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   ā    (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad).    I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of.    A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.—    B. Without motion.    1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.—    2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.—    II. Fig.    A. Of time.    1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.—    2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.—    B. In other relations.    1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.—    2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.—    3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.—    4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.—    5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.—    6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.—    7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).—    8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.—    9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō. I II III

    Acarnānicus adj.,    of Acarnania (a country of western Greece): coniuratio, L.

    agrestis e, adj. with comp.    [ager], of the fields, belonging to the country: palmae, wild: poma, V.: frondes, H.: bestiae: pubes, V.: praeda, from the fields, L.—Subst. I II

    angulus ī, m    [1 AC-], an angle, corner: ad pares angulos ferri, at right angles: huius lateris alter, Cs.: extremus, the farthest corner, O.: proximus, H. — Meton., a secret place, nook, corner, lurking-place: in angulum aliquo abire, T.: provinciae: Ille terrarum, H.: puellae risus ab angulo, H.: ut de his rebus in angulis disserant.—Of a little country-seat: Angulus iste, H.—Fig.: ad omnīs litterarum angulos revocare, i. e. petty discussions.

    aurifer era, erum, adj.    [aurum + 1 FER-], goldbearing: arbor, i. e. bearing golden apples: amnis, Ct.: Tagus, O.

    auster trī, m    [AVS-], the south wind: portus ab austro tutus, Cs.: vehemens: turbidus, H.: pluvius, O.: frigidus, V.: floribus austrum inmisi, have exposed to the parching blast, V.—The south country, the south: in aquilonis austrive partibus: mundus Libyae devexus in austros, south of Libya, V. I II

    barbaria ae （nom. also -iēs, acc. iem), f    [barbarus], a strange land, foreign country (opp. Greece and Italy): barbariae bellum inferre: Quid tibi barbariem... numerem? O.: Graecia barbariae conlisa, i. e. Phrygia, H.: quae barbaria Indiā vastior. — Rudeness, savageness, barbarism: ista quanta barbaria est, savage state of society: inveterata: domestica, corrupting influence.—An uncivilized people: quale bellum nulla barbaria gessit.

    campester tris, tre, adj.    [campus], of a level field, even, flat, level: loci, Cs.: iter, L.: munitiones, field-works, Cs.: Scythae, dwelling on plains, H.: hostis, fighting on the open plain, L.— Plur n. as subst: pauca campestrium insederunt, little of the level country, Ta.: ludus. — Of the Campus Martius: arma, used in the games, H.: certamen, i. e. of the comitia, L.: gratia, among the voters, L. —As subst n. (sc. velamentum), a wrestling-apron (worn by athletes), H.

    campus ī, m    [SCAP-], a plain, field, open country, level place: campi patentes: virentes, H.: aequor campi, V.: in aequo campi, L.: campos peragrantes: redeunt iam gramina campis, H.: campi frumenti opulenti, L.: pigri, H.: planus lateque patens, O.: in campo sui facere potestatem, in the open field, N.: ut ignes in campo obstare queratur, in the open plain, H.: agros cum suis opimis campis: tantum campi, so vast a plain, V.: Aëris in campis latis, i. e. the Elysian fields, V.: campis atque Neptuno super, on land and sea, H.—Esp., a grassy plain in Rome, along the Tiber (dedicated to Mars; hence called Campus Martius), the place of assemblage for the people at the comitia centuriata, L.: quorum audaciam reieci in Campo: Descendat in Campum petitor, H.: consularibus comitiis consecratus; it was used for games, exercise, and military drills; hence, campus noster: ludere in campo, H.: uti Et ludis et post decisa negotia Campo, H.: Quantos virūm Campus aget gemitūs (at the funeral of Marcellus), V. — A level surface (of a sea, a rock, etc., poet.): campi liquentes, V.: campus aquae, O.: inmotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum), V.— Fig., a place of action, field, theatre, arena: aequitatis: magnus in re p.: campus Per quem magnus equos Auruncae flexit alumnus, i. e. the kind of composition practised by Lucilius ( satire), Iu.— The comitia held in the Campus Martius: fors domina Campi.

    caprimulgus ī, m    [caper + MARG-], a milker of goats, countryman, Ct.

    Cārica ae,    a dried fig, Carian fig, C., O.

    cūiās ātis, pron interrog.    [2 CA-], whence? of what country? from what place? quis et cuias, L.: cuiatem se esse diceret.

    dēvōtiō ōnis, f    [devoveo], a self-sacrifice, offering: eius devotionis convictus: vitae: capitis.— A cursing, execration, outlawry: eius devotionis memoria, N.: in quibus (pilis) scripta, N.— A formula of execration, Ta.

    dīversus or dīvorsus adj. with sup.    [P. of diverto; dis + verto], turned different ways, opposite, contrary: in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: iter a proposito, Cs.: diversam aciem in duas partīs constituit, with a double front, Cs.: duo (cinguli) maxime inter se diversi (i. e. the two polar circles): procurrentibus in diversa terris, Ta.: auditis diversā valle mugitibus, from opposite quarters, O. — Turned away, apart, separate: diversi pugnabant, separately, Cs.: iam antea diversi audistis, individually, S.: diversi dissipatique in omnīs partīs fugere, Cs.: fuga, L.: diversi consules discedunt, L.: quo diversus abis? away, V.: in locis maxime diversis, very widely separated: regio ab se, remotely, L.: diversissimis locis, L.: diverso itinere, by a side-path, Cs.—As subst n.: ex diverso caeli, from another quarter, V.: ex diverso veniemus, from different directions, V.: diversa sequentes, other pursuits, H.— Remote, fardistant: Aesar, i. e. in a far country, O.: exsilia, V.—Fig., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting: naturae studia: inter se mala, S.: consilia, Cs.: Est huic diversum vitio vitium prope mains, H.: reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant, pursuing opposite courses, S.: fata duorum, V.: utrum... an... in diversum auctores trahunt, there is a conflict of authorities, L.: a te totus diversus est, dissents entirely: par ingenio, morum diversus, Ta.: iudices per diversa implacabiles, for opposite reasons, Ta.— Unsettled, irresolute, distracted: Metu ac libidine, S.: animi, Ta.: diversi inconstantia volgi, Tb. — Different, unlike, dissimilar, distinct: genera bellorum: filii longissime diversa ratio est: flumina diversa locis, V.: ab his divorsae litterae, S.

    domesticus adj.    [domus], of the house: parietes: vestitus, to wear in the house: tempus, spent at home: domesticus otior, i. e. at home, H. — Of the family, domestic, familiar, household: homo: lectus: cum Metellis usus: clades, L.: iudicium, of their own families, Cs.: foedus, family alliance, L.— Plur m. as subst, the members of a family, inmates of a household: Antoni: inter domesticos infida omnia, L.— Domestic, native, private, internal: opes, Cs.: forenses domesticaeque res: bellum, civil, Cs.: malum: facta celebrare, of their own country, H.—Plur. as subst: alienigenas domesticis anteferre. — Proper, personal, one's own: ipsorum incommodum: periculum: Furiae, in himself. I II III

    domus gen. ūs or (older) ī, locat. domī, rarely domō, domuī; dat. domuī or domō; abl. domō, rarely domū; plur nom. domūs; gen. (rare) domōrum or domuum; dat. and abl. domibus, f    [1 DOM-], a house, dwelling-house, building, mansion, palace: Caesaris: te pater domu suā eiecit: theatrum coniunctum domui, Cs.: Ponendae domo area, H.: paries domui communis utrique, O.: tecta domorum, V.: ad praetoris domum ferre: in domos atque in tecta refugiebant, L.: ex illā domo emigrabat: in domo suā facere mysteria, N.— A home, dwelling, abode, residence: una domus erat: cum Romae domus eius, uxor, liberi essent: adulescentiae prima: in privatā domo furtum.— In gen., a building, edifice, structure, abode (poet.): labor ille domūs, the Labyrinth, V.: Ostia domūs, grotto, V.: aperite domos, caves (of the winds), O.: silex... nidis domus opportuna, site, V.: animae novis domibus vivunt, i. e. bodies, O.— A household, family, house: unast domus, T.: domus te nostra tota salutat: felix: in singulis domibus factiones, Cs.: multae lugubres domūs, L.: Tota domus duo sunt, O.: Stat fortuna domūs, V.: Cecropia, H.— Adverbial uses, locat., domi, at home, in the house: Nuptias domi adparari, T.: includit se: manet: apud me ponere: Est mihi pater, V.: domi suae deversari: id domi tuae est: domi Caesaris deprehensus.—Form domo (rare): domo se tenuit, N.— Acc, home, homewards, to the house: Abi domum, T.: viros domum venisse: domum reditus erat eius modi: Ite domum saturae, V.: domum meam venire: nuntiat domum fili: cum omnes domos omnium concursent: ut suas quisque abirent domos, L.— Abl, from home, out of the house: me in Capitolium domo ferre: exire domo meā.— Fig., a native country, own city, home, abode: hic quaerite Troiam, Hic domus est vobis, V.: Hic domus, haec patria est, V.—Of a school or sect: remigrare in domum veterem: plurimum domi atque in reliquā Galliā posse, Cs.: homo virtute domi suae princeps: belli domique, in war and peace, S.: domi militiaeque, at home and in the field: nullum factum aut militiae aut domi: imperia domum ad senatum renuntiare: (reditus) prius in Galliam quam domum: (Galli) ut domo Emigrent, Cs.: legatus domo missus: Qui genus? unde domo? V.: Domi habuit unde disceret, at hand, T.: id quidem domi est. I II

   (exter or exterus, tera, terum) adj.    [ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, foreign, strange. — Only plur: ius nationum exterarum: civitates: regna, V.; see also exterior, extimus, extremus.

    externus adj.    [exter], outward, external: visio<*> vir rebus externis laudandus, foreign relations.—As subst m.: odium in externos, towards strangers.— As subst n.: externi ne quid, H.: illa externa, outward goods.—Of another country, foreign, strange: opibus externis auxilio confidere, Cs.: religio: gens, V.: amor, for a foreigner, O.: timor, of a foreign enemy, L.—As subst m.: Arcebat externos finibus, O.: cum externo se applicare, L.—As subst n.: externa libentius recordor, foreign examples.

    extorris e, adj.    [ex + terra], driven out of the country, exiled, banished, homeless: hinc extorres profugerunt: agro Romano, L.: patriā domo, S.: extorre hinc Punicum nomen, driven from this land, L.: extorrem populum R. agere ab solo, L.