a+darling

dēlĭcĭae, ārum, f. (sing. dēlĭcĭa, ae, f.;

ante-and post-class.,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 29; id. Rud. 2, 4, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 152; Inscr. Grut. 1014, 5: dēlĭcĭum, ii, n., Phaedr. 4, 1, 8; Verg. Copa, 26; Mart. 7, 50, 2; 13, 98, 1; Inscr. Orell. 680; 1724; 2679 sq.; 4394; 4958. And dēlĭcĭus, ii, m., Inscr. Don. cl. 1, 132, and ap. Gorium Columb. Liv. p. 73, no. 4) [delicio; that which allures, flatters the senses], delight, pleasure, charm, allurement; deliciousness, luxuriousness, voluptuousness, curiosities of art; sport, frolics, etc. (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: voluptas, libido, delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, oblectamentum).

Prop.:

cogitatio amoenitatum ad delectationem, aut supellectilis ad delicias, aut epularum ad voluptates,

Cic. Par. 1, 2; cf. Hor. Od. 4, 8, 10 et saep.:

deliciarum causa et voluptatis cives Romanos cum mitella saepe vidimus,

Cic. Rab. Post. 10:

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6:

deliciis diffluentes,

id. Lael. 15; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57; Sall. C. 31, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31 et saep.:

Herodotus Thucydidesque longissime a talibus deliciis vel potius ineptiis afuerunt,

Cic. Or. 12 fin.; cf. Quint. 1, 11, 6; 12, 8, 4: delicias facere, to play tricks, to joke, to make sport of one, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 30; id. Poen. 1, 2, 68; 83; on the contrary, to sport as lovers, Catull. 45, 24;

72, 2: amores et hae deliciae quae vocantur,

Cic. Cael. 19:

votorum,

a dallying with, fondly prolonging, Juv. 10, 291: ecce aliae deliciae ( pretensions) equitum vix ferendae, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9:

esse in deliciis alicui,

to be any one's favorite, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1 fin.; so id. Vatin. 8 fin.; Lucr. 4, 1152:

aliquid in deliciis habere,

Cic. Div. 1, 34 fin.:

habere aliquem in deliciis,

Suet. Vit. 12:

in deliciis vivere,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 9. —

Transf., of living beings: delight, darling, sweetheart, beloved:

tu urbanus scurra, deliciae popli,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14:

mea voluptas, meae deliciae, mea vita, mea amoenitas,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 152:

amores ac deliciae tuae Roscius,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. id. Att. 16, 6 fin.; id. Phil. 6, 5;

and the well-known appellation of Titus: amor ac deliciae generis humani,

Suet. Tit. 1: C. Sempronium Rufum mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8:

Corydon ardebat Alexim, Delicias domini,

Verg. E. 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 9, 22, Cat. 6, 1:

verba ne Alexandrinis quidem permittenda deliciis,

favorite slaves, Quint. 1, 2, 7:

aegrae solaque libidine fortes Deliciae,

a voluptuary, minion, Juv. 4, 4; Petr. 67; Stat. Silv. 5, 5, 67; cf.

Plutarch, Anton. 59: delicias hominis,

a precious fellow! Juv. 6, 47.

grātus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. har-jami, love, desire; Gr. chairô, charma, charis].

Pass., beloved, dear, acceptable, pleasing, agreeable (syn.: acceptus, jucundus, optatus, dulcis, blandus, suavis; in this signif. in ante-Aug. prose, viz. in Cic. and Cæs., only of things; gratiosus, mostly of persons).

Of things:

non ille (amor tuus) quidem mihi ignotus, sed tamen gratus et optatus: dicerem jucundus, nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1; cf.:

illud tamen dicam, mihi id, quod fecisti, esse gratissimum. Tale enim tuum judicium non potest mihi non summe esse jucundum. Quod cum ita sit, esse gratum necesse est,

id. ib. 13, 8, 2:

ista veritas, etiam si jucunda non est, mihi tamen grata est,

id. Att. 3, 24, 2; cf. also: cujus officia jucundiora licet saepe mihi fuerint, numquam tamen gratiora, id. Fam. 4, 6, 1:

quae omnia mihi jucunda, hoc extremum etiam gratum fuit,

id. ib. 10, 3, 1;

so corresp. or connected with jucundus,

id. ib. 1, 17, 6; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51; id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1; 8, 23, 5:

quid est, quod aut populo Romano gratius esse debeat aut sociis exterisque nationibus optatius esse possit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; so with optatus cf. above, the passage Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1: quod approbaris, id gratum acceptumque habendum. id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; cf.:

mihi pol grata acceptaque hujus est benignitas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 49; Cat. 96, 1:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7;

rarely in the contrary order: quorum mihi Dona accepta et grata habeo, tuaque ingrata,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56: Tox. Credidi gratum fore Beneficium meum apud te. Do. Immo equidem gratiam tibi habeo, id. Pers. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

grata tibi esse mea officia non miror: cognovi enim te gratissimum omnium, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1:

quam multi, ut Galli, ut Poeni homines immolare et pium et diis immortalibus gratissimum esse duxerunt!

Cic. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 5; Cic. ap. Non. 398, 28 (Rep. 6, 2 Mos.); cf. in comp.:

sedere in his scholis gratius erat quam ire per solitudines, etc.,

Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; cf.

also: hedera est gratissima Baccho,

Ov. F. 3, 767:

dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 14:

eoque erat cujusque gratior in re publica virtus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; 2, 35:

o diva, gratum quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1; cf.:

grato sub antro,

id. ib. 1, 5, 3:

locus,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 46:

tempus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 198:

hora,

id. ib. 1, 4, 14:

dies,

id. C. 4, 5, 7:

lux,

id. S. 1, 5, 39:

nox,

id. Carm. Sec. 23:

carmina,

id. C. 1, 15, 14; 3, 11, 23:

artes,

id. ib. 4, 13, 22:

error mentis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 140:

protervitas,

id. C. 1, 19, 7 et saep.:

feceris, si de re publica quid sentias explicaris, nobis gratum omnibus,

will do us all a favor, Cic. Rep. 1, 21 fin.; cf.:

quamobrem utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris,

id. Lael. 4, 16:

quod si eum interfecerit, multis sese nobilibus gratum esse facturum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 20:

quapropter gratissimum mihi feceris, si curaris, ut, etc.... Hoc mihi gratius facere nihil potes,

a very great favor... no greater favor, Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

is adulescens ita locatus est, ut, quae rebus grata erant, gratiora verbis faceret,

Liv. 45, 13, 13:

gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis,

something pleasant, Hor. C. 3, 3, 17.—

Of living beings.

With dat.:

Herophile Phoebo grata,

Tib. 2, 5, 68; cf.:

vates diis gratissima,

Ov. F. 1, 585; and:

superis deorum gratus (Mercurius) et imis,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 20:

donec gratus eram tibi,

id. ib. 3, 9, 1; cf. Prop. 1, 2, 31:

gratus Alexandro regi Magno fuit ille Choerilus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 232; Suet. Caes. 27:

cui (Maecenati) cum se gratum et acceptum in modum amici videret,

id. Gramm. 21:

filio ejus Fausto gratissimus fuit,

id. ib. 12:

(cervus) gratus erat tibi,

Ov. M. 10, 121.—

Absol.:

olim gratus eram,

Prop. 1, 12, 7; Hor. C. 4, 6, 21:

conviva,

id. S. 2, 2, 119:

comitum gratissime,

Ov. M. 14, 221; cf.:

juvenum gratissime Crantor,

id. ib. 12, 367:

o mihi de fratris longe gratissime natis,

id. ib. 12, 586:

quaestor consulibus suis non minus jucundus et gratus quam usui fuit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—Hence, subst.: grātus, i, m., a favorite, darling:

quam (classem) non amicorum sed gratorum appellabat,

Suet. Tib. 46 fin.

Act., thankful, grateful; thankworthy, deserving or procuring thanks (beneficii memor):

cognovi te gratissimum omnium: nec enim tu mihi habuisti modo gratiam, verum etiam cumulatissime retulisti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1; cf. id. Leg. 1, 18, 49:

quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, cum te re ipsa atque animo scirem esse gratissimum, tamen, etc.,

id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:

si bene de me meritis gratum me praebeo, etc.,

id. Planc. 38, 91 (v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 508); cf.:

ut grati ac memores beneficii esse videantur,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 21:

Hegesaratus, magnis meis beneficiis ornatus in consulatu suo, memor et gratus fuit,

id. Fam. 13, 25; cf. also id. Att. 9, 11, A, 3:

tu quam gratus erga me fueris, ipse existimare potes,

id. Fam. 5, 5, 2; cf.: ut quam gratissimus erga te esse cognoscerer, id. ib. 1, 5, 1; Quint. 11, 2, 12: gratiorem me esse in te, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1:

si quod adest gratum juvat,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 13; id. C. 1, 12, 39:

laudo vos, Quirites, cum gratissimis animis prosequimini nomen clarissimi adolescentis,

Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 30, and 10, 3, 7:

tu, quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, gratā sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 23:

quod tamen nunc faciam: tum, cum gratum mihi esse potuit, nolui,

i. e. might have procured me thanks, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 21:

est istuc datum Profecto, ut grata mihi sint, quae facio, omnia,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 6 Ruhnk.; cf.:

didicisse, quam sit re pulchrum, beneficio gratum, fama gloriosum, tyrannum occidere,

productive of gratitude, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

pro quibus beneficiis vix satis gratus videar,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 5 Dietsch.— Hence, adv.: grātē.

(Acc. to I. = jucunde.) With pleasure, agreeably, willingly (rare in the class. period):

praeterita grate meminit et, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62:

liberti pupillorum grate facient, si, etc.,

Dig. 26, 10, 3:

insignis haec munificentia... nec a debitoribus magis quam a creditoribus gratius excepta,

Just. 12, 11, 2:

gratissime provocari,

Macr. S. 7, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Thankfully, gratefully (class.):

aliquid et grate et pie facere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 98; cf.:

quid pie, quid grate, quid humaniter, aut fecerit aut tulerit,

id. de Or. 2, 11, 46; Suet. Aug. 66:

natales grate numeras,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

beneficium qui dat, vult accipi grate,

Sen. Ben. 2, 31:

aliquid recipere,

Suet. Ner. 22; and in sup.:

id munus inter censoria opera gratissime acceptum est,

Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 214.

mĕus, a, um (voc. meus for mi:

proice tela manu, sanguis meus,

Verg. A. 6, 835:

Lolli meus,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9; and:

domine meus,

id. ib. 4, 10; gen. plur meūm for meorum:

pietas majorum meūm,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 66:

meapte,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8:

meopte,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 77:

meāmet,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; Sall. J. 85, 24; archaic form MIVS: MIEIS MORIBVS, Monum. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 554; and mis = meis: ingens cura'st mis concordibus aequiperare, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 955 P.; cf. Vahl. Enn. Ann. v. 131, p. 21), pron. possess. [me], my, mine, belonging to me, my own:

haec ero dicam meo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 304:

carnifex,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 27:

discriptio,

made by me, Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

crimen,

against me, what I am blamed for, App. Mag. 10 init. p. 279:

non mea est simulatio,

is not my way, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 34:

tempestate meā,

in my day, Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses:

pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus,

Ov. M. 3, 689:

quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus,

quite independent, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17:

vindicta postquam meus a praetore recessi,

my own master, free, Pers. 5, 88: meus est, he is mine, I have him, have caught him, he is in my power:

meus hic est: hamum vorat,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 61:

meus illic homost,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 63; id. Ps. 1, 3, 147; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 70:

hic homo meus est,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 21:

vicimus: en! meus est, exclamat Nāis,

Ov. M. 4, 356: meus, my, my own, my dear, my beloved:

Nero meus mirificas apud me tibi gratias agit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

civis,

my fellow-citizen, Juv. 12, 121.—With apposite gen.:

cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset,

Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis?

Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108.— Absol.: mĕi, ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

flamma extrema meorum,

Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine:

homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18:

stupor,

this blockhead of mine, Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling:

mea Pythias,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 14:

mea tu,

id. Ad. 3, 1, 2:

o mea,

Ov. M. 14, 761.— Voc.: mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 4.—With the fem.:

mi soror,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 3; 4, p. 155, 6;

8, p. 205, 2: mi domina,

Hier. Ep. 22, 1:

mi catella,

id. ib. 2:

mi virgo,

id. ib. 17.—In plur.:

mi homines, mi spectatores,

dear people, good spectators, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8.— Neutr. absol.: mĕum, i, n., mine: quod subrupuisti meum, my property, i. e. my daughter, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf.

meam,

id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom:

non est mentiri meum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5.—

Plur.:

fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta,

Juv. 12, 37.

mĕl, mellis ( abl. sing. melli, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20.— Gen. and dat. plur. obsol. acc. to Prisc. p. 744 P.), n. [Gr. meli, honey; melissa, bee; cf. mulsus], honey.

Lit.:

hoc est melli dulci dulcius,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20 (Spengel, dulce):

villa abundat lacte, caseo, melle,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; cf. Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 33:

roscida mella,

Verg. E. 4, 30:

mellis vindemia,

Col. 9, 15, 1.—

Trop., honey for sweetness, pleasantness:

poëtica mella,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44:

hoc juvat et melli est,

is pleasant, id. S. 2, 6, 32.—Of sweetness, pleasantness of speech:

Nestoreum mel, Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 64: Homerici senis mella,

Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 3.—

Prov.: quia te tango, mel mihi videor lingere,

it seems to me as sweet as honey, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 21:

mella petere in medio flumine,

of a vain search, Ov. A. A. 1, 748. —As a term of endearment, darling, sweet, honey:

meum mel, meum cor,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 157; 173; id. Curc. 1, 3, 8; id. Trin. 2, 1, 18: Sempronium, mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.

mĕl, mellis ( abl. sing. melli, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20.— Gen. and dat. plur. obsol. acc. to Prisc. p. 744 P.), n. [Gr. meli, honey; melissa, bee; cf. mulsus], honey.

Lit.:

hoc est melli dulci dulcius,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20 (Spengel, dulce):

villa abundat lacte, caseo, melle,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; cf. Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 33:

roscida mella,

Verg. E. 4, 30:

mellis vindemia,

Col. 9, 15, 1.—

Trop., honey for sweetness, pleasantness:

poëtica mella,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44:

hoc juvat et melli est,

is pleasant, id. S. 2, 6, 32.—Of sweetness, pleasantness of speech:

Nestoreum mel, Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 64: Homerici senis mella,

Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 3.—

Prov.: quia te tango, mel mihi videor lingere,

it seems to me as sweet as honey, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 21:

mella petere in medio flumine,

of a vain search, Ov. A. A. 1, 748. —As a term of endearment, darling, sweet, honey:

meum mel, meum cor,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 157; 173; id. Curc. 1, 3, 8; id. Trin. 2, 1, 18: Sempronium, mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.

mĕus, a, um (voc. meus for mi:

proice tela manu, sanguis meus,

Verg. A. 6, 835:

Lolli meus,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9; and:

domine meus,

id. ib. 4, 10; gen. plur meūm for meorum:

pietas majorum meūm,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 66:

meapte,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8:

meopte,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 77:

meāmet,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; Sall. J. 85, 24; archaic form MIVS: MIEIS MORIBVS, Monum. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 554; and mis = meis: ingens cura'st mis concordibus aequiperare, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 955 P.; cf. Vahl. Enn. Ann. v. 131, p. 21), pron. possess. [me], my, mine, belonging to me, my own:

haec ero dicam meo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 304:

carnifex,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 27:

discriptio,

made by me, Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

crimen,

against me, what I am blamed for, App. Mag. 10 init. p. 279:

non mea est simulatio,

is not my way, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 34:

tempestate meā,

in my day, Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses:

pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus,

Ov. M. 3, 689:

quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus,

quite independent, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17:

vindicta postquam meus a praetore recessi,

my own master, free, Pers. 5, 88: meus est, he is mine, I have him, have caught him, he is in my power:

meus hic est: hamum vorat,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 61:

meus illic homost,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 63; id. Ps. 1, 3, 147; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 70:

hic homo meus est,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 21:

vicimus: en! meus est, exclamat Nāis,

Ov. M. 4, 356: meus, my, my own, my dear, my beloved:

Nero meus mirificas apud me tibi gratias agit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

civis,

my fellow-citizen, Juv. 12, 121.—With apposite gen.:

cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset,

Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis?

Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108.— Absol.: mĕi, ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

flamma extrema meorum,

Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine:

homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18:

stupor,

this blockhead of mine, Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling:

mea Pythias,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 14:

mea tu,

id. Ad. 3, 1, 2:

o mea,

Ov. M. 14, 761.— Voc.: mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 4.—With the fem.:

mi soror,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 3; 4, p. 155, 6;

8, p. 205, 2: mi domina,

Hier. Ep. 22, 1:

mi catella,

id. ib. 2:

mi virgo,

id. ib. 17.—In plur.:

mi homines, mi spectatores,

dear people, good spectators, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8.— Neutr. absol.: mĕum, i, n., mine: quod subrupuisti meum, my property, i. e. my daughter, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf.

meam,

id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom:

non est mentiri meum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5.—

Plur.:

fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta,

Juv. 12, 37.

nĭtĕo, ēre ( gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. nix], to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten (cf., luceo, fulgeo splendeo).

Lit.:

placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9:

luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere,

id. 5, 705:

qui nitent unguentis, fulgent purpurā,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

diversi niteant cum mille colores,

Ov. M. 6, 65:

vere nitent terrae,

id. F. 4, 126:

aera nitent usu,

id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so,

ebur,

Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—

Transf.

Of animals, to be sleek, in good condition:

at hau pol nitent (oves),

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

unde sic quaeso nites?

Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.:

hic nitet ungula mulae,

Juv. 7, 181.—

Of persons, to shine, to look bright or beautiful:

miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et amabilis videris),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 12:

ore nitet,

Mart. 10, 89, 3:

nitet ante alias regina comesque Pelides,

Stat. Achill. 2, 148:

murice tincta Veste nites,

Mart. 5, 23, 6.—

Of fields, plants, etc., to look flourishing, thriving, to thrive, etc.:

camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat,

Verg. A. 6, 677:

ubi tellus nitet,

Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—

Of a house:

tibi hoc praecipio ut niteant aedes,

be in complete order, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—

Of wealth, etc., to flourish, abound:

vectigal in pace niteat,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

res ubi magna nitet domino sene,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —

Trop., to shine, be brilliant, look or be beautiful: ver vide;

ut tota floret, ut olet, ut nitide nitet,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:

illorum, vides, quam niteat oratio,

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so,

ubi plura nitent in carmine,

Hor. A. P. 351:

omnia nobilibus oppidis ni tent,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., shining, glittering, glistening, brilliant, bright.

Lit.:

capilli malobathro,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 7:

mensae,

id. S. 2, 2, 4:

oculi,

Verg. A. 1, 228:

astra,

Ov. F. 5, 543:

Lucifer,

Tib. 1, 3, 93:

nitentes solis equi,

Val. Fl. 5, 413:

arma nitentia ante rem, deformia inter sanguinem, etc.,

Liv. 9, 40, 5.—

Transf.

Of animals, sleek, fat:

nitens taurus,

Verg. A. 3, 20.—

Of persons, shining, bright, beautiful:

uxor ore floridulo nitens,

Cat. 61, 189:

desiderio meo nitenti,

my darling bright, id. 2, 5.— Comp.: nitentior [p. 1210] femina, Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—

Of plants, blooming:

nitentia culta,

Verg. G. 1, 153:

arbor laeta et nitens,

Gell. 12, 1, 16.— Comp.:

Tyrio nitentior ostro flos oritur,

Ov. M. 10, 211.—

Trop.

Illustrious:

recenti gloriā nitens,

Liv. 3, 12:

non patre nitens linguāve,

Sil. 6, 19. —

Of speech, brilliant, elegant:

oratio,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—

Of the mind, bright, clear:

macte, oro, nitenti Ingenio,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.

ŏcellus, i, m. dim. [oculus], a little eye, eyelet (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

blanda quies furtim vietis obrepsit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

ut in ocellis hilaritudo est!

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 8:

turgiduli,

Cat. 3, 17:

ebrii,

id. 43, 11:

irati,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 15:

acre malum semper stillantis ocelli,

Juv. 6, 109:

si prurit frictus ocelli angulus,

id. 6, 578.—As a term of endearment:

ocelle mi!

my little eye! my darling! Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:

aureus,

id. As. 3, 3, 101: jucundissimus meus, Aug. ap. Gell. 15, 7, 3:

cave despuas, ocelle,

Cat. 50, 19.—So of things, like our apple of the eye:

cur ocellos Italiae, villulas meas, non vides?

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2:

insularum,

Cat. 31, 1.—

Transf., a bulb or knob on the roots of the reed (called also oculus), Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 20.

ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.

Lit.:

quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

venusti,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

eminentes,

prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

oculi tanquam speculatores,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

acuti,

id. Planc. 27, 69:

maligni,

Verg. A. 5, 654:

minaces,

Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

oculos conjecit in hostem,

Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

adicere ad rem aliquam,

id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

de aliquo nusquam deicere,

to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

deicere ab aliquā re,

to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

in terram figere,

to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

deicere in terram,

to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

demittere,

Ov. M. 15, 612:

erigere,

id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

circumferre,

id. ib. 6, 169:

premere,

Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

distorquere,

id. S. 1, 9, 65:

spargere,

to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

oculis cernere,

to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

oculos auferre spectanti,

to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

proponere oculis suis aliquid,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

esse ante oculos,

to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

de rebus ante oculos positis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

habitavi in oculis,

id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

habere in oculis,

to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

in oculis omnium submergi,

Curt. 9, 4, 11:

se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

Abin' hinc ab oculis?

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

ab oculis recedere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

ab oculis concedere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

id. 26, 19, 7:

(avem) ablatam ex oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 50:

facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

Liv. 6, 17, 8:

sub oculis alicujus,

before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

sub oculis domini esse,

Col. 9, 5, 2:

quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

sub avi oculis necari,

Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

hostes sub oculis erant,

Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

sub oculis Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

non ad oculum servientes,

Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

bene vale, ocule mi!

id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—

Transf.

The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

oculos perdere,

id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

restituere alicui,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

oculis usurpare rem,

i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—

A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

stellarum oculi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

pavonum caudae,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

oculus volutae,

Vitr. 3, 5. —

Of plants.

An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

gemmans,

Col. 4, 24, 16.—

A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

harundinis,

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—

A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —

Trop.

A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—

The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

Cic. Or. 29, 101:

acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

Col. 3, 8, 1:

oculos pascere re aliquā,

to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

concupiscentia oculorum,

Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

Liv. 26, 39, 23:

acies et arma in oculis erant,

Curt. 3, 6, 3:

Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

id. 8, 6, 21:

esse in oculis,

to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

esse in oculis multitudinis,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

rex te ergo in oculis,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

mors ante oculos debet esse,

Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

simul est illud ante oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

sit ante oculos Nero,

i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

mortalitatem,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6:

conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

id. 24, 24, 8:

studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.

tū (old form of the gen. sing. tis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 42; id. Trin. 2, 2, 62; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; id. Ps. 1, 1, 6; acc. ted, id. As. 2, 2, 33 et saep.; gen. plur. vestrorum or vostrorum, Pac. ap. Non. 85, 5; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 123; fem. vostrarum, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 6; v. ego init.), pers. pron. [Sanscr. tva, tvam; Gr. su; Dor. tu; Goth. thu; Germ. du; Engl. thou, etc.], thou.

In gen.: nec pol homo quisquam faciet impune animatus Hoc nisi tu, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 101 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. A. 9, 422: unus erit quem tu tolles in caerula caeli Templa, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.):

tu mihi etiam legis Portiae, tu C. Gracchi, tu horum libertatis, tu cujusquam denique hominis popularis mentionem facis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13:

nec dulces amores Sperne puer, neque tu choreas,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 16:

ego tu sum, tu es ego: uni animi sumus,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 49:

mei te rogandi et tui respondendi mihi (labor),

id. Ps. 1, 1, 4.— Fem.:

cum tui videndi est copia,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

neque mei neque te tui intus puditum est,

id. Bacch. 3, 1, 12; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 19:

quia tis egeat, quia te careat,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 42:

tibi aras. tibi occas, tibi seris, tibi eidem metis,

id. Merc. 1, 1, 71:

quot pondo ted esse censes nudum?

id. As. 2, 2, 33 et saep.: vosne velit an me regnare era, Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 Vahl.):

si quis quid vostrum Epidamnum curari sibi Velit,

Plaut. Men. prol. 51:

vestri adhortandi causā,

Liv. 21, 41, 1:

istanc tecum conspicio simul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 112:

stulta multum, quae vobiscum fabuler,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 33.—

Emphatic.

Jam tibi cerebrum Dispercutiam, excetra tu, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 24 sq.:

neque postulem abs te, ni ipsa res moneat,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 19:

nec enim illa studia deserui, quibus etiam te incendi,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

tu si hic sis aliter sentias,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 10.—

Esp. in opp. to another pron. pers.:

id mihi da negoti: tu tamen Perge, etc.,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 41:

an mihi potest quicquam esse molestum quod tibi gratum futurum sit?

Cic. Fat. 2, 4:

nos patriam fugimus... tu, Tityre, lentus, etc.,

Verg. E. 1, 4; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6.—

Poet., in second clause of a command, etc.:

solve metus, et tu Trojanos exue caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 420; cf. id. ib. 5, 691; 6, 365; Hor. C. 1, 9, 16.—

With an emphatic -te or -met suffixed (only in the forms tute or tutemet, tibimet, tete, vosmet, and vobismet): o Tite, tute, Tati, tibi tanta, tyranne, tulisti, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 947 P. (Ann. v. 113 Vahl.): bene mones: tute ipse cunctas, id. ap. Non. 469, 25 (Com. v. 3 Vahl. p. 153): Al. Quae ex te audivi: ut urbem maximam Expugnavisses regemque Pterelam tute occideris. Am. Egone istuc dixi? Al. Tute istic, etiam astante hoc Sosia, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 114 sq.:

tute ipse his rebus finem praescripsisti, pater,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 124:

utere igitur argumento, Laeli, tute ipse sensus tui,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

tute,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27; 10, 31:

ut tute mihi praecepisti,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

tute scis—si modo meministi—me tibi tum dixisse, etc.,

id. Att. 12, 18, a, 2.— Acc.:

uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat Aut tete amari,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 8; so,

tete,

id. Phorm. 3, 1, 3:

tibi si recta probanti placebis, tum non modo tete viceris, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

nisi quid tibi in tete auxilii est, absumptus es,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 76:

tutemet mirabere,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 133:

tutemet in culpā cum sis,

Lucr. 4, 915:

tutemet a nobis... quaeres,

id. 1, 102:

tibimet ipse supplicia irroga,

Sen. Hippol. 1222:

ita vosmet aiebatis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 18:

atque hoc vosmet ipsi, scio... haud aliter id dicetis,

id. Most. 1, 2, 13: vos quoque in eā re consilio me adjuvate:

nullum libentius sequor quam quod vosmet ipsi attuleritis,

Liv. 34, 17, 9; 3, 56, 3 Drak. N. cr. —

In partic.

Tibi, as a dativus ethicus (cf. Ruddim. II. p. 126, n. 44):

alter tibi descendit de palatio et aedibus suis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

ecce tibi exortus est Isocrates,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 94; so,

ecce tibi,

id. Sest. 41, 89; id. Att. 2, 15, 3:

hic Marius veniet tibi origine parva,

Sil. 13, 854:

haec vobis ipsorum per biduum militia fuit,

Liv. 22, 60 et saep.—

Vos, addressed to one person as a representative of more than one, or with a collective noun in the sing.:

vos, vero, Attice, et praesentem me curā levatis, et, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 3, 11:

sed quid hoc loco vos inter vos, Catule?

id. de Or. 2, 73, 295; id. Dom. 31, 83:

vos, Romanus exercitus, ne destiteritis impio bello?

Liv. 7, 40, 12 Drak.:

vos, Gaetulia sueta, etc.,

Sil. 3, 287:

vos, o Calliope, precor aspirate canenti,

i. e. you, Muses, Verg. A. 9, 525; imitated by Sil. 12, 390.—

Gen. plur. for poss. pron.:

majores vostrum,

Sall. C. 33, 3:

hac vestrum frequentiā,

Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 55; id. Phil. 4, 1, 1:

quantus consensus vestrum,

id. ib. 5, 1, 2:

contra urbis salutem omniumque vestrum,

id. Cat. 2, 12, 27.—

Mea tu, my love, my dear, my darling, in familiar language, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 22.

ūnĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], one and no more, only, sole, single (class.).

Lit., of number:

tuus unicus gnatus,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 1:

gnatus,

id. Poen. prol. 68; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 79; 3, 2, 29:

gnata,

id. And. 3, 3. 8;

1, 1, 73: filius,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 65; id. Cas. 2, 3, 45; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 41; Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41:

quid me patrem par facere'st, quoi ille'st unicus?

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 38 (44):

filia,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 104; Verg. Cir. 334; Just. 1, 4, 2:

consul,

Liv. 7, 25, 11:

maritus,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 5:

vestis,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 26:

anser erat,

Ov. M. 8, 684:

orbis,

id. ib. 13, 853:

ancillula,

App. M. 1, p. 112, 6.—Strengthened by unus:

qui me unum atque unicum amicum habuit,

Cat. 73, 6:

idque unum et prae omnibus unicum effice,

App. M. 4, p. 156, 32.—By solus:

quamlubet esto Unica res quaedam nativo corpore sola,

Lucr. 2, 542:

unica solaque res,

id. 2, 1078.—

In partic., of abstract subjects:

spes unica imperii populi Romani, L. Quinctius,

Liv. 3, 26, 8:

unicum doloris levamentum studia,

Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 1:

satis tutum praesidium, quod unicum est,

Cels. 7, 33:

unicum afflictae mihi solamen hoc est,

Sen. Troad. 703; id. Phoen. 89.—

Trop., of nature, character, or quality, alone of its kind, singular, uncommon, unparalleled, unique (cf.: egregius, eminens): homo unica est natura ac singularia, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 3:

quis tam... ingenio unico? Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. sagaces, p. 321 Müll.: eximius imperator, unicus dux,

Liv. 7, 12, 13; so,

imperator,

id. 6, 6, 17:

vir unicus in omni fortunā,

id. 7, 1, 9:

juvenis,

id. 8, 32, 13:

dictator,

id. 22, 14, 9:

spectator caeli siderumque (Archimedes),

id. 24, 34, 2:

ultor Romanae ignominiae,

id. 9, 15, 10:

puer,

Ov. M. 3, 454:

volucris,

id. ib. 8, 239; cf. id. ib. 12, 531:

liberalitas,

Cic. Quint. 12, 41:

fides,

Liv. 33, 21, 4:

spes,

Quint. 6, praef. §

2: mors,

Luc. 4. 509:

concordia,

Liv. 3, 33, 8:

exemplum,

id. 1, 21, 21:

nam tu poëta es prorsus ad eam rem unicus,

singularly fit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 3:

tibi ille unicu'st, mihi etiam unico magis unicus,

more than an orly one, more than a darling, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 47; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 3.—

Esp., in a bad sense, singularly bad, detestable (rare):

unica malitia atque nequitia,

Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:

scelus,

Vell. 2, 7, 2: luxuria, Fest. s. v. Sardanapalus, p. 322 Müll.—Hence, adv.: ūnĭcē, alone, solely, singularly, especially, in an extraordinary degree:

aliquem unice diligere,

Cic. Or. 1, 1:

eximie et unice delectare,

Gell. 11, 13, 4:

eo ornamento P.Vergilius unice est usus,

Quint. 8, 3, 24:

cujus amator unice Vergilius fuit,

id. 9, 3, 14:

quid Tiridaten terreat, unice Securus,

i. e. utterly regardless, Hor. C. 1, 26, 5:

mammarum vitiis aizoum unice medetur,

Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163.—In Plaut. with unus:

me unice unum ex omnibus te atque illam amare aiebas mihi,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 56:

immo unice unum plurimi pendit,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29; id. Stich. 1, 1, 12; id. Truc. 1, 2, 91.