a+compact

phălanx (post-class. fălanx), angis, f., = phalanx.

In gen.

Lit., a band of soldiers, a host drawn up in close order ( poet.):

Agamemnoniae phalanges,

Verg. A. 6, 489:

densae,

id. ib. 12, 662:

Tuscorum,

id. ib. 12, 551:

animosa (said of eight brothers fighting together),

id. ib. 12, 277:

junctae umbone phalanges,

Juv. 2, 46.—

Trop., a host, multitude (postclass.):

culparum,

Prud. Psych. 816.—

In partic.

Among the Athenians and Spartans, a division of an army drawn up in battle array, a battalion, phalanx, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2; id. Pelop. 4, 2.—

The Macedonian order of battle, a Macedonian phalanx (a compact parallelogram of fifty men abreast and sixteen deep), Nep. Eum. 7, 1; Curt. 3, 2, 13; Liv. 31, 39, 10; cf.:

quae (cohortes) cuneum Macedonum (phalangem ipsi vocant) perrumperent,

id. 32, 17, 11:

fecerat et falangem triginta milium hominum,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 50, 5.—

An order of battle of the Gauls and Germans, forming a parallelogram:

Helvetii confertissimā acie, phalange factā, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 52:

phalangem perfringere,

id. ib. 1, 25.

fīlum, i. n. (also filus, i, m., acc. to Arn. 1, 36 dub., plur. heterocl., fili, Luc. 6, 460) [for figlum, v. figo], a thread of any thing woven (of linen or woolen cloth, a cobweb, etc.).

Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Enn. ap. Non. 116, 6 (Ann. v. 259 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 30; Ov. A. A. 3, 445; id. M. 4, 36; Mart. 6, 3, 5; Cels. 7, 16:

lumen candelae cujus tempero filum,

wick, Juv. 3, 287:

tenuia aranei,

a web, Lucr. 3, 383:

tineae,

Ov. M. 15, 372.— Poet., of the thread of life spun by the Fates:

sororum fila trium,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 16; Verg. A. 10, 815; Ov. M. 2, 654; id. Tr. 5, 10, 45; Sil. 4, 28; Mart. 10, 5, 10 al.— Prov.: pendere filo (tenui), to hang by a thread, for to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4, § 18 (Ann. v. 153 ed. Vahl.):

omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—

In partic., the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen's cap, similar to the stemma of the Greeks; hence, in gen., a priest's fillet: APICVLVM, filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.:

legatus capite velato filo (lanae velamen est), Audi, Juppiter, inquit, etc.,

Liv. 1, 32, 6:

filo velatus,

Tib. 1, 5, 15.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of any thing slender and drawn out like a thread, a string, cord, filament, fibre:

tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

the strings, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60; so,

lyrae,

id. M. 5, 118:

sonantia,

id. ib. 10, 89:

croci,

i. e. the stamen, id. F. 1, 342:

foliorum exilitas usque in fila attenuata,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30; 11, 15, 15, § 39. —

Plur., shreds, slices, remnants:

fila sectivi porri,

Juv. 14, 133:

porris fila resecta suis,

Mart. 11, 52:

fila Tarentini graviter redolentia porri edisti,

id. 13, 18.—

I. q. crassitudo, the density, compactness, compact shape, or, in gen., contour, form, shape of an object:

forma quoque hinc solis debet filumque videri,

Lucr. 5, 571, v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; cf. id. 5, 581; 2, 341; 4, 88:

mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15:

corporis,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 4 Müll.; Gell. 1, 9, 2; Amm. 14, 11, 28:

forma atque filo virginali,

id. 14, 4, 2:

ingeniosus est et bono filo,

Petr. 46.—

Trop. (cf. the preced. no.), of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style (class.):

ego hospiti veteri et amico munusculum mittere (volui) levidense, crasso filo, cujusmodi ipsius solent esse munera,

i. e. of coarse texture, Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; cf.:

argumentandi tenue filum,

id. Or. 36, 124:

tenui deducta poëmata filo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225; cf.:

gracili connectere carmina filo, Col. poët. 10, 227: paulo uberiore filo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

orationis,

id. ib. 3, 26, 103:

aliud quoddam filum orationis tuae (= oratio uberior),

id. Lael. 7, 25.

păcisco, ĕre, 3, v. n. and a. [collat. form of dep. paciscor, q. v.], to agree, contract, bargain, covenant (class. only in perf. part. pass.): id quoque paciscunt, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 17:

paciscit, obsides ut reddant,

id. ib. 18.—Hence, pactus, a, um, in pass. signif., agreed upon, settled, determined, covenanted, stipulated (class.).

In gen.:

pactum pretium,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

pacta praemia,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2:

dies,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 22:

foedus,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

cum hoste pactae induciae,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33.—In the abl. absol.:

quidam pacto inter se ut victorem res sequeretur, ferro decreverunt,

by agreement, Liv. 28, 21, 5; Sil. 14, 97.—

In partic., betrothed:

haec tibi pacta'st Callicli filia,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 59:

cujus filio pacta est Artavasdis filia,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 2:

alii pacta puella,

Tac. A. 1, 55:

Turnus, cui pacta Lavinia fuerat,

Liv. 1, 2:

conjux,

Verg. A. 10, 722.—Hence, as subst.

pacta, ae, f., a betrothed woman:

gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79:

pacta ejus, Menelai filia,

Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 6, 200.—

pactus, i, m., a betrothed husband, a man engaged or promised in marriage:

proles Amissum didicere patrem, Marpissaque pactum,

Stat. Th. 3, 172.—

pactum, i, n., an agreement, covenant, contract, stipulation, compact, pact (cf.:

conventio, pactio, obligatio): pactum est, quod inter aliquos convenit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 68; cf. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20:

pacta et promissa semperne servanda sint,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

mansit in condicione atque pacto,

id. Verr. 1, 6, 16:

pacti et conventi formula,

id. Caecin. 18, 51; cf.:

ex pacto et convento,

id. Att. 6, 3, 1:

pacta conventaque,

Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

stare pacto,

Liv. 9, 11:

pactum violans,

Vulg. Mal. 2, 10 et saep.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), the covenant of God:

dereliquerunt pactum Domini,

Vulg. Deut. 29, 25; id. 3 Reg. 11, 11; id. 2 Par. 6, 14.— Poet.:

sacrum,

i. e. a marriagecontract, Val. Fl. 8, 401; cf. Juv. 6, 25.—

Transf., in gen., abl. pacto (like ratione and modo), manner, way, means (class.):

percontat Aeneas, quo pacto Troiam urbem liquerit,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 2, 1:

si non fecero ei male aliquo pacto,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 27; id. Am. prol. 137:

nescio quo pacto semper hoc fit,

how, Cic. Mur. 21, 43; id. Quint. 17:

non tacebo umquam alio pacto, nisi, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 46:

aliquo pacto verba his dabo,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 13:

quoquo pacto tacito est opus,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 44: si nullo alio pacto, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 71:

alio pacto docere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

fieri nullo pacto potest, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 8, 27; Ter. And. 1, 5, 12:

servi mei si me isto pacto metuerent,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10; 1, 8, 13:

hoc pacto,

Verg. G. 2, 248.

phălanx (post-class. fălanx), angis, f., = phalanx.

In gen.

Lit., a band of soldiers, a host drawn up in close order ( poet.):

Agamemnoniae phalanges,

Verg. A. 6, 489:

densae,

id. ib. 12, 662:

Tuscorum,

id. ib. 12, 551:

animosa (said of eight brothers fighting together),

id. ib. 12, 277:

junctae umbone phalanges,

Juv. 2, 46.—

Trop., a host, multitude (postclass.):

culparum,

Prud. Psych. 816.—

In partic.

Among the Athenians and Spartans, a division of an army drawn up in battle array, a battalion, phalanx, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2; id. Pelop. 4, 2.—

The Macedonian order of battle, a Macedonian phalanx (a compact parallelogram of fifty men abreast and sixteen deep), Nep. Eum. 7, 1; Curt. 3, 2, 13; Liv. 31, 39, 10; cf.:

quae (cohortes) cuneum Macedonum (phalangem ipsi vocant) perrumperent,

id. 32, 17, 11:

fecerat et falangem triginta milium hominum,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 50, 5.—

An order of battle of the Gauls and Germans, forming a parallelogram:

Helvetii confertissimā acie, phalange factā, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 52:

phalangem perfringere,

id. ib. 1, 25.

rŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [rota].

Act., to turn a thing round like a wheel; to swing round, whirl about ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. torqueo).

Lit.:

Learchum bis terque per auras More rotat fundae,

Ov. M. 4, 517; cf. id. ib. 9, 217; id. A. A. 2, 374:

jactare caput et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 71:

sanguineos orbes (i. e. oculos),

to roll about, Val. Fl. 4, 235: ensem fulmineum, to brandish (in order to add force to the blow), Verg. A. 9, 441:

telum,

Liv. 42, 65, 10:

telum in ora loquentis,

Stat. Th. 9, 802:

clipeum, Val Fl. 6, 551: saxa,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 6:

flammam (venti),

Lucr. 6, 202; cf.:

(venti) trudunt res ante rapidique rotanti turbine portant,

in a whirling tornado, id. 1, 295:

flammae fumum,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

se in vulnus (ursa),

Luc. 6, 222:

conreptum rotatumque sternit,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.— Mid., to turn or go round in a circle, to roll round, revolve:

Tyrrheni greges circumque infraque rotantur,

Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

circum caput igne rotato,

Ov. M. 12, 296:

poterisne rotatis Obvius ire polis?

id. ib. 2, 74; cf.:

nivibus rotatis (with glomerari),

id. ib. 9, 221: sphaerico motu in orbem rotari, Macr Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 31.—

Trop.:

aut curtum sermone rotato Torqueat enthymema,

round, compact, concise, Juv. 6, 449:

sic ordinem fati rerum aeterna series rotat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 2.—

Neutr., = rotari, to turn or roll round, to revolve (very rare):

parte ex aliā, quā saxa rotantia late Impulerat torrens,

Verg. A. 10, 362 Serv. (cf.:

volventia plaustra,

id. G. 1, 163);

so of a peacock spreading its tail out like a wheel,

Col. 8, 11, 8.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

spissus, a, um, adj. [root spi-, to press; cf. Lith. spitu].

Lit., thick, crowded, close, compact, dense (mostly poet and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: crassus, densas): durata ac spissa,

Lucr. 2, 444:

corpus,

id. 6, 127:

liquor,

Ov. M. 12, 438:

sanguis,

id. ib. 11, 367:

aër,

id. ib. 1, 23:

grando,

id. ib. 9, 222 et saep.:

corona Non tam spissa viris,

Verg. A. 9, 509; so,

coronae,

Hor. A. P. 381:

sedilia,

id. ib. 205:

theatra,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 41:

coma,

id. C. 3, 19, 25; cf.:

nemorum comae,

id. ib. 4, 3, 11:

ramis laurea,

id. ib. 2, 15, 9:

harena,

Verg. A. 5, 336; cf.

litus,

Ov. M. 15, 718:

tunica,

of a close texture, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46:

navis juncturis aquam excludentibus,

Sen. Ep. 76:

caligo,

Ov. M. 7, 528:

noctis umbrae,

Verg. A. 2, 621:

tenebrae,

Petr. 114, 3:

nubes,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 30; id. M. 5, 621; Curt. 4, 3, 16; 8, 13, 24.— Comp.:

semen,

Col. 4, 33, 3:

ignis,

Luc. 9, 604.— Sup.:

spississima arbor (ebenus et buxus),

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204: minimum ex nequitiā levissimumque ad alios redundat;

quod pessimum ex illā est et, ut ita dicam, spississimum, domi remanet et premit habentem,

Sen. Ep. 81, 21.—

Transf., of time.

Slow, tardy, late (rare but class.):

omnia tarda et spissa,

Cic. Att. 16, 18, 2; cf.:

in utroque genere dicendi exitus spissi et producti esse debent,

id. de Or. 2, 53, 213.—

Spissum illud amanti est verbum, Veniet nisi venit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 77: nihil ego spei credo, omnes res spissas facit, Caecil. ap. Non. 392, 15; Pac., Titin., and Turp. ib. sq.: haruspices si quid boni promittunt, pro spisso evenit;

Id quod mali promittunt, praesentiarum est,

slowly, late, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 47.—

Thick, i. e. in quick succession, rapid, frequent, fast, = continuus, creber (very rare):

spississima basia,

Petr. 31, 1.—

Trop., hard, difficult (rare but class.): spissum sane opus et operosum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1:

si id erit spissius,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

si est aliquanto spissius,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—Hence, adv.: spissē.

Thickly, closely:

calcare carbones,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188.— Comp., Col. 2, 9, 2; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31. —

Transf.

Slowly: tu nimis spisse atque tarde incedis, Naev. ap. Non. 392, 25:

habet hoc senectus, cum pigra est ipsa, ut spisse omnia videantur confieri,

Pac. ib. 393, 4:

cum spisse atque vix ad Antonium pervenimus,

Cic. Brut. 36, 138.— Comp.: nascimur spissius quam emorimur, Varr. ap. Non. 392, 29.—

Rapidly:

basiavit me spissius,

Petr. 18, 4.

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