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  • 1 materia

    mātĕrĭa, ae ( gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. [from same root with mater, q. v.], stuff, matter, materials of which any thing is composed; so the wood of a tree, vine, etc., timber for building (opp. lignum, wood for fuel); nutritive matter or substance for food (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    materia rerum, ex qua et in qua sunt omnia,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7:

    materiam superabat opus,

    Ov. M. 2, 5:

    materiae apparatio,

    Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

    rudis,

    i. e. chaos, Luc. 2, 8; cf.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.:

    (arbor) inter corticem et materiem,

    Col. 5, 11, 4:

    crispa,

    Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119:

    materiae longitudo,

    Col. 4, 24, 3:

    vitis in materiam, frondemque effunditur,

    id. 4, 21, 2:

    si nihil valet materies,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    in eam insulam materiam, calcem, caementa, atque arma convexit,

    id. Mil. 27, 74:

    caesa,

    Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39:

    cornus non potest videri materies propter exilitatem, sed lignum,

    Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

    materiae, lignorum aggestus,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    videndum est ut materies suppetat scutariis,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35:

    proba materies est, si probum adhibes fabrum,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur sculptura materiae anuli, sive ex ferro sive ex auro foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. — Plur.:

    deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in species hominum effingere,

    Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of food:

    imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris,

    Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the means of subsistence:

    consumere omnem materiam,

    Ov. M. 8, 876; matter, in gen.:

    materies aliqua mala erat,

    Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In abstract, matter, the material universe:

    Deus ex materia ortus est, aut materia ex Deo,

    Lact. 2, 8.—
    B.
    Esp., matter of suppuration, pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., a stock, race, breed:

    quod ex vetere materia nascitur, plerumque congeneratum parentis senium refert,

    Col. 7, 3, 15:

    generosa (equorum),

    id. 6, 27 init. —
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    The matter, subjectmatter, subject, topic, ground, theme of any exertion of the mental powers, as of an art or science, an oration, etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in qua omnis ars et facultas, quae conficitur ex arte, versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, quod in his omnis medicina versetur;

    item quibus in rebus versatur ars et facultas oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17:

    quasi materia, quam tractet, et in qua versetur, subjecta est veritas,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 16:

    est enim deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis bella materies ad jocandum,

    id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12:

    sermonum,

    id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: materies crescit mihi, my matter (for writing about) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    aequa viribus,

    a subject suited to your powers, Hor. A. P. 38:

    infames,

    Gell. 17, 12, 1:

    extra materiam juris,

    the province, Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—
    B.
    A cause, occasion, source, opportunity (cf. mater, II.):

    quid enim odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiam suae gloriae?

    Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for which shortly before:

    fons perennis gloriae suae): materies ingentis decoris,

    Liv. 1, 39, 3:

    non praebiturum se illi eo die materiam,

    id. 3, 46, 3:

    major orationis,

    id. 35, 12, 10:

    criminandi,

    id. 3, 31, 4:

    omnium malorum,

    Sall. C. 10:

    materiam invidiae dare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21:

    materiam bonitati dare,

    id. de Or. 2, 84, 342:

    scelerum,

    Just. 3, 2, 12:

    seditionis,

    id. 11, 5, 3:

    laudis,

    Luc. 8, 16:

    benefaciendi,

    Plin. Pan. 38:

    ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni,

    occasion of jealousy, Suet. Galb. 9:

    epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere,

    Tac. H. 4, 4:

    praebere materiam causasque jocorum,

    Juv. 3, 147:

    materiamque sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,

    id. 7, 21.—
    C.
    Natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition:

    fac, fuisse in isto C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem atque indolem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

    in animis humanis,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    materiam ingentis publice privatimade decoris omni indulgentia nostra nutriamus,

    Liv. 1, 39, 3:

    ad cupiditatem,

    id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's nature, natural character:

    non sum materia digna perire tua,

    thy unfeeling disposition, Ov. H. 4, 86.—
    D.
    A subject, argument, course of thought, topic (post-Aug.):

    tertium diem esse, quod omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret exordium,

    Quint. 10, 3, 14:

    argumentum plura significat... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,

    id. 5, 10, 9:

    video non futurum finem in ista materia ullum, nisi quem ipse mihi fecero,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 11:

    pulcritudinem materiae considerare,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5:

    materiam ex titulo cognosces,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. (materies animi est, materia arboris;

    et materies qualitas ingenii, materia fabris apta,

    Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; but this distinction is not observed by class. writers).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > materia

  • 2 māteria and māteriēs

        māteria and māteriēs ae, acc. am and em, f    [mater], stuff, matter, material, timber, substance: earum (navium) materiā ad reliquas reficiendas uti, Cs.: rerum, ex quā et in quā sunt omnia: materiam superabat opus, O.: si nihil valet materies: consumpserat omnem Materiam, means of subsistence, O.—Fig., a subject, matter, subject-matter, topic, ground, theme: artis: bella ad iocandum: materies crescit mihi, the subject grows on me: aequa Viribus, suited to your powers, H.— A cause, occasion, source, opportunity: gloriae suae: seditionis: ratio cui et fortuna ipsa prae<*> buit materiam, L.: criminandi, L.: materiam invidiae dare: iocorum, Iu.— A resource, store: consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti, O.— Naturai abilities, capacity, disposition: fac, fuisse in isto Catonis materiem: ingentis publice privatimque decoris, L.: ad cupiditatem, L.: materiā digna perire tuā, unfeeling disposition, O.

    Latin-English dictionary > māteria and māteriēs

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