ad navīs, marines, L.: puer ad cyathum statuetur, H.: biiugi ad frena leones, yoked in pairs with bits, V.: res quae sunt ad incendia, Cs.: ad communem salutem utilius.—In comparison, to, compared with, in comparison with: terra ad universi caeli complexum: nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar.—    V. In adverbial phrases, ad omnia, withal, to crown all: ad omnia tantum advehi auri, etc., L.—Ad hoc and ad haec, moreover, besides, in addition: ad hoc, quos... postremo omnes, quos, etc., S. — Ad id quod, beside that (rare): ad id quod... indignitate etiam Romani accendebantur, L. — Ad tempus, at a definite, fixed time, C., L.; at a fit, appropriate time, L.; for some time, for a short time, L.; according to circumstances. — Ad praesens, for the moment, for a short time.—Ad locum, on the spot: ut ad locum miles esset paratus, L.—Ad verbum, word for word, literally. — Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in general; in a word, in short, C., H.—Ad extremum, ad ultimum, ad postremum, at the end, finally, at last; of place, at the extremity, at the top, at the end: ad extremum (teli) unde ferrum exstabat, L.; of time, at last, finally: ad extremum incipit philosophari; of order, finally, lastly; to the last degree, quite, L. — Quem ad finem? to what limit? how far? how long? Note.—a. Ad rarely follows its acc: quam ad, T.: quos ad, C.: ripam ad Araxis, Ta.—b. In composition, ad- stands before vowels, b, d, f, h, i consonant, m, n, q, v, and mostly before l, r, s; acbefore c; but very often ad- before cl-, cr-, and cu-; ag- or ad- before g; ap- or ad- before p; atbefore t; but a- or ad- before gn, sp, sc, st.
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    ad, prep. with acc. (from the fourth century after Christ written also at; Etrusc. suf. -a; Osc. az; Umbr. and Old Lat. ar, as [p. 27] in Eug. Tab., in S. C. de Bacch., as arveho for adveho; arfuerunt, arfuisse, for adfuerunt, etc.; arbiter for adbiter; so, ar me advenias, Plant. Truc. 2, 2, 17; cf. Prisc. 559 P.; Vel. Long. 2232 P.; Fabretti, Glos. Ital. col. 5) [cf. Sanscr. adhi; Goth. and Eng. at; Celt. pref. ar, as armor, i.e. ad mare; Rom. a].
    I.
    As antith. to ab (as in to ex), in a progressive order of relation, ad denotes, first, the direction toward an object; then the reaching of or attaining to it; and finally, the being at or near it.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    Direction toward, to, toward, and first,
    a.
    Horizontally:

    fugere ad puppim colles campique videntur,

    the hills and fields appear to fly toward the ship, Lucr. 4, 390: meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum, to or toward the north and west, Plin. 2, 13, and so often of the geog. position of a place in reference to the points of compass, with the verbs jacere, vergere, spectare, etc.:

    Asia jacet ad meridiem et austrum, Europa ad septentriones et aquiionem,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 31 Mull.;

    and in Plin. very freq.: Creta ad austrum... ad septentrionem versa, 4, 20: ad Atticam vergente, 4, 21 al.—Also trop.: animus alius ad alia vitia propensior,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81.—
    b.
    In a direction upwards (esp. in the poets, very freq.): manusque sursum ad caelum sustulit, Naev. ap. Non. 116, 30 (B. Pun. p. 13, ed. Vahl.): manus ad caeli templa tendebam lacrimans, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    duplices tendens ad sidera palmas,

    Verg. A. 1, 93: molem ex profundo saxeam ad caelum vomit, Att. ap. Prisc. 1325 P.: clamor ad caelum volvendus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 104 Mull. (Ann. v. 520 ed. Vahl.) (cf. with this: tollitur in caelum clamor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, or Ann. v. 422):

    ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum, of Aetna,

    Lucr. 1, 725; cf. id. 2, 191; 2, 325: sidera sola micant;

    ad quae sua bracchia tendens, etc.,

    Ov. M. 7, 188:

    altitudo pertingit ad caelum,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 17.—
    c.
    Also in the direction downwards (for the usu. in):

    tardiore semper ad terras omnium quae geruntur in caelo effectu cadente quam visu,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216.
    2.
    The point or goal at which any thing arrives.
    a.
    Without reference to the space traversed in passing, to, toward (the most common use of this prep.): cum stupro redire ad suos popularis, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 317 Mull. (B. Pun. p. 14 ed. Vahl.):

    ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videatur potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12: ad terras decidat aether, Lucan. 2, 58. —Hence,
    (α).
    With verbs which designate going, coming, moving, bearing, bringing near, adapting, taking, receiving, calling, exciting, admonishing, etc., when the verb is compounded with ad the prep. is not always repeated, but the constr. with the dat. or acc. employed; cf. Rudd. II. pp. 154, 175 n. (In the ante-class. per., and even in Cic., ad is generally repeated with most verbs, as, ad eos accedit, Cic. Sex. Rosc. 8:

    ad Sullam adire,

    id. ib. 25:

    ad se adferre,

    id. Verr. 4, 50:

    reticulum ad naris sibi admovebat,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    ad laborem adhortantur,

    id. de Sen. 14:

    T. Vectium ad se arcessit,

    id. Verr. 5, 114; but the poets of the Aug. per., and the historians, esp. Tac., prefer the dative; also, when the compound verb contains merely the idea of approach, the constr. with ad and the acc. is employed; but when it designates increase, that with the dat. is more usual: accedit ad urbem, he approaches the city; but, accedit provinciae, it is added to the province.)—
    (β).
    Ad me, te, se, for domum meam, tuam, suam (in Plaut. and Ter. very freq.):

    oratus sum venire ad te huc,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 1, 12: spectatores plaudite atque ite ad vos comissatum, id. Stich. fin.:

    eamus ad me,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64:

    ancillas traduce huc ad vos,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 22:

    transeundumst tibi ad Menedemum,

    id. 4, 4, 17: intro nos vocat ad sese, tenet intus apud se, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 86 P.:

    te oro, ut ad me Vibonem statim venias,

    Cic. Att. 3, 3; 16, 10 al.—
    (γ).
    Ad, with the name of a deity in the gen., is elliptical for ad templum or aedem (cf.:

    Thespiadas, quae ad aedem Felicitatis sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 4, 4; id. Phil. 2, 35:

    in aedem Veneris,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 120;

    in aedem Concordiae,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 21;

    2, 6, 12): ad Dianae,

    to the temple of, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 43:

    ad Opis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 14:

    ad Castoris,

    id. Quint. 17:

    ad Juturnae,

    id. Clu. 101:

    ad Vestae,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 35 al.: cf. Rudd. II. p. 41, n. 4, and p. 334.—
    (δ).
    With verbs which denote a giving, sending, informing, submitting, etc., it is used for the simple dat. (Rudd. II. p. 175): litteras dare ad aliquem, to send or write one a letter; and: litteras dare alicui, to give a letter to one; hence Cic. never says, like Caesar and Sall., alicui scribere, which strictly means, to write for one (as a receipt, etc.), but always mittere, scribere, perscribere ad aliquem:

    postea ad pistores dabo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 119:

    praecipe quae ad patrem vis nuntiari,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 109:

    in servitutem pauperem ad divitem dare,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 48:

    nam ad me Publ. Valerius scripsit,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2 med.:

    de meis rebus ad Lollium perscripsi,

    id. ib. 5, 3:

    velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

    id. Att. 4, 14; cf. id. ib. 4, 16:

    ad primam (sc. epistulam) tibi hoc scribo,

    in answer to your first, id. ib. 3, 15, 2:

    ad Q. Fulvium Cons. Hirpini et Lucani dediderunt sese,

    Liv. 27, 15, 1; cf. id. 28, 22, 5.—Hence the phrase: mittere or scribere librum ad aliquem, to dedicate a book to one (Greek, prosphônein):

    has res ad te scriptas, Luci, misimus, Aeli,

    Lucil. Sat. 1, ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12:

    quae institueram, ad te mittam,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5: ego interea admonitu tuo perfeci sane argutulos libros ad Varronem;

    and soon after: mihi explices velim, maneasne in sententia, ut mittam ad eum quae scripsi,

    Cic. Att. 13, 18; cf. ib. 16; Plin. 1, 19.—So in titles of books: M. Tullii Ciceronis ad Marcum Brutum Orator; M. T. Cic. ad Q. Fratrem Dialogi tres de Oratore, etc.—In the titles of odes and epigrams ad aliquem signifies to, addressed to. —
    (ε).
    With names of towns after verbs of motion, ad is used in answer to the question Whither? instead of the simple acc.; but commonly with this difference, that ad denotes to the vicinity of, the neighborhood of:

    miles ad Capuam profectus sum, quintoque anno post ad Tarentum,

    Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; id. Fam. 3, 81:

    ad Veios,

    Liv. 5, 19; 14, 18; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 7; id. B. C. 3, 40 al.—Ad is regularly used when the proper name has an appellative in apposition to it:

    ad Cirtam oppidum iter constituunt,

    Sall. J. 81, 2; so Curt. 3, 1, 22; 4, 9, 9;

    or when it is joined with usque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Deiot, 7, 19.— (When an adjective is added, the simple acc. is used poet., as well as with ad:

    magnum iter ad doctas proficisci cogor Athenas,

    Prop. 3, 21, 1; the simple acc., Ov. H. 2, 83: doctas jam nunc eat, inquit, Athenas).—
    (ζ).
    With verbs which imply a hostile movement toward, or protection in respect to any thing, against = adversus:

    nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

    Lernaeas pugnet ad hydras,

    Prop. 3, 19, 9: neque quo pacto fallam, nec quem dolum ad eum aut machinam commoliar, old poet in Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    Belgarum copias ad se venire vidit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 70:

    ipse ad hostem vehitur,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5; id. Dion. 5, 4: Romulus ad regem impetus facit (a phrase in which in is commonly found), Liv. 1, 5, 7, and 44, 3, 10:

    aliquem ad hostem ducere,

    Tac. A. 2, 52:

    clipeos ad tela protecti obiciunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 443:

    munio me ad haec tempora,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

    ad hos omnes casus provisa erant praesidia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65; 7, 41;

    so with nouns: medicamentum ad aquam intercutem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 24:

    remedium ad tertianam,

    Petr. Sat. 18:

    munimen ad imbris,

    Verg. G. 2, 352:

    farina cum melle ad tussim siccam efficasissima est,

    Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 243:

    ad muliebre ingenium efficaces preces,

    Liv. 1, 9; 1, 19 (in these two passages ad may have the force of apud, Hand).—
    (η).
    The repetition of ad to denote the direction to a place and to a person present in it is rare:

    nunc tu abi ad forum ad herum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 100; cf.:

    vocatis classico ad concilium militibus ad tribunos,

    Liv. 5 47.—(The distinction between ad and in is given by Diom. 409 P., thus: in forum ire est in ipsum forum intrare; ad forum autem ire, in locum foro proximum; ut in tribunal et ad tribunal venire non unum est; quia ad tribunal venit litigator, in tribunal vero praetor aut judex; cf. also Sen. Ep. 73, 14, deus ad homines venit, immo, quod propius est, in homines venit.)—
    b.
    The terminus, with ref. to the space traversed, to, even to, with or without usque, Quint. 10, 7, 16: ingurgitavit usque ad imum gutturem, Naev. ap. Non. 207, 20 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 30): dictator pervehitur usque ad oppidum, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Mull. (B. Pun. p. 16 ed. Vahl.):

    via pejor ad usque Baii moenia,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 96; 1, 1, 97:

    rigidum permanat frigus ad ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 355; 1, 969:

    cum sudor ad imos Manaret talos,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 10:

    ut quantum posset, agmen ad mare extenderet,

    Curt. 3, 9, 10:

    laeva pars ad pectus est nuda,

    id. 6, 5, 27 al. —Hence the Plinian expression, petere aliquid (usque) ad aliquem, to seek something everywhere, even with one:

    ut ad Aethiopas usque peteretur,

    Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 51 (where Jan now reads ab Aethiopia); so,

    vestis ad Seras peti,

    id. 12, 1, 1.— Trop.:

    si quid poscam, usque ad ravim poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

    deverberasse usque ad necem,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 13;

    without usque: hic ad incitas redactus,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 136; 4, 2, 52; id. Poen. 4, 2, 85; illud ad incitas cum redit atque internecionem, Lucil. ap. Non. 123, 20:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 29, § 70; so Hor. S. 1, 2, 42; Liv. 24, 38, 9; Tac. A. 11, 37; Suet. Ner. 26; id. Dom. 8 al.
    3.
    Nearness or proximity in gen. = apud, near to, by, at, close by (in anteclass. per. very freq.; not rare later, esp. in the historians): pendent peniculamenta unum ad quemque pedum, trains are suspended at each foot, Enn. ap. Non. 149, 33 (Ann. v. 363 ed. Vahl.):

    ut in servitute hic ad suum maneat patrem,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 98;

    3, 5, 41: sol quasi flagitator astat usque ad ostium,

    stands like a creditor continually at the door, id. Most. 3, 2, 81 (cf. with same force, Att. ap. Non. 522, 25;

    apud ipsum astas): ad foris adsistere,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 66; id. Arch. 24:

    astiterunt ad januam,

    Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

    non adest ad exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 6; cf. ib. prol. 133:

    aderant ad spectaculum istud,

    Vulg. Luc. 23, 48: has (testas) e fenestris in caput Deiciunt, qui prope ad ostium adspiraverunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 288, 31:

    et nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

    Lucr. 3, 959:

    quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset,

    at hand, Liv. 9, 19, 6:

    haec arma habere ad manum,

    Quint. 12, 5, 1:

    dominum esse ad villam,

    Cic. Sull. 20; so id. Verr. 2, 21:

    errantem ad flumina,

    Verg. E. 6, 64; Tib. 1, 10, 38; Plin. 7, 2, § 12; Vitr. 7, 14; 7, 12; and ellipt. (cf. supra, 2. g):

    pecunia utinam ad Opis maneret!

    Cic. Phil. 1, 17.—Even of persons:

    qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat (for apud),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 38; so id. ib. 1, 31; 3, 9; 5, 53; 7, 5; id. B. C. 3, 60:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luent,

    among, Cic. Phil. 14, 13:

    neque segnius ad hostes bellum apparatur,

    Liv. 7, 7, 4: pugna ad Trebiam, ad Trasimenum, ad Cannas, etc., for which Liv. also uses the gen.:

    si Trasimeni quam Trebiae, si Cannarum quam Trasimeni pugna nobilior esset, 23, 43, 4.—Sometimes used to form the name of a place, although written separately, e. g. ad Murcim,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 154:

    villa ad Gallinas, a villa on the Flaminian Way,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 37: ad urbem esse (of generals), to remain outside the city (Rome) until permission was given for a triumph:

    “Esse ad urbem dicebantur, qui cum potestate provinciali aut nuper e provincia revertissent, aut nondum in provinciam profecti essent... solebant autem, qui ob res in provincia gestas triumphum peterent, extra urbem exspectare, donec, lege lata, triumphantes urbem introire possent,”

    Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 3, 8.—So sometimes with names of towns and verbs of rest:

    pons, qui erat ad Genavam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    ad Tibur mortem patri minatus est,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    conchas ad Caietam legunt,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    ad forum esse,

    to be at the market, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 136; id. Most. 3, 2, 158; cf. Ter. Ph. 4, 2, 8; id. And. 1, 5, 19.—Hence, adverb., ad dextram (sc. manum, partem), ad laevam, ad sinistram, to the right, to the left, or on the right, on the left:

    ad dextram,

    Att. Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 225; Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 1; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44; Cic. Univ. 13; Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

    ad laevam,

    Enn. Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 51; Att. ib. p. 217: ad sinistram, Ter. [p. 28] Ad. 4, 2, 43 al.:

    ad dextram... ad laevam,

    Liv. 40, 6;

    and with an ordinal number: cum plebes ad tertium milliarium consedisset,

    at the third milestone, Cic. Brut. 14, 54, esp. freq. with lapis:

    sepultus ad quintum lapidem,

    Nep. Att. 22, 4; so Liv. 3, 69 al.; Tac. H. 3, 18; 4, 60 (with apud, Ann. 1, 45; 3, 45; 15, 60) al.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 287.
    B.
    In time, analogous to the relations given in A.
    1.
    Direction toward, i. e. approach to a definite point of time, about, toward:

    domum reductus ad vesperum,

    toward evening, Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    cum ad hiemem me ex Cilicia recepissem,

    toward winter, id. Fam. 3, 7.—
    2.
    The limit or boundary to which a space of time extends, with and without usque, till, until, to, even to, up to:

    ego ad illud frugi usque et probus fui,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 53:

    philosophia jacuit usque ad hanc aetatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. de Sen. 14:

    quid si hic manebo potius ad meridiem,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 55; so id. Men. 5, 7, 33; id. Ps. 1, 5, 116; id. As. 2, 1, 5:

    ad multam noctem,

    Cic. de Sen. 14:

    Sophocles ad summam senectutem tragoedias fecit,

    id. ib. 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1:

    Alexandream se proficisci velle dixit (Aratus) remque integram ad reditum suum jussit esse,

    id. Off. 2, 23, 82:

    bestiae ex se natos amant ad quoddam tempus,

    id. Lael. 8; so id. de Sen. 6; id. Somn. Sc. 1 al. —And with ab or ab-usque, to desig. the whole period of time passed away:

    ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 8:

    usque ab aurora ad hoc diei,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 8.—
    3.
    Coincidence with a point of time, at, on, in, by:

    praesto fuit ad horam destinatam,

    at the appointed hour, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22:

    admonuit ut pecuniam ad diem solverent,

    on the day of payment, id. Att. 16, 16 A:

    nostra ad diem dictam fient,

    id. Fam. 16, 10, 4; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 5: ad lucem denique arte et graviter dormitare coepisse, at (not toward) daybreak, id. Div. 1, 28, 59; so id. Att. 1, 3, 2; 1, 4, 3; id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; id. Brut. 97, 313:

    ad id tempus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 24; Sall. J. 70, 5; Tac. A. 15, 60; Suet. Aug. 87; Domit. 17, 21 al.
    C.
    The relations of number.
    1.
    An approximation to a sum designated, near, near to, almost, about, toward (cf. Gr. epi, pros with acc. and the Fr. pres de, a peu pres, presque) = circiter (Hand, Turs. I. p. 102):

    ad quadraginta eam posse emi minas,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 111:

    nummorum Philippum ad tria milia,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 115; sometimes with quasi added:

    quasi ad quadraginta minas,

    as it were about, id. Most. 3, 1, 95; so Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 93:

    sane frequentes fuimus omnino ad ducentos,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

    cum annos ad quadraginta natus esset,

    id. Clu. 40, 110:

    ad hominum milia decem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    oppida numero ad duodecim, vicos ad quadringentos,

    id. ib. 1, 5.—In the histt. and post-Aug. authors ad is added adverbially in this sense (contrary to Gr. usage, by which amphi, peri, and eis with numerals retain their power as prepositions): ad binum milium numero utrinque sauciis factis, Sisenn. ap. Non. 80, 4:

    occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

    ad duorum milium numero ceciderunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 53:

    ad duo milia et trecenti occisi,

    Liv. 10, 17, 8; so id. 27, 12, 16; Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Rudd. II. p. 334.—
    2.
    The terminus, the limit, to, unto, even to, a designated number (rare):

    ranam luridam conicere in aquam usque quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. App. Herb. 41:

    aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam detegit,

    even to the half, Liv. 42, 3, 2:

    miles (viaticum) ad assem perdiderat,

    to a farthing, to the last farthing, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27; Plin. Ep. 1, 15:

    quid ad denarium solveretur,

    Cic. Quint. 4.—The phrase omnes ad unum or ad unum omnes, or simply ad unum, means lit. all to one, i. e. all together, all without exception; Gr. hoi kath hena pantes (therefore the gender of unum is changed according to that of omnes): praetor omnes extra castra, ut stercus, foras ejecit ad unum, Lucil. ap. Non. 394, 22:

    de amicitia omnes ad unum idem sentiunt,

    Cic. Lael. 23:

    ad unum omnes cum ipso duce occisi sunt,

    Curt. 4, 1, 22 al.:

    naves Rhodias afflixit ita, ut ad unam omnes constratae eliderentur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27; onerariae omnes ad unam a nobis sunt exceptae, Cic. Fam. 12, 14 (cf. in Gr. hoi kath hena; in Hebr., Exod. 14, 28).— Ad unum without omnes:

    ego eam sententiam dixi, cui sunt assensi ad unum,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16:

    Juppiter omnipotens si nondum exosus ad unum Trojanos,

    Verg. A. 5, 687.
    D.
    In the manifold relations of one object to another.
    1.
    That in respect of or in regard to which a thing avails, happens, or is true or important, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to, as to, to, in.
    a.
    With verbs:

    ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

    in respect to all other things we grow wiser by age, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 45:

    numquam ita quisquam bene ad vitam fuat,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 1:

    nil ibi libatum de toto corpore (mortui) cernas ad speciem, nil ad pondus,

    that nothing is lost in form or weight, Lucr. 3, 214; cf. id. 5, 570; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 58; id. Mur. 13, 29: illi regi Cyro subest, ad immutandi animi licentiam, crudelissimus ille Phalaris, in that Cyrus, in regard to the liberty of changing his disposition (i. e. not in reality, but inasmuch as he is at liberty to lay aside his good character, and assume that of a tyrant), there is concealed another cruel Phalaris, Cic. Rep. 1, 28:

    nil est ad nos,

    is nothing to us, concerns us not, Lucr. 3, 830; 3, 845:

    nil ad me attinet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54:

    nihil ad rem pertinet,

    Cic. Caecin. 58;

    and in the same sense elliptically: nihil ad Epicurum,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. Pis. 68:

    Quid ad praetorem?

    id. Verr. 1, 116 (this usage is not to be confounded with that under 4.).—
    b.
    With adjectives:

    ad has res perspicax,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 129:

    virum ad cetera egregium,

    Liv. 37, 7, 15:

    auxiliaribus ad pugnam non multum Crassus confidebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    ejus frater aliquantum ad rem est avidior,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51; cf. id. And. 1, 2, 21; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 129:

    ut sit potior, qui prior ad dandum est,

    id. Phorm. 3, 2, 48:

    difficilis (res) ad credendum,

    Lucr. 2, 1027:

    ad rationem sollertiamque praestantior,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 62; so id. Leg. 2, 13, 33; id. Fin. 2, 20, 63; id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; id. Font. 15; id. Cat. 1, 5, 12; id. de Or. 1, 25, 113; 1, 32, 146; 2, 49, 200; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 16, 13; Tac. A. 12, 54 al.—
    c.
    With nouns:

    prius quam tuum, ut sese habeat, animum ad nuptias perspexerit,

    before he knew your feeling in regard to the marriage, Ter. And. 2, 3, 4 (cf. Gr. hopôs echei tis pros ti):

    mentis ad omnia caecitas,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

    magna vis est fortunae in utramque partem vel ad secundas res vel ad adversas,

    id. Off. 2, 6; so id. Par. 1:

    ad cetera paene gemelli,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—So with acc. of gerund instead of the gen. from the same vb.:

    facultas ad scribendum, instead of scribendi,

    Cic. Font. 6;

    facultas ad agendum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: cf. Rudd. II. p. 245.—
    d.
    In gramm.: nomina ad aliquid dicta, nouns used in relation to something, i. e. which derive their significance from their relation to another object: quae non possunt intellegi sola, ut pater, mater;

    jungunt enim sibi et illa propter quae intelleguntur,

    Charis. 129 P.; cf. Prisc. 580 ib.—
    2.
    With words denoting measure, weight, manner, model, rule, etc., both prop. and fig., according to, agreeably to, after (Gr. kata, pros):

    columnas ad perpendiculum exigere,

    Cic. Mur. 77:

    taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12: facta sunt ad certam formam. Lucr. 2, 379:

    ad amussim non est numerus,

    Varr. 2, 1, 26:

    ad imaginem facere,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 26:

    ad cursus lunae describit annum,

    Liv. 1, 19:

    omnia ad diem facta sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    Id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant,

    id. B. C. 3, 48; Vulg. Gen. 1, 26; id. Jac. 3, 9:

    ad aequos flexus,

    at equal angles, Lucr. 4, 323: quasi ad tornum levantur, to or by the lathe, id. 4, 361:

    turres ad altitudiem valli,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42; Liv. 39, 6:

    ad eandem crassitudinem structi,

    id. 44, 11:

    ad speciem cancellorum scenicorum,

    with the appearance of, like, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8:

    stagnum maris instar, circumseptum aedificiis ad urbium speciem,

    Suet. Ner. 31:

    lascivum pecus ludens ad cantum,

    Liv. Andron. Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 1:

    canere ad tibiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2: canere ad tibicinem, id. ib. 1, 2 (cf.:

    in numerum ludere,

    Verg. E. 6, 28; id. G. 4, 175):

    quod ad Aristophanis lucernam lucubravi,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 9 Mull.: carmen castigare ad unguem, to perfection (v. unguis), Hor. A. P. 294:

    ad unguem factus homo,

    a perfect gentleman, id. S. 1, 5, 32 (cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 86):

    ad istorum normam sapientes,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 18; id. Mur. 3:

    Cyrus non ad historiae fidem scriptus, sed ad effigiem justi imperii,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    exercemur in venando ad similitudinem bellicae disciplinae,

    id. N. D. 2, 64, 161: so,

    ad simulacrum,

    Liv. 40, 6:

    ad Punica ingenia,

    id. 21, 22:

    ad L. Crassi eloquentiam,

    Cic. Var. Fragm. 8:

    omnia fient ad verum,

    Juv. 6, 324:

    quid aut ad naturam aut contra sit,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    ad hunc modum institutus est,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 31; 3, 13:

    ad eundem istunc modum,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 70:

    quem ad modum, q. v.: ad istam faciem est morbus, qui me macerat,

    of that kind, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73; id. Merc. 2, 3, 90; cf.

    91: cujus ad arbitrium copia materiai cogitur,

    Lucr. 2, 281:

    ad eorum arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt,

    to their will and pleasure, Cic. Or. 8, 24; id. Quint. 71:

    ad P. Lentuli auctoritatem Roma contendit,

    id. Rab. Post. 21:

    aliae sunt legati partes, aliae imperatoris: alter omnia agere ad praescriptum, alter libere ad summam rerum consulere debet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 51:

    rebus ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26:

    rem ad illorum libidinem judicarunt,

    id. Font. 36:

    ad vulgi opinionem,

    id. Off. 3, 21.—So in later Lat. with instar:

    ad instar castrorum,

    Just. 36, 3, 2:

    scoparum,

    App. M. 9, p. 232:

    speculi,

    id. ib. 2, p. 118: ad hoc instar mundi, id. de Mundo, p. 72.—Sometimes, but very rarely, ad is used absol. in this sense (so also very rarely kata with acc., Xen. Hell. 2, 3; Luc. Dial. Deor. 8): convertier ad nos, as we (are turned), Lucr. 4, 317:

    ad navis feratur,

    like ships, id. 4, 897 Munro. —With noun:

    ad specus angustiac vallium,

    like caves, Caes. B. C. 3, 49.—Hence,
    3.
    With an object which is the cause or reason, in conformity to which, from which, or for which, any thing is or is done.
    a.
    The moving cause, according to, at, on, in consequence of:

    cetera pars animae paret et ad numen mentis momenque movetur,

    Lucr. 3, 144:

    ad horum preces in Boeotiam duxit,

    on their entreaty, Liv. 42, 67, 12: ad ea Caesar veniam ipsique et conjugi et fratribus tribuit, in consequence of or upon this, he, etc., Tac. Ann. 12, 37.—
    b.
    The final cause, or the object, end, or aim, for the attainment of which any thing,
    (α).
    is done,
    (β).
    is designed, or,
    (γ).
    is fitted or adapted (very freq.), to, for, in order to.
    (α).
    Seque ad ludos jam inde abhinc exerceant, Pac. ap. Charis. p. 175 P. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 80):

    venimus coctum ad nuptias,

    in order to cook for the wedding, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 15:

    omnis ad perniciem instructa domus,

    id. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 41; Liv. 1, 54:

    cum fingis falsas causas ad discordiam,

    in order to produce dissension, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

    quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

    utrum ille, qui postulat legatum ad tantum bellum, quem velit, idoneus non est, qui impetret, cum ceteri ad expilandos socios diripiendasque provincias, quos voluerunt, legatos eduxerint,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    ego vitam quoad putabo tua interesse, aut ad spem servandam esse, retinebo,

    for hope, id. Q. Fr. 1, 4; id. Fam. 5, 17:

    haec juventutem, ubi familiares opes defecerant, ad facinora incendebant,

    Sall. C. 13, 4:

    ad speciem atque ad usurpationem vetustatis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31; Suet. Caes. 67:

    paucis ad speciem tabernaculis relictis,

    for appearance, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; so id. ib. 2, 41; id. B. G. 1, 51.—
    (β).
    Aut equos alere aut canes ad venandum. Ter. And. 1, 1, 30:

    ingenio egregie ad miseriam natus sum,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 11;

    (in the same sense: in rem,

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 1, and the dat., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 6):

    ad cursum equum, ad arandum bovem, ad indagandum canem,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 40:

    ad frena leones,

    Verg. A. 10, 253:

    delecto ad naves milite,

    marines, Liv. 22, 19 Weissenb.:

    servos ad remum,

    rowers, id. 34, 6; and:

    servos ad militiam emendos,

    id. 22, 61, 2:

    comparasti ad lecticam homines,

    Cat. 10, 16:

    Lygdamus ad cyathos,

    Prop. 4, 8, 37; cf.:

    puer ad cyathum statuetur,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 8.—
    (γ).
    Quae oportet Signa esse [p. 29] ad salutem, omnia huic osse video, everything indicative of prosperity I see in him, Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

    haec sunt ad virtutem omnia,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 33:

    causa ad objurgandum,

    id. And. 1, 1, 123:

    argumentum ad scribendum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7 (in both examples instead of the gen. of gerund., cf. Rudd. II. p. 245):

    vinum murteum est ad alvum crudam,

    Cato R. R. 125:

    nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio,

    Cic. Brut. 24:

    reliquis rebus, quae sunt ad incendia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 101 al. —So with the adjectives idoneus, utilis, aptus, instead of the dat.:

    homines ad hanc rem idoneos,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 6:

    calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    orator aptus tamen ad dicendum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:

    sus est ad vescendum hominibus apta,

    id. N. D. 2, 64, 160:

    homo ad nullam rem utilis,

    id. Off. 3, 6:

    ad segetes ingeniosus ager,

    Ov. F. 4, 684.—(Upon the connection of ad with the gerund. v. Zumpt, § 666; Rudd. II. p. 261.)—
    4.
    Comparison (since that with which a thing is compared is considered as an object to which the thing compared is brought near for the sake of comparison), to, compared to or with, in comparison with:

    ad sapientiam hujus ille (Thales) nimius nugator fuit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 25; id. Trin. 3, 2, 100:

    ne comparandus hic quidem ad illum'st,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14; 2, 3, 69:

    terra ad universi caeli complexum,

    compared with the whole extent of the heavens, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    homini non ad cetera Punica ingenia callido,

    Liv. 22, 22, 15:

    at nihil ad nostram hanc,

    nothing in comparison with, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 70; so Cic. Deiot. 8, 24; and id. de Or. 2, 6, 25.
    E.
    Adverbial phrases with ad.
    1.
    Ad omnia, withal, to crown all:

    ingentem vim peditum equitumque venire: ex India elephantos: ad omnia tantum advehi auri, etc.,

    Liv. 35, 32, 4.—
    2.
    Ad hoc and ad haec (in the historians, esp. from the time of Livy, and in authors after the Aug. per.), = praeterea, insuper, moreover, besides, in addition, epi toutois:

    nam quicumque impudicus, adulter, ganeo, etc.: praeterea omnes undique parricidae, etc.: ad hoc, quos manus atque lingua perjurio aut sanguine civili alebat: postremo omnes, quos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 14, 2 and 3:

    his opinionibus inflato animo, ad hoc vitio quoque ingenii vehemens,

    Liv. 6, 11, 6; 42, 1, 1; Tac. H. 1, 6; Suet. Aug. 22 al.—
    3.
    Ad id quod, beside that (very rare):

    ad id quod sua sponte satis conlectum animorum erat, indignitate etiam Romani accendebantur,

    Liv. 3, 62, 1; so 44, 37, 12.—
    4.
    Ad tempus.
    a.
    At a definite, fixed time, Cic. Att. 13, 45; Liv. 38, 25, 3.—
    b.
    At a fit, appropriate time, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; Liv. 1, 7, 13.—
    c.
    For some time, for a short time, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; id. Lael. 15, 53; Liv. 21, 25, 14.—
    d.
    According to circumstances, Cic. Planc. 30, 74; id. Cael. 6, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9.—
    5.
    Ad praesens (for the most part only in post-Aug. writers).
    a.
    For the moment, for a short time, Cic. Fam. 12, 8; Plin. 8, 22, 34; Tac. A. 4, 21.—
    b.
    At present, now, Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 44.—So, ad praesentiam, Tac. A. 11, 8.—
    6.
    Ad locum, on the spot:

    ut ad locum miles esset paratus,

    Liv. 27, 27, 2.—
    7.
    Ad verbum, word for word, literally, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; id. de Or. 1, 34, 157; id. Ac. 2, 44, 135 al.—
    8.
    Ad summam.
    a.
    On the whole, generally, in general, Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 3; id. Att. 14, 1; Suet. Aug. 71.—
    b.
    In a word, in short, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 149; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106. —
    9.
    Ad extremum, ad ultimum, ad postremum.
    a.
    At the end, finally, at last.
    (α).
    Of place, at the extremity, extreme point, top, etc.:

    missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum, unde ferrum exstabat,

    Liv. 21, 8, 10.—
    (β).
    Of time = telos de, at last, finally:

    ibi ad postremum cedit miles,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 52; so id. Poen. 4, 2, 22; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 7, 53; Liv. 30, 15, 4 al.— Hence,
    (γ).
    of order, finally, lastly, = denique: inventa componere; tum ornare oratione; post memoria sepire;

    ad extremum agere cum dignitate,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142.—
    b.
    In Liv., to the last degree, quite: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus, 23, 2, 3; cf.:

    consilii scelerati, sed non ad ultimum dementis,

    id. 28, 28, 8.—
    10.
    Quem ad finem? To what limit? How far? Cic. Cat. 1, 1; id. Verr. 5, 75.—
    11.
    Quem ad modum, v. sub h. v.
    ► a.
    Ad (v. ab, ex, in, etc.) is not repeated like some other prepositions with interrog. and relative pronouns, after nouns or demonstrative pronouns:

    traducis cogitationes meas ad voluptates. Quas? corporis credo,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 37 (ubi v. Kuhner).—
    b.
    Ad is sometimes placed after its substantive:

    quam ad,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 39:

    senatus, quos ad soleret, referendum censuit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4:

    ripam ad Araxis,

    Tac. Ann. 12, 51;

    or between subst. and adj.: augendam ad invidiam,

    id. ib. 12, 8.—
    c.
    The compound adque for et ad (like exque, eque, and, poet., aque) is denied by Moser, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, p. 248, and he reads instead of ad humanitatem adque mansuetudinem of the MSS., hum. atque mans. But adque, in acc. with later usage, is restored by Hand in App. M. 10, p. 247, adque haec omnia oboediebam for atque; and in Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 9, utroque vorsum rectum'st ingenium meum, ad se adque illum, is now read, ad te atque ad illum (Fleck., Brix).
    II.
    In composition.
    A.
    Form. According to the usual orthography, the d of the ad remains unchanged before vowels, and before b, d, h, m, v: adbibo, adduco, adhibeo, admoveo, advenio; it is assimilated to c, f, g, l, n, p, r, s, t: accipio, affigo, aggero, allabor, annumero, appello, arripio, assumo, attineo; before g and s it sometimes disappears: agnosco, aspicio, asto: and before qu it passes into c: acquiro, acquiesco.—But later philologists, supported by old inscriptions and good MSS., have mostly adopted the following forms: ad before j, h, b, d, f, m, n, q, v; ac before c, sometimes, but less well, before q; ag and also ad before g; a before gn, sp, sc, st; ad and also al before l; ad rather than an before n; ap and sometimes ad before p; ad and also ar before r; ad and also as before s; at and sometimes ad before t. In this work the old orthography has commonly been retained for the sake of convenient reference, but the better form in any case is indicated.—
    B.
    Signif. In English up often denotes approach, and in many instances will give the force of ad as a prefix both in its local and in its figurative sense.
    1.
    Local.
    a.
    To, toward: affero, accurro, accipio ( to one's self).—
    b.
    At, by: astare, adesse.—
    c.
    On, upon, against: accumbo, attero.—
    d.
    Up (cf. de- = down, as in deicio, decido): attollo, ascendo, adsurgo.—
    2.
    Fig.
    a.
    To: adjudico, adsentior.—
    b.
    At or on: admiror, adludo.—
    c.
    Denoting conformity to, or comparison with: affiguro, adaequo.—
    d.
    Denoting addition, increase (cf. ab, de, and ex as prefixes to denote privation): addoceo, adposco.—
    e.
    Hence, denoting intensity: adamo, adimpleo, aduro, and perhaps agnosco.—
    f.
    Denoting the coming to an act or state, and hence commencement: addubito, addormio, adquiesco, adlubesco, advesperascit. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 74-134.

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  • 10 modicum

    mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).
    I.
    In a good sense:

    modico gradu ire,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

    potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    convivia,

    id. Sen. 13, 44:

    severitas,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

    Sall. J. 85, 1:

    domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2:

    modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

    a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

    amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

    gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—
    II.
    In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

    genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

    Cic. Or. 21, 69:

    oculi,

    middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

    ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

    few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

    Graecis hoc modicum est,

    not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

    pecunia,

    little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

    acervus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

    incrementa,

    small, Just. 7, 1:

    tempus,

    short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

    rem pateris modicam,

    a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

    modici amici,

    humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

    Sabinus modicus originis,

    Tac. A. 6, 39:

    virium,

    Vell. 1, 12, 4:

    pecuniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    voluptatum,

    id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

    modicum progredi,

    a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

    modico deinde regressa,

    i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

    modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

    a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

    modico secus progredi,

    to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).
    1.
    Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    dolorem modice ferre,

    quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

    se recipere,

    quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

    modice et modeste vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

    dicere,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

    modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

    id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—
    2.
    Slightly, not very, not much:

    minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    modice vinosus,

    Liv. 41, 4:

    locuples,

    id. 38, 14, 9:

    modice instratus torus,

    slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

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  • 11 modicus

    mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).
    I.
    In a good sense:

    modico gradu ire,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

    potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    convivia,

    id. Sen. 13, 44:

    severitas,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

    Sall. J. 85, 1:

    domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2:

    modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

    a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

    amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

    gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—
    II.
    In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

    genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

    Cic. Or. 21, 69:

    oculi,

    middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

    ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

    few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

    Graecis hoc modicum est,

    not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

    pecunia,

    little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

    acervus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

    incrementa,

    small, Just. 7, 1:

    tempus,

    short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

    rem pateris modicam,

    a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

    modici amici,

    humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

    Sabinus modicus originis,

    Tac. A. 6, 39:

    virium,

    Vell. 1, 12, 4:

    pecuniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    voluptatum,

    id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

    modicum progredi,

    a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

    modico deinde regressa,

    i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

    modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

    a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

    modico secus progredi,

    to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).
    1.
    Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    dolorem modice ferre,

    quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

    se recipere,

    quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

    modice et modeste vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

    dicere,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

    modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

    id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—
    2.
    Slightly, not very, not much:

    minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    modice vinosus,

    Liv. 41, 4:

    locuples,

    id. 38, 14, 9:

    modice instratus torus,

    slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

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  • 12 momentum

    mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio, motus; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117:

    pisces levi caudae in utrumque momento velocitatem suam flectunt,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 24:

    utque leves tactus momentaque parva sequantur,

    Ov. M. 4, 180.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution:

    cetera populi Romani vectigalia, perlevi saepe momento fortunae, inclinatione temporis pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    nullum momentum annonae facere,

    to effect no alteration in the price of corn, Liv. 4, 12:

    animi,

    id. 39, 5:

    provincias magnis momentis concusserat,

    Vell. 2, 78, 1:

    sine momento rerum, partisque ruinā cadere,

    Luc. 7, 118.—
    B.
    A particle sufficient to turn the scales:

    momentum staterae,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 15; id. Sap. 11, 23; hence, a particle, a part, a point:

    myrrhae momentum,

    Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 87:

    quibus (regnis) pro ignobili momento erat accessura Macedonia,

    a make-weight, Just. 7, 3, 1:

    sol cotidie ex alio caeli momento, quam pridie, oritur,

    a point, part, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333:

    corpus orationis in parva momenta diducendo consumere,

    Quint. 3, 11, 23; to lose the main subject in minute divisions:

    ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est,

    id. 5, 10, 71:

    officiorum,

    parts, Cic. Mur. 2, 3. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Of time, a short time, brief space, moment (syn. punctum):

    parvis momentis multa natura affingit,

    instants, moments, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118:

    momentis certis dimensis,

    at certain fixed times, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 3:

    non cunctandum ratus Hannibal, totis viribus adgressus urbem momento cepit,

    Liv. 21, 14, 3:

    momento temporis,

    in a moment, id. 21, 33; 35, 11, 13:

    momento horae,

    in quick lapse of time, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7; cf.:

    momento unius horae,

    Curt. 9, 6, 21:

    horae momento,

    Liv. 5, 7, 3; 9, 16:

    Maecenati triennio supremo nullo horae momento contigit somnus,

    could not sleep a single hour, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

    brevi horarum momento,

    in a few hours, Just. 2, 14, 9:

    ut momentum horae pereat,

    that a short hour be lost, Phaedr. 3 prol. 5:

    momento fit cinis diu silva,

    in a moment, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3:

    in momento, in ictu oculi,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 52:

    in momento indignationis,

    id. Isa. 54, 8:

    pruna stomacho non utilissima, sed brevi momento,

    are hurtful, but only for a short time, Plin. 23, 7, 66, § 132:

    quantum quoquo momento temporis adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 70:

    hoc fit dicis gratia uno momento,

    id. ib. 1, 141.—
    (β).
    Transf., of space, distance, a little way:

    parvo momento antecedere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

    visūs nostri tarditas non subsequitur momenta currentis (sc. stellae), sed videt simul et unde exsilierit et quo pervenerit,

    does not trace the successive points of its course, but sees the whole at once, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 4.—
    2.
    Trop., a cause, a circumstance; weight, influence, importance, moment:

    minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt,

    from the slightest causes spring the greatest changes, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26:

    momenta omnia observare,

    all the circumstances, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

    unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare,

    according to its importance, id. Font. 6, 21; cf.:

    ut omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    ita parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habuerunt,

    influence, Caes. B. C. 3, 70:

    quorum adventus hoc tamen momenti fecit, ut Scipio abscederet inde, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    nullum momentum in dando adimendoque regno habere,

    no decisive influence, id. 1, 47, 6:

    momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facere,

    id. 35, 39, 3:

    cave quidquam habeat momenti gratia,

    weight, influence, Cic. Mur. 30, 62:

    magno ad persuadendum momento esse,

    id. Inv. 2, 26, 77:

    potentia,

    motives, Ov. M. 11, 285:

    Leonis (sideris),

    influence, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

    praebe nostrae momenta saluti,

    promote, Ov. P. 4, 13, 49:

    erant octo cohortes... tum discordiā temporum a legione digressae, prout inclinassent, grande momentum sociae aut adversae,

    Tac. H. 1, 59:

    levi momento aestimare aliquid,

    to consider of little moment, to prize lightly, Caes. B. G. 7, 39:

    nullius momenti aliquid putare,

    of no moment, unimportant, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    quod (oppidum) per se parvum magni momenti locum obtinuit,

    Tac. H. 3, 8:

    id est maximi momenti et ponderis,

    of the greatest moment, Cic. Vatin. 4, 19:

    exponunt, se tentāsse etiam haud magni momenti finitimarum gentium auxilia,

    Liv. 10, 16, 5:

    sed in bello nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,

    id. 25, 18, 3; 28, 17, 10; 27, 45, 5:

    inpensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti facere,

    id. 43, 23, 8:

    nullā in re nisi in virtute propensionem ne minimi quidem momenti esse ad, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47:

    omnino nihil habere momenti,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 38.

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  • 13 dē-cēdō

        dē-cēdō cessī    （inf. dēcēsse, T.), cessus, ere, to go away, depart, withdraw, retire: de alterā parte (agri), Cs.: de praesidio: ex Galliā Romam: e pastu decedere campis, V.: Africā, S.: praesidio, L.: naves suo cursu, i. e. went out of their course, Cs.—To retire, withdraw, retreat, fall back, abandon a position: nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat, Cs.: inde, Cs.: Italiā. — Of a provincial magistrate, to retire, surrender (office): de provinciā decessit: ex Syriā: provinciā: te decessurum fuisse: Romam, S.: Romam ad triumphum, L.—To give place, make way, retire, yield: servo in viā Decesse populum, T.: serae nocti, i. e. at the approach of, V.: calori, to escape from, V.: canibus de viā, avoid: his omnes decedunt, avoid, Cs. —Fig., to depart, disappear, die: de vitā: ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte, N.: cum pater familiae decessit, Cs.: in paupertate, N.— To depart, go off, abate, subside, cease: febres, N.: nuntiatum est aestum decedere, L.: De summā nihil decedet, be wanting, T.: de causā periculi nihil: quaestioni materia decessit, L.: Decedet iam ira haec, T.: neque Decedit aeratā triremi cura, H.: postquam invidia decesserat, S.—Poet.: sol decedens, setting, V.: lux, tarde decedere visa, O.: decedentia Tempora, passing seasons, H.—To depart from, give up, resign, forego, yield, swerve: de suis bonis: de meo iure: de sententiā: de foro, to retire from public life, N.: de scenā: de officio decessum, L.: iure suo, L.: poema si paulum summo decessit, has fallen short of, H.: cum (senatus) nihil a decretis decesserit.—To depart, deviate: de viā, i. e. from right: instituto suo, L.: fide, L.— To give way, yield: decede peritis, be guided by, H.: ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt, are not inferior, H.

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  • 14 modicus

        modicus adj.    [modus], in proper measure, moderate, modest, temperate: potiones: severitas: corpus (historiae), of a tolerable size: strepitus, O.: modici munera Liberi, i. e. moderation in drink, H.: animus domi, unassuming, S.: voluptatum, in pleasures, Ta.— Middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small: modicis regni terminis uti: ea, valde et modica et inlustria sunt, few in number: Graecis hoc modicum est, not frequent: pecunia, little: rem pateris modicam, a trifling affliction, Iu.: amici, humble, Iu.—As subst n., a little: modico contentus, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    modica, modicum ADJ
    moderate; temperate, restrained; small (Bee)
    II
    short/small time; short distance, little way; little, small amount

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  • 15 mōmentum

        mōmentum ī, n    [1 MV-], a movement, motion: astra figurā suā momenta sustentant: momenta parva sequi, O.: animus momenta sumit utroque, i. e. fluctuates, O.— An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution: perleve fortunae: annonae, alteration in the price of corn, L. — A make-weight, over-weight, that which turns the scales: eo (bello) quantumcumque virium momentum addiderint, rem omnem inclinaturos, L.— An expenditure of strength, decisive effort, exertion: haud maiore momento fusi Galli sunt, quam, etc., L.— A short time, brief space, moment, instant: parvis momentis multa natura adfingit: momento temporis, in a moment, L.: horae momento, on the instant, H.: momento unius horae, L.: momentum ut horae pereat, that a short hour be lost, Ph.— A little way: parvo momento antecedere, Cs.—Fig., a cause, circumstance, weight, influence, importance, moment: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercederent, by trifling circumstances, Cs.: momenta omnia observare, all the circumstances: unam quamque rem momento suo ponderare, according to its importance: magnum in utramque partem momentum habere, influence, Cs.: nullum momentum in dando regno facere, decisive influence, L.: magnum attulit nostris ad salutem momentum, contributed largely, Cs.: cave quicquam habeat momenti gratia, influence: perpendens momenta officiorum, motives: parva momenta in spem metumque inpellere animos, trifling occasions, L.: momenta potentia, motives, O.: praebe nostrae momenta saluti, promote, O.: levi momento aestimare, prize lightly, Cs.: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, N.: levioris momenti consultatio, unimportant, L.: res maximi ad omnia momenti, L.: iuvenis, maximum momentum rerum civitatis, a power in the state, L.
    * * *
    moment, importance, influence; motion, movement; impulse, effort

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  • 16 modicum

    short/small time; short distance, little way; little, small amount

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  • 17 citer

    cĭter, tra, trum ( comp. citerior; sup. citimus; most freq. in comp.; in posit. only Cato ap. Prisc. pp. 589 and 999 P.; and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 607 ib.), adj. [cis].
    I.
    On this side:

    citer agnus (ager) alligatus ad sacra erit, Cato ap. Prisc. pp. 599 and 989 P.: alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    citerior provincia (i. e. Gallia Cisalpina),

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    in Galliā citeriore,

    id. ib. 1, 24; Hirt. B. G. 8, 23; Suet. Caes. 56:

    citerior Hispania,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; Cic. Att. 12, 37, 4; Nep. Cat. 2, 1; Plin. 3, 1, 2, § 6:

    Arabia,

    Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 213:

    Oceanus,

    Flor. 4, 12, 46:

    ripa,

    Vell. 2, 107, 1.—
    II.
    As that which is on this side is nearer to us than its opposite, lying near, near, close to.
    A.
    In space:

    (stella) ultima a caelo, citima terris,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16; id. Univ. 7 fin.:

    citima Persidis (sc. loca),

    Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 213. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    deduc orationem tuam de caelo ad haec citeriora,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

    quantā animi tranquillitate humana et citeriora considerat,

    id. Tusc. 5, 25, 71:

    ut ad haec citeriora veniam et notiora nobis,

    id. Leg. 3, 2, 4:

    nam citeriora nondum audiebamus,

    id. Fam. 2, 12, 1; Val. Max. 3, 8, 1; 9, 12, 6:

    citerioris vitae minister,

    private, domestic, Amm. 14, 1, 7.—
    B.
    In time (post-Aug.), earlier, sooner:

    Africano consulatus citerior legitimo tempore datus est,

    Val. Max. 8, 15, 1; 6, 3, 11:

    in antiquius citeriusve,

    Vell. 1, 17, 2:

    citeriore die (opp. longiore),

    Dig. 23, 4, 15.—
    C.
    In measure or degree, small, little:

    citerior tamen est poena quam scelus,

    Quint. Decl. 299; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 10.— Advv.: comp. cĭtĕrĭus, less:

    citerius debito resistere,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 11; sup. cĭtĭmē, least, acc. to Prisc. p. 1016 P.—
    III.
    Hence,
    A.
    cī̆trā, adv. and prep. with acc., on this side, on the hither or nearer side (opp. to ultra; more freq. than cis, q. v.).
    1.
    Prop.
    (α).
    Adv.:

    (dextera) nec citra mota nec ultra,

    neither this way nor that, Ov. M. 5, 186; cf.:

    ultra citraque pervolare,

    Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

    citra est Oglasa,

    id. 3, 6, 12, § 80; 6, 11, 12, § 30:

    citra fuere margines,

    id. 2, 17, 14, § 73.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    Germani qui essent citra Rhenum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 32:

    is locus est citra Leucadem stadia CXX.,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 2; so,

    citra Veliam,

    id. Att. 16, 7, 5:

    citra mare,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 47:

    mare citra,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 31:

    citra flumen intercepti,

    Liv. 21, 48, 6:

    citra Tauri juga,

    id. 38, 48, 1 al. —

    With verbs of motion: ut exercitum citra flumen Rubiconem educeret,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

    ut omnes citra flumen eliceret,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Liv. 21, 54, 4; Hor. S. 1, 1, 106.—
    2.
    (Acc. to citer, II.) Of that which takes [p. 345] place, or is within a fixed boundary, and yet does not reach that boundary, within, beneath, short of, less than.
    (α).
    Adv.:

    non erit necesse id usque a capite arcessere: saepe etiam citra licet,

    not so far, Cic. Top. 9, 39:

    paucis citra milibus lignatores ei occurrunt,

    Liv. 10, 25, 4:

    citra quam proxime fuerint (defectus lunae),

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 86:

    citra exsultare,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 180: tela citra cadebant (i. e. did not reach the Romans), Tac. H. 3, 23.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    nec a postremā syllabā citra tertiam,

    before the third syllable, Cic. Or. 18, 58 (cf. Quint. 1, 5, 30: acuta intra numerum trium syllabarum continetur); id. 8, 6, 76:

    cur Veneris stella numquam longius XLVI. portibus ab sole... abscedant, saepe citra eas ad solem reciprocent,

    Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72; 2, 17, 15, § 77.—
    b.
    Trop.
    (α).
    Adv. of measure:

    neve domi praesume dapes et desine citra Quam capias paulo,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 757; cf.:

    culta citra quam debuit illa,

    id. P. 1, 7, 55.—
    (β).
    With acc.: pronepos ego regis aquarum;

    Nec virtus citra genus est,

    is not behind my family, Ov. M. 10, 607:

    glans cum citra satietatem data est,

    not to satiety, Col. 7, 6, 5; cf. id. 9, 13, 2; so,

    fatigationem,

    Cels. 1, 2; cf. Plin. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

    scelus,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 23:

    citra necem tua constitit ira,

    id. ib. 2, 127:

    usus citra intellectum acrimoniae,

    Plin. 19, 8, 54, § 171. —
    c.
    In time (with acc. rare;

    perh. not anteAug.): citra Kalendas Octobris,

    Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. Gell. 12, 13:

    Trojana tempora,

    Ov. M. 8, 365:

    juventam,

    id. ib. 10, 84:

    temporis finem,

    Dig. 49, 16, 15.—
    3.
    Since the Aug. per. (most freq. in Quint. and Pliny the elder; in the former more than twenty times), in gen. of that which does not belong to, is without, or beyond something, without, aside from, apart from, except, without regard to, setting aside (for the class. sine, praeter; hence the Gloss.: aneu sine, absque, praeter, citra, Gloss. Cyr.; citra dicha, chôris, ektos, Gloss. Phil.); with acc.:

    citra hoc experimentum multa sunt, quae, etc.,

    Col. 2, 2, 20:

    plus usus sine doctrinā, quam citra usum doctrina valet,

    Quint. 12, 6, 4:

    Phidias in ebore longe citra aemulum,

    id. 12, 10, 9:

    vir bonus citra virtutem intellegi non potest,

    id. 12, 2, 1; so,

    accusationem,

    id. 7, 2, 26; 3, 8, 21; 7, 10, 3:

    tranare aquas citra docentem natura ipsa sciunt,

    id. 2, 16, 13:

    citra invidiam,

    Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 108:

    citra ullum aliud incommodum,

    id. 2, 51, 52, § 137:

    citra dolorem,

    id. 12, 17, 40, § 79; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 4:

    morsum,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

    vulnus,

    id. 20, 21, 84, § 225 al.:

    citra fidem,

    Tac. Agr. 1:

    citra speciem aut delectationem,

    id. G. 16:

    citra Senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    Suet. Caes. 28:

    commoda emeritorum,

    id. Aug. 24:

    spem omnium fortuna cessit,

    Flor. 3, 1, 2:

    etiam citra spectaculorum dies,

    i.e. even out of the time of the established spectacles, Suet. Aug. 43:

    citra magnitudinem prope Ponto similis,

    excepting its size, Mel. 1, 19, 17; Tac. Agr. 10; Quint. 2, 4, 22; so id. 7, 2, 13; Dig. 3, 6, 9: lana tincta fuco citra purpuras placet, Ov. Fragm. ap. Quint. 12, 10, 75.—Citra sometimes follows its case, Hor. S. 1, 1, 107; 1, 10, 31.—
    B.
    cī̆trō, adv. (orig. dat. sing.), always in the connection and position ultro citroque, ultro et citro, ultro ac citro, or without copula ultro citro (not ultroque citroque), hither and thither, this way and that, here and there, to and fro, from both sides, backwards and forwards, reciprocally; Fr. par ci par là, ça et là (in good prose):

    ultro ac citro commeare,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16:

    sursum deorsum, ultro citro commeantibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 84: ultro citroque commeare, Auct. B. Afr. 20; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104; * Suet. Calig. 19; Lucr. 4, 32:

    qui ultro citroque navigarent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170:

    cursare ultro et citro,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60 (in Prisc. p. 1011 P., perh. only from memory written ultro citroque):

    bis ultro citroque transcurrerunt,

    Liv. 40, 40, 7 al.:

    cum saepe ultro citroque legati inter eos mitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42; id. B. C. 1, 20; Liv. 5, 8, 6:

    multis verbis ultro citroque habitis,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. Liv. 9, 45, 2; 7, 9, 2:

    beneficiis ultro citro datis acceptisque,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    ut obsides ultro citroque darentur,

    Liv. 44, 23, 2:

    datā ultro citroque fide,

    id. 29, 23, 5:

    inplicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

    Cic. Lael. 22, 85 Klotz N. cr.: alternatis ultro citro aestibus, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 29:

    ultro citroque versus,

    Amm. 30, 3, 5.

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  • 18 liquidum

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

    aqua bona et liquida,

    Cato, R. R. 73:

    crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

    Lucr. 4, 1259:

    liquida moles,

    the sea, id. 6, 405:

    iter,

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

    palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

    Luc. 9, 661:

    odores,

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

    venter,

    loose, Cels. 2, 8:

    alvus,

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

    tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

    cum liquido mixtā polentā,

    Ov. M. 5, 454.—
    B.
    Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

    lumen,

    Lucr. 5, 281:

    fontes,

    Verg. E. 2, 59:

    ignis,

    id. ib. 6, 33:

    aër,

    id. G. 1, 404:

    aether,

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

    Baiae,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

    color,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

    liquidior lux,

    Curt. 7, 11, 22:

    liquidissima caeli tempestas,

    Lucr. 4, 168:

    nox,

    Verg. A. 10, 272:

    aestas,

    id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—
    2.
    Esp. of sounds.
    (α).
    Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

    variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

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

    cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

    carmen citharae,

    Lucr. 4, 981.—
    (β).
    Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Flowing, continuing without interruption:

    genus sermonis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—
    B.
    Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

    tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

    animo liquido et tranquillo es,

    id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

    liquido's animo,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

    mens,

    Cat. 63, 46:

    somnus,

    Val. Fl. 4, 16.—
    C.
    Unmixed, unadulterated:

    ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

    voluptas liquida puraque,

    Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

    voluptas et libera,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—
    D.
    Clear, evident, certain:

    auspicium,

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

    redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

    ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28:

    res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

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

    caelum liquide serenum,

    Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

    liquidius audiunt talpae,

    Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—
    2.
    Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

    aliquid liquido audire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

    confirmare,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

    124: negare,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

    si liquido appareat,

    Dig. 44, 5, 1:

    si liquido constiterit,

    ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

    consistere,

    Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

    liquidius judicare,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

    liquidius facere,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

    aliquid liquidius absolvere,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

    liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

    Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > liquidum

  • 19 liquidus

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

    aqua bona et liquida,

    Cato, R. R. 73:

    crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

    Lucr. 4, 1259:

    liquida moles,

    the sea, id. 6, 405:

    iter,

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

    palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

    Luc. 9, 661:

    odores,

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

    venter,

    loose, Cels. 2, 8:

    alvus,

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

    tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

    cum liquido mixtā polentā,

    Ov. M. 5, 454.—
    B.
    Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

    lumen,

    Lucr. 5, 281:

    fontes,

    Verg. E. 2, 59:

    ignis,

    id. ib. 6, 33:

    aër,

    id. G. 1, 404:

    aether,

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

    Baiae,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

    color,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

    liquidior lux,

    Curt. 7, 11, 22:

    liquidissima caeli tempestas,

    Lucr. 4, 168:

    nox,

    Verg. A. 10, 272:

    aestas,

    id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—
    2.
    Esp. of sounds.
    (α).
    Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

    variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

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

    cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

    carmen citharae,

    Lucr. 4, 981.—
    (β).
    Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Flowing, continuing without interruption:

    genus sermonis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—
    B.
    Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

    tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

    animo liquido et tranquillo es,

    id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

    liquido's animo,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

    mens,

    Cat. 63, 46:

    somnus,

    Val. Fl. 4, 16.—
    C.
    Unmixed, unadulterated:

    ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

    voluptas liquida puraque,

    Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

    voluptas et libera,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—
    D.
    Clear, evident, certain:

    auspicium,

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

    redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

    ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28:

    res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

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

    caelum liquide serenum,

    Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

    liquidius audiunt talpae,

    Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—
    2.
    Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

    aliquid liquido audire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

    confirmare,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

    124: negare,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

    si liquido appareat,

    Dig. 44, 5, 1:

    si liquido constiterit,

    ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

    consistere,

    Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

    liquidius judicare,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

    liquidius facere,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

    aliquid liquidius absolvere,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

    liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

    Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > liquidus

  • 20 paulum

        paulum (not paull-), adv.    [paulus], a little, somewhat: concede paulum istuc, a little way, T.: paulum a fugā aberant, S.: supra eum locum, Cs.: differre: paulum aspectu conterritus haesit, V.: paulum praelabitur ante, a little before.
    * * *
    I
    little/bit; to a small extent, somewhat; only a small amount/short while
    II
    little/small; (only a) small amount/quantity/extent; little bit/while; trifle

    Latin-English dictionary > paulum

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